Custom Puzzle Book - Puzzle Brainia

Table of Contents Crosswords, Number Puzzles, Word Games, Logic Puzzles and Trivia Wuzzles..........................................................................2, 7, 9 Stickelers............................................................................2, 3 Point and Solve......................................................................3 Cryptoquip.........................................................................3, 8 Sheffer Crossword..................................................................3 Sudoku...................................................................................4 Super Quiz.........................................................................4, 8 Premier Crossword.................................................................5 Challenger..............................................................................6 Hocus Focus...........................................................................6 Word Sleuth...........................................................................6 Cryptoquote............................................................................6 Wishing Well..........................................................................7 Joseph Crossword..................................................................7 Multi-Sudoku 2x2..................................................................8 Battleships..............................................................................9 Scramblers..............................................................................9 Solutions................................................................................10, 11

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Here’s a “trickledown” puzzle. The rules are simple; you

merely change one letter on each line to make a new word and continue until you reach the final word.

EXAMPLE: COAT ANS: COAT _____ COST _____ CAST _____ CASE VASE VASE Now, try this one.

CHIMP Remember, there _______ may be more _______ than one answer. _______ _______ SLAPS

Point and Solve

Cryptoquip

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

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

HPVH WGDALNWTHQJX SVG’Z HAVQU

QZ NQJXAFQGF VPXVN. BPQTP DVHP

SQFPH HPX YVUULB YXUULB YLUULB? Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: H equals T

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

Crossword

by Eugene Sheffer

Answers on page 10

ACROSS 1 Autumn mo.

4 “— Breckinridge” 8 Drag along 12 That girl 13 Quite some time 14 Shrek is one 15 Remiss 16 Flattery 18 Eye-related 20 Marry 21 Hen pen 24 Famous 28 Flowering vine 32 Clinton veep 33 Standard 34 Billow 36 Watch chain

37 39 41 43 44 46 50 55 56 57 58 59 60 61

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Sister of Osiris Grump Eighth Greek letter Rip Historic period Healthy Dairy item Aye opponent Heap Carte Conk out Choir member Vail gear On in years

DOWN 1 Norway’s capital 2 Fellow

What are the five most widely spoken Romance languages?

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 17 19 22 23 25 26 27 28

Libretto Team animals?

Evergreen type Caviar, really From the start Frank — Khan Web address Albanian money Coffee break hour Lemieux milieu Piece of work 1992 presidential candidate Bean curd Cupid’s alias Society newbies Skewer

29 30 31 35 38 40 42 45 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54

Launder One of HOMES Chills and fever Dutch Renaissance scholar Audiophile’s setup Expert Joan of — Weaponry Loosen Catch red-handed Changed the color Hot tub Painter’s medium Last (Abbr.)

“A mouse!”

Blackbird

Sudoku

Super Quiz

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

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

Answers on page 10

Premier Crossword by Frank A. Longo

Answer on page 10

Challenger

Hocus Focus

Answers on page 11

Cryptoquote

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

LAWD

QFBV

RXRQDW

ZBK

BVK

RBVQB

PVAGR

HAAK.

EIBTR,

GFDV

—

CATW

CAT’JD

IXVKB

ZDDV

RTVRFXVD

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

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

Answers on page 11

Crossword ACROSS 1 Tot’s spot 5 Skirt edges 9 Deference 11 Hackneyed 12 Confuse 13 Flared dress 14 Once called 15 Deviate from team strategy 17 Forget what one was about to say 19 Small rug 20 Fashion 21 “2001” computer 22 View anew 24 Curved letter 26 Took on

by Thomas Joseph 9 Cry of insight 2 30 Start recycling, say 32 Decline 34 “Norma —” 35 Assumed name 36 Flip call 38 Decimal part 39 Adorable 40 Work units 41 Blunders DOWN 1 Tennis star Michael 2 Western contests 3 Owing 4 Arg. neighbor 5 Ring of light 6 Puzzle

7 Training book 8 Wintry weather 10 Entertain 11 Seal sound 16 Single issue 18 Harp’s cousin 21 Frau’s spouse 23 Crazy cards in a certain game 24 Anger 25 Moving carefully 27 More spooky 28 Casino worker 29 Fancy marble 30 Be effusive 31 Bird abodes 33 Horse chow 37 Wonder

Multi-Sudoku

Super Quiz

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

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

Answers on page 11

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

Battleships Each Battleship puzzle represents an ocean with a hidden fleet of ships, which may be oriented horizontally or vertically within the grid such that no ship touches another, not even diagonally. The numbers on the right and on the bottom of the grid show how many squares in the corresponding row and column are occupied by ship segments. Occasionally some squares may contain given ship or water segments to help start the puzzle.

The object is to discover where all ships are located.

Answers on page 11

Wuzzles - Page 2

Point & Solve - Page 3

Cryptoquip - Easy - Page 3 THAT UNPRODUCTIVE MAN’S TRAIL IS DIVERGING AHEAD. WHICH PATH MIGHT THE FALLOW FELLOW FOLLOW?

Stickelers - Page 2 CHIMP CHAMP CLAMP CLAMS SLAMS SLAPS

Stickelers - Page 3

Sheffer Crossword - Page 3

Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian and Romanian.

Sudokus - Page 4

Premier Crossword - Page 5

Challenger - Page 6

Word Sleuth - Page 6

Wuzzles - Page 7

Joseph Crossword - Page 7

Cryptoquote - Page 6 MORE THAN SANTA CLAUS, YOUR SISTER KNOWS WHEN YOU’VE BEEN BAD AND GOOD. — LINDA SUNSHINE

Cryptoquip Hard - Page 8 Multi-Sudoku - Easy - Page 8 Battleships - Page 9

Wuzzles - Page 9

Scramblers - Page 9