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52-SKIDDOO.....................................................................4
500 RUMMY .............................................................. 50
ART ON THE SQUARE ...................................................24
BATTLESHIPS ........................................................... 23
CODE CROSSWORDS ...................................................28
IN THIS ISSUE CROSSWORD APPETIZER ....................................... 30
CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 1 ............................................60
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Strong National Museum of Play 34 CRYPTOLISTS ................................................................20
DO-SI-DO ......................................................................7
Book Review: A History of
Video Games in 64 Objects 39
DOUBLE CROSS .............................................................51
DOUBLE DUTY ........................................................... 67
Moving Forward, Looking Back: FAMILY REUNIONS ........................................................66
When Classic Toys Were New HELTER-SKELTER ..................................................... 31
Can you connect each toy or
game with its original review in GAMES? 40 HIVE OF ACTIVITY.........................................................21
IT’S A DELE ................................................................ 52
Change of Art KID STUFF ........................................................................8
Find the 10 differences between M-OR-K ....................................................................... 14
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MIXAGRAMS ...............................................................6
Your Word Against Mine: MIXED DOUBLES ............................................................3
Scrabble Happenings, Puzzles, and Tips
Some tips from top player Will Anderson, MIXED DOUBLES: SHADES OF MEANING............. 22
plus plenty of puzzles 42 NURIKABE .......................................................................13
ONE, TWO, THREE ..................................................... 32
PLUS… PAINT BY NUMBERS .....................................................56
PENCIL POINTERS 1 ..................................................5
Wild Cards PENCIL POINTERS 2 .....................................................18
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1ǣǔȨȰ(ǝǗȲǠȨǙ BY MIKE NOTHNAGEL
Each answer word in this crossword variation has two clues leading to it, using different meanings of the word. The
clues are separated into Across and Down, but are otherwise ordered randomly.
When you find two Across clues or two Down clues that seem to have the same answer, add up their clue numbers
to determine the place in the grid where the answer should be entered. For example, if the clue for 1-Across were
“Metallic element“ and the clue for 17-Across read “Starring role,“ the answer would be “lead,“ which would go in the box
labeled 18 (1 + 17). Note: Tags such as “Hyph.“ and “2 wds.“ have been omitted. ANSWER, PAGE 70
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ACROSS 13 Cocktail made with whiskey, sugar, and 5 Central kitchen counters
1 Consequence of accidentally bitters 6 Leave behind
flipping a card, maybe 14 Word in many college 7 What close contests
2 CBers’ nicknames department names come down to
3 Dens 15 Seventh-inning ritual 8 Square root, formally
4 Onetime SNL cast member Sanz 16 Prison sentence 9 “Mr. Cellophane” musical
5 Successfully attracts, 17 One who votes in a chamber 10 Think deeply
as a customer 18 Catches (a fish) 11 Archipelago components
6 Antiquated 19 Mug attachments 12 Playwright Lin-Manuel
7 Immediately 20 Planet that takes about 88 days 13 Peter Cetera’s band
8 Character to whom Hamlet to orbit the sun 14 Prison movie highlights
says, “Alas, poor Yorick!” 15 Part of a television season
9 Washington baseball player DOWN 16 Revolutionary
from 1901–60 1 Eludes one’s memory 17 Decently sized, as a profit
10 Stuff in old thermometers 2 Cynthia Nixon’s role on Sex and the City 18 What mirrors do
11 Uncurved racetrack part 3 In good shape 19 Lack of inhibition
12 1930s federal programs, collectively 4 HBO series set in Baltimore 20 Incident

7ǡǣȰȰǝǝ BY JOEL NANNI
There is one place for each letter of the alphabet in the 26 empty squares of each blank column in the diagram below. Fill in
each letter so that a word of at least five letters is formed reading across only. Not all of the letters to the left and right of the
empty box are used; it’s up to you to determine which ones are needed to complete familiar words. Some letters may fit in
more than one of the empty squares to complete words, but we only came up with one arrangement that would complete a
word in each row. Maybe you’ll find a better solution. Proper names are not allowed. ANSWER, PAGE 71
A B U E K Y M N O O K Q A
B D U G J U A F C T L G B
C E K L I L Y W E E L A C
D T M Q P O T O O A N E D
E X C R A K E R A C K W E
F D E M A N I F M V T I F
G J A N U G I N F Q X C G
H W F X B R G L R I Z E H
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In this crossword puzzle, the clues appear in the grid itself. Enter the answers in the direction of the pointers. ANSWER, PAGE 70
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1ǣǔȳǥǚȳǟǙ BY GEORGE BREDEHORN
The lines in the six puzzles below may look like random letter jumbles, but there’s actually some method to this madness.
Each line contains a five-letter word and a four-letter word whose letters have been woven together, but the left-to-right
order of the letters has not been disturbed. For instance, the letter sequence D A R I U N V E T = DRIVE + AUNT. Unweave
the two words on each line and write them in the spaces provided. When you’re done, the answer to each puzzle’s clue
will appear in the two shaded columns. ANSWERS, PAGE 70
PUZZLE 1: THE 40 PERCENT SOLUTION PUZZLE 2: VIVA NEW YORK!
T H A A I K L U C = ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ + ___ ___ ___ ___ O R I B I C T O N = ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ + ___ ___ ___ ___
H E L E A I T E R = ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ + ___ ___ ___ ___ S C H O A R E O M = ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ + ___ ___ ___ ___
F A L E L R O T E = ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ + ___ ___ ___ ___ BOZOENATE = ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ + ___ ___ ___ ___
V I T U O B A L A = ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ + ___ ___ ___ ___ THINEGERE = ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ + ___ ___ ___ ___
Y I P R E L D O M = ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ + ___ ___ ___ ___ O R M A X A L I M = ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ + ___ ___ ___ ___
PUZZLE 3: LET’S SPLIT PUZZLE 4: TICKLE ME
S T U P A R D E N = ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ + ___ ___ ___ ___ B E T G Y P O E T = ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ + ___ ___ ___ ___
G R A U M S U E T = ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ + ___ ___ ___ ___ S E P C R I C A P = ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ + ___ ___ ___ ___
P E R Y A T E D E = ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ + ___ ___ ___ ___ P A L A F I N A R = ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ + ___ ___ ___ ___
A T H R E A C E M = ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ + ___ ___ ___ ___ S I T U N N I C E = ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ + ___ ___ ___ ___
O T H U G H O U T = ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ + ___ ___ ___ ___ B W A D G H O E M = ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ + ___ ___ ___ ___
PUZZLE 5: CATSUP PLUS PUZZLE 6: THIS JUS IN
V A W I S F U E L = ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ + ___ ___ ___ ___ A G R I N E L G Y = ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ + ___ ___ ___ ___
A I D E X I O M A = ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ + ___ ___ ___ ___ F O R G E A T A N = ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ + ___ ___ ___ ___
R I B E F L E V Y = ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ + ___ ___ ___ ___ J A J A U D E N T = ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ + ___ ___ ___ ___
B H O A T E D O N = ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ + ___ ___ ___ ___ G I V A L O R L Y = ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ + ___ ___ ___ ___
S H A N T Y L E D = ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ + ___ ___ ___ ___ S N Y E M P E S H = ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ + ___ ___ ___ ___

8ǤǚȨȨ4ȳǚǘ,ȳǚǟǝǞǓ BY NANCY KAVANAUGH
ACROSS Made like Humpty 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

Comfort Dumpty
What a padlock Third Rock ___ 14 15 16
locks to the Sun

King’s dominion Lend ___ 17 18 19
Earnest entreaty (listen): 2 wds.

Off in the Heavy metal 20 21 22
distance Grammy winner

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Star Wars Building extensions
princess First garden 34 35 36 37 38 39
Mirror material
Lose the euphoria DOWN 40 41 42 43
and face facts: Movies like
4 wds. Ben-Hur 44 45 46
Far from fresh Parcel out
Letterman list Night Court 47 48 49 50 51
number actress Diamond

Lose traction Painting holder- 52 53 54 55 56 57
Stock-dumping uppers

panic: Hyph. Heavenly 58 59 60 61 62 63 64
TV promos headwear

Sergeant, for one: ___ Good
65 66 67
ANSWER, PAGE 71
Abbr. Men: 2 wds. 68 69 70
U.S. Navy engineer She’s been
Scarlett’s saga: canonized 71 72 73
4 wds. Gabs on and on
Draw out Fit of fury
“O Sole ___” Grammy winner Order’s partner system One tough hombre:
Bradley Fitzgerald Off-Broadway Milwaukee’s state: Hyph.
and Begley Petri dish medium trophy Abbr. “____ See Clearly
Safe-___ box Loser’s place Ward (off) “___ the season...” Now”: 2 wds.
Night sight Blend together G-men Item of little Zilch
Noah’s handiwork Tierra ___ Fuego Ripened importance Setting for a kid’s
Piece of door A single time only: Big name in ‘80s TV E.T. fort
hardware Hyph. pineapples Fund-raising lottery Foam on beer
Perilous place to Part of a Small cut Prepare to propose, Goofs
be, at a shootout: monogram Unit of electrical maybe Israeli carrier:
5 wds. %: Abbr. resistance Worn out 2 wds.
Apple tool Ms. Meriwether Prefix for sphere or Withered old witch Cutlass automaker
(ǝ7ǣ(ǝ BY ALICE H. MACINTOSH
Let’s have a hoedown! Clues 1 to 7 in the list below have answers that start with the letters DO-; clues 8 to 14 have an
answers ending with the letters -DO. For example, “Flipper was one” is DOLPHIN, while “Swimsuit brand” yields SPEEDO.
If you get all 14 correct, you’re no dodo. ANSWERS, PAGE 71
Stock index mentioned often on CNBC Lucy, Ricky, and Little Ricky’s surname
Tile game that involves pip-matching Sinfully rich, creamy pasta dish
The Drifters’ style of singing

Florida destination of Disney devotees
Arcade game that first introduced Mario

Actor who said “I coulda been a contenda”
Scary-looking German guard-dog breed

Green fruit used in guacamole dip
One of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

“Monkey suit” rented by a promgoer
Homer Simpson’s favorite food

City of gold sought by the conquistadors

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To solve these puzzles, drop the letters from each vertical column—not necessarily in the order in which they
appear—into the empty squares below them to spell a joke reading from left to right, line by line. Words many
continue from one line to the next; black squares indicate ends of words. The first letter in the first puzzle has been
shown to get you started.
The answers to the jokes, along with the jokes themselves, can be found on page 70.
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FROM THE GAMES LIBRARY
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Fit all of the computer-related words and phrases listed below into the grid so that they interlock as in a crossword
puzzle. Each of the words will be used exactly once, so you may cross them off as you use them. We recommend
starting with the 10- and 11-letter words, since there is only one place that each will fit. ANSWER, PAGE 70
3 LETTERS 6 LETTERS 8 LETTERS

APP DOC URL BROWSE KEYPAD DOWNLOAD INTERNET
4 LETTERS CURSOR MEMORY INTERNAL SCANNING
CODE FILE LINK GOOGLE OFFICE 9 LETTERS
CTRL ICON OPEN ROUTER MICROSOFT
READ SPAM 7 LETTERS UNDERLINE
SAVE TYPE COMMAND DESKTOP 10 LETTERS
5 LETTERS CONNECT MONITOR RIGHT CLICK
ERROR TOUCH PRINTER 11 LETTERS
MOUSE VIRUS PROGRAM SCREENSAVER

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FROM THE GAMES LIBRARY
Take a good look at the scene on these two pages. Twenty-nine one-word images can be found here, and these words all have
something in common. Can you figure out what we’re driving at? A few homophones are at play, but otherwise there’s no tricky
business going on. So after you’ve identified some of the words, write ‘em down and see what comes to mind. Don’t give up!
ANSWERS, PAGE 71
PUZZLE BY VIRGINIA JENKINS RILEY / ILLUSTRATIONS BY RON BARRETT

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BY JENNIFER OREHOWSKY
To solve Quote Boxes, drop the letters from each vertical column—not necessarily in the order in which they appear—into
the empty squares below them to spell a quotation reading from left to right, line by line. Words may continue from one
line to the next; black squares indicate ends of words. The author of each quote is given above its grid. ANSWERS, PAGE 70
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In these puzzles, your goal is to create isolated white areas surrounded by black walls, such 1 1
that each white area has only one number and the number of cells in a white area is equal 2 4 2 4
to the number in it.
A few other rules must be kept in mind as you solve: Cells containing numbers cannot be 4 4
2 2
blackened, and the cells that are blackened must be linked into a continuous wall, as in the
example at right. Also, you cannot form a block of black cells 2×2 or larger. Best place to start? Pick a 1, and draw in black squares
on all four of its sides. ANSWERS, PAGE 72
PUZZLE 1 PUZZLE 2
2 2 14
5 5 11 7 7
1 1 6 2 2
2
2
4 4
4
7
6 2 3 1 6
2 2
5 11 10
PUZZLE 3 PUZZLE 4
2 3
1 1 6 3 8
3
4 2 16 4 6
2
4 2
3 3 2
2 3 2
7 7 3 2
2 2
2 2 5
2 3
3 4 2
5 3
7 7 1
8 7 2 4

1ǝǚ/ BY RAYMOND YOUNG
Na nu, na nu! Fit all of the words and phrases listed below into the grid so that they intersect in standard crossword
style. Each word or phrase contains either an M or a K (or both). We even included MINDY! When the puzzle has been
solved correctly, each word or phrase will be used exactly once. STARTING HINT, PAGE 76 ANSWER, PAGE 71
5 LETTERS
ALL OK I KNOW JERKY MINAJ OAKEN UNARM
AMANA IMARI KEDGE MINDY RUBIK UZBEK
BAMBI I’M OUT KHMER MUSIC SKIRR WARMS
6 LETTERS
AMPULE ELMIRA KARMIC LEGUME OINKED THICKE
ASK FOR HOLD ‘EM KITING MATURE SHIKSA WAKE UP
BECKON I’M REAL KRONEN MUDCAT SMOGGY YUK YUK
7 LETTERS
ABRAHAM HAM IT UP MICROHM SKETCHY
C’MON NOW KEEBLER MP THREE TOOL KIT
COMPORT KERSHAW MT. PELEE TWO-TIME
EMBROIL KIKI DEE SACLIKE
8 LETTERS
ASTERISK GOOD LUCK KEEN EDGE MANPOWER PAT SAJAK
CAMPFIRE HARMONIC LA MANCHA MRI SCANS SPIKE LEE
FIRM HAND INK MIXER MAH-JONGG MR. ROBOTO UMPIRAGE

1ǣǚǚǝǚ1ǣǚǚǝǚ BY RAYMOND YOUNG
This puzzle will make you pause and reflect! Search for all the two-word phrases listed below. One half will appear in the left-
hand grid and the other in the right-hand grid. When you circle the two halves, they will appear as a mirror reflection by
position in the two grids. We’ve circled ABRAHAM LINCOLN to give you the idea. ANSWER, PAGE 72
H E W D
D C I P T I E E
T A H O G C Y V E E S T
F R T D I H E F N K N T
L A A O T O U M C I C M
I T I P E M P E D S O A B A A I
O S S N S H I P P L F B H A H J
Y Y N W C W R C C A Y A A A O C
P E I M P O R T G E R M A N R A
K N S D B L L K K B A K A Y D G
G O W L E L R N A C N S I E E S
L M E Y V E H C E S A H C N R I
M E N J Y N P C B D M G
S P O R T S R E T N I W
R E B M E M H C R U H C
R I C E X E H C
R O M E
CHIMNEY SWEEPER GERMAN IMPORT

ABRAHAM LINCOLN NEED ASAP
CHOP SUEY HIGH DIVE
ATOMIC CLOCKS PARKING PROBLEM
CHURCH MEMBER JACKET POTATO
BIKE PATH RICE CHEX
DAISY CHAIN JERK BACK
CANARY YELLOW SWING BANDS
FACE WEST KENNETH GRAHAME
CHEVY CHASE WINTER SPORTS
FAINT HEART MONEY ORDER

7ǝǠǣǘȳǣǚȨ,ȳǞǥǟȳǞ
As in the two-player version of Hangman, the object of this solitaire challenge is to guess a word before being
“hanged.” To begin, choose any letter that you think might appear in word I below. Suppose you pick E. Go to the Letter
Chart on the facing page and find the number listed in row E of Column I (because you are working on word I). The
number is 10; you now look in box number 10 in the Position Chart (to the right of the Letter Chart) and locate the
number 8. This means the letter E occurs in the eighth position (and nowhere else) in word I. If a letter occurs more
than once in a word, the Position Chart will show all its locations.
If you find from the Position Chart that a letter appears in position 0, then that letter does not appear in the word. As a
penalty for an incorrect guess, you must draw part of a stick figure below the scaffold beside the blanks. On
your first incorrect guess, draw the head; on the second, the body; and on the next four, the arms and legs. If
you complete the figure (that is, make six incorrect guesses) before identifying the word, you are “hanged.”
If you can identify 8 of the 12 words before being hanged, either you’re psychic or you have a
remarkable gift for words. ANSWERS, PAGE 71
WORDS TO BE GUESSED LETTERS MISSED
I.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
II.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
III.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
IV.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
V.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
VI.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
VII.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
VIII.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
IX.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
X.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
XI.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
XII.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

BY JENNIFER OREHOWSKY
LETTER CHART
I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII POSITION CHART
A 8 16 36 85 10 27 50 50 24 19 88 87 A 1 2 3 4 5
— — — — —
7 8 6 0 2
B 70 90 53 30 39 73 87 40 90 31 21 84 B 6 7 8 9 10
— — — — —
3 2 2 8 8
C 69 60 69 88 53 61 20 39 49 20 95 32 C
11 12 13 14 15
— — — — —
D 32 47 20 69 47 47 43 62 4 69 32 10 D 7 5 9 7 1
16 17 18 19 20
E 10 17 95 60 76 59 67 52 79 37 48 43 E — — — — —
0 5 0 6 0
F 87 52 61 3 88 16 16 26 58 89 39 40 F 21 22 23 24 25
— — — — —
8 8 2 0 9
G 78 93 18 28 87 52 40 61 16 87 4 50 G
26 27 28 29 30
— — — — —
H 96 31 32 87 20 60 36 9 62 70 81 24 H 1 2,5 3 9 0
31 32 33 34 35
I 82 57 2 12 99 79 30 81 60 22 29 30 I —
0
—
0
—
1
—
2
—
1
J 24 39 78 40 43 24 89 47 78 35 31 49 J 36
—
37
—
38
—
39
—
40
—
0 0 4 0 0
K 58 70 30 39 58 4 52 70 6 24 69 18 K 41 42 43 44 45
— — — — —
L 18 84 45 70 29 77 66 5 40 14 89 16 L 4,7 3,4 0 7 9
46 47 48 49 50
M 30 32 83 33 36 32 58 78 65 55 20 31 M — — — — —
1 0 2 0 0
N 49 28 63 64 18 78 61 60 7 68 66 90 N 51 52 53 54 55
— — — — —
2 0 7 1 10
O 31 23 100 89 75 37 85 28 31 51 41 98 O 56 57 58 59 60
— — — — —
5 7 0 8 0
P 42 4 89 78 31 39 46 43 82 52 74 69 P
61 62 63 64 65
Q 89 20 49 43 23 62 18 89 61 58 47 39 Q — — — — —
0 0 2 4 5
66 67 68 69 70
R 1 37 62 37 30 66 25 12 43 99 61 94 R — — — — —
3 5,8 5 0 0
S 15 40 80 24 78 31 98 11 52 13 40 78 S 71 72 73 74 75
— — — — —
1 6 6 5 6
T 88 59 70 52 50 70 92 36 44 39 24 61 T
76 77 78 79 80
— — — — —
U 90 24 24 32 28 90 90 38 71 86 62 34 U 1 7 0 4 1
81 82 83 84 85
V 50 72 4 4 74 54 4 18 47 49 90 37 V —
6
—
6
—
5
—
1
—
2
W 37 18 99 49 49 88 47 87 88 30 70 56 W 86
—
87
—
88
—
89
—
90
—
3 0 0 0 0
X 43 58 31 62 60 58 69 37 36 36 26 52 X 91 92 93 94 95
— — — — —
Y 61 25 90 94 69 69 97 88 50 16 16 88 Y 3,4 7 4 7 10
96 97 98 99 100
Z 62 50 16 36 40 30 32 20 18 60 36 91 Z — — — — —
5 4 6 4 3,6
I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII

4ȨǞȱǣǠ4ǝǣǞǘȨǚǙ
BY COREY KOSAK
In this crossword puzzle, the clues appear in the grid itself. Enter the answers in the direction of the pointers. ANSWER, PAGE 73
ࡨࡨ ࡨࡨ ࡨࡨ
Oglala, ᳝ Texas Sorts not Trendy ᳝ Place to NFL Live “Ooh” or In love Aspirin Stranded ᳝ Petrol Certain German Made
Ojibwa, flag saying sweet- shop cable “tra” with brand cellular amount Alaskan article of turf
or Oto feature “thanks” ener channel follower stuff ——————— native
Drill, e.g.
Most ࢣ ࢣ ࢣ ࢣ ࢣ ࢣ ࢣ ࢣ ࢣ ࢣ ࢣ ࢣ
famous
࢝
stars
Kemo City
Sabe’s
࢝ with the
࢝
sidekick Alamo
Act in a
᳜ frivolous
࢝
ࡶ way
Knuckle Christen Yale Air, as

locale
࢝ student
࢝ an old
——————— episode
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Morales Train on a Short leap Poet’s Sphere in Big export Give it a ࢣ
of
࢝ track, to a “prior to” space
࢝ of Oman whirl
࢝
movies tot
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staffer
࢝ Miss. to actress massive punch stars!” plant
Mich. Shore
Sallie __ African ࢣ ࢣ ࢣ ࢣ ࢣ ࢣ
(loan
࢝ desert
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forth talk ࢝
ࡶ
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lady’s giga- celestial places spans
࢝ rod
࢝
spheres ———————
Boot tips
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broken
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burden
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buffs portions pronoun
Of the ࢣ Huge Ring Young Quality of

body’s
࢝ merger, arbiter, in
࢝ woman, being
makeup maybe brief in Cádiz pleasant
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handle it”
࢝ of work winner
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earnings Lucci
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mean waves bug
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blue jeans ࢝
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8ǤȨ7ǜǣǚȳǠ
BY A. BRAINE
This puzzle turns in two directions. The spiral’s Inward clues yield a sequence of words to be entered counterclockwise in the
spaces from 1 to 100. The Outward clues yield a different set of words to be entered clockwise from 100 to 1. Keep track of
which way you’re going, and have many happy returns. ANSWER, PAGE 72
1
2
31
4 32 30
29
33
5 56
55 28
57
34
54
6 58
76 75 27
35 53
77 74
59
90
7 26
91 89 73 52
36 78
60 99
8 100 88 25
92
72 51
37 79
98
61
9 87 24
93 71 50
38 80
62 97
10 94 86 23
70 49
39 81
96
63 95
85
11 22
82 69 48
40
83 84
64
12 68
47 21
41 65
67
66
13 42 46
20
43 45
44
14 19
15 18
16 17
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Moniker Split off, as wood
Reuben meat Option for working
Like the taste of red wine parents: 2 wds.
Cigarette substance Farming
Obvious, as a mistake Story summary
High choir voice Make corrections
Doddering Published mistakes
Dirt Rather poor, as an excuse
Neighbor of Mexico Instructed
___ and feathered Source of vital assistance
Archenemy Submarine equipment
Yankee Doodle’s transport After birth
Love Story author Erich ___ Cereno (Melville novella)
Reading ability Home of the Bengals and Reds
Poisonous snake Shopping centers
Lesser of two ___ Tarzan, for one: Hyph.

'ǚǓǜǘǝǠǣǙǘǙ BY RAYMOND SIMON
Below are four lists of related words and phrases that have been translated into simple cipher alphabets. The letter substitu-
tions remain constant within any one group of words (for instance, if V represents G in one word, it will represent G in all the
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the categories; then see if any enciphered words in the list have the same letter pattern. The fourth list has been left untitled.
Solve the code to determine what the items have in common. ANSWERS, PAGE 72
1. ON THE FARM 2. BILLY JOEL JAWNS!

Ex.: Fertilizer Ex.: You May Be Right
R M L C X K E S I J G G S E V C B E
S H E N U D X K C H F N J E C L J E
P Z Q R E G K W N M R T C V
S P M S I C O S E E N T C E S R V D
T Z H O Q Z H U A F V C B E M N Q G
G Z R R E A G M C R U L D G N O S
A M O U J M R R R T S ’ R M C V J B J D
W H Z M O C R C L Z K E H F Q S R R A Q S
S H C Z J C H Q V S G G T S Q J W C A V N V
Z R G Z R G Z L C U N E ’ C A V
3. TASTY TV 4. MYSTERY LIST

Ex: Yan Can Cook What do they all have in common?
N G K D E M M I Q X U D D I T F B K N D Q H Y J H C B Q H J
D I I Y K E N P W Q V C Q E C ’ W R C M H F
N G K D F K E N W F X N X P G
D L E J
W E L K I R R
E C D X H Q P E J
G K M M ’ P L X N V G K U
F R C L B C
W E F K R I I N V I U N K P P E
W O C Y Y
V G I Q Q K Y
X Y M W W B C L Y L E X
X F I U V G K R E B K F X V E
G M H H L C H W F Q C E F H N
U E X M K Y X N !
V T Q V E L K J E F P F R C G M E A
U X D K M M E W X N K P M D A D M H J W L Y C E B C

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%'6377 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
De ___ (too much)

Southern 16 17 18
scavenger fish
Cuts short 19 20 21
Diamond
Head’s island 22 23 24 25
Pique
D-Day beach 26 27 28 29 30
Classroom
contest: 2 wds.
31 32 33 34 35
S.F. gridder
Wander
Groom-to-be 36 37 38 39
Corp. alias

John of 40 41 42 43 44 45 46
Full House
Pourer’s request: 47 48 49 50 51
2 wds.
Small grooming 52 53 54 55 56
aid: 2 wds.
Chases away 57 58 59 60
Hillside shelter
Dr.’s subject
61 62 63 64 65
Bug sci.
“No way, laddie!”
Bart, to Homer 66 67 68
GI show sponsor

Civil rights org. 69 70 71 72 73 74 75
Flabbergast
Talked endlessly: 76 77 78 79 80
2 wds.
ANSWER, PAGE 73
World-weariness 81 82 83
“Go on, ___ wish!”:
2 wds. 84 85 86
Quirky
Nathan Hale,
for example Night sound Friend from Haiti Ski trail
Pygmalion County north Crow’s nest cry: 2 wds. Serengeti grazer
monogram of Kent Luxor’s Env. info
Run in the wash University officer ancient name Glazier’s sheet
Greek vowel Pipe bends Clingy wrap Automaker Ferrari
Trumpeter’s
Suffix for electro- Polluter’s crime
sour note
(3;2 Throw Take in air
“Mack the Knife”
singer Deep-six Spherical opening? Bakers’ mixtures
Unmanned spy Engrossed Former rival of Viewpoints
plane, briefly: Michael whose Connors and Lendl Novel postscript
2 wds. story was told in Actress or aviatrix Salon supplies
Windfall The Blind Side Airline until 1991: Suffering from
Bluto’s rival American Revolution 2 wds. 51-Across
Big galoot hero Casimir 44th president For face value:
Like some Avril follower Haunted 2 wds.
romance Caterer’s house sound Sharpen
novels coffeepot Don Juan’s kiss Old fretted
Icicle sites Purina product: 24/7 fiddle
Radiant 2 wds. Old-fashioned letter Carbon
Scheme to catch
Braque’s style closer: 2 wds. compound
crooks: 2 wds.
Far from shore Cologne Some NCOs
Biblical queen’s
territory High schoolers conjunction U.K. award
Battery Sweet-sounding ___-Saxon Fivescore yrs.
terminals ABBA song: 2 wds. Havana-born Ballpark fig.

1ǣǔȨȰ(ǝǗȲǠȨǙ BY MIKE NOTHNAGEL
7ǤȳȰȨǙǝǦ1ȨȳǞǣǞǥ
This puzzle is solved like a standard Mixed Doubles in that each answer word has two clues leading to it, using different
meanings of the word. The clues are separated into Across and Down, but are otherwise ordered randomly.
When you find two Across or two Down clues that seem to have the same answer, add up their clue numbers to determine
the place in the grid at which the answer should be entered. For example, if the clue for 1-Across were “Metallic element” and
the clue for 17-Across read “Starring role,” the answer would be LEAD, which would go in 18-Across (1 + 17). Tags such as
“Hyph.” and “2 wds.” have been omitted.
In this puzzle, there is an added twist: The Across and Down clue lists each contain one extra clue. If you rearrange the letters
in the shaded spaces of the grid, you will discover a word or phrase that is suggested by both of the extra clues.
ANSWER, PAGE 73
12 15 23 27
19
18 28
11 24
36 17
22 29 31 25 20
26 13
21
ACROSS 15 Achieved the minimum 7 Bowlers’ hangouts

1 Array of possible perps acceptable score 8 Auto industry pioneer ___ E. Olds
2 Support 16 Violin, informally 9 Shish kebab holder
3 Self-effacing 17 Post-wedding event 10 Breaks down in a liquid
4 Goes wide of the target 18 Women’s clothing department 11 Set of stairs
5 “My schedule is clear” 19 Fail to meet a deadline, perhaps 12 Cleans vigorously
6 Working effectively 20 Ready to drive 13 Pilfered
7 Totally in awe 21 Elapsed 14 The Wright brothers’ goal
8 Released prisoner’s cry 15 Monetary demand
9 Tinker (with) DOWN 16 Act as attorney for
10 Batting order 1 Parts of academic footnotes 17 Tickets
11 Diplomatic meeting 2 Ran a card through a reader 18 Fades from one film scene to another
12 Gone with the wind? 3 Static might make it bad 19 Nurse’s outfit
13 Peak 4 Attempt to prevent scoring 20 Sharply criticize
14 Not excessive, as 5 Between-building spaces 21 Improvised with fellow
an amount 6 Inoperative, like a photocopier musicans

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WWW.CONCEPTISPUZZLES.COM
The six puzzles on this page are solitaire versions of the classic paper-and-pencil game of Battleships. Each grid represents
a section of ocean in which a fleet is hiding. This fleet consists of one battleship (four grid cells in length), two cruisers (three
cells each), three destroyers (two cells each), and four submarines (one cell each). The ships may be oriented either horizontally
or vertically, and no two ships can occupy adjacent grid cells, not even diagonally. The digits along the grid’s perimeter indicate
the number of cells in the corresponding rows and columns that are occupied by vessels.
You’ll notice that some “shots” have been taken to start you off. These may show water (indicated by wavy lines), a complete
sub (a circle), the bow or stern of a ship (a rounded-off square), or a midsection of a battleship or cruiser (a square). The puzzles
get harder as you go. Can you reach the rank of admiral by locating all six fleets? ANSWERS, PAGE 73
Water End of ship (will continue in the direction of the flat side)
Submarine Middle of a ship (will continue either left and right or up and down)
1–SEAMAN 2–PETTY OFFICER 3–ENSIGN

2 1 3
1 1 1
6 5 1
2 1 4
1 2 0
0 3 1
1 1 2
1 4 3
3 0 3
3 2 2
5 0 2 2 2 1 2 0 3 3 1 1 2 2 2 1 3 1 1 6 3 2 1 2 1 3 1 2 1 4
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Cruisers Cruisers Cruisers
Destroyers Destroyers Destroyers
Submarines Submarines Submarines
4–CAPTAIN 5–COMMODORE 6–ADMIRAL

1 1 1
2 7 2
0 0 4
2 1 1
1 1 2
6 2 3
1 0 5
2 2 1
1 6 1
4 0 0
3 0 0 3 1 3 2 4 2 2 4 1 4 0 2 2 2 2 3 0 3 0 1 5 1 3 1 1 1 4
Battleship Battleship Battleship

Cruisers Cruisers Cruisers
Destroyers Destroyers Destroyers
Submarines Submarines Submarines

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•WILD CARDS•
NUMBER PLAY WORDPLAY
THIRTY-SIX BLOSSOMS NO BEGINNING IN SIGHT
Sherlock Holmes is attending a wedding dinner with this friend Dr. Watson. As Can you place a different letter of
usual, Sherlock is waxing pedantic. the alphabet on each of the blank
“Watson, a good detective must be both observant and logical. There are six lines below so that when the letter/
bouquets on these tables, each with six blossoms. Observe them and tell me word combination is pronounced
what you see.” together it makes another word? For
“I see that every bouquet contains at least one rose.” example, placing the letter B in front
“Come, come, be more detailed! I see a dozen roses, nine peonies, seven irises, of FOUR results in BEFORE, and
four hyacinths, three daffodils, and one chrysanthemum.” an S before SAY becomes ESSAY.
“Although one bouquet contains a single iris and another contains a single Each letter of the alphabet is used
hyacinth, no bouquet contains both an iris and a hyacinth.” exactly once, and all letters are used
“That’s better. Every bouquet contains one blossom of one species, two of except H and W. Some of the letters
another, and three of a third.” may fit at the beginning of more
“No two bouquets contain the same three species of flowers.” than one word; however, only one
“Excellent! Now, without looking, can you tell me how many blossoms of each arrangement will use all 24 letters.
species are in each bouquet?” Hint: Pronouncing the letter/word
Can you help Watson answer Holmes’s question? combinations out loud is helpful.
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1. ____ WALKER 13. ____ BORED
2. ____ ODES 14. ____ SEIZE
NAME PLAY WORDPLAY 3. ____ BRA 15. ____ TEN
BOBBING FOR ANSWERS MORE OF THE SAME 4. ____ CARGO 16. ____ PULL
Can you name all of these real and What feature do the following nine
fictitious Bobs without getting all words all have in common? 5. ____ GO 17. ____ DEAL
discombobulated? If you can, then 6. ____ KNIGHT 18. ____ CHANCE
Bob’s your uncle! COMA
FILING 7. ____ PEAS 19. ____ TOES
1. He was Maynard and Gilligan NEEDLES 8. ____ GUILE 20. ____ FORT
2. “Mr. Tambourine Man” singer RUBLE
STEP 9. ____ BULL 21. ____ BOW
3. Better Call Saul star
LATER 10. ____ CORN 22. ____ HALF
4. Cher’s costumer CARTON
11. ____ ZONE 23. ____ CUMBER
5. Leader of the Wailers RIFLE
SCRAPED 12. ____ PICKED 24. ____ SALMON
6. Creator of Beany and Cecil
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8. Undersea pineapple dweller
9. Grateful Dead singer/guitarist FOR THE RECORD
10. Legendary USO show performer LETTER-PERFECT CITIES
What is the largest U.S. city in population with a name that is...
11. Simpsons character voiced One word, four letters: M __ __ __
by Kelsey Grammer One word, five letters: O __ __ __ __
One word, six letters: D __ __ __ __ __
12. Tiny Tim’s old man One word, seven letters: C __ __ __ __ __ __
13. Captain Kangaroo’s real name One word, eight letters: C __ __ __ __ __ __ __
One word, nine letters: C __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
14. Portrayer of Colonel Hogan
One word, 10 letters: W __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
15. 1996 loser to Bill Clinton One word, 11 letters: A __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
16. Host of The Newlywed Game One word, 12 letters: P __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
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What is the largest U.S. city in population with a name that is two words, both
18. Howdy Doody host
words longer than four letters?
19. Longtime Price Is Right host What is the largest U.S. city in population with a name that is three words
(not including “New York City,” which is officially “New York”)?
20. Band Aid and Live Aid organizer What is the largest U.S. city in population with a name that is hyphenated?
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Each of the answers to the 26 clues below begins with a letter from A to Z
and ends with Y. A few answers are proper names, and none are adverbs
or adjectives formed by adding “ly.” Answers are listed alphabetically with PRINT-AT-HOME
blanks provided, but clues are in random order. Feeling lucky?
PUZZLES
1. 35th U.S. president A __ __ __ __ __ __ Y
2. Word with blanket or guard B __ __ __ __ __ Y
3. “Don’t Stop Believin’” band C __ __ __ __ __ __ Y
4. Roentgen discovery D __ __ __ __ Y
5. Mister Snicket E __ __ __ __ Y
6. Off-season motel sign F __ __ __ __ Y
7. Assault’s partner G __ __ __ __ __ Y
8. Museum wing H __ __ __ Y
9. Brown or Rice I __ __ __ __ __ __ Y
10. TV’s Mr. Derringer J __ __ __ __ __ Y
11. Light snowfall K __ __ __ __ __ Y
12. Secret for some superheroes L __ __ __ __ Y
13. Medium of exchange M __ __ __ __ __ __ Y
14. Court figure N __ __ __ __ __ __ __ Y
15. Infamy O __ __ __ __ Y
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18. Stone or mineral pit R __ __ __ __ __ __ Y
19. Sled dog S __ __ __ __ __ __ Y
20. Frozen studio T __ __ __ __ __ __ Y
21. Popular board game U __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ Y
22. One “Scarborough Fair” spice… V __ __ __ __ __ Y
23. …and another W __ __ __ __ __ Y
24. Feathered fish-eater X - __ __ Y
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26. Classic Carole King album Z __ __ __ __ __ Y
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TEA TIME
When the first guest to her afternoon tea party rang the doorbell, Mrs. Russell
looked at her grandfather clock and noticed that the angle between the center
lines of the clock hands, read in full degrees, was equal to the number of minutes
shown by the minute hand. Interestingly enough, when the last guest parted,
the clock face exhibited the same pattern again, obviously showing a different
time. At what times did Mrs. Russell’s party start and end?
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In the puzzles below, the numbers in the grid squares stand for letters of the alphabet; your task is to crack the code. Once
you’ve figured out the letter that matches a certain number, place that letter in every square containing the same number and
in the chart beside the grid. Every letter of the alphabet will appear at least once in the completed grids. ANSWERS, PAGE 75
5 9 3 25 8 1 23 18 21 9 1 9 7
1
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14
A N S I
19 23 11 18 20 13 23 9
2 15
B O 11 13 15 25 21 20 11 25 20 16 18 4 25 24
3 16
C P 20 23 21 12 25 25 11 16
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D Q 3 25 13 3 25 4 25 25 8 21 25 20 26 13
5 18
E R 25 24 1 9 11
6 19
1 9 14 4 1 19 23 8 9 12 19 25 20
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7 20 16 10 23 11 22 16
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8 21 1 23 8 25 5 18 23 4 26 1 25 4 1
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25 23 16 2 5
9 22
I V 20 9 15 16 25 21 16 20 13 25 1 17 16 25
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I J W 11 20 21 16 11 2 16 25
11 24
K X 18 19 11 13 11 8 6 13 9 16 24 25 1 4
12 25
L Y 25 12 12 9 13 8 16 13
13 26 1 19 25 23 22 7 11 26 25 8 25 7 26
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26 14 23 5 15 23 21 11 15 26 20 23 15 2 1 14
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19 14 17 12 14 19 14 19
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Each clue in this crossword has been cut into two parts, and the parts have been given numbers from 1 to 68. To solve
the puzzle, find and rejoin each matching pair of clue parts to produce the original clue. Enter the answer to each clue
at the grid space indicated by the sum of the numbers of the clue’s two parts. For example, #52 and #47 below combine
to form the clue “Person who shares/living quarters.” The answer, ROOMMATE, is filled in at #99 (52 + 47). Either part
of the clue may appear first in the numbered list. Every part will be used exactly once in the completed puzzle.
ANSWERS, PAGE 75
106 73 36 79 108 46 28 13 93 53
91 77
59
55 9
99
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as much Author pommel horse who shares
Attention to Payment “Hell” Hardy
Butter FBI Snake? Unit of force
Starr, once Around a circle Kind of Express Dante’s
Emphasis What a Truman Presser
Pay no postman carries Near the North Distance
They perform Partner for Faucet Money
For Agatha Christie Thanksgiving No cigar” Of a nuclear bomb
College student’s Big meeting for Boston Hairstyle
Substitute Moscow has a The usual rule Labor Day
Bird It follows Genesis Letters in
You enter a room To go to court Not subject to Basketball player
Word preceding “but Cupid, in myth Living quarters Deer’s
Type that shows Mathematical Popular ‘60s Z’s
Catching some Pole Ringo Month before
It turns when Clothes The “B” in The POTUS
“Red” one She loved Problem Horn

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I solved this mini-crossword using a crossword app. If you’ve never used a crossword app before, here’s how they work:
A cursor highlights the first square of 1-Across. After you type a letter for that square, the cursor automatically moves
to the next empty square of that word. When the word is completed, the cursor moves to the first empty square of the
next incomplete word in the Across list (for this puzzle, 4-Across). When you reach the end of the Across clues, the
cursor then moves to the first empty square of the first incomplete Down word, and proceeds through the Down clues,
in order.
I completed this puzzle with no mistakes, but I didn’t solve all the clues in order—I moved between the Across and
Down clues. The 60 letters I entered in the grid are shown below, in the order I typed them. A pink slash indicates when
I jumped to a clue out of sequence. Using this, and a few clues that are given, can you fill the grid? ANSWERS, PAGE 75
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 10
11 12
13 14 P O G S A N E R
15 16 17 18
E T A P A L I B A A R O N
B S H O N E T B U M T O M
19 20 21 22
E V E I M N A N S P X
23 24
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25 26
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Collectible milk cap from 1991 Anti-circus org.
More rational
Lead-in to pen or graph

Partner of neither
Diamond legend Hank

Celluloid chihuahua

Couple, slangily
Gridiron legend Brady
PBS show


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Helter-Skelter is a crossword variation in which the answers interlock in eight different directions. To solve, write the
answer to each clue beginning in the grid square corresponding to the clue number and proceeding in a straight line
toward—and if necessary, beyond—the next consecutive number. The first answer, CLOWN, has been entered in Helter-
Skelter #1 as an example. When each puzzle is completed, every square in the grid will be filled. ANSWERS, PAGE 75
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1 11 10 23 13 19 7
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23 17 5 10 11
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1 Bozo the ___ 2 Walk very quietly
2 Breakfast dish 3 Have being
3 Slapstick play 4 “Boxcars,” at dice
4 Microscopic plant 5 Small amounts
5 Embarrass 6 Malicious
6 Alternative to sandwich bread: 2 wds. 7 Canoe hollowed from a tree
7 Penny ___ (shoe) 8 Horse’s pace
8 Payment, with thanks 9 Gin and ___
9 Palm fibers 10 Noted deep-sea diver
10 Plan 11 Capital of Texas
11 Made by hand 12 Land hopper
13 Boldly confronts
12 Underwear
14 Converse
13 Wiser
15 Shoot from the ___
14 Stared icily
16 Native American baby
15 Loyal enthusiast
17 Time on the job
16 Tale of suspense
18 Chill
17 Envelop
19 Small crown
18 Mountbatten’s title 20 Earth color
19 Tiers 21 Squirrels and hamsters
20 Burns with hot liquid 22 Dungeons & Dragons creature
21 One who flouts rules 23 Drops from the sky
22 Hand-held coolers 24 Famous
23 WWII Navy worker 25 Like this answer!

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BY FRANK LONGO
Solve this puzzle as you would a regular crossword, except that each space may hold one, two, or three letters. The number
of letters in a space is for you to determine, using logic and the crossing of words. The answer to 1-Across, S-PO-ONS, has
been filled in as an example. ANSWER, PAGE 75
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
S PO ONS
12 13 14
15 16 17
18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30 31 32
33 34 35
36 37 38
39 40 41 42
43 44 45 46 47 48 49
50 51 52 53
54 55 56
57 58 59
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Silverware items Deserting, betraying sorts as a recording
Second-hardest mineral on Subtitle of Barrie’s Peter Pan: 6 wds. Year division
the Mohs scale Infuriated Get back, as consciousness
Quality of loose-fitting pants Robe fastened with an obi Tax on tobacco or liquor
Fireplace floor More robust Got dressed in
Wire arch on a croquet course Be logical: 2 wds. Left-handed pitcher
Celebrity chef Gordon Actress Doherty of Charmed Stop up again, as a wine bottle
Subtitle of Shelley’s Having left a valid will “Step right up!” carnival figures
Frankenstein: 3 wds. Individually owned apartment
Italian Riviera tourist town: 2 wds. (3;2 Barons, dukes, and earls
Ignorant of ideas outside Puts away, as a sword Wyoming tribe
one’s own experience Black Swan star Natalie Quickly, in music scores
Agenda unit Along the coast Extending throughout the firm: Hyph.
Gave a half-suppressed laugh Authored jointly Our Town playwright Wilder
Pucker-inducing candy Altercation: Hyph. Feebly sentimental
All in the Family star Carroll Short, squat bowling target 1979 Blues Brothers hit: 2 wds.
Former prisoner: Hyph. Subway systems Longtime sitcom star Bob
Subtitle of Tolkien’s The Hobbit: 4 wds. Author of the short story “The Luck of Most extravagantly and
Bunch of wolves Roaring Camp”: 2 wds. tastelessly showy
Squalid building Top competitive effort, In dire need
Flax plant grown for its oil informally: 2 wds. Louise’s cinematic sidekick
Payments to an employee injured on Knife in old infomercials BMX vehicles
the job, for short: 2 wds. Ralph Waldo Emerson pieces Cakes bake in them
Compound with a cooling taste The Ten Commandments director “Death Be Not Proud” poet John

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Wanna Play?: The Strong
National Museum of Play
By Jonathan Schmalzbach
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uestion: What do the following items all have in com-
mon? A stick, a cardboard box, bubbles, and a blanket
Charles Darrow’s circular prototype for Monopoly
Answer: They have all been inducted

into the National Toy Hall of Fame, lo-
cated in the Strong National Museum
of Play in Rochester, New York.
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ing. Even dogs love sticks. In the words of the curators at table computer, the Osborne 1, released in 1981. Pong is
the Strong Museum, “Sticks are not only possibly the oldest here too, and so is Atari Breakout, designed by Steve Jobs
toys, they’re possibly the best!” and Steve Wozniak.
Space Invaders conquered arcades and living rooms, catapulting video games into the mainstream.
Among more traditional toys, the
Strong boasts an 1843 Mansion of
Happiness board game, as well as
Charles Darrow’s 1933 handmade
circular design for Monopoly. There
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place where play is celebrated as well as studied. In addi- dolls and Barbie-related items, from clothing and dollhous-
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Bild Lilli, originally a gag gift for German Margaret she had a driving passion for
men in the 1950s. Ruth Handler, one of the
Woodbury collecting, the rooms to store
founders of Mattel, acquired the patent to her
design and rebranded her as Barbie in 1959.
Strong: From her treasures, and the almost
limitless resources with which
Playing with
to carry out her ‘fascination’
Dolls to a Mu- quest.”
seum of Play Strong bought things that
Margaret Woodbury
fascinated her, including min-
was born in Rochester
erals, doorknobs, bookplates,
in 1897, the only child
Tiffany lamps, Rogers statuary, model ships, bathtubs,
in a well-to-do family
scrimshaw, furniture, fossils, jewelry, and paintings by well-
that made its fortune
known artists such as Winslow Homer and Grandma Mo-
manufacturing buggy
ses. And she still loved collecting dolls. In 1960, her doll
whips. Her wealthy par-
collection numbered 600; by decade’s end it included more
ents took her with them
than 27,000.
on their world travels to
Her collections outgrew her mansion, so she added
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wings to her home to house her treasures. She referred to
tions as Japan, Egypt,
her estate as the “Museum of Fascination” and opened it to
and the beaches of Ha-
guests for viewing her collections.
waii.
By the time of her death in 1969, Strong had amassed
On shopping trips
300,000 items of fascination. Interestingly, many of the
abroad, Margaret’s folks
items were mass-produced, not handmade. In effect,
gave her an empty bag
Strong was the foremost collector of products and goods
and told her she could
made possible by the Industrial Revolution.
purchase whatever she
Before passing, she founded the Strong in 1968 with the
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name of the Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum of Fas-
the bag. The clever
cination. She bequeathed her estate to help support the
kid realized that if she
museum; in 1982 the museum opened in a new building on
chose small objects she
13.5 acres in Rochester.
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the bag. So began her love of miniatures, buttons, and dolls.
And she had a favorite doll—Mabel. When Margaret was
Going Strong
Today, the Strong Museum is a highly interactive, collec-
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tions-based museum devoted to the history and exploration
by giving Mabel her own hair, young Margaret became the
of play. According to its Mission Statement, “The Strong ex-
doll’s mommy, something young girls like to do when play-
plores play and the ways in which it encourages learning,
ing with their dolls.
Margaret with Mabel. Strong declared creativity, and discovery and illuminates cultural history.”
In 1920, Margaret mar- that “all dolls are collectible” and did not Overwhelming in its scope, scholarship, and sheer num-
ried Homer Strong, a have to be rare to be well-loved.
ber of things to play with and see, it’s challenging to de-
Rochester businessman.
scribe the cornucopia that is the Strong. Visiting brought
Margaret’s parents bought
me back to when I was a kid and the phrase “Wanna play?”
a fully furnished home for
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the newlyweds as a wed-
unscripted—a portal into endless creativity. To the adult in
ding present. In another
me who tries to live by Ralph Waldo Emerson’s maxim “It’s
development, her parents
a happy talent to know how to play,” the Strong is my true
also gave her a large gift
north.
of stock in Kodak, a rising
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Rochester company. Ulti-
tions include:
mately, Margaret Strong
would become the single
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dak.
life and interact with visitors.
After the untimely death
of her only daughter and
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Shilling wrote: “Strong had
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the three qualities required
to Big Bird, play hopscotch, and if you get tired, sit on
for a world-class collector:
the stoop at 123 Sesame Street.

Harnessing Super Strength by absorbing gamma rays
% And then there’s the Wegmans Super Kids Market.

(Wegmans is a supermarket founded in Rochester
in 1916.) Who wants to be dragged around a grocery
store by their parents? At this store, kiddos get to
shop, work as cashiers or in the deli—they can even
produce a cooking show.
% American Comic Book Heroes: The Battle of Good vs.

Evil. Sure, you can learn here about the history of your
favorite superheroes like Spider-Man and Batman.
But let’s face it—it’s much more fun to go to Super
Powers School and learn to absorb “gamma rays” in
order to pick up a massively heavy object!
These are but a few of the permanent exhibits that kids go Chairman of the Board ... Games
crazy for. As one parent wrote in a review of the Strong: As the “This Old Game” columnist for GAMES WORLD
“This museum is AWESOME, if not slightly overwhelming!” OF PUZZLES, I was immensely curious about the board
As I was leaving the comics exhibit, I read one of the many game archives at the Strong. I was fortunate enough to land
WMKRWXLEXXSYXXLIFIRIƼXWSJTPE] a personal tour from the curator of board games, Nicolas
Ricketts. Ricketts, who has a background in art and muse-
um studies, is endlessly knowledgeable about games and
puzzles. He’s enthusiastic, scholarly, and, yes, playful.
Ricketts guided me around the museum’s climate-con-
trolled basement archives, regaling me with stories about
Monopoly and its variations—an Italian Monopoly where
the streets are named for Socialist politicians; handmade
boards including a fabulous design by a kid from Oak Park,
Illinois; many of the city Monopoly variations; and Charles
Darrow’s circular design. Darrow’s Monopoly became the
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though it was derived from The Landlord’s Game, patented
by Elizabeth Magie in 1904.
Designed to educate players about the venality of land-
holding, the Landlord’s Game paradoxically became the in-
spiration for Monopoly. It has squares called Lonely Lane
and Poverty Place as well as the familiar railroads and utili-
ties that made it to Darrow’s board.
In addition to inventing the Ur-Monopoly, Magie also re-
ceived a 1921 patent for a “continuous path game.” In the
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as well as an established ending square. In contrast, her
Amen to that! Landlord’s Game took players around and around the board.
And though the Parker Brothers (who bought Darrow’s
Monopoly design) also purchased one of Magie’s patents,
she earned next to nothing from her invention.

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Playing It Smart
In showing me board games manufactured from the
1840s through to the end of the early 1900s, Ricketts ex-
plained why so many were education-oriented: “Think about The early board-game artwork like that of The Blockade
who the game buyers of that era were,” he said. “Parents.” Runner is visually stunning and collectible in its own right,
Winners of the game were rewarded There were games with brilliant pastels, movement, and fabulous fonts. Many
with a “happy old age.” that taught moral- games feature chromolithographic covers. In this process,
ity and ethics, such as a colored picture is printed via lithography and transferred
the 1860 Checkered to the cover. So many of the games have retained remark-
Game of Life from able and piercing brightness
Milton Bradley. Some Next came drawers of Milton Bradley games, games from
board game squares the Parker Brothers catalog, and items from the McLoughlin
rewarded players for Brothers—all the major manufacturers of board games are
such positive charac- VITVIWIRXIH 8LMW MRGPYHIW 6SGLIWXIVƅW S[R KEQIQEOIV
ter traits as honor and All-Fair. All-Fair made high-quality games such as the 1923
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punitive squares de- King Tut exploration in 1922. The company had a timely
picted crime, idleness, sense of what the market would want.
and debauchery. More drawers. A plethora of sports games. Fortune-
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progressed, the focus Brothers landed a big hit with the game of Fish Pond in the
of gameplay pivoted to working hard and earning money. W1ER]ƼWLMRKKEQIWSJXLIIVEVITVMWIHXLII\TIVM-
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pluck” philosophy. In one such game, District Messenger Boy Ricketts often gets asked if he has the best job in the
from 1886, players start at the bottom rung of a company world. He is quick to point out that assembling and curat-
and work their way up the corporate ladder trying to become ing such a collection is not all fun and games. Some of the
president. UYIWXMSRWXLIQYWIYQƅWWGLSPEVWGSRWMHIV[LIRGSPPIGXMRK
Then Ricketts donned gloves and started opening draw- and studying games include:
ers that stored archived board games, puzzles, and card
games. Shakespeare card games. Generic author card % What did early Americans think about games?
games. History card games. All in colorful packs, all edu-
cational. The museum holds more than 2,100 proprietary % How did gameplay vary across different ethnic groups?
game decks and standard 52-card decks.
Then came the % How did the manufacture of games change over time?
artistic stunners:
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which featured a
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was a series of about race and gender?
games inspired by
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famous authors and their most recognizable works. december 2018 | GAMES WORLD OF PUZZLES 37
Taking leave of Ricketts, I was reminded of the line from Speaking of G.I. Joe, he’s in the Toy Hall of Fame, which
philosopher Alan Watts’s lecture “Work as Play”: “This is the is a key program at the Strong. Dating from 1998, the Hall
real secret of life—to be completely engaged with what you honors toys that “have inspired creative play and enjoyed
are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, popularity over a sustained period.”
realize it is play.” You have already read that the stick has been enshrined
I needed to play, so I headed to the eGame Revolution ex- there, as well as the cardboard box, bubbles, the blanket,
hibit, produced by The Strong’s International Center for the and G.I. Joe. Take a look at the list below and pick out the
History of Electronic Games (ICHEG). I felt like I had been three things that have not been enshrined (at least not yet).
let loose in the world’s best arcade.
I started with Pong from 1972. A story on the museum’s
Wiffle Ball Easy-Bake Oven Scrabble
history of video games relates that when the Atari inventors
were testing the table tennis game at a California tavern, it Twister Pet Rock Rubber Duck
stopped working. The reason? So many people played the
Risk Paper Airplane Duncan Yo-Yo
game it got jammed with quarters.
From there I played Space Invaders, which caused a Frisbee Dirt Rubber Duck
shortage of 100-yen coins in Japan when it was introduced Etch A Sketch Dungeons & Dragons Clue
there in 1978. There are also console games like Super
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There’s even a giant Tetris, which will knock your blocks off. You can visit the full list, which currently numbers 65 items,
here: http://www.toyhalloffame.org/toys
Don’t worry if something you are passion-
ate about hasn’t been nominated. Feel free to
nominate it yourself!
Full Tilt
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history. Here one can see prototypes of early
machines and the sketches of such important
designers as Harry Williams and George Go-
mez. Historically important pinball machines,
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display.
And did the exhibit live up to its promise? I
don’t know because I was too dog-tired to visit.
How does one say goodbye to a museum as
special as the Strong? One exults in the day
and knows another visit will come soon. As the
Those into artifacts can check out drawings and sche- philosopher Martin Buber reminds us: “Play is the exultation
matics from eGame luminaries such as Ralph Baer and Will of the possible.” Q
Wright. Game on—and Jet bumpers on Humpty Dumpty.
on, and on, and on…
America at
Play
Next, I hit the
America at Play exhibit,
which documents more
than 300 years of play.
This is artifact central,
where visitors can take
in a Charlie McCarthy
ventriloquist dummy,
rare board games like Rough Riders, and Mickey Mouse
characters. One can gawk at the world’s largest
Erector Set, weighing in at over 150 pounds.
Of great interest is an exhibit on the evolu-
tion of how toys have changed over time from
the Revolutionary Era toy solider to G.I. Joe.
Quiz Answers: Risk, Dirt, Pet Rock.

Book Review:
A History of Video Games in 64 Objects
By Thomas L. McDonald
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MOVING FORWARD, LOOKING BACK
By Andrew Parr
Andrew Parr is the unofficial, self-appointed GAMES WORLD OF PUZZLES historian. Here he will present a series of
articles, experiments, puzzles, and whatever else he can think of that highlights interesting moments from GAMES history.
WHEN CLASSIC TOYS WERE NEW

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ANSWER, PAGE 76
The well-chosen list of words has the effect of “After sweeping Japan, it has recently been
virtually eliminating the advantage of artistic licensed in the U.S. and is now making a
talent. – March 1986 commercial sweep here too. With masterful
S packaging, a lot of promotion, and a new name,
(PUBLISHER) has made the game go.”
M – September 1977
“…an entrancing, strikingly original game. I
wish I could tell you something about it. H
Certainly one of the great computer games.” “Like many products of Japanese origin, the
– August 1994
E game bears a distinctive clean design, colorful
flair and an amusing surrealism. The advanced
L A game, with deck building and more complex
“When the latest [NAME] cards were released, strategies, is almost as good as any collectible
traffic near Philadelphia hobby shops had to be
G card game.” – August 1999
diverted because of street congestion… I N “Just in case you’re one of the three people
fistfights broke out in Los Angeles… and a
limited supply of cards necessitated a delivery
G C who haven’t seen this Soviet arcade game…you
play another, then another…” – December 1991
by armored car in Denver.” – August 1994
Othello
C Legend of Zelda
O U
Myst
Trivial Pursuit B S
Pictionary
L
Pokémon Trading Card Game
E V N Magic: The Gathering
E
Simon
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S
Trump: The Game King’s Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella
N Y
Tetris Rubik’s Cube

O
“With over three megabytes of computer code, T “With good players (two to 24 can play), the wait
it’s claimed to be the largest computer game between turns can be uncomfortably long,
ever produced.” – June 1989
H especially because the many “roll again”
R spaces help players avoid unwanted catego-
ries.” – September 1982
“New games for the NES have reached levels of U
sophistication and challenge I thought impossi- “…his name and/or smiling face adorn every
ble in a video game.” – May 1988 piece of equipment… [NAME] plans to donate
A B
his earnings from the game to charity… the
R rulebook prominently displays his cheerful
“We have never seen so diabolically challeng- I C philosophy: ‘It’s not whether you win or lose, but
ing a puzzle, and we hope never to see another.” whether you win!’” – August 1989
– November 1981 K
“Unfortunately, [TOY] does have some trouble
“Let it never be said that game makers don’t with his panels. Sometimes you have to press
have their fingers on the pulse of the masses.” too hard; sometimes you get a double tone
– July 1991 when you only want one.” – November 1978

ANSWERS, PAGE 76
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Will Anderson is the current North American Scrabble Champion. into that mix as well, and although the G is a weak tile on its
He took a break from studying for the upcoming 2018 Champion- own, some leaves containing the ING combination can also be
ship to provide some strategies that may enable players to play very strong.
more “bingos” (turns wherein a player is able to use all seven of SCOTT: Is there a “right” mix in terms of consonants versus
their tiles, meriting a 50-point bonus). ZS[IPW#
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WILL: Your leave consists of the tiles that you leave behind on vowels is nicely balanced and can absorb many different types
a given turn (the ones you don’t play). So if you had AEIMQTU of draws when you get your three new tiles. If you have an odd
and you played QUIET, your leave would be AM. Your leave is number of tiles in your leave, it’s often better to keep more con-
the starting point for your next turn and a critical component of sonants than vowels because, as Scrabble players at every level
any move you make. know, there’s nothing more frustrating than vowel overload—not
only can you not bingo, you can’t even score well with those
SCOTT: In general, what are good tiles to keep as part of your one-point vowels. You’re looking to guard against that however
PIEZI# you can, so leaves with two consonants and one vowel, or three
WILL: Different types of leaves can change in value depending consonants and two vowels that consist of those “bingo-friendly”
on how far along the game is and how the board position has letters, are great ways to shoot for a bingo. But don’t be afraid
developed, but typically, the best leaves to keep when you’re to keep more vowels than consonants from time to time. For
trying to bingo are assortments of “Wheel of Fortune” letters example, a leave such as AEIRS is very likely to become a
(RSTLNE), along with an A and/or I. I’d throw the C and the D bingo if you can just manage to draw two more consonants. Q
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letters is a distractor. Keep anagramming and passing down the distractor until the last word in each set, which does not
have a distractor—all of the letters will be used. ANSWERS, PAGE 76
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BY SCOTT APPEL
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Using the seven tiles EIJMSSX and the board as shown, what is As an example, you might play MIXES (15G) for 45 points, JAG
the maximum number of points you can score on one or more 6M for 11 points, and SHOE B2 for 14 points, for an overall total
turns? You may use any number of tiles per turn, but must use of 70. ANSWERS, PAGE 76
each of the seven tiles exactly once. All words played must be
common. Can you beat our total of 160 points?
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n our challenge in this contest was to make the highest- We received a grand total of 176 entries, the majority of
scoring list of 13 two-syllable words. Each letter in a word which achieved scores in the 120s. The first-prize winner
was worth 1 point, so YELLOW, for example, would be and all of the runners-up, however, all scored over 130
worth 6 points. Your score was the total number of letters in points. The highest score of 138 was achieved by three dif-
the words on your list. ferent contestants, Jean-Charles Meyrignac, Mark Mammel,
But there was an important caveat: No letter could be the and Steve Villarreal. By random draw, Meyrignac, of Juilly,
first or last letter in more than one word on your list. Thus, if France, was chosen as the winner of the $100 first prize.
YELLOW appeared on your list, no other word could start or His list is shown below. The runners-up, each of whom
end with Y or W. If you followed this rule, your 13 words would [MPP VIGIMZI E ]IEVƅW WYFWGVMTXMSR XS +%1)7 ;360( 3*
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Jean-Charles Meyrignac, Juilly, France
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BREITSCHWANTZ 13
CLOTHESHORSE 12
OUTSTRETCHED 12
QUAKEPROOF 10
LATCHSTRING 11
WHERETHROUGH 12
INCHWORM 8
JAMBEAUX 8
VELDTSCHOEN 11
PLOUGHWRIGHTS 13
YOUNGSTER 9
UPSTRAIGHT 10
TOTAL 138

•ELECTRONIC GAME REVIEWS• BY THOMAS L. MCDONALD
TILE-LAYING the price for each

ISLE OF SKYE tile. Afterwards,
ASMODEE DIGITAL the other play-
TABLETOP: $37 ers may buy any
IOS/ANDROID: $5 of the tiles at
PC/MAC: $10 the value set. If
AGE RANGE: E someone buys
PLAY TIME: 20-30 MIN. your tiles, you
PLAYERS: 1–5 get the money; if
------------------------------------------------------------------------ no one buys, you
I
sle of Skye was our Strategy pay. The idea is
Game of the Year in 2016, to set values so
and now it’s made the leap you can buy the
to computers and mobile tiles you need
devices. Gamers inclined to and profit from
dismiss this as a Carcas- the ones you
sonne knockoff should really don’t.
take a second look. Beneath After the purchasing Only certain scoring tiles are standard tile-laying formu-
a surface of somewhat fa- p h a s e , t i l e s a re p l a c e d counted each round, and play- la and the theme carried
miliar-looking tiles depicting around each castle, with ers collect extra gold based through nicely in the art.
roads, farms, hills, and other geographical features form- upon their position on the However, at press time the
features is a game with its ing continuous landscapes. scoring track. In addition, there initial release still had some
own unique pleasures. In this way, lakes, roads, and are four special tokens chosen bugs in multiplayer support,
Players assume the role of mountain ranges evolve to at the beginning of each game. with the game occasionally
clan leader, building up their create your territory. Five Each has a different type of freezing. This is unfortunate
territory by placing the best gold pieces are generated scoring rule, so every game FIGEYWI MXƅW HMƾGYPX XS GVI-
combination of tiles. During each round, with additional has a unique blend of victory ate a truly satisfying AI in
a round, each player draws gold earned by connecting objectives. a bidding game. Otherwise,
three landscape tiles from a whiskey barrel tiles via roads This is really quite a lot the electronic version, ap-
bag and places them behind to the castle. of fun, with the economic pearing simultaneously on
a screen. One tile is marked to The most unique aspect of model adding much to the all platforms, is a winner. Q
discard and coins are placed the game is the scoring, which
takes place over six rounds.
on the others to represent
GOOD CHOICE FOR FANS OF: CARCASSONNE RATING A
DICE number twice in a 5×5 grid. If earn bonuses,
GANZ SCHÖN CLEVER all four boxes are checked off such as re-rolls
SCHMIDT SPIELE/ in a column, points are scored. and extra actions.
KLEIN & FEIN If all four are checked off in a At the end, all the
ANDROID/IOS: $3 row, there’s a bonus that af- totals and bonus-
AGE RANGE: 10+ fects other boxes. The blue es are added up
PLAY TIME: 10 MIN. area works similarly, except it’s JSV E ƼREP WGSVI
PLAYERS: 1 always scored along with the There are a lot of
------------------------------------------------------------------ white die, and the total score fun opportunities
D
ice fans looking for a new isn’t based on columns but on for strategy in
take on Yahtzee and simi- how many boxes are checked. Ganz Schön Clev-
lar “roll-and-write” games ɸ3RXLIFSXXSQSJXLIWGSVI IV7MRGIƼPPMRKMR
[MPP ƼRH E VIJVIWLMRK X[MWX SR sheet, you fill in rows with one box may trigger and even with the instructions
the genre in Ganz Schön Clever. numbers according to differ- EREGXMSRXLEXEPPS[W]SYXSƼPP it takes a few tries to really get
Each turn you roll six dice over ent rules. In the green row, another, which likewise triggers a sense of how it plays. It feels
three rounds: one each in green, each number must be equal an action, it’s possible to plan PMOIEƼVWXIJJSVXFYXMXGETXYVIW
orange, white, purple, blue, and to or greater than the value in ahead and fill several boxes the gameplay and has a kind of
yellow. After each roll, choose the box. In the orange row, any from a single die. ragged charm.
one die value to mark in boxes number may be written, with The app itself is a bit rough. Yahtzee and dice fans
corresponding to the color. This all of them added together for The translation of rules and looking for something requir-
die is set aside after it’s used as scoring. In the purple row, each other text from German to ing a little more strategy will
you roll the rest. Any dice worth new value must be greater than English seems to have been enjoy Ganz Schön Clever. If
less than the value of the one the one to the left, with the done by Google. It appears to you’d like to try it out, there’s
you use are also set aside, so values resetting to 1 after a 6 lack an exit button, so you can’t a free web-based version
you don’t want to choose a 6 in is played. Rows have special just stop a game without clos- at https://m.brettspielwelt.
XLIƼVWXVSYRHɸ rewards for certain boxes. ing the app. There’s no tutorial, de/ganzschoenclever. Q
Scoring areas follow different The game unfolds over six
rules. The yellow area has each turns, and along the way you GOOD CHOICE FOR FANS OF: YAHTZEE RATING B
BY THOMAS L. MCDONALD •BOARD GAME REVIEWS•
BIDDING/BLUFFING front with a unique icon for Sicilian cards

THE PRINCESS BRIDE: each deck. The dealer takes a re u s e d f o r
A BATTLE OF WITS the Sicilian deck, which has the content of
GAME SALUTE/ 12 cards, and deals one face- a goblet, ex-
SPARKWORKS: $25 down to everyone. Finally, the cept the 8- and
AGE RANGE: 10+ dealer flips a Day/Night card 9-value Sicilian
PLAY TIME: 15 MINUTES to the Day side. cards, which
PLAYERS: 2–10 Each player places one may be played
------------------------------------------------------------------------ card facedown above or be- as either con-
F
ans of the classic fan- low any one of the goblets. tent or for the
tasy film The Princess The card can be a wine or special abilities
Bride will remember a poison card. The number written on each.
the battle of wits between on the card indicates the Whenever
the hero Westley and the strength of the substance play passes the
scoundrel Vizzini, in which and will be used during the dealer, the Day/
each attempts to trick the final calculations. Night card is
other into drinking a poisoned If a card is placed above a flipped and the
goblet of wine. Game Salute goblet, then it counts as the first card in each goblet con- This is a light, fast game.
has turned that scene into a contents of the goblet. The tent pile is revealed. Once all I t s g re a t e s t a p p e a l , o f
light, appealing game for up type of card with the high- the cards are played, bids are course, will be for fans of
to 10 players. est total value determines scored and the player with the film who can quote
To begin, each player takes what’s in the goblet. For the highest bid wins the right it from memory. But that
a character card and one gob- example, if a goblet has 3-, to drink from that goblet. If a d o e s n’ t l e ave n o n - f a n s
let. The goblets, each marked 5-, and 1-value poison cards player wins multiple goblets, out in the cold, since it’s
with a letter from A to J, are and 4- and 6-value wine he has to choose one. The a genial and accessible
placed in a row in the center cards, the sum is 9 poison contents are then tallied, bidding game on its own.
of the play area. Character and 10 wine, meaning the with each player either drink- Even more appealing is the
cards are for atmosphere goblet contains wine. ing the wine and winning, or rare ability to play with 10
only. Each player also gets a Placing a card below the the poison and dying. It’s people at once and have
deck of 7 cards numbered 1 goblet counts as a bid. The possible for multiple players multiple winners, making it
to 7. These are marked on the player with the highest total to win. a good party game. Q
back with a symbol for either value of cards under a goblet
wine or poison, and on the wins the right to drink from it. GOOD CHOICE FOR FANS OF: BIDDING GAMES RATING B
ABSTRACT STRATEGY a turn, players can take
GRACKLES one of four actions: place
FIRESIDE GAMES, $40 a tile, form a line, extend a
AGE RANGE: 10+ line, or rotate a tile.
PLAY TIME: 30 MINUTES Anyone can use his
PLAYERS: 2–4 turn to draw a new tile
------------------------------------------------------------------------ and place it on the grow-
A
grackle is a noisy ing board, as long as the
perching bird with board does not exceed
iridescent feathers. 5×5. The ultimate goal
Grackles can be found lin- is to create lines in your
ing up on wires in the Texas color, so on a subsequent
twilight. They’re kind of like turn you can extend your
small crows, and may appear row of grackles.
black, purple, green, or blue Instead of adding
depending upon the light and new tiles, players can may spend one of these to A unique board unfolds
the angle. Grackles uses this also place their birds to es- rotate a tile so it lines up with each game to keep
as a kind of visual motif to tablish or extend their lines better with their rows. Play things interesting, and
create an abstract strategy along matching colors. This continues until no more birds there’s light strategy in-
game in which players try to is done by placing counters can be placed. At that point, volved as you try to plan
place their colored chips in a on two matching colors and everyone counts their birds; a few moves ahead to get
row for the most points. all colors in a straight line in the player with the most wins. longer rows. It’s hard to do
The game begins with two between, without crossing The game is designed for this kind of abstract strategy
tiles in play and grows to a other counters. As the board up to four people, but works game right and still keep it
complete 5×5 board. Tiles grows, it may be possible better with two, since the light and fun, but Grackles
have four colored dots; each to extend a line of grackles board is a bit less crowded. succeeds. Q
player gets a pile of 45 chips further. Finally, each player
in one of those colors. During gets five Rotate tokens, and
GOOD CHOICE FOR FANS OF: CONNECT 4 RATING A
• GAME ON!• BY RAYMOND SIMON
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This charming little app offers a The remainder of the app charts
refreshing take on the genre. their relationship, from its carefree
Created by Australian game de- early days through to its sad disso-
signer Ken Wong, whose previous lution. Periodically, we help in little
project was Monument Valley, Flor- ways, like fitting together the jigsaw
ence is a thoughtful hybrid that pieces that make up their dialogue
blends elements of mini-games, in- balloons.
teractive stories, and graphic novels. This thoughtful little game isn’t
Forsaking violence—no zombies to just interesting because it eschews
shoot here—it tells a compelling story violence. The fact that its two main
that unfolds in 20 brief chapters. characters are people of color and
As it opens, we’re introduced to the conclusion, where we learn what
Florence Yeoh, a 25-year-old woman really brings Florence true happiness,
clearly stuck in a rut. Her drab, un- are also noteworthy.
eventful life is signaled by grays and Curious to see our heroine’s fate?
lifeless blues. (Color is significant Visit: www.florencegame.com. Q
throughout, as is music.)
Helping Florence to brush her teeth This pensive film unfolds over the
or reconcile figures on a spreadsheet course of a few weeks in the life of Ag-
advances the narrative, but only a nes, a sheltered, middle-aged housewife
little. Clearly, she needs a big push. It played by Kelly Macdonald.
arrives in the form of Krish Hemrajani, Agnes, who’s devoted to her family
an aspiring cellist. She overhears him and her faith, is so selfless that she’s
practicing, catches a glimpse, and practically unnoticed at her own birthday
quickly develops a crush. party. But that’s where she receives an
unexpected gift: a 1,000-piece jigsaw
puzzle. The following day, she hesitantly
opens the box before rapidly fitting the
3ǦǦǘǤȨ&ǝǝǡǙǤȨǠǦ+ȳǟȨ5ǗȨǚǓ pieces together to reveal a map of the
Sure, you subscribe to the Harvard scratching brainteasers, which is why world.
Business Review, and you scan The Wall we’re delighted to report that The Agnes senses that her ability is un-
Street Journal daily. But neither conveys Economist recently published a wickedly usual. She also enjoys the feeling of
faith in free markets as confidently as challenging collection of what it refers accomplishment. So for the first time in
The Economist. to as “nontrivial trivia.” years, she ventures out of her working-
The venerable publication, founded in The book is divided into 12 parts mir- class suburb in Connecticut and travels
1843, has had many distinguished edi- roring the 12 sections of every issue of into Manhattan.
tors, including Walter Bagehot, author the magazine. The history and culture of In search of jigsaw puzzles, she
of The English Constitution. The weekly major global regions is covered, includ- instead finds Robert (Irrfan Khan), a
currently has a circulation of roughly 1.5 ing China (“Dragon’s den”) and Britain competitive puzzler seeking a new
million people, many outside England. (“Benighted kingdom”). “Capital brains” partner for an upcoming tournament.
As puzzle lovers, however, you de- tests one’s knowledge of finance; sci- Educated, cosmopolitan, and wealthy,
mand an uninterrupted supply of head- ence and technology come under the he’s the polar opposite of her husband,
category labeled “Turing test.” Louie (David Denman), who expects his
Each section contains 50 questions, dinner ready the moment he gets home
for a total of 600. Be forewarned: They’re from the garage.
tough! Can’t distinguish a Gram-positive Watching Agnes complete a jigsaw
bacterium from a Gram-negative one? puzzle at lightning speed, Robert sus-
Don’t fret. As the editor, Philip Coggan, pects they can win the tournament.
notes, “Being stumped by the questions They begin meeting regularly to practice,
is not a failure; it is an opportunity to be encounters that draw Agnes out of her
better informed.” shell.
In fact, the best part of the book is the Viewers expecting a triumphant vic-
Answers, which are brief, discursive, and tory or true love will be confounded—in
informative. a good way. Director Marc Turtletaub
Master those and you’ll be ready for wisely avoids Hollywood clichés, of-
the Prime Minister’s Questions! Q fering instead a bittersweet explora-
tion of one woman’s development. Q

7ǜǠǣǘ(ȨȱǣǙǣǝǞǙ BY JOEL NANNI
Enter a single letter in each blank square in the diagram to form interlocking answers, each of which spell out two
distinct common words that differ only by the given letter pairs. See the example below to get a better idea. With the
given arrangement of letters and blanks, only RITZY and RISKY can be formed. More than one pair of words may appear
to be possible at first, but the crossing letters will help eliminate possibilities. ANSWER, PAGE 77
S K S K
R I Y
T Z T Z
L E T T
O K L V N D
U S A U
I T E O C S T S
S I N K T H E C
B L I G
I S N O B W C N
G N A I T S
C E
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C E S E S E
R G T O
N T E I T U G I C T
P R D I T O O L U S E O
L S A C E F
A P I K O U
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6ǗǟǟǓ BY KAREN RICHARDS
Can you score 500 or more points in Word Rummy

hands from the card layout at right?
A 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 J Q K
E T T E Y F A R A M O N I
♠ How to Play P E N I D I S P E E D I O
Find as many common seven-letter words as you can I R T R A C C O U R O A N
whose cards form Word Rummy hands. A Word
Rummy hand is a seven-letter word whose letters P O U R L F E C H K N D S
appear on cards that make up one set (three or four A 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 J Q K
cards of a kind, like 7 7 7 or K K K K) and one sequence
(three or four cards of the same suit in numerical order,
like ♠ A 2 3 or ♣ 9 10 J Q). Either the set or the
sequence may come first, but one of each must be CARDS & WORDS POINTS CARDS & WORDS POINTS
used in each hand, and the two parts must not be
mixed together. The letters of a set may be used in any
order; the letters of a sequence must be used in the P I P E T T E
left-to-right order given in the grid. The same card
A A A A 2 3 4
13
cannot be used twice in the same hand. Sets and
sequences, however, may be repeated in other words.
Proper names and foreign words are not allowed, but
plurals are fine.
♥Scoring
Each card in a Word Rummy hand scores its face
value. A 6 scores 6 points, for example. Aces are low
and count 1 point each. Jacks, queens, and kings count
10 points each.
♦Example
In the puzzle at right the word PIPETTE forms a Word
Rummy hand. The ♣A ♦A ♥A ♠A are a set with the
letters P-I-P-E; the ♠2 3 4 are a sequence with the letters
T-T-E. The cards used have values of 1 1 1 1 2 3 4, for a
total of 13 points.
♣ Ratings
Knock: 500 points (good game)
Gin: 750 points (winning game)
Gin-off: 998 points (our best score)
ANSWERS, PAGE 77
COLUMN 2 TOTAL
COLUMN 1 TOTAL
COLUMN 1 TOTAL TOTAL SCORE

(ǝǗȲǠȨ'ǚǝǙǙ BY MICHAEL ASHLEY
Answer the clues on the numbered dashes, one letter per dash. Then transfer the letters on the dashes to the correspondingly
numbered squares in the puzzle grid to reveal a quotation reading from left to right. (Black squares separate words.) When
you’re done, read down the list of answers; their initial letters will spell the author’s name and the source of the quotation.
ŻJ ŻI ŻM ŻR ŻQ ŻO ŻY ŻU ŻD ŻT ŻG ŻR ŻF ŻA ŻE ŻQ ŻA ŻN ŻE ŻU
ŻD ŻK ŻL ŻE ŻW ŻC ŻF ŻV ŻD ŻX ŻE ŻW ŻZ ŻY ŻS ŻI ŻH ŻQ ŻQ ŻY ŻK
ŻU ŻD ŻJ ŻT ŻN ŻW ŻF ŻB ŻR ŻH ŻA ŻJ ŻU ŻZ ŻB ŻR ŻS ŻQ ŻC ŻI ŻW ŻH
ŻB ŻL ŻO ŻW ŻC ŻP ŻZ ŻT ŻQ ŻX ŻV ŻF ŻQ ŻB ŻJ ŻB ŻC ŻY ŻB
ŻA ŻH ŻI ŻY ŻQ ŻS ŻO ŻH ŻR ŻP ŻE ŻA ŻT ŻW ŻP ŻB ŻE ŻJ ŻA ŻP ŻT
ŻW ŻA ŻT ŻB ŻC ŻJ ŻX ŻE ŻQ ŻM ŻR ŻD ŻM ŻN ŻE ŻS ŻA ŻN ŻT ŻZ
ŻL ŻS ŻL ŻJ ŻE ŻH ŻY ŻK ŻC ŻD ŻB ŻM ŻN ŻL ŻX ŻQ ŻS ŻV ŻM ŻS ŻI
ŻY ŻD ŻJ ŻU ŻB ŻE ŻN ŻD ŻB ŻD ŻV ŻJ ŻX ŻB ŻL ŻY ŻQ ŻS ŻE ŻG ŻW ŻJ
ANSWERS, PAGE 78
ŻK ŻP ŻJ ŻC ŻD ŻG ŻW ŻB ŻJ ŻF ŻI ŻY ŻG ŻZ ŻB ŻQ ŻH ŻE ŻH
ŻV ŻC ŻO ŻI ŻC ŻW ŻQ ŻR ŻR ŻA ŻJ ŻC ŻE ŻG ŻY ŻK ŻH ŻF ŻO ŻW
A. Sports recap feature M. “The Second

52 14 94 83 195 101 17 105 120 Coming” poet 3 113 116 142 135
B. Internet Explorer N. Indian state

3.0 add-on: 2 wds. 82 77 56 153 64 79 107 158 49 since 1975 46 151 136 117 18 121
134 181 98 174 149 O. Land on the Red Sea

6 66 188 89 204
C. Payment sent
187 60 197 108 190 80 26 68 170
P. Boundary
102 92 97 168 69
132
D. Edgar Award Q. Poetry collection
winner for Before first published in
the Fall: 2 wds. 29 171 133 9 43 154 115 152 146 1855: 3 wds. 72 139 161 39 182 16 76 5 38
21 112 192 87 59
E. Classic dystopian
novel of 1932: 3 wds. 198 24 111 19 118 93 163 150 99 R. Like Bart Simpson
194 193 4 57 114 50 12 91
128 31 184 15
S. Best Actor nominee
F. Tiny terrier, for short for Moneyball: 2 wds. 140 88 58 35 143 119 125 162
75 176 27 13 203 48
T. Say again
G. Records for 122 95 106 45 10 71 103
later viewing 164 179 11 199 172
U. Adorable kid
H. Collaborative event 42 8 148 54 20
for programmers 63 183 51 129 90 185 202 84 37
V. Configuration
I. Superstate in 74 186 28 141 155
Orwell’s 1984 2 85 177 144 189 36 61
W. Baseball sub: 2 wds.
J. 2017 drama set in 25 96 47 62 191 165 205 173 104
London’s couture
world: 2 wds. 156 100 196 147 169 127 175 78 1 67 32
X. Zero out
157 73 110 30 138
53 44 166 109
K. Should, with “to” Y. Zealous

22 41 201 131 167 protector of the 178 130 7 81 34 200 86 160 40
environment: Hyph.
L. Cape Canaveral event Z. Close on a digital 145
126 137 23 65 159 124 contract: Hyph. 33 55 70 123 180

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ACROSS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
1 Very tiny
7 ___ Bell (Emily 19 20 21 22
Brontë pseudonym) 23 24 25
12 Seaside
19 Berth place 26 27 28
20 Split
22 Somebody ___ 29 30 31 32
Likes Me (Paul
Newman film) 33 34 35 36 37 38 39
23 Daily newspaper?
25 Dormant state 40 41 42 43
26 Gym aides
27 Pelee Island’s lake 44 45 46 47
28 Clears (of)
29 Toll 48 49 50 51
30 Goofs off
31 Gam member 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59
33 Curdled 60 61 62
36 NYSE places
37 Wove decorative 63 64 65
fabric
40 Part of USNA 66 67 68
41 Stirring
42 Assignation 69 70 71 72 73 74 75
43 To’s partner
44 Like some 76 77 78 79 80
medications
45 Shears sound 81 82 83 84
46 Commandment
word 85 86 87
47 Lintel adjunct
88 89 90 91 92 93
48 PC networking
plan?
ANSWER, PAGE 78
94 95 96 97 98
51 Freight mover
52 Turns turtle 99 100 101
57 Dismantle
58 Reason for 102 103 104
sailors’ despair
60 Singer/actress Nia
61 ___ sanctum 100 Forbidden fruit 34 It’s usually 72 67 Dispatch boat
62 Worked the runway 101 Tick by 35 Some gametes 68 Claims against
63 The Governator 102 Docking charge 36 Like Giacometti property
64 Low-budget, maybe 103 Results of finger slips 37 Tar Heel State fort 69 Turkish title
65 It’s used to get 104 Fixes a broken nose 38 Winter weasels 70 Iranian title
a reaction 39 Driver’s license stat 72 Some museum
66 Bears, in Bolivia DOWN 41 Chips in exhibits
67 Imitation of a 1 Increases, with “up” 42 ___ Eyes Were 73 ER readout
stand-up’s routine? 2 AIG bailout plan Watching God 74 Place to let the flock
69 “Yeah, right” 3 “Milk’s favorite cookie” 45 Judged, with “up” chow down
70 Floating bar 4 Hung jury upshot 46 Child portrayer 75 Advantageous
71 Nettles 5 Teach slowly but surely in 2009 connections
72 Grocery section 6 Rhythmic 47 Crown adornment 77 Mobile home?
76 URL ending 7 They may be electric 49 Peter out 78 Have absolute
77 Acid group 8 Super Bowl to be 50 Stellar classification confidence in
78 Engineering data, briefly played in 2027 pioneer ___ Jump 79 Bathroom break
80 Runner-up to Studdard 9 State tree of Georgia Cannon 80 Frequent flier’s unit
81 Tavern vessel 10 Utter again 51 Vending machine 82 Desert rodent
83 Paper recycler’s need 11 Typeface features choice 83 It may be veiled
84 Methane, e.g. 12 ___-de-sac 52 Bean counter, briefly 84 Brown of old comics
85 Words on a 13 ___-locka, FL 53 Scourge of the ozone 86 Shed tears
Spanish valentine 14 Draw in 54 Food that makes 87 Undergrad degs.
86 Stimulates 15 Australian lass you think? 88 Vampire wound
87 Winner at 16 Cared for one’s kin? 55 Spaceballs, for one 90 Hardy’s dairymaid
Weehawken 17 Jump shot paths 56 Woes 91 “Ain’t gonna happen”
88 Snide comment 18 ESPN sportscaster Bob 58 Less 92 Part of RPI: Abbr.
89 Period pieces? 21 Adds some color to 59 Banned malaria 93 Hands’ responses
90 Home to some devils 24 100 nanojoules countermeasure 94 N. ___
94 Defrocks a lawyer 30 Bounded 61 Book opener (Mont. neighbor)
97 Brash words from the 31 How one might smile 62 Connie and Ted 95 Gas station abbr.
witness stand? 32 Army 64 Orthodox imagery 96 Compass pt.
99 Now and then 33 ___-cone 65 Homer’s enchantress 98 Furthermore

7ǣȳǟȨǙȨ8ǕǣǞǙ BY FRANK LONGO
This puzzle gives you two grids for the price of one. And two sets of clues to go with them, so you can work both crosswords
at the same time. What’s the catch? Each clue number is followed by two different clues to two different answers. The
puzzle is to figure out which answer goes with which grid. 1-Across has been filled in for you. ANSWERS, PAGE 76
DOWN 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
1 Film in which James Bond 32 Knitting supply M O O N R A K E R

13 14
was played by Roger Moore... Be seepy
...and Pierce Brosnan 33 Symbolic logo 15 16
10 Seder celebrant Breaks in, e.g.
Pal of Curly 35 Submitted, as 17 18 19
13 Makes estranged a complaint

With no hurry: 2 wds. Bigwig with big 20 21 22 23 24
14 Org. giving tows bucks: 2 wds. 25 26 27

Possibilities 39 Open a tad
15 Retaliation in kind: 3 wds. Lavish party 28 29 30
Hissing appliance: 2 wds. 40 Back muscle,

16 N.Y. Giants’ gp. for short 31 32
Rankle Friend, in Montréal 33 34 35 36 37 38

17 Neptune’s realm 42 Houston-to-Chicago dir.
Period just before Rink star Bobby 39 40 41 42
18 Throw in 43 Hwy. offense

Scoundrel Yellowfin tuna, 43 44 45 46
19 Slave girl of opera on menus 47 48

Within reason 44 City in San Bernardino
20 Novi Sad locale County: 2 wds. 49 50
Oscar winner Borgnine Florida county: Hyph.

23 He exiled Trotsky 47 North Atlantic fish
Holder used at breakfast Almond-hued DOWN
25 Takes steps 48 Without set 1 Bill the billionaire 24 ___ firma
Diamond of pop limits: Hyph. Tricky pool shot Pal of Fozzie Bear
27 Address the crowd Snakebite treater 2 Relish tray tidbit 26 Conniving
Swimmer Janet 49 Lamb raiser Ferret’s cousin Lav, in Leeds
28 Portrayer of James Bond Add-___ (annexes) 3 About .26 gallon 28 Womanizing
originally...: 2 wds. 50 The first bit of Fake fat brand sort: 2 wds.
...and currently: 2 wds. instruction: 2 wds. 4 Schoolteachers’ gp. One way or another
31 Singer Lenya Drinks may be set on them Rapper Mos ___ 29 Shore reflux: 2 wds.
Revolutionary War ferry at 4:00 p.m.: 2 wds. 5 Cup edge Achieves
Brian of glam rock 30 Hold’em
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 6 Tell the tale of variety: Hyph.
G O L D E N E Y E Like some elephants Lounge robes
13 14
7 Many a northern Iraqi 31 Bring about: 2 wds.
15 16 Blues singer James Mar
8 Weaken bit by bit 34 Neighbor
17 18 19 “The Magi” poet of Quebec
9 Kylo of sci-fi T-bar locale
20 21 22 23 24
Repair shop fig. 36 Make knotty
25 26 27
10 Subcompact vehicle Co-op’s cousin
Game played with 37 Invest (with)
28 29 30 a cesta: 2 wds. Elizabeth of
11 Making via work cosmetics
31 32
Not working, as a 38 Part of NAFTA
33 34 35 36 37 38
cop: 2 wds. Judges to be
12 Get free of 41 City in Iowa
39 40 41 42 Stops snoozing ___ Hari
19 Great scholar 44 Dojo surface
43 44 45 46
“I concur” “OMG, 2 funny!”
47 48
21 Playful teasing 45 Obama’s sign
Authorize “This ___ stickup!”: 2 wds.
49 50 22 Gut feeling 46 Cotillion celeb
More polar Stay-the-night site

(,ǝǠǣȰȳǓ+ǣǦǘǙ BY MARGERY ALBIS
Twelve friends with an interest in invention and design have been spending a lot of time at Acme Makers Space on
Galway Street, where they can create all kinds of items on the several 3-D printers. With the holidays coming soon, each
friend decided to design and print a different original item as a gift for a different family member. The amount of time
each person spent on each project ranged from four to ten hours in whole hours (not necessarily including those
amounts). Determine each person’s full name (one last name is Kimmelman), the relative he or she made a gift for, the
item created, and the amount of time that was needed to make it. ANSWER, PAGE 77
1. Iyengar spent less time making his or her gift than the 15. The gift for a son took less time to make than the
person who made a gift for his or her father. cookie cutter set.
2. Reibel and the friend making a geometric vase cover 16. Yolanda and the person who made the hexagonal
aren’t the same sex. coffee mug are, in some order, the person who made
3. The gift intended for a sister took two more hours to a gift for an aunt and a person who spent either five
complete than the bobblehead of Tom Cruise. or ten hours on the project.
4. Fred (who isn’t Wernik) didn’t make a gift for his 17. The four people who put in eight or more hours
brother, grandmother, or nephew. on their gifts are: Gerald, Sultano, the person
5. Kathleen and the person who made a model of a who made a gift for a nephew, and the one who
square-rigger ship are, in some order, Mittman and created a chess set.
the person who made a gift for a daughter. 18. Donald worked longer than the person who made
6. The gift for a nephew and the honeycomb ring are, in the desk organizer.
some order, the one made by Sultano and one made 19. The six women are: Fisk, the one who created an
by someone other than Julie. item for her father, the one who made a gift for her
7. The gifts for a brother and for a spouse took the same sister, the one who made the horse sculpture, the
amount of time to create. person who made the menorah, and a person
8. The alphabet of printing blocks wasn’t designed and who worked an even number of hours.
made by Anthony or Fred. 20. Elsa spent less time on her creation than was spent
9. The gift for a cousin took either two hours more or two on the gift for an aunt.
hours less time than the gift for an uncle. 21. The ornate comb wasn’t made for an uncle.
10. The person who made the cookie cutter set isn’t 22. Iyengar and the person who made the chess set are,
Carmarco, Iyengar, or Lubchansky. in some order, Anthony and a person who worked
11. The bobblehead, honeycomb ring, hexagonal coffee mug, for an hour longer than Anthony.
and the trusswork horse sculpture were made by, in some 23. Haag made his or her gift in four hours.
order, Donald, Elsa, Reibel, and the person making a gift 24. The amount of time Kathleen (who isn’t surnamed
for his or her son. Carmarco) and Fisk put in on their projects differ by
12. Together, Stephen and Gasprich put in four hours less three hours.
time than Margery and Pattonman combined. 25. Victor’s project took an hour less than Pattonman’s.
13. More time was spent on the gift for someone’s mother 26. Tonia’s creation took less time than the
than on the gift for a grandmother. item for a father.
14. The four people making a gift for a spouse, a daughter, 27. Wernik and a person who spent nine hours on the
an uncle, and a sister are: Anthony, Fisk, the person project aren’t the same sex.
who made a model of a square-rigger, and the person 28. Gasprich’s item took seven
who put in five hours of work. hours to make.

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1 2 6 9 6 5 5 4 3 4 1 2 6 9 6 5 5 4 3 4 1 2 6 9 6 5 5 4 3 4 1 2 6 9 6 5 5 4 3 4
2 2 2 2
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
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5 2 3 4 2 2 2 5 4 3 2 1 2 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 6 5 4 3 2 5
7 2
2 6 2
2 8
4 2 6
2 2 2 7
2 2 2 2
2 2 2 2 2
2 4 2 2 2
1 2 3 1 2 4
1 2 3 1 2 2 2
12 2 2 2
12 2 2 2 2
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'ǚǓǜǘǣȱ'ǚǝǙǙǕǝǚȰ BY EMILY COX & HENRY RATHVON
Each clue in a cryptic crossword has two parts: a definition of the answer and an indication of the answer’s literal makeup via
wordplay. Either half may come first; finding the dividing point between the two parts is the key to solving. On page 61, eight
common methods by which hints are given via wordplay are described; any combination of these gimmicks may be used.
Expect to see references to abbreviations (doctor for DR, Hawaii for HI, or university for U), chemical symbols (iron for
Fe), Roman numerals (five for V), and parts of words (end of year for R, head of cabbage for C, or heart of stone for O). A
clue with an exclamation point may be what’s called an & lit. clue, in which the two halves overlap, so the whole clue is
both a definition and a cryptic indication of the answer, as in Terribly angered! for ENRAGED (see “anagrams” on page 61).
Give these puzzles a try! ANSWERS, PAGE 79
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 28 Bars deter
cuckoo bird (9)
29 Big acting roles
in the French
commercials (5)
9 10
DOWN
1 Data about
upcoming line
in cosmetic
surgery (4-5)
11 12
2 Make black
fruit drink in
pretense (7)
3 Dog sullied
street (6)
13 14 15 16 4 Topnotch pastries
up in flames (5-4)
17
5 Gossip boarder
heard (5)
6 Discussed
18 19 20 21 pathological
affection for
a tree (8)
22
7 Talking of
Big Bang
23 24 25 explosion (7)
8 Elders, for
example, getting
bum steer (5)
15 Native’s leader
26 27
cracked a coconut
of little worth (2-7)
16 Being late, eats
among sailors (9)
17 More uneven peaks
rising on row (8)
28 29 19 Expressed
displeasure with
turbulent Dnieper (7)
ACROSS 11 Stan Lee caricature 20 Don‘t open movie 21 Musical work:
1 Center of attention: is most sparse (7) award for gangster “May Farewell” (7)
100 entering alien 12 Stays and checks feature (4) 22 Fuel stops
UFOs (5) about mother (7) 23 Money Pit showing on train (6)
4 Conflict involving 13 Vocal spots show in California 23 Portion of
mineral rocks some muscle (4) and Alabama (7) arsenic I derived
requires prudence (9) 14 Wagon-maker calls 25 Wine—one in song from drink (5)
9 The Cars’ rocking is for Mr. Newton right and one after (7) 24 Young insect
less promiscuous (7) out loud (10) 26 Soldier in eatery is right in the
10 Taxi caught by horse— 18 Rolling sample cart less bright (7) middle of
that’s strange (7) with junky stuff (5,5) 27 Trendy new capsule (7) molten rock (5)
For tips on solving cryptic crosswords, send a stamped return envelope to “Cryptic Solving Guide,” GAMES WORLD OF PUZZLES, P.O. Box 184, Fort Washington, PA 19034.

'ǚǓǜǘǣȱ'ǚǝǙǙǕǝǚȰ BY HENRY HOOK
Anagrams: The answer appears in anagrammed inside PANTS, so it might be clued as Hospital
form, preceded or followed by a word or phrase that residents make knots in trousers.
suggests the mixing, as in Changing times for ITEMS. Hidden answers: The answer may appear intact,
Deletions: Deletions come in three varieties: albeit camouflaged, in the clue. Example: Myopic
beheadments, curtailments, and internal deletions. colonel clutches flute for PICCOLO (myopic colonel).
The clue always contains a word or phrase indicating Homophones: A word that sounds like the answer
the deletion. Examples: Uncovered bent charm for indicated by use of a giveaway phrase such as “We
ENCHANT, a beheadment of PENCHANT; Fiery bird hear” or “as they say.” Example: Counted frozen
without a tail for FLAMING, a curtailment of FLAMINGO; chicken out loud for NUMBERED (“numb bird”).
and Heartless miserly bloke for CHAP, an internal Reversals: A synonym for “backward” or “overturn” in
deletion of CHEAP. a clue may indicate a reversal, as in Returned beer fit
Charades: The answer is broken into smaller words for a king (LAGER reversed) for REGAL.
that are clued individually, as in Auto animal for Double definitions: This type of clue has no
CARPET. wordplay half; instead, it has two definition halves.
Containers: A word such as PATIENTS “contains” TIE Example: Scooter was blue for MOPED. ANSWERS, PAGE 79
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 29 Angler will return if

followed by Civil War
general (9)
30 Anesthetic article in
emergency room (5)
9 10
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1 Reason to change
address—note
11 12
enclosed (6)
2 Cross-examined
wild girl, then went
13 ahead (7)
3 Novice and Mr. Rogers
14 15 catch up (10)
4 Game for South
16 17
Carolina mob (8)
5 Again be a friend,
for sure? (6)
18 19 20 21 6 Sister embraces
love object (4)
22 23 7 Ball club raising
support in hotels (7)
24 25
8 Taking turns putting
vowel or consonant
in grid (8)
26 13 Slyness, holding
shipment in
27 28 chopper? (10)
16 Drunken pirate
provided drink (8)
17 Carmaker’s stories
maintained by college
29 30 official (8)
19 Reason to be tripping
on drugs (7)
ACROSS 11 Lovely new party 20 Scream for under- 21 Looking a bit pale,
1 Power of Russian game (10) clothing (large) (6) with his trouble (7)
plane at reduced 12 Virginia Street 24 Top right fielder 22 Mother gets
height (5) is huge (4) catches two balls (4) employment
4 Running, Carol carries 14 Pollute playing field 25 Car takes gold to in gallery (6)
newspapers (9) with last of waste (6) Alabama city (10) 23 Vagabond gets
9 Most of the secret is 15 Counts bananas in 27 Weight of horse in breakfast
not so meaty (7) an Arizona city (6) physical condition (7) item in tavern (6)
10 Oakland team 18 Swine confused one 28 I’d get in difficulty 26 Puzzle has me
subordinate split (7) bird (6) making changes (7) holding both ends (4)

7ǘȳǘǣǝǞ&ǚȨȳǡ BY BOB STIGGER
We interrupt this variety cryptic crossword to announce that technical difficulties require us to take a station break. We
will resume Driving Miss Daisy as soon as the unclued entries have been attended to. ANSWERS, PAGE 79
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12
13 14
15 16 17
18 19 20
21 22 23
24 25 26
27 28
29 30 31 32
33 34 35
36 37
38 39
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Split the cost of an humorist Rocca See instructions (6) Biosphere structure
apartment (4) taken by actress Selection from maverick made of dried bricks (5)
See instructions (3,4) Gilbert the wrong musician Clapton (4) See instructions (4,4)
Round Table notable’s way (6) Jethro barely has Visit Ford’s Far
painting damaged Teacher’s career a pulse (5) East plant (4)
when last removed (6) objective: run Lulu, almost 50, Scorsese and I
Lariat-twirling star (6) around wearing a is calm (4) mixed drink (7)
As stated, drop class (4) casual shirt (6) Dorian’s eccentric Calm exterior of
A number of Democrats Secure a switch (4) decrees (7) Supreme Court (6)
each lost (2,3) See instructions (4,7) Advise caution in See instructions (6)
See instructions (7,4) Highly skilled player military conflict Brownish gray
Young sheep reportedly keeps Utah sharp (5) with North (4) adhesive strip
escape (4) A plug for See instructions (4,4) covering front end
Mr. Wheaton and Sandler (4) Stopped pitching first of unicycle (5)
Senator Cruz couldn’t Orderly let Pop (i.e., relieved) (5) Jumped and
take the heat (6) fall over (6) Golfer’s position: don’t smashed plate (5)
No subordinate Followers of radical tell the truth (3) Allege tennis champ
backed famous nativism going after Actor who played Com- Rod blows top (4)
inventor (6) wine-growing region mander Riker freaks out (6) Take a hike, missing
Norm is terrible with incendiary A single catcall ultimately the final streetcar (4)
with children (6) material (6) upset comedian Jay (4) Campus brewery’s
Gets serious and See instructions (4,3) Distinctive characters in “extreme beer” (4)
weeps outside A small card gold and red: Oakland’s In center ring:
emergency room (6) receptacle, say (4) baseball team (5) black swan (3)

8ǝǝ1ȳǞǓ2ǝǘȨǙ BY MIKE SELINKER
Dear GAMES WORLD OF PUZZLES Editors,

Now, I am hardly Amadeus, but you are certainly no Emperor Joseph II. I am thus dismayed that you have returned my
musical cryptic crossword with the observation ”Too many letters.” I presume you’d like me to remove a few. As Mozart
said, which few did you have in mind?
Nonetheless, I have followed the letter of your demands, and removed two letters from each of fourteen Down entries,
one entry per column, to make new related words. In each entry, one of these letters gets lost to the ages, while the other
appears somewhere else in that column outside of the altered entry. Circle the misplaced letters, and you’ll note the
tragic alterations suffered by my precious words.
Well, there it is.—M.S. ANSWERS, PAGE 79
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15
16 17
18 19 20
21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29
30 31 32 33 34
35 36 37 38
39 40
41 42
ACROSS Patti LaBelle’s originals covered Finally, Les Paul so excited
Boring bar band finally left (4) by Pure Lilac (6) about marriage (7)
Improperly edit Croce’s Rich Howard recorded cuts (4) Perfect posterior—less round, more like
trim novel (10) Mathematician’s Hawaiian guitar a certain Spice Girl? (8)
Train Hollywood-area top discussed (6) “Mashed Potato” topping charts
singer Fitzgerald (4) Quantity of some notes near E (4) at first leads to irritation (6)
Plastic Ono’s coming (4) Spinner of an Epic remix glistened (9) Bets split by Ontario kin of
Finish taping Snoop Dogg’s Pop star’s first lawyer goes after band (4) Opry singer Porter (8)
music in audition (4) NHL had Ed rocking like an
Terrible cover receives DOWN MP3 player (8)
large sticker? (6) Loved leaderless, rising Providing free tickets to
“Sign leaders of Village Idiots,” New Wave group (4) catch Beethoven’s Fifth, and
record guy ordered (5) Alan Lerner’s prelude is complete (3) having a bite (8)
Gamut of flutes playing entertaining Bring up Blondie’s most Intellectuals embracing hot piece of
piece from Liszt (4,3) prominent pest (6) music: The Best of Boston? (8)
Vandross’s opening in chaos—wild Spoil Madonna endlessly (3) Mad Dr. Video worked too hard (7)
episodes of chaos (6) Heard unique style of Al Green (4) Hollies’ long-lost Time Most Sacred (7)
Jackson’s original alibi: a bizarre Conservative singer Stewart’s getting Solo starting to work in
conclusion to “PYT (Pretty Young blueprint for farms (9) nude dancing (5)
Thing)”? (8) Blame “We Got It” (4) European pianist’s ending
Heart managed a queen of R&B (6) Varlet’s arranged movements (7) up reliable (4)
Rage about closing off UB40’s Fluff melody, by the sound of it (3) Kelly LeBrock has entertained
first row (5) Edit film star Jackie Gleason crooner Lovett (4)
Garbage edition was a bit steep (6) and Eminem’s intros (6) Beatle’s finale in New York opera house:
“Country Lady” needs no intro (4) Selection from Minerva held over for “Come Together” (4)
Hauler heard rap’s Doctor (4) European city (2,5) Alaska’s half-Jamaican music (3)

:Ȩȱǘǚǣǔ BY RYAN LANGEWISCH
In each puzzle below, your goal is to connect every circle to a triangle in order to create an arrow consisting
of a path of straight lines. Each line segment must connect to the triangles on the correct side—that is,
on the opposite side of where the arrow’s head is pointing.
A line segment can go from dot to dot in any of the eight directions shown at right. Each pattern in the
pattern list matches up with a circle-triangle pair. The patterns only show changes in direction. So if the
ANSWERS, PAGE 80
pattern list shows an arrow pointing straight up followed by an arrow pointing to the right, that could be
one space up and one right, or it could be six spaces up and five right. That’s up to you to figure out. A
solved puzzle is shown in the example below.
When a puzzle is solved correctly, every dot in the grid will be part of an arrow. Paths may not cross one another.
PATTERN LIST
EXAMPLE
PUZZLE 1 PATTERN LIST
AGE
ACB
BGE
CB
CHA
CH
BDE
AECBF
FAG
D
AD
DG
AHD

CAD
DEBC
DGC
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EBGA
DA
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CBH
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AGE
BDBC
CF
CA
GBCA
DBD
DHA
BCBD
ACED
DBC

*ȳǟǣǠǓ6ȨǗǞǣǝǞǙ BY REGIS MODESTA
Change each group of 10 words below into a “family” of different words (words or proper names that have something in
common) by dropping one letter from each word and then rearranging the remaining letters. For example, given the entries
HAUNT, HAIRDO, and ADVANCE, you could drop the N from HAUNT to get UTAH, drop the R from HAIRDO for IDAHO, and
drop the C from ADVANCE to get NEVADA, all in the category “U.S. states.” Can you reunite each family by determining
the category for each and unscrambling the 10 entries? All answers are single words. If you need help getting started, a
list of the four categories appears on page 76. ANSWERS, PAGE 80
FAMILY ONE FAMILY TWO

Category: ________________________ Category: ________________________
1. FLOGS _____________________ 1. BLURB _____________________
2. LOOPY _____________________ 2. REPAY _____________________
3. GRUBBY _____________________ 3. WEAVE _____________________

4. COERCES _____________________ 4. WEBER _____________________
5. NESTING _____________________ 5. BATTLE _____________________
6. ENFACING _____________________ 6. OUCHES _____________________
7. RAYCHERD _____________________ 7. PAROLE _____________________

8. WOBBLING _____________________ 8. ZEBRAS _____________________
9. OVERCLASS _____________________ 9. ADHERENT _____________________
10. MINDBATONS _____________________ 10. PEERLESS _____________________
FAMILY THREE FAMILY FOUR
Category: ________________________ Category: ________________________

1. SALVIA _____________________ 1. BOOGEY _____________________
2. ZODIAC _____________________ 2. EQUINE _____________________

3. ADMIRED _____________________ 3. RADIAN _____________________
4. BOBTAIL _____________________ 4. GENESIS _____________________
5. TOEHOLD _____________________ 5. OVERDUE _____________________
6. BACKDOOR _____________________ 6. PIQUANT _____________________
7. BILEVELS _____________________ 7. QUEZALS _____________________
8. PALMPIANO _____________________ 8. NEUROSIS _____________________

9. VALIANCES _____________________ 9. SOUBRIQUET _____________________
10. CARBONABLE _____________________ 10. TITLEHOUSES _____________________

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Two for the price of one—that’s the name of the game here. BY HARVEY ESTES
Your goal is to fill each trio of blanks with a common three-
letter word so that two overlapping words are formed. As IN SO MANY WORDS
an example, we’ve placed GET in #1 to form FORGET and The crossword on this and the next two pages has two inde-
GETAWAY. Can you come up with all the right words without pendent sets of clues: “Hard” and “Easy.” First, fold this page
turning to the answers on page 64? back on the dashed line so the clues below face the solving
ANSWERS, PAGE 80
grid on page 69. If you use only the Hard Clues (appearing
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severe challenge, open to the Easy Clues (tucked in beneath
your fold on page 68).
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1 The Bath artist 69 Hannibal 135 Not masc.
4. D R __ __ __ L I N G 8 Fine friends? crossed them 136 ___ cit.
15 South African 71 Acct. earning 137 Polite GI
singer Makeba 72 Dirty campaign 139 Did sums
5. J U S T __ __ __ B E R G 21 Shakespeare tactic 140 Check mate
character, 74 Slammer 141 Declare
or Natalie 76 Macaque 143 Haarlem flower
6. H O __ __ __ T H Merchant song family member 144 This often gets
22 Inspection 78 Ballot abbr. turned down
24 High point on 79 Mayberry 147 Crowd noise
7. S U L __ __ __ T H E R a tour of the jailbird 148 Maria’s friend
Capitol 81 Made a peer in West Side
25 Candidate 83 Floor supports Story
8. S U D __ __ __ O T E unlikely to win 84 It grows on you 149 Dijon’s
26 Big arms 85 Bureaucrat’s department
9. H A P __ __ __ G U I N 27 Foldcraft red stuff 151 With The,
28 Fork-tailed flyers 86 Elzie Segar’s Pinter play
29 Soft Cell singer Alice, e.g. of 1960
10. P R O G __ __ __ P A G E Almond 87 The House at 154 Woodsy
31 Key of ___ Corner structures
cartooning 88 Olecranon site 156 Holds in
11. S A C __ __ __ D E N 32 Dough for 89 King of high regard
burritos comedy 157 Erstwhile
34 “Hot Lips” 90 Still Muriel Cigars
12. I S L __ __ __ R O I D Loretta 93 Request lady
35 G-funker Dogg from Friday 158 Goldbricks
36 Go really fast 97 Pacing, 159 Vampire
13. W A S __ __ __ O I S M 38 Dressed down perhaps vanquishers
40 Stick figure? 98 Colbert’s 160 Tempers
41 “___ Beso” home 161 Musical
14. B O B __ __ __ A R Y (’62 song) 99 Yet impressionist
42 Did some 100 Chaps Claude
15. B U T __ __ __ I C algebra 101 Second deepest
44 Fiction U.S. lake (3;2
categories 103 Choler 1 Dances with
16. T O U __ __ __ O P Y 45 Have the 104 ___ Tom Wolves
same tense (Alger hero) director/star
47 Seconds at 106 Feat for Sharif 2 Placate
17. G O S __ __ __ H O N the bar 108 Took a 3 Excluding
49 Cuss rain check 4 Paris divider
50 Elected 110 Currently 5 Beginning of
18. F R I __ __ __ D I V E 51 Bush 112 Begins a Bard title
52 Lounge 115 Held 6 Draw
54 Cartoonist for 116 Showroom 7 Taxiing area
19. H O O __ __ __ O N The New Yorker caveat 8 Mickey Mouse
55 Site of a 117 Unwanted worked for one
famous Galileo responsibility in Fantasia
20. S E E __ __ __ D U S T experiment 119 Planning 9 Common
56 Scheherazade 121 Sax like Bird’s passerine bird
21. U N W __ __ __ P O R T specialty 122 Jimmied 10 “Step ___!”
57 Language of 124 Fielding aid 11 Eye
Madagascar 125 Bombay-born 12 Sourdough’s
22. R E C __ __ __ E R G Y 60 Brave Warren conductor quest
62 Peter Pan kids 127 Poe poem 13 Cain raiser
66 She fronted 131 Lithograph 14 Medusa’s
the Stone 132 Tacked “hairdo”
Poneys 133 Becomes 15 Code name
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1 Impressionist Shepard 1 Kevin of JFK 70 Used an aerosol
painter Mary 90 Noiseless 2 Soothe 73 Thesaurus name
8 Curly, Larry, and Moe 93 “Just ___, ma’am” 3 Undersupplied 74 Narrow hole for a coin
15 Sister of Moses (Friday): 2 wds. with: 2 wds. 75 Decimal base
21 She was mad 97 Nervous 4 River of Paris 77 Pair of mounted
for Hamlet 98 Truckers’ radios 5 “___ fair in love cymbals: Hyph.
22 Reviewing: 2 wds. 99 So far: 2 wds. and war” 80 Capitol Hill bigwig: Abbr.
24 Domed part of 100 Young boys 6 Exec’s neckwear 82 Tibia and fibula, e.g.
the Capitol 101 Resort lake 7 Airport runway 83 Montana and Namath
25 Plot giveaway in Nevada 8 Wizard 84 Color
26 Big guns 103 Anger 9 ___ for tat 87 Doctorate: Abbr.
27 Japanese 104 Torn to pieces 10 “Step ___!” 90 Morally base
paper-folding craft 106 Close with a bang (“hurry!”): 2 wds. 91 Concepts
28 Gulls’ cousins 108 Refused, as 11 Regard rudely 92 Gentleman’s
29 Painter Chagall an invitation 12 Ft. Knox stuff counterpart
31 Newsman Koppel 110 In these times 13 Adam’s apple eater 93 Domesticate
32 Mexican money 112 Makes the first bet 14 Snakes 94 Suffix for motor or aqua
34 Loretta of M*A*S*H 115 Hired, as a lawyer 15 Code with dots 95 Eighth Greek letter
35 Hoopster Archibald 116 Garage sale sign: and dashes 96 My ___ Life
36 Wooden cask 2 wds. 16 “Lord, is ___?” (‘90s TV show)
38 Took to task 117 Burden (Matthew 26:22): 99 Afternoon
40 Bobby of hockey 119 ___ no good 2 wds. services?: 2 wds.
41 That: Sp. (scheming): 2 wds. 17 Floor coverings 100 Expired, as
42 Found all of a 121 Choir member 18 Tersely said: 3 wds. a subscription
number’s divisors 122 Used a crowbar 19 Thinks highly of 102 Highest-class groups
44 Literary categories 124 Mitten’s relative 20 ___ d’ (headwaiter) 105 Tom Sawyer author
45 Be in accord 125 Conductor Zubin 22 Early Today 107 Window shutter slat
47 Second cup of coffee 127 Woman in host Dave 109 Part of, as a plan: 2 wds.
49 Use foul language “The Raven” 23 It often has 111 First day of winter, e.g.
50 Made a choice 131 Use block lettering caraway seeds: 113 Unfeeling
51 Desolate area 132 Tended to the turkey 2 wds. 114 Gave letter by
52 Take it easy 133 Clorox and others 24 Chess castles letter: Var.
54 River of Florence, Italy 135 Masculine’s 30 Garfunkel 115 Spinning parts
55 Leaning-tower city opposite: Abbr. and Linkletter 118 Writing tablets
56 Anecdote 136 ___ cit. 33 Took to court 120 Fermat’s Last
57 ___ Republic (footnote abbr.) 36 “Take Me Out and others
(Madagascar’s 137 Corporal, when to the ___”: 2 wds. 122 University VIP
old name) meeting a general 37 Tilts to one side 123 Cheese used
60 Pitching great Warren 139 Added (up) 38 Complain in lasagna
62 Sweethearts 140 Smash, as a toe 39 Most major 124 France, to
66 “You’re No Good” 141 Declare frankly newspapers the Romans
singer Linda 143 Dutch flower 42 Is buoyant 126 Deeds: Lat.
67 Prez’s right-hand man 144 Sleeping site 43 Let fall 128 “It was the best ___…”
69 Mountains of 147 Lion’s sound 44 The ___ State (Dickens line): 2 wds.
northern Spain 148 ”Sweet Love“ (Minnesota) 129 News agency
71 Earnings on singer Baker 46 Close of based in London
savings: Abbr. 149 Dijon’s department Fatal Attraction 130 Consulate’s
72 Finger-paint 151 Jack Nicholson’s 48 Evils sister building
74 Use a swizzle stick job in The Shining 51 Tusked sea creature 131 Locales
76 Kind of monkey 154 Triangular 53 Carrying many things 132 Becomes unfocused
78 Hollywood agent, houses: Hyph. 56 Lovers’ meeting 134 Miami newspaper
for short 156 Regards highly 57 Fantasy Island 138 Molecule members
79 Singer Redding 157 Wife of Ernie star Ricardo 140 Confused condition
81 Made honorable Kovacs: 2 wds. 58 Italian appetizer 142 7-day interval
83 Beams that 158 Shoes adorned 59 Saxophonist Getz 144 Hamburger meat
support a floor with pennies 61 Voracious, as a reader 145 Coup d’___
84 “Aquarius” musical 159 Sizes of the bets, 63 Sci-fi’s Planet of the ___ 146 Miami-___ county
85 Cassette contents in poker 64 Ferraro who ran with 148 Mideast native
86 Thug 160 Tones down Walter Mondale 150 Actor Billy ___ Williams
87 Christopher 161 Clair de lune 65 Really angry: 2 wds. 152 ___ Grande
Robin’s bear composer 66 Read the ___ 153 Sunflower State: Abbr.
88 Radius’s neighbor Claude (censure): 2 wds. 155 Archenemy

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(Matthew 26:22) 53 Burdened 91 Bright thoughts 124 Roman province
17 Cheap toupees 56 Clandestine meeting 92 Matron 126 ___ diurna (news gazette
18 Briefly 57 He played Mr. Roarke 93 Break, in a way of old Rome)
19 Respects 58 Trattoria appetizer 94 Jack ___ (King Henry VI, 128 “…it was the worst ___…”
20 École teacher 59 Satirist Freberg Part 2 character) 129 Press agency founded in
22 Colleague of J. Fred Muggs 61 Keen 95 Leader of Thebes? 1851
23 Loaf around the deli? 63 Greystoke extras 96 Soi-disant 130 Digs for a diplomat
24 Corner pieces 64 Page in Variety? 99 Service groups? 131 Director’s cry
30 Letters’ partner 65 Mad 100 Subsided 132 Gets fuzzy
33 Began litigation 66 1715 English statute 102 Exclusive groups 134 Boston paper
36 Set of circumstances, 68 Number of spirits? 105 Hannibal lecturer 138 Supercollider particles
figuratively 70 Did a gardening chore 107 Jalousie part 140 Mess
37 Is inclined 73 Man of many words 109 Privy to 142 Calendar row
38 Sing the blues 74 Tab’s target 111 6/21 or 12/21, approximately 144 Complaint
39 Rushes 75 Royal flush component 113 Unfeeling 145 French state
42 Fishing aids 77 Drum kit part 114 Practiced orthography 146 Former Florida county
43 Send by chute 80 U.S. pol 115 Turners 148 Riyadh native
44 ___ Prairie (Main 82 McCoy, to Kirk 118 Tablets 150 Singer Kiki
Street setting) 83 Sloppy guys? 120 Elements of Euclid’s 152 Grande opening?
46 Close up on the screen 84 Cry’s partner Elements 153 Neb. neighbor
48 Troubles 87 Third degree? 122 Jon of Lassie 155 Person on the other side

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Q U A F F 2. Dominoes 7. Doughnuts 12. Avocado
F L Y W H E E L 3. Doo-wop 8. Ricardo 13. Tuxedo
P R O T O Z O A N 4. Donkey Kong 9. Fettuccine Alfredo 14. El Dorado
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D E M A G N I F Y All of the words depicted can become other common words or expressions when
N U D G I N G followed by the word LINE.
B U R G L A R I Z E PAGE 10: Train line (queen), timeline (clock), pipeline, pickup line (truck), deadline
(grave marker), beeline, picket line (fence), private line (soldier), gas or fuel
C H I L D L I K E
line, trunk line (elephant), punch line, outline (umpire), clothesline, streamline,
W O O D S H E D hairline (hare).
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O V E R S T E P O R A M P U L E U L K T O O L K I T
W A R M S Z L M B L E M A P
F L I M S I L Y M K B A M B I I M O U T M P T H R E E
C O M P U T I N G C A M P F I R E I K N K C O M L
N O K R A K H M E R I E
I
7 THREE-PART HARMONY M A T U R E P A T S A J A K Y T H I C K E
E A S E H A S P R E A L M I
16 SOLITAIRE HANGMAN
P L E A A F A R A L G A E I. SAPPHIRE V. EQUIVOCAL IX. UNKEMPT
I L L S L E I A G L A S S II. LONGEVITY VI. VARIABLE X. JOURNALISM
C O M E D O W N T O E A R T H III. SNOWMOBILE VII. POLYESTER XI. XENOPHOBIC
IV. MAGNIFY VIII. FLOURISH XII. BUZZWORD
S T A L E T E N
S L I P S E L L O F F
A D S N C O S E A B E E
G O N E W I T H T H E W I N D
E L I C I T M I O E D S
D E P O S I T S T A R
A R K L A T C H
I N T H E L I N E O F F I R E
C O R E R F E L L F R O M
A N E A R L E A D L E N A
N E E D S E L L S E D E N

ANSWERS
I
13 NURIKABE I
15 MIRROR MIRROR
2 2 H E W D
D C I P T I E E
5
T A H O G C Y V E E S T
1 1 6
2 F R T D I H E F N K N T
L A A O T O U M C I C M
4 4
I T I P E M P E D S O A B A A I
4
7 O S S N S H I P P L F B H A H J
6 2 Y Y N W C W R C C A Y A A A O C
2 2
5 11
P E I M P O R T G E R M A N R A
K N S D B L L K K B A K A Y D G
14 G O W L E L R N A C N S I E E S
L M E Y V E H C E S A H C N R I
5 11 7 7
M E N J Y N P C B D M G
2 2
S P O R T S R E T N I W
2 R E B M E M H C R U H C
R I C E X E H C
R O M E
3 1 6
10 I
19 THE SPIRAL
A N
2 3 M A L B
1 1 E T E
A G H
3 U T N
4 2 16 P A S E L
2 N I M I
A T I E I
T T S E
3 3 R L T
S R E E N F
S E P
7 7 S L O
2 2 D
T A V D E
2 2 O M O L A C
2 3 I D
R A C E L
P N Y A G I
7 A L Y E R I
R S
8 7 2 A R N
M A T A N
N E C
I O S
T I
N N
6 3 8
A
4 6
4 2
I
20 CRYPTOLISTS
2 ON THE FARM BILLY JOEL JAWNS! TASTY TV MYSTERY LIST
2 3 2 Livestock Allentown The Galloping Gourmet (Things that can be broken)
3 2 Crop duster Piano Man Good Eats World record
Hayloft Big Shot The Great British Bake Off Someone’s heart
Wind
5 Chicken coop Honesty Hell’s Kitchen New ground
Barnyard Uptown Girl Barefoot Contessa The ice
3 4 2 Fallow field My Life Chopped Spell
5 3 Windmill She’s Got a Way Iron Chef America Glass ceiling
7 1 Grain elevator Pressure Nailed It! Barriers to entry
4 Creamery Tell Her About It Cupcake Wars The bank
Alfalfa Movin’ Out Nigella Bites Awkward silence

ANSWERS
I
18 PENCIL POINTERS 2 I
21 HIVE OF ACTIVITY
N S L T R O
P M U D C A T H A L T S
A L I S T C E L E B R I T I E S
O A H
U A R O U S E O M A H A
T O N T O S A N A N T O N I O
F I N G E R P L A Y A R O U N D S P E
L L I N G B E E N I N E R
V E R V E N A M E E L I D S T R
A Y F I A N C E D B A
E S A I O R B T R Y S T A M O S S A Y W H E N
A T T A C H E R O E
P O C K E T C O M B S H O O S
M A E H O R N E D V I P E R S
H E R S O P E N D I A L O G U E A B R I M E D E N T O M
R O E O N S W A N D N A E S O N U S O N A A C P
I N T A C T F A T T E D G A M A Z E R A N O N E N N U I
C A R S H O W H E O R S H E
M A K E A O D D S P Y G B S
A N A T O M I C R E F E
N O P R O B L E M S U S A N
B L E E D E T A B L A T
T A S T R E P L E V I D A R I N R E C O N D R O N E
G R O W L S E G A R N Y C B O N A N Z A P O P E Y E
I N E P T B A Y E D O L E L U G G O T H I C E A V E S
B E L L O W E D S H E E R A N
A G L O W P O L I C E S T I N G
R E D T A P E L E T I T R I D E
G E N E S L A U R E A T E S S H E B A A N O D E S H O O T
M E R E S T A L B E R T A N S E S S E X R E G E N T E L L S
I
22 MIXED DOUBLES: SHADES OF MEANING I
23 BATTLESHIPS
❶ SEAMAN ❷ PETTY OFFICER
S A R J
B L O W N A W A Y
C L I N M D
L I N E U P S U M M I T
T Y E O E S
P A S S E D M O D E S T
❸ ENSIGN ❹ CAPTAIN
T O
M I S S E S F I D D L E
O K C L E V
I N G E A R I M F R E E
S W U G E S
G E T B E H I N D
R S T D ❺ COMMODORE ❻ ADMIRAL
ACROSS: 1/10, 2/19, 3/14, 4/18, 5/8, 6/20, 7/12, 8/5, 9/16, 10/1,
11/13, 12/7, 13/11, 14/3, 15/21, 16/9, 18/4, 19/2, 20/6, 21/15
DOWN: 1/17, 2/13, 4/16, 5/7, 6/21, 7/5, 8/15, 9/20, 10/18, 11/14,
12/19, 13/2, 14/11, 15/8, 16/4, 17/1, 18/10, 19/12, 20/9, 21/6
EXTRA CLUES: 17-Across, 3-Down
BONUS WORD: RECEPTION

ANSWERS
WILD CARDS
THIRTY-SIX BLOSSOMS NO BEGINNING IN SIGHT

1. J WALKER (JAYWALKER) 9. K BULL (CABLE) 17. I DEAL (IDEAL)
2 roses, 3 irises, 1 chrysanthemum 2. G ODES (GEODES) 10. A CORN (ACORN) 18. N CHANCE (ENCHANTS)
2 roses, 3 irises, 1 daffodil 3. Z BRA (ZEBRA) 11. O ZONE (OZONE) 19. V TOES (VETOES)
2 roses, 1 iris, 3 peonies 4. S CARGO (ESCARGOT) 12. D PICKED (DEPICT) 20. F FORT (EFFORT)
2 roses, 1 daffodil, 3 hyacinths 5. E GO (EGO) 13. C BORED (SEABOARD) 21. L BOW (ELBOW)
2 roses, 1 daffodil, 3 peonies 6. U KNIGHT (UNITE) 14. M SEIZE (EMCEES) 22. B HALF (BEHALF)
2 roses, 1 hyacinth, 3 peonies 7. T PEAS (TEPEES) 15. Y TEN (WHITEN) 23. Q CUMBER (CUCUMBER)
8. R GUILE (ARGYLE) 16. P PULL (PEOPLE) 24. X SALMON (EXAMINE)
Every bouquet contains at least one rose. No
bouquet contains more than three blossoms of BOBBING FOR NAMES
the same species. Since there are seven irises 1. Bob Denver 8. SpongeBob SquarePants 15. Bob Dole
in all, at least three bouquets must contain 2. Bob Dylan 9. Bob Weir 16. Bob Eubanks
irises. Therefore, at least three bouquets con- 3. Bob Odenkirk 10. Bob Hope 17. Bob Vila
tain both roses and irises. The remaining spe- 4. Bob Mackie 11. Sideshow Bob 18. Buffalo Bob Smith
cies are hyacinths, chrysanthemums, daffodils, 5. Bob Marley 12. Bob Cratchit 19. Bob Barker
and peonies. No bouquet contains both irises 6. Bob Clampett 13. Bob Keeshan 20. Bob Geldof
and hyacinths, so three of the bouquets must 7. Bob Kane 14. Bob Crane
be rose-iris-chrysanthemum, rose-iris-daffodil,
and rose-iris-peony. MORE OF THE SAME
No other bouquet contains both a rose and an Each word can be made into another English word by doubling one of its letters (COMMA,
iris, because this would necessitate duplicating FILLING, NEEDLESS, RUBBLE, STEEP, LATTER, CARTOON, RIFFLE, SCRAPPED).
one of the arrangements above, and none of
the other bouquets contain a chrysanthemum, LETTER-PERFECT CITIES
because there’s only one chrysanthemum. So One word, four letters: Mesa (Arizona), 36th-largest U.S. city population
the other three bouquets must be rose-daffodil- 3RI[SVHƼZIPIXXIVW3QELE2IFVEWOE 2S
hyacinth, rose-daffodil-peony, and rose-hya- One word, six letters: Dallas (Texas), No. 9
cinth-peony. One word, seven letters: Chicago (Illinois), No. 3
One bouquet contains only a single iris. This 3RI[SVHIMKLXPIXXIVW'SPYQFYW3LMS 2S
can’t be the rose-iris-daffodil bouquet, because One word, nine letters: Charlotte (North Carolina), No. 17
the 3 daffodils are assigned singly to 3 bou- 3RI[SVHPIXXIVW;EWLMRKXSR(' 2S
quets. And it can’t be the rose-iris-chrysanthe- One word, 11 letters: Albuquerque (New Mexico), No. 32
mum bouquet, because there’s only one chry- One word, 12 letters: Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), No. 6
santhemum. So the single iris is in the rose-iris- 8[S[SVHWFSXLPSRKIVXLERJSYVPIXXIVW'SPSVEHS7TVMRKW'SPSVEHS 2S
peony bouquet. 8LVII[SVHW2SVXL0EW:IKEW2IZEHE 2S
The 9 peonies are in 3 bouquets, so each of Hyphenated: Winston-Salem (North Carolina), No. 89
these bouquets has 3 peonies. Hence one
bouquet is 2 roses, 1 iris, 3 peonies and one is END-WISE
2 roses, 1 daffodil, 3 peonies. Six irises must be 1. Kennedy 8. Gallery 15. Notoriety 22. Parsley
distributed between two bouquets each of 2. Security 9. University 16. Eulogy 23. Rosemary
which contains a single blossom of another 3. Journey 10. Yancy 17. Zoology 24. Osprey
species, so one bouquet is 2 roses, 3 irises, 1 4. X-ray 11. Flurry 18. Quarry 25. Wealthy
chrysanthemum and the other is 2 roses, 3 5. Lemony 12. Identity 19. Husky 26. Tapestry
irises, 1 daffodil. 6. Vacancy 13. Currency 20. Disney
The two remaining bouquets are rose, hya- 7. Battery 14. Attorney 21. Monopoly
cinth, and a single daffodil; and rose, hya-
cinth, and three peonies. Four hyacinths are TEA TIME
distributed between these two bouquets. We Started at 3:20 p.m., ended at 6:40 p.m.
know that one bouquet contains a single %XMJXLILSYVLERH[IVITSMRXMRKEXXLIERHXLIQMRYXILERHEXXLIXLIERKPI
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single daffodil. One bouquet is 2 roses, 1 LSYVXLEXTEWWIHJVSQXSXLILSYVLERHQSZIHSRIXLMVHSJXLI[E]JVSQ
hyacinth, 3 peonies and the other is 2 roses, XLIXSXLIVIHYGMRKXLIqERKPIXSI\EGXP]q7MQMPEVVIEWSRMRKETTPMIWXSXLI
1 daffodil, 3 hyacinths. departure time.

ANSWERS
I
24 ART ON THE SQUARE I
28 CODE CROSSWORDS
W O V E N S I P B O S O M C O B W E B S D E C I B E L
H I A P R L I O A O X H O A O A
A L G E B R A E R U P T E D T O X I C O L R A G E S
R I B C E E A U W I I N E R T I A E A
V E L V E T E E N B E R Y L A N E T A F R Y G
E D S O A L U G E M O T I V E S U N
S O F T S H I N O C H E R K V O S E F A
U Z I A K U Q U I L T G H O S T
S I N E W P I T Y S E T S F M T J A X P
E I U J W A R C S O L O I N G P I E
R O G U E B U R L E S Q U E C H E N K OW E R
A R B U A J U E E A A S C E N T S A U
P H A L A N X L O U D E S T T O P A Z L E P E C K S
E C C O L N U L E E Z O A E H E
S H E I K MA Y E N E MY D E L A Y E D R E L A Y E D
I
29 SPLIT ENDS
I
30 CROSSWORD APPETIZER
P O G S A N E R
E P I T B O N E
T A B A A R O N
A L B U M S
S P H I N X
V O G U E T O M
A W A R D E V E
T E M P E M A N
I
31 HELTER-SKELTER
The clue parts for each answer are as follows:
S D E V O T E E 8 = 6 + 2; 13 = 3 + 10; 19 = 14 + 5; 28 = 16 + 12; 29 = 9 + 20; 36 = 25 + 11; 42 = 7 + 35; 44 = 27 + 17; 46 = 38 + 8;
47 = 18 + 29; 53 = 49 + 4; 55 = 13 + 42; 58 = 19 + 39; 59 = 1 + 58; 64 = 34 + 30; 68 = 31 + 37; 71 = 50 + 21; 72 = 40
D C E M E H C S + 32; 73 = 28 + 45; 77 = 24 + 53; 79 = 57 + 22; 80 = 15 + 65; 85 = 23 + 62; 89 = 33 + 56; 90 = 46 + 44; 91 = 55 + 36;
92= 41 + 51; 93 = 26 + 67; 99 = 52 + 47; 106 = 43 + 63; 108 = 48 + 60; 113 = 54 + 59; 127 = 66 + 61; 132 = 64 + 68
L L O R D R A H
A O O F A I R S I
32 ONE, TWO, THREE
C W A F F L E A S PO ONS CO RUN DU M B AG GIN ESS

S N T F N L G B HEA RT H W I CK ET R AM S AY
S E A B E E A A THE M O DE R N PM ETH RO HU U S
D R A W E R S W S AN RE M O INUL AR S
I TE M TIT TE R E D
D R O D E N T S
SOU R BA LL O CON NO R E XC ON
E I E R A C N P TH E R A E N D B ACK A GA I N
T T A H C O I I PA C K RA TH O LE L IN SE ED
O I I G C R T T W ORK ERS COM P MEN THO L
N P A P O O S E PAN A MA S R E NE GA DES
I T U G S N U F THE B O YW HO W OUL D NT GRO W U P
C O U S T E A U L I V ID KI M ON O HAR DI ER
S E X I S T D L MA KES ENS E SH AN NE N T EST ATE

ANSWERS
I
41 CHANGE OF ART I
40 MOVING FORWARD
BINGO CHAIN:
SEVEN-LETTER WORDS
1. CEGINNPU = PENGUIN
2. C + DEFHNPU = PUNCHED
3. F + AILOQUY = QUALIFY
4. O + BELOOTX = TOOLBOX
5. E + AAHLTWY = WEALTHY
6. A + CDKLORW = WARLOCK
7. D + ELMMRRU = DRUMMER
8. L + AEGHILV = VILLAGE
I
40 MOVING FORWARD LOOKING BACK
9. H + INOORYZ = HORIZON
10. Y + CHIPSS = PHYSICS
S
M
H BINGO CHAIN: EIGHT-LETTER WORDS
E
L A 1. AEILMMNUU = ALUMINUM
G
I N 2. E + BCIIQRTU = CRITIQUE
G C
3. B + AFILLOOT = FOOTBALL
C
O U 4. I + FIMNORTU = FRUITION
5. M + AFLLORUY = FORMALLY
B S
L
E V
E
N
6. U + AEGHHLOT = ALTHOUGH
S
R 7. E + EEHINRVW = WHENEVER
8. I + ACDFIPST = PACIFIST
N Y
O 9. D + AEIKLLYY = LADYLIKE
T
10. Y + AFIILNT = FINALITY
H
R
A B
MAX OUT
R MISQUOTED 8A, 68 points
I C
K JINX 6G, 59 points
YES O13, 33 points
Total: 160 points
The leftover letters spell out: MAGIC CUBE, ERNO RUBIK
I
53 SIAMESE TWINS I
66 FAMILY REUNIONS
CATEGORIES
M O O N R A K E R M O E G O L D E N E Y E J E W
A T L E I S U R E I F S A L I E N A T E S A A A Family One: Sports
S T E A M I R O N N F C T I T F O R T A T
I R K
S E A A D D A I D A E V E R A A N E
T S
Family Two: “Light” followers
E R N E S T E G G C U P S E R B I A S T A
L I N
Family Three: Cities in Spain
N E I L O R A T E A C T S E V A N S
S E A N C O N N E R Y D A N I E L C R A I G
Family Four: Words with three
D O B B S O O Z E L O T T E Y A R N consecutive vowels
E M B L E M L O D G E D E N T E R S F A T C A T
F E T E A M I N N E A J A R L A T O R R I
14 M-OR-K
HINT
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ANSWERS
I
50 500 RUMMY I
54 3-D HOLIDAY GIFTS
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5 6 7 8 3 3 3 35 hours (3), so she made the model of a square-rigger (14). She’s Mittman (5). Kathleen made
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7 7 7 7 J Q K 58 Fisk put in eight hours (24). Fisk is a woman (19) who made a gift for either an uncle or a
C O U R I E R spouse (14), so she created the chess set (17). Let Anthony be a fourth person in our enu-
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C O U R T E R
was for either an uncle or a spouse (14). The item made for a father took eight hours or more
7 8 9 10 2 2 2 40
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5 6 7 Q Q Q Q 58 Reibel (11). Kathleen didn’t make the trusswork horse sculpture (11), so, of the women
D I S P L A Y mentioned in clue 19, she created the menorah (19). Let the woman who created the horse
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49 SPLIT DECISIONS
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P R D I T O O L
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L S E U N L E C L T
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E N T R S E S R
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V Y C S A U
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T T
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51 DOUBLE CROSS I
52 IT’S A DELE
% HIGHLIGHT 2 SIKKIM A T O M I C E L L I S C O A S T A L

& OUTLOOK 3 YEMEN
EXPRESS 4 LIMIT M A R I N A E X I T E D U P T H E R E
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( NOAH HAWLEY OF GRASS
) BRAVE 6 ANIMATED S P O T T E R S E R I E R I D S
NEW WORLD 7 BRAD PITT R I N G L O A F S W H A L E
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+ TIVOS 9 CUTIE S P O I L T S E A T S B R O C A D E D
, HACKATHON : SETUP N A V A L A W A K E T R Y S T F R O
- EURASIA ; PINCH
. PHANTOM HITTER O R A L S N I P S H A L T J A M B
THREAD < RESET I T S T R A T E G Y S E M I
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1 YEATS > E-SIGN
P E E P L E S I N N E R M O D E L E D
Hey: If you have kids, give your partner A R N O L D I N D I E C A T A L Y S T
reading vouchers next Christmas. Each
[one] entitles [you] to two hours’ reading
O S O S A C T R E P L I C A
time “while the kids are awake.” It might A S I F I V O R Y I R K S D E L I
look…cheapskate…but parents will
appreciate that it costs more in real terms
G O V A M I N O S P E C S A I K E N
than a Lamborghini. A L E G L A S S T W I N E B I O G A S
—(Nick) Hornby, The Polysyllabic Spree
T E A M O W H E T S B U R R
B A R B E R A S T A S M A N I A
D I S B A R S P E R T T E S T I M O N Y
A T T I M E S T A B O O S E L A P S E
K E E L A G E T Y P O S R E S E T S
I
56 PAINT BY NUMBERS
❶ 7ȱȳǠȨǙ ❷ 4ǣȳǞǝ ❸ 'ǤȨǙǙ4ǣȨȱȨ ❹ 1ȨǚǚǓ'ǤǚǣǙǘǟȳǙ
❺ 1ǗǙǣȱ ❻ 7ǞǝǕǦǠȳǡȨǙ ❼ 7ǘȳǘǗȨǝǦ0ǣȲȨǚǘǓ

ANSWERS
I
60 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 1
ACROSS: 1. Focus (C + UFOs); 4. Foresight (fight + ores); 9. Chaster (the Cars); 10. Macabre (cab + mare); 11. Leanest (Stan Lee); 12. Remains
(reins + ma); 13. Flex (flecks); 14. Wainwright (Wayne right); 18. Scrap metal (sample cart); 20. Scar (Oscar – O); 23. Capital (pit + CA + AL);
25. Chianti (I + chant + I); 26. Dingier (GI + diner); 27. Upscale (capsule); 28. Redbreast (bars deter); 29. Leads (le + ads)
DOWN: 1. Face-lifts (facts + file); 2. Charade (char + ade); 3. Setter (street); 4. First-rate (tarts + fire); 5. Rumor (roomer); 6. Sycamore (sick amour);
7. Gabbing (Big Bang); 8. Trees (steer); 15. No-account (n + a coconut); 16. Tardiness (dines + tars); 17. Spottier (tops + tier); 19. Repined (Dnieper);
21. Cantata (can + ta ta); 22. Diesel (dies + el); 23. Cider (arseniC I DERived); 24. Larva (R + lava)
I
61 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 2
ACROSS: 1. Might (MiG + ht.); 4. Sprinting (sing + print); 9. Thinner (the – e + inner); 10. Asunder (A’s + under); 11. Volleyball (lovely + ball);
12. Vast (VA + St.); 14. Defile (field + e); 15. Tucson (counts); 18. Pigeon (pig + one); 20. Bellow (below + L); 24. Roof (RF + OO); 25. Automobile
(Au + to + Mobile); 27. Tonnage (nag + tone); 28. Editing (I’d get in); 29. Fisherman (if + Sherman); 30. Ether (the + E.R.)
DOWN: 1. Motive (move + ti); 2. Grilled (girl + led); 3. Tenderfoot (too + Fred + net); 4. Scrabble (SC + rabble); 5. Really (re–ally); 6. Noun (nun + O);
7. Indians (aid + inns); 8. Gyrating (Y + grating); 13. Guillotine (guile + lot + in); 16. Aperitif (pirate + if); 17. DeLorean (lore + dean); 19. Grounds (on
drugs); 21. Whitish (with his); 22. Museum (Mum + use); 23. Beggar (egg + bar); 26. Maze (me + A,Z)
62 I STATION BREAK
ACROSS: 1. Rent (two meanings) 11. Arthur (art + hurt – t) 12. Altair (Lariat) 13.
R E N T L O W F U E L F Tier (tear) 14. At sea (democrATS EAch) 18. Lamb (lam) 20. Wilted (Wil + Ted) 21.
Edison (No + side) 23. Minors (Norm is) 24. Sobers (sobs + ER) 25. Aromas (Mo
A R T H U R A L T A I R + Sara) 27. Tenure (run + tee) 28. Lash (two meanings) 33. Acute (ace + UT) 35.
T I E R L D R A T S E A Adam (A + dam) 36. Topple (let Pop) 37. Napalm (l + m + Napa) 39. Trey (tray)
T C O O L A N T L E A K DOWN: 2. Eric (mavERICk) 3. Throb (jeTHRO Barely) 4. Lull (Lulu – u + L) 5. Ordains
L A M B W I L T E D U E (Dorian’s) 6. Warn (war + N) 8. Eased (ceased – c) 9. Lie (two meanings) 10. Frakes
(freaks) 16. Leno (one + l) 17. Auras (AU + R + A’s) 19. Adobe (ado + B,e) 22. Seed
E D I S O N M I N O R S (see + d) 23. Martini (Martin + I) 24. Sedate (S,e + date) 27. Taupe (tape + u) 28.
Leapt (plate) 30. Aver (Laver – L) 31. Tram (tramp – p) 32. Yale (y + ale) 34. Cob
S O B E R S A R O M A S (C + O + B)
E B T E N U R E L A S H
D E A D B A T T E R Y I
A C U T E V I R A D A M
T O P P L E N A P A L M
E B E N T R I M T R E Y
I
63 TOO MANY NOTES
All altered words become composers, and the changes are DECOMPOSITIONS.
D R A B M I S C O R R E C T
E L L A A S O O N A W R A P ACROSS: 1. Drab (bar + d); 4. Miscorrect (Croce’s trim); 11. Ella (el + L.A.);
13. Soon (Ono’s); 14. Wrap (rap); 16. Velcro (cover + L); 17. Virgo (initial letters);
V E L C R O U P U V I R G O 19. Full set (flutes + L); 21. Havocs (V + chaos); 23. Jailbait (J + alibi a + T);
O H I H F U L L S E T W E R 25. Aretha (Heart + a); 28. Argue (rage + U); 31. Sloped (slop + ed.); 33. Oman
H A V O C S J A I L B A I T (woman – w); 35. Dray (Dre); 36. Purple (P,L + Pure); 37. Hews (Hughes); 39. Euclid
(uke lid); 40. Dose (dos + E); 41. Legendist (glistened); 42. Soda (s + D.A. + O)
A R E T H A V N H A R G U E
N T S L O P E D O M A N N R DOWN:1. Devo (loved – l); 2. All (Al + L); 3. Broach (B + roach) [Bach]; 4. Mar (Mary
– y); 5. Soul (sole); 6. Croplands (C + Rod’s + plan) [Copland]; 7. Onus (on us);
D R A Y P U R P L E H E W S 8. Travels (varlet’s) [Ravel]; 9. Err (air); 10. Change (Chan + G + E) [Cage];
E U C L I D D O S E M R E K 12. Le Havre (MinERVA HELd) [Lehar]; 13. Spousal (s + Paul so) [Sousa]; 15. Sportier
L E G E N D I S T T S O D A (posterior – o) [Porter]; 18. Chives (c + hives) [Ives]; 20. Wagoners (wagers + ON)
[Wagner]; 21. Handheld (NHL had Ed) [Handel]; 22. Chomping (comping + h)
[Chopin]; 24. Brahmins (brains + H + m) [Brahms]; 26. Overdid (Dr. Video) [Verdi];
27. Holiest (Hollies – L + T) [Holst]; 29. Unwed (w + nude); 30. True (Eur. + t);
32. Lyle (KelLY LEbrock); 34. Meet (e + Met); 38. Ska (Alaska – Ala)

ANSWERS
I
64 VECTRIX
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❶
I
66 FAMILY REUNIONS I
67 DOUBLE DUTY
FAMILY ONE FAMILY TWO 1. forget, getaway 7. sulfur, further 13. washer, heroism 19. hooray, rayon
SPORTS “LIGHT” 2. cowboy, boycott 8. sudden, denote 14. bobbin, binary 20. seesaw, sawdust
FOLLOWERS
Golf 3. impact, actuary 9. happen, penguin 15. button, tonic 21. unwrap, rapport
Bulb 4. drink, inkling 10. program, rampage 16. toucan, canopy 22. recall, allergy
Polo (or pool)
Year 5. justice, iceberg 11. sacred, redden 17. gossip, siphon
Rugby
Wave 6. honor, north 12. island, android 18. friend, endive
Socccer
Tennis
Beer
I
67 IN SO MANY WORDS
Table
Fencing C A S S A T T S T O O G E S M I R I A M
House
Archery O P H E L I A G O I N G O V E R R O T U N D A
Opera S P O I L E R A R T I L L E R Y O R I G A M I
Bowling
Saber T E R N S M A R C T E D P E S O S S W I T
Lacrosse
Hearted N A T E B A R R E L R E B U K E D O R R
Badminton
E S O F A C T O R E D G E N R E S A G R E E
Sleeper
R E F
I L L S W E A R O P T E D W I L D S
L O L L A R N O P I S A T A L E
FAMILY THREE FAMILY FOUR
M A L A G A S Y S P A H N D A R L I N G S
CITIES IN SPAIN WORDS WITH
THREE CON- R O N S T A D T V E E P P Y R E N E E S
Avila
SECUTIVE I N T S M E A R S T I R R H E S U S R E P
Cadiz VOWELS O T I S E N N O B L E D J O I S T S H A I R
Madrid Gooey T A P E G O O N P O O H U L N A
Bilbao Queen A L A N S I L E N T T H E F A C T S E D G Y
C B S T O D A T E L A D S T A H O E I R E
Toledo Naiad
T A T T E R E D S L A M D E C L I N E D
Cordoba Seeing N O W A D A Y S O P E N S R E T A I N E D
Seville Oeuvre A S I S O N U S U P T O A L T O
Pamplona P R I E D G L O V E M E H T A L E N O R E
Quaint
Valencia P R I N T B A S T E D B L E A C H E S F E M
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Barcelona
Serious A V O W T U L I P B E D R O A R A N I T A
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