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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 “__ ‘70s Show” Rather or Aykroyd __ d’oeuvres; appetizers October birthstones Star of “The Apprentice” Laura of “Are You There, Chelsea?” “Don’t __ with the Zohan”; Adam Sandler movie “__ & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman” Suffix for fact or habit Average grade Series whose theme song is “Bad Boys” Robert De __ Cure Ferrer and Feliciano Arm bone James __; 007 Singer __ Joplin __ about; approximately Painting and sculpturing “Happy __” Diminish; lessen One of The Three Stooges Cleaning cloths “__ Breckinridge” Japanese detective of 1930s films Morley of “60 Minutes” Brush __; disregard “Sometimes you feel like __, sometimes you don’t...” Donkey Matthew Fox drama series
DOWN 1 “My __ Sons” 2 HGTV reality series featuring prospective home buyers 3 Weapons 4 1/3 of a tablespoon: abbr. 5 __ Roberts of “Everybody Loves Raymond” 6 “Rise of the Planet of the __” 7 Siesta 10 Actress Julia __ 11 Hidden trap 12 HBO competitor 13 Herman Munster, to Eddie 15 Actress Glaudini 17 “NCIS: __ Angeles” 19 Fires, slangily 20 “__, Nanette” 22 Whitney and Wallach 23 Stewart and Cryer 25 “__ Don’t Cry”; Hilary Swank film 26 “Space __”; Michael Jordan movie 27 Fragrance 30 Goes out with 31 Long __; in the distant past 33 Actress Butler 34 Saloon 36 Serling and Steiger 37 __ War; thoroughbred champion 39 Actress Farrow 40 Actor Mineo
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The Commuter Crossword
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ACROSS
39 Distress signal
DOWN
28 Give praise to
Sudoku
1 Blockbuster shark movie
40 Current style
1 Comic’s gag
29 Basic
41 Actor Garner
2 As neat as __
30 Angered
Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit, 1 to 9. — The Mepham Group
5 Examine thoroughly
42 Gazed fixedly
3 Gnu
32 Actor Savage
4 Feinstein’s title: abbr.
33 __ away; fled
14 Mayberry boy
44 Withdraw, as states from the Union
37 Worry
15 __ in; enjoy
45 Large tub
16 Too
46 Buffalo
5 Checks text for errors, for short
17 Potter’s oven
47 Montezuma, for one
6 Compensate
50 Atkins or South Beach
8 Stein or Stiller
10 Injure; mistreat
18 Freethinking 20 Finish 21 Wild hog 22 Hidden trap 23 Instruct so as to enlighten 25 Edison’s initials
51 Reasonable bedtime 54 Going back in
7 All __; finished
35 Otherwise 38 City in Texas 40 Stretch of land 41 In __; kiddingly 43 Get even for
9 Lawn tree
44 Military blockades
10 Like a rocket carrying people
46 Unrestrained indulgence
11 Actor Alan __
47 Part of the foot
12 One who takes advantage
48 Two minus two 50 Have supper
26 Can wrappers
57 Intl. military alliance
28 Commander
58 Rugged cliff
13 Mother __; rich ore deposit
31 Just right
59 Dive forward
19 Sir __ Newton
32 France’s dollar before the euro
21 Invoice
34 Recline
60 Steel’s primary component
36 Wharf
61 Opening
37 Deceit 38 Healthy
49 Colorful duck 52 Alma mater for Prince William
24 Precious
53 “__ the worse for wear”
25 Take care of
55 BPOE member
26 “My __ are sealed”
56 Nylons mishap
62 Leg joints 63 Actress Daly
27 “Bye, Pedro!”
57 Syllable before pick or wit
Solutions: Page 40
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Jumble
Solutions: Page 40
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The Commuter Crossword
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24 25 26 29 30 34 35 36 37
ACROSS Loathsome Say Walking stick Biblical garden Female relative Large continent Bench board Passes out cards Tattered attire Monotonous Waste away, as muscles from lack of use Neckwear item Drop in on Ring-shaped island Neither...__ Ross or Rigg Grow weary Spring month Train porter “__ Believer”; Monkees hit
38 Partial returns of payments 40 Stylish 41 Deadly 43 “__ Bless America” 44 Make known 45 Tire ridge pattern 46 Stinging insect 47 Group formed to help a sheriff 48 Motorcyclist 50 Deranged 51 Movements 54 Canoe propellers 58 In __; miffed 59 Sea duck 61 Actress __ Loughlin 62 __ Marie Presley 63 Worship 64 “__ go bragh” 65 SAT, for one 66 Ship levels 67 Smell strongly
DOWN 1 Part of a three-piece suit 2 Not working 3 Go first 4 Give a name to, as a book 5 Inappropriate 6 Even scores 7 Soothing drink 8 Fancy pastry 9 Takes a break 10 Neck artery 11 “Pronto!” 12 Near 13 Not difficult 21 Lubricate 23 Carousels, e.g. 25 Space program of the 1970s 26 Leaning 27 Stopwatch 28 Give a speech 29 Capture
31 Muscle pains 32 Tacks 33 Steve Jobs’ company 35 Allen or Gibson 36 __ as a beet 38 Standard car accessory 39 Foot digit 42 Natural environment 44 Little child 46 Next to 47 Cushion 49 Work dough 50 Colts’ mothers 51 Creamy drink 52 Early Ron Howard role 53 Actress Harper 54 Make coffee 55 Knowledge of traditions 56 1 of 5 “Greats” 57 Fail to float 60 1 of 7 Dwarfs
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The (Classic) TV Crossword
1 6 9 10
4 4 45 46 47
ACROSS Ebert or Mudd Actor Aykroyd Goofed “__: Out of Order”; series on the National Geographic Channel Drinks for Norm on “Cheers” “__ House”; movie for John Belushi Actress __ Madigan Football kick “__ Tank” Some accountants: abbr. Taurus or Prius Actress __ Lange Marilyn Monroe or Madonna, for example “Candid __” Verdi opera Stylish “__ the Fockers” “__ Watch”; Coby Bell drama series Margarine Eddie’s “Green Acres” costar Mark of “NCIS” “The __”; adventure series for George Peppard Hee-haws Danny Thomas’ daughter Mel the Giant “Men in __”
1 2 3
DOWN Sitcom about a soccer mom City in Utah Series for Ellen Pompeo
12 13 14 15 16 19 23 24 25 8 2 30 31 32 33 4 3 36 39 42
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4 Suffix for command or profit 5 Yellow Brick and others: abbr. 6 Not well-lit 7 “Not __ Stranger”; Sinatra movie 8 League for Ducks & Oilers: abbr. 10 Ms. Jillian 11 Josh Lucas’ role on “The Firm” 13 Black-and-white diving bird 15 “Semi-__”; Will Ferrell film 17 Paul Newman/Patricia Neal film 18 “I can’t believe I __ the whole thing!” 20 “The Raven” poet 21 Spring month: abbr. 22 “20,000 Leagues Under the __” 25 Word from Emeril 26 “__ to Me”; Tim Roth crime drama series 27 “__ to Billy Joe” 28 Actor McBride 29 “Up in the __”; George Clooney film 31 Comedian Margaret 33 “The Whole __ Yards”; movie for Bruce Willis 35 “NCIS: __ Angeles” 37 Singer Jerry __ 38 Actor John of “Good Times” 39 Premium movie channel 40 Carney or Linkletter 41 “__ Race”; movie for Whoopi 42 Quantity: abbr. 43 Street paver’s substance
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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 “World Series of Poker” channel 5 Improve 10 Japanese noodle 14 See 17-Across 15 Hawk’s weapon 16 Neatness analogy ending 17 Queen of the 14Across, familiarly 18 The money follows it 20 Gardner of film 21 Lacking embellishment 22 Missouri tributary 23 Olympic hero 27 Duty 28 Conductor André 29 __ which way 30 Suffix with phon 31 River project 32 Create, as words 34 ‘’__ Death’’: Grieg work 35 Treat like a child 38 Sense 41 Lincoln et al.
42 __ gratia: by the grace of God 44 Italian article 45 “Now I understand!” 46 Fin de __: end of the century 49 Approximate no. 50 Rapid rail transport 53 Tokyo-based watchmaker 55 New Haven collegians 56 Columbus-toCleveland dir. 57 Actor’s tryout 60 Do bar work, perhaps 61 British weapon of WWII 62 Down Under soldier 63 Basic video game 64 __ buco 65 Grind, as teeth 66 Old-fashioned sort Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis
DOWN 1 Spend a night on the trail 2 With 47-Down, proverbial cloud feature, and a hint to the starts of 18-, 23-, 35-, 50- and 57Across 3 Begged 4 “The Matrix” hero 5 Early in the morning 6 Native New Zealanders 7 Former “Idol” judge with Simon, Kara and Randy 8 Lon of Cambodia 9 Genetic letters 10 Smart talk 11 Poppy products 12 Super Bowl, e.g. 13 New wings, maybe 19 Golf star McIlroy 21 Super Bowl sight 24 “Stop, ya swabs!” 25 Innocents 26 -trix relative
32 Early computer language 33 Maître d’s “Are you by yourself?” 34 Run like __ 36 Obama’s birthplace 37 Prepares for print 38 “I suppose” 39 Flies, for example 40 Send-ups 43 Playground response to a challenge 45 Reed instrument 46 Sewer line 47 See 2-Down 48 Benefit of some bars and drinks 51 TV host Gibbons 52 Schiaparelli et al. 54 Lotto-like game 58 Racehorse, to a tout 59 Spike TV, formerly 60 Coppertone Solutions: letters 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.
38 Showed courage
DOWN
30 Was in the red
1 Deteriorate
31 Bumbling
4 Isolated bits of land in the sea
39 Money owed
9 Rate of speed
41 Attempted
2 Touch __; mention briefly
32 Mercury sedan of recent years
13 October’s gem
42 Syrup flavor
3 Make gentle
33 “Lovely Rita, __ maid...”
16 Computer screen image
43 Covered wagons’ direction
4 Tel Aviv, __ 5 Fixed gaze
35 Twosome
6 Mr. Strauss
38 Disadvantage
17 Heavy book
45 Sheen
18 Come apart; fray
46 Argument
7 Not __ close; totally wrong
39 __ off; leaving quickly
8 Chose
41 Deuce
19 Air pollution
47 Alan Alda TV series
9 Handgun
42 Is required to
20 Smoothskinned peach
48 One of the Three Bears
10 High point
44 Vestiges; leftover signs
22 TV’s “To __ the Truth”
51 Surrounding and assailing
23 “My Country, ‘Tis of __”
56 Actor Baldwin
ACROSS 1 Groove
15 Martin or Allen
24 Pigeon’s sound
40 Upper limb
57 Without companions 58 Tidy
11 “Groovy!” to today’s kids 12 School subj. 14 Professor’s talk 21 Other __; besides
45 Most recent 47 High-IQ group 48 Prefix for legal or medic 49 Word of lament
26 Handbook
60 Speed contest
29 Food poisoning
61 Group of pupils
25 “...Give us this day __ daily bread...”
34 Decorate
62 Strong wind
26 Showy parrot
53 Fly high
35 Strength
63 __ for; requests
27 Venerate
54 Within reach
36 Scottish denial
64 24 __ gold
28 Standards
55 Celebration
37 Apple’s center
65 Galloped
29 Disinterested
59 Three & seven
50 Actor Gregory 52 Ms. Fitzgerald
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Daily Crossword
Jumble
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ACROSS 1 Jon of “Mad Men” 5 Site of the volcano Olympus Mons 9 Mosque official 13 Double Stuf treat 14 Downwind 15 Hells Canyon is on its western border 16 Switch from a bottle to a cup, say 17 *Design pattern on some Irish crosses 19 “Migrant Mother” photographer Dorothea __ 21 Q7 automaker 22 Mop & __ 23 *Not surprising 27 Carpenter’s accessory 29 Event in many 30-Across 30 Newspaper inserts 31 Tizzy 33 Church leader 37 Stray 39 Monetary interest
42 Retailer Strauss 43 Use a lever on, as a floorboard 45 Org. with bowls 47 Chem cousin 48 Rainbow goddess 51 Battery partner 53 *Ready to come clean 56 Place for a ring 57 Have on 58 Vague 61 *Got some gumption 65 Bog down 66 Voice of the difficult homeowner in “Up” 67 Chief Justice Warren 68 Told about, as a secret 69 Try to lose 70 Apothecary’s measure 71 Soufflé essentials Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis
DOWN 1 Bay in the woods 2 Zone 3 *Intend when speaking 4 Genghis Khan, notably 5 Jobs creation 6 Sierra Nevada, e.g. 7 “Calm down” 8 Frame jobs 9 Textspeak disclaimer 10 Itchy canine ailment 11 “Get __ of yourself!” 12 Fictional detective skilled in judo 15 Wintry spike 18 It might just come to you 20 Subsides 24 Geologic times 25 Way out 26 Spill the beans 27 Protective cover 28 Bouquet 32 Salon acquisition 34 Correcting, in a way ... or what
35 36 8 3 40 41 44 46 49 50 52 3 5 54 5 5 56 59 60 62 63 64
would need to be done to remove the things hidden in the answers to starred clues? Like some fictional twins Serious uprising Naturalist John Heat energy meas. “No problem” Like 1930s prices “Yeah, right!” Middle of March Lathered (up) Breakdown of social norms Ankle bones Damaging 2011 East Coast hurricane Tuck’s title “Zounds!” Pirate’s brew Longings In the water Second Amendment backer: Abbr. Solutions: Slippery __
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Jumble
Kakuro — The Mepham Group To solve Kakuro, you must enter a number between 1 and 9 in the empty squares. The clues are the numbers in the white circles that give the sum of the solution numbers: above the line are across clues and below the line are down clues. Thus, a clue of 3 will produce a solution of 2 and 1 and a 5 will produce 4 and 1, or 2 and 3, but, of course, which squares they go in will depend on the solution of a clue in the other direction. No digit can be repeated in a solution, so a 4 can only produce 1 and 3, never 2 and 2.
Solutions: Page 41
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The (Classic) TV Crossword
Kakuro — The Mepham Group To solve Kakuro, you must enter a number between 1 and 9 in the empty squares. The clues are the numbers in the white circles that give the sum of the solution numbers: above the line are across clues and below the line are down clues. Thus, a clue of 3 will produce a solution of 2 and 1 and a 5 will produce 4 and 1, or 2 and 3, but, of course, which squares they go in will depend on the solution of a clue in the other direction. No digit can be repeated in a solution, so a 4 can only produce 1 and 3, never 2 and 2.
1 5 8 9 12 13 14 15 16 18 19 20 21 3 2 24 25 26 28 29 30 32 35 6 3 37 38 40 41 2 4 43 44
ACROSS Foxworthy or Bridges Bart Simpson’s “Grampa” Namesakes of actress Gardner Alan Autry’s role on “In the Heat of the Night” Tiny particle __ zone; military battle area “__ Rider”; movie for Clint Eastwood Ferrigno and Dobbs Old Western actor __ Gulager “__ Given Sunday”; film for Al Pacino Helpful suggestion Popular 1970s carpet style “High __”; classic Gary Cooper movie “The __ Prince of Bel-Air” Actor __ Azaria Barking marine mammal “__ Tank” El __, Texas Dumbo’s “wings” One mentioned in a will “The __ Skelton Hour” Mont Blanc or the Matterhorn Home for Mister Ed Small plateau Girl or woman Davis or Midler Main character in “The Little Mermaid” At any __; nevertheless “Who Do You Think You __?” Tavern orders
DOWN 1 Setting for “The Last Samurai” 2 Role on “Two and a Half Men” 3 “__ the Nation” 4 Monogram for anthem composer Key 5 “Mad __ You” 6 Hobos 7 Diminish; lessen 10 “The __”; reality series hosted by Chris Harrison 11 Book of maps 12 Jacuzzi 13 “__ Air”; movie for Nicolas Cage and John Cusack 15 “Weakest __”; former reality game show 17 Word of disgust 19 Sound the horn 20 Mmes. in Mexico 22 Rowers’ needs 23 “__ Factor” 25 “__ City” 26 “Voyage to the Bottom of the __” 27 “__ loaf is better than none” 30 Actress Berry 31 Before, in poetry 33 Actor Rob 34 Daniel __ Kim 36 Jethro’s portrayer Max __ Jr. 37 Breakfast, lunch or dinner 39 Farrow or Kirshner 40 Feminine undergarment
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
DOWN
1 Pains
41 Lawn mower brand
1 High point
32 Palm tree fruits
6 Title for former Iranian leaders
42 __ the way; pioneers
2 Goatee’s place
34 Young horse
10 Grand __; home run with bases loaded
44 Jewish scroll
3 __-quart; pint
35 __ surgeon; tooth extractor
14 Diagram
47 Glens
15 Refer to 16 Singer Perry
49 Liquor container
17 “Winnie-thePooh” author
51 Local yokels, often
18 Region
46 Distance around a track
4 Mr. Hemingway 5 More difficult to climb 6 Burn with liquid 7 Bring on board
36 Drink too much 38 Counselors
8 Gobbled up
40 Fencing sword
9 Paradise
43 Hold on to
54 Greek cheese
10 Most terrifying
45 Most scorching
19 Perched upon
55 Mistreats
48 Diminish
20 Make weak
56 Speck
11 Game of chance
51 Bigwig
50 Clothing alterer
22 Commendable quality
60 Ulna or femur
12 Love, in Paris 13 Is sullen
52 Higher than
24 Drove too fast
61 Pierce
21 Misrepresent
25 Old folks
23 Peruvian Indian
53 __ out; paid no mind to
26 Inn
63 Actress Pompeo
29 Explorer __ de León
64 Trip __; stumble on
25 More tender to the touch
54 Fictional story
26 Cure
30 Self-esteem
65 British peer
56 Yosemite National __
31 Passenger
66 Noise
33 Noted English racecourse
67 Bunks and cots
37 Actor Alan
68 Heat in the microwave
39 Alleviates
69 Lock of hair
27 Womanizer’s glance
57 Helpful hint
28 Ice cream fountain order
58 Part of the eye
29 Mexico’s currency
59 Abolishes 62 Greek “T”
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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 3 8 11
12 13 14 16 17 18 0 2 21 22 23 25 27 30 32 33 35
“Gnarly!” In a mood Bean variety Sorority character Drug giant behind Valium and Klonopin Posh bathroom fixture Puts out “If on a winter’s night a traveler” writer Calvino Top banana Longtime Rolling Stones bassist Bill Each Sushi options Feature of an old mattress Dollars for quarters Fly out of Africa? Acorns, someday Liqueur made from elderflowers Realm O staff, briefly Cravat holders
37 Las Vegas-toTijuana dir. 38 Distort, as with false data, with “up” 40 Scroll source 42 Like part of a special delivery? 44 “I’m With Stupid” T-shirt markings 47 Linguist Chomsky 48 Headphone wearers, usually 50 Literary honey lover 51 Flock member 52 “You can __ horse ...” 54 Nintendo princess kidnapped by Ganon 55 Alvin, Simon and Theodore 57 Tinseltown 59 The Donald’s first 60 Whacks 61 Concern on the course 62 Canonical hour 63 First stage 64 Pet store reactions
DOWN 24 Gp. with many hunters
1 Weather forecast data
26 Picked up a lap?
2 Work casually
28 Alkali neutralizer
3 Pre-calc course
29 Two-person plank
4 Goddess of the morning
31 Keg filler
5 Unstressed vowel sound
33 Financial index
6 What the six puzzle answers graphically represented in this puzzle have in common
36 Sunday msg.
34 Late-night adult programming airer, facetiously 39 Roxy Music alum 41 Adrien of cosmetics
7 Backwoods agreement
43 Hobbyist’s wood
8 Match
45 “Yowzah!”
9 Aids for a bad 8-Down
46 Treatment seen in bedrooms
10 Transporter in a shaft
49 Diner cupfuls
13 IQ test pioneer
53 Playground reply
51 Oscillating curve
15 Rolls at sea
54 Twist at a bar 19 Where Hope may 5 6 Med. specialty be found 58 Mineral suffix 22 Feature of some Edited by Rich Norris apses 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 Abbr. on a memo 5 Sudden bursts 10 Trucker’s nook 13 Implore 16 Software option screen 17 Tomato jelly 18 Yay, for Luciano! 20 Molten stone 21 Gritty guy? 23 Museum fan? 25 Homeowner’s paper 26 Avian predators 28 Mexican dish 29 Pet. units 31 “... and ___ the child” 33 Hangs around 34 Singer Natalie 35 Pub features 37 Dreams 38 Period 39 Lady rainmaker? 42 Carib. island gp. 45 Aves. 46 Toss call 47 Wearies 48 Getting ___ of: dumping 49 William ___, the Elder 50 Pet bird, in London 51 Electron tube 53 Frosh’s cap 55 Hesitate 56 Marsh grasses 57 Blooming beauty? 59 Money maker? 61 Connected by beeper 62 Warning signals 64 Miltie’s family 65 Foolish 66 Victor over Churchill 67 Mimics 68 Durocher’s nickname, with “The” 69 String quartet member 70 Glue 72 Assent 75 “___ Spot run” 76 Girl in mocs? 78 Brooks or Ott 79 Tine 81 If perchance
Crossword Puzzle
Job Descriptions
82 Cotton pod 83 Acts unscrupulously 85 Fall flower 86 Sound before “Oh, no!” 87 Special favors 88 Austen heroine 89 Check for errata 91 Poison pen gal? 94 Dabbler in old hardware? 100 Fin. inst. conveniences 101 Foreign 102 Seeing red 103 Movies Jessica 104 Legal thing 105 Ran into 106 Relieved of friction 107 Stack compactly DOWN 1 Early hrs. 2 “...against a ___ of troubles” 3 ___ Arbor, Mich. 4 Shower residue 5 Comic Kaplan
6 Handed down 7 Health haven 8 Facial twitch 9 Groups of fish 10 “___ Ballou” 11 “___ Maria” 12 Code ring currency 13 Literary elephant 14 Distressful events 15 Arena receipts 18 Soccer necessity 19 L&N and B&O 20 Pie ingredients 22 Assent 24 ___ a heart! 27 ___ thinking 29 Construction job wear 30 Short order orders 31 Besmirch 32 Ward bosses 33 Black Beauty, for one 34 Cassette successors 35 Area related 36 More corny 37 Muhammad’s flight
39 On pins and needles 40 “Gimme That ___ Religion” 41 Vegas transactions 42 Gaelic accent 43 Broadens 44 I.e. 49 Song of praise 50 In a trite manner 51 Proclamations 52 Heroes 53 Entertainer Raitt 54 Flee 55 First woman senator 56 Regal staff 57 Agitates 58 Taking out 60 Belittles 63 Documentary’s feature 66 Herb of the rose family 70 Stride 71 At a distance 72 Andy’s radio partner
73 Canine exclamation 74 Building addition 76 1945 Conference site 77 Great Lake 79 Bell sounds 80 Pro ___ 82 WWII Philippines battle site 83 Mediterranean island 84 Senator Jesse 85 ___ of his word 86 Meld of ten announcement 87 Ski resort transport 88 Wind dir. 89 Little: suffix 90 “___ in the wool” 92 Yay for the matador! 93 Twit, to a Brit. 95 Tell’s home 96 Gal of song 97 ___ de France 98 Wt. units 99 Watched the kids
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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
Rite of Spring ACROSS 1 The Beatles’ second film 5 Aggravates 10 Candle substance 13 Belonging to young Finn 18 Greenish-blue 19 January, in Juarez 20 The Emerald Isle 21 “___ this, too too solid . . .” 22 Early devotions 25 Ring up 26 “H.M.S. ___” 27 Silver’s sergeant 28 Keypad bar 29 Haberdashery purchase 30 Packs 31 Uniform material 32 Wheedle 35 CSA general 36 Chatter 38 “If I Were ___”: Loesser ditty 39 Easter plant 41 Before carte or king 43 “Whatever ___ wants . . .” 44 Woman: comb. form 45 Lively Scottish dance 46 Smallest particle 47 2050, to Fabius 48 With 68 Across, Russian proverb beginning 52 San ___: West Coast port 53 1957 Brando-Umeki film 55 Property debt claims 56 Forever girl? 57 Steeps, as tea 58 Book leaf 59 Fontainbleau farewell 61 US Rocket upper stage 63 Wild water buffaloes 64 Impressive bearing 67 Actress Janet of 20 Down 68 Russian proverb finish 70 Rorem or Sparks 71 Time divisions, bigtime 72 Sheepish comments? 73 Song, in Munich 74 First to round the Cape of Good Hope 75 ___ Mahal 76 Seasonal symbol
80 Reagan Attorney General 81 Small anatomical channel 83 Roofing material 84 ___ in distress 85 Requisites 86 Snow unit? 87 Soprano Sayao 88 Birthday party shop stop 90 ___ de menthe 91 Nigeria neighbor 95 Mine entrances 96 Clotheshorse’s spring march 98 Moon crater 99 Jalopy 100 Big bay window 101 Descendant of Judah 102 Map feature 103 Mork’s planet 104 Treacherous 105 Twosome DOWN 1 Lock adjunct 2 Of the same value: prefix 3 Sally ___: tea cake
4 Plane curve 5 Do a shoemaker’s job 6 Not active 7 ___ majesté 8 Before, poetically 9 Town near Parma 10 Candle cores 11 Mars: prefix 12 Crosses out 13 Hippity ___ 14 Memorable UN name 15 Easter basket goodies 16 Welles’s Citizen 17 Young or old trailer 20 “My Sister ___”: 1942 film 23 “___ as a dead body . . .”: Dante 24 Foxy female 28 “___ We Dance?” 30 Hound one’s footsteps 31 Town newsman of old 32 Soothes 33 Python’s cousin: S. Amer. 34 Some kids at Easter
35 ___ bell: jogged the memory 36 Entreaties 37 Paris panegyric 39 Fort ___, SW FL city 40 “There ___ atheists . . .”: Cummings 42 Cupid 44 Chew on 46 Rock musician Mann 48 Lend ___: hark 49 One of the acting Masseys 50 Miser Marner 51 Believer in a God 52 Floral chain unit 54 Avifauna 58 Like the morning dew 59 Egyptian dry measure 60 Worn out, as a battery 61 Assist in a crime 62 Crow over 63 Put on ___: feign 64 First-rate 65 Discontinue 66 A Ford 68 Welcome Sahara sights
69 Send to Cloud Nine 72 Shiny-pated one’s nickname? 74 Balked at 76 Examines 77 In the arms of Morpheus 78 The beast, not the priest 79 ___ the Clouds, Mt. Washington 80 ___ play for: tried to get 82 June bug, e.g. 84 Smile enhancer 86 Unusual event 87 Tells all 88 “___ Yar”: Yevtushenko poem 89 Tennis cry 90 “Silkwood” actress 91 Cover the overhead? 92 Certain hard timber 93 Ancient Greek theaters 94 Smart but awkward one 96 “E’en ___ it be a cross . . .”: Adams 97 Singing syllable
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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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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
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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
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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