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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 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

1 5 8 9 12 13 14 15 16 18 19 20 21 23 24 25 26 28 29 30 32 35 36 37 38 40 41 42 43 44

ACROSS “__ Trek: Voyager” Zsa Zsa’s sister “The Buckeye State” Lovable stray dog of film Olds model of a decade ago John or Sean Titles for Laurence Olivier and John Gielgud Ernie’s “Sesame Street” pal “If I __ a Hammer” Lemony drink “__ the Clock” Heche or Hathaway “The __”; movie for Jennifer Lopez and Vincent D’Onofrio Pitt and Garrett Tow; drag __ Mawr; women’s college Stockholm resident “The Donna __ Show” Diner on “Alice” Summer of “A Different World” “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s __” Ship’s letters Breathe heavily “One __ Hill” Caruso and Pavarotti Wrestler __ Ventura Weasellike animal Greek god of love Playfully shy Actress __ Fey

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 Having no hollowness inside “Are You __?”

Broadcasts Little friend of Winnie the Pooh Film critic co-host with the late Gene Siskel Express bottled-up frustration Actress Jillian One of the hosts of “Wipeout” “...Little Lulu, with freckles on your chin, always __ out of trouble...”

“Not __ Stranger”; Frank Sinatra movie Actress __ Thompson Catherine of “JAG” __ Moines, Iowa “NYPD __” Actor __ Gross George of “CSI” Role for Marcia Cross on “Desperate Housewives” One of the Maverick brothers Univ. in Dallas Mae and Adam Game show host Drew Some hospital personnel: abbr.

One of the nieces on “The Bernie Mac Show” Billy __ Williams Sport played on horseback Actress Garr “__ Nightly News with Brian Williams” “__ Pilot”; John Wayne movie

Solutions: Page 40

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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

31 Sum deducted

68 Scarlet & ruby

28 Argument

69 Blundered

29 Buffalo

1 Regions

33 Rowed

6 “Once __ a time...”

37 Actor Sandler 39 Cowboy’s rope

10 Egg-shaped

41 Keep for later

1 Play divisions

35 Wicked

14 Bracelet dangler

42 Copper or tin

2 Ms. Perlman

44 Fit for a king

36 Refuse to admit

15 Back of the neck

46 Item for confession

3 Actor James __ Jones

16 Small rodent

47 Panty hose material

17 __ firma; dry land

32 British peer DOWN

4 Bust 5 Drunk

34 Grate; scrape

38 Show plainly 40 Desert refuge

6 Remove a lid

43 Harp of old

49 Merely

7 Suffering

45 Ancestry

18 Give a traffic ticket to

51 Painkilling pill

8 Make a choice

48 Stay around

54 Chablis or rosé

9 Required

19 “Queen of Jazz”

55 Be earsplitting

50 Consolidation of 2 companies

20 Employee at a used car lot

56 Abandoned

22 Mournful songs

60 Race loser of Aesop’s fable 61 Spanish romantic artist

10 Abroad 11 Longest river in Europe 12 Steve or Gracie 13 Minimum

24 __ around; bargain-hunt

63 Nimble

25 Lowly soil tiller of old Europe

64 Bullfight shouts

25 Pushover

26 Spent foolishly

65 Pitcher with a flaring spout

26 Loud sound of a hard impact

66 Waterbirds

27 Nurse’s assistant

29 Merit __; Boy Scout award 30 Stylish

67 Fluid-filled sac

51 __ committee; goal-oriented group 52 Mattress brand 53 Whittles

21 Fashion show participant

54 Has on

23 “Othello” villain

56 Prepared Easter eggs 57 Bleachers level 58 Otherwise 59 Thing done 62 Have debts

Solutions: Page 40

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Jumble

Solutions: Page 40

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The Commuter Crossword

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ACROSS 1 Nickname for Elizabeth 5 Referred to 10 Deep mud 14 New thought 15 Game site 16 __ up; spends 17 “The Farmer in the __” 18 “M*A*S*H” role 19 __ in the face; insult 20 Animate 22 Agatha Christie’s genre 24 __ on; try to buy on eBay 25 Throws pebbles at 26 Follow 29 Actor Holbrook 30 Respond to a stimulus 34 Dryer residue 35 Singer Tillis 36 __ Nevada; western range

37 38 40 41 43 44 45 46 47 48 50 51 54 58 59 61 62

63

64 65 66 67

Highest card Confused Floor cushion __ with; was chock full of Bather’s spot __ Raton, FL Goofed Dined Jackasses Syrup flavor Actress Arthur Evolve Small ax Microwave, e.g.

Cake tier Residence Fender bender reminder Without __; happy-golucky Lawn trees Hang __; save Gathers leaves Yellow, Black, Red and Dead

DOWN 1 __ one’s time; wait patiently 2 “I Dream of Jeannie” star 3 Relate 4 Food fish 5 Was concerned 6 Tehran’s nation 7 Koppel of TV 8 Tooth coating 9 Hannah of films 10 Movie not to be missed 11 __ of Wight 12 Back part 13 Catch sight of 21 Compete 23 Disrobe 25 Artist’s tray 26 Make joyous 27 Friendlier 28 Derisive smile 29 Witch’s spell

31 Knight’s suit 32 __ up; laugh heartily 33 Quick farewells 35 Prefix for night or section 36 Sandwich, for short 38 Olympics prize 39 Payable 42 Souvenir 44 Sandy shores 46 Fleece source 47 Fast plane 49 __ bear; white animal 50 Exposes 51 Blockhead 52 Like 2, 4 or 6 53 Air duct 54 In this place 55 Opening; gap 56 Ms. Samms 57 “__ of the d’Urbervilles” 60 Long-haired ox

Solutions: Page 40

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The (Classic) TV Crossword

ACROSS 1 “__ Days” 6 “Space __”; Michael Jordan film 9 “__ Grows in Brooklyn”; movie for Dorothy McGuire 10 Kick out 12 Journeys 13 “Seven __ for Seven Brothers” 14 Usually fluid-filled pouch 15 Role on “JAG” 16 Charlton Heston film about a Spanish hero 19 Male singing voice 23 Radio show host Don __ 24 Early Ron Howard role 25 “Alice __ Live Here Anymore” 28 Duvall or Urich 30 House number and street: abbr.

31 “Promised __”; Gerald McRaney drama series 32 __ Arnaz 33 “Born on the __”; Creedence Clearwater Revival hit 34 Actor Matthew __ Gubler 36 President Ford’s monogram 39 “How I Met Your __” 42 “Touched by an __” 44 “Well, you’re a fine __ talk!”

45 Ross or Rigg 46 “__ About You” 47 Scatter

Solutions: Page 40

DOWN 1 Bowlers and derbies 2 Gillette razor 3 “The __”; Drew Carey’s show

4 Energy 5 “Say __ to the Dress” 6 Sheen’s role on “The West Wing” 7 “__ of Cakes”; reality series 8 Rushmore and Whitney: abbr.

10 Make a boo-boo 11 Dad on “19 Kids and Counting” 13 “The __ News Bears” 15 Belonging to that fellow 17 K’s followers, in the alphabet 18 “The Final __”; Robin Williams movie 20 King Kong, for one 21 “To __, With Love”; Sidney Poitier film 22 All __; prepared 25 “American __!”

26 “__ to Billy Joe” 27 Sullivan and Bradley 28 Actor Romano 29 Yoko __ 31 “Now I __ me down to sleep...”

33 Tavern 35 Vintage automobile 37 Actress Russo 38 Defect 39 “Teen __”; reality series 40 “Snakes __ Plane”; movie for Samuel L. Jackson 41 Role on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” 42 Want __; section of the newspaper for the unemployed 43 Word with wit or pick

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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 5 9 14 15 16 17 20 21 22 23 25 26 27 33 34 35 38

Drop Watery, perhaps Informal eateries Volkswagen brand Staff addition Acid used in soap-making Somnambulist’s icebox raid?

Dollhouse plaything Neither esta nor esa King’s value, sometimes Hot porridge ingredient Work requiring oversized shelves, briefly Otto I’s realm: Abbr.

Personalized gauze?

Like some still-life items Stately tree Power problem Channel watched in many a bar

39 42 43 45 46

EZ or MT, e.g.

Bridge beam Bundle WWII craft Anderson of “WKRP in Cincinnati” 47 Big problem at KFC? 51 Derby-wearing Addams 53 La-la leader 54 Likely 55 Justice Fortas 56 Array in many an NBA game 58 Old oddball 63 After-hours spa service?

66 Intellectual 67 “Me next!”

68 Easy-peasy thing 69 Airport freebie 70 Airport data, for short 71 Slippery swimmers Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis

DOWN 1 Commercial building with a conical roof, traditionally 2 Backless shoe 3 Start of a project 4 They bind 5 Dentist’s recommendation 6 German article 7 Golden Fleece vessel 8 Didn’t quit 9 Rum concoctions 10 Have it __ 11 Burlesque accessory 12 Peak near the Jungfrau 13 Public row 18 Rap’s Salt-N-__ 19 Mightily miffed 24 Qualified 27 Is shy, in a way 28 Graham __, cofounder of the Hollies 29 Scheduled to go to 30 Winged chatterbox

31 Take it slow 32 Therapy subject 36 Bunch of buds 37 Pennsylvania port 40 Md. institution since 1845 41 They’re good enough for the time being 44 Appropriate 48 Bit of a bluff 49 First name in ’80s-’90s morning talk 50 All-purpose vehicles 51 Literary feet 52 Classic V-8 57 Monthly acct. update 59 Latin 101 verb 60 Billy of “Titanic” 61 Even, to Yves 62 Crunches, e.g.

64 Peeples in pictures Solutions: 65 Strong joe

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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 Sen. __ Bailey Hutchison

37 Actor Guinness 38 Oyster’s gem

9 Mr. Arnaz

39 Ready to be picked & eaten

13 Watched

40 Cunning

15 Sleep __; risky breathing lapses

41 Lion cries

4 Biblical hymn

16 Malicious 17 Equipment

2 Certain votes 3 Slangy affirmative

42 Mexican mister

4 Prairies of South America

43 Writer of prose pieces

6 Poker bet

18 Alma __; one’s former school

45 Powerful

19 Collapsed

48 Vegetarian’s lunch, perhaps

20 Keen reasoning ability

DOWN 1 Beer container

46 Implore 47 Actress Gilbert

5 Paddle

30 Boat propellers 31 Pigs and hogs 32 Poultry shop purchase 33 Put forth, as energy 35 Bodies of water 38 Emotionally moving

7 Marvin and Iacocca

39 Keeps

8 Thurgood or Penny

42 Categorize

9 Bad-mouth

45 Thin sheets of wood on a wall

41 Bread variety 44 Mistreats

51 Something that does not exist

10 Hardly __; seldom 11 Sandy residue

47 Cut

56 Wading bird

12 Misfortunes

48 Neat

57 Over

14 Extreme

49 Acting award

21 Underground part of a plant

50 Helsinki native

24 Pork product

58 __ lights; marquee rim

26 Snapshots

60 Have a meal

25 Tavern order

53 __ Scotia

29 Unite into a whole

61 Work of fiction 62 Wise man

26 __ out; get rid of gradually

54 Yellowishbrown wood

34 Usual practice

63 Cravings

27 Corridors

35 Layered rock

64 Shreds

28 Follows rules

55 Cartoon bear

36 Floor coating

65 Doctor’s bag

29 Diagram

59 Hair covering

22 Painting, sculpturing, etc.

23 Saturate

52 Woodwind

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Daily Crossword

Jumble

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ACROSS 1 Least likely to be free 8 Prime time for clammers 15 Desperate way to run 16 Unlike bald tires 17 Increases, as production 18 Bearded ladies and sword swallowers 19 “Don’t just sit there!”

21 Sunny Day Real Estate’s music genre 22 Rating org.

23 AriZona rival 27 Ditat __: Arizona’s motto 29 Botox target 31 Lit out 32 Biennial games gp.

35 ’60s Bruce Wayne portrayer 38 Display anger 42 Stopped paying attention

43 One acting badly 44 Unlike the OED 45 Aptly named pope 47 Printer’s measure 51 1969 baseball expansion team 54 Earth 57 Malmö Airport carrier 58 2005 Christopher Nolan action film 61 Czech region where Freud was born 64 SkyDome city 65 New York film festival site 66 One taking off regularly 67 Historic Venetian basilica 68 Words before a disappearing act?

Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis

DOWN 1 Exercised authority over 2 Feral 3 “Toodles!”

4 Little devils 5 Derby setting 6 Campaign in 7 Rare medical classification 8 Carve in stone 9 Leave without reason?

10 City east of Lac de Neuchâtel 11 Zippy tastes 12 Forest part of 2006 13 Diamond head?

14 Money changers?: Abbr.

20 Hairy crawler 24 Cancún crowd?

25 Nod, vis-à-vis Eden 26 Workers on a hill 28 __ qua non 30 Horace work 33 Anxious med. condition 34 You can’t eat with one

36 Poet’s deg.

37 Namby-pamby 38 Antidrug honcho 39 Iberian wolf 40 Elision from Eliza 41 Québécois’s approval 46 “In America” novelist 48 Really enjoys 49 Dantean divisions 50 Put in order 52 Ethiopian map word 53 Four-time Wimbledon champ 55 Higher in rank than 56 Worth 59 “Serpico” writer Peter 60 Net score 61 Range parts: Abbr.

62 Leftover bit Solutions: 63 Outer margin

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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 23 24 25 26 28 29 30 32 35 36 37 38 40 41 42 43 44

ACROSS Sherman Hemsley sitcom “Judging __” “One Life to __” “Without a __” Had a meal “__ Fear”; Richard Gere movie Film for Warren Beatty and Diane Keaton Majors and Marvin Caustic soap ingredient Junior naval officer: abbr. “__ Plus 8” “Anything __”; Woody Allen film “My Three __” Main character in “The Little Mermaid” College credit Sheriff Andy Taylor’s son Valuable item Clark __; Superman’s secret identity Drinks like Fido Gabor and Mendes “The __ Couple” Anger Actress Erin __ “Live __ or Die Hard”; movie for Bruce Willis “Lights, camera, __!” “__ Mason” “X-Men: The Last __” To __; exactly Take advantage of Chore

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 Alf or ET “Criminal __ Behavior” Arden and Plumb “__ and Stacey” “__ Grows in Brooklyn”; Dorothy McGuire movie Noninvasive diagnostic tests, for short Sweet potato Role on “Grey’s Anatomy” Meredith Baxter’s role on “Family Ties” Rap’s Dr. __ “Ace Ventura: __ Detective”; Jim Carrey film “__ Man Standing” Snakelike fish Make a sweater Moran of “Happy Days” Small bills “Rise of the Planet of the __” Acceptable Actress Larter Rue and Gilbert Wear away Dick __ Dyke Actress Bo __ Susan __ of “L. A. Law” Beefeater __; bottles on a tavern shelf Solutions: Greek cheese Fraternity letter Page 41 Boone or Sajak

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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 Peruses

41 Drink too much

DOWN

32 Holy book

42 Garments for Indian women

1 __ a bike; pedaled

34 Unconscious state

44 Buffalo 46 Blanc or Ferrer

2 Actress Moran

36 Depend

47 “We __ Overcome”

3 Assist in crime

38 Wrong

14 Planet’s path

4 “Reader’s __”

15 Pleasant

49 Milky Way, e.g.

5 Tales

40 Old Roman robes

16 Merit

51 Law

6 Goofy

54 Scotch __; sticky strip

7 Mr. Crosby

43 Give the cold shoulder to

8 __-cream cone

45 Snoozing

9 Septic tank alternatives

48 Be present at

6 Long-legged curved-billed bird 10 Steals from

17 San __ Padres 18 Once more 19 Huge continent

55 Astray

20 Going in

56 Send off on official business

22 Finishing

10 Most prepared

60 Chef

11 Fertile spot in the desert

61 Wicked

12 Seawater

25 Raves about

63 Boise’s state

13 Obstacles

26 Type of sofa

24 Look on the bright __; be optimistic

35 Pinnacle

50 Conductor 51 Religious splinter groups 52 Scout unit

64 Heavy volume

21 Perfect

53 Fragrance

29 Social division or ranking

65 Athletic shoe brand

23 Intl. military alliance

54 Scrabble pieces

30 Frothy drink

66 Connection; link

25 France’s capital

56 Levee

26 Talk back

57 Cab

67 Reach across

27 Ms. Fitzgerald

58 Buddy

37 Close noisily

68 Shameful grades

28 Drop of joy or sorrow

59 Rubber tube

39 Legal

69 Embedded dirt

29 __ B. DeMille

31 Fencing sword 33 “Sesame Street” grouch

62 Compete

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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 Elementary lessons 5 When Juliet drinks the potion 10 Sailing or whaling 14 “Sommersby” actor Richard 15 Thérèse’s thanks 16 Hot streak 17 Now and then 19 Ye __ Tea Shoppe 20 Ratio phrase 21 Quick look 23 Apt. coolers 24 Bumped into 27 One of 100 members of Cong.

28 Repairman’s initial fig.

29 Young socialite 30 Pre-med subj.

32 Game with sharp projectiles 34 Siouan speakers 36 Dutch Renaissance humanist 39 Lived in by the seller

43 One more 44 Botch 46 Dance movements 49 Fly in the ointment 51 Eclectic musician Brian 52 Like the Oz woodsman 53 Baseball arbiter 56 “Xanadu” rock gp.

57 Shares an email with 58 Vinaigrette dressing ingredient 61 After the buzzer 63 ’70s Russian gymnast Korbut 64 Presidential workplace 68 Emeralds and pearls 69 Delaware’s capital 70 “__ Almighty”: Steve Carell film 71 Part of Q.E.D. 72 Deer dads 73 Had a good cry

DOWN 1 In the past 2 Treat with courtesy 3 Medieval arrow shooter 4 Religious offshoot 5 GP’s gp.

6 These, to Thérèse 7 Duo plus one 8 Computer symbols 9 Immortal coach Lombardi 10 Buck suffix 11 Crossword fan 12 Sibling who usually baby-sits other siblings 13 Tips off 18 Unresponsive state 22 Ultimately become 23 Big fuss 25 Juan’s January 26 Mystic’s deck 31 RPM gauges

33 “I highly doubt that!”

35 Lose one’s cool 37 Play division 38 Picture on a ceiling 40 Happen next 41 Course that’s not required 42 Quaint headgear for a class clown 45 Red Sox home: Abbr.

46 Unwitting victim 47 Rudder control 48 Puzzle 50 Game with holes 54 Frames of mind 55 Turn on an axis 59 Seemingly endless 60 Volcanic flow 62 Some 65 Drumstick, e.g.

66 Surg. facilities 67 Tonsillitis M.D. 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

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Crossword Puzzle

Job Actions ACROSS 1 Big celebration 5 Edge around 10 New Mexico art colony site 14 Dancers take these 19 Raines of films 20 Court event 21 European capital 22 Gem weight 23 MGM’s call 24 Country Music’s Steve 25 Functions 26 Japanese dog 27 What a lawyer likes to do 30 Icy 31 ___Pulver, of Mr. Roberts 32 Pinball machine no-no 33 Borscht ingredient 34 Rub out 37 Insect 40 Streetcar name 42 Emulate Bugs 45 What a psychologist likes 48 Opening 49 School subj.

51 Come together 52 Consumed 53 Luau dishes 54 ___ Alto, Calif.

55 Tanguay and Peron 57 What a beautician might do 60 Ceramic jugs 61 Say it again 63 Baseball’s Pee Wee 64 Part of some rivers 66 Room extension 67 Puppy bite 68 Covered container 69 Tastes 73 ___ the bag!

75 ___-toothed 79 Bread spreads 80 What a rail-road worker might do 83 Shoe widths 84 Island off Alaska 85 Tarry 86 Singer Ford 87 Hosp. employees 88 Versifier 89 ___ mode

90 What an optometrist might be 94 Full house adv.

95 Help to remember 97 Kin of 105 Down 98 Maxwell and Martinelli 99 Charges 101 Obstruct 103 Clerical garment 104 Olfactory signals 107 Where a dentist might be 114 Sticky 115 Thomas of the rink 116 “The Merry Widow” composer 117 “King Kong” star 118 Garment style 119 King of comedy 120 Fabulous fiddle 121 Yikes!

122 Hold back 123 Messy mess 124 Earful 125 Excise editorially

DOWN 1 Early TV’s Gertrude 2 Lotion ingredient 3 Blind feature 4 Most challenging 5 Hearty entrees 6 Caviar exporter 7 Gossip 8 “Le Roi d’Ys” composer 9 Put in office 10 Disarrayed 11 Valued properties 12 Corrida shouts 13 “___ your old man” 14 Dieter’s nemesis 15 What a diver likes to do 16 New York canal 17 Dressmaker’s need: abbr.

18 Collar insert 28 “The ___ Love” 29 Verdi work 30 Oozes 33 Cook slowly 34 Abettor 35 Superman Chris

36 Strongman Charles 37 Open-mouthed 38 Fed. 39 “___ Finest Hour” 41 Prince of opera 43 Florida’s Marion County seat 44 Bear breed 46 Snuggle 47 Diplomatic understanding 50 Inquisitive 53 Dessert item 56 What a marcher might do 58 Burglary 59 Hopes 60 Other, in Oaxaca 62 “___ well that ends...”

65 Twilight 69 Daytime drama 70 Choir members 71 Coin taker 72 Shows joy 73 Harry’s follower 74 “___ soul”: no one 75 Type of golf tournament

76 Actor Richard and family 77 Singer Lotte 78 Curve types 81 Best man of his generation 82 High-level naval offs.

85 Uncovers 90 Braid 91 Yemen city 92 Ship’s control 93 Shoved 96 Barometric “contour line” 100 Churchman 102 Italian cultural city 103 Mountaintop house 104 Food fish 105 Pack animal 106 Shoot forth 107 Sandwich shop, for short 108 James Mason role 109 Siamese 111 Yen 112 Afrikaans 113 ___ Park 115 Beaver’s oeuvre

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Word Salsa

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Brain BUSTERS • PAGE 21

Crossword Puzzle edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis

Solutions: Page 42

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Quote-Acrostic

edited by Linda and Charles Preston

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Solutions: Page 42

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Quote-Acrostic

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Crossword Puzzle

The Unreal Thing ACROSS District Provoke Boxer Max Ferber of fiction Hunting horn note Hun king Market, in Marseilles 20 Escapes 21 False fur 24 Neckwear 25 Norwegians’ neighbors 26 Cold symptoms 27 Goal 29 Former Spanish queen 30 Draft org.

32 Gaelic 33 Throat problem 35 Make believe 39 Fake green soup?

44 Smoked salmon 45 See 24 Across 47 Dolphin digs 49 Penned in 50 Cleo’s bosom companion?

51 Atl. counterpart 52 Means 55 Sharpen 56 Short distance 58 Granite State flower 60 Respond 62 Negative prefix 63 Blackbird 65 Chemical prefix 66 Vientiane’s country 68 Emergency treatment 77 Kett of the comics 78 ___ at: scold 79 Singer Summer 80 Architects org.

83 Withers 86 Ruhr city 88 Acid prefix 89 Cinder 91 Esteem 93 Motorists’ org.

95 News assn.

96 World bearer 98 Bakery items 99 Short swims 101 Family mem.

102 Masqueraders 105 Work of imagination 107 Planet underfoot 108 Opposed to 1 5 9 13 17 18 19

112 113 115 116 119 123 125 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Haggard novel List ending Tibetan gazelle Goes back Shriver of TV Window treatment Reagan program, according to George H.W. Bush Al and Tipper Kind of grease?

Flip-flop, e.g.

Periods Norse narrative Consider Auld lang ___ Fender bender DOWN In the center of City on the Tiberis Shannon’s land Certify Mob weapon Elevator man “Home ___” Eatery ___ in the woods: innocent

10 Vestments 11 Whiffenpoof songster 12 Change sailing angle 13 High transports 14 Fraud 15 Inert gas 16 Fox terrier of films 19 Foggy condition 20 Well-known 22 Balance sheet plus 23 In medias ___ 28 Former NYC subway system 31 Cut 34 Norse goddess 35 Fluid part of blood 36 List 37 Ace 38 Wheel and ___ 39 Wrestler’s arena 40 Hebrew measure 41 Flick 42 “The Tonight Show” host 43 Paradise 46 Asimov’s forte 47 Cat cry

48 53 54 57 59 61 64 67 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 80 81 82 84 85 87 90

Not accurate Spanish surrealist Cicatrix Ballet bend WWII aid to the Brits Mud puppy’s cousin Newts Portico Road to 2 Down Part of TLC Bridge seats Family member, for short Beg Nightmares Par for a small golf course?

Country “___ tale’s best for winter” W.S. High: comb. form Bridge ploy Noble family of Ferrara Box Innocent Excited, colloquially

92 Hesitation sounds 94 Sacred bull of Egypt 97 Rushes forward 100 Jerk 103 Japanese statesman Hiroburmi 104 Removed stubble 106 Worked together 108 Assert 109 New: comb. form 110 Ringlet 111 Given to scratching 113 Advantage 114 Stepped 116 Lounging attire 117 Esau’s country 118 Shortly 120 Laugh, in Paris 121 Yes, ___: Sammy Davis bio 122 No. 1’s helper 124 Kind of soup or shooter 126 Corrida cry 127 Formerly named

Solutions: Page 42

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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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Hitori

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Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit 1 to 9. Digits inside the dotted cages must add up to the number in the corner of each cage, and digits can’t repeat inside a cage.

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Hitori

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Hitori

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Hitori

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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

Kakuro, Page 8

Commuter Crossword, Page 3 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 Boggle, Page 12 Jumble, Page 10 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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