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CROSSWORD PUZZLE

1. Bleated 6. Snakelike fish 9. Database management system 13. Social evolution anthropologist Service 14. American rocker Grohl 15. Greek personification of compassion 16. Negatives 17. Rescued 18. Self-immolation by fire ritual 19. Assigns tasks 21. Popular type of cigar 22. Discounts 23. The whole quantity 24. New York Giants legend 25. Indicates before 28. Lentils 29. Extremely angry 31. Body part 33. “North Star State” 36. David __, US playwright 38. Lower and raise one’s head 39. Private rendezvous 41. In a way, improved 44. A place to play 45. Astronomical period of 18 years 46. Automobile 48. Something you can take 49. A radio band 51. Jaws of a voracious animal 52. Short-billed rails 54. Chinese province 56. Shameless 60. Horizontal passage from the surface into a mine 61. Indian respectful titles 62. Fail to entertain 63. Dried-up 64. Central Utah city 11. Some is “heavy” 65. Southern U.S. 12. One who is canonized 66. German river 14. Indicates date and place of writing 67. Necessary for breathing 17. “Peace” in Arabic 68. Put into play 20. “Olaf” actor Josh

CLUES DOWN

1. Curved segment 2. Wings 3. Yellowish volatile liquid 4. Makes less severe 5. Debit note 6. Overhang 7. The nights before 8. Type of light 9. Lacking enthusiasm 10. Tattle

21. Fragmented rock 23. They __ 25. Advanced degree 26. Backside 27. Influential architect and design couple 29. An act of undue intimacy 30. Words from which later words are derived 32. 10 meters 34. Neither 35. Fungal sacs 37. The law of God revealed to Moses 40. A woolen cap of Scottish origin

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42. A promise 43. Challenges 47. British Air Aces 49. Large bank 50. Served as an omen 52. Cavalry sword 53. Vaccine developer 55. Belgian WW2 resistance leader Jules 56. Italian Seaport 57. Hip joint 58. __ Clapton, musician 59. Insect repellent 61. Constrictor snake 65 “The First State” (abbr.)

Solution for puzzle on page 7

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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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Solutions

Top Puzzle

Top Puzzle

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Solution

1. Midway between south and southeast 4. Fathers 9. Wine grape 14. Al Bundy’s wife 15. Derived from ammonia 16. Venezuelan state 17. Interest rate 18. Experts 20. Vascular tissues 22. Smooth and glossy 23. Administrative region in S. Korea 24. One from Damascus 28. Special interest group 29. It cools your home 30. Oh, God! 31. Intestinal pouches 33. Men 37. Twelfth star in a constellation 38. Former CIA 39. Arrange in grades of size 41. A baglike structure in a plant or animal 42. “The Great Lakes State” 43. Having earlike appendages 44. Momentarily stop 46. Ancient kingdom 49. Of I 50. White clerical vestment 51. Songs to one’s beloved 55. Charges 58. Computer application originator 59. A place to dock a boat 60. One guided by reason 64. Slang for cigarette 65. Sailboats 66. “Jerry Maguire” actor Zellweger 67. Screen type 68. Country legend Haggard 69. Puts together in time 70. When you anticipate arriving

CLUES DOWN

1. Involuntary muscular contraction 2. Eastern US transit agency 3. Leaves a place 4. Cease to participate 5. Current units 6. Cease to exist 7. General’s assistant (abbr.)

8. Earth vibration 9. Very strong winds 10. For each one 11. A bog 12. The creation of beautiful or significant things

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Solution for puzzle on page 2

13. Affirmative 19. Pie _ __ mode 21. Nonclerical 24. Indonesian island 25. Educational environment 26. Namibian peoples 27. Bring out or develop 31. Moves into a place of thought 32. Out of the way 34. Loads a ship 35. Beloved Hollywood alien 36. Distinguishes 40. The ancient Egyptian sun god 41. Secondary or explanatory title

45. Relating to a wing 47. One who gives a speech 48. In the middle 52. Loop with a running knot 53. Airborne (abbr.)

54. Sweet persons 56. Put into play 57. Small cattle breed 59. Millisecond 60. Revolutions per minute 61. They __ 62. Moon crater 63. A place to stay the night

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CLUES ACROSS

CROSSWORD PUZZLE

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

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