Brain Busters - May 2022

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ULTIMATE PUZZLE

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 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 Davis or Midler Advanced degree, for short Lucy’s landlady Actor Rob __ “The __”; adventure series for George Peppard “__ of S.H.I.E.L.D. Children’s running game Olympic gymnast __ Korbut Ryan or Tatum “Star Trek: Deep Space __” “__ Man Standing” Aretha’s music “Seven __ for Seven Brothers” “__ and the Beast” Gregory Peck’s role in “Moby Dick” Late “Wheel of Fortune” producer Griffin “__ Improvement” Actress Zellweger Meg or Irene Cartoon show morning: abbr.

Early Sally Field series Silent film actor __ Arbuckle Wrong; haywire Actress Lindsay “__ News Bears” Coeur d’__, Idaho

DOWN 1 “__ the Clock” 2 Comic strip lady __ Kett

3 New series for George Segal 4 Actress Leoni 5 “A Nightmare on __ Street”; Johnny Depp horror movie 6 Big Rock Candy, for one: abbr.

7 “You __ Your Life”; Groucho’s game show 8 Pompous fool 10 Custard ingredient 11 “__ World” 13 “__ in the Family” 15 Bit of cereal grain 17 Scotsman’s denial 18 Suffix for heir or lion 20 Debtor’s note 21 Pecan or almond 22 Actor Ron of “Sea Hunt” 25 “__! Humbug!”

26 Letter from Greece 27 “__ Legend”; Will Smith movie 28 “Win __ Stein’s Money” 29 Prior to, in poetry 31 “__ in Trees” 33 Traitor 35 “Say __ to the Dress” 37 __ impasse; deadlocked 38 Tim Daly’s sister 39 Chat on and on 40 “__ Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!”

41 “I Know What You __ Last Summer”; movie for Jennifer Love Hewitt 42 State in which “The Golden Girls” is set: abbr.

43 E-mail provider for millions

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The Commuter 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 Deuce or joker

40 Asked, as a question

5 Piece of china

41 More rational

3 Studied the background of

10 Nap

42 Hateful

4 Parched

33 Scot’s “no”

14 Eggs __ easy; café order

44 Approximately

35 Lahr or Parks

45 Encountered

5 Costs paid to sellers

46 Chandelier pendant, e.g.

6 __ up; forms a row

47 Cairo’s nation

7 Passionate

50 __-back; relaxed

8 Tit for __

40 Keats & Yeats

9 Samuel’s mentor

41 Glided smoothly

15 Opponent 16 Fighting force 17 Prying 18 Ceremony for a new member 20 Female sheep 21 Frosted 22 Slight coloring

51 Wedding words 54 Disloyal to one’s nation

2 Declare openly

10 PG-13 or R, for example

30 Business transactions 32 Smooch

37 Painful joint affliction 38 Pork products

43 Pierce with a stake

57 Read quickly

11 Moran or Gray

44 Ascends

58 Holler for

12 Air pollution

46 Stop briefly

13 Actress Daly

47 Carve in glass

28 Alps & Andes

59 Group formed to help a sheriff

19 Make amends

48 Hair color

60 Breathe heavily

21 Little rascals

49 Sharp cry

31 Coughs harshly

61 Excessive publicity

24 Birthday party dessert

50 Suffer defeat

32 Flatware piece 34 Taxi

62 Cedars & oaks

25 Loony

36 Prolonged pain

63 Additionally

26 Pretense

37 Enormous

DOWN

27 __ tree; source of chocolate

55 __ for; choose

28 Orange peel

56 And not

29 Cost-effective

57 Jacuzzi

23 High points 25 TV’s Rickles 26 Leftover bits

38 Opening; gap 39 Actress West

1 Ice cream scoop holder

52 Quayle and Rather 53 Aware of the shenanigans of

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Jumble

Solutions: Page 40

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The Commuter Crossword

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ACROSS 1 Easy to handle; gentle 5 __ the way; pioneers 10 Dull in color 14 Strong __ ox 15 Extremely 16 City near Lake Tahoe 17 Longstanding quarrel 18 Spick-andspan 19 Dines 20 Garment alterers 22 Disease that gives red spots 24 Lamb’s mother 25 Injures 26 Make laugh 29 Hydrogen or oxygen 30 Miami __, Fla. 34 “A __ home is his castle” 35 Spider’s creation

36 37 38 40 41 43 44 45 46 47 48 50 51 54 58 59 61

62 63

64 65 66 67

Football shirt Perform Hand over Beanie Left shore Little child Stockings Perspiration Uncooked Takes a chunk out of Religious belief Massage Modified Winged horse of myth Half of eight Ice cream portion Couldn’t __; fell apart emotionally “__ Karenina” Piece of dining room furniture Owl’s cry Become dizzy Sales pitch Travel lodges

DOWN 1 Pres. William Howard __ 2 Bewildered 3 Hawaiian island 4 Perpetual 5 Ill-gotten gain 6 Building wings 7 Supped 8 Theater plays 9 Not as crazy 10 Bureau 11 Genuine 12 Opening bet 13 Supervisor 21 Be in the red 23 Yelloworange 25 Native environment 26 Pile up 27 Colorful parrot 28 Loosen 29 Become firm 31 Necktie type 32 Discontinue

33 Overdoes the promotion 35 Marry 36 Fast plane 38 Dissuade 39 Sworn promise 42 Sideways football pass 44 Small barbecue 46 Railroad porter 47 Beetle or ant 49 Birds’ homes 50 Fight off 51 In the distance 52 “The __ Ranger” 53 Melody 54 Vaulter’s need 55 In just a bit 56 Come __; find 57 __ up; arranges 60 Japanese sash

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The (Classic) TV Crossword

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ACROSS “__ Trek: Voyager” Sullivan and Harris Sharpen, as one’s skills Sink underwater and die Marlo’s dad As busy __ Madigan and Brenneman “The __”; series for Whoopi Goldberg Pot cover __ Moines, Iowa “My Name Is __” Controversial rights org.

Arsenio __ Glenn or Eric High point Coconut tree Eric of Monty Python, and his family Comedienne Martha __ Comments from Homer “High __”; Gary Cooper classic western Brokaw or Berenger “Much __ About Nothing” Skillets Drive out Actress Carla __ Damon and Dillon Jed Clampett’s portrayer Prolonged pain Ask nosy questions “The __ Hunter”; Robert De Niro movie

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 Humiliation Actor on “We Are Men” Blyth and Sothern Actor Alejandro __ of “The Flying Nun” Ford failure “Win, Lose or __” Cry “__ Family” Sedaka and Diamond “Major __” Broadcast Singer Jerry __ “__ Date”; movie for Robert Downey, Jr. Shade trees Actress Sheedy Highest cards Scott of “Hawaii Five-0” Experts Actress/director Lupino “__ City”; classic Errol Flynn western “The __”; sitcom for Fran Drescher Yoko __ “The __ Limits”; sci-fi series of old Rushmore and McKinley: abbr.

Dock “The Amazing __” Patton’s monogram “__ About You”

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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 Fashionable heelless footwear 12 “The Sixth Sense” sense 15 Liqueur used to color a Bloody Smurf cocktail 16 It’s at the top of many a round face 17 Pejorative nickname for one supporting a cause via unproductive feel-good measures 18 Place for a gondola 19 Pub.’s client 20 Showed some hustle 22 Peerage member 24 Legal defendant: Abbr.

25 Chain that makes a lot of dough 28 Only British prime minister of Jewish birth 32 “I’m with you!”

34 Infamous 2001 shredders

35 So-so connection?

36 Conjure up 38 Teddy’s Mount Rushmore neighbor 39 Voltaire’s worldview 42 Glass, vis-à-vis electricity 45 Like carry-ons 47 Most unusual 48 Adriatic port 49 Pasta suffix, commercially 50 It was spawned by the Manhattan Project 54 Precious ones 57 Statesman in a Warhol series 58 Sitcom about the Buchmans 61 Word of repulsion 62 Stand firm in the face of defeat 63 Buns, e.g.

64 “Prepare to be amazed!”

Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis

DOWN 1 Small magazine articles?

2 __ parmigiana 3 Island blast 4 Speaking point?

5 Aaron of “Love Happens” 6 Syllable of disapproval 7 Czech composer Rudolf 8 Hot rock 9 Biting 10 Police weapons 11 “What’d I tell you?”

12 Drive nuts 13 Dredger’s target 14 Hanger in a rack 21 Likeness words 23 Punic Wars victor 25 A heap 26 “High Fidelity” actress Lisa 27 Road trip listening 28 Saturn satellite 29 Signs

30 University of New Mexico team 31 Slower than 43Down 33 Like many a movie genius 37 Note from abroad 40 Crawled, say 41 Xylophone relative 43 Listless 44 Short operatic piece 46 Post-bender dose 49 Pear-shaped fiddle 50 Surrounded by 51 Fiesta fare 52 Hebrew winter month 53 City captured in the Six-Day War 55 Brief “Don’t ask so many questions!”

56 Turn in the fridge 59 __ whim 60 Hagen of the Solutions: stage 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

37 Stench

1 “Carmen” or “La Traviata”

39 Rescued

6 Night twinkler

42 Religious belief

10 Con game 14 Was crazy about 15 Craving 16 Lacking vivid colors 17 Great fear 18 Lunchtime 19 Leave out 20 Police officer’s superior 22 Per person 24 Mayberry’s sheriff 25 Not as large 26 African nation 29 Make a __; get emotional in public

41 Store event

25 Threaded fastener

DOWN

26 Public uprising

44 Stitched

1 Cutlass or Alero

27 Walk by the water’s edge

46 Have regrets

2 Skin opening

28 Shortly

3 Hardly __; seldom

29 Early bedtime

4 Jimmy Carter’s successor

34 All __; listening

5 Parts added on to a book

36 Golfing pegs

47 Home of logs 49 __ up; makes untidy 51 Put in danger 54 Leave suddenly 55 Perches 56 Stark raving mad 60 Black-andwhite birds 61 Heroic tale 63 Air freshener brand 64 Sequoia or oak 65 Rooster

30 Actor McKellen

66 Cattle groups

31 “...for __ waves of grain...”

68 Classic gifts for Father’s Day

33 Build

69 Lock of hair

67 Stops

6 Like warm days 7 Horse’s gait 8 In the past 9 Give a new title to 10 Overindulgent parents 11 Desert beast 12 Wonderland girl

32 Cooking herb 35 Helpful hint 38 Breaks in kids’ school days 40 Evil spirit 43 Small fruit pie 45 Joy 48 Cut in half 50 Not as fresh 51 Furious 52 Grieve 53 Jabbed 54 Supports

13 Slightly more than a yard

56 Small rodents

21 Pres. John Quincy __

58 __ up; tallies

23 Window glass

62 Luau dish

57 Give a hoot 59 Not as much

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Daily Crossword

Jumble

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ACROSS 1 Eva or Juan of Argentina 6 “Taking you places” premium movie channel 11 Suffix for hero 14 ’60s-’70s Twins great Tony 15 Nest on a cliffside 16 “Friends” actress Courteney 17 Many a coffee shop, vis-à-vis Internet access 19 Corner PC key 20 Subj. for immigrants 21 Synagogue 22 Cowpoke’s seat 24 Flightless South American bird 26 Scottish hillside 28 “... believe __ not!”

29 Hairstyling immortal Vidal 31 “Ship out” alternative 34 Humble home 35 1980s secretary of state Alexander 36 False show 37 “No need to hurry, is there?”

DOWN

41 “__ ’nuff!”

1 __ that be: authorities 42 Move, in Realtorspeak 2 Inventor Otis 43 “In __ Shoes”: 3 Remington Cameron Diaz weapons flick 4 Egg: Pref.

44 Meddles (with) 5 Casual 46 “Pretty please ...” turndowns 50 GPS choices 6 Second-largest 51 Pinnacle planet 53 Geologic periods 7 Physicist Nikola 54 Extensive 8 Dadaism founder property 9 Spanish rivers 57 Sorrowful cry 10 Greek letter that 59 Slangy “OK” seems like it 60 “Wheel of should be last Fortune” 11 Summer purchase refreshers 61 Gender12 Hardly an determining amateur heredity unit 64 Mauna __: 13 Quote in Hawaii’s highest a book peak review 65 Harbor cities 18 “How 66 ESPN analyst frustrating!”

Garciaparra 23 Chip go-with 67 Bachelor in 25 Pale as a ghost personals, briefly 27 “La Bamba” co68 Early stage star Morales 69 Extends across 30 Very strange Edited by Rich Norris 32 Car headlight setting and Joyce Nichols Lewis

33 Strike a bargain 35 “The Newsroom” channel 37 Request for the latest update 38 The Twins, at Minneapolis’s Target Field 39 “Born Free” lion 40 Press for 41 Windex targets 45 Free TV ad 46 Words before “Can you give me directions?”

47 Cellist who performed at Steve Jobs’s funeral 48 Like a singleperformer show 49 Leads, as to a seat 52 Garçon’s handout 55 AutoCorrect target 56 Keynes’s sci.

58 Male heirs 62 Appt. book rows 63 Soak (up), as Solutions: gravy

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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.

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ACROSS Arness or Spader Actress Peeples “__ Lucy” Kick out __ with; carrying __ Herman; Paul Reuben’s character False statement Has a bug __ Butler; Clark Gable role Not nuts Role on “Cheers” Actress Moran Actor Sutherland Series for Nathan Fillion Inventor Thomas __ Edison Robert __ of “I Spy” “The A-__” Syrup flavor Robert __ of “The Sopranos” “What __ to Wear” Actress Marlee __ Grouch of “Sesame Street” Follows orders “Are You __, Chelsea?”

EFG forerunners Rudely brief in replying

DOWN 1 Tim’s wife on “Home Improvement” 2 Jai __; fast-paced game 3 Series for Ed O’Neill

4 Actress __ Plumb of “The Brady Bunch” 5 McCain or Feinstein: abbr.

6 “The __ Adventures of Old Christine” 7 __-T; actor on “Law & Order: SVU” 8 Had supper 10 Snakelike fish 11 Actor on “Chicago Fire” 13 “The __ and the Pendulum”; film based on a short story by Poe 15 Modern banking convenience, for short 17 Garden tool 18 Make a mistake 20 Carney or Linkletter 21 Nothing 22 180˚ from WSW 25 Dennings of “2 Broke Girls” 26 Suffix for percent or text 27 Zsa Zsa’s sister 28 “Tin __”; movie for Kevin Costner and Rene Russo 29 “__ in the Family” 31 “__ 54, Where Are You?” 33 “Two and a Half __” 35 Fleur-de-__ 37 Boatman’s items 38 “One __ Hill” 39 Unruly crowd 40 “Good Morning America” network 41 Josh Radnor’s role on “How I Met Your Mother” 42 Baseball great Mel __ 43 “Murder, __ Wrote”

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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

41 __ S. Truman

5 Sicker

1 Canister

42 Use a loom

4 Hindu teacher

43 Commandeers a plane in flight

6 Middle __; about A.D. 500 to about 1500

ACROSS

9 Actor Everett 13 Computer screen image

45 Zodiac sign

15 Navajo dwelling

47 Suffer defeat

16 “There’s no place like __”

48 Singer Clapton

17 Barry or Wilder

46 Ring king, once

51 In another place

18 “Goodnight, __”; folk song

56 Pitcher’s error 57 Wanderer

19 Come __; find

58 Arrived

20 Down in the dumps

60 Two-wheeler

22 Robin’s home

62 Church song

23 Story 24 Sort; type 26 Ridiculous 29 PAC member 34 Exact duplicate

61 Throw water on 63 Bench board 64 Wrath 65 Unhappy

7 Horse’s neck hair 8 Not fit for consumption 9 Not smooth, as peanut butter 10 Actress Lange 11 Biblical prophet 12 Fender blemish 14 Farthest planet from the Sun

39 Implore 41 Actor Holbrook 42 “When You __ Upon a Star” 44 Parka, for one 45 Cosmetic case item 47 Rent long-term

52 Nutcase

37 In this place 38 Ethiopia’s __ Selassie

3 Nary a one

28 Word of apology

40 Corncob

38 Large Spanish plantation

50 Actress Chase

27 Gloomylooking

4 Protective plate for a knight

35 Yosemite National __

25 16-oz. weights 1 Large

39 Bowwow

33 Snatches

48 Diminishes

2 Applied frosting

36 Body of water

DOWN

32 Wait on at table

21 Still red inside, as steak 26 Prolonged pains

35 Buckets

31 Newton or Hayes

29 Lions’ dens 30 Greasy

49 Metal bar

53 Self-righteous 54 Sunbeams 55 Actress Samms 59 At one’s wit’s __; utterly frustrated

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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

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Daily Crossword

Jumble

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ACROSS 1 Send payment 6 Utter angrily, as insults 10 Cameron of “Knight and Day” 14 Compensate (for) 15 On the briny 16 Dope from a booth?

17 Grocery bag option 18 Narrow inlets 19 1944 invasion city 20 Patient’s therapeutic shriek 23 For free 26 Groundbreaking old Fords 27 Multivolume ref.

28 It’s right on a map 31 Mentalist’s alleged ability, briefly 32 Tiny data storage device 35 Old-timey word of woe 39 Cowgirl Dale 40 Forest feller 41 Garlicky spread

42 Thinker Descartes 43 Uprising at Leavenworth, e.g.

45 Old name for Tokyo 47 Sports pg. number 48 St. Louis-toChicago dir.

49 Open courtyards 53 Warnings from a ticked-off tabby 55 Comical sort, like the last word of 20-, 32- or 43Across 58 New Age pianist John 59 Tavern flier 60 “Nothing ventured, nothing gained,” for one 64 Aid in a caper 65 Trees with splitresistant wood 66 Himalayan land 67 Optimistic 68 Bacon buy 69 ’50s-’60s TV beatnik Maynard G. __

DOWN 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 21 22 23 24 25 29 30 33

Jay-Z’s genre LAX listing Swiffer product All thumbs Scotty and Jack Russell Do damage to Old Voice of America org.

Kingdom Caught at a rodeo Tumbledown condition What spies gather, for short G sharp equivalent Close-up lenses Words to an old chap Music store buys Mayberry’s Pyle Christopher who played Superman Slogan writer Melee memento Urban cruisers U-turn

34 Sit for a spell 36 Pork cuts 37 How most writers work 38 Webmaster’s creations 41 Designed to defeat a Panzer, say 43 Scented hair ointments 44 Waikiki’s island 46 “Like, nobrainer!”

49 Hitching post?

50 Martial artsbased workout 51 Slick tricks 52 Sweater size 54 Passover feast 56 “__ la Douce” 57 Govt. crash investigator 61 “Great” simian 62 Chatter 63 Golfer Ernie Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis

Solutions: Page 42

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Crossword Puzzle

edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis

Solutions: Page 42

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ACROSS 1 Goulash 5 Movie actor awards 9 Nile native 13 Authoritative order 17 Short reminder 18 Old Testament prophet 20 Onion-family member 21 Kett of the comics 22 Great Lake city 23 Those lacking backbones?

25 About 26 Up and around 28 “___ thought I’d drop a line . . .”

29 Craftsmen 31 Student’s concern 33 Letter adjunct 35 Barflies 36 Photo finish 38 ___ Leone 41 WY mountain range 44 Pine fruit 47 Damage 49 Old-fashioned 50 Came up 51 Little one: suffix 52 Spoils 54 Large umbrella 56 Headliner 57 Alpha follower 59 Musical rest: var.

61 Ballet bends 63 Self-esteem 64 Work programs 66 More modern 68 Enfeebled by age 70 Emends 71 Kid 72 Diagonal weave 73 Edible bulbs 74 Mine-entries 75 Substitute for 78 Suitable 79 Badger look-alike 81 Seed coatings 83 Metal dross 84 Salamander 86 “Frasier’s” Roz 87 Take ten 88 Savings syst.

89 Regions 91 Organic compounds 94 Span’s partner 96 Action

Crossword Puzzle

In Is Out

97 Latin-American dance 98 Delaware tribe 100 Penitent 102 Fine powder 104 Grin 106 ‘90s fascist 110 Master designers 114 Jinglers 116 Fills with wonder 117 Dorothy’s dog 118 Arizona region?

121 Miser’s goal 122 Part of TD 123 Field of conflict 124 Diana to Margaret 125 Take ___ the lam 126 Tramp and trudge 127 Charles or Ephron 128 Remnants 129 ___ la vie!

DOWN 1 Former NOW president Eleanor 2 Third canonical hour 3 Gives off 4 Sorrowful words

5 ___ Day Adventists 6 Malt and hops brew 7 Encircle 8 Fills the tummy 9 Discovery exclamation 10 Comedienne Rudner 11 State absolutely 12 Defeats 13 Banquet attendees 14 Sunday school song?

15 Env. addendum 16 New Mexico art colony 19 Saddles or sofas 20 Russian Riviera 24 Intertwined fabric 27 U.S. radio agcy.

30 Small amount 32 Silverware substitute?

34 Publishing equipment?

37 Cupid’s counterpart

39 Genuine 40 Political ruling group?

42 Siouan language 43 Pianist Peter 44 Castro’s home 45 Designer Cassini 46 Roaring decade year?

48 Panthers or pumas?

53 Cornered 55 Dodgers’ Reese 58 You ___: we 59 Forty winks 60 Look forward to 62 Impertinent lass 65 45 Down contemporary 67 Chemical compound 69 Trials and tribulations 73 Musical drama 76 Part of TLC 77 Mild oath 78 Sci. of structure 80 Fish-eating bird

82 Cookbook abbreviation 85 Follow 90 Featured performances 92 Kappa follower 93 Watched surreptitiously 95 Brings about 96 Supercharged 99 Actress Burstyn 101 “___- com” 103 Cable TV station 105 Commercial cow 107 Nitrogen 108 Round figures 109 “___ a letter to my love . . .”

110 Regs.

111 Axe or awl 112 Edible root 113 Silverware, for short 115 Noticed 119 Bambi’s aunt 120 Delivery notation

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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

Colorful Stuff ACROSS 1 Microfilm 6 “__ It My Way” 10 Contributor’s TV? 13 Cooks in the microwave 17 Canoe 18 Spanish painter Joan ___ 19 Computer screen: abbr.

20 Prince Valiant’s wife 22 Mr. Schwarzenegger 23 Cultivate 24 Colorful vision?

26 ___ life 27 Out of ___ 29 Change 30 Italian grapes 31 Top tunes 32 Two score 33 Coin toss choice 35 Pass over 36 Eden occupant?

37 Irritate 38 Red or black pests 39 4panes, philatelically 40 Colorful aid organization 42 Mork’s main squeeze 44 West of Hollywood 45 Easter prologue 46 “. . . high on a ___ hill” 47 Aquatic mammal 51 Doctrine 53 Breathes heavily 54 Actor of “Sanford & Son” 55 Harvest fleece 56 Spartan 57 Idol Clarkson 58 Choose 59 Mah-Jongg position 60 Colorful dynasty matriarch?

62 The clink 63 “The Greatest” 64 Schleps 65 Still tidal waters 66 Met offering 67 Colorful world power?

69 Ring weapons 70 Malicious 71 Clean for the ER 72 Ice-cream accessories

73 74 75 76 80 83 84 85 86 87

Intuit Off. Pulver Listens Colorful warning?

Bistros U.S. territory Live it up ___ diem ___ Well!

Dominique, actress daughter of Dominick 88 Truncate 89 Replete 90 Agnes or Marie: abbr.

91 Twosome 92 Newsman Dan 94 Reservoir 95 Colorful Biblical passage?

98 Male pig 99 Further than 100 Atop 101 Have a go at 102 Low choir part 103 Positive electrodes 104 “___ were” 105 Draft org.

106 1975 Wimbledon winner 107 DNA chains DOWN 1 Sneaky 2 Lit 3 Refrigerates 4 Boat body 5 Airport info 6 Foreign goods 7 Water down 8 Paradox 9 Mamie’s maiden name 10 Home D.P. units 11 “The soul of wit” 12 Bargains, colloquially 13 Madcap 14 Branch of math.

15 Wig 16 Mr. Wonder 17 Dancer’s harness mate 21 Alter to suit 25 D.C. tax people 27 Blow one’s horn 28 Rooting areas

32 34 35 37 39 41 42 43 44 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 60 61 62 64 66

Palm branch Raggedy ___ Grain bundle Feminist Germaine Actress Duncan Found on a golf shoe Belorussian capital Colorfully healthy “___ in love” Merchandise Pinochle plays Played a horn Run out of time Hollywood “news” show Mountain home Live Linguini Staggers Roebuck’s partner Grammy’s Lena Grannies, for example Banisters Wine aromas Divulge Facial features Actor Ryan

68 Manitoba Indians 69 Previous 70 Passover meal 72 “Misery” co-star 73 High temperature 75 Gatherers’ companions 76 Gear shift option 77 Soap segment 78 Purifies 79 Propensities 80 Groups of performers 81 Tennis star qGibson 82 Armadas 83 Company 84 Go over again 87 Washout 88 Greek porches 89 Synthetic 91 Car boo-boo!

93 Scandinavian pop group 94 Italian well 96 Reine’s husband 97 Yes votes 99 Catch

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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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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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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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Crossword, Page 19

Word Salsa, Page 20

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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

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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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