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Cousin to “Zounds!”
5.Majuscules 9.Box 13.Charter 17.
18.
19.
20.
21.Confess 22.
23.
24.
25.Confidentially:
29.
30.
31.
32.Walked 35.Hood 36.
25.Confidentially:
5 wds.
THEME CROSSWORD
48.
32.Walked 35.Hood 36. Cook
38.Hirsute 39.
41.Intermediary:
48.
50.
51.
52.Where
53.
55.
56.
38.Hirsute 39.
24. Snow
41.Intermediary:
46.Gaelic 47.
Aleutian
46.Gaelic 47.
11.
68.Profound 69.Animals sometimes yoked 70.Home-spa feature: 2 wds. 73. Go sideways 74.Scrooge’s exclamation 77. Dried out 78. Della or Pee Wee 79.Country festivals 80.Stare 81. Neither here nor there: Hyph.
68.Profound 69.Animals sometimes yoked 70.Home-spa feature: 2 wds. 73. Go sideways 74.Scrooge’s exclamation 77. Dried out 78. Della or Pee Wee 79.Country festivals 80.Stare 81. Neither here nor there: Hyph.
104. Shrinking sea in Asia 105. Lamb, in the alternative 107.Brandish 108. — and true 109. For — or money 110. The “I” 111. Looked at 112.Malleable 113.Avid 114. Go — -free
104.
Shrinking
Asia 105. Lamb, alternative 107.Brandish 108. — 109. For money 110. The 111. Looked 112.Malleable 113.Avid 114. Go
pt.
7.Small-minded 8.Mersanser 9.
of colony
12 Puzzle Book
For release Sunday, January 1, 2023
DOWN 1. The dawn, personified 2. F-to-K link 3.Indigenous Japanese 4. Support for an unlaunched ship 5.Patch 6.“Tempest” sprite 7.Small-minded 8.Mersanser 9. Kills with one-liners 10. El — 11. An
island 12. Calvert of TV’s “Grimm” 13. Noted automaker 14.Particulars 15. Fix firmly 16. Compass
19. Kind
23.
26. Clean
27.Anti-
32.
34.
35.
36.
37.
39.Swoon 40.
41.
42.
45.
47.
52.
By James Barrick 57.
ACROSS 73.
1. 1-1
The Buckeye State
City in the Beehive State
Pupil of Socrates
Elevator name
A little food
Brutish fellows
Snow field
5 wds.
Like uneven territory
Greek letters
— bittern
Cook a certain way
Stuffed, as with meat
Hyph.
Unlikely narrative
Diagnostic aids: Hyph. 50. Blood: Prefix 51. Buck’s mate 52.Where Valparaiso is 53. Old Semitic idol 55. Blue flag 56. Pisa’s river 57.Boundless 58.Conveniently nearby: Hyph. 60. Conflict ending in 1865: 4 wds. 66. Cocoa beans 67. Man in Normandy
84.Harrison’s successor 86. Prize money 87.Razorbacks 88. Word on a uniform 89.Aggrieved 90. Collector’s book 93. Ending for fun or pun 94.Spine 96. Find a hidden message: 4 wds. 102. Quod — demonstrandum 103.Filthy
Neither this nor that: 3 wds.
up
discrimination org. 28.Mudpuppy relative
Cast off 33.Cocoyam
Small hill
Northern people
Versatile bean
Recipe meas.
Accept as true
Country singer — Brooks
Old card game 43.Uncanny 44.Releases
Winning distance in some races
Use a flail 49.Sluggish
— San Lucas 54.Hostel anagram
Morning star 59.Nucha 60. Pale and shiny 61.Bitter 62.Hindu princess 63.Consumed 64. Ancient Roman official 65. Passover feast 66. “— fan tutte” 71. A state: Abbr. 72. Homophone for tease
Old sailor 74. Storage place 75. Domed or vaulted recess 76. Pay attention 80. World records authority 82. Dull sound 83.Down-Under marsupials 85. Stuff in a skein 86. — -mutuel 88.Place 89. Hay fever culprit 90. Dress in finery 91.Permission 92. With — breath 93.Dulcet 94. Painful struggle 95.Pitch 97.Wallaroo 98.End-ofworkweek cry 99.Gossip 100. Energy type: Abbr. 101. Missile housing 102.Sheep 106.Behind
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THEME CROSSWORD
ACROSS 1. Cousin to “Zounds!” 5.Majuscules 9.Box 13.Charter 17. The Buckeye State 18. City in the Beehive State 19. Pupil of Socrates 20. Elevator name 21.Confess 22. A little food 23. Brutish
29.
30.
By James Barrick
fellows
field
Like uneven territory
Greek
letters
31.
— bittern
a certain way
Stuffed, as with meat
Hyph.
Unlikely narrative
Diagnostic aids: Hyph.
Blood: Prefix
Buck’s mate
Valparaiso is
Old Semitic idol
Blue flag
Pisa’s river 57.Boundless 58.Conveniently nearby: Hyph. 60. Conflict ending in 1865: 4 wds. 66. Cocoa beans 67. Man in Normandy
84.Harrison’s successor 86. Prize money 87.Razorbacks 88. Word on a uniform 89.Aggrieved 90. Collector’s book 93. Ending for fun or pun 94.Spine 96. Find a hidden message: 4 wds. 102. Quod — demonstrandum 103.Filthy
10.
12.
13.
32.
37.
DOWN 1. The dawn, personified 2. F-to-K link 3.Indigenous Japanese 4. Support for an unlaunched ship 5.Patch 6.“Tempest” sprite
Kills with one-liners
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An Aleutian island
Calvert of TV’s “Grimm”
Noted automaker 14.Particulars 15. Fix firmly 16. Compass pt. 19. Kind of colony 23. Neither this nor that: 3 wds. 26. Clean up 27.Antidiscrimination org. 28.Mudpuppy relative
Cast off 33.Cocoyam 34. Small hill 35. Northern people 36. Versatile bean
Recipe meas. 39.Swoon 40. Accept as true 41. Country singer — Brooks 42. Old card game 43.Uncanny 44.Releases 45. Winning distance in some races 47. Use a flail 49.Sluggish
52. — San Lucas 54.Hostel anagram 57. Morning star 59.Nucha 60. Pale and shiny 61.Bitter 62.Hindu princess 63.Consumed 64. Ancient Roman official 65. Passover feast 66. “— fan tutte” 71. A state: Abbr. 72. Homophone for tease
73. Old sailor 74. Storage place 75. Domed or vaulted recess 76. Pay attention 80. World records authority 82. Dull sound 83.Down-Under marsupials 85. Stuff in a skein 86. — -mutuel 88.Place 89. Hay fever culprit 90. Dress in finery 91.Permission 92. With — breath
93.Dulcet 94. Painful 95.Pitch 97.Wallaroo 98.End-ofworkweek 99.Gossip 100. Energy Abbr. 101. Missile 102.Sheep 106.Behind
THEME CROSSWORD
THEME CROSSWORD
ACROSS
ACROSS 1. Old Thai currency 6.Change 11.Plumbing problem 15. Books expert: Abbr. 19.Divert 20. Aqua — 21. — O’Neill, Lady Chaplin 22. Tea drink 23. Blame
106.
wds.
-the-board
bears
of
Basket in jai alai
Puts a value on
Fable’s lesson 73. The ox, e.g. 74. Cereal grass 75.Balanced 76.Borscht ingredient 77.Immigrants’ island 78.Slipper 79. Mal de — 80. Term in grammar: 2 wds. 83. Opposing one
“Twilight” 107.Remove 108. Slow, 109.Vetch 110.Unseen particle 111.Challenges 112.Relieves DOWN
Faux —
— -the-board
— saltpeter
38.Invited 39.Secondhand 40.
41.
43.Pest 44.Assistants
landscape feature 18.Rows 24. Big success 26.Ant 29. After Kilo, before Mike 34. Kind of lily 35. Even cleaner 36.Footless creatures
Measure up: 2 wds. 38.Invited 39.Secondhand 40. Spectrum color 41. Book of maps 43.Pest 44.Assistants 45. Went quickly 46. Circulate: 2 wds. 47. Church part 48.Rhymester 52. — de la Luz 54. Eats nothing 55.Auto-dent location
56. Currier’s partner 57. Put forth 59.Primp 60. Daughter of Judy and Vincente 61.Cherry-red 63. — -colored 64. Of local government 65. Provo neighbor 66.Except 67. Loamy deposit 68. — de grandeur 69.Island country in the Mediterranean
70. Mug 72.Hypnotizer 73. Diary of a kind 76.Hairless 77. Girl in Nevada 78.Tombs 80.“Common Sense” author 81. Empty space 82. Got away 84. Step in ballet 86. Wallet item 87. The head, in anatomy 88. Japanese city 89. More sage
90. Oldish computer peripheral 91. Works at 92. Oldster: Abbr. 95. Blood: Prefix 96. Monarch of old 97. — est percipi 98. Heflin and Morrison 99. — en point 100. Some summer babies 102.Legume 104. Parseghian of football
70.Mug 72.Hypnotizer 73. Diary of a kind 76.Hairless 77. Girl in Nevada 78.Tombs 80.“Common Sense” author 81. Empty space 82. Got away 84. Step in ballet 86. Wallet item 87. The head, in anatomy 88. Japanese city 89. More sage
90. Oldish peripheral 91. Works 92. Oldster: 95. Blood: 96. Monarch 97. — 98. Heflin Morrison 99. — 100. Some babies 102.Legume 104. Parseghian football
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Puzzle Book 13
For release Sunday, January 8, 2023
1.
6.Change 11.Plumbing
15.
19.Divert 20.
21. —
22. Tea
23.
25.
27. Speak
28.
30.Grinder 31.
32. Family
33.Maids 35.
38.
41.
42.
43.
46.Nonsense 49.Stood 50.
51.
52.
53.
54.Washed-out
DOWN 1.Record 2. Movie format 3. Horn of a crescent moon 4. An Indian language 5.Missive 6.Fields 7.Credit-score factor 8.Fever 9.Movie 10. Adopts: 2 wds. 11.Dunderheads 12.Range 13. Subtly harmful 14. Faux — 15. —
16. — saltpeter 17.Martian landscape feature 18.Rows 24. Big success 26.Ant 29.
34.
35.
36.Footless
37.
By James Barrick
Old Thai currency 1-8
problem
Books expert: Abbr.
Aqua —
O’Neill, Lady Chaplin
drink
Blame another: 3 wds.
Of perching birds
at length
Oily resin
MLB team
mem.
Kind of tiger
Citrusy liqueur
Buenos —
Arrow poison
Master key: Hyph.
Was partial to
An astringent
Crime syndicate big shot
Sheeran and Sullivan
55. Print measures 57. — comitatus 58.Stormed 60.Washes 61.Pamper 62. Genus of brown bears 63.Ached 64. Basket in jai alai 65. Caucasus native 67.Loafs 68.Weapons 71. Puts a value on 72. Fable’s lesson 73. The ox, e.g. 74. Cereal grass 75.Balanced 76.Borscht ingredient 77.Immigrants’ island 78.Slipper 79. Mal de — 80. Term in grammar: 2 wds. 83. Opposing one 84.Sedates 85. River in Missouri 86. Egypt neighbor 87.Leather 90. Club’s open — night 91. Greek letters 93. Chinese, e.g. 94. ’70s sitcom 96. TV serial 101. Old French courtly dance 103. Road division: 2 wds. 105.Instruments 106. Cullen
of “Twilight” 107.Remove 108. Slow, in music 109.Vetch 110.Unseen particle 111.Challenges 112.Relieves
After Kilo, before Mike
Kind of lily
Even cleaner
creatures
Measure up: 2 wds.
Spectrum color
Book of maps
45. Went quickly 46. Circulate: 2 wds. 47. Church part 48.Rhymester 52. — de la Luz 54. Eats nothing 55.Auto-dent location
PASS WORDS
3
25. Of perching birds 27.
28.
30.Grinder 31.
32.
35.
38.
41.
42.
43.
46.Nonsense 49.Stood 50.
51.
52.
53.
54.Washed-out 55.
57.
Cullen
1.Record 2. Movie format 3. Horn of a crescent moon 4. An Indian language 5.Missive 6.Fields 7.Credit-score factor 8.Fever 9.Movie 10. Adopts:
11.Dunderheads 12.Range
By James Barrick
another:
Speak at length 1-8 PASS WORDS © 2023 United Feature Syndicate, Dist.
Oily resin
MLB team
Family mem. 33.Maids
Kind of tiger
Citrusy liqueur
Buenos —
Arrow poison
Master key: Hyph.
Was partial to
An astringent
Crime syndicate big shot
Sheeran and Sullivan
Print measures
—
comitatus
58.Stormed 60.Washes 61.Pamper 62. Genus
brown
63.Ached 64.
65. Caucasus native 67.Loafs 68.Weapons 71.
72.
84.Sedates 85. River in Missouri 86. Egypt neighbor 87.Leather 90. Club’s open — night 91. Greek letters 93. Chinese, e.g. 94. ’70s sitcom 96. TV serial 101. Old French courtly dance 103. Road division: 2 wds. 105.Instruments
2 wds.
13.
Subtly harmful
14.
15.
16.
17.Martian
37.
56. Currier’s partner 57. Put forth 59.Primp 60. Daughter of Judy and Vincente 61.Cherry-red 63. — -colored 64. Of local government 65. Provo neighbor 66.Except 67. Loamy deposit 68. — de grandeur 69. Island country in the Mediterranean
ACROSS
ACROSS 1. Noisy breath 5.Socks 10. Junior
51.Diamonds 52.
Start of a quip by Milton Berle: 3 wds. 32. — of Hormuz 34. Bart or Brenda 35. “...— — evil” 36.Chophouse fare
53.Alone 55.
57.
60.Hill 61.
63.
64.
70.
Minced oath
77.
99. Part 6 of quip: 3 wds. 102.Excuse 104. Monk’s title 106.Coat 107.Pursuit 110. Old measure of length 112. A flatfish 116. End of the quip: 4 wds. 120.Dressing 121.Dictate 122. Climbing plant of the tropics 123. Make fit 125.Skedaddle
126.
126. Punta 127.Manservant 128. Street 129.Panache 130.“Light”
131.Beethoven’s “Fur
133.Without
133.Without
Give it — — 38.Filibeg 41.Official proceedings 42.Grasslands
container 44. Column order 45. Mrs. Archie Bunker 46.Inlet 48. Abnormal: Prefix 49. Synthetic fiber 50.Symbol 54.Distinguishing mark 56. — Island (Rapa Nui) 58.Awn 59.Camping essential 62.Scull
85. “Name of the Rose” author Umberto — 87.Ensnare 88. — larceny 90.Sorrow 92.Hardhearted 93. Daughter of Tantalus 94. “Born in the —” 100.Burden 101. Shoots from lowflying planes 103. Kind of bean 105. Illusory thing 108.Unriddle 109.Ordeal
110. Solid figures 111. — wave 113. Seal on a papal letter 114.Main 115. Time of life 116. River in France 117. Country in West Africa 118.Approached 119. Surpassing the ordinary 121. Cal. abbr. 124. Big bang material: Abbr.
85. “Name of the Rose” author Umberto — 87.Ensnare 88. — larceny 90.Sorrow 92.Hardhearted 93. Daughter of Tantalus 94. “Born in the —” 100.Burden 101. Shoots from lowflying planes 103. Kind of bean 105. Illusory thing 108.Unriddle 109.Ordeal
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14 Puzzle Book
For release Sunday, January 15, 2023
THEME CROSSWORD
1. Noisy breath 5.Socks 10. Junior workers 15. Orson
“Citizen
19. Muppet monster 20. Island near Oahu 21. PR concern 22. Part
Abbr. 23.Exigency 24. Plant fiber 25. Kind
26. Lift
27.Treatise 29.
32.
34.
36.Chophouse
39.Support 40.Twangy 43.
47.
49.
DOWN 1.Fellows 2.Responsive 3.Aspersion 4.Downloadable program 5. Kind of jump or run 6.Ceraceous 7.Flivver 8. Cliffside debris 9. Forty winks, south of the border 10. Arrange wrongly 11. — propre 12. Coffee cup size 13. Minced oath 14.Intuit 15. Samurai’s sword 16.Delicious 17. Unmixed, said of liquor 18.Goof 28. Small monkey 30. Port city in Israel 31. Ballet move 33.Tighten 37. Give it — — 38.Filibeg 41.Official proceedings 42.Grasslands 43.Capacious container 44. Column order 45.
46.Inlet 48.
49.
50.Symbol 54.Distinguishing
56.
66.Wildebeest
69.
71.
By James Barrick
Welles’ 1-15
—”
of AAA:
of goose
on a hill: Hyph.
Start of a quip by Milton Berle: 3 wds.
— of Hormuz
Bart or Brenda 35. “...— — evil”
fare
Part 2 of quip: 2 wds.
U.S. central bank, for short
Bus. abbr.
5 1/2 yards
Part 3 of quip: 3 wds.
Of an Eastern church
Wind sleeve
Word of woe
Headgear for a bishop 65. Sitar piece 68.Sectors
Part 4 of quip: 4 wds.
Data, short version 78. Prickly pear 79.Considers 81. Part of QED 84. Ready, in a way 86.Skill 88. Show of troops 89. Part 5 of quip 91.Interpret 95. Hum- — 96. Sch. in Cambridge 97. Ways to go: Abbr. 98. Kimono sash
Punta del — 127.Manservant 128. Street urchin 129.Panache 130.“Light” beverage 131.Beethoven’s “Fur —” 132.Pick
Mrs. Archie Bunker
Abnormal: Prefix
Synthetic fiber
mark
— Island (Rapa Nui) 58.Awn 59.Camping essential 62.Scull
67. Magnani and Kournikova
Egyptian lizard
Kind
of seal 72. Gets a move on 73.Clairvoyance, briefly 74. Orbiting body 75. The old — -ho 76. City in Germany 80.Pip 81. Jane Austen title 82. Means of transport 83.Render obsolete
PORTION CONTROL
THEME CROSSWORD
15. Orson
“Citizen —” 19. Muppet monster 20. Island near Oahu 21. PR concern 22. Part of AAA: Abbr. 23.Exigency 24. Plant fiber 25. Kind of goose 26. Lift on
hill: Hyph. 27.Treatise 29.
39.Support
beverage
132.Pick
DOWN 1.Fellows 2.Responsive 3.Aspersion 4.Downloadable program 5. Kind of jump or run 6.Ceraceous 7.Flivver 8. Cliffside debris 9. Forty winks, south of the border 10. Arrange wrongly 11. — propre 12. Coffee cup size 13.
By James Barrick 14.Intuit 15.
workers 16.Delicious
Welles’
a
40.Twangy 43. 1-15 PORTION CONTROL © 2023 United
Part 2 of quip: 2 wds. 47. U.S. central bank, for short
49. Bus. abbr. 51.Diamonds 52. 5 1/2 yards 53.Alone 55. Part 3 of quip: 3 wds. 57. Of an Eastern church 60.Hill 61. Wind sleeve 63. Word of woe 64. Headgear for a bishop 65. Sitar piece 68.Sectors 70. Part 4 of quip: 4 wds.
77. Data, short version 78. Prickly pear 79.Considers 81. Part of QED 84. Ready, in a way 86.Skill 88. Show of troops 89. Part 5 of quip 91.Interpret 95. Hum- — 96. Sch. in Cambridge 97. Ways to go: Abbr. 98. Kimono sash
99. Part 6 of quip: 3 wds. 102.Excuse 104. Monk’s title 106.Coat 107.Pursuit 110. Old measure of length 112. A flatfish 116. End of the quip: 4 wds. 120.Dressing 121.Dictate 122. Climbing plant of the tropics 123. Make fit 125.Skedaddle
Samurai’s sword
17.
Unmixed, said of liquor 18.Goof 28. Small monkey 30. Port city in Israel
31.
Ballet move 33.Tighten
37.
43.Capacious
66.Wildebeest 67. Magnani and Kournikova 69. Egyptian lizard 71. Kind of seal 72. Gets a move on 73.Clairvoyance, briefly 74. Orbiting body 75. The old — -ho 76. City in Germany 80.Pip 81. Jane Austen title 82. Means of transport 83.Render obsolete
110. Solid 111. — 113. Seal letter 114.Main 115. Time 116. River 117. Country Africa 118.Approached 119. Surpassing ordinary 121. Cal. 124. Big material:
THEME CROSSWORD
By James Barrick
ACROSS 1. Game period
5.
46.
47.
52.Catch 53.
54.Steeps 55.
56.
DOWN
DOWN
Watering need
— mater
Those under a certain sign
Bound volume of chords and melodies: 2 wds.
UGA’s home
River in France
A “pluralizer”
Cotton garment: 2 wds
Arizona city
43.
44.Middling 45. French
65. Goat antelope 66. Is made from (with “of”) 69. Behind bars 70.Shofar 71. — cochere 72. Sch. in Cambridge 73. Big portion 74. “— — —, there’s fire” 78. Harem room 79. Roger Rabbit et al. 80.Annoys 81.Related
105. Befitting a monarch 106. Stair part 107. River in Ireland 108. “Knotty” wood 109.Grin 110. Vehicles on runners 111.Split
82. Horse opera setting: 2 wds. 84.Yelps 86.Timberland 88. Bridge seat 89.Remedies 90. Canine tooth 91.Suspect’s claim 94.Frenzied 95. Steal (with “with”): 2 wds. 99. Kind of smoke 102. Smoke — — (trickery) 104. The Bard’s river
105.
Befitting monarch
34.
35.Assail 36.
37.
38.Duties 39.
40.
41.Memorize 42.
Place in SE Asia 13. — of the Covenant 14. Opp. of NNW 15. King of the Huns 16.Spare 17.Shoestring 18. Makes inquiries 24.Release 26. Gulliver’s creator 29. Winged Greek goddess 32.Helvetian 33. Judges’ seat 34. Sandwich of a kind
45.Dudes 48.
50.Effective
52.
56.Beats 58.
59.
62.
68. Tube in a vessel 69. — mein 71. Benefits, for short 74.Troubles 75.Emcee 76. Certain U.K. rentals: 2 wds. 77. Thatcher or Mitchell 79.Two 83. Do a cook’s job 84.Bale 85. — Ben Canaan 86. Hindu holy men 87.Nonpareil
50.Effective 51. Roll with a hole 52. Inn for caravans 56.Beats 58. Movie ogre 59. Handrail in dance studios 60. — and pecks 62. Peat bogs 63. — the pity 64. — Arabia 65. Port city in Belgium 66.Stoppers 67. Polynesian stone images
89.Waterway 90.Well-known 91. On the double: Abbr. 92. Son of Jacob 93. Desktop item 94. Wise men 95. Goods: Abbr. 96.Sported 97. Water buffalo 98. River in Belgium 100. Sawbones: Abbr. 101. — and haw 103.Zippo
68. Tube in a vessel 69. — mein 71. Benefits, for short 74.Troubles 75.Emcee 76. Certain U.K. rentals: 2 wds. 77. Thatcher or Mitchell 79.Two 83. Do a cook’s job 84.Bale 85. — Ben Canaan 86. Hindu holy men 87.Nonpareil
89.Waterway 90.Well-known 91. On Abbr. 92. Son 93. Desktop 94. Wise 95. Goods: 96.Sported 97. Water 98. River 100. Sawbones: 101. — 103.Zippo
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Puzzle Book 15
For release Sunday, January 22, 2023
5.
10.
15.
19.
20.
21.Burns 22.Brewed
23.
25.Chimney 27.Right-of-way
31.
38.Unexpected
1.
2.
3.
4.
of
5.
6.
7.Defeat 8.
9.
2
10.Affirm 11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.Spare 17.Shoestring 18.
24.Release 26.
29.
32.Helvetian 33.
ACROSS 1. Game period
French judicial decision
A Titan 1-22
— breve
Genus of oily fruits
The ones there
beverages
Place for curing meat
provision 28.Oozes 30.Oenophile’s passion
Twining stem 32.Support 33. Word in a recipe 35.Infatuates
development 39. Bow-tie pasta 43. Tickle Me — 44.Middling 45. French painter 46. “— the ramparts we watched...” 47. Snuff: 2 wds. 52.Catch 53. “Look! A mouse!” 54.Steeps 55. Beyond the — 56. Martinez or Almodovar 57. Intrude, in a way 59.Generate 60. A Great Lake 61. Time on the job 62. Equine animals 63. Disney heroine 64.Fathers 65. Goat antelope 66. Is made from (with “of”) 69. Behind bars 70.Shofar 71. — cochere 72. Sch. in Cambridge 73. Big portion 74. “— — —, there’s fire” 78. Harem room 79. Roger Rabbit et al. 80.Annoys 81.Related 82. Horse
opera setting: 2 wds. 84.Yelps 86.Timberland 88. Bridge seat 89.Remedies 90. Canine tooth 91.Suspect’s claim 94.Frenzied 95. Steal (with “with”): 2 wds. 99. Kind of smoke 102. Smoke — — (trickery) 104. The Bard’s river
Watering need
— mater
Those under a certain sign
Bound volume
chords and melodies: 2 wds.
UGA’s home
River in France
A “pluralizer”
Cotton garment:
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Place in SE Asia
— of the Covenant
Opp. of NNW
King of the Huns
Makes inquiries
Gulliver’s creator
Winged Greek goddess
Judges’
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Sandwich of a kind
Fudd or Gantry
Old means of communication: 2 wds.
Gem surface
Tint for spectacles: 2 wds.
Cogito — sum 44. Eat and drink
Caught sight of 49. Takes it easy
51. Roll with a hole
Inn for caravans
Movie ogre
Handrail in dance studios 60. — and pecks
Peat bogs 63. — the pity 64. — Arabia 65. Port city in Belgium 66.Stoppers 67. Polynesian stone images
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passion
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Word in a recipe
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Bow-tie
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Tickle Me —
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“— the ramparts we watched...”
Snuff: 2 wds.
“Look! A mouse!”
Beyond the —
Martinez or Almodovar 57. Intrude, in a way 59.Generate 60. A Great Lake 61. Time on the job 62. Equine animals 63. Disney heroine 64.Fathers
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24 Puzzle Book ANSWERS Teleword PAGE 3 Shine Box Flood Pretty in Pink Putter PAGE 4 Elsewhere James Corden St. George’s Benson 1. CODES 2. CABELLO 3. IDEALISTIC 4. ASTROTURF 5. MOTIVE 6. DISGUSTING 7. LINES 1. CENTRAL 2. CLOCK 3. STACKS 4. TITLEIST 5.CAYMAN 6. CONCEDING 7. YANKEES 1. CRAWLED 2. COUPLES 3. SERRANO 4. BLUES 5. ALPACA 6. YOKOHAMA 7. BOOKKEEPER 1. WINDLESS 2. STUDIOS 3. REDO 4. PECK 5. NASDAQ 6. CURRIENCIES 7. BURUNDIAN 7 Little Words PAGE 7 1 2 3 4 Word Roundup PAGE 5 1 2 3 4 GRIMACE FROWN SMIRK SMILE GRIN / BELGIUM ESTONIA FRANCE / STREAM CREEK RIVER / ROCKY ARGO / RAVEN WINDY RAINY SUNNY HAZY / THAILAND VIETNAM CHINA LAOS / COBALT COPPER SILVER / BUGS BUNNY / ALPHA BETA CHEKOV SCOTTY MCCOY UHURA SPOCK KIRK SULU / ATLANTIC PACIFIC ARTIC / JACK KING / FELINE CANINE / LIQUID SOLID SUBARU TOYOTA HONDA FORD / SALAMANDER FROG TOAD NEWT / INDIGO MAROON VIOLET / PERION HYPHEN COMMA / GENERAL PAGE 6 1 2 3 4 FRIZZ BUZZ FIZZ JAZZ FUZZ / NUCLEAR SOLAR WIND / QUARTER PENNY DIME / HOTEL MOTEL / UGANDA KENYA OCTOPUS OYSTER SNAIL CLAM / SHIFT RIFT LIFT GIFT / SLOTH SABLE SKUNK / SUPERIOR ONTARIO HURON / CHINA CHILE EXCEL EXACT EXPEL EXIST EXAM / PLUM KIWI PEAR LIME / SPRUCE CEDAR PINE / ORIOLE CANARY FALCON / TRAVERSE RAVINE VALLEY RIDGE HILL / ELEPHANT ANTEATER ANTELOPE / ROCKIES ANDES ALPS / NAIROBI TRIPOLI CAIRO / CAUSE Hidato PAGE 8
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26 Puzzle Book 61.Bitter 62.Hindu princess 63.Consumed 64. Ancient Roman official 65. Passover feast 66. “— fan tutte” 71. A state: Abbr. 72. Homophone for tease authority 82. Dull sound 83.Down-Under marsupials 85. Stuff in a skein 86. — -mutuel 88.Place 89. Hay fever culprit 90. Dress in finery 91.Permission 92. With — breath 99.Gossip 100. Energy type: Abbr. 101. Missile housing 102.Sheep 106.Behind Syndication Themed Crossword language 5.Missive 7.Credit-score Adopts: 2 wds. 11.Dunderheads 12.Range feature 18.Rows 24. Big success 26.Ant 29. After Kilo, before Mike 34. Kind of lily 35. Even cleaner 36.Footless creatures 43.Pest 44.Assistants 45. Went quickly 46. Circulate: 2 wds. 47. Church part 48.Rhymester 52. — de la Luz 54. Eats nothing 55.Auto-dent location 63. — -colored 64. Of local government 65. Provo neighbor 66.Except 67. Loamy deposit 68. — de grandeur 69. Island country in the Mediterranean 80.“Common Sense” author 81. Empty space 82. Got away 84. Step in ballet 86. Wallet item 87. The head, in anatomy 88. Japanese city 89. More sage 97. — est percipi 98. Heflin and Morrison 99. — en point 100. Some summer babies 102.Legume 104. Parseghian of football © 2023 United Feature Syndicate, Dist. by Andrews McMeel Syndication 77. Data, short version 78. Prickly pear 79.Considers 81. Part of QED 84. Ready, in a way 86.Skill 88. Show of troops 89. Part 5 of quip 91.Interpret 95. Hum- — 96. Sch. in Cambridge 97. Ways to go: Abbr. 98. Kimono sash 99. Part 6 of quip: 3 wds. 102.Excuse 104. Monk’s title 106.Coat 107.Pursuit 110. Old measure of length 112. A flatfish 116. End of the quip: 4 wds. 120.Dressing 121.Dictate 122. Climbing plant of the tropics 123. Make fit 125.Skedaddle 126. Punta del — 127.Manservant 128. Street urchin 129.Panache 130.“Light” beverage 131.Beethoven’s “Fur —” 132.Pick 133.Without 66.Wildebeest 67. Magnani and Kournikova 69. Egyptian lizard 71. Kind of seal 72. Gets a move on 73.Clairvoyance, briefly 74. Orbiting body 75. The old — -ho 76. City in Germany 80.Pip 81. Jane Austen title 82. Means of transport 83.Render obsolete 85. “Name of the Rose” author Umberto — 87.Ensnare 88. — larceny 90.Sorrow 92.Hardhearted 93. Daughter of Tantalus 94. “Born in the —” 100.Burden 101. Shoots from lowflying planes 103. Kind of bean 105. Illusory thing 108.Unriddle 109.Ordeal 110. Solid figures 111. — wave 113. Seal on a papal letter 114.Main 115. Time of life 116. River in France 117. Country in West Africa 118.Approached 119. Surpassing the ordinary 121. Cal. abbr. 124. Big bang material: Abbr. Barrick period French judicial decision Titan breve Genus of oily ones 22.Brewed beverages for curing 25.Chimney 27.Right-of-way provision 28.Oozes 30.Oenophile’s passion 31. Twining stem 32.Support 33. Word in a recipe 35.Infatuates 38.Unexpected development 39. Bow-tie pasta 43. Tickle Me — 44.Middling 45. French painter 46. “— the ramparts we watched...” 47. Snuff: 2 wds. 52.Catch 53. “Look! A mouse!” 54.Steeps 55. Beyond the — 56. Martinez or Almodovar 57. Intrude, in a way 59.Generate 60. A Great Lake 61. Time on the job 62. Equine animals 63. Disney heroine 64.Fathers 65. Goat antelope 66. Is made from (with “of”) 69. Behind bars 70.Shofar 71. — cochere 72. Sch. in Cambridge 73. Big portion 74. “— — —, there’s fire” 78. Harem room 79. Roger Rabbit et al. 80.Annoys 81.Related 82. Horse opera setting: 2 wds. 84.Yelps 86.Timberland 88. Bridge seat 89.Remedies 90. Canine tooth 91.Suspect’s claim 94.Frenzied 95. Steal (with “with”): 2 wds. 99. Kind of smoke 102. Smoke — — (trickery) 104. The Bard’s river 105. Befitting a monarch 106. Stair part 107. River in Ireland 108. “Knotty” wood 109.Grin 110. Vehicles on runners 111.Split Watering need mater under a certain sign Bound volume chords and melodies: 2 wds. UGA’s home in France 7.Defeat “pluralizer” Cotton garment: Arizona city 12. Place in SE Asia 13. — of the Covenant 14. Opp. of NNW 15. King of the Huns 16.Spare 17.Shoestring 18. Makes inquiries 24.Release 26. Gulliver’s creator 29. Winged Greek goddess 32.Helvetian 33. Judges’ seat 34. Sandwich of a kind 35.Assail 36. Fudd or Gantry 37. Old means of communication: 2 wds. 38.Duties 39. Gem surface 40. Tint for spectacles: 2 wds. 41.Memorize 42. Cogito — sum 44. Eat and drink 45.Dudes 48. Caught sight of 49. Takes it easy 50.Effective 51. Roll with a hole 52. Inn for caravans 56.Beats 58. Movie ogre 59. Handrail in dance studios 60. — and pecks 62. Peat bogs 63. — the pity 64. — Arabia 65. Port city in Belgium 66.Stoppers 67. Polynesian stone images 68. Tube in a vessel 69. — mein 71. Benefits, for short 74.Troubles 75.Emcee 76. Certain U.K. rentals: 2 wds. 77. Thatcher or Mitchell 79.Two 83. Do a cook’s job 84.Bale 85. — Ben Canaan 86. Hindu holy men 87.Nonpareil 89.Waterway 90.Well-known 91. On the double: Abbr. 92. Son of Jacob 93. Desktop item 94. Wise men 95. Goods: Abbr. 96.Sported 97. Water buffalo 98. River in Belgium 100. Sawbones: Abbr. 101. — and haw 103.Zippo PAGE 12 PAGE 13 PAGE 14 PAGE 15 ANSWERS
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