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    Animal Tales
    The answer to each clue below consists of the name of an animal followed by the singular or plural form of the word TAIL or TALE. How many can you name? We’ll be quiet now—we wouldn’t want to curtail your efforts. ANSWERS, PAGE 72 1. Marsh plant that
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    Kid Stuff: Triangle Tangle
    This puzzle isn’t hard—just give it a “tri” and you’ll see! All you have to do is color in every area that has exactly three sides, and you’ll discover something you might see when you look up. ANSWER, PAGE 75
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    Art On The Square
    This is the easiest way we know of to create art without the benefit of formal training. All you have to do is copy each square in the proper place in the empty grid, following the coordinates. The square marked A3, for example, should be drawn in th
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    Discovering Japanese Logic Puzzles MARO-NI
    From time to time, I treat myself to a book from Nikoli, the eminent publisher of Japanese logic puzzles. The majority of their works are not translated into English, so I typically look for familiar puzzles types that I can solve, but if I’m feeling
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    Pieces Of Eight
    Each answer in this puzzle has eight letters and fills the spaces surrounding the corresponding number in the diagram, reading either clockwise or counterclockwise. When two answers share a border, letters always match across the border. When a large
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    I’d Like To Solve The Puzzle : Disney Edition
    In honor of the long-running game show Wheel of Fortune, we’ve decided to do something a little different with this crossword. Each of the clues is missing three or more letters which, when filled in correctly, will give you both a relevant clue and
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    Love, Celebrity-style
    Ah, love! Apparently, celebrities experience it, too. Below are four quotes from stars that have been encrypted. (The code for each is different.) Your job? Decode each to ascertain whether celebrities know more about love and relationships than us o
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    Twos Of Hearts
    For double dating, we have two-letter words in this grid! Fit all of the words and phrases listed below into the grid so that they intersect in standard crossword fashion. Each word should be used exactly once. The two-letter words form a pair of lov
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    Word…search?
    This word search was a bit different from typical ones, in that it was missing, well… words. All of the letters were removed from the grid. Your first job was to determine which words belonged in the circled spaces. They all fit a common theme, but t
    Games World of Puzzles2 min read
    Short Order
    Each Across answer in this variety cryptic is one letter too long for its corresponding grid slot, and needs to be shortened according to the order provided at 23-Across. In each case, the resulting grid entry will be a new word. Down answers are nor
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    Wild Cards
    In this mini word search, find the eight colorful and tasty morsels that make up a set of items. One little “twist”: Words with two or more syllables will make a 90-degree turn somewhere. The unused letters, read from left to right, and top to bottom
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    Armchair Geocaching
    FIRST PRIZE $100 5 RUNNER-UP PRIZES: A GAMES WORLD OF PUZZLES T-SHIRT Geocaching has been played in North America for over 25 years, and we’re celebrating that milestone with this contest. If you are unfamiliar with geocaching, it’s a game where peop
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    Shots In The Dark
    Agents of treachery lurk in the darkness of the Fifth Column of this variety cryptic. When entering an Across answer, skip over the shaded square, then fill it with a letter forming a new word. (Enumerations are for the clue answers, not the grid ent
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    Paint By Numbers
    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
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    Slitherlink
    Your goal in these puzzles is to fence off a part of the grid with a closed circuit. Just draw a line from dot to dot (horizontally or vertically—never diagonally), continuing until you return to your starting dot. Each digit indicates the number of
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    Helter-skelter
    Helter-Skelter is a crossword variation in which the answers interlock in any of eight different directions. To solve, write the answer to each clue starting in its numbered square and proceed in a straight line toward—and if necessary beyond—the nex
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    Kid Stuff: Spot The Differences
    Can you find 10 differences between these illustrated scenes? ANSWER, PAGE 75
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    Tabletop Game Reviews
    THE GANG THAMES & KOSMOS: $15 AGE RANGE: 10+ PLAY TIME: 20 MIN. PLAYERS: 3–6 Thames & Kosmos had a hit with the cooperative trick-taker The Crew, and it’s trying to catch that lightning in a bottle a second time with the poker-themed cooperative tric
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    Beguilers: Reading Between The Lines
    What circle in the sequence below also belongs in the circle with the question mark? Each bar code suggests a certain product sold by the company below it. Can you identify the products? Draw a line entering at the bottom left corner to the top right
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    Illustrated Word Ladders
    To solve these puzzles, first identify as many of the illustrations as you can. Then, starting with the first set of blanks, write a 4-letter word represented by one of the illustrations. Choose carefully! In each subsequent set of blanks, change one
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    52-skiddoo
    There is one place for each letter of the alphabet in the 26 empty squares of each blank column in the diagram below. Fill in each letter so that a word of at least five letters is formed reading across only. Not all of the letters to the left and ri
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    Cryptic Crossword 1
    Each clue in a cryptic crossword has two parts: a definition of the answer and an indication of the answer’s literal makeup via wordplay. Either half may come first; finding the dividing point between the two parts is the key to solving. On page 61,
    Games World of Puzzles1 min read
    Chain Sudoku
    Chain Sudoku is a variant of sudoku in which the digits 1 through n are used for an n×n grid. So, for example, the digits 1 through 5 would be used for a 5×5 grid. The goal is to fill in the grid with missing digits such that each row, column, and gr
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    Quote Boxes
    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
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    Double Exposure
    Each column contains an uncapitalized six-letter word with half of its letters given. In each case, there is only one common word that will fit the given letters. After you’ve figured out all of the words, select one letter from the top half of each
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    Bon Mots
    You don’t need to be Gustave Flaubert to solve this puzzle. Simply use the crossword-style clues below to identify words including the letter sequence M-O-T, like MOTORCYCLE or BEHEMOTH. As a solving hint, answers are ordered by length. That’s all th
    Games World of Puzzles2 min read
    Siamese Twins
    This puzzle gives you two grids for the price of one. And two sets of clues to go with them, so you can work both crosswords at the same time. What’s the catch? Each clue number is followed by two different clues to two different answers. The puzzle
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    Code Crosswords
    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 an
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    Boxing Match
    The object of this solitaire challenge is to guess a word before making six incorrect guesses, as in a familiar childhood game. To begin, choose any letter of the alphabet that you think might appear in word I below. Suppose you pick E. Go to the Let
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    The Spiral
    This puzzle turns in two directions. The spiral’s Inward clues yield a sequence of words to be entered counterclockwise in the spaces from 1 to 100. The Outward clues yield a different set of words to be entered clockwise from 100 to 1. Keep track of

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