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52-SKIDDOO.................................................................4
500 RUMMY.....................................................................30
AND ONE TO GROW ON............................................ 63
APRIL SHOWERS............................................................15
ART ON THE SQUARE............................................... 24
IN THIS ISSUE BATTLESHIPS.................................................................23
BOXING MATCH........................................................ 16
Cryptic Classroom #6: Containers
BUT IS IT ART?.................................................................21
The sixth in a series of lessons for
aspiring cryptic crossword solvers 33 CAT GOT YOUR TONGUE?..........................................7
CODE CROSSWORDS....................................................28
Rose Is Red / Violet Is Blue / Flag Is Win / Baba Is You
CROSS PURPOSES.................................................... 29
A guide to the single-player puzzle
game Baba Is You 34 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 1.............................................60
CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 2......................................... 61
Carlsen Retains World Chess Championship CRYPTOLISTS.................................................................20
Magnus Carlsen defeats Ian Nepomniachtchi
with four wins and seven draws 38 DEAR BOBBY.............................................................. 62
DOMINOES.......................................................................54
Celebrity Splices DOUBLE CROSS......................................................... 51
Can you identify the 26 actors whose FAMILY REUNIONS.........................................................66
photos have been spliced together? 40 FLASHLIGHTS............................................................ 49
HELTER-SKELTER...........................................................31
The Murder Game
(from the Classic Games Department) KID STUFF.....................................................................8
42
Stephen Sondheim invites you to play MIXED DOUBLES.............................................................3
detective at his house ONE, TWO, THREE...................................................... 32
PAINT BY NUMBERS......................................................56
This Old Game: Dig
Vintage games from the collector’s closet 48 PENCIL POINTERS 1...................................................5
PENCIL POINTERS 2......................................................18
PLUS... QUOTE BOXES............................................................ 12
RAINBOW ROAD.............................................................22
Wild Cards
A potpourri of amusing little puzzles SEVENS AND EIGHTS............................................... 14
26
for your solving pleasure SIAMESE TWINS.............................................................53
SKYSCRAPER SUDOKU............................................ 64
Text Tiles 44
Contest SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD FLICK......................................10
SPLIT DECISIONS ..................................................... 50
Contest Results SPORTING CIRCLES......................................................52
Alpha Connections (from August) 45 TEN-PACK.....................................................................6
THE SPIRAL.....................................................................19
Electronic Game Reviews
Poker Quest, Agatha Christie—Hercule Poirot: TIC-TAC-LOGIC.......................................................... 13
The First Cases 46 TIMES SQUARES.............................................................7
WHITEOUT!................................................................. 67
Tabletop Game Reviews
Yōkai, Groundhog Day: The Game 47
WORLD’S MOST ORNERY CROSSWORD...................67
Easy Medium
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Mixed Doubles
BY MIKE NOTHNAGEL
This puzzle is solved like a standard Mixed Doubles in that each answer word has two clues leading to it, using different
meanings of the word. The clues are separated into Across and Down, but are otherwise ordered randomly.
When you find two clues that seem to have the same answer, add up their clue numbers to determine the place in the
ANSWER, PAGE 70
grid at which the answer should be entered. For example, if the clue for 1-Across were “Metallic element” and the clue for
17-Across read “Starring role,” the answer would be LEAD, which would go in 18-Across (1 + 17). Tags such as “Hyph.”
and “2 wds.” have been omitted.
ACROSS
1 Elbow room 19 47 36
2 Deals in stolen
goods 26
3 Guinness Book entry
4 Small, brown-gray 39
bird
5 Supposes, in 27
the South
6 Basketball game 52
segment
7 MFA or Ph.D. 41 46
8 “Eat fresh”
restaurant chain 38 22 15 31
9 Debate topic
10 Intricate 48 17 37 30
11 Captain Jack
from the 44 42 22
Pirates of the
Caribbean 21
movies
12 Donate 28 49 25
13 Somewhere in
the vicinity 16
14 Gridiron units
15 Division on a 29 35
thermometer
16 Edition of a
magazine
17 Suit that beats 34 43 40
other suits, in
some card
games
18 “The final frontier” 24
19 Harvard and
Scotland
20 Baseball team that
makes the playoffs 33
without winning a
division
21 Capture on tape
22 Movie spoiler,
maybe 31 Urban transport 7 Arose suddenly 16 Mythical box-opener 25 Strong, as
23 “Two bits” 32 Joker, often 8 Put two and two 17 Not specific a drink
24 Tongue’s together 18 Wrapped item at a 26 Cocktail made
counterpart, in DOWN 9 Stone in a crown birthday party with cognac,
construction 1 Motorcycle 10 Music streaming 19 It’s between the past triple sec, and
25 LP feature attachment service and the future lemon juice
26 Some are made of 2 Activate 11 Series of golf holes 20 Asked, as 27 Prepared to
white pickets 3 Blames for, as 12 Op-Ed pieces a question be photographed
27 45th president a crime 13 Twelfth Night 21 “Who Will Save Your 28 Attaches, as
Donald 4 High military character who Soul” singer a medal
28 Group of apartment rank disguises herself 22 Longing to be with 29 Upright supports
buildings 5 Snake charmer’s as a boy one’s family 30 String quartet
29 Approximately target 14 Roy Rogers’ horse 23 Rigid member
30 Settles, as an 6 Part of a college 15 Hit an easily caught 24 Out of the office 31 GI Joe’s nemesis
account student’s schedule baseball due to illness 32 Threw in

52-Skiddoo
BY JOEL NANNI
There is one place for each letter of the alphabet in the 26 empty squares of each blank column in the diagram below. Fill
in each letter so that a word of at least five letters is formed reading across only. Not all of the letters to the left and right
of the empty box are used; it’s up to you to determine which ones are needed to complete familiar words. Some letters
may fit in more than one of the empty squares to complete words, but we only came up with one arrangement that would
complete a word in each row. Maybe you’ll find a better solution. Proper names are not allowed. ANSWER, PAGE 71
A G T E N E R I E R E X A
B O T T O R N I U E T R B
C N L Z A T A C D L B P C
D O Y F S A I L I R D Y D
E D X S E P L O E R T J E
F M D A R R O O P Q Z U F
G K G H A E L N T Q B K G
H E N N O E R E P O S E H
I Q R H O R O U H W H Q I
J I N T E G A L C T I C J
K Z C O M A N D E R J V K
L Q S R E E R T R Y E J L
M B O W B A R I Y Z E C M
N M T E L S C O E D T P N
O O C R A K E R A C K E O
P S P R O C T I E O G R P
Q H O L L H O C B E P E Q
R Z G A A P E C Y W K K R
S P V D L G H T I N G R S
T P L A C U I E C E P S T
U M H Z X I R A F E T Y U
V A J E A O U S G N K O V
W B Y W I O O T E A R G W
X D K Q A E L L O P D N X
Y C K U C G N A G A R C Y
Z G P H O O A R E R K R Z

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.
▁▁ ▁▁ ▁▁
Drink Try all Film and Jupiter Gut- 🠟 Dousing 🠟 Coach Comic- Wipe Material Zagreb 🠟 “We can’t Of lines Italy’s
causing courses tripod or Saturn punch tube Emmy book clean for LPs native be and Villa d’__
a buzz of action sellers reaction ——————— winner hits and 45s saved!” shapes
__ Miz
▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼
▏
🠞
Water, Luxury Bullring

in Paris ▶ Italian ▶ shouts ▶
car
Qty. Cops, in Sailor Tons

slang guy ▶
▶ ———————
▶
__ Lanka
#2 execs ▼ ▼ Tantrum ▶ Clock
▶ ——————— info ▶
Some
punches
System- ▼ Plaza Solemn
crash ▶ Hotel ▶ vow
record girl
Place to Oak Indigo Certain ▼

hang Ridge and choir ▶
🠞 clothes Boys hit henna voice
▏
Liveliest Used an ▼ ▼ ▼ Film
——————— épée, say ▶ director ▶
Port in Ephron
Norway ▶
__ Na Na Wrath Fez or TV’s __ Interpret Use a
(old TV ▶ beret May ▶ wrongly, couch ▶
show) Clampett in a way
Bubbly ▼ ▼ Marriage ▼
drink ▶ based on ▶
mixers affection
La Home of War and Not Did a People

Traviata, ▶ St. ▶ Peace realistic certain in a
for one Francis novelist dog trick picket
line
Strip Atop, in Sip ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼
around verse ▶ noisily ▶
🠞 a gift
▏
Foot Manama Ouzo Apollo __-car ▼ Certain
or shoe native flavorers program (Hertz choir ▶
part org. service) ▶ voice
660-mile ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ Reno- Pooch’s Dads’ Deep Rich boy

African ▶ vates, bark dads bows of in Nancy ▶
river for short respect comics
Mom’s Boasts ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ Slanted

mom ▶ ▶ ▶
The one Catcher Without

here ▶ Yogi ▶ a service ▶
charge
Astral Waste Snow

bear ▶ material ▶ gliders ▶
——————— ———————
Attend Tax org.
Insecure African ▶ ▼ Letter ▼
star Issa antelope drop
▶
▶ ——————— ———————
Light hit Afore
Mexico’s ▼ Serving ▼
Enrique ▶ to mend ▶
Peña __
Finish by Creator
ANSWER, PAGE 70
▶ of Count ▶
Dracula
Deprive People
of ▶ staring ▶
property

Ten-Pack
See if you can beat our score by packing this grid with words using only the 10 letters provided at the foot of the page.
You may use any letter as often as you like, but don’t use the same word twice in the grid. This includes singular and
plural versions of the same word, inflected versions of a word (such as LOVE and LOVED), and variant spellings of
the same word. Use any word in a standard dictionary, including slang, but don’t use capitalized or foreign words,
contractions, abbreviations, acronyms, prefixes, or suffixes.
After completing the grid, calculate your score by adding up each Across row; our high score was 290…but we were
a little off that day. ANSWER, PAGE 71
LINE SCORE
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
E A M H U W C N S T
1 2 3 4 5 5 4 3 2 1 TOTAL

Times Squares
BY ELIZABETH GORSKI
ACROSS 52 The Marvelous ___ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
1 “If I Could Turn Maisel

Back Time” singer 54 1942 film starring 14 15 16
5 Church song Hepburn and 17 18 19

10 Anthropolo- Tracy: 4 wds.
gist Margaret 62 Notable periods 20 21 22
14 Humorist Barry of history
15 ___ Grows in 63 Summer TV airing 23 24
Brooklyn: 2 wds. 64 Tehran’s nation
16 Gumbo veggie 66 Beginning of a 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34
17 Undergarment play: 2 wds.

under a dress 67 Provoke with 35 36 37 38 39
18 Legal insults
19 Simon or Sedaka 68 Letter after epsilon 40 41 42
20 Ice-cream parlor 69 Kiss Me ___

43 44 45
feature: 4 wds. 70 Undoes a dele
23 ___ Kippur 71 Simple 46 47 48 49 50
(Jewish holiday)
24 Set down DOWN 51 52 53
25 20/20 network 1 Record store
28 Bereaved man purchases, 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61
32 Yankee great for short
Gehrig 2 Fifty percent
ANSWER, PAGE 70
62 63 64 65
35 Mope 3 Good’s opponent

37 ___ care in the 4 Square up with 66 67 68
world: 2 wds. a creditor

69 70 71
38 Prepares for 5 White-maned
publication horse
40 Edible mail- 6 Cookbook 22 Group of 33 Playful aquatic 53 Take by force
order gift: 4 wds. instruction concubines mammal 54 Lacking strength
43 Sports venue 7 Exxon 25 ___ as the eye can 34 Theater worker 55 Killer whale
44 April 1 victim competitor see: 2 wds. 36 Relatives 56 The Simpsons
45 1958 Pulitzer 8 Explorer Ericson 26 Small donkey 39 ___ double take: creator Groening
winner James 9 Fortitude 27 Provided with 2 wds. 57 Amazing
46 Gun, to a 10 Cash hints 41 Eagle’s claw achievement
gangster 11 Scraped by, 29 Removes, as 42 Gold and silver, 58 Loyal
47 Roped a steer with “out” one’s hat for two 59 Track (down)
50 Bobby in the 12 Highlight of 30 Preminger and 48 Scraps, NASA-style 60 Region
Hockey Hall an opera von Bismarck 49 Help with 61 Some lab
of Fame 13 Judging Amy 31 Winged elm, the dishes animals
51 Newhart of costar Tyne for example 51 Count ___ 65 Thumbs-down
Newhart 21 Solemn oath 32 Jargon (jazz great) vote
Cat Got Your Tongue?

BY RAYMOND SIMON
Each of the 14 clues below can be answered by a word, phrase, name, or title containing the word CAT. For example,
the clue “Butterfly-to-be” leads to CATERPILLAR, while “Independent oil driller” would be WILDCATTER. Can you identify
all the right answers? ANSWERS, PAGE 70
1. Wealthy campaign contributor 8. Subterranean cemeteries
2. Midafternoon snooze, maybe 9. Reveal a secret, slangily
3. Imitator 10. Substance that initiates a chemical reaction
4. L.L.Bean sends them via snail-mail 11. Early version of a missile launcher, say
5. Fashion show runway 12. Swift boat with twin hulls
6. The world’s first female Iron Chef 13. Creating a fake persona to lure someone online
7. Excessively fearful person 14. Tennessee Williams play featuring Brick and Maggie

Kid Stuff
RIDDLE ACROSTIC
BY HELENE HOVANEC
Wanna hear a joke? If you do, solve this puzzle! First, write the answers to the clues on the numbered blanks next to
them. Then move the letters on the blanks into the diagram in their matching numbered squares. For example, the
number under the first blank in Clue A is 33. After you answer that clue, you’ll place the letter on blank #33 into square
#33 of the diagram. Work back and forth between the clues and the diagram to fill all the spaces. When you’re finished,
read the grid from left to right, starting at the top, and you’ll find a riddle and its answer. ANSWERS, PAGE 71
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
A. Small _ _ _ _ _ _ G. More than warm _ _ _

33 6 4 8 52 15 31 12 38
B. Male parent _ _ _ _ _ _ H. Opposite of worst _ _ _ _

35 3 25 46 28 44 50 47 20 13
C. Difficult _ _ _ _ I. Keep an eye on _ _ _ _ _

2 23 16 5 1 36 53 30 9
D. Very sloppy _ _ _ _ _ J. Building you live in _ _ _ _ _

11 51 22 37 41 18 26 43 45 10
E. Third grader’s age _ _ _ _ _ K. No longer wet _ _ _

39 32 17 27 49 34 29 24
F. Red Riding ___ _ _ _ _ L. Five plus five _ _ _

14 19 42 7 21 48 40
CATEGORIES
In each box of this puzzle, write the name of something that fits the category described at the left, and also begins
with the letter at the top. How quickly can you fill all the boxes? (For two or more players, make a copy of the puzzle
grid for each person and see who can complete it first.) ANSWERS, PAGE 70
A P R I L
Countries
Hobbies
Words ending in “Y”
Animals
Beverages

MAZE-A-PIX BY CONCEPTIS LTD.
WWW.CONCEPTISPUZZLES.COM
In these two puzzles, your goal is to create a picture by solving a maze. First, find the path from START to FINISH. Then,
color it in to reveal a picture. ANSWERS, PAGE 71

Sounds Like a Good Flick
“I’ve got an idea to sell you, Lloyd,” said the voice on the phone. “Howzabout doing the art for our new line of vintage movie
posters?” It was Sam, one of Lloyd’s best clients. “Sure,” he replied, “sounds right up my alley.” This wasn’t entirely true—Lloyd
knew zilch about movies—but he took the job anyway. Two weeks later, an angry Sam was back on the phone.
“We can’t print these!,” he yelled. “Your sketches don’t make sense! What’s a carriage driver got to do with Rain Man?”
See, Lloyd thought Sam had said Rein Man. Lloyd’s got a problem with homophones. Each of the 12 drawings below
illustrates a film title in which one homophone’s been substituted. See if you can figure out which movies Sam had in
mind (and spell ’em out on the dashes). ANSWERS, PAGE 72
ILLUSTRATIONS BY RON BARRETT
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Quote Boxes BY JASON ELMER
To solve Quote Boxes, drop the letters from each vertical column—not necessarily in the order in which they appear—into
the empty squares below them to spell a quotation reading from left to right, line by line. Words may continue from one
line to the next; black squares indicate ends of words. The author of each quote is given above its grid. ANSWERS, PAGE 70
1. TORQUATO TASSO
ODNXISDVWHRACADTIBOBF
TREEILOEROEIENNOEDEEO
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Tic-Tac-Logic BY CONCEPTIS LTD.
Tic-Tac-Logic is a single-player puzzle based on tic-tac-toe, a pencil-and-paper

game many of us used to enjoy as children. Using pure logic and requiring
no math to solve, these addictive puzzles offer endless fun and intellectual
entertainment to puzzle fans of all skills and ages.
Each puzzle consists of a grid containing X’s and O’s in various places. The
object is to place X or O in the remaining squares so that: (1) there are no
more than two consecutive X’s or O’s in a row or a column; (2) the number
of X’s is the same as the number of O’s in each row and column; and (3) all rows are unique and all columns are unique.
An sample puzzle and its solution are shown at right. The puzzles on this page start out easy and get progressively harder.
ANSWERS, PAGE 72
PUZZLE 1 PUZZLE 2
PUZZLE 3 PUZZLE 4

Sevens and Eights
BY RAYMOND YOUNG
Here are your lucky sevens and crazy eights! All of the words and phrases listed below contain either seven or eight
letters. Fit them into the grid so that they intersect in standard crossword fashion. Each word will be used exactly once.
STARTING HINT, PAGE 73 ANSWER, PAGE 71
7 LETTERS
AGONIZE BIG FISH EPIGRAM GERBILS INGENUE ORIGAMI
AGREE TO DEMAGOG FABERGE GILBERT LARGE OJ PAGE TEN
ALL AGOG DOING OK FRET SAW GOLF CAP NERF GUN TEATIME
APOGEAL EGOISTE GAGSTER GOTTA GO NET GAIN TONIGHT
AT GRADE EMBARGO GEEGAWS HOW LONG? NY GIANT U MAGNET
8 LETTERS
AIR CARGO DEFILING ESOPHAGI GAS GIANT GLUG GLUG GOING OFF LOLLYGAG
ALL GREEK DJIBOUTI FEINTING GAS SHAFT GLUTTONY GOLDBERG OBAMA ERA
BILGE SAW DOGGY BAG GAIN UPON GAS SHELL GOES NUTS LADY GAGA PAGAN GOD
BY GEORGE EMAILING GARGOYLE GET A TEXT GO-GETTER LINGERIE TIGHT-SET

April Showers
BY RAYMOND YOUNG
This cloud is about to burst, judging by the amount of H2O it contains! Find all of the words and phrases listed below
in the cloud; they appear horizontally, vertically, and diagonally (always in a straight line). Whenever you come to a
🌢
consecutive H-O, substitute a . Can you find them all before you get soaked? ANSWER, PAGE 73
O A M R A
N D A 🌢 J E T
Y S F N T U O E N 🌢 S L 🌢 W R
C F R A T 🌢 U S E O D S 🌢 T G L A S S
S 🌢 V E L F U L Z D A P L O 🌢 C S R 🌢
O A P O N C 🌢 T 🌢 M P S O N W M 🌢 T Y
🌢 H G I E H 🌢 H G I E H W 🌢 C K E Y E
Y R K N O W W 🌢 S W 🌢 S 🌢 W L O W
🌢 🌢 🌢 🌢 🌢 🌢 🌢
🌢 🌢 🌢 🌢 🌢 🌢 🌢
🌢 🌢 🌢 🌢 🌢 🌢 🌢
🌢 🌢 🌢 🌢 🌢 🌢 🌢
🌢 🌢 🌢 🌢 🌢 🌢 🌢
ANTHOLOGY HOT ZONE SHONE OUT
CHOPIN HOW LOW? SHOT GLASS
FRAT HOUSE KNOW WHO’S WHO

SHOVELFUL
HEIGH HO! HEIGH HO! NAVAHO
SHOW CAR
HOARY PONCHO
THOMPSON
HOCKEY REST HOME
HONDA JET SALCHOW WASHOE
HOTEL SCHOOL PAD WHOOP-DE-DO

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 Letter Chart on the facing page and find the number listed in row E of column I (because you are working on word
I). The number is 94; you now look at box number 94 in the Position Chart (to the right of the Letter Chart) and find
the number 7. This means that the letter E occurs in the seventh position (and nowhere else) in word I. If a letter
occurs more than once in a word, the Position Chart will show all its locations.
If you find from the Position Chart that a letter appears in position 0, then the letter does not appear in the word. As
a penalty for an incorrect guess, write that letter in one the six boxes in the diagram beside the word blanks. If you fill
all the boxes (that is, make six incorrect guesses) before identifying the word, you’re knocked out.
If you can win 8 of the 12 matches, either you’re psychic or you have a remarkable gift for words. ANSWERS, PAGE 72
WORDS TO BE GUESSED LETTERS MISSED
I.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
II.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
III.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
IV.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
V.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
VI.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
VII.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
VIII.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
IX. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
X. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
XI. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
XII. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

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

Pencil Pointers 2
BY COREY KOSAK
In this crossword puzzle, the clues appear in the grid itself. Enter the answers in the direction of the pointers.
▁▁ ▁▁ ▁▁ ▁▁
Certain 🠟 Outer “Come Stories 🠟 Springy Rub Initial 🠟 Nude, as Film Actor Stuffed 🠟 Dhoti Fashion
burger surfaces on, fess bed parts roughly poker a model director Linden one’s wearers flair
toppers up!” cost ——————— Zhao face ———————
Inferior Majestic
Wendy’s ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼
and ▶
Denny’s
Yank in “...plus
Europe, ▶ other ▶
maybe things”
Leaning Walked
▶ past ▶
casually
Ward off R&B Quiet

▶ singer ▶ spell ▶
Bryson
Emerge ▶ Feel sick Thin, Crusty “Now it

——————— delicate treat ▶ makes ▶
Crochet pancake ——————— sense”
or purl __ Haw
Small ▼ ▼ ▼ Pub brew Electric Fragrant Single Byrnes,
scenting ▶ car lady, in Hall, or
pouch maker León Roush
Scooby- Fathered ▶ Relaxed ▶ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼

__ ▶ ——————— ———————
Poolside Wheat
shelter husk
Fist of ▼ Made ▼
Fury star ▶ dim by
tears ▶
“Help me Worker Give an

out, fixing art, answer ▶
🠞 honey” say
▏
In the Working Rx Often- ▼ ▼ Car for a In a
same hard writers quoted VIP ▶ fitting
way that Yogi
▶ way
“Look, I ▼ ▼ Sliver Like a River to ▼

did it!” ▶ novelist perfect Lake ▶
Levin game Ontario
Some ▼ ▼ Having Rear Marked Soft-shell Helpful

British ▶ only one with a clams hint ▶
preppies hue large dot
Miami ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ Addams
Vice ▶ Family ▶
detective cousin
Related
to flying ▶
🠞 aircraft
▏
Makes a Bank Give a Fork Ear or Gem Muse of Use as a
choice robbery, grand go-with heart part ▶ weight lyric chair
e.g. speech unit poetry
Snug- ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ St. Pat’s

fitting ▶ land
chains
“Bill” Dine Bullfight Sally ▼

penner ▶ shout Rogers ▶
Jerome portrayer
Go- ▼ ▼ Erudite
between ▶ class of ▶
——————— people
Tranquil
Debate
ANSWER, PAGE 72
presider ▶
Soaked in 1950s
water, as ▶ ballistic ▶
tea missile

The Spiral
BY GERRY WILDENBERG
This puzzle turns in two directions. The spiral’s Inward clues yield a sequence of words to be entered counterclockwise
in the spaces from 1 to 100. The Outward clues yield a different set of words to be entered clockwise from 100 to 1. Keep
track of which way you’re going, and have many happy returns. ANSWER, PAGE 73
1
2
31
4 32 30
29
33
5 56
55 28
57
34
54
6 58
76 75 27
35 53
77 74
59
90
7 26
91 89 73 52
36 78
60 99
8 100 88 25
92
72 51
37 79
98
61
9 87 24
93 71 50
38 80
62 97
10 94 86 23
70 49
39 81
96
63 95
85
11 22
82 69 48
40
83 84
64
12 68
47 21
41 65
67
66
13 42 46
20
43 45
44
14 19
15 18
16 17
INWARD OUTWARD
1-7 Finery 100-98 Word after jet, null, or bedroom
8-13 Quick snooze 97-92 Mystical secrets
14-19 Rocky Mountains rodent 91-87 Actor George of the original Star Trek
20-26 Pipe filler 86-79 Setback
27-31 Egyptian capital 78-74 Deck with the Fool card
32-37 Salsa ingredient 73-67 Person opposite, at a bridge table
38-43 Glass with a stem 66-63 Uncreative learning
44-48 Vetoed, informally 62-57 Lizard in a Tennessee Williams title
49-53 Dressed to the ___ 56-51 Deteriorate
54-58 Martin’s Laugh-In partner 50-46 Reference book feature
59-63 The Adventures of ___ March 45-41 Info from a spy
(Saul Bellow novel) 40-35 Colombia’s capital
64-70 Heavy downpour 34-30 It’s electric in a Tesla
71-76 Dinosaur prominent in Jurassic Park 29-23 Former Chrysler head Lee
77-81 Oversize reference book 22-17 Second half of an inning
82-88 Daydream 16-10 Widespread and uncontrolled
89-94 Samurai sword 9-6 Purple berry
95-100 Jalopies 5-1 Brewery product

Cryptolists BY RAYMOND SIMON
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 71
1. WOMEN WHO DIRECT 2. BIG VIDEO GAME FRANCHISES

Ex.: Chloe Zhao Ex.: Pokémon
W S J X O Z W P M W L T T L T T Y C ’ T N I P P O
S P X L W S X P E F S X P X I Y T
D X J J G K W P O V W T T B I L C O X A P W X L E X Q
W Z W M B Z X P J W G I P T Y O P C X P M Y R
Y W L V P G J R F S X T I E T Q C Y N X A P A P O B P A Q B
J F N I T X V I T I Q N X J X P X A P R P B P C O Q W V P R O L
F M W T B D F J I T E J P I Z L I Y Q G I Q T .
O I Q F W N I D D I T W N L R R Q W O E X K
J I P W X D V P I J Z L O O P C C W R
H W J X N W K D F I J Z Y C P N I L W X
3. BY THE EVERLY BROTHERS 4. MYSTERY LIST

Ex.: (’Til) I Kissed You What do they all have in common?
B J A H S J B S H X H G U E J U D P T D R V U V D E R C Y E G X
Q P D B B H L Q X I G X ’ Q V C V Y
N R S F X ’ K N W H V T J T D F H V Y R F A E G C
W J S P S Q J U J L E L T G E I S
V F J T V P W W P Q J W H A J B Q K E C F Y Q E D X
R W W P F R A J S H B H P K B D J R U I G J I F Q Q T M D F K T Q Q A V Y C
V R M J G I W P S S W J K G K P J B F T D V L ’ Q W E F A Q
S F R S ’ K H W B O R K F P H T J B J Y E B B D P M F T Y
Q X J Q X J W H A J K V A F Y D E H L F Y
N D X P T L P T S F J D R P T S T Y X F C Y F Q F S M D T G R F

But Is It Art?
BY ETHAN MORE
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 72 73
ANSWER, PAGE 73
74 75 76
77 78 79
ACROSS 47 “Nut Brown” drink DOWN 34 2006 role for Forest

1 Room at the top 48 Turgid prose 1 Trac II alternative Whitaker: 2 wds.
6 Amass 50 Off-the-topic reference 2 Society of Friends pronoun 35 Sensation
11 Theater feature 51 Russian space 3 Injure a muscle 36 Corrida performers
16 Motif station name 4 Encroach (on) 39 Tiffany glass item
17 MA music festival site 52 Graduate exams 5 Lucrezia’s brother 41 Degs. from
18 Folksy “forsooth” 53 Troubled deeply: 2 wds. 6 Smelling salts alternative Babson College
19 Gets in return 54 He can lick Fred 7 Help desk staffer 42 Tuck, e.g.
20 Get rowdy: 2 wds. 55 Foreign: Prefix 8 Not fooled by 43 Project delayer: 2 wds.
21 Came to light 56 Renderings of a 9 Everyday 46 Broken in
22 Renderings of an hermit‘s dwelling?: 10 Ship offshore 49 Flowering more fully
antenna?: 2 wds. 2 wds. 11 To one side 53 Was useful to
25 Gp. against gun control 59 City south of 12 Negev dwellers 54 Drove off without
26 Vexed Gainesville 13 Go a-charging? 56 Jail, slangily
27 Renderings of a 61 Benatar or Sajak 14 Secure with rope 57 “Seward‘s Folly”
certain digit? 62 Renderings of an 15 She-sheep 58 Fad dance of the early ‘60s
33 Harrod’s feature unguis?: 2 wds. 23 Thrashes soundly 60 They call cops “bears”
37 Shrink’s comment: 2 wds. 71 She’s “a little bit country” 24 It’s sold by the gallon 62 Ness was one: Hyph.
38 TV news pioneer Arledge 72 Quench 27 Locomotive’s furnace 63 Robbers’ total take
39 YouTube offering 73 One of Kirk’s underlings 28 “Friz” Freleng’s real 64 Itch
40 Like butchers’ wares 74 Handyman’s holemaker first name 65 Soap for real dirty hands
41 Necessities 75 Bacon on the screen 29 Correspondent 66 Play hooky
42 Barmate of Norm and Cliff 76 Love Story novelist 30 Assume for 67 Lane’s colleague
44 O’Neill and Sheeran 77 Cards and D-backs, e.g. argument’s sake 68 Staggering
45 Renderings of a letter?: 78 Rewrite for Hollywood 31 College army prog. 69 Chronology segments
2 wds. 79 That is, in Latin: 2 wds. 32 Appoint 70 Sidewalk clearer

Rainbow Road
BY MARGERY ALBIS
For the last hundred years, the tradition for residents of Rainbow Road has been to be as creative as possible when
choosing house colors. For example, each of six consecutive houses on one side of the street (#101, #103, #105, #107,
#109, or #111) is currently painted three different colors: one for the clapboard siding, one for the window trim, and one
for the door. The siding colors for the six houses are barn red, charcoal, cream, gold, peach, and sand; the trim colors are
black, caramel, gray, mustard, salmon, and Wedgwood blue; and the doors are painted brown, green, melon, rose, teal,
and yellow. Some of the combinations certainly sound like clashes on paper, but they have worked out rather well here.
For each address, determine the color of the house’s trim, door, and siding. ANSWER, PAGE 73
WEDGWOOD
CHARCOAL
BARN RED
MUSTARD
CARAMEL
SALMON
YELLOW
BROWN
CREAM
MELON
PEACH
GREEN
BLACK
SAND
GOLD
GRAY
ROSE
TEAL
#101
#103
#105
#107
#109
#111
BARN RED
CHARCOAL
CREAM
GOLD
PEACH
SAND
BROWN
GREEN
CLUES
MELON 1. The house with the gold siding (which doesn’t
ROSE have a melon door) is directly between the
house with the mustard trim and the one with
TEAL the rose-colored door.
YELLOW 2. Four of the houses are: the one with the mustard
trim, the one with the brown door, #101, and #111.
3. The house with the caramel trim doesn’t have
charcoal siding.
4. The house with the cream siding (which doesn’t
have the mustard trim) is directly between the
house with the gray trim (which doesn’t have a
rose door) and the house with the brown door.
5. The house at 109 Rainbow Road doesn’t have
the green door.
6. The house directly between the one with black
trim and the one with the melon door has
sand-colored siding.
7. The siding on the house with the rose door isn’t
barn red or cream.
8. The house with salmon trim is directly between
the house with the teal door and the one with
the peach siding.
9. The house with the yellow door doesn’t have
caramel trim.

Battleships BY CONCEPTIS LTD.
The six puzzles on this page are solitaire versions of the classic paper-and-pencil game of Battleships. Each grid represents
a section of ocean in which a fleet is hiding. This fleet consists of one battleship (four grid cells in length), two cruisers
(three cells each), three destroyers (two cells each), and four submarines (one cell each). The ships may be oriented either
horizontally or vertically, and no two ships can occupy adjacent grid cells, not even diagonally. The digits along the grid’s
perimeter indicate the number of cells in the corresponding rows and columns that are occupied by vessels.
You’ll notice that some “shots” have been taken to start you off. These may show water (indicated by wavy lines), a
complete sub (a circle), the bow or stern of a ship (a rounded-off square), or a midsection of a battleship or cruiser (a
square). The puzzles get harder as you go. Can you reach the rank of admiral by locating all six fleets? ANSWERS, PAGE 72
Water End of ship (will continue in the direction of the flat side)
Submarine Middle of a ship (will continue either left and right or up and down)
1–SEAMAN 2–PETTY OFFICER 3–ENSIGN

2 3 4
6 2 1
2 4 5
5 1 1
0 4 3
0 2 0
0 0 0
1 0 0
1 3 5
3 1 1
6 0 3 0 3 0 3 1 3 1 0 2 1 2 2 2 1 5 1 4 1 4 0 5 1 0 3 3 2 1
BATTLESHIP BATTLESHIP BATTLESHIP

CRUISERS CRUISERS CRUISERS
DESTROYERS DESTROYERS DESTROYERS
SUBMARINES SUBMARINES SUBMARINES
4–CAPTAIN 5–COMMODORE 6–ADMIRAL

3 1 0
2 1 0
4 5 5
3 2 2
2 1 4
0 3 2
2 2 1
1 0 2
1 3 1
2 2 3
2 3 2 1 3 0 4 0 3 2 3 2 1 1 1 3 2 1 3 3 3 3 0 2 0 4 3 2 1 2
BATTLESHIP BATTLESHIP BATTLESHIP

CRUISERS CRUISERS CRUISERS
DESTROYERS DESTROYERS DESTROYERS
SUBMARINES SUBMARINES SUBMARINES

Art on the Square
BY BONNIE KOVES
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 the box where Row A intersects with Column 3. The more carefully you work, the better the result will
be—certainly as good as the finished product found on page 72.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7

E7 C6 B3 H5 F4 B1 A2
F6 E1 D4 C3 A7 E3 F2
D3 B5 C4 C5 G1 E2 H3
I2 D1 F5 D6 H4 G3 F1
I3 H7 B6 D5 A3 A4 H6
I5 A6 E6 I7 I1 A1 F7
H2 C1 D2 E5 G5 H1 G2
G6 B7 B2 C2 D7 E4 C7
I4 G7 F3 G4 B4 A5 I6

•wild cards•
TEASERS FOR THE RECORD
RUMINATIONS WHERE WERE YOU IN ’62?
What do the following words have I procured a copy of the 1962 Rand McNally world atlas (isn’t the internet
in common? great?), and in the nearly 60 years since, there have been a few changes in
the world. Match the current country names (1–12) with their official names
ALSO PINAS in 1962 (a–l).
CHAIN PLANE 1. Bangladesh a. Bechuanaland
2. Benin b. Burma
ENEMY PURE 3. Botswana c. Ceylon
INLACED RAIN 4. Burkina Faso d. Dahomey
5. Egypt e. Ethiopia
LAITY SAILER 6. Eritrea f. Federation of Rhodesia & Nyasaland
MAIL TEARIER 7. Myanmar g. Pakistan
8. Namibia h. South West Africa
—Michael Strobach 9. Sri Lanka i. Spanish Sahara
10. Tanzania j. Tanganyika
11. Western Sahara k. Arab Republic
TEASERS 12. Zambia & Zimbabwe l. Upper Volta
CONCERT OUT ON THE DECK —Michael Strobach
We don’t throw many parties; but
when we do, we like to incorporate a
JUST FOR FUN
theme. Can you ascertain that theme WHAT’S THAT FROM?
from the songs we blasted (below) Below are a dozen very recognizable quotes. However, in their current form, they
and the title of the puzzle (above)? are quite... unrecognizable. That’s because each word has been changed to the
word that appears directly before or after it in our dictionary. Can you decipher
1. “Dancing in the Moonlight”
each quote, and then name the film in which it appears?
2. “Kiss Me”
1. “Therapy nix cryogenics impute baseboard.”
3. “Bohemian Rhapsody” 2. “Gnu aha, majority muzzle dawning.”
4. “Cumbersome” 3. “Hysteric lovage thaw smear oeuvre nape impute theater Moroccan.”
5. “Baby I Need Your Loving” 4. “Irrupt isthmus safari?”
6. “The Sign” 5. “Yore cantaloupe handkerchief thaw trusty!”
7. “Closer” 6. “Wayward roasting banjo.”
7. “Nocturnal pustule baccalaureate impute aardvark cornea.”
8. “Beat It”
8. “Idyllic yore bugle isthmus, hazy wile combustion.”
9. “Moves Like Jagger”
9. “Shovel mazurka thaw monetary!”
10. “I’m Going Home”
10. “Therapy nix placate likable Homburg.”
11. “With or Without You” 11. “Theater study thanksgiving dreadnought arduous madder oeuvre.”
12. “Joy to the World” 12. “Aardvark boxing bespeak fridge irrupt hirsute mothball.”
—Scott Erdman —Todd Kreisman
TEASERS
AUNT HILDEGARDE
The last time I saw Aunt Hildegarde, she This month Aunt Hildegarde likes to study HISTORY, but
liked Life but not Time, Rome but not Paris, not PHILOSOPHY.
Polk but not Cleveland. When I asked why, She says she would like to go to ITALY, but not GREECE.
she explained that she preferred words She would rather be YOUNG than OLD.
whose letters were in reverse alphabetical She is very happy on WEDNESDAY, very sad on THURSDAY.
order. That struck me as peculiar, but I was SHERRY is fine, but not CHABLIS.
just getting used to it when she started She’ll eat WHOLE-WHEAT bread, but never RYE.
hanging around with Uncle Hector—and Things that are HEAVY are okay, as long as they’re not CUMBERSOME.
suddenly she developed a whole new set of She keeps saying she’d rather be HERE than THERE.
likes and dislikes. Can you help me figure She is interested in THESES, but yawns over DISSERTATIONS.
out the principle that’s guiding her tastes Aunt Hildegarde likes the METRIC system, but dislikes the
these days? SUBWAY system.
—David Diefendorf

•wild cards•
NAME PLAY
SEEING DOUBLE
Two different names of famous individuals fit each diagram below. Using
the category hints as a guide, can you bring everything into focus?
1. Director / Actress OLIv[[ ]]]]E PRINT-AT-HOME

2.
3.
Actor / Actor
U.S. president / Soccer player
[OM ]EL]]]]
L]ndon ]o]]]]n PUZZLES
4. U.S. president / Singer-guitarist J]]]y ]ar]]]
5. Actress / Basketball player ]i]a L]]]]e
6. Actor / Singer j]]] le[[on
7. Actor / Singer bru]] ]]r]
8. Actor / Actress-dancer ]wen [[[[on
9. Actress / Actress [[l[[ haye]
10. Writer / Actor [[[is [ar[o[[
—Todd Kreisman
WORDPLAY
CALLING DR. DOLITTLE
Each of the clues below leads to an answer that includes an animal sound,
whose letters are given. Can you show that you can talk to the animals by
filling in the remaining blanks?
1. Encouraged ___ P U R R ___ ___ ___ ___
2. One who has paid
off their mortgage ___ ___ M E O W ___ ___ ___
3. Blended fruit drink ___ M O O ___ ___ ___ ___
4. Kitchen zapper ___ ___ C R O W ___ ___ ___
5. Leave a ship, say
6. Al Pacino film
___ ___ ___ ___ ___ B A R K
___ ___ A R F ___ ___ ___ NOW AVAILABLE!
7. Campfire spiritual song ___ ___ ___ B A Y ___ PRINT YOURS TODAY
8. Not a very good try ___ ___ ___ B L E A T ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
9. Bozo, e.g. ___ L O W ___
10. Where you live N E I G H ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
11. Frequent stir-fry
ingredient ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ H O O T
12. Body art liquid ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ O I N K
13. Like a meal made
in your own kitchen ___ ___ ___ ___ C O O ___ ___ ___
14. Queue in the mess hall ___ H O W L ___ ___ ___
—Stu Agler
TEASERS
MISSING LINKS E N T E R I N
The crisscross grid below isn’t N A U
quite finished. The 15 letters
below can be inserted to form a D M A T
pattern of common words V E R S E S
reading across and down. Can
you find the unique solution? E N
A A A B C S T E M I O
C D G L O I A I M N N
N E S T M E N U
P R S S T
—Gary Disch
E Y S
ANSWERS, PAGE 74

Code Crosswords
BY JOEL NANNI
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.
1 14 23 20 2 25 17 11 1 2 13 8 11 16 14 14
L A N A l
16 26 2 16 26 20 4 8
2 15
B O 18 2 4 2 25 3 20 23 6 20 14 3 26 15
3 16
A C P 8 3 25 9 2 8 19 8
4 17
D Q 18 6 17 8 8 14 25 8 18 20 16 11 26
5 18
E R 8 19 8 14 18 18
6 19
F S 7 2 18 22 8 16 20 18 2 10 14 3 7 16
7 20 16 18 20 20
G T
8 21 26 8 10 1 8 11 25 24 3 2 26 8 20 22
H U
2 16 16 2 7 14
9 22
I V 23 16 20 8 18 19 3 15 25 7 16 12 8
10 23
J W 8 5 16 1 25 3 10 21
11 24
K X
ANSWERS, PAGE 73
25 19 6 13 13 14 8 16 7 26 8 25 2 16
12 25
L Y 13 8 6 13 11 13 8 14
13 26
M Z 3 10 13 2 7 2 25 13 25 3 26 25 8 13
19 22 17 14 12 16 9 12 16 21 14 26 24 10 1 14
I S A N S
26 22 23 16 23 24 21
2 15
23 20 22 21 10 23 17 1 24 3 23 21 1 14
B O
3 16
5 18 21 14 25 17 2 13
C P
4 17
5 8 24 1 20 24 12 9 26 21 1 1 D Q
5 18
24 23 2 24 19 22 14 E R
6 19
2 24 10 12 16 10 23 16 19 4 7 22 19 13
F S
17 21 14 6 5 20 3 4 7 20
G T
22 9 23 1 2 23 19 24 26 22 2 14 24 14 8 21
H U I
25 9 1 3 10 1 19
9 22
26 21 23 5 12 14 15 12 23 14 23 2
I V
10 23
19 2 8 11 6 3 24 23 J W
11 24
23 1 23 2 3 11 21 16 6 24 2 5 21 9 K X
12 25
1 6 24 21 23 12 24
L Y
13 26
11 24 3 21 16 21 16 21 5 4 14 9 12 2
M Z
Want more Code Crosswords? Go to www.kappapuzzles.com/variety and print your own!

Cross Purposes BY TODD KREISMAN
Each of the clues below refers to a one-word answer that is located somewhere in the puzzle. Every answer word will
appear in a clue exactly once. You may have to work back and forth to tie everything together. Good luck!
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
ACROSS DOWN
1. 23-Across attraction 1. 33-Across ___ (Don Adams sitcom)
4. Garland you may be 27-Down to wear in Maui 2. Reptile with teeth sharper than 25-Across
6. Instrument that uses hammers and strings rather 3. Luxury 28-Down chain
than 6-Down 4. Material derived from animal 14-Across
9. Perform, like a 29-Across mimicking a human 5. One with restricted access (like a 17-Across
10. Harlow and 1-Down who communes with spirits)
11. Fields Medal, for 8-Down 6. Conveyers of 29-Down sewage
12. Deck of cards that can remove a 20-Down from his money 7. 2001 film that gave Will Smith his 24-Across
14. Withdraws from 1-Across 8. Number of zippers on a typical pair of 10-Across
15. Detect, like a 21-Across spotting a herring 13. Invigorating, like a 32-Down in the air
17. User of 12-Across cards 15. The World’s 35-Across genre, other than comedy: Hyph.
19. 25-Down a football 16. ___ oneself (put the 36-Across to the metal)
21. Water bird with a throat 26-Across 17. Convinced that 15-Down is actually science, for example
23. Visitor to the 3-Down Mahal 18. 11-Across, as someone’s opinion
24. Owed, i.e., a debtor must 9-Across immediately 20. One who is easily 23-Down
25. Succulents that can sting like a bee, à la 7-Down 22. Something worn below the head, like a 4-Across
26. Small bag commonly made of 4-Down 23. 17-Down into believing something
29. Machine you may 15-Across performing repetitive tasks 25. Nab a criminal using 5-Down info, say
31. Not available to meet someone in a 30-Down 27. Tried to 16-Down one’s will upon another
33. 19-Across, as a gift 28. Piece 34-Across four houses
34. Monetary 18-Down 29. 31-Across off the grill much too early
35. Furthest part, like the bottom tip of a 22-Down 30. Place to order a vodka 13-Down
36. 6-Across or organ part 32. Sharp bite, hopefully not from a 2-Down

500 Rummy BY JULES ROTH
Can you score 500 or more points in Word Rummy

A 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 J Q K
hands from the card layout at right?
I N X R I L P R C N E A R
♠ HOW TO PLAY
Find as many common seven-letter words as you U G E N F U N P R O C T A
can whose cards form Word Rummy hands. A N O H B E N E U S T Z E L
Word Rummy hand is a seven-letter word whose
letters appear on cards that make up one set (three E R A L T C H E A S P H T
or four cards of a kind, like 7 7 7 or K K K K) and A 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 J Q K
one sequence (three or four cards of the same suit
in numerical order, like ♠ A 2 3 or ♣ 9 10 J Q).
Either the set or the sequence may come first, but
one of each must be used in each hand, and the CARDS & WORDS POINTS CARDS & WORDS POINTS
two parts must not be mixed together. The letters
of a set may be used in any order; the letters of a
G E N U I N E
sequence must be used in the left-to-right order
given in the grid. The same card cannot be used 2 3 4 A A A A 13
twice in the same hand. Sets and sequences,
however, may be repeated in other words. Proper
names and foreign words are not allowed, but
plurals are fine.
♥ SCORING
Each card in a Word Rummy hand scores its face
value. A 6 scores 6 points, for example. Aces are
low and count 1 point each. Jacks, queens, and
kings count 10 points each.
♦ EXAMPLE
In the puzzle at right the word GENUINE forms a
Word Rummy hand. The ♥ 2 3 4 are a sequence
with the letters G-E-N; the ♥ A ♠ A ♦ A ♣ A are
a set with the letters U-I-N-E. The cards used have
values of 2 3 4 1 1 1 1, for a total of 13 points.
♣ RATINGS
Knock: 500 points (good game)
Gin: 750 points (winning game)
Gin-off: 975 points (our best score)
ANSWERS, PAGE 74
COLUMN 2 TOTAL
COLUMN 1 TOTAL
COLUMN 1 TOTAL TOTAL SCORE

Helter-Skelter
BY TODD KREISMAN
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 next consecutive number. The first answer, CAMEL, has been entered in Helter-Skelter
#1 as an example. ANSWERS, PAGE 75
HELTER-SKELTER #1 HELTER-SKELTER #2
13 14 17 16 8 9 7
4 5 6 13 14
24 23 16 15 26 2
10 5 20 11 4
25 9 22 8 10 25 24
3 19 3
12 15 11 21 20 6 17 18
C A M E L
1 2 19 18 7 12 1 22 23 21
1 Desert transport 1 Extreme enthusiast

2 Aladdin’s Abu, for one 2 Scheming group
3 Low point 3 Something you can always count on?
4 What cats and rats do 4 Snouted mammal
5 Military physician 5 Ceramics oven
6 Disc-shaped percussion instruments 6 Experiencing anxiety
7 Thick piece 7 At one point in the future
8 Put in the oven 8 Clean up a bog, perhaps
9 Engrave on glass 9 Altogether
10 Broadway star Menzel
10 Western lake, or popular Chevy model
11 Sith Lord trained by Yoda
11 Intl. oil cartel
12 Improbable
12 ___ Palace (Vegas hotel-casino)
13 Redgrave and Swann
13 Clip out, as a coupon
14 “Chandelier” singer
14 Garbanzo bean
15 Pulitzer-winning playwright William
15 Stretchy
16 From Athens, say
16 Out of sorts
17 Mike Hammer portrayer Stacy
17 Some pharmacies: 2 wds 18 Film critic Roger
18 The Crucible setting 19 Like an ox
19 Plaque-fighting org. 20 Casino city, for short
20 Hang low 21 Friends, for one
21 Subject of the film Bobby, briefly 22 Halloween mo.
22 Caboodle partner 23 Carp relative
23 Battlestar Galactica actress Helfer 24 Oft-baked cheese
24 On the briny 25 Insurance customer’s concern
25 Squeak (by) 26 Beloved game show host Alex

One, Two, Three
BY FRANK LONGO
Solve this puzzle as you would a regular crossword, except that each space may hold one, two, or three letters. The
number of letters in a space is for you to determine, using logic and the crossing of words. The answer to 1-Across,
S-HO-LEM, has been filled in as an example. ANSWER, PAGE 75
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
S HO LEM
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
ACROSS 41 Decorative wood flooring 9 California city adjacent to

1 Uncle Moses author Asch 42 Einstein’s seminal treatise Thousand Oaks: 2 wds.
4 Antitheft device that locks a on gravitation: 4 wds. 10 Pierce through
steering wheel: 2 wds. 46 More balanced 11 Party ribbons
8 Catches a quick breath 47 UConn Huskies’ conference: 19 Bitter ill will
12 “Hurry it up!” 2 wds. 20 Teeming, as with bees
13 The Golden Girls actress Getty 48 Author ___ Jerome Dickey 24 Counting everything: 2 wds.
14 Clothing 49 Yosemite rock formation, 25 Vivacity
15 “How Do I Live” singer LeAnn for short: 2 wds. 26 Actress Campbell who
16 Sprinting star at the 1988 50 More sudsy costarred on Martin
Summer Olympics, 51 Gotten a glimpse of 29 Dolphin’s cousin
informally: Hyph. 52 Honeybunch 30 Plead with
17 Generous sort 53 Bit of face jewelry: 2 wds. 31 Part of MSRP
18 Cardinals, Orioles, or Blue Jays: 54 A Passage to India novelist 32 Worthy of much respect
4 wds. 33 Vehicle such as a
21 Hunting regulation: 2 wds. DOWN subcompact: 2 wds.
22 Nomadic type 1 Football practice sessions 36 Tries hard to attain: 2 wds.
23 German city on the Ruhr 2 Quaint command to a 37 Requests for information
24 Larval phase between two chauffeur: 2 wds. 38 Los Angeles art museum locale
molting periods 3 Popular food flatfish: 2 wds. named after J. Paul: 2 wds.
27 The Deep director Peter 4 Piloted for a trial: Hyph. 40 Seeing a psychologist, say: 2 wds.
28 Spanking, e.g.: 2 wds. 5 Very, in slang 41 Covering with a pasty
31 Many 4WD autos 6 Poem in the form of a mixture, as a wall
34 Oktoberfest dance pastoral dialogue 43 “Crying” singer Roy
35 Taking a breather 7 Greasing of a vehicle’s suspension, 44 Downward-facing dog, e.g.: 2 wds.
39 People born between May informally: 2 wds. 45 Atmosphere above the
21 and June 20 8 Amateurish rock group: 2 wds. earth’s friction: 2 wds.

Cryptic Classroom #6:
Containers
I
By Arkansas invading Puerto Rico
f you’ve been following this column since its inception, 7. T

he length of the answer (shown in parentheses) is of-
you may find yourself able to solve an increasing num- ten a useful hint.
ber of clues in cryptic crosswords. As you continue your Now, you will conquer the container clue. Not to be con-
journey toward cryptic domination, I encourage you to check fused with a hidden word clue (in which the vAN SWERved
the answers for the clues you can’t solve. It took me years be- is hidden in plain sight), the container clue puts a word in-
fore I was able to fully complete a puzzle without peeking at side another word to create a new word. For example, “Sting
the answers, but the answers helped me understand the word- adopts cat” could be wordplay for the answer SCATTING.
play in the particularly difficult clues. If you have missed any Notice how this style of wordplay needs an indicator word
of the previous lessons, don’t despair. All of those articles are (“adopts”). Not only does the indicator word suggest that
posted for free on the GAMES WORLD OF PUZZLES website, this is a container clue, it also tells you that the first word
www.gamesmagazine-online.com, and in our Facebook group, (Sting) is containing (“adopting”) the second word (cat).
Games Magazine Enthusiasts. Now let’s add a literal clue for SCATTING. “Singing like Tor-
Here is a quick recap of what we’ve learned so far: mé” works. Putting it all together, we get, “Singing like Tor-
1. A
well-written cryptic clue has surface meaning, but mé, Sting adopts cat (8).” Simple, right? In reality, a puzzle
a savvy solver knows not to be misled by the clue as creator is unlikely to use the words “Sting” and “cat” in the
a whole. Every cryptic clue can be separated into two clue, but rather, a charade (see January 2022 issue) or syn-
parts: a literal definition and some kind of wordplay. onym of those words. A more likely clue would be, “Singing
2. The literal part is a genuine clue to the answer, like a like Tormé, head of Police nabs alley prowler (8).”
standard crossword clue. The wordplay part of the clue Try to solve this container clue:
will also lead the solver to the answer, but first, the solver
must determine what type of wordplay is involved. Mock gold found in dynamite (5)
3. The best way to determine the type of wordplay is by
looking for indicator words. These trigger words suggest In this clue, the indicator suggests that the first word
a particular type of wordplay. Homophones, anagrams, (gold) will be contained in (“found in”) the second word (dy-
and hidden word clues have indicator words; charades namite). Did you know that chemical symbols are fair game
and double definition clues do not. in cryptic clues? Well, now you do! Abbreviations are com-
4. The literal portion of the clue could come at the begin- mon too. By putting the chemical symbol for gold, Au, inside
ning or the end of the clue. the abbreviation for trinitrotoluene, TNT, you’ll get a word
5. T he literal and wordplay parts always appear separate and that means “mock.” The answer is TAUNT.
intact. To put it another way, the literal part is never split by Try to complete this cryptic crossword, where every clue
the wordplay part, or vice versa. is a container. Container clues are tricky, so consider every
6. P unctuation and capitalization can usually be ignored. correct answer as progress!
1 2 3 4
ACROSS DOWN
1. Art isn’t slang in computer 1. Biden, for one, in fits over
speed tests (9) global outbreaks (9)
5. San Francisco in Northwest 2. Trespasser to deduce
is risqué, briefly (4) owner of phone (9) 5 6
6. Affleck film before taking 3. Local presented arranger’s
adult rating (4) story (9) 7
7. Senior accepts one term of 4. Fencing spread, gaining
address (3) urban acknowledgement (9) 8 9 10
8. Leave eleven in alien (4) 6. State (Arkansas) is home
10. Senator Paul put nitrogen in to me (3) 11
engine’s cooling system (4) 9. Toronto gets top grade in
11. No one in New York (3) Eastern Philosophy (3)
12 13
12. Remorseless villain found
moon of Jupiter filled with
silver (4)
13. Iodine in Kilmer bottle (4)
14. Tropical tree planted in 14
short garden wall (9) ANSWERS, PAGE 75
ANSWERS, PAGE 75

BY DILLON FORNEY
Editor’s note: In the February issue, our longtime game reviewer Thomas L. McDonald reviewed the electronic puzzle
game Baba Is You, which was recently released on mobile platforms. McDonald gave the game an "A" rating for its depth
and originality. Here, new contributor Dillon Forney, another fan of the game, discusses its mechanics in more detail.
B
aba Is You is a single-player puzzle
game where you make the rules
with what you’re given. You start as
a little creature named Baba, but you
don’t have to be Baba all the time.
You could be a flag, a rock, water,
text, a conveyer belt—anything the
game gives you. The main goal in
each level is to win by standing on top of a tile
with an item that has the win condition. It could
be a flag, a rock, water, text, a conveyer belt—
even Baba could be the winning item. There
are additional rules in the game; for example,
STOP prevents you from walking on a tile with
the item marked with STOP. It could be a flag, a
rock, blah blah blah—even Baba could stop you. Now, (PUSH, YOU, WIN, BABA, etc.) The last two basic
you may be wondering, “What do you mean anything mechanics of the game are UNDO and WAIT. If you
could be the winning item, or the thing you control, accidentally push something into a corner and can’t
or the thing that stops you?” Well, keep reading, be- move it, you can UNDO to go back a move. WAIT
cause I’m about to explain. allows other subjects to carry out their action while
Baba Is You is a unique indie puzzle game that I dis- you do nothing (e.g., a subject defined with MOVE
covered while scrolling through the depths of You- will MOVE while you WAIT).
Tube. It’s challenging in a way that no other game The initial map makes the game seem quite short:
has been for me, besides maybe figuring out which There are only seven worlds, with 10 extra levels
hole to put the square peg in when I was a toddler (including the tutorial levels) outside of the worlds.
and didn’t understand the concept of shapes. The In each world, you’re required to beat a number of
idea of the game is that you can push around text levels before you get a flower, and some worlds are
to create new rules, like what you’re controlling or locked behind doors that require a certain number of
what you need to stand on to win. It starts off with flowers to open. The first subject is YOU, while the
four simple rules, BABA IS YOU, FLAG IS WIN, ROCK three initial actions are WIN, PUSH, and STOP (sur-
IS PUSH, WALL IS STOP. In this first level, you could prising, I know). A subject defined as YOU is what
just push the rocks out of your way and stand on you control, a subject defined as WIN is what you
the flag to win, or you could rearrange the text in a have to stand on to win, a subject defined as PUSH
way that allows BABA IS YOU and BABA IS WIN at is something you can push, and a subject defined as
the same time, which gives you the win. The rules STOP can neither be be pushed nor stood on.
can only be made in horizontal or vertical lines, with The first action introduced in the tutorial levels out-
the subject (BABA, FLAG, etc.) going first, followed side of the basic four is SINK. A subject defined as
by IS, and ending with an action or another subject SINK will sink if something is on the same tile as the
subject, destroying itself and the other subject.
If the character you’re controlling, which is most
likely BABA, is SINK or touches something that
is SINK, BABA will disappear, and you’ll have to
undo your previous move. It might leave a SINK-
ing feeling in your stomach when all you’re left
with is an ominous hum, so try not to sink BABA.
The second action is DEFEAT, which is similar to
SINK, but destroys only the character being con-
trolled. The third and fourth actions are HOT and
MELT. If a subject that IS HOT is on a subject that
IS MELT, then the subject that IS MELT will disap-
pear, while the subject that IS HOT will remain.
The first world in the game, THE LAKE, intro-
duces three new actions and a special word.
The first action is MOVE, which, as you might be

After SOLITARY ISLAND, you
get to choose between TEMPLE
RUINS and FOREST OF FALL. In
TEMPLE RUINS, the first thing
you’re introduced to is yet an-
other new action, WEAK. This
makes things fragile, and if
they’re pushed against some-
thing that can’t be moved, they
immediately disappear. You’re
also introduced to another new
special word, HAS. If a subject
that has something in it (for ex-
ample, BOX HAS KEY) is sunk,
melted, or opened, it’ll drop
whatever subject is on the end
able to guess, causes a subject defined as MOVE to of it. (BOX will drop a KEY.) This article still HAS more
move with the character. If the character you’re con- to say, so let’s go to the FOREST OF FALL.
trolling is MOVE, it’ll move two tiles if you move, and FOREST OF FALL introduces two new actions and a
will move one tile if you wait. It’ll move in whatever pair of new words, one of which is a special subject.
direction it’s facing, and will turn around when it hits The two actions that are introduced are PULL and
an edge or something it can’t move. This allows the TELE. In order to use TELE, you must first have two
character to move through DEFEAT objects, which of the same subject; it’ll teleport whatever is on it to
could then push something into your reach, or you the other subject. For example, if BABA IS TELE, and
can do something magical. If you have an object, for BABA stands on a WALL, it’ll teleport the WALL from
example, KEKE (an orange oval with legs and eyes), BABA 1 to BABA 2. If a subject is defined as PULL,
you can use a rule like KEKE IS BABA, and KEKE will it can be pulled, but not pushed. The two words that
become BABA. The other two actions introduced are introduced are NOT and TEXT. NOT is a word used
go hand-in-hand, OPEN and SHUT. If something is while making rules; it can come before a subject or
OPEN, it’ll act like SINK to something that is SHUT. after IS/AND/HAS. If NOT comes before the subject,
If something is both OPEN and SHUT, it refuses to then everything except the subject gets defined with
exist and disappears. The final thing introduced is the action. For example, NOT BABA IS DEFEAT makes
the word AND. It can be used in two ways, either be- everything except BABA defined with DEFEAT, and
tween two subjects, like BABA AND KEKE, to make BABA IS NOT DEFEAT prevents BABA from being DE-
them both have the same property (ex. BABA AND FEAT. If a subject is defined with a NOT PUSH/PULL/
KEKE IS YOU allows you to control BABA AND KEKE) whatever, it’ll take priority over another rule defining a
or between two subjects, like OPEN AND SHUT, to subject with PUSH/PULL/whatever. Hence, BABA IS
make a subject have two different properties with NOT YOU will take priority over BABA IS YOU.
one line. For example, BABA IS OPEN AND SHUT
makes BABA OPEN AND SHUT, deleting BABA
from existence—so try not to do that.
It’s time to SHUT the first world and OPEN the
second one, SOLITARY ISLAND, which gives you
a nice poem in level 00 and a new action in level
01. The first thing that may come to your mind is,
“Isn’t this just the first level again?” Then you try
to stand on the flag, only to realize that you didn’t
win. Looking more closely, you may notice a rule
in the corner: BABA IS FLOAT. A subject defined as
FLOAT, well, floats, and subjects that are floating
can’t interact with subjects that are not floating—
with the exception of subjects with STOP. FLOAT
is the only action introduced in this world, so let’s
FLOAT towards the next two worlds.

You might have noticed that I haven’t been in-
troducing new subjects; that’s because the sub-
jects don’t matter a whole lot. The first excep-
tion to this is TEXT. TEXT is what rules are made
out of, so if something is defined as TEXT, it’ll
turn the subject into TEXT. For example, BABA IS
TEXT will turn the character BABA into the word
BABA. Optionally, you could do TEXT IS BABA,
which turns all the TEXT into BABA. However,
this deletes all the rules in the process, meaning
you won’t have a subject to control, ruining the
level until you restart or undo.
At this point in the game, you’ll unlock the level
A WAY OUT? on the main map. (Hint: It’s not a
way out.) You don’t have to visit this level, but if
you do, it’ll introduce you to the action SHIFT. A
subject defined as SHIFT will push you in the direc- just a subject, though—it can be defined as PUSH,
tion it’s facing if you stand on it. After you complete YOU, etc., which gets confusing fast.
TEMPLE RUINS, you’ll unlock three more worlds: In FLOWER GARDEN, two new words are intro-
DEEP FOREST, ROCKET TRIP, and FLOWER GARDEN. duced: MAKE and ON. ON is a word used to make
In DEEP FOREST, the first new action you’re intro- a subject have to be standing on something to be
duced to (assuming you didn’t visit A WAY OUT?) defined with an action. For example, BABA ON
is the aforementioned SHIFT. The second action is GRASS IS YOU will only let you control BABA while
UP (as well as LEFT/RIGHT/DOWN). A subject de- ON GRASS. MAKE is used to have a subject make a
fined with UP/LEFT/RIGHT/DOWN will face in the subject that the tile is standing on; e.g., BABA MAKE
direction specified. For example, BABA IS UP will GRASS will cause BABA to MAKE GRASS on the tile
face BABA UP. BABA is standing on.
Let’s move on to ROCKET TRIP, where a new action After completing DEEP FOREST, you’ll unlock
and a new special subject are introduced. The ac- CHASM, which introduces you to two actions,
tion introduced is FALL, which causes a subject de- MORE and WORD, and another special subject, ALL.
fined as FALL to go to the bottom of the screen un- A subject defined as MORE will fill adjacent empty
less stopped by something below it. So if BABA IS spaces with more of the same subject, while a sub-
FALL and there is something like TEXT below BABA, ject defined as WORD will have the actual subject
BABA will land on the text instead of falling. The act like TEXT while still being a subject.
second exception to subjects not being special is The special subject is ALL. Any subject on screen
EMPTY. EMPTY can be used either to make some- that isn’t TEXT or EMPTY is counted in ALL. For ex-
thing disappear or make empty space turn into ample, BABA IS ALL will turn BABA into all subjects
something. EMPTY can be defined as more than on screen, including BABA, and ALL IS BABA will
turn all subjects into BABA.
After you complete any five worlds, the last world,
VOLCANIC CAVERN, will open up. VOLCANIC CAV-
ERN doesn’t introduce any new words, so the only
thing left to explain are the three levels behind the
gate at the top. These three levels introduce the
most interesting subject, LEVEL. LEVEL acts like
any other subject, and if you put it in front of IS
PUSH/PULL/any other action, it can be pulled/
pushed/whatever. The thing that sets this apart,
though, is when you put it in front of IS BABA/FLAG/
any other subject. The level on the map will turn into
BABA/FLAG/any other subject, and you may notice
the rules in the very corner of the main map. I won’t
spoil what happens, so go solve those puzzles and
discover this intriguing game for yourself. n
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By R. Wayne Schmittberger
December, Magnus Carlsen of Norway won his hours. Computer databases showed that Nepomniachtchi could still have
fifth consecutive World Chess Championship managed a draw until his 130th move, but in practice defending with just a
match, successfully defending the title he has held queen against a rook, knight, and two connected passed pawns was near-
since 2013. The final three games of the 14-game ly impossible for a human player. In the position shown below, Carlsen
match were not played, since Carlsen’s four wins played the game’s final move, 136. Ng7, which gave his king a safe haven
and seven draws gave him a 7.5-3.5 lead and assured his victory. on g8 to escape checks by the Black queen, assuring the promotion of
The match, which was played in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, was origi- the e pawn.
nally scheduled for 2020, but the COVID-19 pandemic interrupted the Can- After a draw in the following game, Nepomniachtchi made serious
didates Tournament that determined the challenger, who turned out to be oversights in three of the next four games. The positions in which he
Ian Nepomniachtchi of Russia. The players shared the prize fund of 2 mil- erred are shown on page 39. Can you find Carlsen’s winning move
lion euros, with 60 percent going to the winner. in each case?
The match began with five draws, after which Carlsen won the longest Complete game records can be found at Wikipedia in the article
game in chess championship history—136 moves, which took nearly eight “World Chess Championship 2021.”
White: Magnus Carlsen

Black: Ian Nepomniachtchi
Catalan Opening
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. b3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. c4 dxc4 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. Nbd2 Nc6 11. Nxc4 b5 12.
Nce5 Nb4 13. Qb2 Bb7 14. a3 Nc6 15. Nd3 Bb6 16. Bg5 Rfd8 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Rac1 Nd4 19. Nxd4 Bxd4 20. Qa2 Bxg2 21. Kxg2
Qb7+ 22. Kg1 Qe4 23. Qc2 a5 24. Rfd1 Kg7 25. Rd2 Rac8 26. Qxc8 Rxc8 27. Rxc8 Qd5 28. b4 a4 29. e3 Be5 30. h4 h5 31. Kh2
Bb2 32. Rc5 Qd6 33. Rd1 Bxa3 34. Rxb5 Qd7 35. Rc5 e5 36. Rc2 Qd5 37. Rdd2 Qb3 38. Ra2 e4 39. Nc5 Qxb4 40. Nxe4 Qb3 41.
Rac2 Bf8 42. Nc5 Qb5 43. Nd3 a3 44. Nf4 Qa5 45. Ra2 Bb4 46. Rd3 Kh6 47.
Rd1 Qa4 48. Rda1 Bd6 49. Kg1 Qb3 50. Ne2 Qd3 51. Nd4 Kh7 52. Kh2 Qe4 53.
Rxa3 Qxh4+ 54. Kg1 Qe4 55. Ra4 Be5 56. Ne2 Qc2 57. R1a2 Qb3 58. Kg2 Qd5+
♚ 8
59. f3 Qd1 60. f4 Bc7 61. Kf2 Bb6 62. Ra1 Qb3 63. Re4 Kg7 64. Re8 f5 65. Raa8 7
Qb4 66. Rac8 Ba5 67. Rc1 Bb6 68. Re5 Qb3 69. Re8 Qd5 70. Rcc8 Qh1 71. Rc1
Qd5 72. Rb1 Ba7 73. Re7 Bc5 74. Re5 Qd3 75. Rb7 Qc2 76. Rb5 Ba7 77. Ra5 6
Bb6 78. Rab5 Ba7 79. Rxf5 Qd3 80. Rxf7+ Kxf7 81. Rb7+ Kg6 82. Rxa7 Qd5 83.
Ra6+ Kh7 84. Ra1 Kg6 85. Nd4 Qb7 86. Ra2 Qh1 87. Ra6+ Kf7 88. Nf3 Qb1 89. 5
Rd6 Kg7 90. Rd5 Qa2+ 91. Rd2 Qb1 92. Re2 Qb6 93. Rc2 Qb1 94. Nd4 Qh1 95.
Rc7+ Kf6 96. Rc6+ Kf7 97. Nf3 Qb1 98. Ng5+ Kg7 99. Ne6+ Kf7 100. Nd4 Qh1 4
101. Rc7+ Kf6 102. Nf3 Qb1 103. Rd7 Qb2+ 104. Rd2 Qb1 105. Ng1 Qb4 106.
Rd1 Qb3 107. Rd6+ Kg7 108. Rd4 Qb2+ 109. Ne2 Qb1 110. e4 Qh1 111. Rd7+
3
Kg8 112. Rd4 Qh2+ 113. Ke3 h4 114. gxh4 Qh3+ 115. Kd2 Qxh4 116. Rd3 Kf8 2
117. Rf3 Qd8+ 118. Ke3 Qa5 119. Kf2 Qa7+ 120. Re3 Qd7 121. Ng3 Qd2+ 122.
Kf3 Qd1+ 123. Re2 Qb3+ 124. Kg2 Qb7 125. Rd2 Qb3 126. Rd5 Ke7 127. Re5+ 1 ♛
Kf7 128. Rf5+ Ke8 129. e5 Qa2+ 130. Kh3 Qe6 131. Kh4 Qh6+ 132. Nh5 Qh7
133. e6 Qg6 134. Rf7 Kd8 135. f5 Qg1 (diagram) 136. Ng7 1–0 a b c d e f g h

White: Carlsen Black: Nepomniachtchi
♚ 8
♟ ♝ ♟♟ 7
♟ ♛ ♜ 6
Position after 21. ... b5? ♟ 5
White can now (and did) win material.
Can you see how?
♟ 4
3
2
1
a b c d e f g h
White: Nepomniachtchi Black: Carlsen
♜♝ ♚ 8
♟ ♟♟ 7
♟ 6
Position after 27. c5?
♟ 5
Black can now (and did) win material.
Can you see how?
♜ ♞ 4
3
2
1
a b c d e f g h
White: Nepomniachtchi Black: Carlsen
♜ ♚ 8
♟♛♞♟♟ 7
♟ ♟ 6
Position after 23. g3? ♟ 5
What move did Carlsen now play to create
a winning position?
♟ ♜ 4
3
2
1
a b c d e f g h
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that each face represents two
different people. How many can
you identify?
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#5 Ton y Sha ff Editor’s note: This puzzle originally appeared
in the January 1983 issue of
Games, where it accompanied Dick Schaap’s article
“You Can Walk Out of This Magazine Humming His
on Stephen Sondheim, titled
Games.”
I t’s midnight when Stephen Sondheim an-

nounces to you and nine other guests that
a murder is about to take place—a game of
murder, that is.
Sondheim removes the ace to 10 of hearts from
a deck of cards. He shuffles the 10 cards to insure ran-
dom distribution, places them face down on a table, and
asks each guest to select one. He then gives each of you
an envelope with a number that matches your card. As it
#10 Rod happens, number 1 goes to composer/conductor Leon-
d y McDow
ard Bernstein, number 2 to actress Phyllis Newman, 3 to
actor Tony Perkins, 4 to playwright Peter Shaffer, 5 to his
all brother, playwright Tony Shaffer, 6 to actress Lee Remick,

7 to you, 8 to choreographer Jerome Robbins, 9 to Mary
Ann Madden, the New York Magazine contest editor, and
10 to actor Roddy McDowall.* Sondheim instructs each
of you to sign your envelope before opening it.
Nine envelopes contain slips of paper directing the
player to a different part of Sondheim’s darkened
house, where a photographic clue has been placed.
You are each to bring your clue back to the “safe” room,
both to establish your innocence and to help deduce
the identity of the murderer.
The other envelope contains a different message:
“You are the murderer. Go to the den. In the top right-
hand drawer of the desk, you will find a gun. Take it and
use it.” The designated killer looks around nervously,
trying to appear calm.

#1 LeoBnearrndstein
At the same time, you open your envelope and read, “Go
to the dining room. Somewhere in the fireplace you will
find a clue. Quickly bring the clue back to the safe room,
carrying it openly in your hand.” You follow the instruc-
tions and return without encountering the killer.
In the third-floor bathroom, Phyllis Newman isn’t so
#9 Mary lucky. Just as she finds her photo, she hears the sound
A nn Madde of a gun and the words, “Too bad, Phyllis, you’re dead.”
n Newman falls to the floor, where she’ll remain until sum-

moned later in the game. The killer picks up Newman’s
photo clue and hurries toward a sound in the game room.
There the killer neatly dispatches Lee Remick, and, using
the same M.O., bumps off Peter Shaffer in the upstairs
bedroom, retrieving each one’s photo. Satisfied with
three victims, the killer ditches the gun and two photos,
and calmly walks downstairs carrying one photo in hand.
Soon it’s clear that three people won’t be returning, and
the survivors collect the players who have been killed.
Now the second part of the game begins. The photos
returned by the surviving players are laid out on the table,
each photo with the envelope of the person who returned
it. The survivors, the victims, and even the killer must now
Your Envelope study the photos for clues that will conclusively prove
#7 the identity of the killer. Can you figure out who it is?
ANSWERS, PAGE 75
e, in fact,
*All of your fellow players hav
ove r the yea rs.
played the game
#6 Lee Remick
#2 Phyllis
3 To n y P e rk in s Newman
#8 Jero
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#4 P eter
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•ELECTRONIC GAME REVIEWS• BY THOMAS L. MCDONALD
CARD you’re ready,

POKER QUEST while maintain-
PLAYSAURUS ing an inventory
MAC/PC: $15 of food, gems,
AGE RANGE: EVERYONE and other items.
PLAY TIME: UNLIMITED The game
PLAYERS: 1 starts with a
well-rounded
P
oker Quest follows in a popular Knight of Clubs
tradition that includes Dicey Dun- character un-
geons, Solitairica, and other light locked; more
RPG/roguelikes driven by traditional characters be-
game elements. In this case, you’re play- come available
ing poker hands to power up attacks and as you progress. The Knight’s sword and to match the other so when you finally get
fight monsters across a fantasy-themed shield are powered by card combos: two to that 200+ hitpoint boss, you have the
map. You begin with a standard 52-card cards for the shield, and up to two cards stamina and abilities to take him.
deck and some ability cards, but these for the sword, with a bonus for pairs. That’s not always easy. Depending on
change with each encounter, and even These abilities can be leveled up as you the route you take, it’s possible to en-
standard cards may be boosted with go, making them more powerful or easier counter strong foes before you’re ready,
extra points, such as a +5 King. to play. Eventually, you’re making flushes, which means you die and start over. The
The game is simple to grasp. As a rogue- straights, and full houses to defeat mon- good part is that you get to keep some
like, it has you making runs through ran- sters. You also gather new abilities as items and experience, so you advance
domized maps. There are different paths you go, with a huge number of available between runs.
through the maps, but you can only see a options to keep things fresh. There are a lot of variables here, all
short distance ahead before you choose. As characters advance, they can open allowing for a very customizable experi-
Some paths may lead you through new slots, play more cards, deploy differ- ence. In addition, the thousands of items,
more monster encounters, while others ent skills, and drive ever-stronger attacks. hundreds of monsters, and the utter
feature bonuses, rest stops, and special Of course, the monsters are also getting randomness make each run feel fresh. ■
locations. The goal is to pace yourself stronger, and the
so you don’t encounter enemies before trick is pacing one GOOD CHOICE FOR FANS OF: DICEY DUNGEONS RATING A
ADVENTURE The game’s major conceit is
AGATHA CHRISTIE–HERCULE POIROT: that Poirot’s brain is imagined
THE FIRST CASES as a piece of mind-map soft-
BLAZING GRIFFIN ware. Characters, discoveries,
PC/MAC/SWITCH: $25, XBOX/PS4: $30 and clues create points on the
AGE RANGE: TEEN map; the challenge is to prop-
PLAY TIME: 8-10 HOURS erly connect one to another in
PLAYERS: 1 order to advance the investiga-
------------------------------------------------------------------------ tion. It’s a good system, but
B
lazing Griffin may be hoping to do one with limits. Detective fans
for Hercule Poirot what Frogwares will see deep connections that
did for Sherlock Holmes: launch has his doubts and begins his methodical the game doesn’t. Rather than making
a franchise of detective games with a investigation. Many years later, the family intuitive and logical deductions, you’re
beloved and recognizable character. Its again calls on him to solve a murder that hunting for connections the game wants
first effort is certainly rough in spots, makes up the main part of the narrative. you to find.
but it’s largely entertaining and has The game offers limited slices of the This leads to the game’s major prob-
real potential. world seen from above, some not quite lem: pacing. Any detective fan will be
The game gives us a young Poirot, wide enough to view essential clues about five steps ahead of the game,
still a uniformed member of the Belgian properly. (For example, an upper story but still must navigate all those steps in
police force. He isn’t yet the eccentric window required some effort to see.) It’s the correct order, rather than just, say,
genius of his later days, but he shows a bit of a pixel hunt, as you run the mouse taking the bracelet out of the chimney
promise—until the death of a suspect over areas looking for hotspots that con- and accusing the daughter.
leads to his exile from Brussels to the tain objects or clues. Dialogue options Nonetheless, cozy mystery games are
Belgian backwaters, where he spends allow for right and wrong choices to not so plentiful that fans can quibble.
his days judging gardening contests. elicit the required answers or particular The mind-map mechanic, storyline, and
A prologue case introduces the game emotional reactions. There’s no inven- character writing are quite good, but the
mechanics: Poirot is called to the mansion tory, although things such as keys are game would benefit from snappier pac-
of the once-wealthy Van den Bosch family. collected and later used automatically. ing and a more open design. ■
A bracelet is missing, and a maid is ac-
cused. Poirot is called to arrest her, but he
GOOD CHOICE FOR FANS OF: SHERLOCK HOLMES: CHAPTER ONE RATING B
BY THOMAS L. MCDONALD • TA B L E T O P G A M E R E V I E W S •
MEMORY provide information about the yōkai

YŌKAI underneath. They may show one,
GAMEWRIGHT: $10 two, or three colors. If it’s a red card,
AGE RANGE: 8+ for example, the yōkai underneath
PLAY TIME: 20 MIN. is red. If it’s a red/green card, it
PLAYERS: 2–4 might be either color. Once a hint
----------------------------------------------------------------------- card is placed, the yōkai cannot be
Z
ero-communication games are moved. The game ends either when
good opportunities for starting one player declares it complete, or
fights. When players need to work all the hint cards are used.
together without speaking or otherwise Two variants are included to make
signaling their knowledge or intent, it things harder: One adds Affinity
rarely ends well: How did you miss that?! cards indicating yōkai types that
People obviously love the challenge, need to be adjoining, and another
though, which is what made The Mind adds Objective cards, which require
a success. Yōkai is a kind of Concen- Each turn, a player can peek at two the nigh-impossible task of creating spe-
tration-style team game with limited cards without letting other players see, cific geometric layouts with the cards.
communication. The game is played or indicating what they are. A player This is an interesting memory puzzle
with a set of 16 square cards, shuffled may then move one card anywhere on to solve as a non-speaking group,
and placed facedown in a 4×4 grid. The the grid as long as it is joined orthogo- since everyone needs to pay careful
cards are made of heavy cardboard, nally to another card, and does not attention to what cards people move
each depicting one of four yōkai with split the grid in two. The goal is to get and where they move them. It’s a very
different colors and symbols. Yōkai all of the matching colors in one place different game with two players than
are Japanese spirits—sometimes mis- so that the red, blue, purple, and green with four, and the appeal lies in the way
chievous, sometimes helpful. Included cards are together when the cards are players have to, in a sense, read each
are the Kitsune (red), Kappa (green), flipped at the end of the game. others’ minds and make deductions
Rokurokubi (purple), and Oni (blue). In As a final action in a turn, a player must from logical actions. ■
the game, they are only appeased by reveal or place a card from
being grouped together. the hint deck. Hint cards GOOD CHOICE FOR FANS OF: THE MIND RATING B
CO-OP The board tracks
GROUNDHOG DAY: THE GAME the days, and you
FUNKO: $17 have as many as nine
AGE RANGE: 10+ rounds to make Phil’s
PLAY TIME: 15 MIN. perfect day. Each
PLAYERS: 2–6 round begins by shuf-
----------------------------------------------------------------------- fling the deck and
I
t’s Groundhog Day ... again? In Bill dealing cards to each
Murray’s classic comedy, obnox- player. The number of
ious weatherman Phil Connors has cards is based on the
to relive the same 24 hours over and current day, so day 1
over until he learns how to be a good in an easy game is
person. In the new co-op game based 24 cards, while on
on the movie, you play through his day 12 you deal out
various attempts at self-improvement 12 cards. The process is repeated, but each time
in about 15 minutes. Once the hands are dealt, the timer is the score for the hearts must increase, or
Groundhog Day: The Game is played flipped and everyone can start playing the game ends. Thus, you need to play
with a deck of 60 cards, a small game cards at once. The goal is to play a row lower value cards on early levels, holding
board, some number tokens, an egg of seven cards, left to right, lowest to back those red “perfect” cards for later. If
timer, and a little wooden groundhog. highest, while also taking into account you can’t follow with a correct card, don’t
The cards are divided into five differently the heart values of each card. So, if score higher than a previous row, or don’t
colored sets depicting the various levels the first card played is a 3, the next have a row made of perfect day cards,
of Phil’s growing humanity: selfish, wild, player has to lay down a card worth everyone loses. It’s very hard to get that
nice, learning, and perfect. Each step up 4 or more, and then 5, and so on. Like perfect day, and the frustration of multiple
is worth more hearts, so a perfect card Yōkai, Groundhog Day is a limited com- losses may not be everyone’s idea of fun.
is worth four hearts, while a selfish card munication game: Once the timer is On the other hand, it makes for a good co-
is worth none. The cards depict Phil’s flipped, there is no talking or signaling. op game since people learn each other’s
different actions and choices. Each also When the timer runs out, all the hearts techniques over time, and gradually get
has a number value from 1 to 12. The goal are added up. This number is placed better at working together. ■
is to play a row consisting only of perfect at the end of the row using
RATING B
cards, but getting to that point isn’t easy. number tokens.
GOOD CHOICE FOR FANS OF: THE GAME

BY JONATHAN SCHMALZBACH •THIS OLD GAME•
DIG
"A
dults may play this game dressed in evening challenge. Or in the words of the nutty rules, “NOW—AND
clothes. Formal dress is not essential, although VIGOROUSLY, EVERYBODY PICKS!”
it would make a pretty picture, inasmuch as The first person to complete the challenge receives one
every player must swing his pick energetically to select share of the gold mine. Five shares may be exchanged
from the gold mine, the letters needed to complete the for a gold bar, and the winner is the first player to accu-
subject described on the Calling Cards.” mulate three gold bars.
So read the rules for Dig, a Parker Brothers offering
from the 1940s. Whoever wrote the rules had a wacky STICK-TO-ITIVENESS
sense of humor; even the box cover features bejeweled Sadly, the game box’s claim that “The Pick Does the
and be-cuffed swells playing the game. As it turns out, Trick” clangs false. The once-sticky ends of the picks in
parsing the play instructions was as entertaining as my game had likely dried out decades ago. This seems
playing the game. to be a common complaint of others who purchased the
The conceit of Dig is that players use a facsimile of a game, judging from online comments.
gold miner’s pick to dig out letters from a pool of tiles. My group decided to use our fingers to grab the tiles,
The picks resemble mallets fashioned from a slim cylin- each in turn dipping into the pool to grab a letter. This
drical stick with a head made out of cork attached to one actually added to the entertainment value and indeed
end. Each tile displays one letter. proved lively. The finger-picking method made the game
To begin, players select a dealer, who is referred to as a little more fun by disobeying the admonition in the
the Head Miner. (All other players are merely miners.) rules: “CAUTION!—Use ONLY the pick and NOT THE FIN-
The Head Miner picks a Calling Card and “IN A STRONG GERS, to select letters.”
VOICE READS” one of the lines printed on the card in The real fun is when a player claims to have solved
red or black. Cards contain messages such as “Adver- a challenge but provides a dubious answer. For in-
tised Product: Musical Instrument.” The players use their stance, I played the wisenheimer by answering the
picks, which originally had a gummy end, to start grab- challenge “Something Bright” with ME. Another com-
bing letters in order to create a word that satisfies the petitor answered the challenge “A Medicine” with
TV—suggesting that TV is some type of
narcotic. Then, just two rounds later, a
pretentious pal answered, “Something
Dangerous” with TV.
The Parker Brothers struck gold in 1935
with their release of Monopoly. In the
hopes of parlaying that success, they
used the mustachioed character of the
Monopoly mascot, Rich Uncle Penny-
bags, on each card in Dig. He’s outfitted
with a pick and shovel along with his ever-
present cane.
If you see a copy of the game, go for the
gold. Just remember: “All that glitters…” ■

Flashlights
BY ERICH FRIEDMAN
In these puzzles, point each flashlight in a horizontal, vertical, or diagonal direction so that every square is illuminated
by at least one flashlight beam. The first puzzle has been solved as an example. ANSWERS, PAGE 76
EXAMPLE ❶ ❷ ❸ ❹
❺ ❻ ❼ ❽

Split Decisions ®

BY FRED PISCOP
The only clues in this crossword are the letter pairs provided in the grid. Each answer across and down consists of two
words that share the letters you’ll enter in the empty squares. In the example below, S, E, and W fill the empty squares to
make SINEW and STREW. No proper names are used; you may find a few cases with more than one possible combination
of letters, but only one solution will fit with the crossing answers. ANSWER, PAGE 77
S E W
A R F I
E D M P
H O
U O E A E U B G E O
I U E N O L A O
A R U E
I N M A D V X I
E A A G
U T
O S
V E
A R N I
A E R L
N D
G H
A N B L O D I A
W A B L T E S N
F E M T A E
A E I E X T
L O R U U O R R
A N G R D S A Y
I D
O P
U S D S
M T R Z
L I
R E
I A
R T L I
T C U E U I T O
G R R Z
U A E O O E O U
C T E O X C R N S T
G R
U R A G
A N I L

Double Cross BY MICHAEL ASHLEY
Answer the clues on the numbered dashes, one letter per dash. Then transfer the letters on the dashes to the correspondingly
numbered squares in the puzzle grid to reveal a quotation reading from left to right. (Black squares separate words.) When
you’re done, read down the list of answers; their initial letters will spell the author’s name and the source of the quotation.
1I 2F 3N 4X 5Q 6K 7A 8P 9V 10 Z 11 B 12 N 13 F 14 I 15 R 16 S 17 O 18 Q 19 G 20 W 21 Q
22 G 23 U 24 H 25 J 26 S 27 O 28 V 29 H 30 Z 31 W 32 S 33 U 34 P 35 R 36 G 37 Y 38 G 39 V 40 M 41 Z 42 W
43 Q 44 M 45 V 46 S 47 E 48 S 49 A 50 I 51 V 52 S 53 N 54 X 55 R 56 T 57 O 58 Z 59 U 60 L 61 G 62 U 63 V
64 I 65 Y 66 S 67 R 68 X 69 X 70 R 71 P 72 H 73 H 74 O 75 X 76 T 77 F 78 H 79 R 80 L 81 U 82 W 83 H
84 B 85 C 86 G 87 O 88 L 89 D 90 K 91 C 92 N 93 L 94 Z 95 R 96 P 97 G 98 D 99 H 100 U 101 A 102 Y
103 H 104 G 105 T 106 J 107 Q 108 D 109 Y 110 X 111 P 112 R 113 D 114 A 115 J 116 H 117 J 118 O 119 B 120 A 121 J 122 S
123 T 124 P 125 U 126 R 127 N 128 H 129 Z 130 O 131 S 132 E 133 P 134 O 135 M 136 E 137 F 138 Z 139 Y 140 A 141 G 142 I
ANSWERS, PAGE 76
143 C 144 K 145 F 146 G 147 R 148 V 149 K 150 L 151 M 152 U 153 S 154 M 155 C 156 G 157 G 158 H 159 D 160 A 161 B 162 R
163 P 164 X 165 P 166 X 167 T 168 O 169 U 170 G 171 X 172 U 173 H 174 M 175 P 176 T 177 F 178 Q 179 W 180 K 181 X 182 O 183 I
184 E 185 B 186 M 187 A 188 H 189 X 190 G 191 Z 192 Z 193 E 194 D 195 U 196 P 197 P 198 C 199 F 200 T
A. Molière character aka O. Working mom of the

The Impostor 140 187 160 101 114 7 120 49 comics: 2 wds. 17 182 134 168 87 57 130 27

118 74
B. Son of Abraham
and Sarah 84 11 119 185 161 P. Eagles tune from the
Hotel California LP:
4 wds. 175 196 197 96 34 133 163 124
C. World’s smallest
island nation 85 198 155 91 143
71 8 165 111
Q. Most distant part
D. Crimson Tide’s of the sea from
archrival 194 89 113 159 108 98 the shore 178 18 107 43 5 21
E. Stroke of good luck R. Venerable index:

193 132 136 184 47 3 wds. 35 162 15 112 95 126 147 67
F. Study of organisms
and their environments 77 13 145 199 2 137 177 70 55 79
G. Alma mater of 5 U.S. S. Dismal or gloomy

Presidents: 2 wds. 157 170 22 86 19 61 97 38 46 52 153 26 48 32 122 66

104 146 190 36 156 141 131 16
H. Classic children's
story by Margaret T. Forbidden by statute
Wise Brown: 2 wds 99 29 72 103 78 188 83 173 167 200 56 123 176 105 76
U. Popular teaching
73 24 158 128 116 website: 2 wds. 195 59 33 152 100 172 23 125

I. Fill up space 169 81 62
142 14 183 64 1 50
V. Ace of Base’s
J. Helicopter part that musical genre 39 148 9 63 28 51 45
generates lift 106 25 115 117 121
W. “Oil Capital
of the World” 31 179 20 42 82
K. Botanical transplant
6 180 90 144 149 X. The Master Builder
playwright: 2 wds. 166 110 189 171 69 68 4 181
L. Murder in the
Cathedral playwright 60 93 80 88 150 54 75 164
Y. Identity disguiser
M. Traditional Japanese 139 65 109 102 37
art form 154 40 174 186 135 44 151
Z. Disposable
191 138 30 94 129 192 58 10
N. Theater worker
12 3 127 92 53 41

Sporting Circles BY KEVIN DONOVAN
ACROSS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
1 1957 Brando film
9 Italy’s largest lake 20 21 22
14 Made a CD
20 Relies on 23 24 25
21 Unalaska resident
22 Morphine, for one 26 27 28
23 Tickles pink 29 30 31 32 33 34 35
24 Coffee-flavored
cocktail 36 37 38 39 40 41 42
26 It’s kept on board
27 King’s work 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
28 Extensions
29 Made a copy of 51 52 53 54 55
32 War of 1812
treaty site 56 57 58 59 60 61 62
34 Gp. formed in ‘49
36 Bow wood 63 64 65 66 67
37 Game Boy classic
39 Gather roses 68 69 70 71 72 73 74
40 Tropical squeezer
43 Punjab potentate 75 76 77 78 79 80
45 Stewing 81 82 83 84 85 86 87
49 Shell-less gastropod
51 “___ my word!” 88 89 90 91 92 93
52 Driver’s aid
53 Nurture 94 95 96 97 98 99
55 1972 film based
on an Anthony 100 101 102 103 104 105
Shaffer play
56 Performed poorly 106 107 108 109 110
58 Hill dweller
60 They climb the walls 111 112 113 114 115 116 117
62 Commemorative
ANSWER, PAGE 77
stone 118 119 120 121 122 123 124
63 It stays on track
65 Intended recipient 125 126 127
67 Dead Man’s Hand 128 129 130

pair
68 Preserve, in a way
70 ___ powder 109 “___ Told Me” 6 Combustion 40 Factory employee, 86 Minded others’
72 Put up again (Lennon song) residue maybe business
74 Polo Grounds legend 111 Circle overhead 7 Out of work, 41 Vent 87 Within reach
75 Maid in India 115 Some artists’ work for short 42 Horrified 89 Government
77 Less loquacious 117 Famed #4 8 Pompous one 44 With 92-Down, revenue
79 Do over 118 Interlocking 9 Great deal of star of 1934’s Nana source
81 Hitting the ground emblem, and a clue discussion 46 Tall bloomer 92 See 44-Down
sound to 24-Across, and 10 Texas hold ’em term 47 “Not a chance” 95 Pastel hue
83 Scrap 3-, 32-, 40-, and 11 Undergo chemical 48 Some dives 97 Lays by
84 Hindustani title 54-Down change 50 ___ bad example 98 Hither’s partner
85 Fiennes of the 120 Has a share 12 It brings the heat 54 Misleading clue 102 Foursome
Harry Potter films 125 Frequent Scorsese 13 Diet doctor 57 Baby fox 104 Stripped of
88 Capital on the collaborator 14 Rewards of sorts 59 Board member valuables
Mediterranean 126 Pond scum 15 Increases 61 Most distasteful 107 Reception line?
90 Root cause? 127 Lotion ingredient 16 Expand in the pan 64 Long. opposite 108 Bay State airport
91 Hi-___ 128 Transformations 17 Get the goods on 66 Roxy Music alum 110 Face up to
93 1979 Fleetwood writer Anne 18 List finisher 68 Algiers quarter 111 Coal carriers
Mac hit 129 Faculty heads 19 Studies 69 One coulomb 112 Harbor position
94 London football club 130 Made an offer 25 Speckled equines per second 113 Minnesota WNBA
96 Orwell, for one 29 Miley or Billy Ray 71 Doles (out) team
99 2000 role for Julia DOWN 30 Hurdled 73 Warsaw Pact 114 Leave out
100 Refuse to commit 1 It’s put down by 31 Adroit member, once: 116 Wall covering
101 Turnoff landscapers 32 Show set in Abbr. 119 113-Down player
103 Former Oprah rival 2 City map abbr. Hooterville 76 Genus Lepus 120 One way to stand
105 Single no more 3 Scandal-mongering 33 Mob job member 121 Malt product
106 Ad word 4 Taurus’s neighbor 35 Australian exports 78 Some retinal cells 122 Perlman of Hellboy
107 Round-ending in the sky 38 Sticky syrups, 80 Bed of roses 123 Afore
sound 5 49er’s find in Sussex 82 Changes the pitch 124 Crushed

Siamese Twins BY FRANK LONGO
This puzzle gives you two grids for the price of one. And two sets of clues to go with them, so you can work both crosswords
at the same time. What’s the catch? Each clue number is followed by two different clues to two different answers. The
puzzle is to figure out which answer goes with which grid. 1-Across has been filled in for you. ANSWERS, PAGE 76
ACROSS 27 Ayn Rand novel...:

T O L S T O Y
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
1 Novelist who wrote 2 wds.

Anna Karenina... ...and a question 13 14
...and Karenina’s lover repeatedly asked

therein therein: 4 wds.
15 16
8 In a faint way 30 Eighty-sixed 17 18 19

Pastoral people of Garage floor stain:
Tanzania and Kenya 2 wds. 20 21 22
13 Befuddled: 3 wds. 31 Make less harsh
Comic actress Army division 23 24 25 26
Newman 32 Main arteries

14 Some furniture Stork, crane, 27 28 29
superstores and ibis

Another time 33 Pigs’ place
30 31
15 Tries to hit, as a clay Aves. and blvds. 32 33 34

target: 2 wds. 35 Final chance for
Gives in (to) success: 2 wds. 35 36 37 38 39
16 Slowpoke City near Atlanta
Pied-à-___ 37 Yak it up 40 41 42
17 Narcs’ org. Mensa stats

Bouquets-to-order co. 40 Like Nero or Livy 43 44
18 Sterne’s Shandy Stove light

“Tickle Me” toy: 41 “Va-va-voom!”:
45 46
2 wds. Hyph.
20 “It’s a mouse!” Jumps vertically: DOWN 22 Olympic figure skater
D.C. baseball player, 2 wds. 1 Petty quarrel Katarina
for short 43 Peak performance, Infamous “Impaler” “The Sweetest Taboo”
21 Custard apple’s informally: 2 Doing the job: 2 wds. singer
relative 2 wds. Indy 500, e.g. 23 Repetitive cry of pain:
What “i.e.” means: In reserve: 2 wds. 3 Hog fat 2 wds.
2 wds. 44 Venture to state Bicolor whale Arp’s art movement
23 Two, in Toulon Stove grill 4 That girl 24 Cause of a disease
Filmmaker Preminger 45 Glimpses Scot’s denial Vitamin B1
26 Game similar to Jazzman McCoy 5 Eat a bit of 25 Fibbed: 3 wds.
handball: 2 wds. 46 Light-blocking sleep Album’s first half: 2 wds. DC Comics
Self-playing aid: 2 wds. 6 Posed to propose supervillain
instrument Airplane routes Missouri’s ___ Mountains 26 Write hastily
7 Assent to a schoolmarm Prof’s deg.
V R O N S K Y
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Fabled snow beast 28 He played Captain Kirk
13 14 8 Scorn Elfish sorts
Walter of Grumpy 29 Cuervo of tequila
15 16 Old Men Meeting period,
9 Demographic spans: slangily
17 18 19
2 wds. 33 Narrative
“There’s this fellow who Utter words
20 21 22
could help you”: 4 wds. 34 Lake near Reno
23 24 25 26
10 Bay Area city Starting to cry
Jenny Craig offering: 36 The “O” of REO
27 28 29 2 wds. Hamlet soliloquy
11 Boxing legend’s boxing starter: 2 wds.
30 31 daughter: 2 wds. 37 Posh party
Frequent fliers’ units: Little actress Rae
32 33 34 2 wds. 38 Wharf
12 Suffix with hero Heady brews
35 36 37 38 39
Big fashion inits. 39 Go “Woof!”
40 41 42
19 Swizzle CIA spoof film of 1974
Large elliptical fish 40 Dad
43 44 20 Punk genre using Wharf pest
extreme distortion: 42 Chapel seat
45 46 2 wds. 3.1 Phillip ___
Identical: 2 wds. (fashion label)

Dominoes BY DAVE TULLER
Although it may not appear so, each of the three grids on these two pages contains a standard double-six set of
dominoes. (Pips have been replaced by numbers to increase the challenge.) To solve a puzzle, all you have to do
is locate each of its 28 dominoes. As you determine a given domino’s position, draw a line around it and check it
off the Domino Chart shown on the left side of the grid. Any domino may be packed either horizontally or vertically.
To help you get started, we’ve shown the position of one domino in the first grid. Each puzzle has only one correct
solution; finding it may seem tricky at first, but once you figure out certain key placements, the rest will fall like dominoes.
ANSWERS, PAGE 78
EXAMPLE
6 3 5 0 1 6 2 6 3 5 0 1 6 2
1 1 3 3 2 0 5 1 1 3 3 2 0 5
2 5 4 6 2 4 4 2 5 4 6 2 4 4
6 1 4 1 3 4 0 6 1 4 1 3 4 0
3 3 1 0 0 5 2 3 3 1 0 0 5 2
3 5 5 6 5 4 4 3 5 5 6 5 4 4
6 6 0 2 6 0 3 6 6 0 2 6 0 3
2 2 4 5 0 1 1 2 2 4 5 0 1 1
PUZZLE ONE
G A B C
N H J M 4 6 0 4 2 0 0
0-0 ■ 1-1 ■ 2-3 ■ 3-6 ■
G
H
A
I
B
K
D
K 6 3 3 4 2 5 1
0-1 ■ 1-2 ■ 2-4 ■ 4-4 ■
G
I
A
J
B
L
D
L
3 1 1 4 0 0 3
0-2 ■ 1-3 ■ 2-5 ■ 4-5 ■
G A B D 6 6 5 1 3 4 1
J K M M
0-3 ■ 1-4 ■ 2-6 ■ 4-6 ■
G A C E
3 6 5 5 2 2 6
K L J L
G A
✔ 5-5 ■
0-4 ■ 1-5 ■ 3-3 ■
C E
5 0 0 3 5 1 1
L M K M
0-5 ■ 1-6 ■ 3-4 ■ 5-6 ■ 6 2 2 2 4 0 4
G B C F
M I L M
0-6 ■ 2-2 ■ 3-5 ■ 6-6 ■ 5 4 3 2 6 5 1
PUZZLE TWO
G A B C
N H J M
0-0 ■ 1-1 ■ 2-3 ■ 3-6 ■
3 6 2 4 0 5 6
G A B D
H I K K 0 6 6 5 1 5 4
0-1 ■ 1-2 ■ 2-4 ■ 4-4 ■
G
I
A
J
B
L
D
L
2 4 2 2 5 2 5
0-2 ■ 1-3 ■ 2-5 ■ 4-5 ■
G A B D 3 5 1 2 4 0 3
J K M M
0-3 ■ 1-4 ■ 2-6 ■ 4-6 ■
G A C E
3 2 6 2 4 6 1
K L J L
0-4 ■ 1-5 ■ 3-3 ■ 5-5 ■
3 3 4 0 3 4 6
G A C E
L M K M
0-5 ■ 1-6 ■ 3-4 ■ 5-6 ■ 1 6 5 0 1 1 0
G B C F
M I L M
0-6 ■ 2-2 ■ 3-5 ■ 6-6 ■
1 1 5 0 0 4 3
PUZZLE THREE
G A B C
N H J M 1 2 3 4 4 2 2
0-0 ■ 1-1 ■ 2-3 ■ 3-6 ■
G
H
A
I
B
K
D
K 3 2 6 1 0 6 6
0-1 ■ 1-2 ■ 2-4 ■ 4-4 ■
G
I
A
J
B
L
D
L
1 4 3 3 4 5 4
0-2 ■ 1-3 ■ 2-5 ■ 4-5 ■
G A B D 2 3 4 1 3 0 5
J K M M
0-3 ■ 1-4 ■ 2-6 ■ 4-6 ■
G A C E
6 3 0 1 1 2 0
K L J L
0-4 ■ 1-5 ■ 3-3 ■ 5-5 ■
G A C E
0 2 2 5 5 6 0
L M K M
0-5 ■ 1-6 ■ 3-4 ■ 5-6 ■ 3 5 0 4 6 1 0
G B C F
M I L M
0-6 ■ 2-2 ■ 3-5 ■ 6-6 ■ 5 5 1 4 6 6 5
Paint by Numbers
These eight 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 squares there are in that line and, in
order, how many consecutive black squares there are in each group. For example, 4 5 9 2 tells you that there will be four
groups that will contain, in order, 4, 5, 9, and 2 consecutive black squares. The fact that the numbers are separated tells
you that there is at least one empty square between them. (There may also be empty squares at the ends of lines.) The
trick is to figure out how many empty squares come between the black ones.
Here’s a starting hint: When there’s a single number in a row and that number is greater than half the number of
squares in the row, you can fill in one or more center squares. For example, in the sample below (Figure 1), which is 10
squares wide, the sixth and seventh rows each have the number 8. No matter how you place eight consecutive black
squares in a row, the middle six squares will be filled in (Figure 2). Similar logic can be used to start a line that has more
than one number in it. In the sample, the third column contains the numbers 1 6. The single black square and the fol-
lowing empty square must take up at least two squares above the 6. No matter how they get placed, the fifth through
eighth squares of the column will be black (Figure 3). Figure 4 shows the completed picture. ANSWERS, 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
Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4
❶ 3
6 2
3
1
3
2
3
1
2
1
1
❷ 3
6
2
1 2
1
2
1
4
1
1
2 1
13 1 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 2 3 11 2 2 4 1 1 1 2 2 1 3 1
2 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 7 3 1 5 3 1 6 2 4 2 3 2 2 1 2 3 2 3 3
8 6 2 1 2 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 4 7 2 4 3 4 2 6 2 1 1 1 7 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 5 2 1 3 3 4 4 8 10
2 3 5 3 2 2 2 3 1 2 2 2 3 5 3 2 2 5 2 2 3 3 2 6 1 1 1 1 4 3 4 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 5
2 8 2 2 3 2 1 3 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 1
4 5 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 4 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2
6 12 3 2 1 4 1 2 1 2 2 2 6 1 2 3 2 1 2 2 1 2 3 3 4 3
5 4 3 1 7 3
4 4 2 1 1 2 4 3 2
3 3 2 1 1 5 3 2 2
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 1
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 4
1 1 1 2 2 2 3
1 1 1 2 2 2
2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 4 2
2 2 2 1 1 1 3 1 2
3 3 2 1 1 1 5 2 2
12 2 1 3 3 2 1 1
3 3 2 1 1 1 2 2
13 3 7 3 1 1
3 2 2 2 3 3 1 1
2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 1
2 2 1 1 1 2 2 2
17 1 1 1 3 2
18 3 2 1 2
3 1 3 1 2 1 3 1 1
2 2 2 1 6 2 3
1 1 1 2 3 5 6
1 1 1 1 2 4 5
2 2 2 1 1
1 1 1 2 2 2 7
3 2 3 2 3 2 1 4
3 3 7 3 2
2 2 2 1 4
3 2 2
3 2 2
2 3 2 2
2 2 1 2 2
1 2 4 2 3
2 1 4 3 1 4
3 1 2 1 3 2 4
5 4 2 3

BY CONCEPTIS LTD.
www.conceptispuzzles.com
❸ 1
2 2 1 2
2 1 1 1
1 1 1 3 3 3 4 2 2 1 1
2
2
2
2
5 5 2
1
1
3 3 1 5 5 7 1 3 2 1 1 1 7 8 6 5 3 3 2 2
2 2 6 1 2 3 1 1 6 2 2 1 2 3 6 6 2 2 2 2
3
1 3 3
6 2 7
❹ 2 2
1
2 2
5
1
1
1
1
4 1 5
2
1 1
2 10 6 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 5 2 4 1 1 4 2
1 4 10 1 2 1 2 1 7 1 2 7 1 1 2 5 1 1 1 2 1 5 2
2 7 3 6 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 9 2 2 4 3 2 1 1 2 2
2 6 2 2 2
5 4 1 1 1 1 3
7 2 1 7 1 1 1
9 2 1 3 2 2 2
7 4 2 2 1 1 2 2
1 2 6 2 1 1
2 6 2 4
2 2 4 6 8 1 1
1 6 2 3 2 2 2 1 1
1 5 2 1 2 2 2 2 2
1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 2
3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1
3 2 1 6 1 2 1
2 1 2 1 2 7
3 2 6 2
1 3 1 5 2
1 3 1
1 2
2 5
9
❺ 1
1
1
1
1
1
1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 4 3
1 1 1 3 2 5 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 6 2 5 1 3
1 1 1 1 2 1 5 2 2 2 1 3 1 2 7 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 2 1 3 5 3
1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 5 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 4 1 2 2 6 4
1 1 1 1 1 15 6 2 1 1 4 2 1 1 3 1 2 1 1 5 2 6 2 7 12 1 2 2 1 2 1 4
2 2 2 2 16 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 3 2 4 2 6 2 1 1 1 2
1 1 1 11 1 2 2 1 2 4 3 1 2 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 5 2 1 1 1 2 5 4
1 3 1 6 3
1 2 3 2
5 3 1 1 1 3 7
2 5 1 2 1 1 1
3 2 2 2 1 1 5 2
2 2 1 5 1 1 2 1
3 2 1 2 3 1 2 1
2 2 1 4 3
3 2 4 1 1 1 1 2
2 1 3 2 4 4
3 2 2 14 1 1 1
2 3 3 2 2
3 3 15 1 3
5 3 6 2
3 3 3 1 3 9 1
3 1 1 9 2 1
13 1 1 1 2
15 1 1 2
1 1 1
15 2 2 5
2 2 2 2
10 5 1 2
2 3 3 9 2
2 3 3 1 2 3
2 3 3 10 8

Paint by Numbers
❻ 1
1 2 1
1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 2 1 5 1 1 3 1 2 1
1 1 1 1 5 2 3 1 1 1 3 3 5 5 2 1 1 1 1 3 5 1 1 1 1
1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 5 5 2 1 1 3 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1
1 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 8 2 1 1 3 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 1
1 1 8 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 8 1 1
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1
1 4 1 1 1
1 1 1 2 3 1 1 1
1 1 1 6 1
1 4
16
1 1 1
1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1
1 1 1 3 3 3 3 1
1 3 2 8 2
14 8
1 1 2 1 1 1
9 1 1 8
9 1 1 1 8
1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1
10 15
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
28
1 2
28
❼ 1 1 3 3 3 3 2 1
1
1 1 1 3 2
3 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 1
3 2 10 7 1 2 5 2 3 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1
1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 4 4 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 2 1
1 2 1 9 3 2 13 12 8 2 4 2 7 2 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2
1 1 2 2 4 1 3 2 3 1 1 1 5 3 2 3 3 4 4 4 5 2 2 3 2 3 3 1 4 5
2 4 12
3 1 1 3 6
2 1 2 1 3 4 4 3
3 2 2 1 1 4
1 2 4 1 1 1 3 3 2
1 2 3 2 3 3
1 2 6 1 1 1 2 2
3 6 2 3
3 5 3 1
2 5 2 4 3
1 3 3 3 2 3 3
1 2 3 2 1 3 2 2
2 7 5 4 1 1
1 1 3 1 2 2 1
2 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 2
2 1 1 1 2 1 2 3 1
1 1 1 1 3 6 2
2 5 12 5
3 3 14 2
2 4 6

BY CONCEPTIS LTD.
www.conceptispuzzles.com
❽ 2
1
1 1 1 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
2 1 1 1 1 14 1 11 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
2 1 1 1 1 1 1 14 1 2 1 4 1 17 1 15 1 1 1 2
2 1 1 9 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1
1 1 1 6 1 9 10 2 1 1 1 14 1 1 14 4 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 1
1 1 2 5 1 1 4 2 1 1 1 11 3 11 1 2 6 6 5 5 3 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2
17 16 1 1 3 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 17 17 1 4 2 5 3 4 2 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
2 2 15 9 8 1 1 11 1 2 3 1 1 1 3 4 2 1 2 7 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2
8 2 2 1 1 7 8 4 3 3 4 3 1 4 2 2 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3
1 1 7 2 5 5 3 2 2 2 4 1 4 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
4 4 6 9 3 2 2 2 3 5 3 13 5 10 3 5 3 3 4 1 3 1 2 2 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 2 2 5 1 1 2 3 3 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 4
2 1 2 9 2 1 2 10
1 1 1 8 1 1 1 1 1 9
2 1 6 1 1 1 1 1 5
2 1 6 1 1 1 1 2 3
2 1 3 6 13 7
1 6 1 1 1 1 1 2
8 1 1 1 1 1 2 5
1 1 9 1 1 1 1 1 2 1
2 1 2 6 1 1 1 1 1 2 1
1 3 1 4 13 2 1
3 2 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 1
9 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1
8 5 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1
8 2 2 13 2 1
8 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1
8 1 6 13 1
9 1 1 5 10 1 1
11 1 2 9 1 1 1
5 1 3 1 6 1 1 1
4 1 1 1 2 5 1 1 1 1 1
3 1 1 1 1 4 1 11
3 1 3 1 3 2 1 1
3 2 2 3 4 1 16
4 5 1 3 2 2 5
3 5 1 6 4
2 4 1 2 23
3 1 1 2 5
4 1 3 2
3 1 3 1 21
1 1 1 1 1 1 4
2 1 2 2 1 2
1 2 3 2 3 5 2 11
1 2 4 1 1 2 3 1 7
1 5 1 2 1 1 1
1 3 1 2 2 1 5 2
1 3 1 1 1 1 1 4
4 2 1 1 2 2 3 1
2 1 2 1 2 2 2
1 1 3 1 1 4 13
1 1 1 2 2 3 9
1 1 1 1 1 2
3 1 1 2 2 2 11
1 2 1 1 1 2 8
2 1 1 1 1 2
3 1 2 1 2 3
2 1 1 1 1 3 14
2 2 1 1 3 9
1 1 2 5 4
3 9 19
5 3 1 3

Cryptic Crossword 1 BY DONNA KAHWATY
Each clue in a cryptic crossword has two parts: a definition of the answer and an indication of the answer’s literal makeup
via wordplay. Either half may come first; finding the dividing point between the two parts is the key to solving. On page
61, eight common methods by which hints are given via wordplay are described; any combination of these gimmicks
may be used.
Expect to see references to abbreviations (doctor for DR, Hawaii for HI, or university for U), chemical symbols (iron
for Fe), Roman numerals (five for V), and parts of words (end of year for R, head of cabbage for C, or heart of stone
for O). A clue with an exclamation point may be what’s called an & lit. clue, in which the two halves overlap, so the
whole clue is both a definition and a cryptic indication of the answer, as in Terribly angered! for ENRAGED (see
“anagrams” on page 61). Give these puzzles a try! ANSWERS, PAGE 76
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
26 Preserving granite in
rocks (9)
27 A weaver from the East
9 10 makes money (5)
28 Simple programming
language (5)
29 Southern state senator
returns amid tense
11 12 energy (9)
DOWN
1 Clinton uninterested in
13 14 15 16 speaking for big ad (9)
2 Nonsense! Furnish mother
with part (9)
17 18
3 Fruitcake (a relic) for
dessert (6)
19 20 4 Covert act I chose veils
plan (6)
21 22 5 They peddle nameless
plastic (8)
23 24 25 6 Song follows writer’s
inclination (8)
7 “Encore! A victory” (5)
8 Poet Eliot has request
for jobs (5)
26 27 15 No approvals about to be
changed for laptops (9)
16 Stout man sporting status
tie (9)
28 29
17 He can’t recall disposition
of main case (8)
18 Trio sang off-key with
church musician (8)
ACROSS 11 Dolls up short Unitarian 19 Doctor reads REM for 21 Cheech guards Chong’s
1 They control locks and leader and sends on sleeping people (8) last extra room (6)
prohibit street dancing (9) the road to sainthood (9) 20 Odd aspects of Estonian 22 Shift blame after chef’s
6 Factory preparation 12 Ruth and Sue hide hired volcano (4) final fiery display (6)
time (5) help (5) 23 Cook’s tip: nothing with 23 Half of carbonates
9 Fall behind train returning 13 Contrarily, Pop spice (5) blended in chocolate
by the book (5) fusses (4) 25 Close by a Colorado substitute (5)
10 Timekeepers shake up 14 Ms. Tanner prepared ski town, Mr. Lincoln 24 Curses tormented
land races (9) leftovers (8) bears left (9) Athos (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.

Cryptic Crossword 2 BY GARY PISHER
Anagrams: The answer appears in anagrammed TIE inside PANTS, so it might be clued as Hospital
form, preceded or followed by a word or phrase residents make knots in trousers.
that suggests the mixing, as in Changing times for Hidden answers: The answer may appear intact,
ITEMS. albeit camouflaged, in the clue. Example: Myopic
Deletions: Deletions come in three varieties: colonel clutches flute for PICCOLO (myopic colonel).
beheadments, curtailments, and internal deletions. Homophones: A word that sounds like the answer
The clue always contains a word or phrase indicated by use of a giveaway phrase such as “We
indicating the deletion. Examples: Uncovered bent hear” or “as they say.” Example: Counted frozen
charm for ENCHANT, a beheadment of PENCHANT; chicken out loud for NUMBERED (“numb bird”).
Fiery bird without a tail for FLAMING, a curtailment Reversals: A synonym for “backward” or “overturn”
of FLAMINGO; and Heartless miserly bloke for CHAP, in a clue may indicate a reversal, as in Returned
an internal deletion of CHEAP. beer fit for a king (LAGER reversed) for REGAL.
Charades: The answer is broken into smaller Double definitions: This type of clue has no
words that are clued individually, as in Auto animal wordplay half; instead, it has two definition halves.
for CARPET. Example: Scooter was blue for MOPED.
Containers: A word such as PATIENTS “contains” ANSWERS, PAGE 79
ACROSS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1 Chivalrous of me,
taking Ellen out (13)
8
9 The French holy man
is beside himself,
naked—it’s too 9 10
much to bear (4,5)
10 Something sweet
about a pirate (5)
11 Inside, plant’s had 11 12
lack of light (6)
12 Flushed after seething
13
anger accumulated (8)
14 Feels sorry for bird
caught in middle 14 15 16
of thundershowers (7)
15 Stern flier gives scowl (7)
17 Prickly bush is beginning
to blossom and grow 17 18
wild like a rose (7)
18 Highest mountain of
all time is in France (7)
19 Least rickety stands in
street (8) 19 20 21 22
21 Guy at Camp Lejeune
trained airmen (6) 23
24 Memorize
Shakespeare role 24 25
by quarter of nine (5)
25 Do away with feminists’
legislation at heartless
ruler’s command (9)
26 These “animals” pocket 26
uncontrollably! (13)
DOWN 4 Streetcar heads north 7 Taking the wraps off, 16 Mom, apple pie, the
1 Winds twining legs for shop (4) Gerry Ford reveals AAA, ‘n’ crime,
about animal’s head (5) 5 “Three points crown the blunder (5) perhaps? (9)
2 Lost again, confused, vampire’s tooth...” began 8 Compliant foundation 20 A shortage? Woe
yearning for home (9) novel (10) that is in on time (8) is me (5)
3 Stumble and gamble 6 Thoughtlessness 13 Evaluation sets 22 These aren’t the odds
away remainder of shows in argument Mensa’s rank (10) of rolling seven (5)
savings account? against team getting 14 Your BLTs will be 23 Tropical plant where
(4,4,7) allotment (15) prepared with relish (8) you’ll find a lifeline (4)

Dear Bobby BY BOB STIGGER
Should certain answers in this variety cryptic crossword appear not to fit in the grid, please consult our “advice
column.” ANSWERS, PAGE 79
ACROSS
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 Rev. Spooner’s tinted
hairstyle is a treat for
carnival-goers (5,5)
9 10
5 Journalist Gay is excellent
chasing stories (6)
9 Not so much is
indispensable to 11 12
Charles Schulz (4)
10 Head of ESPN and a
promoter visit a 13 14 15
restaurant (3,3)
11 Billy is 21 (9)
12 Replace Adam Sandler’s 16 17 18
#3 PR person (5)
13 A kind of nut capturing a
marsupial (5) 19 20
14 Focuses of Epic
Records (10)
16 Deter consumption, 21 22 23
reforming loan charge
calculation method (8,8)
19 Suggestions about 24 25 26 27
Darwin’s “Origin” and
Scopes (8)
20 I say “Bug out, bug” (4) 28 29
21 Derbies scare jockeys (5)
22 A study backing
breakfast meat (5) 30 31 32 33
24 Fish stuffed with a piece
of lobster and frozen (4)
26 West Massachusetts, 34 35
east of Holyoke (3)
28 One emirate mocks
struggling countries 36 37
that lightly regulate
business (6,9)
30 Inauguration of president 38 39
I even felt sorry for (6)
32 Woos my aunt, ignoring
every other lady (5)
34 Swift naval force (5) 3 Two clubs holding a 15 A slippery sort of 25 Some athletes
35 Red River in Russia competition involving Confederate leader suffer (3)
is bucolic (5) poetry of a world heading North (3) 26 Manny and Jack’s
36 A dollop of wasabi religion (7) 16 Greek enchantress’s ring, partner Troy is a
with fresh flounder is 4 Does wine steward long missing (5) big name in the
marvelous (9) work with ten cads? 17 Frosted Flakes from champagne biz (4)
37 “What’s inside potato Perhaps (7) individual cups, eaten 27 A true believer
pancakes? Over” (4) 5 See instructions (4,3,5,3,3) daily (4) translated Lao-Tze (6)
38 Penn is getting 6 Creedence Clearwater 18 Armored vehicles reeked, 29 After reflection, fix a
quite mature (6) Revival song punk rocker top to bottom (5) typo, adding Latin
39 Fingerboard ridges, Billy flipped over (4) 20 A cultivated place, long diacritic mark (5)
almost brand-new, split 7 Expensive coffee bars the capital of 30 Enlisted personnel,
by end of concert (5) stuck all over the Montenegro (4) a little frustrated,
place (9) 22 Literary hero’s rising breaking computers (4)
DOWN 8 Napoleon strutted around anguish rooted 31 Checkout line
1 Criticism of outspoken a very long time (4) in blunder (7) personnel with
publicist (4) 12 Clumsy oafs covered 23 A major environmental sacks (8)
2 Arrange a different flight with greasepaint concern with sprayed 33 Elevated bridge
for Jimmy or Kobe (6) returned (4) chemical agent (7,6) section breaks (4)

And One to Grow On BY E.R. GALLI
In this variety cryptic, the answer to each clue is one letter shorter than the space provided for it in the diagram.
The solver must add a letter to each clue answer, making a new word for the diagram entry. The added letter may
be placed at the front, back or inside of the clue answer.
Clue answers include one proper noun. Diagram answers include three proper nouns and a two-word phrase.
ANSWERS, PAGE 79
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11
12 13
14 15
16 17
18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29
30 31 32 33
34
35 36
37 38
ACROSS DOWN
1 NY team whose center’s left dissolves (5) 1 Apply the needle quite audibly (3)
5 You and I, blushing outwardly, got married again (5) 2 Noble metal’s lead or aluminum (5)
10 Place in road where the pool might be formed! (7) 3 Relief-giver, like in beer without a head (5)
11 Vanilla extract has zip (3) 4 Thorough…but heartless, nevertheless (6)
12 Imogene’s drug sources (5) 5 Plane doing tricks or Pole doing tricks (6)
14 A kind of tree remains… (3) 6 Backing fight brings criminal charges (4)
15 …a tree quietly standing in cold (6) 7 To succeed, Susan goes after males topless (5)
16 50-inch shelf (5) 8 In Spain, the large building addition (3)
17 Herb’s sorrow (3) 9 Loss of life last month: moderate (7)
18 Poker call is the bishop’s responsibility (3) 13 Raise first-rate grass (3)
19 Tongue-lashes sugar manufacturers (5) 16 Associate haziness with a psychic of sorts (7)
21 He somehow manages part in comic opera (5) 19 Sell squash by rate (6)
24 Wing to a West Coast city (3) 20 Knight astride roan turns back horsemen (6)
27 Captain’s record lake run, coming back (3) 22 Natural resource found in forests (3)
29 Sour limes make your mouth twist up (5) 23 One hears what a stripper does is resounding (5)
30 Swallow almost all of mixed drink (6) 25 Two-thirds of pie inside cover—it’s fatty stuff (5)
32 Increases in a delivery service (3) 26 Straighten out displaced alien (5)
34 Acquisitive feeling for $1,000 clarinet (5) 28 Express weariness—mercury is rising (4)
35 Main half of nausea (3) 31 According to preacher, gain
36 Flying around Iran, lie to travel agent? (7) must be eliminated (3)
37 Staub is out of practice (5) 33 Guys with energy in high school (3)
38 Helpers’ crazy ideas (5)

Skyscraper Sudoku BY RODOLFO KURCHAN
This is a new Sudoku variant that combines Sudoku and Skyscrapers. Normal Sudoku rules apply; that is, each
row, column, and heavily outlined 3×3 square must contain each digit from 1 through 9 exactly once.
In these puzzles, each number represents a building. Arrows indicate how many buildings you can see from the
direction in which the arrow is pointing.
In normal Skyscrapers puzzles, the clues are numbers outside the grid that indicate how many buildings can be
seen from that direction. But here, the clues are the arrows. ANSWERS, PAGE 77
EXAMPLE
In this example, the number 1 represents a building with one floor. The number 3 with an arrow means that, from that
square in that direction, you can see 3 buildings. The arrow in the square with no number means that the number you
put there will represent the number of buildings you can see from that square in the direction of the arrow. In this 4×4
sudoku grid, that number cannot be a 4, because the maximum number of buildings visible from that square is 3. So
that square could contain a 1, 2, or 3.
1 4 1 4 1 4 1 3 4 2 1
2 2 2 1 2 3 4
1 2 1 2 1 4 3 2 1 4 3
3 3 4 3 4 3 1 2 4 3 1 2
Now, consider the square with Now you can complete the left Then, so that 2 buildings will Now you can complete the F i n a l l y, u s e S u d o k u
the 3 and an arrow. This allows bottom square, since the arrow be visible, the other numbers lower right square with 1 and 2. rules to finish the puzzle.
you to place the numbers 1, square cannot contain a 4. in that row will be 4 and 3.
2, and 4, since that is the only
configuration that would allow
3 buildings to be visible while
still following Sudoku rules.
PUZZLE 1 (EASY/MEDIUM)
6
5 2 4
PUZZLE 2 (MEDIUM)
4 3
5 3 2 2
2
3 1 6 4 1 2
2 4 5 1 1 5
7 6 1 2 1
8 3 2 6 2
7 1 2 4 6
6 1 3
2 3
8 2 4

PUZZLE 3 (MEDIUM/DIFFICULT)
4 6
3 7
1 8
2
2
4 1
8 2
3 PUZZLE 4 (DIFFICULT)
5 2 4 9
4 5
3
7
1 3 6
PUZZLE 5 (VERY DIFFICULT ) 2 8

Family Reunions BY REGIS MODESTA
Change each group of 10 words below into a “family” of different words (words or proper names that have something
in common) by dropping one letter from each word and then rearranging the remaining letters. For example, given
the entries HAUNT, HAIRDO, and ADVANCE, you could drop the N from HAUNT to get UTAH, drop the R from HAIRDO
for IDAHO, and drop the C from ADVANCE to get NEVADA, all in the category “U.S. states.” Can you reunite each family
by determining the category for each and unscrambling the 10 entries? Answers include one two-word phrase. As a
hint, a list of the four categories appears on page 70. ANSWERS, PAGE 80
FAMILY ONE FAMILY TWO

Category: _______________________ Category: _______________________
1. PAIR _______________________ 1. ASHORE _______________________
2. PEPO _______________________ 2. AWHILE _______________________
3. FLOCK _______________________ 3. BRAZEN _______________________
4. AMULET _______________________ 4. DOZING _______________________
5. CANDLE _______________________ 5. HOSTEL _______________________
6. PLAINT _______________________ 6. MARCEL _______________________
7. SUBLET _______________________ 7. ODEUMS _______________________
8. WELDOR _______________________ 8. PADNAG _______________________
9. WHANGEE _______________________ 9. RUMBLE _______________________
10. COURTNEY _______________________ 10. SPEECH _______________________

FAMILY THREE FAMILY FOUR
Category: _______________________ Category: _______________________
1. SHIFT _______________________ 1. NIPA _______________________

2. ARTIST _______________________ 2. AGLOW _______________________
3. BINDLE _______________________ 3. LOONY _______________________
4. CAPTURE _______________________ 4. PASTA _______________________
5. CAROUSE _______________________ 5. WAIST _______________________
6. CREOSOL _______________________ 6. ABACUS _______________________
7. CHAIRMEN _______________________ 7. DARBAR _______________________
8. QUARRIELS _______________________ 8. SERVAL _______________________
9. SUBSTRATE _______________________ 9. TUSSOCK _______________________
10. UNMATCHED _______________________ 10. CATCHPAN _______________________

Whiteout! FOLD THIS PAGE
The World’s Most Ornery Crossword
BY Christopher Magan BY BONNIE GENTRY
All answers to the clues below fit a common theme. For
each clue’s answer, write its first letter in the numbered Crosscurrents
box that corresponds to the clue number. Then proceed The crossword on this and the next two pages has two
independent sets of clues: “Hard” and “Easy.” First, fold this page
in a straight line in any one direction: up, down, left, right
back on the dashed line so the clues below face the solving grid
or diagonally (you need to figure out which). When you’re on page 69. If you use only the Hard Clues (appearing below and
finished, every square should be used. Note: Each continuing under the grid), you’ll find the puzzle uncommonly
answer shares at least one letter with another answer. challenging. If you want help, or prefer a less severe challenge,
The number in parentheses refers to answer length. open to the Easy Clues (tucked in beneath your fold on page 68).
Punctuation, spaces, and tags (such as “2 wds.”) have
been omitted. ANSWERS, PAGE 80
Hard Clues
ACROSS 75 Recede 136 India neighbor
1 2 1 [It can’t be!] 77 Mythical 140 Based ___
5 1983 Mr. T bird-woman true story
3 comedy 79 Grant giving org. 141 Second-hand
10 Wane 80 D’Backs’ home spots
15 Yea-sayers 82 Botswana 143 Sticky souvenir
4
19 USCG rank dry spot 145 Cab collection
22 Step up 85 Symbol of 147 Uncover,
5 24 Austen hero discipline poetically
25 Patty or Selma 86 Yardstick: Abbr. 148 Flies into
6 7
26 Snookums 89 Harness part the seats
27 Official travel 91 Trophy shape 150 Ike’s WWII
overseas 93 Waits patiently purview
8 9 28 Prize greatly 94 Discretion 152 Get going
29 Sit on, maybe 96 Early second- 154 Piece of
10 11 31 Michael of century date rodeo gear
Monty Python 97 Beaufort, e.g. 155 Straights
32 Cleveland team, 99 Places for irises 156 Subject of
12 13
to fans, once 100 Bellicose many an opera
34 Snow fortress 102 Jekyll & Hyde 158 Stored fodder
14 36 Morph opening actress Linda 160 Informed about
37 Person above 103 Touch on 161 Sleeve ends
it all 104 Norman 163 Undivulged
1. Late ___ (slow developers) (8) 39 Hedger's reply and Edward 166 Union branch
41 Additional 105 Title syllables 167 New-Agey
1. Portland’s NBA team, familiarly (7) 43 Said’s partner in a 1961 Lee 169 The Terminator
1. Mike Tyson, Laila Ali, and Rocky Marciano (6) 44 Oil, slangily Dorsey hit heroine
47 It may be 106 Den fixture 171 Provides camp
2. Bach’s Air on the ___ (7) coddled 107 Flushed fire entertainment
3. Perspires (6) 48 Sewing machine 108 Long fish 173 Pay extender?
feature 109 Reacts angrily 174 Former Venetian
4. ___ camp (military basic training) (4) 49 Filmmaker Lee toward magistrate
5. Score of 5-5, say (3) 50 “Somebody’s 112 Costar with 175 Bond
Knockin'” singer Bolger and Haley 176 Blue book
6. Huffs and puffs (5) Gibbs 114 Lao Tzu’s ideal exams
51 Concentration 115 Kind of nerve 177 Alfonso, por
7. Shoplifted (5) challenge or artery ejemplo
8. Diamonds or clubs, e.g. (4) 53 “___ Easy” 117 Fanning 178 Shrink’s reply
(1977 hit) someone makes 179 One who yearns
9. Endow with authority (4) 55 John L. Lewis’s it go down 180 Reacts with
10. Liquid-Plumr target (4) org. 118 Comic-Con, e.g. shock
56 Instructive 120 Augustus 181 Antique autos
10. Spending limit (3) example and Julius
11. Harlow, Stapleton, and others (5) 58 Buck tail? 122 Bud, in botany DOWN
60 Ataturk 125 Item in Fonzie’s 1 It’s often
12. Hi-___ (part of a standard drum kit) (3) Mausoleum city pocket depressed
12. Eagles vocalist Don (6) 62 This or that 127 Subtle signal 2 Eschew
64 Suffice with 129 Sewing assistance
13. Cut of steak (5) 66 Folk singer circle, say 3 Dental
14. ___ Junction (1960s sitcom) (9) Williams 131 Aphrodite’s procedures
67 Coalition accompaniers 4 Dainty
14. Dispensers at the gas station (5) 69 Flat document 133 Ira Gershwin’s 5 Research
70 Immoral enabler forte assoc.?
COMMON THEME: 73 Grand get- 135 National 6 Varmint
together anthem start 7 Long green

The World’s Most Ornery Crossword (continued)
Easy Clues
ACROSS 97 Beaufort, for one: 180 Staggers 76 Large wind instrument,
1 Sound of surprise 2 wds. 181 Classic cars informally: 2 wds.
5 1983 film in which Mr. T 99 Eye parts 78 Campus military gp.: Abbr.
plays a taxi driver: 2 wds. 100 Brutally harsh DOWN 81 Yankee follower,
10 Lessen 102 German river 1 Auto accelerator: 2 wds. to radiomen
15 Golf instructors 103 Border on 2 Do without 83 Let’s Make ___: 2 wds.
19 ___ Sharkey (TV oldie) 104 Some corporate jets accomplices: 2 wds. 84 ___-bitty
22 Speed up 105 ___ in “Yankee”: 2 wds. 3 Ascents 86 Midday nap
24 Pride and Prejudice beau 106 Channel surfer’s 4 Small and trim 87 Tone deaf one’s problem:
25 Polly, to Tom Sawyer need: 2 wds. 5 The “D” in R&D: Abbr. 2 wds.
26 Darling 107 Checkers side 6 Backwoods beast 88 Says “I second that”
27 Nixon’s trip to China, 108 Long-snouted fish 7 Folding money 90 Field that includes
e.g.: 2 wds. 109 Greets with a “grr”: 8 End in ___ (finish evenly): mediation: Abbr.
28 Hold in high regard 2 wds. 2 wds. 92 Cats and dogs
29 Sit on eggs 112 Cowardly Lion 9 Boop and Rubble 95 Inland Asian sea
31 McCain’s running mate portrayer Bert 10 Student getting help 96 Roman 155
32 Former nickname for 114 Chinese truth with course selection 98 Misery star James
Cleveland's baseball 115 Of a forearm bone 11 Sheep cries: 3 wds. 101 Dutch city near
team: 2 wds. 117 Notable time period 12 Former Pennsylvania Rotterdam
34 Ice home 118 Convention center event senator Specter 108 More pleased
36 Morph or plasm starter 120 ___ Palace (Vegas casino) 13 School in Fort 110 Omaha’s state, briefly
37 Snob 122 Leaf bud Worth: Abbr. 111 Toll roads: Abbr.
39 Wishy-washy response: 125 Brush’s mate 14 Giving the once-over 113 Washed-up
3 wds. 127 Silent assent 15 Beach toy celebrity: Hyph.
41 Advance, as one’s cause 129 Get-together with coffee 16 Election deciders, at 115 Actress Thurman
43 “Been there, ___ that” 131 Mountain nymphs times: Hyph. 116 Throw dice
44 Black gold, in 133 Words to a song 17 Headed in the right 119 Norwegian king from
Beaumont: 2 wds. 135 Start of “The direction: 2 wds. 995–1000 A.D.
47 Easter basket item Star-Spangled 18 Trio after R 121 Moo ___ pork
48 Feature of a versatile Banner”: 2 wds. 19 Latin dance chant: 3 wds. 122 Cheerfulness: 2 wds.
sewing machine: 2 wds. 136 Himalayan monarchy 20 Stoneware and 123 Award-winning WWII
49 Brokeback Mountain 140 Stop ___ dime: 2 wds. porcelain journalist: 2 wds.
director Lee 141 Old phone features 21 An unspecified 124 Really intend with
50 Country singer Clark 143 NASCAR car sticker number: 3 wds. one’s words: 3 wds.
51 Picture puzzle 145 Group of ships 23 Controversial filmmaker 126 Me, ___, and I
53 “___ Easy” (1977 147 Unlock, poetically Riefenstahl 128 Swing to and fro
Ronstadt hit): 2 wds. 148 Home runs, slangily 30 ___ noire (bugbear) 130 The Clan of the
55 AFL’s partner: Abbr. 150 DDE’s WWII 33 Like bell-bottoms Cave Bear heroine
56 Classroom instruction command: Abbr. 35 Words of encouragement 132 Saharan winds
58 Ending with buck or stink 152 Kick off to a gal pal: 2 wds. 134 Wedding vows: 2 wds.
60 Turkey’s capital 154 Tug-of-war need 38 Loud-voiced speaker 135 ___ Oyl
62 One or the other 155 Straight folks 40 Cubicle fixture 137 Handyman’s kit
64 Make do with: 3 wds. 156 Subject of many 42 Fixed a squeak again 138 Take before, as a higher
66 Women’s patriotic ballads: 2 wds . 45 Like Superman’s court: 2 wds.
org.: Abbr. 158 Stored, as grain vision: Hyph. 139 Unnecessary
67 Political alliance 160 “Once ___ a time…” 46 Have an ___ mystery: 142 Soothe
69 Landlord’s document 161 Cops may slap them on 2 wds. 144 “___ One Bites the Dust”
70 Crook’s helper 163 Like some motives 50 Basic dance steps: 2 wds. 146 Neverending
73 Lavish party 166 Nearby 52 Improvised 149 Polite chap
75 Flow back 167 Unearthly 54 New Mexico resort town 151 Hard-to-predict
77 Ambulance 169 ___ Jessica Parker 57 Police dept. rank: Abbr. outcome: Hyph.
noisemaker 171 Entertains with a 59 About .62 mi., in a 153 Less wordy
79 Org. for teachers: Abbr. story: 3 wds. race: 2 wds. 154 Brawl participant
80 Phoenix’s state, for short 173 Ending for pay 61 Shortened form, for short 157 Italian city of
82 Desert in southern or schnozz 63 Gymnast’s goal shroud fame
Africa 174 Magistrate of 65 Knickknacks: Hyph. 159 Miniblind part
85 Stewart or Steiger old Venice 66 Salvation 162 Go on the lam
86 Part of PST: Abbr. 175 Join forces 68 Big top attraction: 2 wds 164 ___ dixit
89 Purse part 176 Some English 70 Response (unproven assertion)
91 Saucer’s go-with exams: 2 wds. 71 Happen to 165 Belgian-French river
93 ___ one’s time (waits) 177 “King”: Spanish 72 Made money 168 Ugandan despot Amin
94 Ambassador’s asset 178 “Got it”: 2 wds . 74 Set up in rows 170 Singer DiFranco
96 103, to Cato 179 Yearning person and columns 172 The “S” in CBS: Abbr.

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 72 73 74 75 76 77 78
79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88
89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96
97 98 99 100 101
102 103 104 105 106
107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114
115 116 117 118 119 120 121
122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130
131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139
140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147
148 149 150 151 152 153 154
155 156 157 158 159
160 161 162 163 164 165 166
ANSWER, PAGE 80
167 168 169 170 171 172
173 174 175 176
177 178 179 180 181
8 Force ___ (draw) 46 “…In the icy ___ night!” (Poe) 88 Copies 132 Mediterranean winds
9 Buckley and Ford 50 Dances noisily, in a way 90 NYSE share, maybe 134 Common Vegas
10 Protégé, e.g. 52 Extemporaneous 92 Motel no-nos, often exchanges
11 Whiffenpoof refrain 54 Kit Carson’s New 95 ”Sea“ that’s really a lake 135 Castor Oyl’s sis
12 The Wizard of Oz composer Mexico home 96 XXXI times V 137 Item on a workbench,
13 Ft. Worth campus 57 U.S. Army E-5 98 Sonny Corleone portrayer perhaps
14 Checking out 59 Dist. for a short run 101 City east of The Hague 138 Grab, so to speak
15 Sandcastle mold 61 Certain dict. entry 108 More tickled 139 Uncalled-for
16 Primary followers 63 Canvas count 110 Warren Buffett’s home: Abbr. 142 Mollify
17 Not straying 65 Whatnot contents 111 State-spanning hwys. 144 Order at the bar
18 Disco guy on The Simpsons 66 Dickey novel 113 Fallen star 146 Like some quests
19 Cuban music genre 68 Aerialist, e.g. 115 John’s Pulp Fiction costar 149 Courteous chap
20 Earthenware and porcelain 70 Peeked-at item 116 Roster 151 50-50 chance
21 Nonspecific quantity 71 Happen to 119 Successor to Canute IV 153 Not so verbose
23 Josef's seducer in Kafka's 72 Came by honestly 121 Confucian principle 154 Insurgent
The Trial 74 Like some almanac data 122 Amiability 157 Shroud city
30 La ___ Humaine (Zola novel) 76 Low wind instrument 123 Here Is Your War author 159 Bed support
33 Old yet new 78 Campus military prog. 124 Really intend with 162 Turn fugitive
35 Encouraging words 81 Phonetic alphabet ender one’s words 164 ___ dixit
38 Loud speaker 83 “You’ve got ___!” 126 Whitman’s Song of ___ 165 Seine tributary
40 Dilbert’s workstation 84 Wee 128 Sway 168 2006 role for Forest
42 Did a better lube job 86 Sonora snooze 130 The Mammoth 170 Rocker DiFranco
45 Shot following a break? 87 Conductor’s bane Hunters heroine 172 Method, briefly

ANSWERS
3 I MIXED DOUBLES 5 I PENCIL POINTERS 1
S P A C E O F C
O O P A L C O H O L I C B E V E R A G E
S U B W A Y
E A U F E R R A R I O L E S
S E R N
A M T S E A M A N A L O T
W I L D C A R D
C D O H V E E P S S S Y H I
T I M E
C O M P L E X S P A R R O W E R R O R L O G E L O I S E
S L O C C I A M P J S N A P P I E S T A L T O
T R U M P A R O U N D D E G R E E O S L O F E N C E D N O R A
I M P R U S G S E W S H A T E L L Y S I T
F E N C E S G R O O V E I S S U E T O N I C S L O V E M A T C H
F S D T S N N C E L
O P E R A A S S I S I
Q U A R T E R R E C K O N S
I N S T E P O E R S L U R P
P I R T
E R E N T A T E N O R
G I V E A W A Y B
G I D L U A N G I R O L L O
R E C O R D N A N A B R A G S A T I L T
R L E T H I S B E R R A N O F E E
Y A R D S U R S A O F F A L S L E D S
R A E G N U M A I L S L O T
Clue pairs:
N I E T O R E P A R A T I V E
Across: Across: 1/18, 2/26, 3/21, 4/11, 5/30, 6/23, 7/15, 8/31,
9/16, 10/28, 11/4, 12/22, 13/29, 14/19, 15/7, 16/9, 17/27, 18/1, E N D A T B R A M S T O K E R
19/14, 20/32, 21/3, 22/12, 23/6, 24/25, 25/24, 26/2, 27/17, 28/10, D I S P O S S E S S E Y E R S
29/13, 30/5, 31/8, 32/20
7 I TIMES SQUARES
Down: 1/26, 2/14, 3/28, 4/17, 5/31, 6/11, 7/15, 8/32, 9/21, 10/16,
11/6, 12/29, 13/30, 14/2, 15/7, 16/10, 17/4, 18/19, 19/18, 20/27,
21/9, 22/24, 23/25, 24/22, 25/23, 26/1, 27/20, 28/3, 29/12, 30/13, C H E R P S A L M M E A D
31/5, 32/8 D A V E A T R E E O K R A
S L I P L I C I T N E I L
7 I CAT GOT YOUR TONGUE?
F L A V O R O F T H E D A Y
1. Fat cat 8. Catacombs Y O M L A Y
2. Catnap 9. Let the cat out of the bag
3. Copycat 10. Catalyst A B C W I
D O W E R L O U
4. Catalogs 11. Catapult S U L K N
O T A E D I T S
5. Catwalk 12. Catamaran
6. Cat Cora 13. Catfishing F R U I T O
F T H E M O N T H
7. Scaredy-cat 14. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof A R E N A F O O L A G E E
8 I KID STUFF: CATEGORIES R O D L A S S O E D O R R
B O B M R S
Here are our answers. (Lots more are possible!):
Countries: Australia, Peru, Rwanda, Iceland, Laos W O M A N O F T H E Y E A R
Hobbies: Art, photography, reading, ice skating, LEGO building E R A S R E R U N I R A N
Words ending in “y”: Anyway, pretty, really, imaginary, lazy A C T I T A U N T Z E T A
Animals: Armadillo, penguin, rabbit, iguana, lion
K A T E S T E T S E A S Y
Beverages: Apple juice, pop, root beer, iced tea, lemonade
12 I QUOTE BOXES 66 I FAMILY REUNIONS CATEGORIES

1. True love cannot be found where it does not exist, nor can it be FAMILY ONE: MUSIC GENRES
denied where it does. —Torquato Tasso
2. Even the best novelists are rarely congratulated on the quality of FAMILY TWO: FIVE-LETTER MAMMALS
their observations about contemporary life. —Michelle Dean
3. We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. FAMILY THREE: “FLYING” FOLLOWERS
But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.
—Mother Teresa FAMILY FOUR: ACRONYMS

ANSWERS
4 I 52-SKIDDOO 8 I KID STUFF: RIDDLE ACROSTIC
T E N D E R I Z E R W H A T D I D T H A. Little H. Best
T O U R N I Q U E T B. Father I. Watch
E M O T H E R G H
A N T A C I D C. Hard J. House
J A I L B I R D O S T S A Y T O H
D. Messy K. Dry
E X P L O R E R H E R C H I L D ? E. Eight L. Ten
D A R K R O O M F A S T E N Y O U R F. Hood
H A Z E L N U T G. Hot
S H E E T B E L T
O V E R E X P O S E
T R O U G H
I N T E R G A L A C T I C 9 I KID STUFF: MAZE-A-PIX
C O MM A N D E E R
R E P E R T O R Y
W A R I L Y
T E L E S C O P E D
C R A C K E R J A C K
P R O A C T I V E
H O L L Y H O C K
A S P E C T
L I G H T N I N G
A C Q U I E S C E
G I R A F F E
J E A L O U S Y
F O O T W E A R 14 I SEVENS AND EIGHTS
B E L L H O P
C O G N A C P A G A N G O D G O I N G O F F D E F I L I N G
G Y J L A A E R O
H O A R D E R
O R I G A M I U H R O B A M A E R A G
N I B Y G E O R G E E A T L E
6 I TEN-PACK A I R C A R G O G W O R G A S G I A N T
M
H U M Z N U L O L L Y G A G O A D T
S G E T A T E X T U O L G E E G A W S Y E
C C H E E T A H H O T G I N G E N U E R M L G R
A A U U U
L A R G E O J E G E B I L G E S A W
W H A T M M U C H
F R I R G E A A G G
C U
C H U M H U S H C G A S S H A F T G A G S T E R G O T T A G O
U U A D T G G I O G O L
S N M E P A G E T E N U M A G N E T D O G G Y B A G D
E N C H A N T P O E N S U E O I I E B
A W H N C U G O E S N U T S E S O P H A G I L I N G E R I E
S H U N H E W N
G I G H O T N B F B R
T S
H U N C H C H U T E
E P I G R A M F E I N T I N G E M A I L I N G
M A U E A H I L M O R S L
A C H A S T E N N G L U T T O N Y A L L G R E E K T I G H T S E T
20 I CRYPTOLISTS
4. MYSTERY LIST
1. WOMEN WHO DIRECT 2. BIG VIDEO GAME FRANCHISES 3. BY THE EVERLY BROTHERS (Things that are strong)
Agnes Varda Assassin’s Creed Devoted to You Highly alcoholic drink
Greta Gerwig Tetris Bird Dog Skunk’s odor
Penny Marshall Grand Theft Auto Cathy’s Clown Gale force wind
Ava DuVernay Resident Evil Let It Be Me Titanium
Kathryn Bigelow Sonic the Hedgehog When Will I Be Loved Spider silk
Nicole Holofcener The Legend of Zelda All I Have to Do Is Dream Unguessable password
Ida Lupino Super Mario Bros. Wake Up Little Susie Zealot’s views
Sofia Coppola Call of Duty That’s Old Fashioned Grizzly bear
Nora Ephron Madden NFL Bye Bye Love Powerlifter
Jane Campion Minecraft Crying in the Rain Marked resemblance

ANSWERS
13 I TIC-TAC-LOGIC
24 I ART ON THE SQUARE 16 I BOXING MATCH

I. NORTHWEST VII. EMBEZZLE
II. NEUTRAL VIII. CONJECTURE
III. AMPHIBIAN IX. BEQUEATH
IV. SYMBOLIC X. FEROCITY
V. VERBATIM XI. PSEUDONYM
VI. KETTLEDRUM XII. WAXWING
18 I PENCIL POINTERS 2
B M U H
R E S T A U R A N T C H A I N S
E X P A T A N D W H A T N O T
A T I L T S T R O L L E D B Y
D E T E R P E A B O L U L L
A R I S E P I E I S E E
K N I T S A C H E T K
D O O S I R E D A T E A S E
B R U C E L E E B L E A R E D
J U S T A S P R E S P O N D
T B B E R R A L I M O
T A D A E E N I A G A R A
E T O N I A N S T I P
R I C A R D O T U B B S I T T
10 I SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD FLICK
O P T S A E R O N A U T I C A L
1. A Star Is Born (borne) 7. Dear (deer) God I A U R I C L E Y
2. Soul (sole) Food 8. The Caine (cane) Mutiny C H O K E R N E C K L A C E S
3. Serial (cereal) Mom 9. Tea (tee) for Two K E R N R O S E M A R I E
4. The Road (rowed) Warrior 10. Boogie Nights (knights) L I A I S O N L I T E R A T I
5. Foul (fowl) Play 11. Broadcast News (gnus) R E S T F U L M O D E R A T O R
6. I Was a Male (mail) War Bride 12. Pale (pail) Rider S T E E P E D R E D S T O N E
23 I BATTLESHIPS
❷ ❸ ❹ ❺ ❻
❶

ANSWERS
19 I THE SPIRAL 21 I BUT IS IT ART?
E R A T T I C S T O R E A I S L E
G O R T H E M E L E N O X P S H A W
A T I R E A P S A C T U P A R O S E
O W O A
L A R A E R I A L P H O T O G R A P H S
M S C
I N R O T N R A I R A T E
A A P E O F I N G E R P R I N T S L I F T
A A K
A T I S E E R O O N E V I D E O
T T E E A N C
U S T R A W M U S T S F R A S I E R
C A I C
O L R I E D S B P I C T U R E S A L E
G A
A B O M B A S T A S I D E M I R
G A N R T N A
I A R O R A L S A T E A T D I N O
T S C E
O N D B X E N O C A V E D R A W I N G S
E R V
N B E E O O C A L A P A T
T E
O R T H U M B N A I L S K E T C H E S
A L R X T
E M A R I E S L A K E U H U R A
P T N I T
M A U G E R K E V I N S E G A L
A O
R M N L E R S A D A P T I D E S T
28 I CODE CROSSWORDS 22 I RAINBOW ROAD

For each address, colors of the house’s trim,
F R I S K W H I T E W A L L C O B S U N P U N I S H E D
H O A N A E I
door, and siding are as follows:
A N I A N R V E
D I V I S O R F U R L O N G A V O I D A B L E M A I L S #101, Wedgwood, rose, charcoal
E O S B I E C E T Z I S X B R K #103, caramel, green, gold
D U K E E L S E D R A W N T W E L V E U P H I L L #105, mustard, melon, peach
E C E L D D E A R E C O S #107, salmon, brown, sand
M I D Y E A R D I P L O M A R E D U N D A N C Y J O C K #109, black, teal, cream
A D R R B I S G T V M Y
#111, gray, yellow, barn red
N E P H E W S J O I N E R Y O P A L R A C E H O R S E S
I A A I M L X P L M D L C For a detailed solution, send an email with the
F A R E D C O G S M A Z E H I A T U S Q U A S A R subject line “Rainbow Road detailed solution”
E Q A H S O P X C R W F G M E A to [email protected], or send a
S C U T T L E A M N E S I A A L A R M F I N G E R T I P self-addressed stamped envelope to: Rainbow
T E U T W T E L L G E I A U E Road Solution, GAMES WORLD OF PUZZLES,
O P T I M I S T S O N S E T F E M I N I N I T Y S P U R P.O. Box 184, Fort Washington, PA 19034.
15 I APRIL SHOWERS 29 I CROSS PURPOSES

O A M R A
S I G H T L E I P I A N O
N 🌢 D A J E T
M A A E N I L N
Y S F N T U O E N 🌢 S L 🌢 W R
A C T J E A N S P R I Z E
C F R A T 🌢 U S E O D S 🌢 T G L A S S R O T I E
S 🌢 V E L F U L Z D A P L O 🌢 C S R 🌢 T A R O T H I D E S S E E
O A P O N C 🌢 T 🌢 M P S O N W M 🌢 T Y O E E C X
🌢 H G I E H 🌢 H G I E H W 🌢 C K E Y E D I V I N E R R E C E I V E
Y R K N O W W 🌢 S W 🌢 S 🌢 W L O W U A I H F R
P E L I C A N T O U R I S T
The uncircled
letters spell: E U E R M
MAYFLOWER D U E C A C T I P O U C H
A K C R O
R O B O T T A K E N G E T
14 I SEVENS AND EIGHTS STARTING HINT
A A C I E I E E
The first entry across is PAGAN GOD. W O R T H E N D P E D A L

ANSWERS
WILD CARDS
26 RUMINATIONS 27 CALLING DR. DOLITTLE 27 MISSING LINKS

All are anagrams of countries: Laos, China, 1. Spurred on
Yemen, Iceland, Italy, Mali, Spain, Nepal, Peru, 2. Homeowner
Iran, Israel, and Eritrea. E N T E R T A I N
3. Smoothie
4. Microwave N A U
26 CONCERT OUT ON THE DECK
The theme is playing cards; all of the artists 5. Disembark D D M C A T
and bands who recorded the songs have a 6. Scarface
playing card in their name: 7. Kumbaya
O V E R S E A S
1. King Harvest 8. Feeble attempt R A C E N B
2. Sixpence None the Richer 9. Clown
3. Queen S T E M S I L O
10. Neighborhood
4. Seven Mary Three I A I M N N
5. The Four Tops 11. Bamboo shoot
6. Ace of Base 12. Tattoo ink N E S T M E N U
7. Nine Inch Nails 13. Homecooked
8. Michael Jackson 14. Chow line G E S P Y S
9. Maroon 5
10. Ten Years After
11. U2 27 SEEING DOUBLE
12. Three Dog Night 1. Oliver Stone / Olivia Wilde 6. Jack Lemmon / John Lennon
2. Tom Selleck / Dom DeLuise 7. Bruce Dern / Bruno Mars
26 WHERE WERE YOU IN ’62?
1-g (Pakistan—it was still a part of Pakistan 3. Lyndon Johnson / Landon Donovan 8. Owen Wilson / Gwen Verdon
often referred to as East Pakistan) 4. Jimmy Carter / Jerry Garcia 9. Salma Hayek / Helen Hayes
2-d (Dahomey) 5. Tina Louise / Lisa Leslie 10. Lewis Carroll / Boris Karloff
3-a (Bechuanaland)
4-l (Upper Volta)
5-k (Arab Republic)
6-e (Ethiopia—it was formed from Ethiopia) 30 I 500 RUMMY
7-b (Burma)
8-h (South West Africa) A S P H A L T N U C L E A R
9-c (Ceylon) 9 10 J Q K K K 69 6 6 6 6 J Q K 54
10-j (Tanganyika)
11-i (Spanish Sahara) B E N E A T H N U C L E U S
12-f (Federation of Rhodesia & Nyasaland) 4 5 6 Q Q Q Q 55 6 6 6 6 7 8 9 48
26 WHAT’S THAT FROM? B E N E F I T O C T A G O N

1. “There’s no crying in baseball.” (A League 4 5 6 7 5 5 5 37 10 J Q K 2 2 2 46
of Their Own)
2. “Go ahead, make my day.” (Sudden Impact) C H E A P E N P R E T Z E L
3. “I love the smell of napalm in the morning.” 6 7 8 9 7 7 7 51 8 8 8 10 J Q K 64
(Apocalypse Now)
4. “Is it safe?” (Marathon Man) C H E E T A H P R O C U R E
5. “You can’t handle the truth!” (A Few 6 7 8 Q Q Q Q 61 8 9 10 J 8 8 8 61
Good Men)
6. “We rob banks.” (Bonnie and Clyde) E X H A U S T S C R A T C H
7. “ Nobody puts Baby in a corner.” 3 3 3 3 8 9 10 39 9 9 9 9 5 6 7 54
(Dirty Dancing)
8. “If you build it, he will come.” (Field G E N U I N E T R A C H E A
of Dreams) 2 3 4 A A A A 13 K K K 6 7 8 9 60
9. “Show me the money!” (Jerry Maguire)
10. “There’s no place like home.” (The Wizard L A T E R A L U N C L A S P
of Oz) K K K A 2 3 4 40 6 6 6 6 9 10 J 53
11. “The stuff that dreams are made of.” (The
Maltese Falcon) N E U T R A L U N C L E A R
12. “A boy’s best friend is his mother.” (Psycho) 6 7 8 K K K K 61 6 6 6 6 J Q K 54
26 AUNT HILDEGARDE N O S T R I L
Aunt Hildegarde likes words beginning with 10 10 10 10 4 5 6 55 Total Score: 975
some sort of pronoun (YOUng, SHErry, etc.)

ANSWERS
33 I C
RYPTIC CLASSROOM 42 I THE MURDER GAME
#6: CONTAINERS The murderer is Jerome Robbins. Each of the other surviving players brought back
a photographic clue indicating the number on the envelope that player was given at
ACROSS
the beginning of the game. #1, Leonard Bernstein, one pistol; #3, Tony Perkins, three
1. Paintings (ain’t + pings)
5. NSFW (SF + NW) album covers; #5, Tony Shaffer, five-pointed star; #7, you, seven Scrabble tiles; #9,
6. Argo (ago + R) Mary Ann Madden, nine chessmen; #10, Roddy McDowall, 10 holes on the telephone
7. Sir (Sr. + I) dial. Since the designated murderer was not given a clue to find, he or she had to
8. Exit (XI + ET) return with a clue taken from one of the three victims. Robbins was given envelope
10. Rand (N + rad) #8 but returned with a photograph of four people—a clue indicating #4 (Peter Shaffer).
11. Nay (a + NY) The only way he could have gotten it was over Shaffer’s dead body.
12. Iago (Io + Ag)
13. Vial (I + Val) 32 I ONE, TWO, THREE
14. Shrubbery (rubber + shy)
DOWN S HO LEM T H EC LUB GA S P S

1. Pandemics (Dem + panics)
2. Infringer (infer + ring) C M ON EST EL L E RA IM EN T
3. Narrative (native + arr.)
RIM E S F L O JO G IV E R
4. Swordplay (splay + word)
6. Air (AR + I) MA J O R LE A GUE B AS EB ALL T EAM
9. Tao (TO + A)
G AME L A W W AND E R ER
40 I CELEBRITY SPLICES ES S E N IN S T AR Y ATE S
1. Sara Gilbert COR POR AL PUN ISH M ENT
2. Melissa McCarthy
3. Randall Park SU V S PO L K A RE ST IN G
4. Kieran Culkin G E M IN IS P A R QU ET
5. Andie MacDowell
6. Queen Latifah GE NER AL TH E OR YO FRE LA T IV I TY
7. Sandra Oh ST AB L ER BI G EA ST E RI C
8. Issa Rae
9. Kenan Thompson E L C AP SO AP I ER S E EN
10. Jason Sudeikis D E AR Y N OSE R ING FOR S TER
11. Regé-Jean Page
12. Oscar Isaac
31 I HELTER-SKELTER
13. Selena Gomez
14. Bridget Moynahan
15. Gillian Anderson S C I S S O R C Y A D E M O S S
16. Angela Bassett
R H Y M E D I C L Y N N S U E U
17. Peter Sarsgaard
18. Keegan-Michael Key A I C I R T T Y E G N I O T T C
19. James Spader
20. LL Cool J
S C D T S I E M K R A V D R A A
21. Dulé Hill E K E A E K A B I E R O E I R B
22. Brian Tee
23. Winona Ryder
A P L H N F I A L E O B N G U A
24. Reese Witherspoon C E P O O R D L N K E A C H A L
25. Kate Winslet
C A M E L A S S U K M O C T S
I
26. Jennifer Coolidge
38 I WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

Game 8
22. Qa3+ wins the a pawn while attacking Black’s bishop Game 11
23. …dxe3, and after 24. gxf4, Qxg4+ 25. Kf1, Qh3+,
Game 9 26. Kg1, Nf5, Black had a winning attack against the
27. …c6 traps the White bishop, which will soon be captured White king
by a rook

ANSWERS
49 I FLASHLIGHTS 51 I DOUBLE CROSS
❶ ❷ ❸ ❹ A. TARTUFFE N. USHER
B. ISAAC O. SALLY FORTH
C. NAURU P.
NEW KID IN
D. AUBURN TOWN
E. FLUKE Q. OFFING
F. ECOLOGY R. THE DOW JONES
❺ ❻ ❼ ❽
G. YALE S. LUGUBRIOUS
UNIVERSITY
T. ILLEGAL
H. GOODNIGHT
U. KHAN ACADEMY
MOON
I. OCCUPY V. EUROPOP
J. ROTOR W. TULSA
❾ K. GRAFT X. HENRIK IBSEN
L. ELIOT Y. ALIAS
M. ORIGAMI Z. THROWAWAY
Posing for a successful glamour

portrait is very simple…Be yourself.
When you look into the lens, imagine
you are looking at a dear friend, but
not a friend who would laugh at you
for jutting out your chin while arching
your back against a fake wall.—Tina
Fey, “(Amazing) Gorgeous, Not Like
That” (from Bossypants)
53 I SIAMESE TWINS
T O L S T O Y M A S A I
I N A H A Z E A G A I N
F I R E S A T T E R R E
F T D T R I S T R A M
E E K T H A T I S
D E U X P I A N O L A
A T L A S S H R U G G E D
D I T C H E D E A S E
A O R T A S S T S
60 I CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 1 L A S T H O P E I Q S
R O M A N L E A P S U P
ACROSS: 1. Barrettes (bar + street), 6. Plant (plan + T), 9. Legal (lag + el), 10. Calendars A G A M E D A R E S A Y
T Y N E R S K Y W A Y S
(land races), 11. Beatifies (beautifies – u), 12. Hands (rutH AND Sue), 13. Ados (soda),
14. Remnants (Ms. Tanner), 19. Dreamers (reads REM), 20. Etna (EsToNiAn), 23. Clove V R O N S K Y D I M L Y
(c + love), 25. Available (a + Vail + Abe + L), 26. Retaining (in granite), 27. Moola (a loom), L A R A I N E I K E A S
A C C E D E S S N A I L
28. Basic (two meanings), 29. Tennessee (sen. + tense + e) D E A E L M O D O L L
N A T P A W P A W
O T T O J A I A L A I
DOWN: 1. Billboard (Bill bored), 2. Rigmarole (rig + ma + role), 3. Eclair (a relic), 4. Tactic W H O I S J O H N G A L T
O I L S P O T U N I T
(coverT ACT I Chose), 5. Salesmen (nameless), 6. Penchant (chant + pen), 7. Again (a + W A D E R S S T Y
gain), 8. Tasks (T.S. + ask), 15. Notebooks (no OKs + to be), 16. Stalemate (ale + M + M A R I E T T A G A B
P I L O T O O H L A L A
state), 17. Amnesiac (main case), 18. Organist (trio sang), 21. Margin (Marin + g), 22. O N I C E B R O I L E R
Flambé (blame + f), 23. Carob (carbo), 24. Oaths (Athos) P E E K S E Y E M A S K

ANSWERS
50 I SPLIT DECISIONS 64 I SKYSCRAPER SUDOKU
A R F I ❶ 2 7 8 4 1 9 5 6 3
B E D
R O O M P R O M P
T
H O 3 5 9 6 2 8 4 1 7
U O E A A U T E U
R B G E O 4 1 6 3 5 7 9 2 8
I U E N T O L A O 1 8 5 9 7 6 3 4 2
A R U E
I N M A D V X I 9 2 4 8 3 1 7 5 6
L E A
K A G E E A G
L E
U T 7 6 3 2 4 5 1 8 9
D I R E P O S
E L 5 4 2 7 6 3 8 9 1
V E
E A R
N N I N E 8 3 1 5 9 2 6 7 4
A E R L 6 9 7 1 8 4 2 3 5
R G S T A N D
I N G
G H
P L I A N
T B L O D I A
P R E
W A
R B L T E S N ❷ 1 2 5 9 8 3 7 4 6
F E M T A E
X T 4 3 6 7 1 5 9 8 2
A E I E E A N T
L O R U U O R R 7 9 8 6 4 2 1 3 5
A N G R D S A Y
M I D
D A Y 3 8 7 5 6 9 4 2 1
O P 6 1 2 4 7 8 3 5 9
T R O U S
E R S D S C C
R Z 9 5 4 3 2 1 6 7 8
O E OM T O
L I 8 6 1 2 3 4 5 9 7
R E
O F I A
S C O N M 2 4 9 1 5 7 8 6 3
R T L I
N O H U E U I N O N S P 5 7 3 8 9 6 2 1 4
T C T O
G R R Z I
U A E O O E O U
C T E O X C R N S T ❸
E G R
E S S 9 8 7 5 4 1 2 3 6
U R A G 3 4 5 9 2 6 7 8 1
H A N
D L E H O S T I L
E
2 1 6 7 3 8 5 9 4
8 9 2 6 7 3 1 4 5
7 3 1 8 5 4 9 6 2
52 I SPORTING CIRCLES
6 5 4 2 1 9 8 7 3
S A Y O N A R A D 1 6 8 3 9 5 4 2 7
G A R A B U R N E D
4 7 9 1 6 2 3 5 8
O V E R U S E S A L E U T O P I A T E
5 2 3 4 8 7 6 1 9
D E L I G H T S B L A C K R U S S I A N
L O G F I C T I O N E L L S
C L O N E D G H E N T N A T O ❹ 9 2 1 5 8 7 3 6 4
4 7 3 1 9 6 8 5 2
Y E W T E T R I S S N I P B O A
6 5 8 4 3 2 9 1 7
R A J A F R E T T I N G S E A S L U G 5 9 4 6 7 8 2 3 1
U P O N T E E R E R A S L E U T H 8 6 2 3 4 1 5 7 9
S T U N K A N T I V E I S S T E L A 1 3 7 2 5 9 6 4 8
R A I L C A R S E D N E E A C E S 2 8 6 7 1 5 4 9 3
C A N T A L C U M R H E A N G O T T 3 1 5 9 2 4 7 8 6
A M A H E R S E R 7 4 9 8 6 3 1 2 5
T R E M O D E L
S P L A T S E T T O R S I R A L P H
B E I R U T S E E D R E S S A R A ❺ 4 1 7 8 3 5 6 2 9
A R S E N A L E S S A Y I S T E R I N 6 2 9 1 4 7 5 3 8
H E M E X I T M O N T E L 8 3 5 6 2 9 4 1 7
W E D
1 9 6 2 7 8 3 4 5
S A L E C L A N G N O B O D Y
7 5 4 3 6 1 9 8 2
H A L O T A T T O O S O R R 3 8 2 5 9 4 7 6 1
O L Y M P I C R I N G S P A R T A K E S 9 7 8 4 1 3 2 5 6
D E N I R O A L G A E A L O E V E R A 5 6 3 7 8 2 1 9 4
S E X T O N D E A N S T E N D E R E D 2 4 1 9 5 6 8 7 3

ANSWERS
54 I DOMINOES
❶ 4 6 0 4 2 0 0 ❷ 3 6 2 4 0 5 6 ❸ 1 2 3 4 4 2 2
6 3 3 4 2 5 1 0 6 6 5 1 5 4 3 2 6 1 0 6 6
3 1 1 4 0 0 3 2 4 2 2 5 2 5 1 4 3 3 4 5 4
6 6 5 1 3 4 1 3 5 1 2 4 0 3 2 3 4 1 3 0 5
3 6 5 5 2 2 6 3 2 6 2 4 6 1 6 3 0 1 1 2 0
5 0 0 3 5 1 1 3 3 4 0 3 4 6 0 2 2 5 5 6 0
6 2 2 2 4 0 4 1 6 5 0 1 1 0 3 5 0 4 6 1 0
5 4 3 2 6 5 1 1 1 5 0 0 4 3 5 5 1 4 6 6 5
56 I PAINT BY NUMBERS
1. CHAIR 2. PUPPY 5. FRUIT BOWL
3. SWALLOW 4. GUITAR PLAYER 8. CINDERELLA
6. CAKE 7. BALLOON

ANSWERS
61 I CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 2
ACROSS: 1. Gentlemanlike (me taking Ellen), 9. Last straw (la + St. + St. + raw), 10. Carob (c. + a + rob), 11. Shadow (sow + had), 12. Garnered
(red + anger), 14. Regrets (egret + thundeRShowers), 15. Grimace (grim + ace), 17. Bramble (b + ramble), 18. Everest (ever + est), 19. Stablest
(tables + st.), 21. Marine (airmen), 24. Learn (Lear + n), 25. Eradicate (ERA + dictate – t), 26. Kleptomaniacs (animals pocket, & lit.)
DOWN: 1. Gales (legs + a), 2. Nostalgia (lost again), 3. Lose one’s balance (pun), 4. Mart (tram), 5. Newfangled (N + E + W + fang + led),
6. Inconsideration (in + con + side + ration), 7. Error (jERRy fORd), 8. Obedient (bed + i.e. + on + T), 13. Assessment (sets Mensa’s), 14.
Robustly (your BLTs), 16. Americana (AAA ‘n’ crime), 20. Alack (a + lack), 22. Evens (seven), 23. Palm (two meanings)
62 I DEAR BOBBY
ACROSS:
F R I E D T A L E S E 1. Fried dough (dyed ’fro), 5. Talese (E + tales), 9. Less (charLES
L E S S E A T O U T O Schulz), 10. Eat out (E + a + tout), 11. Blackjack (two meanings), 12.
Adman (Adam + n), 13. Koala (kola + a), 14. Epicenters (Epic + enters),
A B L A C K A D M A N 16. Compound interest (Deter consumption), 19. Breadths (breaths
+ D), 20. Flea (flee), 21. Races (scare), 22. Bacon (A + con + B), 24.
K O A L A E P I E R S Cold (cod + l), 26. Mae (MA + e), 28. Market economies (One emirate
mocks), 30. Pitied (p + I + tied), 32. Woman (WoOs My AuNt), 34.
C O M I N T E R E S T Fleet (two meanings), 35. Rural (R + Ural), 36. Wonderful (w +
I K I C T H S F L E A flounder), 37. Atop (potATO Pancakes), 38. Season (Sean + so), 39.
Frets (fresh – h + t)
R A C E S E B A C O N
DOWN:
C O L D M A E R L Z K 1. Flak (flack), 2. Rebook (or Kobe), 3. Islamic (II + C + slam), 4.
E T E C O N O M I E
S Decants (ten cads), 6. Lodi (Idol), 7. Starbucks (bars stuck), 8. Eons
(napolEON Strutted), 12. Apes (greaSEPAint), 15. Eel (Lee), 16. Circe
P I T I E D W O M A
N (circle – L), 17. Iced (first letters), 18. Tanks (stank, moving s), 20.
Farm (far + M), 22. Beowulf (woe + flub), 23. Climate change
F L E E T R U R A L A (chemical agent), 25. Let (athLETes), 26. Moet (Moe + T), 27. Zealot
C D E R F U L A T O P (Lao-Tze), 29. Tilde (edit + L), 30. PFCs (f + PCs), 31. Cashiers (two
meanings), 33. Naps (span)
S E A S O N F R E T S
63 I AND ONE TO GROW ON
ACROSS:
S M E L T S B R E W E D 1. Melts (Mets + L), 5. Rewed (we + red), 10. Pothole (the
pool, & lit.), 11. Nil (vaNILla), 12. Cocas (Coca’s), 14. Ash (two
P O R T H O L E N I L E meanings), 15. Poplar (p + polar), 16. Ledge (L + edge), 17.
E R A C O C O A S P L C Rue (two meanings), 18. See (two meanings), 19. Beets
(beats), 21. Coper (comiC OPERa), 24. Ala (a + L.A.), 27. Log
W A S H U P O P U L A R (L + go), 29. Smile (limes), 30. Martin (martini – i), 32. Ups
(UPS), 34. Greed (G + reed), 35. Sea (nauSEA), 36. Airline (Iran
P L E D G E P S R O U E + lie), 37. Rusty (two meanings), 38. Aides (ideas)
S E R E H B E R E T S A DOWN:
A C O P T E R A A L A S 1. Sew (so), 2. Moral (m + or + Al), 3. Easer (as + beer – b),
4. Though (thorough – or), 5. Looper (or Pole), 6. Raps (spar),
L O G E S T S I M I L E 7. Ensue (Sue + men – m), 8. Ell (el + L), 9. Decease (Dec. +
ease), 13. Pot (top), 16. Palmist (pal + mist), 19. Betray (by
M A R T I A N D U M P S rate), 20. Riders (sir + red), 22. Ore (fOREsts), 23. Peals (peels),
25. Lipid (p,i + lid), 26. Aline (alien), 28. Sigh (Hg + is), 31. Per
I P E A G R E E D P I H (preacher – reach), 33. Hes (e + H.S.)
S E A L H A I R L I N E
T R U S T Y A S I D E S

ANSWERS
66 I FAMILY REUNIONS 67 I WHITEOUT!
FAMILY ONE
Music genres 1. Bloomers
1. Rap B L A Z E R S G E 1. Blazers
2. Pop 1. Boxers
3. Folk O L S W E A T S L 2. G String
3. Sweats
4. Metal
X Y O B I S N T O 4. Boot
5. Dance
5. Tie
6. Latin
E E G O T N A R T 6. Pants
7. Blues 7. Stole
8. World 8. Suit
9. New Age R L O O M A P I S 9. Vest
10. Country 10. Clog
S N L T S E V N P 10. Cap
FAMILY TWO 11. Jeans
Five-letter mammals U E C A P J R G M 12. Hat
1. Horse 12. Henley
2. Whale I H A T R I K S U 13. Skirt
3. Zebra 14. Petticoat
4. Dingo T A O C I T T E P 14. Pumps
5. Sloth
6. Camel Common theme: Items of clothing
7. Mouse
8. Panda 67 I CROSSCURRENTS
9. Lemur
10. Sheep G A S P D C C A B A B A T E P R O S C P O
A C C E L E R A T E D A R C Y A U N T H O N
FAMILY THREE S T A T E V I S I T V A L U E I N C U B A T E
“Flying” followers
P A L I N T H E T R I B E I G L O O E C T O
1. Fish
E L I T I S T Y E S A N D N O F U R T H E R
2. Start
D O N E T E X A S T E A E G G F R E E A R M
3. Blind
A N G T E R R I R E B U S I T S S O C I O
4. Carpet
L E S S O N A R O O A N K A R A E I T H E R
5. Saucer
G E T B Y O N D A R B L O C L E A S E
6. Colors
A B E T T O R F E T E E B B S I R E N
7. Machine
N E A A R I Z K A L A H A R I R O D S T D
8. Squirrel
9. Buttress S T R A P C U P B I D E S T A C T C I I I
10. Dutchman W I N D S C A L E U V E A S T R U C U L E N T
E D E R A B U T L E A R S Y A S T V S E T
FAMILY FOUR R E D G A R S N A R L S A T L A H R T A O
Acronyms U L N A R E R A E X P O C A E S A R S
1. PIN G E M M A C O M B N O D K L A T S C H
2. AWOL O R E A D S L Y R I C S O S A Y B H U T A N
3. YOLO O N A D I A L S D E C A L F L E E T O P E
4. ASAP D I N G E R S E T O I N I T I A T E R O P E
5. SWAT H E T E R O S L O S T L O V E E N S I L E D
6. SCUBA U P O N C U F F S U L T E R I O R L O C A L
7. RADAR M Y S T I C A L S A R A H S P I N S A T A L E
8. LASER O L A D O G E U N I T E E S S A Y T E S T S
9. SCOTUS R E Y I S E E P I N E R R E E L S R E O S
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35 Mope 3 Good’s opponent

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