2020 Brain Buster Puzzle Book

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Brain BUSTERS • Page 1

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 4 0 Suffix for exist or depend 41 Former U.S. Rep. Dick __ 42 Fight off 43 Loaf with caraway seeds 4 5 Minor scuffle 4 6 __ as a beet

6 5 Expert; pro

31 Poker tokens 32 Artist’s stand

DOWN 1 Use a shovel 2 Egg’s center 3 British college 4 Cuddly looking marsupials 5 Rage 6 “The __ Piper of Hamelin” 7 Ping-__; table tennis

33 No longer fresh 35 Unconscious state 38 One who seeks his next victim 39 Trace; remnant 41 “You __ what you eat” 42 Go quickly

8 Gnu, for one

4 4 __ of contract; failure to honor one’s promise

9 Capital of the Bahamas

4 5 Slender candles

10 Actress Chase 11 Abel’s brother

47 Was crazy about

12 Finishes

4 8 Puncture

14 Do away with

4 9 Luau dance 5 0 Small bills

35 Harvests

5 8 Insincerely smooth

21 __-it; hip 25 Koch & Asner

52 Loyal

36 Head topper

6 0 Actor Guinness

26 Less common

37 __ IRA; fund for retirement

61 External

27 Black wood

53 Learn by __; memorize

62 Otherwise

28 Dull finish

5 4 Ms. Fitzgerald

38 Selfconfidence

63 Big celebration

29 Was nosy

55 Record

6 4 Marsh grasses

3 0 Pinkish

5 9 Buzzing insect

19 __ Row; seedy part of town 2 0 Wisdom 22 Without 23 Fib teller 24 Meadow 26 Sends in, as one’s payment 29 Manufactures 34 Put to shame

47 Final 4 8 Loafer or boot 51 Wasted away through lack of use, as a limb 5 6 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

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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 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

33 Foreign ambassador

6 7 Rex or Donna

27 Floored

1 Explode

6 8 Gush forth

2 8 Become dizzy

6 Take a __ at; attempt

37 Profound

6 9 Embedded dirt

2 9 Money vaults

3 9 TV’s Morley __ 41 Laundry detergent brand

1 Unfairness

10 Skating rink shape 14 Dunne or Ryan 15 Loose garment of old Rome

42 Speak without preparation 4 4 Chavez or Romero

16 Contact with a beeper

4 6 Swindle; trick

17 Once more

4 7 Suffers defeat

18 Alma mater for Prince William

49 Parking __; coin-operated curb machines

19 Entreaty

51 Swamp

2 0 Identical

5 4 Shadowbox

2 2 From the __ up; thoroughly

5 5 Fly a plane

2 4 Desert fruits 2 5 Jupiter, Mars, Saturn, etc.

5 6 Send off, as a messenger 6 0 Orangey drink 61 Irish girl’s name

DOWN

3 2 Walked back and forth 3 4 Sinful habit

2 Egg on

35 Skunk’s defense

3 Genuine

3 6 Cravings

4 Smells

3 8 Plundered

5 Stress

4 0 Freeway entrances

6 Flower stalks 7 Carry 8 Long __; in the distant past 9 Bracelet charm 10 Adversary; foe 11 Worth 12 Represen- tative 13 __ the way; pioneers

4 3 Dory or dinghy 45 Gathering a harvest 4 8 Derisive smiles 5 0 Barterer 51 H2O 52 Stay away from 5 3 Slight coloring 5 4 Tendon

26 __ City; capital of Nevada

21 Ms. Moorehead

5 6 Yahtzee cubes

6 3 Boise’s state

2 9 Military attack

6 4 On __; jittery

2 3 Violent anger

5 8 Buddy

3 0 Have debts

6 5 Marathon

2 5 Heaps

31 Neighbor of India

66 Connection; link

26 Ending musical passage

5 9 Rubber tube

5 7 Cab

6 2 Knock

Solutions: Page 40

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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

DOWN 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

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 20 __ of Reason

56 Daughter of King 11 Triton 12 13 58 Composed

21 Exhort

59 Yokohama yes

22 Make a fake of

60 Kooky

19 Fanboy’s mag

45 Old saw

23 *Fall in with the 61 “Cantique de 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

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

3 0 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

4 4 Deep valley

7 Orient

17 Examination

45 In a __; all lined up

8 Greek letter

4 6 Rejuvenate

10 Spotted wildcat

4 0 Got up

11 Pell-__; in wild disarray

43 Smoothed away wrinkles

12 Thought

4 4 Middle

13 SAT, for one

4 6 Find a new purpose for

18 Dodgers’ home 2 0 St. Joan of __ 21 Period before Easter 22 __ once; suddenly 23 In debt

47 House of snow 5 0 Autry or Barry 51 Stylish 5 4 Indirect 57 Alpha’s follower

25 Premium cable channel letters

5 8 Opening bet

26 Leap about

5 9 Discontinue

28 Lopsided

6 0 Mine car loads

31 “La Traviata” or “Aida”

61 Requirement

32 Gravy

62 Spud

34 Compete

63 Jewels

36 Deuce or king 37 Smelly animal 38 Encounter

DOWN 1 Facts & figures

6 Fork tine

9 Scout group

19 Clark __; Rhett Butler portrayer 21 Italy’s dollar before the euro

35 Prestigious British school 37 Gush forth 38 Dig for ore 41 Weathercock

47 Nation in the Middle East 4 8 No longer here

24 “Mum’s the __!”

4 9 Old stringed instrument

25 Bumpkin

5 0 Billy or nanny

26 __-Cola; popular pop

52 Article; thing 53 Go by

27 Quickly

55 Performance

28 Melody

5 6 Actress Arthur

29 In all places

57 Marsh

Solutions: Page 41

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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?

34 Notion 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 Solutions: 61 Camping org.

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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

Solutions: Page 42

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Word Salsa

Solutions: Page 42

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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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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

Solutions: Page 27

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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

Solutions: Page 29

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Jumble for Kids

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Brain BUSTERS • PAGE 31

Hitori

More or Less

Solutions: Page 43

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Brain BUSTERS • PAGE 32

More or Less

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Brain BUSTERS • PAGE 33

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.

Brain BUSTERS • PAGE 34

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Brain BUSTERS • PAGE 35

More or Less

Hitori

Solutions: Page 44

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Brain BUSTERS • PAGE 36

More or Less

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Brain BUSTERS • PAGE 37

More or Less

Hitori

More or Less

Solutions: Page 44

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Brain BUSTERS • PAGE 38

More or Less

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Brain BUSTERS • PAGE 39

Hitori

Solutions: Page 44

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

PAGE 41 • Brain BUSTERS Jumble, Page 9

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

PAGE 42 • Brain BUSTERS Crossword, Page 16

Brain BUSTERS • PAGE 42 Crossword, Page 18

(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

PAGE 43 • Brain BUSTERS Hitori, Page 31

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

Brain BUSTERS • PAGE 44

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

Brain BUSTERS • PAGE 45

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Creative Power! Adult Coloring Page

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Creative Power! Adult Coloring Page

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