Brain Busters Puzzle Book

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Brain BUSTERS • Page 1

The

Ultimate Puzzle book

• JUMBLE® • CROSSWORD PUZZLES • SUDOKU • WORD SALSA • SCRABBLEGRAMS • HITORI • 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

PAGE

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............................7,9,13,16,17,18,19,21,25 Kakuro............................................................. 8,10,11,15 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 4 9 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 20 22 26 27 28 29 32 35 39 40 42 43 47 48 49 50 51 52 53

ACROSS “NCIS: __ Angeles” Actress Procter Series for Paul Guilfoyle “Cat __ Hot Tin Roof” “The __ Clause”; Tim Allen film Crawling insect “...__ the ramparts we watched...”

Actor Stacy __ Barker and Bell “CSI: __” “Carmen” or “Figaro” Actor on “Criminal Minds” “Back __ Future”; movie for Michael J. Fox “American __!”

Actress Leoni “Sanford and __” Remains pending “The Young and __” “None But the __”; Frank Sinatra movie set during WWII Buck of “Hee Haw” Suffix for health or wealth Samms and Thompson Barrel for liquids Actress __ Arthur Flies high __ out a living; get by Wall and Easy: abbr. “__ Nest” “The __ Adventures of Old Christine”

DOWN 1 Weaver’s device

2 “__ the loneliest number...”; start of a hit song for Three Dog Night 3 __ Jessica Parker 4 Nanook of the North, for one 5 __ West 6 “Message __ Bottle”; movie for Kevin Costner & Paul Newman 7 Major’s superior: abbr.

8 Word in many e-mail addresses 9 “Candid __” 10 Entrapped 11 “__ Wonderful Life” 19 “How I __ Your Mother” 21 Pea casing 23 “Gunfight __ O.K. Corral”; classic western for Burt Lancaster 24 Perlman and others 25 Signified 29 “Sesame __” 30 Scarlett and her father 31 Setting for “Bonanza”: abbr.

33 Like a shiny photograph 34 Stitch 36 Della of “Touched by an Angel” 37 “The Magnificent __”; movie for Yul Brynner & Charles Bronson 38 Adder or cobra 39 Baby’s eating accessories 41 Meat-and-vegetable dish 44 “Mr. __”; Michael Keaton movie 45 “A __ of the World”; film for Sigourney Weaver 46 Carney or Garfunkel

Solutions: Page 40

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The Commuter Crossword

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ACROSS

40 Taunt playfully

4 Actor Selleck

30 Grows fatigued

Sudoku

1 Over and done

41 Writer __ Verne

Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit, 1 to 9. — The Mepham Group

10 Clippety-__

42 Like a twisted old log

5 Lullaby composer

32 Out of town

5 Deer’s color

6 Acting parts

35 Take a catnap

14 5 __ 10 is 2

44 Woods

7 Fail to include

37 __ off; berate

15 “__ and Juliet”

45 Four qts.

8 Tiny

16 Sioux City, __

46 Lock of hair

38 “__ is not to reason why...”

17 Semester or quarter

47 Cold rice with raw seafood

9 Prefix for profit or fiction

18 Making hostile

50 Radio knob

20 Defunct airline

51 Taxi

21 Sharpen; hone 22 Hose down

54 Imagination; originality

23 Knickknacks

57 Finished

25 Mr. DiMaggio

58 Grows old

26 River that joins the Euphrates

59 Bridal walkway

28 Baking potato

60 Smallest of the litter

31 Yellow shade

61 Pay a landlord

32 Push __; shove out of the way

62 In the buff 63 Provo’s state

34 Atmosphere 36 Ceremony

DOWN

37 Once & again

1 Actor Brad __

38 Meanie

2 Once more

39 1/4 and 3/4

3 Align

10 Detroit, Seattle, El Paso, etc.

33 Lisa, to Bart

40 Characteristic 41 Singer Billy __ 43 Horrified

11 Cut of pork

44 Worn at the edges

12 Possesses

46 Book spine info

13 Leaf of a book 19 Came up

47 Wound memento

21 River dam

48 Coax

24 Aspen or birch

49 “That remains to be __”

25 “Hey __”; hit for the Beatles 26 Lawn mower brand 27 Cake frosting 28 __ Chex; cold cereal 29 Highest rank in an organization for boys

50 Slipped __; back problem 52 Actress Paquin 53 One of the March sisters 55 Actor McKellen 56 By way of 57 Late film actress Joanne

Solutions: Page 40

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Jumble

Solutions: Page 40

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The Commuter Crossword

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ACROSS 1 Bird of peace 5 African nation 10 Wild feline 14 Enthusiastic 15 Allowed by law 16 Mimicked 17 List of dishes 18 Fragrance 19 Highway 20 Go before 22 Gofer’s chores 24 Wonderment 25 Actor Edward James __ 26 Gladden 29 Secret agent 30 Sightseeing trips 34 “The __ Ranger” 35 Tit for __ 36 Lassie, for one 37 Prohibit 38 Alike 40 Felon, for short 41 Inflammation of the ear

43 Foldable bed 44 Brooklyn hoopsters 45 Cereal grain 46 Talk on and on 47 Sicker 48 Katmandu’s nation 50 Luau dish 51 TV commercial presenter 54 Eminent conductor 58 Vatican leader 59 In the future 61 Press, as clothes 62 Drug addict 63 Wading bird 64 Shopper’s paper 65 Declare untrue 66 Chairs & sofas 67 Ma with a cello DOWN 1 Moist

2 __ the top; outrageous 3 Climbing plant 4 Teach 5 Air freshener brand 6 In this place 7 In the past 8 To wit 9 Warning device 10 Umbrella 11 Perched atop 12 Anthropologist Margaret __ 13 Also says 21 Lamb’s mother 23 Revolving part in an engine 25 __ illusion; trick on the eyes 26 Arm joint 27 Reluctant 28 “Little Orphan __” 29 Donaldson or Waterston

31 Stomach ailment 32 Public uprisings 33 Good judgment 35 It’s, to a poet 36 Lion or lynx 38 Locations 39 Hit a tennis ball in a high arc 42 Leather worker’s shop 44 In a loud way 46 Car shelter 47 Misfortune 49 Vaulters’ needs 50 Segments 51 Tater 52 Sit for an artist 53 Not closed 54 Encounter 55 Threesome 56 Promising 57 Hop __; mount 60 Refrain syllable

Solutions: Page 40

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The (Classic) TV Crossword

1 4 9 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 20 22 6 2 27 8 2 29 32 35 39 0 4 42 43 47 48 49 50 51 52 53

Solutions: Page 40

ACROSS Hope or Barker “__ My Way”; Bing Crosby film Baseball’s __ Ripken Miner’s discovery __ Williams; Potsie’s portrayer on “Happy Days” Mr. Onassis, for short Chicago Bulls’ league: abbr.

Old western about a swordsman Nixon’s monogram Recess in a wall “Perry __” Reality series hosted by Chris Harrison “The Mary Tyler __ Show” “__ Given Sunday”; movie for Al Pacino and Dennis Quaid “__ Tin Tin” Official envoy’s title: abbr.

Hatcher and Garr Star of the series “Chuck” Joe __ of “Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman” Singer Frankie __ Sitcom about an alien “__ Practice” Negative vote Corporation bigwig, for short Move about in a sneaky way SSW plus 180˚ In one __ and out the other Posturepedic mattress maker Three-foot measures: abbr.

DOWN 1 Capital of old West Germany

2 Planet’s circular path 3 “China __”; Dana Delany series 4 “The __”; movie for Glenn Ford and Debbie Reynolds 5 Yoko __ 6 Tel Aviv’s nation: abbr.

7 Neither’s partner 8 Small folklore creature 9 Former late night host Johnny 10 Place where weapons are stored 11 Actor Rex __ of “CSI: Miami” 19 Skirt’s edge 21 Apple pie __ mode 23 Largest artery 24 News correspondent Catherine 25 Fonda or Ford 29 Colorful spring flower 30 “A __ All Seasons” 31 A, __, E, F...

33 “__ Away”; drama series for Sam Waterston 34 “Voyage to the Bottom of the __” 36 Hula-__; plastic toys twirled around the waist 37 “My Cousin __”; Joe Pesci movie 38 Fading __ out; intermittently losing consciousness 39 “Arsenic and Old __” 41 “__ Wide Shut”; Tom Cruise film 44 Suffix for press or depart 45 __ man; unanimously 46 “The __ and the Pussycat”; Barbra Streisand movie

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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 Sunday celebration 5 Streisand, to fans 9 __ d’art 14 “Don’t think so” 15 Spherical hairdo 16 “We tried everything” 17 Frozen dessert franchise 18 Experienced tradesperson 20 “I knew it!”

21 Wrestling duo 22 Set (down) 23 2002 Best New Artist Grammy winner Jones 25 Openly declares 27 Military stint 31 High-end German car 34 Dutch bloom 35 Neeson of “Unknown” 36 Rocker Bon __ 39 Al or Bobby of racing

42 Old Ford models 43 Fields for flocks 44 Delete 46 Marine predator 47 Bank heist idler 52 Fed the poker pot 54 “Groovy!”

55 Plop down 57 Gave power to 61 Old hand 62 Pulverizing tool powered by gravity 64 A blue moon, so to speak 65 Overplay the part 66 Actor McGregor 67 One of the deadly sins 68 Pastor’s abode 69 Tax return IDs 70 Tunneling insects Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis

DOWN 1 Deviant sci-fi character 2 Sound of a sneeze 3 Outback automaker 4 Bashful 5 Peninsula bordering California 6 In __: out of it 7 Very dry, as Champagne 8 Angry with 9 “__ Time”: ’70s jazz musical 10 Baby in blue bootees 11 Skydiver’s outfit 12 Biblical birthright seller 13 Canvas shelter 19 Seagoing military force 21 Commandments pronoun 24 Craftsperson 26 South Dakota’s state fish 28 Winter bug 29 Very loud noise 30 Surprise win 32 Family man

3 AOL pop-ups 3 36 “The Back-up Plan” actress, in tabloids 37 Atop, poetically 38 Break suggested by the starts of this puzzle’s four longest answers 40 Historical span 41 Uncooked 45 Hourglass stuff 47 Actress Rowlands 48 One of four singing brothers 49 Toy that goes “bang” 50 Not moving 51 Henhouse perches 53 Little laugh 55 Champagne flute part 56 “__ la Douce” 58 High-end German cars 59 Tilt to one side 60 Sea eagles 63 Liq. measures 64 Pie __ mode

Solutions: Page 40

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The Commuter Crossword

Kakuro — The Mepham Group

ACROSS

37 Snack

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 Clutches

39 Leg joints

6 Air pollution 10 Alpha’s follower

69 Swap

32 Cherub

41 Keep for later

DOWN

34 Wide; extensive

42 Bend down

1 Ring of light

35 Corrupt

44 Helium & argon

2 Not locked

36 Philosopher __ Descartes

15 Commotion

46 Sermon topic, perhaps

38 Sanctity

16 Poet Khayyám

47 __ up; in a row

4 Like formal attire

17 Crowbar

49 __ Crunch; candy bar

5 Hits

43 Actor Brad

14 Come __; unravel

18 Stewart and Serling 19 Short letter 20 Not reciprocal 22 Become tender 24 Distort 25 French __; resort coastline

51 Austin, Albany or Santa Fe 54 __ often than not; usually 55 Goings-on

7 In a bad __; cross 8 Bizarre 9 Yenta 10 Camp blazes 11 Ham it up

60 Be fond of

13 Sports building

61 Grain sowed 63 Wed on the run

29 “Peter __ picked a peck of pickled...”

64 Asian nation

30 Feel sick 33 Adamant refusal

6 Scatter about

56 Rather lilac in color

26 “Hail Mary,” for one

31 Closes tightly

3 Wash

12 Idaho export

21 Actress Bo __ 23 Heating chamber

40 Spanish mister 45 Snake 48 Capital of the Bahamas 50 eBay lister 51 Large stringed instrument 52 Of birds 53 Tea variety 54 Like the garden after a rainfall 56 Orange rind 57 “The Hawkeye State”

65 Matured

25 Goes higher

66 More modern

26 Skillets

67 At __ fingertips; handy

27 Hilarious person

58 Drove too fast

28 Additionally

68 Unattractive

29 Beg

62 Humpty Dumpty, e.g.

59 In this location

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Daily Crossword

Jumble

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ACROSS 1 President after JFK 4 Totally absorbed 8 Made like a kangaroo 13 Papers promising payment 15 “The Andy Griffith Show” tyke 16 Bonus 17 *Keep charging drinks 19 Pierces 20 Rectified, with “for” 21 “... __ a lender be” 23 Comic on a roll 24 *Occasion to say “Whew!”

27 Biblical haircutter 30 Letter between upsilon and chi 31 Cavity filler’s org.

32 Trait carrier 35 Actor Milo 39 *Annual April paperwork

43 Greet casually, with “to” 44 Affectedly dainty, to Brits 45 Piddling point to pick 46 Writer’s undergrad deg.

48 Devastates 51 *Running amok 56 Not yet eliminated 57 PC file suffix 58 Bygone Toyotas 62 Collectible print, briefly 64 *Overnight work assignment 66 Phillies infielder Chase 67 Chichén __: Mayan ruins 68 Under sail, say 69 Scholarly article reviewers 70 Mopey look 71 Each answer to a starred clue ends in one

DOWN

1 Old Italian coin 2 Ring contest 3 2007 title role for Ellen Page 4 Violent reaction to traffic 5 Proper 6 Movers’ challenge 7 Noted kneeling NFLer 8 Turkey helping 9 Curer of the demonpossessed 10 Cardiac chambers 11 Before surgery, briefly 12 Stylistic judgment 14 Largest division of Islam 18 Prolonged ringing 22 Gym unit 25 Butler of fiction 26 Dealer’s dispenser 27 Orator’s platform 28 Outlandish Dame Edited by Rich Norris 29 Like some nightgowns and Joyce Nichols Lewis

33 “I ain’t doin’ that!”

34 Apply 36 Unable to decide, as a jury 37 Toledo’s lake 38 Sugar bowl invaders 40 Woeful words from Winnie the Pooh 41 Vex 42 What shotgun callers shun 47 Pass and then some 49 RSVP part 50 Top dog 51 Prepare to shine in a bodybuilding contest?

52 Band together 53 Champ’s holding 54 Primrose family plant 55 “Far out!”

59 Chance 60 For __: not gratis 61 Time at the inn 63 Yiddish laments 65 Shih __: Tibetan Solutions: dog

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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 0 2 21 23 24 25 26 28 29 0 3 32 35 36 37 38 0 4 41 2 4 43

ACROSS “__ ‘70s Show” Bartender on “Cheers” “__ Improvement” Lt. __ Van Buren; “Law & Order” role Food for which Oliver Twist asked for more Like a collision in the sky Actor Rip __ Actor Danza “O Sole __”; song from Naples Cries of sudden pain “The Man Who __ Liberty Valance”; John Wayne movie Singer/songwriter Billy __ Walk around with a long face Information on a book spine Days of __; times long past “The __ Chaparral” Like a harsh, grating voice “__ Rider”; movie for Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper Sandwich choices, for short Diner on “Alice” “Scarecrow and __. King” Suffix for favor or graph “My Name Is __” Word to a pest Vine-covered latticework shelters Actress __ Dickinson “__ Hope”; soap opera of past decades Claim against property Bit of sooty residue

44 “Planet of the __”; Charlton Heston/Roddy McDowall movie DOWN 1 “__ Momma from the Train”; film for Danny DeVito & Billy Crystal 2 “48 __” 3 Sitcom for Sherman Hemsley 4 __ Aviv, Israel 5 Actress Eva Marie __ 6 Opie’s pa 7 Farrow or Kirshner 10 Sean Murray’s role on “NCIS” 11 Lead character in “The Little Mermaid” 12 Classic Pontiac 13 Cow’s comment 15 “How do I love __? Let me count the ways...”

17 “Grand __ Opry” 19 Nimble; agile 20 Lively Irish dances 22 Fumbler’s word 23 Mowry and Carrere 25 “From __”; Johnny Depp movie 26 Baseball hitter’s stat.

27 Church table 30 Swampland 31 Trauma centers, for short 33 Actor Claude __ 34 Sault __. Marie 36 Long, long times 37 Make a quick cut 39 “__, Baa, Black Sheep” 40 Birmingham’s state: abbr.

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

37 Uncovered

DOWN

1 “Where __ I go wrong?”

38 Gunk; crud

1 Papa

39 Taxi rider’s fee

4 Run __; chase

40 eBay offer

2 Name for several czars

41 Cures

3 Have a meal

42 More terrible

4 Area of pinball machines or video games

9 Ending musical passage 13 Passionate 15 Late actor Christopher __ 16 Kiln 17 Copenhagen resident 18 Is concerned 19 Warmth 20 Smoothskinned peach

43 Begin; set in motion 45 Magic __; felttipped pen 46 That woman 47 Chicken piece 48 Peru’s capital 51 __ in; signing up to join 56 West of TV’s “Batman”

5 Is terrified of 6 Actress Garr 7 __ though; albeit 8 Look like 9 Stick together 10 Take __; assume control

29 Without __; innocent 30 Goals 31 Dangerous fish 32 Rudely brief 33 Smile derisively 35 Spoiled child 38 Got ready 39 Pardon 41 Rush 42 Desire 44 English river 45 Penny-pinchers 47 Smarter

11 Precious

48 Drinks like Fido

12 Crawling bugs

49 New concept

14 Refuse, as an invitation

50 Twain or Spitz

58 Conceited 60 French father

21 Hair coloring

61 Say

25 Fore and __

53 Old stringed instrument

62 Thus

26 Jewish leader

54 Drug agent

34 Representative

63 Luxury store __ Fifth Avenue

27 Time and __; repeatedly

55 Leslie Caron film title role

35 Erected

64 One’s equals

36 Clucking bird

65 Spanish hero

28 “Aida” composer

59 Give a silent assent

22 Is incorrect 23 Pot covers 24 Spoil 26 Narrow valley formed by running water 29 Kaffeeklatsches

57 Hose down

52 Memo

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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 1983 movie about a taxi company 6 Place for a sala 10 Home on the range 14 Kukla’s dragon friend 15 Israeli weapons 16 Optic layer 17 Leader for whom Houston’s airport is named 19 Really tired 20 Highlands honey 21 Narrow-bodied river fish 22 Intrinsically 23 Christmas __ 24 “The Chimpanzees of Gombe” writer 27 Fixed, in a way 29 Farm feed item 30 Salon supply 31 Saloon orders 32 Hot tub reaction 33 Bit of background in a Road Runner cartoon 34 “Superfudge” novelist 38 Nick and Nora’s pooch

41 42 45 46 47 49

53 54 55 56 57 58

61 62 63 64 65 66

DOWN Cold War agcy.

Shell propellers Starfish arm WWII craft Not a good thing to be at the wheel Pro Football Hall of Famer nicknamed “Crazylegs” Traffic cops gp.?

Maxim Do lunch, e.g.

Speaker with a .345 career batting average Stallion feature TV series that first aired 9/23/1962 whose family shares first names with 17-, 24-, 34- and 49-Across Henry VIII’s fourth Verdi slave Squander Ponies up Office furnishing Some McFlurry ingredients

1 Zigzag hole feature 2 Chop chopper 3 __ held: in few hands, as stock 4 Snob’s affectations 5 Avoid, as an issue 6 Like many Miamians, by birth 7 Clear blue 8 Girl sib 9 Campfire remains 10 Like ice or dice 11 Run-of-the-mill 12 Spotty condition?

13 Kneecap 18 “I say!”

22 Patio planter 24 Savior in a Bach cantata 25 Purpose 26 Interstate H-1 locale 28 __ vu

32 “Modern Family” network 33 Square food?

35 Salt sprinkle 36 Himalayan myth 37 Dance in a pit 38 Visitors center handout 39 Zoe of “Avatar” 40 Abuse of power 43 Flower for one’s honey 44 Foreknow, as the future 46 Caustic stuff 47 Part of a Molière comédie 48 Avoids an F 50 Arches with pointed tops 51 Oboist’s supply 52 Noted vowel seller 56 Nicholas II, e.g.

58 Wee bit 59 Hotfoot it, oldSolutions: style 60 Pair Page 42 Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis

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Crossword Puzzle

edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis

Solutions: Page 42

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ACROSS 1 “___ Rib” 6 Rogers’ prop 11 Rotary tool 17 My Lord: Heb. 18 Earnest 20 Refer 21 Seriously sad 23 Sovetsk cheese, formerly 24 Holding jars 25 ___ State: New Jersey 26 Emile ___, psychotherapist 28 11 So. states: 1860-61 29 Shore, wave or tide 30 Often a child’s room 31 Supports 32 Persevere 33 Sen. Kennedy and son 35 Alert or alga 36 Often cinched 37 British guns 38 BB statistic 40 Boxer’s ring in Brest 42 Sacred peak in China 44 Self-possession 47 Roman arrows 48 Small villages 52 Steam burn 53 Surveyor’s tool 55 “John Henry”: abbr.

56 Ancient Phoenician city 57 Curt 58 Hebraic law 59 Comme ci, comme ça 60 Sofa or stool, e.g.

61 Greek Discordia 62 All in 66 Something to live by 67 S. African money 69 “The Way We ___” 70 New in Nogales 71 Carpentry tool 73 Suffix with cigar or leather 74 Prime of life in Paris 75 Lover 76 Powerful beam 77 Stow away again 79 Old hat 80 Bandage 82 Sci. of stars

Crossword Puzzle

Body Language

83 Single-celled organism 84 Sometimes repeated with Sir 85 Neural networks 88 “Like druids ___”: Longfellow 90 Timid 92 Bum ___: frameups 96 College town on the Thames 97 Evergreen shrub 98 Pastry creation 100 Ms. Lillie, to friends 101 Negating prefix 102 Perfume: var.

103 Tribulations 105 Healthy cereal 106 Condensed compendium 109 Sincerely 112 Rock sediments 113 Napped 114 “From the ___ to the grave” 115 Merit anew 116 Stabbed 117 Senator Kefauver

DOWN 1 Actress Renée 2 Subdued 3 Cape and Arbor 4 Spring month in Berlin 5 Birds do it 6 Yorkshire city 7 ___ a feu: Fr. weapons 8 Bible mount: var.

9 Former French coin 10 Loud clamors 11 Counts 12 Actor Wallach 13 “With ___ deliberate speed” 14 ___ in: be pushy 15 Prolific American inventor 16 Labels anew 17 Full-grown 18 Scrap 19 Chicken chasers 22 Mollify 27 Heavily involved 31 Jury, e.g.

32 Long-legged marsh birds

34 Betrays for gain 35 Aries 36 ___ glove: closely associated 37 Punct. mk.

39 Roundup 40 Loath 41 Antagonist 43 Gog and ___: Rev. 20 44 Synthetic fabric 45 Progenitors 46 “Taking life ___”: Frost 49 Allergy soother 50 Apprentice 51 Hunting dog 52 Ogler 54 France’s longest river 55 Clear up 59 Metric volume units 63 Oregon sec. of the U.S. 64 Sole of Giuseppe’s shoe 65 Bevel 68 Check 72 After

75 Ring-shaped coral reef 78 King of Judah: I Kings 15:9 79 Vilifying 81 With out 85 Furnish 86 Star over Calais 87 ___ -in-cheek 89 Rifts 90 Norse bard of yore 91 Captain’s place 93 Erode 94 “___ before swine” 95 Health to Nicole 97 Chief evil spirit 98 Glaze crack 99 Was sickly 103 U.S. ballistic missile 104 Groom in India 105 “___ generation”: 1960s 107 Little ___, Stowe character 108 Baronet’s title 110 “___ Late the Hero”: film 111 Sidereal and credit: abbr.

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

Old Movie Roles ACROSS 1 Trapper’s trophy 5 1,149, to Caesar 9 Holland cheese 13 Equine infant 17 False moniker 19 Top grade 20 Haven 21 Plant pest 23 Tracy-Hardwicke meet in Africa 27 Displacement unit 28 “Smell ___” 29 Deadly mosquito 30 Pucksters 31 Bergman as a princess 34 Tree home 35 Document amendments 36 DDE rival 37 Crowd response 39 Dobbin’s diet 41 Courtenay as a valet 46 With “The”, Booth as Dolly 52 Humorist Rogers and others 53 “Der ___”: Adenauer 54 Martinique 55 Beget 56 ___ bitsy 57 Swiss painter who taught at the Bauhaus 58 Jab 60 Merry 62 ___ -fi 63 Writer Wiesel 64 Camp assistant 65 Mitchell mansion 66 Donat as a prisoner 73 Price of participation 74 Fabricator 75 Scraps 76 Overeater 77 Pass 80 D.C.’s team 81 Negatives 82 Abate 83 Flooring unit 84 Siblings 85 Male heirs 86 Scorch 87 Grasps 91 Jean Simmons as Ruth Gordon 93 Comedian Jay 94 Within: comb. form 96 Chemical suffix

97 Pale color 101 Soft mineral 103 With “The”, Cooper as a drifter 109 On the go 110 Gridiron gripper 112 British gun 113 Camelhair fabric 114 Woolley as a long term guest 118 Toiler of yore 119 Card game 120 Rugby’s river 121 Capital of Bolivia 122 Have courage 123 Rolls of dough 124 Back of the neck 125 Eight bits

DOWN 1 Trattoria treat 2 Entertainer John 3 Rain forest vine 4 Summer shade 5 Central American Indians 6 Raccoon relative 7 Rural accommodation

8 Mother of Helen 9 Outer skin layer 10 Peace symbols 11 Philosopher-author of “Metaphysics” 12 Everest, e.g., abbr.

13 Dictatorship philosophy 14 Chose, with “for” 15 “Oh, give me ___...”

16 Floating hotel 18 Roof workers 22 Retreats 24 Take out 25 Singer Horne 26 Encircle 32 With regret 33 Sharp-crested ridge 38 Beaver St. 40 Top pitcher 41 Distort 42 Military service period 43 Dinsmore of fiction 44 Salty 45 Winter weather word

47 American writer, Conrad ___ 48 Slender palm 49 A Carson 50 Baseball stat.

51 Denom.

57 Sutherland as a detective 58 Arizona Indians 59 Repute 60 Data 61 Is mistaken 63 Millions of years 64 Throw ___: get angry 65 Nobelist Mother 67 Gambol 68 Charlie Chan portrayer 69 Quarter ___: 12:45 70 Ladd as a protector 71 Grasping devices 72 Pointed arches 77 O’Hare data 78 Back talk 79 The Jungfrau, for one 80 Garbo as a Russian

81 Not by a long shot 82 Electrician 84 Barbie’s beau 85 Benchmk.

86 Dance pioneer Ruth 88 Raise 89 Actress Mirren 90 Picks 92 Mentioned for gallantry 95 Sports org.

97 Way 98 Felt compassion 99 Inscribed stone slab 100 Indonesian island 102 Get ___ of: listen to 104 Hinder, in law 105 ___ faced: grave 106 Rosalynn’s successor 107 Siskel’s partner 108 Street show 111 Govt. agent 115 ENE + 180 116 Actress Marie Saint 117 Gist

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

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Jumble for Kids

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Hitori

More or Less

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More or Less

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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More or Less

Hitori

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Hitori

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Hitori

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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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(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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SANTA MARIA

JUNE 17, 2017 • 9AM-5PM

SHEPARD HALL, SANTA MARIA PUBLIC LIBRARY 421 S. MCCLELLAND ST, SANTA MARIA

Water conversation is no longer just about “losing the thirsty lawn” and reducing irrigation.

Join us to find out how to create drought resilient landscapes that conserve water, reduce pollution, invite habitat, and are downright gorgeous!

MORNING SESSION: Watershed Basics

AFTERNOON SESSION:

Hands-on Landscape Design

• Understand your garden as a mini-watershed

Replace your lawn with a beautiful climate appropriate garden.

This interactive workshop helps you design a successful watershed -wise landscape. Learn how to:

• Create living soil sponge that holds onto water

• Contour the landscape for maximum rainwater capture

• Treat rainwater as an abundant resource

• Create a list of climate-appropriate plants

• Choose the right plants for the right place

• Place plants on a property plan according to water needs and key design principles

Learn to create gardens that thrive in our local climate, use resources wisely, and look beautiful all year round.

• Manage irrigration to eliminate waste and runoff

Brought to you by the Network of Santa Barbara County Water Providers

Free for attendees. Lunch included. Space is limited. Registration Required Reserve your space @ WATERWISESB.ORG/WORKSHOPS

Questions: 805-925-0951 Ext. 7235 mritchie@cityofsantamaria.org