PUZZLES
Michigan Tech Lode
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Tuesday, October 15
Sudoku
Rules: Fill in the grid so that each row, column and 3x3 block contains 1-9 exactly once.
Last Week’s Solution...
No. 1013 TAKEN TO TASK By Jeff Chen / Edited by Will Shortz
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Across 1 Treats, as a bow 7 Org. for lab sa fety? 12 Inits. for cinephiles 15 QB datum 18 G. P. ___ (early book publisher) 19 Layered 20 Refined resource 21 Name-dropper ’s word? 22 Movie franchise since 1996 25 Crosswords, e. g. , in the 1920s 26 Like bourbon barrels 27 Grp. with a caduceus 28 Metaphor for obsolescence 30 Setting for “Mork & Mindy” 35 Kind of raid 36 Playing 37 Rideshare rides 38 Whistle-blowers?
RELEASE DATE: 10/20/2013
40 One of three stars in the Summer Triangle 42 One of a race in Middle-earth 43 Painter ’s deg. 45 Caroline du Sud, e.g. 46 Publisher ’s entreaty
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48 Some wraps
50 Sonata starters
53 Plant whose seed is sold as a health food product 55 Twin of Jacob
56 Actress Sorvino
57 Cat’s resting place, maybe 58 “Gilligan’s Island” castaway
61 When doubled, a sad sound effect 62 No longer exists
63 “Be My Yoko ___” (Barenaked Ladies single)
64 When doubled, a hit song of 1965 and 1989 65 Porter
67 ’50s duds
69 Carry or iron follower 70 Bupkis
71 Overcast
72 AARP concern 73 Pub offering
75 NATO member?: Abbr. 76 Pub offerings
77 Not even close
78 Eponym of a Southern “-ville”
79 Sport using xisteras 81 Word with solar or sound 83 Bide one’s time
86 Beverages in bowls 87 Apple variety 88 Jaw
90 Doo zy
9 Teaser
95 Isl e where M acb et h i s b uri ed
11 S o me t easers
92 Went off?
96 F i l m bi t
97 S core ab br.
98 Vi o l at i o n of t h e fi rst and secon d l aws o f t h ermod yn ami cs 103 Achi eve
105 Just wh at t he d oc o rd ered ? 106 Go col d t u rk ey
107 T hat , i n Tabasco
108 Un derd og ’s sayi n g 114 P erso nal d i gi t s: Ab br.
115 _ __ t h e E agl e (a M u pp et ) 116 Dat e fo r New Year ’s Day 117 B arel y g et
118 Ki cker ’s prop 119 Draft o rg. 120 P ai n t bal l memen t os
121 Ani mal wi t h a st ar o n t he Ho l l ywo od Wal k o f F ame Do wn
1 Tach read ou t 2 “B i en sû r!”
3 S ome map l i nes: Ab br. 4 F eared red st at e
5 Ny mph o f Greek my t h 6 F i re si gn
7 Int ent i o n
8 F l oral co mpo nent s
1 0 __ _ M i l l an a k a t h e Do g W hi sperer 1 2 Add i t i on al l y
1 3 In t h e 70 s, say
1 4 S h ak espeare hero i ne 1 5 C o mpu t er p ro grammi n g p ro bl em
1 6 In t h e vi ci ni t y o f
1 7 S i n ger P end erg rass and o t hers 1 9 Jal op i es
2 3 Dared ev i l ’s asset 2 4 “… an d __ _ i t agai n!”
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3 9 C o l db l oo ded 4 1 Jo y of T V 4 3 [ai r ki ss]
4 4 S o met h i ng y ou mi g ht get sho t for? 4 7 R ed or wh i t e vessel
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67 Pr oo f - e n d in g wo r d
5 8 R app er Ni cki
68 Hin d u title o f
5 1 “_ __ Voi ces” (b est sel l i n g New Ag e al bu m)
6 0 F i rst pu bl i sher of Hu nt er S . T ho mpson ’s “F ear and L oat hi n g i n L as Veg as”
5 2 Imagi n e, i nformal l y 5 4 P eace Nob el i st S ak haro v
6 2 It ’s a ch al l eng e 6 6 __ _ i n cat
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5 6 M uch mai l t o mag s
4 9 “It can ’t wai t !”
5 0 P l ace wh ere man y screens may be set
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7 2 Hy p o th e tic a l wo r ds 7 4 Little c o n f a bs 7 6 Re d Sc a r e ta rge t 7 7 Ph ilo s op h e r Ra n d 8 0 Ma in line 8 1 __ _ City ( Ba g h d a d area)
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5 9 Hel en Kel l er b ro ug ht t he fi rst o ne t o t h e U. S .
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3 0 B eachg oer ’s pri de, i n fo rmal l y
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8 4 “ Ea t, Pr a y, Lov e ” loc a le
8 5 “ Wo r s t c a r of th e mille n n iu m,” p e r “ Ca r Ta lk ” 8 7 “ __ _ ha n d ? ”
8 9 On e time Kr y p to n r e s ide n t
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10 0 Dis c ha rge
10 1 No r ma n d of th e s ile nts
10 2 Sto mpin g gr ou n d s f or God z illa 10 4 H H H H
9 1 Lic k
10 9 “ I t c a n’t wa it! ”
9 3 Ac tua lly
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9 5 Swe a te r ’s lin e ?
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9 2 Br ie f
110 Pr e va ilin g pa r ty
9 4 Fits
112 Fr e nc h pr on o u n