DDC_Puzzle Book_062125

JUNE

PUZZLE BOOK DDC

Crossword Puzzles • Sudoku Crypto Fun • Word Search

Saturday, June 21, 2025

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CROSSWORD PUZZLE

1. Marsh plant 6. Southern constellation (“The Peacock”) 10. Fogginess 14. Home to Fools’ Day 15. Absence of the sense of pain 17. Popular November holiday 19. Consume food 20. Buddy 21. Long-haired goat-antelope 22. Japanese honorific 23. Actor Malek 24. One point south of southeast 26. Illegal acts 29. As fast as can be done 31. Prevents harm to young 32. Exclamation of satisfaction 34. African nation 35. Slow-moving animal 37. Oh, goodness!

38. A team’s best pitcher 39. Cleanser 40. Radioactivity units 41. Expectorated matter 43. Cover a wide range 45. The central area of a church 46. California capital (abbr.)

47. Dutch painter Klaver 49. 007’s creator 50. Impression of dishonesty 53. Northeastern sports rivalry 57. Cloths 58. Stalin’s police chief 59. Hostelries 60. Bitterly regret 61. Anwar __, Egyptian statesman

CLUES DOWN

1. Satisfy 2. European health advocate 3. Expression of annoyance 4. Strong liquor 5. Large red deer 6. Holder of less common religious beliefs 7. West Indian shrub 8. Family of proteins 9. Wealthy, influential business leader 10. Low spirits 11. Approves food 12. Monetary unit of Iran and Oman 13. Mary __, cosmetics 16. Expressed in pithy maxims 18. Relaxing spaces 22. The NFL’s big game 23. Proof of payment (abbr.)

24. Starchy preparation of dried orchid tubers 25. Indicates near 27. Minneapolis suburb 28. Herring-like fish 29. Doctors’ group

30. Pouches 31. Bread dipping in sauce 33. Commercials 35. A reminder of past events 36. Affected by injury 37. Geological time 39. Stationary part of a motor 42. Brings together 43. Of sound mind 44. Personal computer 46. Without (French) 47. A bank might give you one 48. Agricultural testing organization 49. A small island 50. Type of gene 51. Murres 52. Card game 53. A measure of human health 54. Australian airline (abbr.)

55. One point south of due west 56. Affirmative

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SUDOKU

Here’s How It Works: Sudoku puzzles are formatted as a 9x9 grid, broken down into nine 3x3 boxes. To solve a sudoku, the numbers 1 through 9 must fill each row, column and box. Each number can appear only once in each row, column and box. You can figure out the order in which the numbers will appear by using the numeric clues already provided in the boxes. The more numbers you name, the easier it gets to solve the puzzle!

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Top Puzzle

Top Puzzle

Bottom Puzzle

Bottom Puzzle

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Solution

1. Racquet sports association 4. Places to sleep 8. Native American tribe 10. Small platforms 11. Egg shape 12. Running out 13. French painter 15. Some are “of the Caribbean” 16. Painful intestinal problem 17. More irritated 18. Prove yourself 21. Catch 22. Supplement with difficulty 23. American automotive giant 24. Form of “to be” 25. Boxing’s GOAT 26. Peyton’s little brother 27. Eli’s big brother 34. Capable of producing 35. Reproductive structures in fungi 36. Allowed to go forward 37. Smiles 38. Arteries 39. VVV 40. Win a series without losing a game 41. This (Spanish) 42. Opposites of beginnings 43. Germanic mythological god

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CLUES DOWN 1. Consisting of uncombined atoms

Solution for puzzle on page 2

2. Island country 3. Heavenly body 4. Caribbean island 5. Copyread 6. A place to eat 7. Drops down 9. Native group of Alaska 10. Engage in 12. “Desperate Housewives” lane 14. Thyroid-stimulating hormone 15. Foot (Latin) 17. A place to bathe 19. Animosities 20. Partner to cheese 23. Venus __, plant

24. A donation 25. Pokes holes in the ground 26. Midway between northeast and east 27. Looked into 28. Not young 29. Annoy constantly 30. Something one can strike 31. Most glacial 32. Ten less than one hundred 33. Idle talker 34. Has moved through the air 36. Container for shipping

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CROSSWORD PUZZLE

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JHN/DDC/SLM/KCC/MDH/KCR/BCR/TELDG/OST

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