Games World of Puzzles

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Editor in Chief Jennifer Orehowsky Managing Editor Madison Starr Editor Raymond Simon Contributing Editors Scott Appel, Thomas L. McDonald, Andrew Parr, Jonathan Schmalzbach Supporting Players Rachel Garland, Catherine Keeney, Julie Snider Creative D

The answer to each crossword-style clue below is a word or phrase including the word DEAD. For example, “Tie, as in a race” would be DEAD HEAT, and “Like Buster Keaton’s look” would be DEADPAN. Don’t be a deadbeat; start solving! ANSWER, PAGE 73 1. “

To solve Quote Boxes, drop the letters from each vertical column—not necessarily in the order in which they appear—into the empty squares below them to spell a quotation reading from left to right, line by line. Words may continue from one line to th

Each grid below represents a campground where a bunch of tents are pitched. Every tree has exactly one tent tied to it from a horizontally or vertically adjacent cell. Knowing that two tents can never be adjacent (not even diagonally), and that the n

Inspiration for these puzzles came to me this past spring when I was sitting with my fiancée in our backyard, listening to bird calls originating from our shady oak and walnut trees, with the breeze carrying the scent of freshly blooming lilac. I wan

Question: You love trivia because… a. It keeps your brain sharp; b. It makes for a great social activity; c. You love showing off your vast expanse of useless knowledge; or d. There’s nothing else to do on a Tuesday night… Okay, so the answer is prob

These nine puzzles feature a unique blend of logic and art. The numbers are all you need to determine which squares should be filled in to form a picture. Here’s how it’s done: The numbers outside each row and column tell you how many groups of black

Fit the given 3-digit numbers in the shaded squares (there is only one combination that will fit all of the numbers) and then solve the Sudoku. The example below shows the grid filled with the 3-digit numbers followed by the final solution. ANSWERS,

Each of the clues below leads to an answer that includes a shade of red. For example, “Busch Stadium team” would be ST. LOUIS CARDINALS. It’s a red-letter day if you can get them all! ANSWERS, PAGE 73 1. Group with Adam Levine as its frontman 2. Susp