Gamebook 07-2018

S U N DAY, J U LY 1, 2018

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GAMEBOOK

Sunday, July 1, 2018

Premier Crossword

By Frank A. Longo

PREMIER

Sunday, July 1, 2018

The Record

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Word Sleuth Find the listed words in the diagram. They run in all directions - forward, backward, up, down and diagonally. Every puzzle has one unlisted clue.

CLUE LIST Australia Austria Chile Finland France Germany India Iran Italy Malta Peru Russia Spain Sweden United Kingdom

Biform Coliform Conform Cuneiform Deform Fusiform Inform Landform Perform Platform Preform Reform Triform Variform Waveform

CLUE LIST Ardila Bug Dnieper Douro Drava Drina Guadiana Mura Oder Rezovo Rhine Sava Tana Tisza Torne

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CLUE LIST

CLUE LIST Anthony Battier Baylor Brewer Chalmers Ellington Ewing Manning May Noah Okafor Singler Walker Walton West

GAMEBOOK

Sunday, July 1, 2018

CROSSWORD

CROSSWORD

THOMAS JOSEPH

ACROSS 1 Is furious 6 Ease up 11 Clumsy 12 LBJ, for one 13 Mink’s cousin 14 Pollster’s find 15 Consider appropriate 17 Important time 19 Circle section 20 Wander (about) 23 Slander 25 Sample recording 26 Begins 28 Preceding times 29 California city 30 Essen article 31 Cat coat 32 Spots on TV 33 Shine 35 Kick back 38 Goes off course 41 Acrobatic 42 Net receipts 43 Manners 44 Sean Combs’ nickname

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THOMAS JOSEPH

DOWN 1 2016 Olympics setting 2 Leaf lifter 3 Scolds 4 Dueling weapon 5 Flows 6 Top story 7 Pitcher Blyleven 8 Cut drastically 9 Shoe hue 10 Finish 16 Distressed 17 Trimmed 18 “Superman” star 20 Achieves success 21 Add a change to 22 Nitwits 24 Cart puller 25 Rap’s Dr. — 27 Showed up 31 Skulk members 33 Washed out 34 Convoy truck 35 Zodiac animal 36 Big head 37 Jar part 39 Free 40 Cunning

ACROSS 1 Chump 6 Masseur’s targets 11 Love, in Lombardy 12 Will not 13 Praline bit 14 Informal greeting 15 Antlered animal 16 Hitch 18 Reunion group 19 Victor at Manassas 20 Switch settings 21 Genesis name 22 Record needle 24 Pro votes 25 One of 33-Down 27 Assorted: Abbr.

29 Buff 32 In the style of 33 Peaks: Abbr.

34 Fuming feeling 35 Suffering 36 Try out 37 Mom’s order 38 Bar garnishes 40 Like Thor 42 Self-contained 43 Peptic problem 44 Low cards in pinochle 45 Jury makeup

The Record

DOWN 1 Flag pin settings 2 Diner dish 3 Pacific fish 4 Important time 5 Let 6 Grate fill 7 Comic Margaret 8 Alan Alda role 9 Salad green 10 Go pieces 17 Sunday newspaper ads 23 Director Besson 24 Phone download 26 Rebelled 27 Like some rebates 28 Urbana players 30 Classroom need 31 Hampers 33 Nonet of myth 39 Hydrocarbon suffix 41 Flamenco cry

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Word Sleuth Find the listed words in the diagram. They run in all directions - forward, backward, up, down and diagonally. Every puzzle has one unlisted clue.

CLUE LIST Brain cramp Bucket list Craft beer E-reader Earworm Flexitarian Gassed Gastropub Geocaching Life coach Man cave Mash-up Obesogenic Toxic Underwater

Branch Farm Farmer Frog Hopper House Line Of knowledge Of life Ring Squirrel Stump Surgeon Tops Trimmer

CLUE LIST Bann Eel Erne Lena Little Bighorn Mackenzie Niagara Oswego Red Rhine San Joaquin San Pedro The Ob Wallkill Yenisey

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CLUE LIST

GAMEBOOK

CLUE LIST Bloat Boat Cheat Combat Diplomat Ducat Gnat Goat Heartbeat Kumquat Mincemeat Muskrat Somewhat Superheat Throat

Sunday, July 1, 2018

CROSSWORD

CROSSWORD

THOMAS JOSEPH

ACROSS 1 Big pictures 7 Peach centers 11 Hooded jacket 12 Clickable picture 13 Durable 14 Octavia’s husband 15 Toys with tails 16 Lasso expert 17 Takes in 18 Swift work 19 Golf bunker 21 Haddock’s cousin 22 Mythical reptiles 25 Harry’s friend 26 Arp’s art 27 Euphoric 29 Tuna sandwich 33 Explorer Bering 34 Blender setting 35 Stratford river 36 Chide 37 Silent art 38 Logic 39 Foots the bill 40 Saucer fliers

Sunday, July 1, 2018

THOMAS JOSEPH

DOWN 1 Ball wear 2 Set free 3 Way to go 4 Collars 5 Young fellows 6 Blue hue 7 California grape 8 Chipping tool 9 Bullfight stars 10 Slept soundly?

16 Speedy 18 Light lunch 20 Midway sights 22 Brazil neighbor 23 Art-school class 24 Feudal warrior 25 Make over 28 Melodies 30 Wipe off 31 Pretend 32 Most new drivers 34 Zest source 36 Lingerie buy

ACROSS 1 Together, in music 5 Lunch and dinner 10 Gambler’s giveaway 11 Friends 13 Road division 14 Convey 15 Apple pie order 17 Vining plant 18 More precipitous 19 — vous plait 20 Convent resident 21 Solitary 22 Petty quarrels 25 Big ringers 26 Lights-out tune 27 Heir, at times 28 Artist Jean 29 Hard bargainer 33 In favor of 34 Battle site of 1945 35 Unyielding 37 Mile or meter 38 Bagel choice 39 Turn to liquid 40 Discourage 41 Victim

The Record

DOWN 1 Book of maps 2 Coped 3 Arm bones 4 Periodic table listing 5 Horse with no wins 6 Playwright Rice 7 Swiss peak 8 Intermediary 9 Dinner unit 12 Fashions 16 Musical work 21 Olympics leap 22 Work groups 23 Conditionally released 24 Inform 25 Kind of dancing 27 Finn’s friend 29 Blackjack request 30 Cruise vessel 31 Writer Zola 32 Tattered 36 D.C. baseballer

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Word Sleuth Find the listed words in the diagram. They run in all directions - forward, backward, up, down and diagonally. Every puzzle has one unlisted clue.

CLUE LIST Arlene Bucky Felix Garfield Heathcliff Hello Kitty Hobbes Sagwa Simba Snagglepuss Snowball Stimpy Sylvester Tigger Tom

Aikman Bradford Bradshaw Carr Couch Elway Long Luck Newton P. Manning Pace Palmer Russell Sims Stafford

CLUE LIST Detrude Extrude Gertrude Intruder Obtrude Protrude Prudence Prudent Prudential Prudery Rudely Ruderal Rudest Strudel Trudeau

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CLUE LIST

CLUE LIST Beard Corners Hair Ham Head Legs Logs Mustache Neck Points Poodles Prices Sweaters Whiskers Wood

GAMEBOOK

Sunday, July 1, 2018

CROSSWORD

CROSSWORD

THOMAS JOSEPH

ACROSS 1 Went under 5 Kitchen pest 10 Steer clear of 12 Usher’s place 13 Lepidopterist’s collection 15 Quarterback Manning 16 Squirrel’s snack 17 Got together 18 Bigot’s problem 20 Stance 21 Cut off 22 At any time 23 Make speeches 25 Rating unit 28 Small amounts 31 Battle group 32 James of “Boston Legal” 34 Spring month 35 Life story, for short 36 6, on the phone 37 Features of some jeans 40 With all one’s might 41 Impel 42 “Game of Thrones” girl 43 Brewed drinks

Sunday, July 1, 2018

THOMAS JOSEPH

DOWN 1 Fencing sword 2 Throat danglers 3 Catch sight of 4 Young fox 5 Vessel for Huck 6 Engine need 7 “I, Robot” writer 8 John of Monty Python 9 Prynne in “The Scarlet Letter” 11 More tightly packed 14 Ice cream choice 19 Tusk material 20 “The Hunger Games” boy 24 Complete 25 Brazilian dances 26 Emotional wound 27 “The Joy Luck Club” author 29 Look up to 30 New York tribe 33 Romantic dozen 35 — fide 38 “— folly to be wise” 39 Fate

ACROSS 1 Résumé listing 5 Paint the town red 11 Touch on 12 Large lizard 13 Crisply fragrant 14 Sinew 15 Min. part 16 Flexed 17 Lift 19 Crony 22 Give one’s case 24 Diver’s gear 26 Shopping aid 27 Wallet bills 28 Tickle 30 Ventilation pipes 31 Puppy cry 32 Plot out 34 Gift tag word 35 Print units 38 Flowering shrub 41 Kin of PDQ 42 Train stops 43 Wise teacher 44 Abhor 45 Start the bidding

The Record

DOWN 1 Spielberg movie 2 Theater award 3 Crimps 4 Pig’s place 5 Quick snacks 6 FBI employees 7 Little one 8 Suffered from 9 Lennon’s love 10 Scathing review 16 Auction signal 18 Feedbag fill 19 Enlivens, as writing 20 Aid in crime 21 Colleen 22 DVR button 23 South American city 25 Brilliant act 29 Wading birds 30 Reservoir maker 33 Comic tribute 34 Ice chunk 36 Foal’s mother 37 Revolved 38 Say further 39 Last letter 40 Fitting 41 Previously

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Sudoku Sudoku is a number-placing puzzle based on a 9x9 grid with several given numbers. The object is to place the numbers 1 to 9 in the empty squares so that each row, column and 3x3 box contains the same number only once

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GAMEBOOK

Sunday, July 1, 2018

Point & Solve In this crossword puzzle variety, the clues appear in the diagram itself. Simply enter the answers in the directions indicated by the arrows.

Sunday, July 1, 2018

The Record

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Multi-Sudoku Each puzzle consists of two or more Sudoku grids overlapping each other in various configurations. The grids may be Classic Sudoku or a mix of different Sudoku variants. The object is to solve all grids according to their variant rules. Note that overlapping areas comply with the rules of more than one grid.

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GAMEBOOK

Sunday, July 1, 2018

Wuzzles Each Wuzzles is a word riddle which creates a disguised word, phrase, name, place, saying, etc. For Example, NOON GOOD = GOOD AFTERNOON

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GAMEBOOK

Sunday, July 1, 2018

Cryptoquip The Cryptoquip is a substitution cipher in which one letter stands for another. If you think that X equals O, it will equal O throughout the puzzle. Single letters, short words and words using an apostrophe give you clues to locating vowels. Solution is by trial and error.

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Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: P equals T

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Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: A equals U

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Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: W equals T

Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: O equals M

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Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: Z equals M

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Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: N equals H

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Wuzzles Each Wuzzles is a word riddle which creates a disguised word, phrase, name, place, saying, etc. For Example, NOON GOOD = GOOD AFTERNOON

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GAMEBOOK

Sunday, July 1, 2018

Cryptoquip The Cryptoquip is a substitution cipher in which one letter stands for another. If you think that X equals O, it will equal O throughout the puzzle. Single letters, short words and words using an apostrophe give you clues to locating vowels. Solution is by trial and error.

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Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: C equals T

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Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: F equals L

Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: E equals F

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Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: Y equals H

Wuzzles Each Wuzzles is a word riddle which creates a disguised word, phrase, name, place, saying, etc. For Example, NOON GOOD = GOOD AFTERNOON

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GAMEBOOK

Sunday, July 1, 2018

Cryptoquip The Cryptoquip is a substitution cipher in which one letter stands for another. If you think that X equals O, it will equal O throughout the puzzle. Single letters, short words and words using an apostrophe give you clues to locating vowels. Solution is by trial and error.

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Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: B equals M

Sunday, July 1, 2018

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Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: E equals T

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Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: M equals U

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Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: U equals I

Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: I equals G

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Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: R equals F

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Hocus Focus

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GAMEBOOK

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Super Quiz

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Hocus Focus

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GAMEBOOK

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Super Quiz

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Hocus Focus

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GAMEBOOK

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Super Quiz

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Cryptoquote

AXYDLBAAXR is L O N G F E L L O W

One letter stands for another. In this sample, A is used for three L’s, X for the two O’s, etc. Single letters, apostrophes, and length and formation of words are all hints. The code letters are different for each puzzle.

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Sunday, July 1, 2018

CROSSWORD

CROSSWORD

EUGENE SHEFFER

ACROSS 1 Handle roughly 4 Dog bane 8 Back talk 12 Past 13 Peruse 14 Clarinet’s cousin 15 Mansion staff 17 Smolder 18 Catches some rays 19 Playful water critter 20 Moral standard 22 Own 24 Destroy 25 Peace 29 Inseparable 30 Permanent inmate 31 “Golly!”

32 Snakes 34 Chew away (at) 35 Gross 36 Dentist’s suggestion

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EUGENE SHEFFER

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Coarse Funeral stand Sea flier Pepper or York Kill a bill Hexagonal state Fresh Anytime now Huff and puff As well

DOWN 1 — de deux 2 Census statistic 3 More deserving 4 Swiss money 5 Periscope part 6 Dine on 7 Billboards 8 Cushion 9 Touch 10 A few 11 Palm reader, maybe 16 Futile 19 Finished

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Love god Melody Substantial War god Go under Unknowing Earl Grey and kin Some evergreens Poland’s Mr. Walesa Urban bird Merriment Battle Guns the engine Black-and-white snack “Do — others ...”

Cereal choice Dine Greek vowel Keanu, in “The Matrix” Pair

The Record

ACROSS 1 Sandwich shop 5 Glazier’s sheet 9 Wapiti 12 Culture medium 13 Winged 14 Evening hour, in a way 15 Folded entree 16 Thy 17 Every iota 18 Paradise 19 “Monty Python” intro 20 Grooving on 21 Biddy 23 Always, in verse 25 Watermelonshaped 28 Dodges 32 Stash excessively 33 Privately funded film 34 Confesses 36 Not quite 37 Conger, e.g.

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Mex. neighbor Big fish story?

Anvil location Wading bird Vessel from way off Data Prescribed amount Exist Celebrity One of HOMES Ph. bk. data “— Breckinridge” Monstrous loch?

DOWN 1 Appointment 2 “Zounds!”

3 Chantilly, e.g.

4 Old locomotives 5 Footing the bill 6 Oodles 7 Seasickness symptom

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Blunder Author Hunter Catchy tune Narc’s measure Heavy metal band Provide Satan’s doings Discoverer’s cry Package adornment PC linking system Bachelor’s last words Insult (Sl.) Prepared Ample Dawn Señor Peron Frizzy ’do Troubles Somewhere out there Drill Mrs. Osiris Spots Doctrine

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Cryptoquote

AXYDLBAAXR is L O N G F E L L O W

One letter stands for another. In this sample, A is used for three L’s, X for the two O’s, etc. Single letters, apostrophes, and length and formation of words are all hints. The code letters are different for each puzzle.

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CROSSWORD

CROSSWORD

EUGENE SHEFFER

ACROSS 1 — up (invigorates) 5 Alphabet start 8 “Pygmalion” writer 12 Spine component 14 Unadulterated 15 Language of Zagreb 16 Rod’s partner 17 Cudgel 18 Wedding-related 20 Pirate flag symbol 23 Tempo 24 Grow weary 25 AT&T competitor 28 Coatrack piece 29 Oyster’s gift 30 Mediterranean, for one 32 Porch 34 Blueprint 35 “Sad to say ...”

36 Combination of tones

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EUGENE SHEFFER

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Desert fox — carte Out of control Exact Streamlet Taboo A Great Lake Beer cousin Start a garden

20 Fuel additive brand 21 Capital of Ukraine 22 Incite 23 Rosary components 25 Large blood vessel 26 Capital of DOWN Norway 1 Piping material, 27 Approach for short 29 Wan 2 Always, to a 31 Additionally poet 33 Irritate 3 Paid athlete 34 Lighthouse of 4 Horse’s hangout Alexandria 5 Somewhat 36 Organization 6 Lingerie item 37 Passenger’s 7 Capital payment of Australia 38 Eastern 8 Perfume potentate application 39 — me tangere 9 Colored 40 Farm measure 10 Neighborhood 43 Animation 11 Healthy frame 13 And others 44 Consumed (Lat.) 45 Golf gadget 19 Bar 46 Conclusion

ACROSS 1 Eastern bigwig (Var.) 5 One-on-one battle 9 Scoundrel 12 Rice-A- — 13 Paquin or Faris 14 Raw rock 15 Over 17 Pen point 18 Vagrant 19 Ticket 21 Aspect 24 Idea that spreads on the Web 25 48-Across’ counterparts 26 Room-to-room accesses 30 Convent dweller 31 Great praise 32 Old card game 33 Wine pourer 35 Existed, Biblically 36 Do as you’re told

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Exposes Cease-fire Noble title Melody Ecclesiastical compact See 25-Across Soon, in verse “Do — others ...”

Shelter Sit for a photo Unaltered

DOWN 1 Joan of — 2 Cattle call?

3 Hostel 4 Wealth 5 Paint amateurishly 6 Ruin 7 Compass pt.

8 Firetruck gear 9 Skin-tone cosmetic 10 Operatic solo

11 Credit card user’s problem 16 Parcel of land 20 Coal diggers’ org.

21 Ward (off) 22 Chills and fever 23 Open area at a terminal 24 Othello, for one 26 Responsibility 27 Praise in verse 28 Days gone by 29 Drunkards 31 Patella 34 Jimmy Kimmel’s network 35 Tusked mammal 37 Buddy 38 Party-game pinon 39 Go by train 40 Son of Seth 41 Pimples 44 Yoko of music 45 “CSI” evidence 46 $ dispenser 47 Pirouette pivot

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Cryptoquote

AXYDLBAAXR is L O N G F E L L O W

One letter stands for another. In this sample, A is used for three L’s, X for the two O’s, etc. Single letters, apostrophes, and length and formation of words are all hints. The code letters are different for each puzzle.

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CROSSWORD

CROSSWORD

EUGENE SHEFFER

ACROSS 1 Request 4 Blunder 8 Weapon handle 12 Island neckwear 13 Sandwich cookie 14 Exile isle 15 Spelling contest 16 “West Side Story” composer 18 Tiny ear bone 20 Ball prop 21 Office parttimer 24 Stuffs tightly 28 “E = mc2” man 32 Not procrastinating 33 Chowed down 34 Precipitous 36 Historic time 37 Wound cover 39 Piano name 41 Pitched

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EUGENE SHEFFER

43 2012 Ben Affleck movie 44 Vast expanse 46 Celery unit 50 “The Grapes of Wrath” author 55 Heavy weight 56 Frogs’ hangout 57 Needle case 58 Japanese sash 59 Church section 60 Mend a sock 61 Witticism DOWN 1 Actress Jessica 2 Witnessed 3 Chicken — 4 Drinking vessels 5 Tramcar contents 6 “— the fields we go” 7 Typeface 8 Straight, for short 9 Hearty brew 10 G-men’s org.

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ACROSS 1 Light touch 4 Ducks’ home 8 Creche trio 12 Swelled head 13 Acknowledge 14 Touch 15 Its capital is Gaborone 17 Give a darn 18 Massive weight 19 Mistake in print 21 Bouquet component 24 Online help page 25 CD- — 26 Badly lit 28 Ancient African kingdom 32 Help surreptitiously 34 “— Town” 36 Billions of years 37 Now 39 Oft-tattooed word 41 Placekicker’s pride

Bronze Moment Part of TGIF Citi Field team Michelangelo masterpiece Freshly Actress Sorvino Remain Right on the map?

Pruritus In the vicinity — -do-well Football Adjoining “To be or — ...”

Cyst Sleeping Small particle Timber wolf Make a sweater Hot tub Upper surface Type measures Greek vowel Mangy mutt

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42 Dylan or Dole 44 Potassium source 46 Set free 50 Can material 51 Off base 52 Form of food poisoning 56 Arp’s style 57 Storyteller 58 Long sandwich 59 Watchful one 60 Hamburg’s river 61 Afternoon affair DOWN 1 Newcomer to society 2 Past 3 Reached the nadir, with “out” 4 Hocked 5 Eggs 6 Zilch 7 Happy, for one 8 Rhesus monkey 9 Blind as — 10 Mentor 11 Thing

16 Boar’s mate 20 Skedaddled 21 “Animal House” group 22 See 23-Down 23 With 22-Down, John Wayne movie 27 Silent 29 Gregor Mendel, e.g.

30 Part of the loop 31 Cruising 33 Arranged in rows and columns 35 Plagiarize 38 — Kippur 40 Ripe 43 Sacred text 45 Zero 46 Put together 47 Vacationing 48 Protuberance 49 Labor 53 Bill 54 Seek damages 55 Biz deg.

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I WASN’T SPEAKING ABOUT THAT LARGE, SWAMPY LAKE OUTLET NEAR ME. I MEANT THE BAYOU BY YOU.

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FACTORY IN WHICH THEY CRANK OUT DIFFERENT PRODUCTS TO SUPPORT THE LOWER BACK: A LUMBAR MILL.

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I’M NOT EXACTLY A DEPENDABLE BOXER. EACH TIME I START A FIGHT, I USUALLY END UP FEINTING.

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I DISLIKE THIS BLEAK PART OF THE HOSPITAL, BUT IT WILL SUFFICE, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WARD.

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WHAT WOULD YOU CALL A TENTACLED MARINE CREATURE THAT IS ALWAYS HOSTILE? AN ENEMY ANEMONE.

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OUR FATHER IS DEFINITELY AN ANGLING ENTHUSIAST. HE LIKES TO TELL FOLKS HE’S AN A-FISHIN’-ADO.

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FOR AN AIRPLANE TO GET OFF THE GROUND, I SUPPOSE IT NEEDS TO HAVE FLYABILITY VIABILITY.

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WHEN EMPLOYEES AT A CERTAIN HIGH-TECH WORKPLACE LAUGH, I THINK YOU CALL THEM GOOGLE’S GIGGLES.

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IF IT IS YOUR TIME, LOVE WILL TRACK YOU DOWN LIKE A CRUISE MISSILE. — LYNDA BARRY

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WHENEVER OLD-TIME AMERICAN HUMORIST ROGERS CAUGHT A VIRUS, I’D ASSUME THE RESULT WAS ILL WILL.

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I’M ABSOLUTELY LOVING THE SPACIOUS, COMFORTABLE SOFA I BOUGHT YESTERDAY. IT’S SIMPLY DIVAN!

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TEACHING IS NOT A LOST ART, BUT THE REGARD FOR IT IS A LOST TRADITION. — JACQUES BARZUN

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IT COULD BE NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO CONSUME THIS HORRIBLE WATERY PORRIDGE. IT’S WAY TOO GRUELING.

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WHEN GUYS OUT ON SPACEWALKS ARE DONE LACING UP THEIR SHOES, DO YOU THINK THEY TIE ASTRO-KNOTS?

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ANYONE CAN DO ANY AMOUNT OF WORK, PROVIDED IT ISN’T THE WORK HE’S SUPPOSED TO BE DOING AT THAT MOMENT. — ROBERT BENCHLEY

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WHEN THAT STRING PLAYER WANTS A LIGHT, SWEET DESSERT TREAT, HE USUALLY CHOOSES CELLO PUDDING.

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UNHAPPY THAT THE WOOD WASN’T DYED ENOUGH, THE CARPENTER IN CHARGE ISSUED A RESTAINING ORDER.

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IF YOU SPILLED A WHOLE CUP OF PEKOE ON YOURSELF, I RECKON YOU’D END UP WEARING A TEA SHIRT.

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BECAUSE I AM DESCRIBING SEVERAL DIFFERENT SOUND SYSTEM VARIETIES, I SUPPOSE I’M STEREO TYPING.

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THAT FASHIONABLE CHEF IS PRETTY PRETENTIOUS. FOR INSTANCE, HE ONLY BUYS DESIGNER LADLES.

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VENOMOUS SERPENTS USED FOR CLEARING RAIN OFF A CAR WHEN SOMEONE IS DRIVING: WINDSHIELD VIPERS.

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A SWEETHEART IS A BOTTLE OF WINE; A WIFE IS A WINE BOTTLE. — CHARLES BAUDELAIRE

SOME PEOPLE TALK IN THEIR SLEEP. LECTURERS TALK WHILE OTHER PEOPLE SLEEP. — ALBERT CAMUS

CREATIVITY IS ALLOWING YOURSELF TO MAKE MISTAKES. ART IS KNOWING WHICH ONES TO KEEP. — SCOTT ADAMS

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I CAN’T UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE ARE FRIGHTENED OF NEW IDEAS. I’M FRIGHTENED OF THE OLD ONES. — JOHN CAGE

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WHEN YOU STOP GIVING AND OFFERING SOMETHING TO THE REST OF THE WORLD, IT’S TIME TO TURN OUT THE LIGHTS. — GEORGE BURNS

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EVERY MAN HAS HIS FOLLIES — AND OFTEN THEY ARE THE MOST INTERESTING THING HE HAS GOT. — JOSH BILLINGS

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LIFE’S MOST PERSISTENT AND URGENT QUESTION IS: WHAT ARE YOU DOING FOR OTHERS? — DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.

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VOLUNTEERS ARE UNPAID, NOT BECAUSE THEY ARE WORTHLESS, BUT BECAUSE THEY ARE PRICELESS. — ANONYMOUS

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ALWAYS DO RIGHT. THIS WILL GRATIFY SOME PEOPLE AND ASTONISH THE REST. — MARK TWAIN

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I MARRIED THE FIRST MAN I EVER KISSED. WHEN I TELL THIS TO MY CHILDREN, THEY JUST ABOUT THROW UP. — BARBARA BUSH

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REALITY IS THAT WHICH, WHEN YOU STOP BELIEVING IN IT, DOESN’T GO AWAY. — PHILIP K. DICK

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THE MOST INCOMPREHENSIBLE THING ABOUT THE WORLD IS THAT IT IS AT ALL COMPREHENSIBLE. — ALBERT EINSTEIN

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MINDS ARE LIKE PARACHUTES; THEY ONLY FUNCTION WHEN OPEN. — THOMAS DEWAR

IT DESTROYS ONE’S NERVES TO BE AMIABLE EVERY DAY TO THE SAME HUMAN BEING. — BENJAMIN DISRAELI HONOLULU: IT’S GOT EVERYTHING: SAND FOR THE CHILDREN, SUN FOR THE WIFE, SHARKS FOR THE WIFE’S MOTHER. — KEN DODD

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