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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 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 Big City Publishing Kids Page................. 27,29,30 Hitori..................................................... 31,33,35,37,39 More or Less..........................31,32,33,35,36,37,38 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
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ACROSS “__ Trek: Voyager” Cruise or Hanks “One Day at a __” Sitcom set in an airport Subdued Woman in a Poe poem “__ Man”; movie for Robert Downey Jr. Bird’s bill “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s __”; Johnny Depp movie “How I __ Your Mother” Detective series for Tony Shalhoub “__-Called Life”; Claire Danes drama series Cure “We’re off __ the Wizard...” “The Longest __”; movie for Burt Reynolds and Adam Sandler Plato or Delany Best-selling Toyota model Alda or Rachins Fundamentals “__ With the Wind” Apple pie __ mode “The __ Bang Theory” Word of distress “__! Or My Mom Will Shoot”; Sylvester Stallone movie More uncanny Move over a bit Large department store chain Dawber and Shriver Suffix for lion or poet Actor __ Gross
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 Long look Role on “NCIS” Sitcom for Sherman Hemsley “The __ Skelton Hour” Fine-tune Cry from the sty JKL followers Series for Ellen Pompeo “The Sixth __”; Bruce Willis movie Conway or Russert One of the judges on “Dancing with the Stars” “The __ and the Beautiful” Female deer “__ Poppins” Homer Simpson’s mother Dumbo’s “wings” “A __ of Two Cities” Rather and Aykroyd Bandleader Calloway “__ Irish Rose” “Cagney & Lacey” costar Crew member’s need “Every Which Way But __”; movie for Clint Eastwood Likely Broadcasts Sign of an old wound Actress Charlotte __ Jacuzzi
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The Commuter Crossword
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ACROSS
39 Sicilian mount
DOWN
28 Ore deposits
Sudoku
1 British tavern
40 180˚ from WNW
1 Brooch
29 Tear to bits
4 Muscle pains
30 Swine
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 Quacker
41 Exposes
2 __ up; spends
13 __ of Capri
42 Popular brand of toothpaste
3 Uninteresting
32 Wash off lather
4 Fluttering poplars
33 Quarrels
5 Blackboard writer’s need
38 Hoodlum
6 Sharpen
15 Glowed 16 __ vera; lotion ingredient
43 Diminished
17 Close by
46 Children’s running game
18 Black-andwhite bear
45 Dinah & Pauly
31 Go in
35 Miffed 39 Wearing away
47 __ up on; study extensively
7 Calls a halt to
41 “Maude” actress
8 Beach
42 Actor Everett
48 “M*A*S*H” star
9 Firm lustrous fabric
44 Unchanging
23 Fell to the ocean floor
51 Leaving high and dry
10 __ Bator, Mongolia
56 Attire
11 Nickel or dime
57 Ensnares
48 Very eager
24 Possesses 26 Creeks
58 Midday
49 Volcanic output
29 Astounding bits of news
60 Egg-shaped
12 Mattel’s male dolls of the ‘60s
34 Mary Tyler __
62 Hindu teacher
14 Rubber ends of pencils
35 Under 5 feet
63 Poker or bridge
21 Spouse
53 Seldom seen
36 __ and tuck; very close
64 Tall marsh grasses
25 Play a role
54 Person, place or thing
37 Pea casings
65 Tennis court divider
27 Looped end of a lasso
19 Primary 20 Brazen; bold 22 Landers and Jillian
38 Pig out
61 Spine-chilling
26 Force; urge on
45 Sight, smell, taste, etc. 47 Quick
50 1/8 of a fluid ounce 52 Linden or larch
55 Clinton’s VP 59 Crackpot
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Jumble
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The Commuter Crossword
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ACROSS 1 Walk lamely; favor one leg 5 African nation 10 Cut up; dice 14 Length times width 15 Passenger 16 Actress Lange 17 Young horse 18 Not as youthful 19 Help in crime 20 Beg 22 “__ it!”; very mild oath 24 Actor __ Carmichael 25 More modern 26 Very important 29 Whale group 30 Friendlier 34 In __; mired by routine 35 __ up; arrange 36 Long-time teacher’s status 37 Gallop
38 Sandy shores 40 Talk on and on 41 Spain’s peninsula 43 “Mary __ a little lamb...” 44 Bouquet holder 45 __ up; relaxed 46 Wager 47 Inn 48 Stinky 50 Actor Brynner 51 Narrow valleys 54 Kook 58 Abbr. following many poems 59 Upper room 61 Declare openly 62 Doing nothing 63 Turn a handle 64 Longest river 65 Recolored 66 Sweetheart 67 Likelihood
DOWN 1 “Arsenic and Old __” 2 Common metal 3 Become liquid 4 Flag-waver 5 Response to a corny joke 6 Sword handle 7 Didn’t __ up; made no sense 8 Had to have 9 Bow and __; Cupid’s props 10 Humiliating disappoint- ment 11 Vagabond 12 Not closed 13 Singer Seeger 21 Cochlea’s site 23 Trait transmitters 25 With V-shaped indentations 26 __ Antoinette 27 Dutch island off Venezuela
28 May followers 29 Tiny vegetable 31 Bandleader Xavier __ 32 Wipe away 33 Noncon- formist 35 Body of water 36 TV’s Koppel 38 Obama’s VP 39 Head topper 42 Cultured; civilized 44 Lava spewer 46 Nightclub 47 Shack 49 Instruct 50 Unpleasant 51 Sudden attack 52 Mayberry’s sheriff 53 Small rodent 54 Three threes 55 Enthusiastic 56 Got a buyer for 57 Lamb bearers 60 Light brown
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The (Classic) TV Crossword
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ACROSS 1 Dick __ Dyke 4 “Little House on the Prairie” girl 9 Series for George Eads 12 Greek letter 13 Lou Grant’s portrayer 14 Likely 15 Skelton or Buttons 16 Glowed 17 Tit for __ 18 Actor Scott and his family 20 “The __”; Fran Drescher sitcom 22 Actress on “The Big Bang Theory” 26 Become educated 27 “Austin Powers: The __ Who Shagged Me”; Mike Myers film 28 Galloped 29 Maya’s role on “Up All Night” 32 Just right 35 Role on “Suburgatory” 39 “Mike & __” 40 Actress Della 42 Web site address, for short 43 __ home; away 47 “One Day __ Time” 48 Billy __ Williams 49 “Confessions of a Teenage __ Queen”; Lindsay Lohan movie 50 __ up; arrange 51 Dishwasher cycle 52 Sevareid and Close 53 Curvy letter
DOWN 1 Part of speech 2 “The __”; adventure series for George Peppard 3 Olympic gymnast Comaneci 4 Long-running adventure series about a collie 5 Bit of soot 6 Family card game 7 “The __ & Stimpy Show” 8 Sports building 9 Herb that will drive a kitty wild 10 One of the kids on “The Little Rascals” 11 __-bitty; very small 19 Popeye’s love 21 Pacino and Roker 23 Actress Bello 24 Pitt and Garrett 25 __ tube; swimming pool toy 29 Worshipper 30 “The Big __”; old Lee Majors western series 31 “__ in the Family” 33 Vital blood vessels 34 Caustic cleaning solution ingredient 36 Late actor and comedian Paul 37 Discontinue 38 Actor Rob 39 News journalist Roger 41 Dines 44 Bobby of hockey fame 45 Skater Babilonia 46 Cable channel that mainly airs movies
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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 Infect 6 Downs 10 Derisive exclamation 13 Should have said 14 Score in a rare way 17 “I totally had you going!” 18 Drum, say 19 Luxury garb 21 Johnny Friendly portrayer in “On the Waterfront” 22 It hasn’t released a U.S. model since 1987 24 Edible pods 25 Make two cuts in, maybe 27 Literary monogram 28 Said three times, a story shortener 29 Benefit 32 “Head and Shell” artist 35 Former name of the bonobo
39 Nationality suffix 40 Night time 41 Anise-flavored apéritif 42 Some PD officers 43 Low-cost carrier owned by Southwest 46 Inflexibility 49 Irish omen of death 51 Hunks 53 Eponymous astronomer 56 Foreman’s dramatic phrase 58 Place for a crown 59 Common reimbursement requirement 60 Fights 61 Korean War pres. 62 Old draft category 63 Game with a disk operating system? Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis
DOWN 1 Rascals 2 Flat formation 3 Structure damaged in a 1989 earthquake 4 Guy giving you a pointer? 5 Fruit-ripening gas 6 Key for backups? 7 Eniwetok, for one 8 Holding 9 Quench 10 Word in many oaths 11 Lab subject 12 “Scarborough Fair” quartet 15 Home to California’s Torrey Pines Golf Course 16 Some country folk 20 Fluid holder 23 Many a Mormon 25 Use keys 26 Beams 27 Tear 30 Skybox guest
31 Mideast capital once called Philadelphia 32 Fair color? 33 Iran’s Shah Mohammad __ Pahlavi 34 McJob holder 36 Element no. 39 37 French “these” 38 Student’s purchase 42 Night sound? 44 Nationality suffix 45 Compass points 46 Spread with hands 47 Fan faves 48 Insinuated 49 Under 50 2005 World Series player (his team’s only appearance, and they lost) 52 Smooth out lumps, in a way 54 __ fee 55 While opening Solutions: 57 Vocalist Sumac Page 40
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The Commuter 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.
ACROSS 1 Goes no further 6 Read quickly 10 Poncho 14 Namely 15 __ over; assume control 16 Off base when you shouldn’t be, for short 17 Sports building 18 Letters that mean “Pronto!” 19 __-back; relaxed 20 Nasal openings 22 Loath; unwilling 24 Cry from a sty 25 Thin 26 “Money __ grow on trees” 29 Epic by Homer 30 Not __ longer; no more 31 Honking birds 33 Doesn’t have
37 39 41 42 44 6 4 47 9 4 51 54 5 5 56 60 61 63 4 6 65
66
7 6 68 69
Requirement Gathers crops Lion’s cry Donkeys Numerical comparison Greek letter Country __; Reba’s forte A, B, C, D & F Nonatten- dance Pretense; farce Recoil in fear Improved Helpful suggestion Tack Extra-virgin __ oil Rim Suffix for cigar or kitchen Become mature, as fruit Tiny beginning Observes Impudent
DOWN 1 Musial or Laurel 2 Bull, in Spain 3 Is indebted 4 Two-colored ponies 5 Gazing 6 Follow furtively 7 Late singer Mama __ Elliot 8 Letters before an alias 9 Kathmandu resident 10 Jan.-to-Dec. wall hanging 11 Blue ribbon 12 Selfconfidence 13 Firstborn of two 21 Bury 23 Calf meat 25 Slumbered 26 Plato or Delany 27 Individuals 28 Peepers
9 Sir __ Newton 2 32 Uncanny 34 Female on campus 35 Actress Winslet 36 Married women in Spain: abbr. 38 Nutty 40 Vision 43 “Song __ Blue”; Neil Diamond hit 45 Speakers 48 Panoramas 50 Ms. Earhart 51 Muscle pains 52 __ and groom 53 Char 54 Tennis’ Monica 56 Snack 57 Tears 58 12/24 & 12/31 59 Refuse to fess up to 62 Consumed
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Daily Crossword
Jumble
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ACROSS 1 4 10 13 15 16 17 19 0 2 21 22 23 6 2 28
31 4 3 35 36 37 40 41
Apt. parts, in ads Talking head Big name in ATMs Charged particles Black-and-blue mark, e.g. Suffix for pay Soft hit that barely makes it over the infield Cranberrygrowing area Africa’s Sierra __ Fed. retirement org. “T” on a test, usually Like dodos and dinosaurs Foray Archaeological agedetermination process Texting units: Abbr. Rowboat mover Wish granter “How was __ know?” Abrasions Sinus doc Not exactly robust
43 Simpsons neighbor Flanders 44 Makes really angry 45 Completely absorbed 49 Lawyer’s customer 50 Accessory often carried with a wallet 54 Merle Haggard’s “__ From Muskogee” 55 N.J. neighbor 57 Lightened 58 Libertarian politician Paul 59 Sign in a limo that aptly concludes the sequence formed by the last words of 17-, 28and 45-Across 62 Mystery novelist Grafton 63 Houston team 64 Statistician’s input 65 NHL tiebreakers 66 Tinkers (with) 67 Figs.
Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis
DOWN 1 The Good Book 2 Pricey watch with a gold crown logo 3 Nose-in-the-air type 4 “Nova” airer 5 Ocean State sch. 6 Convent dwellers 7 Starts to eat with gusto 8 Manhattan is one 9 Golf ball’s perch 10 Choice you don’t have to think about 11 Metaphorical state of elation 12 Violent anger 14 Former (and likely future) Seattle NBA team 18 ’90s Cabinet member Federico 22 Lug 24 Gator’s kin 25 Skier’s way up 27 Glad __: party clothes 29 Long-armed primate
0 Comprehends 3 31 Tick off 32 Went down swinging 33 Touchdowns require crossing them 37 Leonard __: Roy Rogers’s birth name 38 Mountain top 39 Advantage 42 Nastase of tennis 44 Security checkpoint request 46 Ultimate application 47 Big bomb trials 48 Binoculars user 51 Made in China, say 52 Look after 53 Icelandic sagas 54 Estimator’s words 56 P.O. box inserts 59 Printer problem 60 Stooge with bangs 61 Pack animal Solutions:
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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.
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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 23 24 25 26 28 29 30 32 35 6 3 37 38 40 41 42 43 44
ACROSS “Gomer Pyle, __” “The __ Couple” Hula __; toy that’s twirled around the waist Blockbuster miniseries based on an Alex Haley novel Morley of “60 Minutes” Instructed Destroy Former talk show host Larry “...__ the ramparts we watched...” Montgomery’s state: abbr. “__ Along with Mitch” Sitcom about a deacon Kilmer and his namesakes Certain graduate exams Wallach and Marienthal Madigan and Poehler “77 Sunset __” “Dharma & __” Cleaning cloths “Able was I __ saw Elba” Company that made early computers, for short “Message __ Bottle”; Kevin Costner movie “Woe is me!” As busy as __ McNichol of “Empty Nest” Ashley or Mary-Kate TV brand Money, slangily Berry or Olin Comfy rooms
DOWN 1 Do-it-yourselfer’s moving truck 2 Actress on “Modern Family” 3 Quality faucet maker 4 Life-saving procedure, for short 5 Tree-climbing ape, for short 6 Role on “The King of Queens” 7 “__ the Bounty Hunter” 10 Actor on “Criminal Minds” 11 “Real __”; movie for Hugh Jackman 12 Mexican Mrs. 13 “Cat on a Hot __ Roof” 15 “__ of the Dragon”; Bridget Fonda film 17 Many hospital workers, for short 19 Lose one’s footing 20 Actor __ Gross 22 MacGraw and Larter 23 Actor __ Katz 25 Grows older 26 __ Lanka 27 Military vehicles 30 Pianist/singer __ John 31 Younger son of Frank and Marie Barone 33 Red veggies 34 “__ in Trees” 36 “__ sow, so shall ye reap” 37 __ vera; hand lotion ingredient 39 Pen contents 40 “The New Adventures of __ Christine”
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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
37 Eskimo canoe
DOWN
30 Lettuce dish
1 Choose
38 Big name in soccer
1 Fill a suitcase
32 World charts
5 Car accident
2 __ of Wight
10 As strong __ ox
39 Even score
3 Hanging lamp
14 Late tennis pro Arthur __
40 Any twofooted animal
4 Door opener
33 Vote from a bill’s supporter
15 Japanese verse of 3 lines
41 Family car
16 __ tag; ID label
42 Reveries
17 Pottery material
44 Open lands for farming
18 Rude
45 Pompous fool
20 Norton or Berry
46 Serving utensil
21 Performs
47 Gush forth
22 “__ home is his castle”
50 Ten-cent piece
23 Ship levels
54 Filled tubeshaped pasta
51 Yrbk. section
5 Norris and Connors 6 Talks wildly 7 Goals 8 Music from Jamaica 9 Attila the __ 10 Red blood cell deficiency 11 Actress Gilbert 12 “So be it!”
35 ...eights, nines, __, jacks... 37 Novak and Basinger 38 Orange rind 40 Keep a cooking turkey moist 41 __ with; support 43 Made a salary 44 __ man; devoted dad 46 Fine tablecloth fabric
13 Beatty & others
47 “Beat it!”
19 Mama Judd
48 Couple
58 Nurse’s helper
21 Farmland unit
49 Disassemble
59 Example to be imitated
24 Vane direction
50 Chowderhead
25 White meat
52 Infuriate
32 Native New Zealander
60 Misfortunes
26 Catch sight of
53 Talk back
61 Trampled
27 Muggy
55 Alcott’s initials
34 Dine
62 Terrible pain
28 Highway
56 Journal
36 Leave out
63 Deli loaves
29 To no purpose
25 Luau dish 26 Scissors 28 Residents of Italy’s capital 31 One of the vital signs
57 Continent east of Russia
57 Lung contents
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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
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Crossword Puzzle
edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis
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Daily Crossword
Jumble
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ACROSS 1 Leftover bit 6 Kitchen meas. 10 Highland tongue 14 Thrill to pieces 15 Commuter’s option 16 Cuts short 17 “Understood!” 18 Egg on 19 Debt-heavy corp. takeovers 20 Pittsburgh fan base, collectively 23 A pop 24 Confirmation or bar mitzvah 25 Tons of, casually 27 Philatelist’s pride 31 Pet welfare org. 32 Tie up loose ends? 33 Shed a few tears 34 “Bus Stop” playwright 37 Radar’s favorite drink 40 Butter on the farm?
3 Windy City trains 4 45 Solemn promises 49 Annual political speech 54 Appeared on TV 55 Penlight batteries 56 AFL affiliate 57 Commercial interruptions literally found in this puzzle’s three other longest answers 61 Just as you see it 62 City near Sacramento 63 Young neigh sayers 65 Adjust, as strings 66 Close 67 Slippery as __ 68 Israel’s only female prime minister 69 Nile threats 70 Toy bear named for a president
DOWN 1 Line piece: Abbr. 2 Places to hide skeletons? 3 Dilapidated dwelling 4 End in __: come out even 5 He refused to grow up 6 Faithfully following 7 Oil units 8 Talk with one’s hands 9 Earnest request 10 Nixon attorney general Richardson 11 Like some of Michael Jackson’s moves 12 Advertiser 13 Twisty curve 21 DMV certificate 22 Dr. Mom’s specialty 23 “This is your brain on drugs,” e.g. 26 Unspecified quantity 28 12th century opener 29 Deighton who wrote the “Hook, Line and Sinker” trilogy
30 40-Across mate 35 Prefix with thermal 36 Santa’s helper 38 Pet on your lap, maybe 39 Author Fleming 40 Cape Town’s country: Abbr. 41 Being debated 42 Bond’s is shaken, not stirred 44 Comedy genre 46 Got a giggle out of 47 Raised, as a flag 48 Nestlé’s __-Caps 50 Movie trailer, e.g. 51 Boston summer hrs. 52 Nuns’ clothing 53 Kernel holder 58 Rick’s love in “Casablanca” 59 Fireworks responses 60 Top-shelf 61 Way to check your balance, briefly 64 Sneaky
Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis
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Crossword Puzzle
edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis
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ACROSS 1 “___ the Explorer” 5 ___ down: lessens 10 ___ head: staff names 14 Give a hoot 18 Heroic verses 19 Grow accustomed to 20 Drive or urge forward 22 Environs 23 Famous Irving 25 Argentine patriot’s family: pl. 27 Foxy 28 Function 29 Cheeky 31 Most sad: inf. 32 Pigeons’ place 33 Harasses 34 Courage 35 Esoteric 38 Metric measure: Brit. 39 Novocaine, e.g. 43 Bible units 44 French revolutionist 46 Gr.terrorist group 47 Harm or its cause 48 Laid back 49 Martin of cognac 50 Islet 51 Opal mo. 52 Pro-Confederate Northerners 56 Five: prefix 58 Sewing case items 60 Merits 61 Load or burden: arch. 62 Requires 63 To’s companion 64 Cliff dwelling 65 Exculpates 67 Religious belief 69 To purge, old style 72 Peelings 73 Ordinary folks 75 Musical syllable 76 Leaf cutter, for one 77 Irani monetary unit 78 At a ___: puzzled 79 Coarse tobacco 80 Refreshment for two? 81 Frontiersman/ pioneer 85 Deafen or confuse with noise: Brit. 86 Darkroom equipment
Crossword Puzzle
Name Game
88 Start the day 89 Card player 90 Beats it 91 SE Pennsylvavia settlers 92 Noble rank 93 Real go-getter 96 In a ___: very shortly 97 Lean 98 Mme. counterpart: Eng. 101 Argentinian leading lady 103 Computer contribution 106 ___ majeste: Fr. 107 Minute bodily opening 108 Tsar’s decree 109 This one, in Spanish: masc. 110 Iffy condition of purchase 111 Relative of etc. 112 Inert gas 113 Existence: L. DOWN 1 Light moistures 2 Stone for a Libra
3 Bright and promising 4 Cigar ending 5 Indicate 6 Standpoint 7 Silencing button 8 For: pro. 9 Aware 10 Stumble 11 Gather 12 Agile 13 Pro ___: for the time being 14 King of very olde England 15 Comic Johnson 16 Antique autos 17 “___ of Eden” 21 Researcher’s retreat 24 Pressing needs? 26 Slur over a vowel, say 30 Makes public 32 Marie Antoinette’s dessert? 33 Authoritative book 34 Idea’s origins 35 Head of a monastery 36 Irish comic Hal
37 Kind of breakfast 38 “Fruit” cereal 39 Ownership papers 40 An early human being 41 The best 42 Taxation basis 44 Learn the ___ 45 Afghanistan neighbor 48 Winter woes 52 Mobile communicators 53 Allude 54 Moved hurriedly 55 Wear away 56 Section, in Roma 57 Buffalo’s waterfront 59 Arthurian beverage 61 Celebrations 64 Degrade 65 Wooden packing case 66 White sale purchase 67 Position of authority 68 Anger 69 Make amends
70 Weighty 71 Agog 73 Fork features 74 Splash through water 77 Cleaners of a sort 79 Flippered mammal 81 Serious play 82 Built-up in layers 83 ___-a-brac 84 Birds, along the Seine 85 Skin layer 87 Eros and Amor, e.g. 89 Occasional: Scots 91 Fragrance 92 The bear, in Spain 93 Crème ___ crème 94 ___ St. Laurent 95 Unless, in old Rome 96 Steed’s slower speed 97 Oliver’s buddy 98 Junior ___ 99 Goes bad 100 Dagger 102 French season 104 Luau instr. 105 Golf gadget
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Word Salsa
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Crossword Puzzle edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis
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Quote-Acrostic
edited by Linda and Charles Preston
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Quote-Acrostic
edited by Linda and Charles Preston
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Crossword Puzzle
Here From Eire ACROSS 1 Beanery brew 5 Butterfly’s land 10 Sweep’s target 14 Make well 18 Prince William, to lassies 19 Mogadishu resident 20 Controversial fruit spray 21 Choir voice 22 He was in the Crossfire 24 Noted heavyweight 26 Argues logically 27 Casaba 29 Opening word 30 Skips class 31 “. . . and the slithy ___”: Carroll 32 German admiral 33 Expel, in a way 36 Where the snake prevailed 37 Hypothetical, as a question 41 Pistil part 42 AFC Rookie of the Year, 1976 45 Mischievous prank 46 Fiber network 47 ___ voce 48 Units of time 49 Boy doll 50 Collection agcy. 51 Pulitzer political cartoonist 55 Mountain nymph 57 Less bright 59 Bring up 60 Baby’s bed 61 Eye enhancer 62 Duelist Burr 63 Game of chance 64 Out of ___: askew 66 Airplane acronym 67 Holy places 70 Leaves out 71 One of The Monkees 74 Gangster’s weapon 75 Part of USNA 76 Señor’s assent 77 Flying: comb. form 78 Risqué 79 Dies ___ 81 Comic who ran for president 85 Hunger for
86 Checked cottons 88 ___ B’rith 89 Ascended 90 One of Odin’s wolves 91 Get wind of 92 Shades 93 Pied ___ 96 Salsa’s Cruz 97 Athlete Claiborne 100 Knute Rockne on film 102 Late “60 Minutes” man 105 Airline to Tel Aviv 106 Lazily 107 Register 108 Go out 109 Farmer’s place 110 Gaucho’s cowcatcher 111 Campus list 112 Pro or con DOWN 1 Dolittle’s dog 2 After Shevat 3 Cast a ballot
4 Tuna type 5 Jay and Audubon 6 Latin trio center 7 Peter ___ 8 Menu phrase 9 Ancient Assyrian city 10 Grecian isle 11 Actor/director Ken 12 Tree for a yellow ribbon 13 Sin, in a way 14 Rube 15 Cat star 16 Mighty particle 17 Solitary 19 Ivanhoe author 23 Lender’s crime 25 Word with up or off 28 Horne of note 31 “Mene, mene ___ . . .” 32 Become aware of 33 Duke or Day 34 Chris of the courts 35 Felix the Cat cartoonist 37 By and by
38 Kirk’s son, to friends 39 Standard of perfection 40 Noted Nast 42 Bishop’s headdress 43 Novello ort Cutler 44 Long for 47 Darth of the dark side 51 Conifers 52 In high dudgeon 53 Juan or Eva 54 Caucasian, in Polynesia 55 Spinach-like plant 56 Go on and on 58 William or Brad 60 Poem composed of quotes 62 Hopping about 63 Highlander’s offspring 64 King, in Kiln 65 Japanese porcelain 67 Hook’s henchman 68 Purple hue 69 Dutch golden age painter Jan
71 Dolphins’ milieu 72 Adherents: suffix 73 An antelope 76 Adam’s contribution? 78 Brush feature 80 Chinese concoction 82 First shepherd 83 Like random shots 84 Day or Newman 85 Fishing basket 87 Tansy or tarragon 89 Of hearing 91 Lotte ___ 92 Bays at the moon 93 Imitated 94 Story 95 Catchall abbr. 96 Prisoner’s domain 97 Russell or Redbone 98 Hack’s vehicle 99 Sour stuff 101 Oath-taking words 103 Malaya’s Isthmus of ___ 104 Hot time for Nancy
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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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Jumble for Kids
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Hitori
More or Less
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More or Less
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More or Less
Hitori
Solutions: Page 43
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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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More or Less
Hitori
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Hitori
More or Less
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Hitori
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Page 40 • Brain BUSTERS TV Crossword, Page 2
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
More or Less (7x7), Page 32
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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Creative Power! Adult Coloring Page
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