Games World of Puzzles August 2017
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CONTENTS
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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 72
12 18 15
17 32
31 14
28 16
20 23 22 38
26 19 24
25 27 11
21
Place each of the 26 letters of the alphabet once in the grid below to form a common word of five or more letters reading
across in each line. Not all the letters in each line will be used; its up to you to determine which ones are needed. Some letters
may fit in more than one of the empty squares to form familiar words; however, only one arrangement of all the letters of the
alphabet will complete a word in each row. Hyphenated words, proper nouns, and plurals are not used. ANSWER, PAGE 72
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
G R A N D I A C T O R Y
E C A T E G R Y E A S H
H O U R P A T A M B L D
D R O U T I E H E R A N
O B E L E G P L A N T O
T H R A S E R O W S E M
C A P I T A D E V R A Y
R E V E B I A R R E L A
U N D E R A O N C I S E
G R E A K R P T O N H Y
E N A S T U E G L O A R
V I S C H I N E Y L E T
W A T E R M R K E V U N
R E S C A S M E R E S T
Y O U R W O E R H A N G
F L E M A N I E T Y H G
O B U R E S B T L E R E
C O M P U D L E N I E D
S P A R E L O I S E M B
E N T I A S I M M I N G
O G R A P H C E L C A R
C A S H I E T W I N T H
F E U R O S I R T E G T
I G R A N G M E R A N D
U N C H E X U I S I T E
R E S T A D O U R N G O
4 GAMES WORLD OF PUZZLES | august 2017
PENCIL POINTERS 1 BY FRANK LONGO
In this crossword puzzle, the clues appear in the grid itself. Enter the answers in the direction of the pointers.
ANSWER, PAGE 72
Pink Actress Lumps City in Holiday in Romes Not Bible __Pen Mistakes Much- Not Friend, U.S. Male
Floyd Falco of mayo, central Vietnam country, mortal, book (allergy loved harmful French- spy doll with
#1 hit say Iowa in Rome as a sin division reliever) style org. Barbie
Bad
critiques
and such
Vehicle Early
mileage baby,
recorder for short
Lhasa Tehran
natives native
Sierra __ Krypton
(African and
land) xenon
In this comic strip, all the dialogue has been converted into a cryptogram. That is, each letter of the alphabet has been
consistently replaced by another letter throughout the cartoon. For example, if G represents V in one word, it will represent V
in every word. Look for distinctive letter patterns and punctuation to help you get started. ANSWER, PAGE 72
ACROSS 48 Patella 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
1 Yawning gap 51 Giants Hall-of-Famer
6 First word of many Mel 14 15 16
25 Absolutely! DOWN
ANSWER, PAGE 72
60 61 62 63
27 Held protectively 1 Like pet birds, often
29 Trick-ending 2 Dastardly dudes 64 65 66
cry: Hyph. 3 On ___ (winning):
30 The Emerald Isle 2 wds. 67 68 69
This quiz shouldnt be too hard to manage. The answer to each clue below is a word or name beginning with the letter trio
M-A-N. For example, Official order would be MANDATE. If you get stuck, all of the answers are made manifest on page 72.
1. Economic center of New York City _____________________ 8. City in England or New Hampshire_____________________
4. Type of orange _____________________________________ 11. Too Hot to Handle actress Jayne _______________________
7. Treatment for the fingernails __________________________ 14. Mandy singer Barry _______________________________
R E A D I N G
This may look like a random collection of 20 pictures, but there are actually 10 famous people shown here. The first and last
names of those people are illustrated separately and appear apart from each other. Look carefullymany drawings are
homophones of the names. For example, pictures of the state of Virginia and a wolf could be paired to form VIRGINIA WOOLF.
The 10 names, with their correct spelling, can be entered on the blanks below. When you have them all, take the letters on
the numbered blanks and put them in order to form an appropriate five-word message. ANSWERS, PAGE 72
___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
1 4 8 16
___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
2 18 15 10
___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
3 6 13 7
___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
14 5 12 17
___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
9 20 19 11 21
To solve Quote Boxes, drop the letters from each vertical columnnot necessarily in the order in which they appearinto 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 72
1. KATHLEEN WINSOR
I H K P M H T T Y M H O H D B F F S T Y T H
R E A A R E A S O T O T N E E I L I O U A
O N M R K E I T B W O N A O R L Y L T
C T S E E E U E
2. WENDELL BERRY
S H G R S A M M S G M A F G G R S D I L Y I
H E E I A V I I E A T O E R E O H O S R R O
U N D P F O D L E U N D N D U A E E G T
T S E O E E N N I N H T N S A A
S S R R T T F
Your goal is to solve each individual 99 kakuro grid by filling each white square with a single digit from 1 to 9. The clue number
for a horizontal group of digits is to the left of a group and above the slash, and for a vertical group of digits it is above the
group and below the slash. This clue number represents the sum of the digits in its corresponding group. No zeroes are used
and no digit may be repeated within a group. Use information from overlapping grids to help you determine which digits to
place in the common areas. ANSWER, PAGE 73
4 35 10 28 20 35 16 23 39 17 23 11 17
12 35 16 12 16
16
6 17 17 34
17 17
17 24 23 14
16 12 28 22 34 18
35 16 28 11
19 14 24
16 26 14 18
24 27 19
13 10 34 23
17 7 6 6 30 3 12
37 22 33
36 21
18 17 20 11 14
29 10
23 6
32
16 18
24
35 4
10 6
19 10
29 33 3 22 12 19 13 6 4 14
16 14 13 12 13
24 6 30 30
26 34 23
24 23
23 10 24 8
22 34 25 16
35 4 31 9
3 16
17 11 13 34
4 12 7
6 6 9 14
13 3 4 6 12 5
15 4 17 3
9 4 17 32 12
In all seriousness, your job is to fill in the words and phrases listed below, all of which contain a J or K, into the grid so that they
intersect in standard crossword fashion. When the puzzle is solved correctly, each word and phrase will be used exactly once. If
this task turns out to be no joke, a starting hint appears on page 80. ANSWER, PAGE 73
5 LETTERS 6 LETTERS
7 LETTERS 8 LETTERS
Heres an ace up your sleeve! Find and circle all of the words and phrases listed below; words read horizontally, vertically,
and diagonally, always in a straight line. When you come to a consecutive A-C-E, it will be replaced by a in the grid.
After youve found all of the words, read the uncircled letters in the grid from left to right and top to bottom; they will spell
out a Wimbledon trivia question. Can you ace this test? ANSWER, PAGE 72
W B A C K S P A H
A
O P E H A F F D T T
S T A T H L E A O
M H A O N T R E S S N
L T A R D A H E S N T
P N R O E C E A R L A H
L S N T M L U P I E
A P E U I I O T L F
M
I
S
I S
A R
H G
T
Y
Y H S
G P O
C N R S O H R I F
E V S R E V I B R I
D A R T N Q L S I N V A T
T D E O Y P L N A M E N
N E T I I S M L A
R T H C A Y U T C A
S H K N E E B R
I.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
II.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
III.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
IV.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
V.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
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 8 9 10
X.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
XI.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
XII.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
A 22 2 82 9 87 59 4 50 40 13 62 100 A 1 2 3 4 5
7 2 0 2 1
B 78 59 74 84 44 9 88 19 60 29 15 92 B 6 7 8 9 10
0 8 9 0 11
C 40 58 66 56 71 93 41 42 32 71 100 29 C
11 12 13 14 15
D 54 15 30 42 13 34 45 27 29 40 74 84 D 7 9 0 5 0
E 21 97 6 85 42 27 60 61 79 43 46 39 E 16 17 18 19 20
0 5 10 5,6 8
F 84 5 13 40 16 3 42 74 88 84 97 44 F 21 22 23 24 25
7 1,3 3,4,9 0 4
G 74 34 35 100 24 77 74 46 6 24 67 32 G
26 27 28 29 30
H 3 93 100 20 43 46 64 84 16 30 66 42 H 6 0 4,7 0 0
31 32 33 34 35
I 59 38 48 96 78 76 15 56 90 73 89 1 I 5 0 2,3 0 6
J 77 40 93 97 80 60 16 6 3 44 60 56 J 36 37 38 39 40
5 2 4,6 4 0
K 34 42 3 74 97 13 54 100 66 9 84 60 K
41 42 43 44 45
L 25 31 69 59 40 47 40 1 8 15 94 93 L 3 0 1 0 1,9
46 47 48 49 50
M 44 29 56 24 98 83 29 32 74 27 8 12 M 0 3,7 7 2 4
N 26 84 29 54 46 100 7 44 57 14 44 24 N 51 52 53 54 55
8 3,7 5 0 7
O 17 16 95 46 17 54 97 16 46 54 2 27 O 56 57 58 59 60
0 7 3 0 0
P 29 30 80 3 23 81 34 88 99 42 16 77 P
61 62 63 64 65
Q 56 9 16 32 77 40 44 37 56 77 24 97 Q 8 4 3 4,6 7
R 13 46 34 29 56 32 9 13 41 6 53 70 R 66 67 68 69 70
8 3 4 4,10 5
S 100 44 88 86 10 30 36 86 59 93 40 46 S 71 72 73 74 75
6 3 4 0 8
T 9 65 15 28 30 68 80 3 42 52 11 33 T
76 77 78 79 80
U 6 54 59 93 18 49 55 72 77 80 56 75 U 5 0 2 2,10 0
81 82 83 84 85
V 60 27 77 88 60 84 93 93 9 32 34 34 V 6 9 1 0 6
W 32 80 27 80 6 97 59 80 17 3 13 16 W 86 87 88 89 90
1 7 0 6 4,6
X 97 32 54 63 15 15 24 97 100 37 30 59 X
91 92 93 94 95
Y 24 51 24 34 84 66 77 54 27 59 9 91 Y 1 6 0 1 2,3,5
96 97 98 99 100
Z 88 60 83 6 27 29 30 9 34 74 88 15 Z 2,5 0 8 1 0
I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII
In this crossword puzzle, the clues appear in the grid itself. Enter the answers in the direction of the pointers.
ANSWER, PAGE 73
Not The British Son on Turn New __ Food Puerto Strongly Martin of Banquet Person Aces at Breads Stitch up
really by Mick star singer Sanford inside (Enya store __ opposed the Rat hall giving altering record
chance Kaitlin Lewis and Son out types) (to) Pack vessels counsel clothes label
People
holding
degrees
Glucose, Beach
vis--vis house
fructose benefit
Adrift on Pinball
the briny Wizard
deep band
Having Fashion
a trend
cushion
Certain Declares
oil-rich to be so
seed
Thwart Time at
midnight
Bug at
a BBQ
Always, Taking Mont
in poetry place as Blancs
a result range
Each sentence (or sentences) below contains two blanks that need to be filledbut not with just any words. To complete
each scenario, youll need to find two words that are identical, except that the first and last letters of one word have been
deleted. (Of course, the words should also make sense in context.) For example, Lois __________ and Clark Kent were
only two of the many reporters at The Daily __________ would be completed by LANE and PLANET. Its up to you to
determine whether the longer or shorter word goes first. If you hit a dead end while trying to tie up these loose ends, end
your search on page 73.
1. That outrageous tabloid must have a huge editorial staff, because one person ______________ could never dream
up so much ______________.
2. If you want to become a published poet, you might try sending a ______________ or two to the departments that
______________ those kinds of submissions.
3. Sightseeing in ______________ was fun, but Id have to say the Inca Trail was the ______________ of our
vacation in Peru.
4. At a carnival, nothing can ______________ the interest of a bored child more than the sight of a
revolving ______________.
5. During the profs lengthy ______________, the ______________ of students who fell asleep to those who stayed
awake was about two to one.
6. A severe drought dried up all the crops, leaving ______________ of families ______________ and, as
a result, hungry.
7. While most fencers shout ______________! when their opponent hits, I simply holler ______________!
8. Pull up a chair and watch this game ______________: Im about to pin it on Mrs. Peacock in the library with
the ______________.
9. When my dentist challenged me to guess the ______________ of the substance that coats our teeth,
I replied, Thats easy! Its called ______________.
10. My bowling buddys skills arent exactly up to ______________, but he does manage to roll an
occasional ______________.
11. Before we could consume even an ______________ of our beers, the ______________ threw us out because
we looked underage.
12. My foot was ______________ with pain after I tripped on the sash of my terrycloth ______________ and stubbed
my toe.
13. Many children ______________ sleep over the fear that a bogeyman is lurking in the ______________.
14. The bumbling ______________ were subject to a harsh ______________ from their coach after their errors allowed
the runner to steal home.
15. The United Nations envoy had plenty of bright ______________ on how to end the ongoing turmoil
in the ______________.
16. The professors ______________ were awarded medals of ______________ for the papers they had published
before retiring.
17. When ______________ became a hero after saving a childs life, I was reminded of a familiar
______________:Every dog has its day.
18. I was quite ______________ when my landlord told me that the ______________ on my new apartment would
be month-to-month.
Below are four lists of related words and phrases that have been translated into simple cipher alphabets. The letter substitutions
remain constant within any one group of words (for instance, if V represents G in one word, it will represent G in all the words
in that list), but change from one list to the next. A tip to new solvers: Start by thinking of answers that might fit one of 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 73
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
43 44 45 46 47
48 49 50 51
52 53 54
55 56 57
58 59 60
61 62 63 64 65 66 67
68 69 70 71
ANSWER, PAGE 73
72 73 74
75 76 77
Each Trio is a three-word phrase, title, or name whose letters have been placed in a grid column in that Trios row (once per
unique letter). A column header tells which words of that Trio contain that letter or letters. In the example below, H and N
occur in the second and third words but not in the first, while A occurs only in the second word and T is in all three. The
example answer is BETTER THAN NOTHING. A
letter may be used more than once in each of its 1 2 3 1+2 1+3 2+3 1+2+3
words. As a challenge, the last Trio uses all seven B/E/R A O/I/G H/N T
columns! ANSWERS, PAGE 73
PUZZLE 1
1._____________________________ 6._____________________________
2._____________________________ 7._____________________________
3._____________________________ 8._____________________________
4._____________________________ 9._____________________________
5._____________________________ 10._____________________________
PUZZLE 2
1._____________________________ 6._____________________________
2._____________________________ 7._____________________________
3._____________________________ 8._____________________________
4._____________________________ 9._____________________________
5._____________________________ 10._____________________________
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 grids
perimeter indicate the number of cells in the corresponding rows and columns that are occupied by vessels.
Youll 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 74
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 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
A A
B B
C C
D D
E E
F F
G G
H H
I I
J J
K K
L L
M M
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
C6 E2 A5 K10 G3 M2 C2 A4 C9 D5
A6 D7 B5 M1 C3 J8 A3 K4 A8 I2
F4 K6 L9 C8 D8 H5 I3 E6 M3 E5
G9 A9 I5 G7 M6 E9 F10 K2 L8 J10
C4 J7 L3 H1 K3 B9 M5 I4 F8 C10
D10 I6 E10 L1 D2 C7 J4 K9 M7 B6
I9 B4 L10 J2 M8 B8 A1 G2 F5 K8
F7 H4 G10 D6 K5 F6 B10 L2 D4 E1
H3 M10 E7 G1 L7 D3 B1 J3 E8 K7
C5 H6 G8 L4 J9 B7 A2 M9 G6 C1
H9 J6 F9 G5 F1 I10 H7 F2 I1 L5
E4 I7 A7 J1 H8 D9 L6 G4 A10 D1
ANSWERS, PAGE 74
TRIVIA
ISLAND HOPPING
Each of the following 12 films (112) is set, at least in part, on one of the
PRINT-AT-HOME
CODE CROSSWORDS,
islands listed below (al). Can you match the films to their island settings?
BINARY PUZZLES &
Bonus question: The final scene of what 2015 blockbuster was filmed on SUMOKU
the rocky Irish island Skellig Michael?
1. Anne of Green Gables a. Alcatraz
2. The Descendants b. Iceland
3. Die Another Day c. Jakarta
4. The Great Gatsby d. Jamaica
5. The Last Mimzy e. Kauai
6. Mutiny on the Bounty f. Long Island
7. The Rock g. New Providence
8. Summer Lovers h. Pitcairn Island
9. Thunderball i. Prince Edward Island
10. Wide Sargasso Sea j. Santorini
11. Working Girl k. Staten Island
12. The Year of Living Dangerously l. Whidbey Island
R. WAYNE SCHMITTBERGER
TRIVIA
MOVIE EQUATIONS
The number on the left side of each equation below relates to the initials
of a movie title. For example, 20,000 = L. U. T. S. represents 20,000 Leagues
Under the Sea. You do the movie math and identify all 25 titles.
WORDPLAY
A LITTLE DEDUCTION
Find the five-letter words that answer the eight clues below. Youll know
if you have chosen the right words because a message will be formed
by taking the one letter from each word that appears in no other word
Y
among the eight.
1. Austrian composer Joseph __ __ __ __ __
ONL 9
$2.9
2. Goodyear vehicle __ __ __ __ __
3. Pirates eye cover __ __ __ __ __
4. Vapors __ __ __ __ __
5. Grannys wrap __ __ __ __ __
6. Al Rokers show __ __ __ __ __
7. Painters need __ __ __ __ __
8. Like good piecrust __ __ __ __ __ HENRY HOOK
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
1 14 9 10 1 26 10 10 9 12 9 25 14 26 3 1
E S
18 15 8 3 9 8 17 5
2 15
15 8 9 3 1 3 1 15 8 10 4 13 8 22
3 16
S 8 14 26 17 26 15 26
4 17
18 8 1 18 8 5 15 15 14 3 12 9 15 6
5 18
8 8 23 1 10 20 8
6 19 3 12 15 14 10 24 3 4 8 13 21 26 1 3
7 20 5 26 9 14
8 21 3 26 2 26 15 26 6 20 8 11 8 1 26 3
9 14 26 8 8 26 8
9 22
23 14 3 26 15 7 15 26 16 5 26 10 20 11
10 23
17 14 9 14 15 3 13
11 24
14 17 13 26 20 14 21 14 20 19 5 14 20 26
12 25
21 21 26 26 26 9 21 9
13 26 21 9 11 26 15 26 6 3 5 15 4 26 8 10
E
5 1 15 26 26 8 4 20 22 5 26 2 4 15 1 14
R
1 17 2 21 22 22 17 9
A 2 15
21 17 22 16 26 15 9 22 18 17 6 23 5 5 R
3 16
26 16 18 11 15 7 26
4 17
15 17 5 8 17 2 14 17 15 7 9 1 17 22 A
5 18
9 22 5 11 23 17
8 4 18 8 4 17 3 26 5 17 25 2 5
6 19
17 9 26 6 24 5 26 26 7 20
2 17 10 26 17 6 12 20 8 11 12 9 14 8 21
26 8 17 2 17 26
9 22
14 9 5 19 20 4 11 26 17 12 17 18 26 5
10 23
9 1 9 17 9 15 11
11 24
18 26 8 16 4 8 4 22 13 20 18 17 11 26
12 25
21 17 2 17 4 14 24 15
11 17 15 1 17 20 2 9 22 5 9 11 26 5 13 26
Form a common word from each set of four cards. The cards can be placed in any order, and even overlapped to hide at
most one letter on each card. As an example, the set of cards shown below forms the answer COBWEB. ANSWERS, PAGE 75
S B E B C O W H C O W E B
J Y D M B N A L B U M I E T L N
R X R E T U T E A Y R Y W N P Z
N F L E T H G K S R H R E W O D
N T R K W O A R H A U O R L N T
Y D U I R V D C U Y N W F N G I
C Y G A E T L H E L A V U N R B
L S B A Y L E T G X U E A Z B O
H I D R C W D P T A I V X E R N
N T N A M D R E M E P E F U R U
B R E Z E V L Y M O Q T R E U E
J U E Y I R I N O U L E W C H F
M I A L A O S Z O T O S U K P M
E A I R R M F G T O F J P R I T
W T M I L R U H N G C A D E C E
C U K O E C F O W A O I F V T E
I E M I R M D T N D S C E B A H
The only clues in this crossword are the letter pairs provided in the grid. Each answer across and down consists of two words,
which share the letters to be entered in the empty squares. In the example below, the empty squares are filled with the letters
S, E and W to make SINEW and STREW. The grid may contain proper names. A few of the combinations in the grid may have
more than one possible answer, but only one will fit with the crossing answers. ANSWER, PAGE 76
EXAMPLE
I N I N
T R S T R E W
O O A S
E A MR R E
I A A I
NX Q U
R V I U
L L
R N E A B E
L O E O NR T A
E L OU D I N R E W
R C UM I A
P I O U
L O P L
N H P H
A I Q U A I
HA P R S T A P
E I P S C T MA
C V I E NG I C
T L R S OO
I O E N
I C U E
DG L Y
AD L A EO
U I I E Y T AR P T
E D A B S C A I
W D
S O R I P P
O S T T
N D B U
A E I S
I V MW E P
O T H R
30 GAMES WORLD OF PUZZLES | august 2017
HELTER-SKELTER BY FRANK LONGO
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 towardand if
necessary, beyondthe next consecutive number. The first answer, RELAX, 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
HELTER-SKELTER #1 HELTER-SKELTER #2
10 9 7 6 2
15 13 19 12 13
15 8 9
14 8 21 1 11 4 3
12 16 5 3 20 14 21 18
11 18 17 4 2 10 1 20 19 5
6 7 17 16
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, M-AC-PRO, has
been filled in as an example. ANSWER, PAGE 75
M AC PRO
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
43 44 45 46 47 48 49
50 51 52 53
54 55 56
57 58 59
Whats Happening: the Pentamind World Championship, include an opening cocktail party and an
GEN CON 50 which is awarded to the participant awards presentation party at the end of
who has the best results in five differ- the tournament.
ent competitions. In addition, there are For more info: www.bwcmc.com
opportunities to learn games and play
noncompetitively for free. Whats Happening:
For more info: www.msoworld.com 2017 GAMES FOR CHANGE FESTIVAL
When: July 31August 2, 2017
Whats Happening: Where: The New School; New York, NY
WORLD BOARDGAMING CHAMPIONSHIPS Details: In 2017 the G4C Festival will
When: July 2230, 2017 offer three tracks of panels, talks and
Where: Seven Springs Mountain workshops around emerging sectors in
When: August 1720, 2017 Resort; Seven Springs, PA the impact games field: Neurogaming
Where: Indiana Convention Details: About 2,000 people from all & Health, Civics & Social Impact, and
Center; Indianapolis, IN over the world will vie to be named the Games for Learning Summit. A new
Details: Gen Con, which bills itself as champion of their favorite games. offering this year is the VR for Change
The Best Four Days in Gaming, is the Competitions will be scheduled in about Summit, which explores how virtual
largest annual fantasy, electronic, sci-fi, 100 different games. You dont need to technologies provide innovative ways
adventure, and hobby game convention be an expert player: While its true that to create social impact.
in North America. Each year crowds of some of the events are for experienced For more info:
gaming aficionados converge to cel- players, many are designed for begin- festival.gamesforchange.org
ebrate their shared interests, including ners, and coaching and demos are avail-
tournaments, guest appearances, elec- able for first-time players. Whats Happening:
tronic games, workshops, seminars, and For more info: www.boardgamers.org NRV SCRABBLE MEET-UP
many other activities. When: August 4, 2017
For more info: www.gencon.com Whats Happening: Where: New River Valley Mall;
LIBERTY CITY ANIME CON Christiansburg, VA
Whats Happening: Details: NRV Scrabble invites players to
LOLLAPUZZOOLA 10 their bimonthly Scrabble Meet-Up on
When: August 19, 2017 Friday, August 4, 2017, at the New River
Where: All Souls Church; New York, NY Valley Mall Food Court. All ages and lev-
Details: Lollapuzzoola is a crossword els of play are welcome to gather for an
puzzle tournament in which all com- When: August 1820, 2017 afternoon of brain-building fun playing
petitors solve the same set of puzzles; Where: Marriott Marquis Scrabble. The group meets in the food
scores are based on speed and accuracy. Times Square; New York, NY court of New River Valley Mall at 1:30
If you cant attend in person, you can Details: LCAC, the largest anime conven- pm usually on the first Friday and third
register for the At-Home division and tion in New York City, is run by fans, Sunday of each month.
get the puzzles delivered via email the for fans. Highlights include cosplay For more info: www.nextthreedays.com/
day after the tournament. To learn more, contests, dances, anime screenings, mu- FeaturedEventDetails.cfm?E=415288
see Game On (page 48) for Raymond sical performances, panel discussions,
Simons piece on Lollapuzzoola. and much more. Come celebrate the Whats Happening:
For more info: www.bemoresmarter.com love of reading manga and the entire CLASSIC GAME FEST
anime world!
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When: August 2028, 2017
Where: JW3; London, UK Whats Happening:
Details: The Mind Sports Olympiad is 42ND WORLD BACKGAMMON When: July 29 & 30, 2017
an international event with more than CHAMPIONSHIP Where: Palmer Events Center; Austin, TX
60 different board game competitions. When: August 16, 2017 Details: This year marks the 10th an-
Games range from classics like chess Where: Fairmont Hotel; niversary of this annual Texas conven-
and Scrabble to newer fare like Settlers Monte Carlo, Monaco tion, which focuses on classic and retro
of Catan, Magic: The Gathering, and Details: Test your backgammon prow- video games. Try your luck in a tourna-
Carcassonne. Card games like poker ess against players from all over the ment, or check out the games museum,
and bridge are also played, as well as world. The tournament will run under musical acts, and special guests. This
Stratego, shogi, and dominoes. Unique a double-elimination format. There are family-friendly event admits kids under
events include the video game Tetris a number of side events, such as World 12 for free.
and a Computer Programming Cham- Championship competitions for Doubles, For more info:
pionship. The most prestigious title is Ladies, Juniors, and Seniors. Social events www.classicgamefest.com
By Stephen Sniderman
This is the first of a three-part series scribes a simple-to-use but difficult-to-break triumph is complete.
explaining theorigins of SuperClues,the code that you and a friend could use to I was instantly hooked. To my teenage
Internet Game of Dropping Hints,which baffle kids and grownups alike. The code mind, this was the party trick to end all
Ive hosted since 2011. The article below enables you to communicate a famous party tricks. It could make me rich! It could
describes a secret code (introduced on name to a cohort merely by describing a make me famous! Just as important, it
akids TV show) that my teenage friends short trip. sounded like great fun. I immediately de-
and I had a blast with. The second ar- Ideally, heres what would happen. Your cided to teach a friend or family member
ticle in the series will explain how that partner leaves the room, far enough not to the code so we could begin baffling every-
codeevolved intoKudo, a Board Game of hear whats going on, and you invite those one. For the rest of my life, this marvelous
Famous Names. And the third willdescribe remaining to decide on a famous person. mind-reading activity, which everyone in
howthatparty game eventually morphed The group chooses Ben Franklin. When my family refers to as Trips, has been
intoSuperClues, achallenging e-mail game your partner returns, you say, I went to an important part of my world.
I
of communication. Kansas for three days and Texas for two Before I reveal how Mr. Wizards code
n September 1960, when I was days. Within seconds, your accomplice works, let me give you a chance to figure it
17 years old, I read a short article confidently guesses Ben Franklin and out for yourself and to illustrate how hard
by Don Herbert that appeared in everyone is amazed. it is to break. You can start by looking at
Parade magazineand found a wonder- How did you do that? someone asks, the two sets of trips in the previous para-
ful new activity. Herbert was well known and you flippantly say, Pretty well, thank graphs. How do those trips lead to those
for his delightful science-for-kids TV show, you. Your partner leaves again, another names? As you work on it, pay attention
Watch Mr. Wizard, which aired from name is chosen, your friend returns, and to the assumptions you are making. More
1951 to 1965. In that article, Mr. Wizard, you say, I took a two-day trip to Tanza- than anything else, unconscious and incor-
as Herbert was commonly known, de- nia. Your friend hesitates, then jubilantly rect assumptions keep most people from
proclaims, Steven Spielberg! and your breaking the code.
Facts about the cities, states, and countries named are important.
The secret name is being spelled out somehow.
A number tells you which letter of the geographical location is relevant.
1 = A, 2 = E, 3 = I, 4 = O, 5 = U, and 6 = Y.
Using this system, can you guess the answer from the information provided above for the famous fictional character?
I spent two days (E) in Lorain (L) and went to Belgrade (B) for one day (A)
ELBA = ????
Napoleon Bonaparte
Notice that the order of the numbers and letters follows the order of the vowels and consonants. Two days in Lorain means
EL, whereas Lorain for two days means LE.
I went to Mexico for four days, then spent four days in New York.
Mexico (M), four days (4 = O), four days (4 = O), New York (N) = MOON = ????
Neil Armstrong
Now look at other examples. Nebraska = N, five days = U, Normandy = N. The clue is NUN. What other nun is as famous as MOTHER
TERESA? (Admittedly, someone might guess Sally Field, who played the flying nun.)
Its that simple. Four days (O) in Natchez (N), and then another four-day trip (O). The clue is ONO, as in Yoko Ono, the widow of John Lennon.
Now we can decipher the other trips described above and see what famous names theyre hinting at:
Playing Trips
As the years went by, my wife, Marilyn, and CELLO for Yo-Yo Ma? BAH RAIN for Prince? When my older son, Peter, who was sitting at
I occasionally demonstrated our ESP to uniniti- CHILE for Art Carney?) the other end of our table, glibly announced
ated friends or family. Typically, we would tell Its been fascinating to see how various the correct answer, Jeremy almost jumped
people up front that we were using a code people respond to our act. One time we out of his shoes. (Of course, we told him
and invite them to try to figure it out by ask- were at a restaurant with our three college- the secret.)
ing yes-or-no questions, which we promised age children, who all knew the code, and a Because of experiences like this, I couldnt
to answer honestly. Few people ever guessed friend of theirs, Jeremy, who didnt. Jeremy, help thinking that Trips would make an
it without lots of hints. The vowels stumped an intense young man, frenetically tried to enjoyable party game similar to Password
almost everyone. figure out the system. He would whisper a and might even be marketable. Despite
Some theories that people have come famous name in my ear, and I would take a many attempts, however, including a draw-
up with to explain our psychic powers have trip that allowed one or more of my family ing game, a board game, a postal game,
been so bizarre that I can see why some folks members to shout out the answer. After and an Internet game, I havent yet been
are so easily taken in by charlatans. Once I each correct guess, Jeremy would yelp with able to turn Mr. Wizards brilliant code into
was trying to communicate Henry Ford to amazement and frustration. In short order, a money-maker. Nevertheless, Trips has
Marilyn, and I said, I went to Madagascar he was beside himself, but he refused to give never stopped fascinating me, providing me,
for four days, then Detroit for two days, then up trying to figure out what we were doing. my wife, my friends, and total strangers with
Lancaster. Then I took another trip to Texas, Finally, I told him that there was no code hours of fun and intellectual stimulation. For
which spelled MODEL T. When she guessed the Snidermans just had telepathic powers. over five years, I have been hosting an enjoy-
Henry Ford, one member of our audience To prove it, I said I could communicate a able online game called SuperClues, which
said, Well, its easy to see how you did that. name without taking a trip. He was skepti- involves over 40 players around the country
Henry Ford MADE A GAS CAR! Evidently, cal, but intrigued. As he whispered Andy (and Canada). In subsequent issues of this
this person assumed there was a geographi- Sniderman (my younger sons name) into magazine, I will describe that game and some
cal clue for every famous person. (MOUNT A my ear, I mouthed it silently to my family. of the other activities Trips has inspired. Q
DUBBLE TRUBBLE
By Stephanie Spadaccini
ACROSS
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1. Cave critter
4. Gridiron protection
11 12 13 14
8. Touch lightly
11. Geenas hubby
15 16 17
in Beetlejuice
13. Gunsmokes
18 19 20 21
Longbranch, e.g.
14. Blouse with a
22 23
sailor collar
15. Writer Ephron
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
16. In the know
17. Twiddling
31 32 33
ones thumbs
18. Gym gear 34 35 36 37
20. Number two woods
22. Anns twin sister 38 39 40 41
23. Disgusted: 2 wds.
24. Cosmo and others 42 43 44
26. Elmer, for one
27. Slow on the uptake 45 46 47
31. Please, in Potsdam
32. Woodys pal in 48 49 50 51 52 53 54
Toy Story
33. Subs: Hyph. 55 56 57 58
34. GE acquisition
ANSWER, PAGE 80
of 1986 59 60 61
35. Word describing
Ivan IV 62 63 64
37. Sch. near Harvard
38. Spooky atmosphere
40. Hurlers stat 63. Delightful locale 21. WWII hero 41. Sang like
41. Chewy candy 64. Morning beads Murphy a bird
42. ___ go gentle 23. Most blurry 43. 1956 Patty
into: 2 wds. DOWN 24. Desktop McCormack
43. Group of Eagles? 1. Boston or Chicago computer, film (with
44. Volstead Act 2. Famed baseball for short The): 2 wds.
supporters family name 25. Reach 44. Joanne of
45. Tricks alternative 3. Senate stint 26. Third U.S. vice All the
47. Exodus hero 4. Handles roughly president Kings Men
48. Kind of ball or table 5. ___ carte: 2 wds. 28. Three Men and 46. Tape over
51. The Heart Is a 6. Ringer of sorts a Baby director 47. Admittance
Lonely Hunter 7. Charlie McCarthys 29. Smells 48. Spot on
author friend Mortimer 30. Cosmetician a screen
55. Take it easy 8. Actress Conn Lauder 49. Actress Skye
56. Easy ___: 2 wds. 9. Confuse 31. Raise, in a way 50. Fleeced beast
58. Olivias frequent costar 10. Tournament 32. Gershwin heroine 51. Appearance
59. ___ Life (Beatles advances 33. St. Petes state 52. Went astray
song): 2 wds. 12. Moolah 35. Tropical fish 53. Good
60. Cassandra, for example 13. Ride in space 36. Bosom Times star
61. Singer Reese 14. Lose a bee? companion? 54. Diner side dish
62. Minestrone morsel 19. Subsides 39. Advise 57. Kin of ante-
MINMOVES PUZZLES
I
WARMUP
n MinMoves puzzles you are given a set of chairs around Below is the starting arrangement. In each move, you are
a table with a person whose name begins with the letter allowed to move a person from one chair to an empty chair
shown. You want to rearrange the people in the chairs to four away in either direction. Use at most six moves to get
be sorted in alphabetical order in a clockwise fashion, with one to a sorted order.
empty chair just to the left of the person whose name begins 1
with A, and A must be in position 1. The goal is to minimize the 2
number of moves. Q E
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HERES THE SOLUTION TO THE WARMUP PUZZLE:
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SOMEWHAT WORDY,
NOT SO NERDY
W
hen I first started playing competitive Scrabble in 1996, new even to Word
John Williams was the executive director of the Freak fans. Most inter-
National Scrabble Association. Williams was a kind esting to me were the
presence who was always there at the major events, giving us parts that involved the
players a few words of guidance.If there was a face of the fran- marketing of the
chise at that time, he was it. From my new and limited perspective, game, including a
it always seemed he had our collective backs, and I distinctly chapter about
remember being shocked that he knew who I was (which at that Hollywood hobnob-
time was a low expert with some promise of becoming a mid-to- bing, a few chapters on
high expert).Williams played Scrabble, but not obsessively.Clearly, the rise of School
though, he loved Scrabble and very much enjoyed his job.He Scrabble, and an inside
would remain in his role until 2008, an impressive 25-year run. look at negotiating with
In 2015, Williams released a book called Word Nerd: ESPN about their broad-
Dispatches from the Games, Grammar, and Geek Underground. casting of various
In it, he discusses the years he spent as the head of the NSA. Its Scrabble events. It also
a nice companion book to Stefan Fatsiss Word Freak: Heartbreak, includes various tips about play-
Triumph, Genius, and Obsession in the World of Competitive ing the game, portraits of many of the
Scrabble Players (2001), which was both the first-to-market games top players and personalities, and some
among deep dives of the Scrabble culture and an amazing read. helpful word lists in the appendix.My only quibble is that
I doubt too many people put down Word Freak hungry for more some of the stories felt too short; I think Williams could have
Scrabble intel.Having said that, Williams book does, 14 years added even a bit more depth to some of the unique events in
later, succeed in sharing some interesting stories that would be which he played a central role. Q
ANAGRAMS
S
ometimes, during evenings at Scrabble tournaments
(when games are not scheduled), players relax by
playing a game called Anagrams.The basic idea is that PP Y J
NI
A
letters are turned over one at a time until a player calls out a
word that can be made from those uncovered letters.That S C
player then possesses that word until someone else
e K
x
AL
steals it by adding one or more other uncovered letters
u L A DR
G U
to that word and anagramming it to form a new
word. An example might be stealing the word
l
HU
A DE NR
group of letters that is clumped together in
the center, you can steal each of them.As an
P
I
IF ONLY...
A
bout 20 years ago, I was a regular attendee of a can score 100 or more points on your next turn, using only
Scrabble club that met in the small rec room of a police common wordsif only one letter on your rack were differ-
station in Allston, Massachusetts.One of my old spar- ent.So, you will first need to determine which letter you need
ring partners from that club had a habit of saying during to remove and which other letter you would replace it with.
games, If only one letter were different.Meaning, if he As an example, on an empty board, you might have the letters
could just magically replace one of the letters on his rack with AEIINTY. You could then get rid of an I, replace it with the X,
a different one, hed have a big play (likely a bingo). Wed all and play ANXIETY for exactly 100 (the X would be on the
snicker, only because he said it at least once every game. In double-letter score, then the value of the whole word would
honor of his little quirk, in each of the following puzzles, you be doubled). Q
Scott Appel, a 20-year Scrabble tournament veteran, still gets butterflies from the excitement of big tournaments. This July, hell
be in New Orleans for the 2017 North American Scrabble Championship. Entries are still being accepted for players of all skill
levels; see www.cross-tables.com for info about all tournaments.
T
his 66 array of tiles shows a set of paths, two of which The object of this contest is to rearrange up to six
connect a number in the left column with a number in the tilesthat is, by removing up to six tiles and putting each
right column. Specifically, the 2 on the left is connected to one back into any of the vacated locationsto form as
the 13 on the right, and the two 11s are connected by a long, high-scoring an array as possible. Tiles moved to a new
winding route. position may be rotated. Tiles may not be repositioned
Paths that cross one another are treated as though one were outside the 66 array.
above the other, and so are not considered to be connected. To enter, send your arrays total score, along with the
Therefore, no connection that would require making a turn at old and new coordinates of the tiles you are repositioning
an intersection is valid. For this reason, the 11 on the left does (e.g., a-iii to b-iv) and the number of degrees of clockwise
not connect to the 2, 3, 5, or 7 on the right, nor is it ever possible rotation for each tile (0, 90, 180, or 270 degrees) to: Path
for a number to connect to more than one other number. Math Contest, GAMES WORLD OF PUZZLES, P.O. Box 184, Fort
The value of a path that connects a number on the left with a Washington, PA 19034. You may enter as many times as
number on the right is the product of those two numbers, and you like, but each entry must be mailed separately. Entries
the value of the array is the sum of those products. As the tiles must be received by August 31, 2017.
are currently arranged, the array has a value of 2 13 + 11 WINNING: The entry with the highest score will win, and
11, for a total of 147. No score is earned by connecting numbers the five next best entries will be runners-up. Ties will be
that are both on the left or both on the right. broken by random draw. Q
2
vi
13
3
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11
5
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7
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UNITED STATES 2
FROM JANUARY
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anuarys contest, which was a variation on the United We received only 36 entries to this contest, but the vast
States contest that ran back in the July/August 1980 issue majority of entrants managed to fit at least 20 states into
of GAMES, challenged solvers to fit as many U.S. state the grid. Without further ado, the winner of the $100
names into an 1111 grid as possible in crisscross fashion. first prize is Jean-Charles Meyrignac of Juilly, France,
You were allowed to put either one or two letters in each who was the only entrant to fit 26 states into the grid.
grid space. His winning entry is shown below. Runner-up prizes of
Entries had follow these rules: (1) No state name could be a years subscription to GAMES WORLD OF PUZZLES (or
used more than once; (2) State names entered in the grid had an additional year for current subscribers) go to: Mark
read continuously in a straight line, either across or down, as Mammel of Ellicott City, MD (25 states); Terrie Breetzke
in a crossword puzzle; (3) State names with more than one of Ooltewah, TN (25 states); Ming Tsai of Sunnyvale, CA
word had to be run together and treated as a single word; (24 states, 167 letters in all state names); Andy Mitofsky
(4) No groups of two or more adjoining boxes could contain of Angola, IN (24 states, 158 letters in all state names);
letters that did not spell one of the 50 acceptable state and Jaclyn Ellerie of Maryville, TN (24 states, 157 letters
names. Abbreviations and nonstandard state names were not in all state names).
permitted; (5) All state names had to be unitedthat is, As per the contest rules, the winning grid was the one
linked to one another either directly or through an unbroken that contained the most state names, and the five next-
chain of other states; (6) On both your entry and on the reverse best entries won runner-up prizes. Runner-up prize winners
side of your envelope, you had to write the number of states among the entries using 24 states in the grid were decided
that appeared in your grid. in favor of the most total letters in states used. Q
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ollerCoaster Tycoon pled RollerCoaster Tycoon
Touch is the first World for PC. Theyve done
game built from the a better job on the por-
ground up to take advan- table version, creating a
tage of mobile and touch- scaled-down, attractive
based design elements. mobile gaming experience.
Whereas its predecessors You begin with an entry
R o l l e r C o a s t e r Ty c o o n s gate and an empty field,
Classic, 3, and 4adapted and must fill it with paths,
computer games for touch- rides, and other attractions you watch an ad you can get requires either significant
screens with mixed results, to lure in paying customers. another one, but the really cash outlays or the pa-
Touch does a good job of This is accomplished us- great cards sometimes just tience of Job to progress,
integrating better con- ing a card-based system dont appear, appear too then RCTT wont pose any
trols while also offering that isnt going to earn the slowly, or are locked out be- problems. It has a nice
the best-looking theme series many fans. New rides cause you havent achieved touch-based rollercoaster
park experience to date. can only be built and up- a high enough level. track builder and looks
Unfortunately, it packages graded by collecting cards, The result is a fun game great. It just would have
it all in a freemium format, using either real-world or that moves at a glacial been better with a one-
complete with all the flaws in-game currency. A new pace. If youre comfortable time purchase price rather
inherent in free to play, pack is made available for with the freemium style than the pay-to-play ele-
pay to win games. free every four hours, and if of play, which typically ments. Q
From its inception, the
goal of the RCT series was Good choice for fans of: Tycoon Games OVERALL RATING B
C
hristopher Chung has each player earns a lamp cor-
created a beautiful responding to the side facing
tile-laying game that him. If the lantern tile abuts
owes almost as much of its a matching lantern tile, the
appeal to style as to game- player gets a bonus lamp.
play. Thats how it should be, As the board develops,
since the premise involves more chances to earn ex-
decorating the imperial pal- tra lamps arise, since tiles
ace lake with floating lan- may match on more than
terns to celebrate a successful one side and earn multiple
harvest. The goal is to earn bonus lamps. When enough an expansion that adds stand in for any color, while
the most honor by careful lamps are in your supply, you gift tokens, pavilions, more pavilions may be placed on
placement of color lanterns can spend them to Make a elaborate emperor dedica- tiles to provide bonuses.
before the festival begins. Dedication, which is akin to tions, and wild lanterns. The The app version of Lan-
Players are arrayed around forming a hand of cards. emperor dedications allow terns is quite lovely, with
the four sides of a central Dedications are worth victo- for more complex sets to be excellent use of color and
starting lake tile. Each is dealt ry points and are purchased created. Gift tokens are spent soothing music. It includes
three tiles and must place with lamps by spending to rotate a tile thats already single and multiplayer sup-
one tile per turn around the four of a kind, three pair, or been placed, buy honor, or port, as well as options for
central tile. These tiles have seven different colors. make a dedication at the end two to four players and three
matching clusters of colored The base game also has of a turn. Wild lanterns can difficulty levels. Q
lamps on each of the four
sides. The lantern tiles are Good choice for fans of: Carcassonne OVERALL RATING A
46 GAMES WORLD OF PUZZLES | august 2017
BY THOMAS L. MCDONALD TRADITIONAL GAMEVIEWS
T
he goal in Skiwampus Around the edges are hash
is to arrange a series marks denoting how much
of tiles to form circles that goal is worth in victory
that match numbers or col- points.
ors from challenge chips laid When someone says go,
out on the table. The title, everyone starts trying to
which means askew or at an arrange their tiles so the
angle, is clever but doesnt corners connect to match the
quite capture just what this requirements of the chips. Players can build from matched opponents, but if
clever, slightly frustrating For example, All Evens their first solution to attempt theres a disparity in ability
game has to offer. can be won by arranging the other goals but may not it becomes an exercise in
The box comes with points of the tiles so that 2, move tiles. Play continues frustration for anyone left
72 diamond-shaped tiles 2, 6, 4, 4, and 4 meet to form until all the chips are claimed behind. In the standard game
with different colors and a circle. The first person to or all but one player has its easy to be overwhelmed
numbers at each corner. complete a goal grabs the placed their tiles. The game by a quick-thinking player,
There is one number at chip and places it on the continues for three rounds; which makes the non-race
each of the points and two corresponding circle made the person with the highest variant more appealing to
on each angle of the long by the tiles. This chip is now chip value wins. beginners. Its a clever game,
side. The long sides may out of play and anyone who The speed and compe- with an easy learning curve
also have one color or be was working to complete tition of this game can make underlying a solid intellectual
divided into two different that goal is out of luck. it exhilarating for evenly challenge. Q
colors. The box also includes
45 chips, which provide Good choice for fans of: Take It Easy! OVERALL RATING A
T
heres a bit of a Yaht- drawing two dice at a time
zee vibe to Rolling from the bag and rolling
America, with play- them. One of the seven
ers choosing where to dice is clear and can be
write the results of a se- used as a wild card in any
quence of rolls for the region. Each playerand allowable space to write a a box to show how many
best result. Thats where theres no real limit to the number, a state is marked times its been used.
the similarities end, how- number of people who with an X. A round is completed
ever; Rolling America adds can playwrites these There are three powers after three players have
a unique spatial twist and numbers on their sheet that can be used three times each rolled two dice, with
a series of special powers in any state matching the per game. Color Change eight rounds total. After
that require planning to color of the die. The key lets you change one color the eighth, players count
use correctly. challenge is whats called to another. Guard involves up the number of states
The package is small the Neighboring State drawing a circle around a marked X and the per-
and portable, consisting Rule: All states bordering number, which suspends son with the lowest count
of a small drawstring bag a number cannot have a the Neighboring State Rule wins. Rolling America is a
with seven differently col- difference in value greater for that box. Dupe lets you clever dice/puzzle game,
ored dice and a pad of 50 than 1 on any sidee.g., a put down the same number but theres almost no player
double-sided game sheets. 5 cant be written in a box twice. Each time a rule is interaction at all, which
Each sheet is dominated by next to a 2. If there is no used, players make an X in may limit its appeal. Q
a map of the United States
with boxlike representa- Good choice for fans of: Roll Through the Ages OVERALL RATING B
august 2017 | GAMES WORLD OF PUZZLES 47
GAME ON! BY RAYMOND SIMON
To complete each puzzle below, draw a single closed and non-intersecting loop that passes through each
white and black circle. The path must consist of only straight lines and right-angled turns. (All turns take
place at dots and not between dots.) Each black circle is the vertex of a right angle on the loop extending
straight at least two units in both directions. That is, the path cannot turn again immediately after a turn
at a black circle. On the other hand, the path must go straight through each white circle without a turn.
However, a turn in the path is required one unit on one side or the other (or both) of a white circle. An
example of a solved puzzle is shown at right. ANSWERS, PAGE 76
In this puzzle, each answer starts in the correspondingly numbered hexagon and winds through the grid, starting in the
indicated direction. When the puzzle is solved correctly, every letter will be used in exactly two entries. ANSWER, PAGE 76
1 2
4 5
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
1SE Excluded (4,3) 17NE Trial performance with all the costumes
2E Knocker alternative (8) and props (5,9)
3NW Four-time NBA MVP (6,5) 18NW Big name in baby food (6)
4SW Difficult (5) 19NW River in Paris (5)
5NE 1990 film based on the book Wiseguy: Life in a 20SE Defile (5)
Mafia Family (10) 21SE Campsite illumination (7)
5SE Classic comedy series starring Don Adams (3,5) 22SW One who is hunted (4)
6E Like the equation y = mx + b (6) 23W Item for applying pesticide, perhaps (7)
7SW Princess from the Disney movie Aladdin (7) 24W Gain speed (10)
8SE Philosopher Aquinas (6) 25SW Piece from the past (7)
9NW Its not in a vegetarians diet (4) 26E Sign of neglect (4)
10W The Brandenburg Gates city (6) 27E Country dance setting (4)
11SE Uses mouthwash, perhaps (7) 28W Early adding device (6)
12E 1990 film featuring Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern as 29W Like some gases (5)
the Wet Bandits (4,5) 30SW Fury (4)
13E Took a break (6) 31SW I Want It All band (5)
14E Restaurant patrons reading material (4) 32NW Law & Order: Criminal ___ (6)
15SE Occur as a result (5) 32NW Cross (9)
16SE Place of protection and shelter (6) 33W Insurance seller (5)
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
youre done, read down the list of answers; their initial letters will spell the authors name and the source of the quotation.
1T 2G 3J 4E 5K 6K 7J 8L 9S 10 P 11N 12 M 13 R 14 C 15 T 16 S 17 R 18 H 19 F 20 K
21 T 22 R 23 U 24 G 25 M 26 M 27 T 28 Q 29 I 30 C 31 G 32 U 33 G 34 D 35 F 36 G 37 N 38 L 39 A 40 F
41 S 42 A 43 Q 44 B 45 I 46 C 47 S 48 D 49 C 50 T 51 M 52 U 53 K 54 H 55 N 56 J 57 U 58 A 59 P 60 E 61 L 62 J
63 I 64 P 65 G 66 O 67 R 68 C 69 U 70 J 71 Q 72 G 73 C 74 E 75 S 76 T 77 H 78 P 79 E 80 R 81 H 82 T 83 G
106 Q 107 E 108 O 109 H 110 N 111 Q 112 E 113 N 114 U 115 Q 116 I 117 A 118 N 119 H 120 D 121 S 122 B 123 P 124 I 125 N
126 J 127 K 128 R 129 D 130 E 131 C 132 R 133 J 134 S 135 P 136 K 137 A 138 M 139 L 140 Q 141 P 142 A 143 H 144 U 145 Q 146 D
ANSWERS, PAGE 77
147 C 148 G 149 Q 150 E 151 B 152 S 153 D 154 A 155 P 156 G 157 S 158 N 159 L 160 E 161 D 162 H 163 O 164 B 165 I 166 D
167 R 168 N 169 B 170 Q 171 P 172 R 173 C 174 Q 175 L 176 N 177 A 178 I 179 D 180 C 181 C 182 J 183 S 184 E 185 U 186 B 187 R
188 G 189 A 190 C 191 R 192 J 193 O 194 G 195 C 196 Q 197 U 198 G 199 J 200 A 201 S 202 N 203 A 204 F 205 E
189 39 142
M. English maker
B. Still in one piece of sports and 26 12 138 51 25
44 164 122 186 151 169 racing cars
D. Literature O. Overhaul
Nobelist after 34 179 161 146 153 120 166 129 48 193 108 66 163 87 91
Churchill
G. Home of the
worlds #1 33 156 188 72 198 65 31 24 36 R. Honor offered by
ranked MBA a municipality: 172 167 17 191 102 187 128 132 22
program: 2 wds. 148 2 194 83 4 wds.
67 80 13
99 126 U. University of
Minnesota 69 114 57 32 86 52 144 185 93
K. Hard and athlete: 2 wds.
unyielding 5 136 20 53 127 6 197 23 103
ACROSS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
1 Mobile home
17 18 19
8 Northern European
12 Queen of Norway 20 21 22
17 Brick worker
18 Economic leader? 23 24 25 26
19 Roman way
20 Characterized by 27 28 29 30 31 32
indirect references
33 34 35
21 With perfect timing
22 SentryGlas maker 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43
23 Composer of the Love
Story theme 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
24 1980s protection
proposal, for short 51 52 53 54
25 Holds (over)
55 56 57 58 59 60
26 Apian stud
27 Klein of design 61 62 63 64 65 66 67
29 Provides with power
31 Acerbity 68 69 70 71 72 73 74
33 Up and ___!
34 Garson and Jane 75 76 77 78
35 Take by force
79 80 81 82 83 84 85
36 Uses an atomizer
38 Summer coolers 86 87 88 89 90 91
39 Rocks, once
40 Equinox mo. 92 93 94 95 96
44 Conscription letters
45 Smallest units of speech 97 98 99 100 101 102
48 Believer in the divine
103 104 105 106 107
50 Lucy of Kill Bill
ANSWER, PAGE 77
51 1940 Karloff film 108 109 110 111
52 35-Across synonym
53 Diphthong-twisting 112 113 114
reverend
55 Like some verbs 115 116 117
58 Streisands first hit
60 Noose maker 103 Small crowns 13 Rivals 60 Spiked
61 Wind film 104 Pride female 14 Mythical weeper 63 No-shows
62 Q-U link 105 Rage 15 Mary ___ (patent 66 NRA member?: Abbr.
64 Beneficiary 107 UPS competitor leather shoes) 69 Intelligence org.
65 Protein synthesis need 108 Willingly accepting 16 Game openers 71 French weapon
67 Beak membrane 109 Hungarian-born 17 Low bows 72 Tibetan guides
68 The 2 in e = mc2, conductor 18 Fancy parties 74 Old bats
for one 110 Prepare for barbecuing, 19 Line on a form 76 Dough
70 Erects maybe 25 Peter Benchley novel 78 It may be blind
73 Damned, to a bard 112 Of a fasting season 28 Ambulance staffer: Abbr. 81 The Dirty Dozen costar
75 Dispositions 113 Twixt 30 Half a Disney duo 82 Sends via telegraph
76 Lab tube 114 Well-invested funds 31 Eyebrow plucker 83 Old woman, old-style
77 Those who loathe 115 Kind of code 32 Musician Shaw 84 Beige and taupe, for two
79 Dollar sign, essentially 116 First name in comedy 37 Globes: Abbr. 85 Adonais poet
80 Four-term Attorney 117 Origins 39 Dr. on TV 87 Testimony givers
General of New York 41 Runaway bride, maybe 89 Impaled, in a way
82 Good work! DOWN 42 Groundbreakers 91 Ex-Press Secretary
83 Some TVs 1 It sank near Gibraltar 43 Castle tower Fleischer
86 Safe deposit box 2 Solitude 46 2/14 symbol 93 Midler and Davis
item, maybe 3 ___ Darya (Aral 47 Ryan and Tatum 94 Acclaimed
88 Surrealist Magritte Sea feeder) 48 Wigwam cousin 95 Sully
89 Perform a roleo feat 4 Stereo knob 49 General on a 97 Chew out
90 Old Testament 5 Digression Chinese menu 98 Boozehound
matriarch 6 Kind of picture 51 Like birds of prey 99 Dunne of Show Boat
92 Torpedo vessel, 7 Actress Sue ___ 52 With least delay 101 Aluminum foil
for short Langdon 54 Hocus-___ alternative
94 Dwelt (on) 8 Cockneys, e.g. 55 Rigorous univ major 104 Rob who played Chris Traeger
96 Choice 9 Entry 56 Sugar with six carbon 106 Far from promising
97 Periodic payments 10 Name of 12 popes atoms per molecule 109 Orch. section
100 Deck assents 11 The Gold Bug author 57 Tranquility 110 NYC arena
102 ILO part: Abbr. 12 Periods of growth 59 Singer Brickell et al. 111 Dark times, briefly
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. Whats 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 77
ACROSS
S A R T R E
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
1 French existentialist 32 Big ___
...and his first novel (OutKast rapper) 13 14
Can you place the letters A, B, and C in Puzzle 1 below in such a way that each appears exactly once EXAMPLE
A C A B A
in each row and column?
C C B A A
Your only clues as to how to proceed are the letters outside the grid. Each outside letter indicates
A A C B B
which letter youd see first if you looked across a given row or down a given column from the outside A A B C C
from the outside letters perspective. The example at right shows a solved puzzle. B B C A A
In later puzzles, larger sets of letters are used. Are you up to the challenge? C C A B B
ANSWERS, PAGE 77 C A B A C
A B A
C A C D
A C
A
A
B C
C
A
B
A C
B B A A B
A A
D A C
A B D C B E
B
C
A D
D A B
D
D
A B
D B
C B D B
B D
B C C B A
A B B A D
A D D A B A B B B B
D C B
D
D
B A B C
E
B A E
A B
D C
B A
E
B
D B A
D A
B E
D C
D E B B C
A B C B C D B A C D A
Words fit into this flower garden in two ways. Row answers read horizontally from the lettered markers; each Row contains
two consecutive answers reading left to right (except rows A and L, which contain one answer reading across the nine
protruding spaces). Blooms are six-letter words or phrases that fill the colored hexagons, reading either clockwise or
counterclockwise. Bloom clues are divided into three lists, White, Pink, and Gray; answers from each list should be placed
only in the appropriately colored hexagons. All three Bloom lists are in random order, so you must use the Row answers to
figure out where to plant each Bloom. ANSWER, PAGE 78
1 1 1 1
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
4 4 4 4
2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1
3 1 3 1 3 1 3 1
8 8 8 8
8 8 8 8
7 7 7 7
5 5 5 5
3 3 3 3
2 1 4 2
1 5 5
5
2 1 2
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
1
4 4
5
2
5
2
3
3
4
3
4
2 4 3
2
3
1
4
1 1 5 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 11 1 1 5 2 1 2 1 5 5 1 2 2 3 3 2 2 1 5 1 1 2
5 3 2 2 3 5 1 2 1 2 3 5 1 1 1 7 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 5 6 5 3 2 2 3 2 1 2 8 1 1 3 1 2
6 1 5 1 3 2 1 2 1 2 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 2 7 2 3 1 2 1 1 1 10 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 4 6 8 3 5 6 3 4 9
1 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 3 1 1 1 4 11 4 3 3 2 3 4 7 1 1 3 4 2 9 10 2 2 2 3 2 3 6 6 7 5 4 6 4
3 2 4 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 3 5 4 1 4 1 4 1 4 6 9 5 5 4 3 3 6 1 2 2 3 1 1 1 5 3 3 3 3 10 3 3 2 5 9 1 7 9 1
3 6 3 3 11 8 5 4 4 3 3 2 1 1 5 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 4 1 1
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 7
14 2 1 10
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 17
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 12 1
6 5
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 6
1 3 8
3 12
1 1 7 2
1 2 7 1
1 2 12
6 1 1 2 9 2
2 1
2 1 1 4 3 3
2 1
2 3 6 1 1 2
2 1 6 3 3 2 1 1 1
2 2
1 1 3 3 1 2 1
1 1 1
2 1 3 8 1 2
2 1 2
1 6 3 1 7 2 2 1
1 1 1
2 2 3 1 2 2 1 1 1 1
1 2 4 3 6 3 8
1 1 4 3 1 1 2 1 5 2
1 2 1
1 1 4 1 1 2 1 9
5 1
2 1 5 5 3 10
1 2 2
3 1 11 2 11
3 3 1
3 1 9 3 12
3 3 4 4 8 2
3 4 1 2 1 1
3 8 1 1 2 1 1
1 6 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 2
2 3 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 4
2 6 9 1 2 2 3 1 7
4 1 2 2 1 8
6 1 1 10
5 6 10
2 2 1 1 2 2
3 2 8 1 1
6 1 8
8 1 8 1
9 2 1
7 2 1 1 2
19
1 1 1 1 6 2 2
2
1 2 1
1 1
1 2
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
2
1
1 2 1
1
1 1
3
1
2
1
3
2
2
1
1
3
3
1
2
2 1 6
1 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 4 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 3 1 2 1 2 2 1
1 2 5 1 2 2 1 2 3 2 1 2 1 1 5 2 1 4 3 3 1 5 2 2 2 5 2 2 5 3 1 2 1 4 5
2 2 3 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 7 2 4 3 1 1 1 3 7 1 6 7 1 5 4 5 8 12 1 3 2
10 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 3 1 2 1 3 2 2 1 3 1 2 2 6
3 6 7 1
2 1 2 1 2 3 1 2
2 2 2 1 1 2 4
2 1 3 3 6
2 2 5 2 2
2 2 1 1 2
1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1
2 2 1 1 2 1
1 2 2 2 2 3 1 3 2
1 1 1 1 2 2 4
2 1 5 1 1 2 5 2 1 2
1 2 1 1 2 3 1 1 4
2 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 4
1 2 7 2 1 1 3 10
2 2 3 2 2 2 2 11
2 3 3 2 1 2 11
2 5 2 1 2 10
2 2 2 6 3
5 1 1 1 5 7 2 2
2 9 2 3 2 1 2
1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 4 3 1 2
4
6
2
2 5 2 2
3 3 1 5 1 3 4 1 1 1 2
1 3 3 4 5 6 6 4 2 2 1 3 2 5 2 1 2 3 2 1 2 1 1 1
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 5 3 5 6 1 2 1 1 3 2 2 4 1 1 2 1 1 2 6 5 1 3 3 2 5
4 1 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 6 1 1 1 1 6 7 8 10 7 2 2 2 1 6 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 3 5 3
3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 11 7 7 6 3 5 5 5 5 1 2 2 1 3 1 2 3 2 6 10 3 8 4 4 8 1 1 2 3 3 2 6 1 2 1
7 15 6 3 1 3 1 3 8 12 2 3 3 2 3 5 4 6 5 6 3 2 2 1 4 2 1 2 1 5 7 2 5 7 8 5 1 2 1 2 5 4 4 6 2
4 5 3 3 8 3 6 10 4 3 1 4 5 6 2 3 4 2 3 7 1 2 2 2 3 7 2 10 1 2 3 2 3 14 1 2 3 1 1 2 3 2 3 1 5
54 3 3
82 13 5
3 5 4 2 11 2
3
2 3 7 2 9
4
2 3 11 1 7
2
2 2 2 2 3 1
9
5 2 7 2 1 2
1
3 4 2 2 2 1
1
1 4 5 1 4 3 1
3
3 14 3 3 2
4
2 1 1 3
3
2 7 5
1 1 1 3 1 3 1 2
2 2 2 3 2 2 1
2 2 2 8 2 2
2 2 2 4 2 2
2 3 3 5 1 1 1
2 4 3 5 5 3
3 1 7 5 6 1 4
3 19 7 2 5
3 17 2 5 2 1
3 16 1 1 2 1
3 15 2 2 5 1
2 3 11 3 13
1 3 4 7
2 3 1 2 9
1 3 7 2 3 4 8
1 4 13 1 1 3 7
2 4 3 7 2 1 3 7
1 1 3 1 7 2 1 1 4 1 5
1 1 4 4 6 1 1 4 2 2
1 1 3 4 2 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
5 3 3 2 3 2 1 2 2 3 1
4 9 2 3 1 2 6
4 9 2 5 7
1 2 1
3
2 1 1
1
2
2
3 2
3
4
2
3
3 2 3 2 3 2 3 4 1 4 3 3 3
3 10 10 2 3 1 4 3 2 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 6
2 3 2 3 6 3 2 5 7 4 1 1 4 2 2 2 3 11 4 4 1 1 1 1 3
6 5 6 6 3 4 6 3 13 11 2 2 3 3 4 3 7 10 15 5 4 2 3 3 4 4 8 4
5 8 2 5 1 4 7 4 6 8 21 9 8 5 2 5 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 4 4 11
2 2 4 2
2 2 2 2 2 2
2 2 1 2 2 1
1 2 2 1 2 1 2
1 1 2 1 2 1 2 1
3 2 2 1 2 1 1 2
3 2 1 2 2 2 2 1
2 3 1 1 2 1 1 1
6 1 2 1 4 2
6 6 1 1 6 1
8 8 1
9 1 5 2 1
2 5 1 2 2 1 1 1
1 5 1 1 2 1 1
2 5 3 4 4 1
1 6 2 2 1 1 1
1 5 1 2 1 1 1
2 5 2 3 1 2 1
2 1 4 2 4 2 1 2
3 1 5 1 6 2 1
2 2 1 1 4 10 1
2 1 2 2 1 3 2 1 2
3 1 1 6 4 1 2 1
2 4 4 7 2 1
2 1 1 5 8 2 2
2 2 1 6 1 7 1
4 9 1 5 2
4 9 2 3 2
2 1 10 2 2
2 12 8
1
2 2
1
1
1
2 2
1
1
2
2
2
1 2
2
2
1 1 3 1 4 2 1 6 2 1 3 1 1 1 3
1 4 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 5 4 4 2 2 2 3 2 1 1 4
4 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 5 7 3 1 1 3 1 1 2 1 2 2 1
2 4 2 1 3 1 7 4 4 3 1 5 5 2 1 2 4 2 2 1 1 3 1 5 1 3 2 5 2
1 3 1 1 1 2 3 4 6 5 1 3 11 2 3 2 5 2 1 3 1 1 3 2 1 5 3 2 1
3 3 2 4 6 6 5 1 2 5 2 1 3 1 1 1 2 1 3 3 7 5 5 4 3 2 2 2 2 8
5
1 2 3
1 5 2
2 1 1 1
4 4 2 1 1
2 1 3 2 2 2
2 1 2 2 2 1 2
1 2 1 1 6 1
1 4 1 7 1
4 1 5 1 5
1 2 2 1 1 2
2 1 4 2 2 3
10 6 1 3 1
1 1 1 4 3 1 3
4 1 3 2 2 1
3 2 1 3 4 2 1
1 5 2 3 3 1 2
8 1 3 4 2
3 2 9 1 1
2 2 3 1 3 1
7 2 1 3
6 2 2 1 1
2 2 1 5 2 1
4 1 2 3 2 3
6 6 1 2
9 1 2 4
1 7 1 3 7 1
2 4 2 2 1 7 2
6 5 1 3 8
4 2 2 2 5
2
1 1 2
3 1 2 2 2 1 2
1 1 2 1 2 6 3 7 4 2 3 3 5 2 2 1
1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 4 1 2 3 1 8 3 3 3 2 2
16 7 2 1 1 2 2 3 1 1 4 5 1 3 3 4 2 1 1 2 1 1 3 10 1 1 3 2 2 1 2 2 9 7
1 2 2 5 1 4 1 12 2 1 3 2 5 5 3 1 3 2 2 3 5 1 4 1 4 1 1 2 1 1 5 6 6 2 2 2 1 1
2 4 4 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 5 1 2 1 4 3 2 2 1 3 1 11 3 1 2 3 15 2 2 2 9 1 2 2 2 5 2 7 2
1 2 1 3 1 2 2 4 1 7 2 3 2 2 8 2 2 3 2 5 3 5 4 2 1 1 7 1 1 1 1 2 2 16 3 2 2 1 1 8
1 2 1 6 2 1 2 2 3 5 1 1 1 1 1 5 4 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 13 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 5
1 1 1 9 7 1 1 1 2 3 21 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 2 3 3 1 2 2 1 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 2
1 1 1 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 3 5
2 4 7 1
1 1 1 2 4 2 2
2 1 1 1 8 2 2 1
4 16 5
2 1 2 4 6 3 5
1 2 1 3 2 2 2 3
4 1 1 1 1 8 2 1
2 2 1 2 3 1 1 1 2 3 1 2
2 3 6 1 2 2 1 1
1 1 2 5 1 3
1 1 1 1 2 3 1 2
1 1 1 2 2 2 1 3 1 1
1 3 1 2 1 2 1 3 4
1 2 1 1 4 1 1 2 2 1 1
1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3
2 2 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 3
3 3 2 4 3 1 1 1 2
1 2 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 4
1 5 2 7 6 2
1 1 2 1 2 1 3 1 2 2
1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 4
1 1 2 6 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 3 3 1 2
2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1
2 2 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 3
3 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2
2 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 4
1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3
2 1 2 1 2 7 1 1 3 1 1 2
1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 5
1 2 1 1 1 7 1 1 1 1 3
1 1 1 1 2 5 1 1 2 1 1
5 1 30
1 1 1 14
1 1 2 3
2 1 1 13
3 1 2 15
1 2 2 10
1 2 1 5
1 3 2 2 3
1 3 1 4 2
1 2 1 1 2 1
1 1 1 2 1
1 1 1 2 2
1 2 4 3
1 3 4 4
1 6 5
2 3 7
1 1 2 18
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Each clue in a cryptic crossword has two parts: a definition of the answer and an indication of the answers 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 whats 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 78
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
28 He wrote essays with
great speed (5)
9 29 E-tail address ending
Miracle Workout ad (10)
10 11 30 Fictional captain rejected
warning sign (4)
DOWN
1 Strong point in support
12 13 of time limits (5)
2 Used falsified information
pursuing first half of
appeal (7)
4 Desire to get ahead in
14 15 16
mini-boat racing (8)
5 Install popular channel (6)
17 6 Leader of opposition
faction in debt (5)
18 19 20 21 7 Broadcasting company
went crazy over alien
22
planet on TV (7)
8 Anyone can dodge pest (9)
9 Disney employee, maybe,
23 24 25 26 to run after critter thats
lost its tail (8)
14 Piece of informationits
unfortunately masked by
27 28
radio noise (9)
16 In time gone by, root all
around for Sunday
dinner (3,5)
17 Overturned bus broken
29 30 open by a court order (8)
19 Difficult situation for
Melba, returning shortly (7)
ACROSS 12 Puzzling source of 18 Camp erected to house 21 Hash is nice,
1 Rented space with interference in electrical unit (6) incorporating taste of
no pizzazz (4) magnetic flux (9) 20 Growth on lip has to urban style of cooking (7)
3 Western state refined 13 Bloody, displaying hurt (8) 22 Starts to promote her
African oil (10) little honor (5) 23 Some basic onscreen online book, Is Change
10 Develop recipe, starting 14 Revolutionaries images! (5) Fearful? (6)
with pine nuts (5) finally issue 25 Points out during endless 24 Swell suit fabric, say (5)
11 Made up mind, incitement to hymnit may put you 26 Mayor temporarily
breaking stick used treason (8) to sleep (9) holding up D.C.
in relay race 15 Said to push sharply 27 Okay, postpone holding transportation
game (9) in two directions (6) role playing (9) system (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.
Anagrams: The answer appears in anagrammed inside PANTS, so it might be clued as Hospital residents
form, preceded or followed by a word or phrase that 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
deletion of CHEAP. in a clue may indicate a reversal, as in Returned beer
Charades: The answer is broken into smaller words fit 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 78
Each grid quadrant features a County Fair attraction. Each attraction is visited by five fair-goers (the unnumbered entries
located within that quadrant). The fair-goers are changed by the experience:
Tilt-a-Whirl riders are anagrammed into new words.
Loop-the-Loop riders are flipped over, entering the grid backwards.
Face Painting Booth visitors get new faces (first letters), forming new words.
The last quadrant offers a carnival-midway game spelled out by the circled squares read counterclockwise starting in
square 14. Contestants are shortened by 1 letter as suggested by the games name, forming new words.
The clues relating to each attraction are presented as a set. The solver must determine which attraction each set relates
to and which quadrant contains that attraction. Within each set, clues are presented in the alphabetical order of the clue
answers (not necessarily the alphabetical order of the grid entries).
Numbered clues are normal and serve as guides for placing the other entries. If youre stumped, a starting hint appears
on page 80. ANSWERS, PAGE 79
SET A
Seinfeld character in denial, endearingly retro
Aircraft, in general, covering Eisenhowers flanks 1 2 3 4
Country is real confused
Revise ledger for 50s-era Cincinnati player 5 6
Online discussion topic stirred hatred
7
SET B
Edict of the French Canadian First Nation tribe
8 9
Praises former Veep Gore thinks empty
Small weights and springs initially overlooked
We need help obtaining almost a 10 11 12 13
dozen dictation-takers
Nesting site surrounded by state highway 14 15
SET C 16 17
Democrat in love with old Spanish coins
Apes eating last piece of ripe fruit 18 19 20
Most off-pitch, so you finally stop
Smart hedging or stockpiling
21 22 23 24
Cook rotates kitchen appliance
SET D
Curse the Bountys captain. Thats right
Having a bit of narcissism contributed to 25
being in debt
In Wordplay, Ted dropped the ball and
kicked it away
They haul suspension-bridge components
Restaurant employee and I caught in sprinkle
ACROSS 18 Neal trained a Daily Planet reporter (4) 4 Like Chinese food? One part of
6 Mexican food magazines Top Two 19 Even Ed abused buyer (6) order got sent back (2,2)
in a West Coast city (6) 21 One stray circling ten 5 Naval officer Revere, not quite a
8 Belgian painters indomitable spirit draft animals (4) leader of legend (7)
grasped by spouse (8) 22 Abstinent actress Blanchett 7 Boys upset he had snacked (6)
9 Mr. Preminger invested in Hot Topic (4) receives misdirected vitriol (8) 11 Regret lease covering gym (6)
10 Army officer cited for heart (6) 25 Catcher glued broken bat (6) 13 Less than absorbing extraterrestrial
12 Appear to be in bed, say (4) musical pieces (7)
14 A flower sprang up (4) DOWN 20 A famous Kennedy article found
15 Foolhardy contact with poison ivy 1 Kay, point the gun up, over in Chicago train (5)
might cause this (4) Inuit boat (5) 21 So its different for Mr. Redding (4)
16 Poor outfit for a Puritan (4) 2 Pitcher used in breweries (4) 23 New regs for work units (4)
17 Mr. Musk of Teslas heinous crime: 3 Sing like Ella Fitzgerald? 24 Black Bottom is a town in
ignoring both sides (4) Get outta here! (4) Oregon (4)
This variety cryptic crossword has some problems, as is so often the case. It seems that 10 clue answers wont fit into the
diagram. (Youd think wed have learned to fix these kinds of things by now!) These 10 answers must be modified before
being entered into the grid. How? Just follow the instructions provided in the unclued entry at 28-Across and youll be able
to put this puzzle in working order. ANSWERS, PAGE 79
ACROSS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1 Send drainage canal
around mineral spring 10 11 12 13
6 Former Renault model
left race going the wrong
way (2 wds.) 14 15 16
10 Bakery worker is not
even in Cheers 17 18
11 John Hancock backed up
soldiers character 19 20 21 22
14 Belter all over soprano range
16 Dance with Mr. Gore
23 24 25 26 27
amidst Republicans
17 Shoe damaged nylons
18 All-out parody of rodeo 28
hostspoor one (Hyph.)
19 Have a discussion by 29 30 31
evergreen tree I left behind
22 Jump roped 32 33 34 35
23 Fit in a prosecutor
passing time
36 37 38 39 40 41
25 Contrarily, lean on horn
30 Dont start curses with
former spouses 42 43
31 Annoying person with
old sauce 44 45
32 Pro covering Look! story
33 Like Bessie Forge? 46 47
36 Resurrected man (zombie)
originally appears in
Lauras novel
40 Paleobotanist left 4 Undulation around top 24 Stab top bananas by naval
holding instrument of letters! vessels (2 wds.)
42 A tree transformed 5 Prompted the actors with 25 Tailored tux lining (bluish
mountain ridge a line out loud green) by the book?
43 Tart admitting sin in 6 Support end of patio with 26 Fancy fashion shop
state capital plastic brick 27 One captivated by theaters
44 Styled after Missouris 7 Playing loud scale caused a primitive period (2 wds.)
historic mission lack of feeling 29 Conservative mid-Easterner
45 Piercing, painful sensation 8 Aint coating no having fun time with famous
involves cK One mark with oil science fiction writer
46 Marked the border of 9 Staff getting smart after 32 Provide a meal including
Delaware Tuesday, one representative was critical mutton cooked while ablaze
mile down to the west 12 Greek character meets shady 34 Neat dancing contained in
47 REM featured in bums to get diamond mimes intermission
transcendental number 13 Endless merry-go-round party 35 Riots destroyed trunks
before opening show 15 Type of cattle hide from Beth 37 Snooze alarm stores energy
fearful, possibly (2 wds.) 38 Detect woodwind in recital
DOWN 20 Cuss inside boathouse 39 Practice boxing jabs
1 Hauls bottles his new 21 Rebus confused yokels from below
kitchen cleaners 22 Live without silver rank insignia 41 Belfry bats entertaining
2 Comedy brothers gags as member of a Scottish yours truly for just a
3 Groom about to enter prison marching band little while
T
he United States Chess Championship tournament that of $100,000, was won by Sabina-Francesca Foisor, 27, whose
took place in March and April at the Chess Club and win against Apurva Virkud in the last round moved her a point
Scholastic Center of Saint Louis had the strongest field ahead of defending womens champion Nazi Paikidze. Paikidze
and the largest prize fund ($194,000) in history. The 12-player lost her final-round game to one of five teenagers in the
round robin event was won by Wesley So, 23, ranked second tournament, 15-year-old Jennifer Yu, who also defeated the
in the world going into the event behind only world champion two highest-rated players in the field: four-time champion
Magnus Carlsen of Norway. So was the only player to go Anna Zatonskih and seven-time champion Irina Krush.
through the tournament undefeated, extending his unbeaten The commentators all seemed to agree that the most
streak in tournament play to an amazing 67 games. But he brilliant game of the tournament was Sos win in round 9
ended up tied with Alexander Onischuk, who had one loss but against 16-year-old Jeffery Xiong, the current world junior
also one more win. The tie was broken with a two-game (under 20) champion and the fourth highest-rated player in
match at rapid time controls, in which So won the first game the United States. Xiong was White and played the Catalan
easily, struggled in the second game, but ultimately drew to system, which incorporates a kingside fianchetto (Bg2) into a
earn the title and the $50,000 first prize. Queens Gambit Declined opening. The position was about
Before the tournament, So, defending champion Fabiano even for the first 20 moves, but complications arose with 21.
Caruana (ranked third in the world), and Hikaru Nakamura Nxc7 and Sos bold knight sacrifice Nxf2. Whites capture of the
(sixth in the world) were all co-favorites. But heading into the knight with 22. Kxf2 was apparently an inaccuracy; computer
final round, So, Onischuk, and Varuzhan Akobian were all tied engines gave as best 22. Nxa6, after which the game might
for first with scores of 6.53.5, while Caruana and Nakamura have continued Nxe4 23. Nxc5, Nxc5 24. Rxc4, Na6 25. Rd1,
were a full point behind. So and Onischuk drew their final Rxb2 26. c7 Nxc7 27. Rxc7 with even chances. So played the
games, while Akobian lost to Nakamura. rest of the game very precisely to win, with moves 26. e5!
As has been customary for several years, the event was held and 28. Rd8! being particularly admirable. In the final
concurrently with the U.S. Womens Chess Championship, position, if 32. Qxd1, White has no answer to c2. The game
with both events being broadcast on the Internet with live record appears below.
commentary by Yasser Seirawan, Jennifer Shahade, and Player biographies, game records, and other information
Maurice Ashley. The womens event, also a 12-player round about the tournaments can be found at
robin and having a first prize of $25,000 and a total prize fund http://uschesschamps.com/2017-us-championships/.
Forger Nabbed
NEW YORKWillie Hot Schmidt was famous for In addition to the painting Real-estate tycoon
Brush Schmidt, who has the hiding places he chose found in the thermos bottle, Raymond Cripp admitted
been wanted for suspected for his works. One of the officials reported Schmidt through a spokesperson that
art forgery for two decades, paintings, found today, brought in a forged Renoir, a he, too, had agreed to pur-
was arrested today at which had been purchased street scene, and a painting chase one of the paintings.
Kennedy Inter national by art collector W. James allegedly sold to industrialist At least he didnt fall for the
Airport by U.S. Customs Weathergill, was rolled up Mito Sakamaya. portrait, said Cripps spokes-
officials. Four small paint- in a can of tennis balls. Mr. Sakamaya was origi- person. That one was a
ings alleged to be first-class Another (not the seascape, nally offered the van Gogh, blatant fake.
forgeries were found in his which was too large) was said a spokesperson for the Schmidt himself defended
possession, among them a coiled into an empty ther- industrialist. The crudeness of his paintings, saying that they
seascape, a picture in the mos bottle. A third paint- the colors led him to suspect were works of art in their
style of Monet, and a pic- ing (not Schmidts clever a forgery, and he turned it own right. Just look at the
ture in the style of Degas. Degas forgery) was con- down. Mr. Sakamaya regrets, brushwork in that still life,
Prominent collectors had cealed in a hollowed-out however, that he did agree to he said. The master himself
reportedly promised to buy telephoto lens. buy one of the others. couldnt have done better.
the paintings.
It was the cast on Willies
arm that tipped me off,
reported one customs offi-
Weathergill
cial. Our European contact
tennis can
Sakamaya
telephoto
saw Willie in France yester- van Gogh
thermos
Melton
day with two healthy arms.
Monet
Renoir
Degas
Cripp
cast
and found one of the paint-
ings rolled up around his
arm. Also recovered were
a portrait, a forged van seascape
Gogh, and a painting
Schmidt had sold to finan- portrait
cier H.B. Melton.
street scene
still life
From this account, can you Cripp
match each of the four
forgeries with the artist Melton
imitated, the hiding place
used by Willie, and the duped Sakamaya
collector?
Weathergill
ANSWER, PAGE 79
cast
tennis can
thermos
telephoto
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? Answers include two two-word phrases. If you need
help getting started, a list of the four categories appears on page 72.
ANSWERS, PAGE 80
ACROSS 89 What might be donned first 3 Clear, seasoned broth 69 Extra key or tire
1 Facing the pitcher: 2 wds. when dressing in winter: 4 Vindicating 70 Concealed
6 Waste receptacles: 2 wds. 2 wds. 5 Rich German cakes 72 Hopper of old gossip
15 Like involuntary muscle 90 Wavy silk fabrics 6 Sporty Pontiac Firebird: 73 Soviet workers cooperative
contractions 91 1970s-80s Tic Tac 2 wds. 74 Bit of pollen
24 Italian for new Dough host 7 Confederate soldiers, 75 Keep ___ profile: 2 wds.
25 Charge for temporary 93 Continental or Delta for short 76 Spensers The ___ Queene
use: 2 wds. 94 One of a horses rear pair: 8 Years, in Italy 77 Set straight
26 Not allowing for anything in 2 wds. 9 With 17-Down, first host of 78 Washes lightly
between: Hyph. 95 Roads less traveled: 2 wds. The Tonight Show 80 Loose sleeveless cloaks
27 More factual 99 French psychoanalyst Jacques 10 19972009 Nebraska 81 North African capital
28 Renounces 102 Suffix with cash senator Chuck 82 Threw, as mud
29 City in Napa County, California 103 Destroy the orderly 11 Typewriter sound 83 Watch over
30 Just out of major surgery, structure of 12 Post-shave splash-on brand 86 Warm and friendly
maybe: 3 wds. 107 Native of Muscat 13 ___-do-well 87 Reddish-brown horse
32 Moonraker actor Richard 108 M16, for example: 2 wds. 14 Mobutu ___ Seko (former 89 PC-to-PC hookup: Abbr.
33 Lands surrounded by water, 110 Malnourished: Hyph. Zairian president) 90 South Pacific costar Gaynor
in Soissons 115 Cozy room 15 Lineman dropping a 92 Least quantities
34 Maxwell House rival 116 Gibson of Braveheart quarterback 93 Just ___ suspected!:
35 Antlered beast 118 Seven-card stud and Texas 16 Semiarid region east of 2 wds.
36 Reddish hair dye holdem: 2 wds. the Rockies 95 Ships prison
37 Coal source 120 Sea eagle 17 See 9-Down 96 Brand of film
38 Web pop-ups, e.g.: 2 wds. 121 Make beloved 18 Staining of clothing, say 97 Allays
41 Folks hitting the slopes 123 Tool for cutting wood with 19 Wifes title 98 Prepare to pray
44 Hansels sister the grain 20 Punctual: 2 wds. 99 Celestial guiding lights
46 Oodles: 2 wds. 125 Upholstered pieces that fit 21 My Fair Lady student Eliza 100 Name of four Pharaohs
47 Gasoline and diesel, into the frames of chairs: 22 As a rule: 2 wds. 101 One running for office
e.g.: 2 wds. 2 wds. 23 Unending 103 Twosomes
51 Gloria in Excelsis ___ 128 Tibias place 31 Before, to bards 104 Now, Voyager actress Chase
52 Number between due 129 Fancy water jugs 36 For ___ jolly good 105 One-pot meal
and quattro 131 Dictator Amin fellow: 2 wds. 106 Bruins legend Bobby
53 ___ Empire (Genghis 134 Netherlands Antilles island off 39 Classical column style 109 Killer PC programs
Khans domain) the coast of Venezuela 40 Pilfer 111 Admirals son on Battlestar
56 Phonograph: 2 wds. 135 Rocker Rundgren 41 Soapy water Galactica: 2 wds.
59 Book of maps 136 Mafia chief 42 Retained 112 Sorry, no can do: 2 wds.
61 Foot doctors 137 What an aspiring executive 43 Misfortunes 113 Earnest request
63 Lofty poem climbs: 2 wds. 45 Truckers driving 114 Forsaking sort
64 One-on-one fights 142 How Christies items are competition 117 Homo ___ (extinct
65 Muhammad Alis original sold: 2 wds. 48 Eight: Prefix human species)
name: 2 wds. 144 It flows from Pittsburgh to 49 Cowboy actor Calhoun 119 Frigid Russian expanse
69 Horror film villain like the Mississippi: 2 wds. 50 Thurs. follower: Abbr. 122 Withstand
Freddy Krueger 145 Attacked: 2 wds. 51 Chest of drawers 123 Lie restfully
71 Old-fashioned 146 Turned up at the tip, as 54 Sedative drug 124 Laundry worker
salutation: 2 wds. the nose 55 Jazzman Armstrong 126 D.C. VIP
72 Is really ardent 147 Question asked by Jesuss a.k.a. Satchmo 127 Webs, for flies
about: 4 wds. disciples at the Last Supper: 57 Grammy-winning gospel 130 Belts place
79 Trapshooting varieties 4 wds. singer Adams 131 Apple MP3 players
80 Came up with a course of 148 Ham it up onstage 58 Lou Grant portrayer: 2 wds. 132 Andrea ___ (ill-fated ship)
action for: Hyph. 149 Very fast mover 60 Subway platform spinner 133 From Dublin
84 Delhi wrap 150 Arid African expanse: 2 wds. 62 Dial-up alternative, briefly 137 Young male horse
85 Le ___ (French port) 151 Woodland deity 65 Mixed nuts nut 138 Pick me! I know the
86 Officially announced the DOWN 66 High-pH compound answer!: 2 wds.
opening of, as a meeting: 1 Substance that reduces 67 Lucky Number ___ 139 To laugh, in Toulouse
3 wds. froth formation (2006 thriller) 140 Nike rival
87 Beer mug 2 Enter by making a right or 68 Enemy tiger in The Jungle 141 Four: Prefix
88 Novelist Wiesel left, as a cross street: 2 wds. Book: 2 wds. 143 Fish-sticks fish
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30 31 32 33
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38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45
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53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
61 62 63 64
65 66 67 68 69 70
71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78
79 80 81 82 83 84
85 86 87
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ANSWER, PAGE 80
Hard Clues (continued)
39 Like some Greek 65 Relative of poison ivy 89 Intraoffice linkup: Abbr. 113 Supplication
architecture 66 Its basic 90 Green of Broadways 114 Renegade
40 Baseball move 67 2006 title character for Babes in Arms 117 Homo ___
41 Ale, slangily Josh Hartnett 92 Low points 119 Where the Lena flows
42 Refused to relinquish 68 Kipling tiger 93 ___ said 122 Hold out
43 Targets of social reform 69 Let off the hook 95 Military cooler 123 Tranquility
45 Truckers competition 70 Whitewashed 96 Fuji rival 124 Wrinkle remover
48 Deca- less two 72 Ibsens Gabler 97 Settles 126 C-SPAN sort
49 Youngest 73 Russian collective 98 Be in an altared state? 127 Pitfalls
Culkin brother 74 Mushroom-to-be 99 Guides 130 Stat for a tailor
50 Thanksgiving 75 Toward the deck 100 Luxor temple builder 131 Products with
follower: Abbr. 76 Spenserian being 101 Stumper? click wheels
51 Wardrobe assistant 77 Break in 103 Some Grammy winners 132 Admiral who fought
54 Codeine, e.g. 78 De-sudses 104 Fast and Loose Barbarossa
55 Peace Nobelist Renault 80 Envelops actress Chase 133 From Mayo, e.g.
57 Former WNBA 81 Capital on 105 Lose sleep (over) 137 Frisky one
standout Griffith the Mediterranean 106 Onetime ice ace 138 I almost forgot!
58 Star of TVs Thunder Alley 82 Cast 109 PC software 139 To laugh, in Lille
60 Provider of paid passage 83 Gravitate 111 Jamie Bambers Battlestar 140 New Balance rival
62 Option for seeing the 86 Not at all chilly Galactica role 141 Four in front?
sites quickly? 87 Equine hue 112 Slangy refusal 143 Pollocks relative
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27 A LITTLE DEDUCTION
1. HAYDN 3. PATCH 5. SHAWL 7. BRUSH
2. BLIMP 4. FUMES 6. TODAY 8. FLAKY
MESSAGE: Nice work!
41 MINMOVES
1 1
H moves from 9 to 4 2 2
A A
D moves from 5 to 9 9 9 B
D
ADMIRAL E moves from 1 to 5
A moves from 6 to 1
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G moves from 3 to 7
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H moves from 4 to 8 5 5
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S O L O S N A H S E C N A U N Z
T P C H D T S S R V A I R Y I E
C I A E A A Y O E E D U N B A R
E E E L D A G R D L R O W D L O
L R O D W T A E I A E O I E P H
E S O L A O R L L L H V T L X O
S O A T R M B A S S O R E I E U
M U S I C B O X S R E P M A C R
32 ONE, TWO, THREE
M AC PRO B LO T CH IM PI S H
AR CE D REA LL IF E MO N T EL
KE NT U C K Y F RI E D CH ICK EN
R ED CED AR S S E XI EST
R IN SE T Y RAN T S
SA L L Y P RO G RAM DOM EST IC
INT ERN ATI ON AL HO USE OF P A N CA KES
PE E N TI RA D E CH ESS SE T
TER R A
FOR M R UN T
T E DI UM PL UN D ER S
T HE CO UN TRY S BE STY O G U R T
W INO N A DA R RO W ST AT ING
ILL US TRA TE IN TO N ED OFF IC ER
A. FAYETTEVILLE M. LOTUS A L A B A M A L A P P S O N J A
B. INTACT N. DAKOTA S T M
ONE A S O N S O C I O A P P I A N
C. SUNFLOWER JOHNSON A L L U S I V E O N C U E D U P O N T
STATE O. REVAMP L A I S D I T I D E S D R ONE B E E
D. HEMINGWAY P. INDEMNITY
A N N E E N T H R ONE S T A R T N E S S
E. ELECTRONICA Q. NIGELLA
F. RODIN LAWSON A T E M G R E E R S W R E S T
G. WHARTON R. KEY TO M I S T S A D E S P E T S S E P T
SCHOOL THE CITY S S S P H ONE M E S T H E I S T L I U
H. INTERRUPT S. I REMEMBER T H E A P E S E I Z E S P O ONE R
I. SIDDHARTHA MAMA L P L
P H R A S A P E O E L O O P E R
J. HIGH- T. NINTENDO
POWERED U. GOLDEN R E E L R S T D ONE E R N A C E R E
K. FLINTY GOPHER E X P ONE N T R A I S E S A C C U R S T
L. UPPERCUT M O O D S B U R E T H A T E R S
E S S A B R A M S W E L L D ONE G E S
Now if you enjoyed myPrincess Leia
D E E D R E N E B I R L S A R A H
and who could resist my stunning,
layered,moving portrait not-unlike- E B O A T H A R P E D R A R E
Mary Poppins performancethendont S T I P E N D S A Y E A Y E S I N T L
forget, I had that weird little English accent C O R ONE T S L I ONE S S F A D D H L
that came and went like weather or bloat O P E N T O S O L T I M A R I N A T E
all through the movie.
L E N T E N T W E E N S M A R T M ONE Y
(Carrie) Fisher, Wishful Drinking
D R E S S R E D D G E N E S E S
53 SIAMESE TWINS
54 END VIEW
S A R T R E A F R I C A PUZZLE 1 PUZZLE 2 PUZZLE 3
P L U R A L F L A R E D
A C B B C A D B A
C
A L L A Y S T A M A L E
B C A D B A C A C B
R O E S E X T I N E S
C B A D C B A C B A
K Y R A F A R E A S T
C A B C A D B B A C
C A B A L A I T E
B A C A B D C B C A
P E T E R C E T E R A
A B C
B U N S A T E E N
L E T I T G O D O Z E
PUZZLE 4 PUZZLE 5 PUZZLE 6
U R I C H R A H V E X
R I C H E S S A F A R I C A D B D B C A E D A C B
B L E A T S P H O T O S D A C B A C E D B A C B D
S E S T E T S A G E S T B C A D C A B E D D B A C
B D C A B E C D A C B D A
N A U S E A A R A M I S C D A B D A E C B D C A B
O W N E R S L E N O R E A B D C E D B A C B C A D
T O M C A T T A I L O R A C B D
E K E S O O R O O N E
S E T H S T A N T O N PUZZLE 7 PUZZLE 8 PUZZLE 9
M A D M A X O R A C E A B D D C A B A C B E D
G L O R Y O F L O V E E A B D C B C D A B E D A
C
B O I T E S T E D A D C E B B A C D A C D B E
A R M O I R E E C H O B D C E A D B A C D E B A C
N O E L S D I G H A M B A C D E C B A D E C A D B
Q U A S A R F A J I T A D C B E A D C A B C D E B A
U N D O N E F L I N C H E D B C A A C D B B A D C E
O D E N S E Y A M A H A D B A C C B E D A
61 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 2
ACROSS: 1. Chartreuse (chart + reuse); 6. Step (pest); 10. Impromptu
(imp + romp + T + U); 11. Parka (park + a) 12. Gremlin (mingler, &
lit.); 13. Leisure (lei + sure) 14. Dowry (wordy); 16. Incognito (gin-tonic
+ o); 18. Sentiment (smitten + men m); 20. Eject (E + c + jet);
22. Overtop (cOVERT OPeration); 24. Tubular (tub + Raul); 26. Defer
(refed); 27. Ignoramus (amusing or); 28. Roll (role); 29. Bedclothes
(beheld cots)
Game name: RING TOSS Ten answers need to GET THE BUGS OUT before they can be entered
SET A (LOOP-THE-LOOP) in the grid.
SET B (TILT-A-WHIRL)
Elaine (dENIAL Endearingly) Decree (de + Cree) Recede
Glider (G + lid + E,r) Exalts (ex + Al + t,s) Laxest ACROSS: 1. Dispatch (ditch + spa); 6. Le Car (L + race); 10. Icer (In
Israel (is + real) Ounces (bounces b) UNESCO ChEeRs); 11. Signature (GIs + nature) [GNAT]; 14. Treble (belter);
Redleg (ledger) Stenos (SOS + ten) Stones 16. Galop (Al + GOP); 17. Hose (shoe); 18. Do-or-die (rodeo + D +
Thread (hatred) Street (tree + St.) Tester I); 19. Confer (conifer i); 22. Bound (two meanings); 23. Adapt (a
+ DA + P + T); 25. Tuba (abut); 30. Exes (hexes h); 31. Pesto (pest
SET C (RING TOSS) SET D (FACE PAINTING) + O); 32. Floor (for + lo); 33. Smithy (Smith-y); 36. Lazarus (z + Lauras);
Dineros (D + in + Eros) Diners Blight (Bligh + t) Slight 40. Oboe (palEOBOtanist); 42. Arete (a tree); 43. Pierre (pie + err);
Oranges (orangs + e) Ranges Owning (n + owing) Awning 44. Alamo ( la + MO); 45. Sticking (sting + cK + I) [TICK];
Sourest (so + u + rest) Surest Punted (pun + Ted) Hunted 46. Delimited (DE + T + I + mile +D) [MITE]; 47. Premiere (REM + pi
Storing (sting + or) String Towers (two meanings) Lowers + ere)
Toaster (rotates) Taster Waiter (I + water) Gaiter
DOWN: 1. Dishrags (drags + his); 2. Smothers (two meanings) [MOTH];
ACROSS: 6. Tacoma (taco + m,a); 8. Magritte (grit + mate); 9. Otto 3. Preen (re + pen); 4. Tilde (tide + l, & lit.); 5. Cued (queued); 6. Lego (leg
(hOT TOpic); 10. Kernel (colonel); 12. Seem (seam); 14. Rose (two + o); 7. Calloused (loud scale) [LOUSE]; 8. Anoint (aint + no); 9. Reproached
meanings); 15. Rash (two meanings); 16. Prig (P + rig); 17. Elon (rod + ache + rep) [ROACH]; 12. Rhombus (rho + bums); 13. Carouse
(felony f,y); 18. Lane (Neal); 19. Vendee (Even Ed); 21. Oxen (One
+ X); 22. Celibate (Cate + bile); 25. Cudgel (C + glued) (carousel l); 15. Buff leather (Beth fearful) [FLEA]; 20. Oath (bOATHouse);
21. Rubes (rebus); 22. Bagpipe (be + Ag + pip); 24. PT boats (stab top);
DOWN: 1. Umiak (K + aim + U); 2. Ewer (brEWERies); 3. Scat (two 25. Textual (tux + teal); 26. Posh (shop); 27. Stone Age (one + stage);
meanings); 4. To go (o + got); 5. Admiral (admire e + a + l); 7. 29. Clarke (C + e + lark); 32. Flambed (feed + lamb) [BEE];
Noshed (son + hed); 11. Repent (rent + PE); 13. Minuets (minus +
ET); 20. Ethel (the + el); 21. Otis (So it); 23. Ergs (regs); 24. Bend (B 34. Meantime (neat + mime) [ANT]; 35. Torsi (riots); 37. Zeal (snooZE
+ end) ALarm); 38. Read (reed); 39. Spar (raps); 41. Briefly (belfry + I) [FLY]
65 ART SCAM
The seascape is not the Monet or the cast on Willies arm, the portrait, the street scene was in the tennis ball can.
Degas; it is either the van Gogh or the van Gogh, and the one sold to Melton. The Renoir seascape was too big for
Renoir. The four paintings are the one If Weathergill bought the Renoir the thermos bottle, so it was in Willies
found in the thermos bottle, the Renoir, seascape. he would have no place on cast and it was Cripps picture. The still
the street scene, and the one sold to this list, which is impossible. So life was in the thermos bottle and it
Sakamaya. If the seascape were the van Weathergill bought the street scene was Meltons. The Degas was not in
Gogh, it could not be the one found in the that was found in the tennis ball can, the telephoto lens, so the Monet was,
thermos bottle, because the seascape was and that must be the van Gogh. and the Degas was the still life that
too big for the thermos bottle. Likewise it Since the portrait was not bought by Melton bought.
could not be Sakamayas; he didnt buy Cripp, Weathergill, or Melton, it must be In summary: The van Gogh street
the van Gogh. So it could be none of the Sakamayas. Sakamayas portrait was not scene, bought by Weathergill, was
four, which is impossible. Therefore the in the cast, the thermos bottle, or the found in the tennis ball can; the Renoir
Renoir is the seascape. tennis ball can; it was in the telephoto seascape, bought by Cripp, was found
Weathergill bought the painting lens. Melton did not buy the painting in in Willies cast; the Monet portrait,
found in the tennis ball can. Therefore the cast; Cripp did, and Meltons was bought by Sakamaya, was found in the
he bought either the Renoir seascape or found in the thermos bottle. telephoto lens; the Degas still life,
the street scene. The other list of the Sakamayas portrait was in the bought by Melton, was found in the
four paintings is: the one found in the telephoto lens. Weathergills van Gogh thermos bottle.
70 PAINT BY PAIRS
ANCHOR DRINKS TOY MOUSE NAPOLEON SKATER
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