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THE
ULTIMATE PUZZLE BOOK
JUMBLE® • CROSSWORD PUZZLES • SUDOKU • HITORI • WORD SALSA SCRABBLEGRAMS • CODE-CRACKER • COLORING PAGES & MORE!
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The (Classic) TV Crossword
Game on! This BrainBusters book offers a range of crossword puzzles, brain teasers and other challenges to keep your mind engaged for hours. There’s a mix of subjects, interests and challenge levels for those playing at home or sharpening their brains on the work commute. Enjoy!
Table of Contents FEATURE
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The (Classic) TV Crossword......................... 2,6,11 TV Jumble............................................................. 3,4,11 Commuter Crossword................................3,5,8,13 Sudoku..............................................................3,7,12,14 Scrabble Grams........................................4,6,8,9,23 Jumble...................................................4,9,10,13,14,17 Jumble Crosswords..............................5,6,10,12,23 Boggle BrainBusters................ 4,5,7,10,12,13,14,17
Big City Publishing Kids Page................. 27,29,30
1 5 8 9 12 13 14 15 16 18 19 20
Hitori..................................................... 31,33,35,37,39
21
More or Less..........................31,32,33,35,36,37,38
23 24 25 26 28 29 30 32
Crossword............................7,9,15,16,17,18,19,21,25 Kakuro............................................................. 8,10,11,14 Word Salsa.......................................................... 20,32 Quote-Acrostic................................................. 22,24 Jumble for Kids.................................................. 26,28
Code-Cracker.............................31,33,35,36,38,39 Word Wheel......................................32,36,37,38,39 Killer Sudoku..............................................................34 Creative Power! Adult Coloring Page........45,46,47
Solutions on pages 40-44
The puzzles included in this booklet have been previously published
35 36 37 38 40 41 42 43 44
ACROSS Meredith __; role for Ellen Pompeo “I’ve __ a Secret” “Rabbit __”; Nicole Kidman film Linda Lavin sitcom Secures with a key “__ House”; John Belushi movie Invites Endorse Author Stevenson’s monogram Pigpen Ripken, Sr., and Ripken, Jr. “The __ Wilson Show”; variety series of the ’70s “__ Miner’s Daughter”; movie for Sissy Spacek Like a comfortable house “Woe is me!” Artist __ Chagall Actress Sophia West or Sandler Makes a mistake Pod vegetable “Message __ Bottle”; Kevin Costner film __ Paulo, Brazil Run __; go into a frenzy Red Skelton’s __ Kadiddlehopper Peruvian pack animals Actress Struthers More scheming Skating rink’s shape Many hospital employees, for short Stiller and Stein
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 13 15 17 19 20 22 23 25 26 27 30 31 33 34 36 37 39 40
DOWN “__ Whisperer” Actor on “NCIS” BPOE members “__, Dear” Groups of young thugs Actor Ken Conway or Russert Role on “Mike & Molly” Miss __; “Dallas” matriarch “__ Vegas” Feel under the weather Mineo’s namesakes “I __”; old Robert Culp/Bill Cosby series Actor James __ “Queen __ Day” Vaudevillian Olsen and others “If I __ Hammer”; Peter, Paul and Mary hit Actor Harmon “__ Miserables” Graduate exams, perhaps Sharif and Epps Fight results, for short Actress Carter and others “Judging __” Sitcom for Sherman Hemsley Primitive home “Up in the __”; George Clooney movie Cry
Solutions: Page 40
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The Commuter Crossword
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ACROSS
Sudoku
1 Easter egg tint
Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit, 1 to 9. — The Mepham Group
9 Kind; congenial
4 Phi Beta __ 13 Tiny amount 15 Green __; scallion 16 Hale or Ladd 17 Dollop 18 Insurance seller
39 Passport stamp
65 Expert; pro
40 Suffix for exist or depend
DOWN
33 No longer fresh
41 Former U.S. Rep. Dick __
1 Use a shovel 2 Egg’s center
35 Unconscious state
42 Fight off 43 Loaf with caraway seeds 45 Minor scuffle 46 __ as a beet
31 Poker tokens 32 Artist’s stand
3 British college 4 Cuddly looking marsupials 5 Rage 6 “The __ Piper of Hamelin” 7 Ping-__; table tennis
38 One who seeks his next victim 39 Trace; remnant 41 “You __ what you eat” 42 Go quickly
8 Gnu, for one
44 __ of contract; failure to honor one’s promise
9 Capital of the Bahamas
45 Slender candles
10 Actress Chase 11 Abel’s brother
47 Was crazy about
12 Finishes
48 Puncture
14 Do away with
49 Luau dance 50 Small bills
35 Harvests
58 Insincerely smooth
21 __-it; hip 25 Koch & Asner
52 Loyal
36 Head topper
60 Actor Guinness
26 Less common
37 __ IRA; fund for retirement
61 External
27 Black wood
53 Learn by __; memorize
62 Otherwise
28 Dull finish
54 Ms. Fitzgerald
38 Selfconfidence
63 Big celebration
29 Was nosy
55 Record
64 Marsh grasses
30 Pinkish
59 Buzzing insect
19 __ Row; seedy part of town 20 Wisdom 22 Without 23 Fib teller 24 Meadow 26 Sends in, as one’s payment 29 Manufactures 34 Put to shame
47 Final 48 Loafer or boot 51 Wasted away through lack of use, as a limb 56 Albacore or yellowfin 57 Treasure discovered
Solutions: Page 40
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Jumble
Solutions: Page 40
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The Commuter Crossword
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ACROSS 1 Unsmiling; gloomy 5 Look for expectantly 10 Move back and forth 14 Toe the __; obey 15 Black-andwhite bear 16 Magazine title 17 “Say it __ so!” 18 Fall flower 19 Common metal 20 Plead with 22 Speech 24 2/5 and 3/5 25 Advertising circular 26 Epee or saber 29 Faux __; social blunder 30 Sandy shore 34 Fumbler’s word 35 Laying bird 36 In an impolite way
37 “__ Maria” 38 Cool dessert 40 Eminem’s style 41 TV frog 43 Find a total 44 Gaming cubes 45 Slow crawler 46 Expert 47 Peers through a crack 48 Rent longterm 50 Sheep’s cry 51 Shorten 54 Forgives 58 Money, slangily 59 Island feasts 61 Correct a text 62 Spanish painter Salvador __ 63 Keats or Wordsworth 64 Zero 65 Region 66 Sicker 67 Emcee Carey
DOWN 1 Insincerely smooth 2 Go skyward 3 Hotels 4 Shooting stars 5 Quickly 6 Take a bath 7 Colony insect 8 High principles 9 Late 10 Mixed 11 Thin metal cable 12 Biblical prophet 13 Strong urges 21 Finale 23 First performance 25 Hoopla 26 __ up; absorbs 27 Sewn on a loom 28 Musical drama 29 __ person; apiece
31 Eagle’s nest 32 Clickety-__ 33 Publicizes extravagantly 35 Sombrero, e.g. 36 Get __ of; toss 38 Stacked 39 “Much __ About Nothing” 42 Army of civilians 44 Street with only one entrance 46 Phony 47 Golf term 49 Shining 50 Sew lightly 51 Actor Alan __ 52 Wild hog 53 Acting part 54 Kitty 55 Smell 56 Largest digit 57 Worry; fret 60 Broadcast
Solutions: Page 40
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The (Classic) TV Crossword
Solutions: Page 40
ACROSS 1 Garner or Caan 6 “Space __”; Michael Jordan film 9 Popeye’s love 10 Martin and Cain 12 Late Anwar of Egypt 13 __ for; shooting at 14 “Seeking a Friend for the __ of the World”; Steve Carell movie 15 “The King __”; Yul Brynner film 16 One of the Three Stooges 19 Late-night host Jay 23 Actor Jack of old westerns 24 “Divine Secrets of the __ Sisterhood”; Ellen Burstyn movie 25 Flintstone’s neighbor 28 Leo G. Carroll series 30 Actor Sharif 31 “The Sonny and Cher Comedy __” 32 Intl. military alliance 33 “Same for me!” 34 Mayberry boy 36 Singer and bandleader Calloway 39 Roseanne Conner’s sister 42 Davis or Midler 44 Entertain 45 Sports building 46 __ and tuck; very close 47 __ Hotchner; role on “Criminal Minds”
DOWN 1 Actor Ferrer 2 Role on “Two and a Half Men” 3 Windell of “Body of Proof” 4 Zsa Zsa’s sis 5 __ up; arrange 6 __ alai; fast-paced sport 7 Actress __ B. Davis 8 Flavor-enhancing additive, for short 10 “I Know What You __ Last Summer”; Jennifer Love Hewitt movie 11 Actress on “CSI: Miami” 13 “__ Given Sunday”; Al Pacino/Dennis Quaid movie 15 Upper limb 17 “Up __ Night” 18 Actress Charlotte __ 20 Poe’s monogram 21 “Bill __, the Science Guy” 22 Rower’s item 25 Howard or Glass 26 Actress Thurman 27 “__ Masterson” 28 Small child 29 “__ of Practice” 31 Go quickly 33 “__ Hard”; Bruce Willis movie 35 Dessert choice 37 __ time; never 38 Actor Orson __ 39 One of the girls on “The Brady Bunch” 40 “What Kind of Fool __?” 41 Piece of china 42 Sheep’s cry 43 Historical period
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Daily Crossword
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ACROSS
Sudoku Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit, 1 to 9. — The Mepham Group
1 When Romeo meets Juliet 5 Crummy 10 His mausoleum is in Tiananmen Square 13 Close-Up, e.g. 15 Posterior 16 See 15-Down 17 Pro foe 18 Ready to pour 19 Paint as wicked 21 Peoria-toDecatur dir. 22 TD’s six 25 Question eliciting “Let’s!” 26 Vital vessel 28 Tidy up 31 Stratford’s river 34 Holm and McKellen 36 “Star Trek” role 37 2011 film in which Owen Wilson says, “Wonderful but forgettable. That sounds like a picture I’ve seen. I probably wrote it.”
0 No __ sight 4 41 Letterman rival 42 “99 Luftballons” singer 43 Thaw once more 45 Give a good talking-to 47 In the lead 49 U2 producer or, backwards, U2 hit 50 Aswan landmark 53 Gift of a sort 56 Simoleons 58 Justin Bieber or the golden calf 59 Winner of screenwriting Oscars for the three quoted films 62 Stax Records genre 63 “Titus __”: 16thcentury play 64 Pre-LCD screen 65 Makes a home 66 Time in ads
Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis
DOWN 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 14 15
0 2 23 24
Oldest musketeer Directing brothers Rich cake “__ small world” 12-in. albums Cereal grain Previously owned Scatter, like petals Sycophant Lionel train, say 1998 animated film released the month before “A Bug’s Life” Jim Davis dog “Fantasia” tutu wearer With 16-Across, 1986 film in which Dianne Wiest says, “But you have to remember while you read and you’re cursing my name, you know, that this is my first script.” Outmaneuver Calc prereq Lesley of “60 Minutes”
26 1977 film in which 59-Across says, “Awards! They do nothing but give out awards!” 27 Starts the pot 29 Consumer advocate Brockovich 30 Mercury Seven org. 31 From the U.S. 32 Hollywood crosser 33 Fifth wheel 35 From then on 38 Fjord, for one 39 High time? 44 Formosa, now 46 Willy, Biff or Happy of drama 48 Blackmore heroine 50 Sweets, in Naples 51 Native Alaskan 52 Minister’s house 53 Oft-burned object 54 Stench 55 Approves quietly 57 Lena of “Chocolat” 60 Seuss’s “The 5000 Fingers of __” Solutions: 61 Rocky hellos Page 40
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The Commuter Crossword
Kakuro — The Mepham Group
ACROSS
To solve Kakuro, you must enter a number between 1 and 9 in the empty squares. The clues are the numbers in the white circles that give the sum of the solution numbers: above the line are across clues and below the line are down clues. Thus, a clue of 3 will produce a solution of 2 and 1 and a 5 will produce 4 and 1, or 2 and 3, but, of course, which squares they go in will depend on the solution of a clue in the other direction. No digit can be repeated in a solution, so a 4 can only produce 1 and 3, never 2 and 2.
33 Foreign ambassador
67 Rex or Donna
27 Floored
68 Gush forth
28 Become dizzy
6 Take a __ at; attempt
37 Profound
69 Embedded dirt
29 Money vaults
10 Skating rink shape
41 Laundry detergent brand
DOWN
34 Sinful habit
42 Speak without preparation
1 Unfairness 2 Egg on
35 Skunk’s defense
3 Genuine
36 Cravings
4 Smells
38 Plundered
5 Stress
40 Freeway entrances
1 Explode
14 Dunne or Ryan 15 Loose garment of old Rome
39 TV’s Morley __
44 Chavez or Romero
16 Contact with a beeper
46 Swindle; trick
17 Once more
47 Suffers defeat
18 Alma mater for Prince William
49 Parking __; coin-operated curb machines
19 Entreaty
51 Swamp
20 Identical
54 Shadowbox
22 From the __ up; thoroughly
55 Fly a plane
24 Desert fruits 25 Jupiter, Mars, Saturn, etc.
56 Send off, as a messenger 60 Orangey drink 61 Irish girl’s name
6 Flower stalks 7 Carry 8 Long __; in the distant past 9 Bracelet charm 10 Adversary; foe 11 Worth
32 Walked back and forth
43 Dory or dinghy 45 Gathering a harvest 48 Derisive smiles 50 Barterer 51 H2O
12 Represen- tative
52 Stay away from
13 __ the way; pioneers
54 Tendon
53 Slight coloring
21 Ms. Moorehead
56 Yahtzee cubes
63 Boise’s state
29 Military attack
64 On __; jittery
23 Violent anger
58 Buddy
30 Have debts
65 Marathon
25 Heaps
31 Neighbor of India
66 Connection; link
26 Ending musical passage
59 Rubber tube
26 __ City; capital of Nevada
57 Cab
62 Knock
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Daily Crossword
Jumble
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ACROSS 1 It’s taken in court 43 Redding who sang “These 6 City founded by Arms of Mine” King Harald III 10 Silences, gangstyle
44 Agenda bullets
14 Skateboarder’s leap
47 “Mad Men” channel
15 Pringle, e.g.
48 Tach meas.
16 Brother of Fidel
50 *“Voilà!”
17 *Squeaker 19 Fanboy’s mag
56 Daughter of King Triton
20 __ of Reason
58 Composed
21 Exhort
59 Yokohama yes
22 Make a fake of
60 Kooky
45 Old saw
61 “Cantique de 23 *Fall in with the Noël,” in the wrong crowd, say States 27 Nurse 64 Cause of a sniff 28 KOA parkers 65 Three-piece 29 Hopeful opening piece 31 Up on, with “of” 66 Big name in paper 34 Trim 67 Like many 36 Word with collectibles median or 68 War god minimum 69 A/V component 39 *Kobe, notably Edited by Rich Norris 42 Related and Joyce Nichols Lewis
DOWN 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
18 22 24 5 2 26 0 3 31 2 3 33
__ point “Ooh, send me!” Northern sheets McCourt memoir Texter’s giggle Yellowish shade Chases flies Energetic types Unlock’d Small pasta used in soups Equal chance Mold, mildew, etc. “No __ Till Brooklyn”: Beastie Boys song Enjoys the beach “I feel I should tell you,” briefly Trip to the dry cleaners, e.g. Pizza place Commands reverence from Certain sample Arroz __ Cubana: Spanish dish Restaurant pan Area conquered by Alexander the Great
34 Sch. whistle blower 35 1996 Olympic torch lighter 37 Ruby or topaz 38 Hesitant utterances 40 Energetic 41 Wedge in a mojito 46 100% 47 With great skill 48 Tool used to give the starts of the starred answers a 17-Across? 49 Big name in small bags 51 Western loop 52 Nimrods 53 “That sounds bad!” 54 “Chicago Hope” Emmy winner 55 “Me, too” 57 Rochester’s love 61 Eggs in a lab 62 Cloak-anddagger org. Solutions: 63 Post-ER area
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Jumble
Kakuro — The Mepham Group To solve Kakuro, you must enter a number between 1 and 9 in the empty squares. The clues are the numbers in the white circles that give the sum of the solution numbers: above the line are across clues and below the line are down clues. Thus, a clue of 3 will produce a solution of 2 and 1 and a 5 will produce 4 and 1, or 2 and 3, but, of course, which squares they go in will depend on the solution of a clue in the other direction. No digit can be repeated in a solution, so a 4 can only produce 1 and 3, never 2 and 2.
Solutions: Page 41
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The (Classic) TV Crossword
Kakuro — The Mepham Group To solve Kakuro, you must enter a number between 1 and 9 in the empty squares. The clues are the numbers in the white circles that give the sum of the solution numbers: above the line are across clues and below the line are down clues. Thus, a clue of 3 will produce a solution of 2 and 1 and a 5 will produce 4 and 1, or 2 and 3, but, of course, which squares they go in will depend on the solution of a clue in the other direction. No digit can be repeated in a solution, so a 4 can only produce 1 and 3, never 2 and 2.
1 5 8 9 12 13 14 15 16 18 19 20 21 3 2 24 25 26 28 29 0 3 32 35 6 3 37 38 0 4 41 42 43 44
ACROSS “__ Man Standing” Sullivan and Asner Actress Meara Bea Arthur series Kolkata’s nation “America’s Funniest Home __” Nag; complain Actor Wheaton and his namesakes Afternoon rest 180˚ from WNW “The __ Loves of Dobie Gillis” Long-running Broadway musical “Did You __ About the Morgans?”; Hugh Grant movie Untrue Had debts Actor Alex __ Evans and Robertson Fashion designer Cassini Perpendicular building wings Extremely dry Blood analysis site Setting for “Empty Nest”: abbr. Thicke or Rachins Unconscious state “Pretty Maids All __”; Rock Hudson movie Mr. Letterman Role on “All in the Family” “The Beaver State”: abbr. “Make __ Supermodel”; reality series American-Greek sandwich
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 13 15 17 19 20 22 23 25 26 27 30 31 33 34 36 37 39 40
DOWN Actress Turner and others Actor on “1600 Penn” Make a tiny cut Actress Leoni Suzanne Pleshette’s role on “The Bob Newhart Show” “My Two __” “A Boy Named __”; Johnny Cash song Actor on “Community” Actor Morales and others __-T; actor on “Law & Order: SVU” Actor Diesel Beaver’s dad Prefix for heat or view West and others Race loser in Aesop’s fable Mothers of lambs Make a crease in Quarter or penny ABC followers “Kate & __” Hawaiian greeting “__ Deal”; Schwarzenegger movie Friend, south of the border “The __ News Bears” Johnson of “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In” Actor __ Grant Goal; purpose “__ the Bounty Hunter”
Solutions: Page 41
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Sudoku Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit, 1 to 9. — The Mepham Group
Solutions: Page 41
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The Commuter Crossword
Jumble
ACROSS 1 Failures 5 Drive too fast 10 Fail to include 14 Huge continent
39 Hardware store chain
2 __-friendly; easy to learn
40 Put liquor in the punch
3 Found
41 Zodiac sign
4 Took a load off one’s feet
30 San __ Padres 32 Slide sideways on the road 33 Black-andwhite diving bird
5 Saying nothing
15 Enraged
42 Reviewed text before printing
16 Relinquish
44 Deep valley
7 Orient
17 Examination
45 In a __; all lined up
8 Greek letter 9 Scout group
38 Dig for ore
46 Rejuvenate
10 Spotted wildcat
40 Got up 41 Weathercock
11 Pell-__; in wild disarray
43 Smoothed away wrinkles
12 Thought
44 Middle
13 SAT, for one
46 Find a new purpose for
18 Dodgers’ home 20 St. Joan of __ 21 Period before Easter
47 House of snow 50 Autry or Barry
22 __ once; suddenly
51 Stylish
23 In debt
57 Alpha’s follower
25 Premium cable channel letters
54 Indirect
58 Opening bet
26 Leap about
59 Discontinue
28 Lopsided
60 Mine car loads
31 “La Traviata” or “Aida”
61 Requirement
32 Gravy
62 Spud
34 Compete
63 Jewels
36 Deuce or king
6 Fork tine
19 Clark __; Rhett Butler portrayer 21 Italy’s dollar before the euro
35 Prestigious British school 37 Gush forth
47 Nation in the Middle East 48 No longer here
24 “Mum’s the __!”
49 Old stringed instrument
25 Bumpkin
50 Billy or nanny
26 __-Cola; popular pop
52 Article; thing
27 Quickly
55 Performance 56 Actress Arthur
37 Smelly animal
DOWN
28 Melody
38 Encounter
1 Facts & figures
29 In all places
53 Go by
57 Marsh
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Jumble
Kakuro — The Mepham Group To solve Kakuro, you must enter a number between 1 and 9 in the empty squares. The clues are the numbers in the white circles that give the sum of the solution numbers: above the line are across clues and below the line are down clues. Thus, a clue of 3 will produce a solution of 2 and 1 and a 5 will produce 4 and 1, or 2 and 3, but, of course, which squares they go in will depend on the solution of a clue in the other direction. No digit can be repeated in a solution, so a 4 can only produce 1 and 3, never 2 and 2.
Sudoku Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit, 1 to 9. — The Mepham Group
Solutions: Page 41
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Crossword Puzzle edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis
Solutions: Page 41
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Crossword Puzzle
edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis
Solutions: Page 42
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Daily Crossword
Jumble
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ACROSS 1 Foxx who played Ray 6 Place for shades 10 Hard-hitting sound 14 Look embarrassed, maybe 15 “Metamor- phoses” poet 16 He helped get Cassio demoted 17 Carving tools 18 North African prison wear? 20 Bring down to earth 21 “Rats!” 22 Nancy Drew books pseudonym 23 Disinfectant brand 25 Scout leader 26 Went on a date, perhaps 28 Soft material 30 Affectedly reserved 31 Rugrat 32 Trifle
36 Rapper who founded Aftermath Entertainment 37 Lint depository? 40 Bustle 41 __-Indian War 43 It has some crust 44 Makes more elegant, with “up” 46 Pillages 48 Storied swinger 49 Spot for a belt 52 “The Fox and the Crow” writer 53 Fugitive’s invention 54 Helper 56 Begin to dive 59 Really short haircut? 61 “Today” anchor before Meredith 62 Nasty 63 Case for pins and needles 64 Chilling 65 Take away 66 Capital of Estonia 67 Grant player
DOWN 1 Old ski lift 2 Bisset’s “The Mephisto Waltz” co-star 3 Dogcatchers? 4 Phrase in a tot’s game 5 Questioning utterances 6 Nearby 7 Viva by Fergie fragrance maker 8 Big name in artifacts 9 Adobe file format 10 Old and wrinkled 11 Made indistinct 12 Gemini docking target 13 Sat 19 Barely got (by) 21 Spoil 24 Turf mate 25 Banished, in a way 26 Counts (up) 27 Garr of “Mr. Mom” 28 Shoe store array 29 One crying foul 33 Ride a Russian statesman?
4 Notion 3 35 Cap’n’s mate 38 Skin cream target 39 Tijuana relatives 42 Mrs. __ cow 45 Insidious malware with a classically derived name 47 Thereabouts 49 __ Tigers: Sri Lankan separatists 50 Mrs. Kramden of Chauncey Street 51 NyQuil manufacturer 52 WWII Italian beachhead 54 Rwanda native 55 Bleu shade 57 Chuck E. Cheese et al. 58 Review target 60 Opie’s greataunt 61 Camping org. Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis
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Crossword Puzzle
edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis
Solutions: Page 42
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ACROSS 1 Newman ‘70s radio station film 5 Rubberneck 9 Ski lifts 14 Fall heavily 18 Mesopotamia, today 19 Old World lizard 21 Film star/WWII hero Murphy 22 Andean capital 23 Giant desert bloomer? 25 Two-humped animal? 27 Agreeable 28 Viewpoint 30 Strangers from afar 31 Scams 32 Stickup 33 “South Park” lad 34 Article of food 36 Pick-me-up 37 Timesaver 41 Atmospheric probe, e.g. 42 Schwarzenegger film? 44 “___ port in a storm” 45 Play part, in Paris 46 Cake baking instruction 47 Delighted sounds 48 Sack, of a sort 49 ___ Harbor, Maine 50 Reality? 54 In thing 55 Eager readiness 57 River rapids 58 River bends 59 Good, to Goya 60 Sibling, e.g. 61 Officer trainee 62 Le Carré’s spy 64 Neighbor of Togo 66 Campus group 69 Guitarist Eddie Van ___ 70 Big rig? 72 New Deal initials 73 Part of a whole 74 Burn a bit 75 Rite exchange 76 Slumgullion, for one 77 Sodom survivor 78 Cutup
Crossword Puzzle
Missing Act
82 The Yankee Doodle boy 83 Wherever 85 Desert stops 86 Madder family plant 87 Long and slender 88 Tiff 89 Shapely fruit? 90 Type of wrap 93 Selfless one 94 Toys to toss 98 Neutralizing? 100 Through space? 102 Aid the cause 103 Home wrecker of sorts 104 Rally starter 105 Ad emblem 106 Snack 107 Hits flies 108 Color changer 109 A deadly sin DOWN 1 Thin strand 2 Eurasian mountains
3 Kind of grouse 4 Water show 5 Gunmaker 6 Greek contests 7 Concord 8 Cassowary’s cousin 9 Hot sauce 10 Scorched 11 Miners’ entrance 12 Estuary, in España 13 Washington bigwigs 14 Grievance 15 Acid soil enhancer 16 Bad sign 17 Buddies 20 Concurrence 24 In unison 26 Mild cigar 29 53, Roman-style 32 Throws a party 33 Pronouns, with a slash 34 Outspoken 35 Mulishness? 36 Saltwater candy 37 Arrow part
38 Discovered? 39 Complete, as a film 40 Nippers 41 Antilles island 42 Stay stationary, at sea 43 Catch red-handed 46 Lustrous 48 Jolly ___ 50 Small woodenware 51 Werner of “Ship of Fools” 52 Lightheaded 53 Part of LEM 54 Film innovator King ___ 56 Flat facet of a gem 58 Divulges 61 Hue 62 Football coaching great Don 63 Massenet opera 64 Prince Albert’s mom 65 Israeli dance 66 Two to every story 67 Give medical care
68 Bored reaction 70 Very friendly 71 Poet Conrad 74 Early motorists, for a start 76 Hard candy 78 Sow seeds 79 Shutter features 80 “Glee’s” Lynch 81 Egyptian underworld god 82 Metallic sound 84 Pedestal base 86 Safari member 88 Girder pin 89 Vex 90 Examine 91 Bindle stiff 92 Feels guilty 93 Sphinx site 94 Park in NYC? 95 Baseball family name 96 Work, for Wonder 97 Hebrides native 99 Cold and damp 101 Actor Beatty or Kelly
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Word Salsa
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Brain BUSTERS • Page 21
Crossword Puzzle edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis
Solutions: Page 42
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Quote-Acrostic
edited by Linda and Charles Preston
Solutions: Page 42
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Brain BUSTERS • Page 23
Solutions: Page 42
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Quote-Acrostic
edited by Linda and Charles Preston
Solutions: Page 42
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Crossword Puzzle
Many Colors ACROSS 1 Crow family, Jack ___ 4 Follow stealthily: sl. 8 Video game, Man or his Ms. 11 Mt. Rushmore state: abbr. 15 Son of Seth 17 Come before in time 19 ___ trump: bridge bid 20 Buckeye State player 22 Atomic nucleus 23 S. African ___ Paul Kruger 24 Took a taxi, say 25 Away from the wind 26 Dijon mustard brand 27 Nutty confection 29 One, in Scotland 30 Corn chip brand 31 Dig in! 32 First of the week woe 37 A Gershwin 40 Tissue positioner 41 Regret 42 Paints, as a picture 43 He might take your b.p. 44 Dutch commune 45 Not fer 47 Olympia painter 48 Mattress support, e.g. 49 “___ Orange”: Kubrick movie 52 Supply heat or power 53 Mamie’s man’s inits. 56 Action Jackie 57 Medieval stringed instruments 58 Soft bodied crab 59 Akin 61 Reiner and Sagan 62 Ex Supreme Court Justice Benjamin 63 White poplars 64 Greet the day 65 Dull sound 66 “The Matrix” main man 67 Gets an eyeful 68 A Golden Girl 70 Noted newspaper publisher 71 Pacific outriggers
73 “Rule Britannia” composer 74 Married miss 77 Diminutive suffix 78 Alaskan native 79 Perfect serve for Nadal 80 Seven, in Seville 82 Top Olympics score 83 Old comics kid/ shoe brand 87 Pick ___: magician’s request 88 Propagandizing pamphlet 90 Iberian hooray 91 Stripped 93 Span’s companion 94 Eight: comb. form 96 German river 97 “A rose ___ rose . . .” 98 Friend: L. 99 Golf club hues? 103 Family traits determinants 104 Influence 105 Venetian bigwig 106 Comic shrieks 107 Wash. body
108 Mystery writer Josephine and family 109 Draft inits. DOWN 1 Adorn 2 Did a job for Disney 3 Was victorious 4 Bike type 5 “ ___ of Green Gables” 6 Let’s call ___ day 7 Tennis replay 8 Confer with a foe, e.g. 9 To ___: precisely 10 Give up 11 Facial feature: sl. 12 Motor city dud 13 Celebs small buffalo 14 Heyerdahl’s ___ Tiki 16 Handwriting 18 Krall or Ross 19 Hit- ___: random 21 Molecule part 22 Mom or Dad 23 Begins, to a bard
28 Debussy’s “Clair de ___” 29 Lemon quencher 30 Show anger 33 Heavenly hunter 34 Now, to Nero 35 Loud harsh sounds 36 Chain parts 38 Understand fully 39 ___ ‘umble: emulates Heep 45 Yearns 46 Happy 47 Of many colors 48 Lacking sense 49 Play parts, to Molière 50 Venomous snakes, S.E. Asia 51 Your own ___ enemy 52 Composer Grofé 53 Extend tediously 54 Crushing defeat 55 Cocktail lounge shade? 58 Terre ___, IN 60 Tavern quaffs 61 Dream up 62 Take it on the ___
64 Approximately 65 Pitched 69 City on the Brazos 71 Uses tweezers 72 Take it easy 74 Isinglass 75 Upbringings 76 Pressures 78 Very early computer 79 Exist 80 Stuck with a sword 81 Icelandic collection 84 Malodorous, probably 85 Stains 86 Gives an elbow to 89 Fixes potatoes one way 92 Saul’s uncle 93 Pintail duck 94 Contraries: abbr: 95 Make better 96 Like an omelet 98 Ripen, and then some 100 Communications co. 101 Never, in Nurnberg 102 Dawn goddess: Gr.
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Jumble for Kids
The letters of these crazy words are all mixed up. To play the game, put them back into the right order so that they make real words you can find in your dictionary. Write the letters of each real word under each crazy word, but only one letter to a square.
by Mike Argirion & Jeff Knurek
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Jumble for Kids
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Jumble for Kids
The letters of these crazy words are all mixed up. To play the game, put them back into the right order so that they make real words you can find in your dictionary. Write the letters of each real word under each crazy word, but only one letter to a square.
by Mike Argirion & Jeff Knurek
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Hitori
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Hitori
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Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit 1 to 9. Digits inside the dotted cages must add up to the number in the corner of each cage, and digits can’t repeat inside a cage.
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Hitori
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Hitori
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Hitori
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Brain BUSTERS • Page 40 Jumble, Page 4
Crossword, Page 7
Boggle, Page 4 Commuter Crossword, Page 5
TV Jumble, Page 3 Sudoku, Page 7
Commuter Crossword, Page 3
Kakuro, Page 8
Boggle, Page 5 Jumble Crosswords, Page 5
Jumble Crosswords, Page 6
Scrabble Grams, Page 8 Scrabble Grams, Page 6
Sudoku, Page 3 TV Crossword, Page 6
Scrabble Grams, Page 4
TV Jumble, Page 4 Boggle, Page 7
Commuter Crossword, Page 8
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Brain BUSTERS • Page 41 TV Crossword, Page 11
Jumble, Page 13
Crossword, Page 9
Boggle, Page 13
Kakuro, Page 11
Sudoku, Page 12
Kakuro, Page 14
Jumble, Page 14
Scrabble Grams, Page 9
Sudoku, Page 14
Jumble, Page 10
Boggle, Page 12
Jumble Crosswords, Page 12 Jumble Crosswords, Page 10
Jumble Crosswords, Page 12
Boggle, Page 14
Kakuro, Page 10 Commuter Crossword, Page 13
Boggle, Page 10 TV Jumble, Page 11
Crossword, Page 15
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(top)
Crossword, Page 19
Word Salsa, Page 20
(bottom)
Boggle, Page 17
Crossword, Page 17
Crossword, Page 21
Jumble, Page 17
Jumble Crosswords, Page 23 (top)
Quote-Acrostic, Page 22 Scrabble Grams, Page 23
Quote-Acrostic, Page 24 Jumble Crosswords, Page 23 (bottom)
Crossword, Page 25
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Brain BUSTERS • Page 43 Word Salsa, Page 32
More or Less (5x5), Page 31
More or Less (7x7), Page 33
Code Cracker, Page 31
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Hitori, Page 33
Code Cracker, Page 33 Word Wheel, Page 32
Killer Sudoku, Page 34
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More or Less (5x5), Page 35
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Code Cracker, Page 36
Code Cracker, Page 38
Word Wheel, Page 37 More or Less (5x5), Page 38
Hitori, Page 37 Hitori, Page 35
Word Wheel, Page 38 More or Less (5x5), Page 37 (top)
Code Cracker, Page 35
Hitori, Page 39
Word Wheel, Page 36
More or Less (7x7), Page 36
More or Less (7x7), Page 37 (bottom)
Word Wheel, Page 39
Code Cracker, Page 39
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Creative Power! Adult Coloring Page
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Creative Power! Adult Coloring Page
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