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Table of ConTenTs Crosswords, Number Puzzles, word Games, loGiC Puzzles aNd Trivia Wuzzles .........................................................................2, 7, 9 Stickelers...........................................................................2, 3 Point and Solve .................................................................3, 9 Cryptoquip ........................................................................3, 8 Sheffer Crossword.................................................................3 Sudoku ..................................................................................4 Super Quiz ........................................................................4, 8 Premier Crossword................................................................5 Challenger .............................................................................6 Hocus Focus..........................................................................6 Word Sleuth...........................................................................6 Cryptoquote...........................................................................6 Wishing Well.........................................................................7 Joseph Crossword .................................................................7 Multi-Sudoku 2x2 .................................................................8 Even Exchange......................................................................9

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Some sports trivia questions ...

1) Which MLB left-handed pitcher has the most career wins?

2) Which NFL left-handed quarterback has the most career touchdown passes of all the left-handed QB’s?

3) Which MLB switch hitter has the most home runs for all switch hitters?

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Point and Solve

Cryptoquip

In this crossword puzzle variety, the clues appear in the diagram itself.

Simply enter the answers in the directions indicated by the arrows.

DQMOS BJGB JQZ-JHZ ZSEVHEISE’D

LDLGN BHZQOD GES RESGRVLN, JQD

DBGKS MGIS QD BJS KEQI EGZZSE. Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: Q equals I

Crossword

by Eugene Sheffer

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ACROSS 1 Ottoman bigwig 4 Toil (away) 9 Auction action 12 Past 13 Punctuation mark 14 Yoko of music 15 Medical rarity nowadays 17 Frequently 18 — budget 19 Walk lightly 21 Frodo, for one 24 Pale 25 “The Simpsons” storekeeper 26 Animation frame 28 Clock sounds 31 Sharp turns

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The Cryptoquip is a substitution cipher in which one letter stands for another. If you think that X equals O, it will equal O throughout the puzzle. Single letters, short words and words using an apostrophe give you clues to locating vowels. Solution is by trial and error.

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35 Bowling ball’s path 36 Fashion designer Perry 38 Speedometer stat 40 Grant opponent 41 Reverberate 43 Well- — (wealthy) 45 Mining tool 47 Illustrations 48 Oklahoma city 49 Narrow escape 54 — Aviv 55 New Zealand flock 56 Meadow 57 Actor Holbrook 58 Spread outward 59 Watch chain

Three dart players threw simultaneously at a tic-tac-toe board, each hitting a different square. What is the probability that the three hits resulted in a win? A win is three in a row, a column or diagonally. a) 1/3 b) 1/9 c) 2/21 d) 4/11 e) .4999...

DOWN 1 Scrooge’s cry 2 Swelled head 3 Second person 4 Having great views 5 Found 6 Carte intro 7 Battery inventor Alessandro 8 Sign up 9 1997 Jamie Foxx movie 10 Data 11 Overdo the TLC 16 Weep loudly 20 Dr. McGraw 21 Harass, frat-style 22 October stone 23 Reveille or taps

27 Moon vehicle 29 Elbow counterpart 30 Start a garden 32 Ailing 34 Loss of speaking ability 37 Huts 39 Joan of Arc’s offense 42 Primrose variety 44 List-ending abbr.

45 Labyrinth choice 46 Notion 50 Hooter 51 TV alien 52 Author Buscaglia 53 Science workplace

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Sudoku

Super Quiz

Sudoku is a number-placing puzzle based on a 9x9 grid with several given numbers. The object is to place the numbers 1 to 9 in the empty squares so that each row, column and each 3x3 box contains the same number only once.

Take this Super Quiz to the Ph. D. Level. 1 point for each correct answer on the Freshman Level, 2 points on the Graduate Level and 3 points on the Ph. D. Level.

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Hocus Focus

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Cryptoquote

AXYDLBAAXR is LONGFELLOW One letter stands for another. In this sample, A is used for the three L’s, X for the two O’s, etc.

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Wishing Well HERE IS A PLEASANT LITTLE GAME that will give you a message every day. It’s a numerical puzzle designed to spell out your fortune. Count the letters in your first name. If the number of letters is 6 or more, subtract 4. If the number is less than 6, add 3. The result is your key number. Start at the upper lefthand corner and check each of your key numbers, left to right.

Then read the message the letters under the checked figures give you.

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Crossword ACROSS 1 Gusted 5 Some college students 10 Debussy work 12 Put a cap on 13 Rust, for one 14 Vibrant 15 Musician’s job 16 Rotter 18 Wee bite 19 Try hard 21 Addition column 22 Imminent 24 Enticed 25 All set 29 Burger joint supply 30 Staircase posts

by Thomas Joseph 32 Leaf lifter 33 Pricing word 34 Gloss spot 35 Trombone part 37 “— at the office” 39 Asian peninsula 40 Consumed 41 Adorable 42 Cruise stop DOWN 1 Online journals 2 Looseness 3 Asylum seeker 4 Tie the knot 5 Not naked 6 Motor need

7 “Lose Yourself” rapper 8 Heavenly 9 Flight units 11 Spoke from memory 17 Pain reliever 20 Travel aid 21 Thus far 23 Clique 25 Near depletion 26 Complete 27 Frozen dessert 28 Twist of fiction 29 Soaks up the sun 31 Wasn’t thrifty 33 Natural fuel 36 Scottish river 38 Opening

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Multi-Sudoku

Super Quiz

Each puzzle consists of two or more Sudoku grids overlapping each other in various configurations. Overlapping areas must comply with the rules of more than one grid.

Take this Super Quiz to the Ph. D. Level. 1 point for each correct answer on the Freshman Level, 2 points on the Graduate Level and 3 points on the Ph. D. Level.

Answers on page 11

Cryptoquip The Cryptoquip is a substitution cipher in which one letter stands for another. If you think that X equals O, it will equal O throughout the puzzle. Single letters, short words and words using an apostrophe give you clues to locating vowels. Solution is by trial and error.

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Point and Solve In this crossword puzzle variety, the clues appear in the diagram itself.

Simply enter the answers in the directions indicated by the arrows.

Even Exchange Each numbered row contains two clues and two 6-letter answers. The two answers differ from each other by only one letter, which has already been inserted. For example, if you exchange the A from MASTER for an I, you get MISTER. Do not change the order of the letters.

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Cryptoquip - Easy - Page 3 SINCE THAT HIP-HOP PERFORMER’S USUAL TOPICS ARE DREADFUL, HIS STAGE NAME IS THE GRIM RAPPER.

Stickelers - Page 2 1) Warren Spahn — 363 wins 2) Boomer Esiason — 247 touchdown passes 3) Mickey Mantle — 536 home runs

Stickelers - Page 3

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The answer is c) 2/21.

There are 84 possibilities but only 3 rows, 3 columns and 2 diagonals constitute a win. 8/84 = 2/21

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Cryptoquote - Page 6 LOOK, DADDY. TEACHER SAYS EVERY TIME A BELL RINGS, AN ANGEL GETS HIS WINGS. — ZUZU BAILEY (“IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE”)

Cryptoquip Hard - Page 8 Multi-Sudoku - Easy - Page 8 Point & Solve - Page 9

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“The Curse” (TV-MA) -Known usually for beautifully captivating the big screen in films like “La La Land” and “Cruella,” actress Emma Stone decided to produce and star in a television series that premieres on Nov. 10!

Stone portrays Whitney Siegel, wife of Asher (Nathan Fielder), and together, the pair star in a home-improvement show called “Flipanthropy.” The concept of the show is simple: Whitney and Asher flip buildings in the lower-class area of Espanola in ways that are supposed to reflect the community. But when their careless actions don’t reflect their “honest” intentions, a young girl from the community places a curse on them just as they are trying to conceive their first child. The genre-bending series is an intriguing caricature of how gentrification runs rampant in our society through the pretense of being virtuous. (Paramount+)

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I recently saw the movie “Killers of the Flower Moon,” which is based on a true story. Who is the lead actress in it? Is she of Native American heritage? -- L.I. A:Yes, actress Lily Gladstone is of Blackfeet and Nez Perce indigenous ancestry and grew up on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation.

She earned her bachelor’s degree of fine arts in acting/directing at the University of Montana with a minor in Native American Studies.

“Killers of the Flower Moon,” the newest film by acclaimed director Martin Scorsese, isn’t her acting debut, but it will very likely lead to her first Oscar nomination, as she has wowed audiences with her performance in a film that also stars Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio.

According to an article in Entertainment Weekly, what cemented Gladstone’s decision into taking the role in “Flower Moon” was the fact that Scorsese “sought out input from the Osage community.”

The movie, which is based on the book by David Grann, is about a series of real murders in the 1920s that took place on the oil-rich land of Oklahoma’s Osage Nation, which led the newly formed FBI to jump on the case.

Before landing this high-profile role, Gladstone auditioned but never won roles on the hit series “Yellowstone,” a show she calls “delusional” in its portrayal of her native people. She has appeared in several critically acclaimed series, however, including Showtime’s “Billions” and FX on Hulu’s “Reservation Dogs.”

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Here’s what to watch and where to watch it for the week of Nov. 13, 2023.

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Actress Lily Gladstone (“Killers of the Flower Moon”)

Q:With all the delays because of the strikes, what is the latest on the upcoming “Snow White” movie? Will it be in theaters or just on TV? -- H.O. A: The live-action Disney film “Snow White,” starring Rachel Zegler (“West Side Story”), has postponed its release date.

Originally planned to debut in theaters in March 2024, it’s been pushed back to March 21, 2025.

It’ll be directed by Marc Webb and co-star Gal Gadot (“Wonder Woman”) as the Evil Queen.

The original animated “Snow White” film was released in 1937.

While the upcoming release is technically live-action, the seven dwarfs will be digitally enhanced with CGI. *** Send me your questions at NewCelebrityExtra@gmail.com, or write me at KFWS, 628 Virginia Drive, Orlando, FL 32803. (c) 2023 King Features Synd., Inc.

ON NOW: “Albert Brooks: Defending My Life” (Documentary) -- Max ON NOW: “The Lady Bird Diaries” (Documentary) -- Hulu ON NOW: “Matt Rife: Natural Selection” (Stand-Up Comedy) -- Netflix ON NOW: “Julia” (Season 2) -- Max ON NOW: “Best. Christmas.

Ever!” (NR) -- Netflix

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Michael Fassbender stars as an assassin in “The Killer.”

“The Buccaneers” (TV-MA) -Move over, “Bridgerton.” There’s another high-society drama series in town with even more of a modern twist. Taking place in the 1870s, a group of five American girls are graciously invited to London by Lord Richard Marable (Josh Dylan) for the debutante’s

ON NOW: “The Crown” (Season 6, Part 1) -- Netflix

ball. Once the girls arrive, however, their new-money culture clashes with Britain’s old-money traditions, and things don’t kick off as smoothly as expected. But with their best friends by their side, and whirlwind romances in ample supply, the girls still plan to make special memories for a lifetime. Starring “Mad Men’s” Christina Hendricks, “Looking for Alaska’s” Kristine Froseth and Alisha Boe of “13 Reasons Why,” this series premieres its first three episodes on Nov. 8, with episodes following every Wednesday thereafter. (Apple TV+) “The Killer” (R) -- Director David Fincher (“Gone Girl”) went neo-noir for his latest action thriller, which premieres on Nov. 10. Fincher also brought actor Michael Fassbender (“X-Men: Dark Phoenix”) back to the big screen after a four-year hiatus from movies. Starring in the lead role, Fassbender plays a haunting professional assassin deemed “The Killer,” who is a master of his craft. Even though he thinks he has his fatal methods down to a science, one of his hits goes left.

Once the cracks start to appear in his previously sturdy foundation, he’s on the fast track to a terrible psychological crisis. Tilda Swinton (“Asteroid City”) and Charles Parnell (“Top Gun: Maverick”) also co-star. (Netflix) (c) 2023 King Features Synd., Inc.

ON NOW: “Rustin” (PG-13) -Netflix ON NOW: “Maxine’s Baby: The Tyler Perry Story” (Documentary) -- Prime Video ON NOW: “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters” (Season 1) -AppleTV+ (c) 2023 King Features Synd., Inc.

1. Five Nights at Freddy’s (PG-13) Josh Hutcherson, Piper Rubio 2. Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (PG-13) Taylor Swift, Amanda Balen 3. Killers of the Flower Moon

(R) Leonardo DiCaprio, Lily Gladstone 4. After Death (PG-13) Dale Black, Dean Braxton 5. The Exorcist: Believer (R) Linda Blair, Ellen Burstyn 6. PAW Patrol: The

Mighty Movie (PG) Mckenna Grace, Taraji P. Henson 7. The Nightmare Before Christmas (PG) Danny Elfman, Chris Sarandon 8. Freelance (R) Alison Brie, Alice Eve 9. Saw X (R) Tobin Bell, Shawnee Smith 10. The Creator (PG-13) John David Washington, Madeleine Yuna Voyles (c) 2023 King Features Synd., Inc.