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CONTENTS
PENCILWISE
IN THIS ISSUE
Persian Wars: Reviving the Glory 34
of King Leonidas and His 300
This board game brings ancient
Greek history to life
2016 U.S. Chess Championship 37
and U.S. Womens Championship
Fabiano Caruana and
Naz Paikidze emerge victorious
Eyeball Benders 38
Can you identify these products
or companies from their logos?
PLUS...
What's Happening 33
Previews of upcoming events
MinMoves Puzzles 40
A logical game of musical chairs
This Old Game 41
Vintage board games
from the collectors closet
Your Word Against Mine: Scrabble 42
Happenings, Puzzles, and Tips
A proile of Nigel Richards, the
Tiger Woods of Scrabble
Contest: Round Trip 44
Contest Results: 45
Still Role-Playing (from February)
Electronic Game Reviews 46
The Pathinder Adventure
Card Game, The Witness
Traditional Game Reviews 47
Escape the Room: Mystery at the Stargazers
Manor, Mystery! Motive for Murder
Game On! 48
Offbeat news, trivia, and more from
todays world of games and puzzles
DIFFICULTY RATING
Easy
Hard
Medium
Mixed
COVER DESIGN | BONNIE KOVES
500 Rummy
A Is for Apple
Alpha Bet
Battleships
Beguilers
Camouflage
Code Crosswords
Cryptic Crossword 1
Cryptic Crossword 2
Cryptolists
Cubbyholes
Domino Theory
Double Cross
Edge to Edge
Enter Laughing
Family Reunions
Fill Er Up
Frames of Reference
Hex Pathinder
Kid Stuff
Marching Bands
Mediation
Mixed Doubles
Mixed Doubles: Shades of Meaning
One, Two, Three
Order, Please
Paint by Numbers
Pencil Pointers 1
Pencil Pointers 2
A Puzzle with Soul
Quote Boxes
Seven Up
Siamese Twins
Snake Sudoku
Solitaire Hangman
Syllabism
Taking Directions
Tic-Tac-Logic
Whats the Connection?
Wild Cards
Worlds Most Ornery Crossword
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... FROM
THE EDITOR
Editor in Chief Janis Weiner

Senior Editor Jennifer Orehowsky
Editor Raymond Simon
Contributing Editors Scott Appel, Thomas L. McDonald
hen you irst picked up this issue of GAMES WORLD OF PUZZLES,

you probably noticed the X-and-O motif of the cover. Perhaps
you recognize these puzzles and are already a fanweve been
publishing Tic-Tac-Logic, created by Conceptis Puzzles, for several years. In
fact, youll ind Tic-Tac-Logic on page 13 of this issue.
These puzzles are examples of Binary Puzzles. Sometimes the digits 0
and 1 are used instead of X and O, but the rules are the same: Each puzzle
consists of a grid with two variables, in this case Xs and Os, already set
in the diagram. The goal is to place an X or O in the remaining squares
so that: (1) there are no more than two consecutive Xs or Os in a row or
column; (2) the number of Xs is the same as the number of Os in each row
or column; and (3) all rows are unique and all columns are unique.
Its that simple! Binary Puzzles involve logic, to be sure, but even if
youre not a fan of logic puzzles, we encourage you to give them a try.
Theyve earned a reputation for being addictiveturn to page 13 and
see if you agree! With the following theyre quickly gaining, Binary
Puzzles might be the next sudokua language-independent puzzle with
straightforward instructions that pretty much anybody can solve.
Elsewhere in this issue, our Greek correspondent, Theodoros II, gives
readers a glimpse into Persian Wars, a game that is popular among
Hellenic history buffs (page 34). We also bring back our popular Eyeball
Bendersthis time youll be trying to identify familiar products and
companies from their logos (page 38). As always, the Pencilwise section
is chock-full of entertaining and challenging puzzles, including Edge
to Edge, a new puzzle from former GAMES editor in chief R. Wayne
Schmittberger (page 54). For fans of word puzzles, we recommend
Andrew Estens Marching Bands (page 19) and Grant Fikes Hex Pathinder
(page 49).
Sharpen your pencil and get puzzling!
Jennifer Orehowsky
Senior Editor
CORRECTION
here was an error in the answers to Test Your Trivia I.Q. (June, page
26). Question 17 reads, In the 1960s a group of businessmen bought
London Bridge for $2.5 million and moved it where? The answer
we gave was choice c: Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. However, the
correct choice is a: Lake Havasu City, Arizona. Thanks to all the solvers who
brought this mistake to our attention. Some of you wrote that you have
been to Lake Havasu City and seen the bridgewell take your word for it!
Supporting Players Jocelyn Mathis,

Joel Nanni, Karen Powell
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MIXED DOUBLES
BY MIKE NOTHNAGEL
Each answer word in this crossword variation has two clues leading to it, using different meanings of the word. The clues are
separated into Across and Down, but are otherwise ordered randomly.
When you find two Across clues or two Down clues that seem to have the same answer, add up their clue numbers to
determine the place in the grid where the answer should be entered. For example, if the clue for 1-Across were Metallic
element and the clue for 17-Across read Starring role, the answer would be lead, which would go in the box labeled
18 (1 + 17). Note: Tags such as Hyph. and 2 wds. have been omitted.
ANSWER, PAGE 70
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ACROSS
1 Got in working order again
2 Declined to take a turn
3 U.S. space program between
Mercury and Apollo
4 Astrological sign associated with
Castor and Pollux
5 Tie, as a score
6 Works properly
7 Revolves
8 Pizza slice shape
9 Impale with a sharp object
10 Flipped
11 Large social events
12 Golf club often used to get out
of a sand trap
13 Like many convenience foods
14 Earned the minimum acceptable
grade
15 Sent through a system, as

a form
16 Circumvents
17 Only U.S. president born in
New Hampshire
18 Rigged
19 Relinquished
20 Bring to a uniform height, say
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Sport with skips and stones
Nervously anticipating
Victoria and Latifah, e.g.
Sign on an in-business
business
Leave a mark, in a way
Like some auditions
Home to Fred and Barney
Namesake of a decimal system
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Suit in a tarot deck
Forming a spiral
Gallons 16
One of Donald Ducks nephews
Dice, in slang
Aha!
Like a balancing coin
Drawings in instructions
Response to unnecessary
repetition
Blow away
Of course!
Drama series starring Emily
Deschanel
International service club since
1905
Layer under the subsoil
Citi Fields home
CAMOUFLAGE
FROM THE GAMES LIBRARY
Place each of the 26 letters of the alphabet once in the grid below to form a common word of five or more letters reading
across in each line. Not all the letters in each line will be used; its up to you to determine which ones are needed. Some letters
may fit in more than one of the empty squares to form familiar words; however, only one arrangement of all the letters of the
alphabet will complete a word in each row. Hyphenated words, proper nouns, and plurals are not used.
ANSWER, PAGE 70
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
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PENCIL POINTERS 1
BY FRANK LONGO
In this crossword puzzle, the clues appear in the grid itself. Enter the answers in the direction of the pointers.
ANSWER, PAGE 70
Having a Nondom- Beachsudden estic air nesting

windfall trips
bird
Abound
(with)
Perfect
What
Sentra
Prepares The irst
and Leaf opticians to be
S of
carmaker stock
printed SASE
In a
destitute
manner
Not of
the
clergy
Sticky
stuff on
a trunk
Sends in
anger, as
a letter
As a
whole
group
Major
port of
Japan
Place to
stay the
night
__ alai
Giving
Make
attention match up
to
La Brea
tourist
draw
Unhappy
Its heart
is edible
Made
use of a
rink
Auto
garage
squirter
Flower
displayer
R&B
artist
Keys
Proit's
opposite
Was in
Space or
charge of time inbetween
German
deinite
article
Not
taking
sides
I'm
outta
here!
Totally
destroys
The
West
Wing
costar
South
Paciic
region
Elevates
That
really
hurts!
Morning
lawn
wetness
Trees
yielding
mace
Facade
Cake
frosters
Galore
Japan,
Bonanza Like
star
to
distorted
Lorne
natives
data
of Japan
Small pie Capital

of Saudi
Arabia
Top 40
tunes
Ponders
Plague
insects
__ buco
(veal
dish)
Whimper
like a
baby
Original
Star Trek
captain
Writer
Levin
Like an
alluring
star
Not
deceitful
Holiday
time
Faulty
irework
Weight- Dallas
loss pills, college,
e.g.
for short
Scot's
denial
Bit of
land in
water
Sticks in
nests
Business 27th U.S.

system
president
overseer
Pie chart Thing to

wedge, sow
say
Religious John of
splinter Full
House
groups
Terrible
time for
tots?
Cynic's
remark
Lack of
good
quality
Neighbor __ de
of a
corps
Kenyan
Having
Ropes
more of on the
the latest range
Ireland's
__ Lingus
Gain
entry to
__ sort
1974 CIA
spoof
Prepare Rob Roy

to store, star Liam
as a hose
Superhigh
velocity
Sufix
with
million
Gird
one's __
Says
without
thinking
Duel tool
Old JFK
jet
Hymn
singers'
bench
Digit in
binary
code
Don't
touch
that dial
SYLLABISM
The answer to each Syllabism clue is a word or words made up of some of the syllables listed above the clues. The number of
syllables in each answer appears in parentheses following the clue. Blanks indicate the number of letters in an answer. After you
use a syllable, cross it off; none will be used more than once, and every syllable will be used in exactly one answer. When youre
done, read down the irst letters of the answer words and then the last letters, and youll discover the name of a person,
followed by a quote from that person.
ANSWERS, PAGE 70
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BAR
BOG
BOU
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CAR
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LOT
LOW
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MOST
NADE
NAR
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G ___
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M ___
M ___
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C ___
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2. Surround (3)
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3. Rhode Island resort town (4)
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4. Sufficient (2)
___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
5. Quandary (3)
___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
6. Frank Lloyd Wright, for one (3) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
7. Humdinger (5)
___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
8. More tasty (3)
___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
9. Scripted lines (3)
___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
10. Spotted wildcat (3)
___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
11. Subatomic particle (3)
___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
12. Car for hire (3)
___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
13. Woo with song (3)
___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
14. Paramount (3)
___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
15. Ancient Egyptian VIP (2)
___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
16. Fussy (4)
___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
17. Bandleader Guy (3)
___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
18. Like daffodils (2)
___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
19. Runnerless sled (3)
___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
20. Longfellow title character (4)
___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
21. Babar, for example (3)
___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
22. Instant sportscasting clip (2)
___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
23. Hamiltons province (4)
___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
24. Arctic reindeer (3)
___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
YEL
YUM
ZA
ACROSS
1 Liberal college
major
5 Pageant
winners wear
9 Novelist Hoag
13 For the birds?
14 Brazilian berry
15 Valhalla VIP
16 Versos partner
17 Fullbacks gridiron
responsibilities
19 Convene
20 Publicize
21 Outcroppings
22 Switch positions
24 Ecstasys dramatic
antithesis
26 Like a Roomba
28 Iguanas, e.g.
32 Unusual shoe
spec
33 Singer Tori
35 Acorn dropper
36 Soak up, in a way
38 Music genre, or
this puzzles theme
39 O. Henrys specialty
41 Provider of
29-Down
42 Bygone phone
call cost
43 Masterpiece
44 Sinecure
47 Like rush-hour
traffic
51 Rarin to go
WITH
SOUL
53 TV host with all

the answers
54 Light benders
57 Ice cream maker
Joseph
59 Livin La Vida
___
60 Checkerboard foes
62 Like baklava
63 Quotation notation
64 Janet Yellens field:
Abbr.
65 Former Houston
hockey team
66 Modern
Carpe diem
67 Turn down
68 Tacks on
1
2
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5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
DOWN
Skin care brand
Tex-Mex cuisine
staple
Artist with a
needle
___-Caps
Its a wrap
MDX maker
___ Diego
Comic strip couple
since 1954
See? Its true!
Sick as ___
Mickey et al.
Supplies for a
3-Down
Knight wear
BY HOWARD BARKIN
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18 Carmaker Karl
20 100 Years100
Movies org.
23 Top-row
keyboard key
25 Spherical maps
27 Piranha
29 Fees charged in
addition to tuition
30 Dapper fellow?
31 Wild blue yonder
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ANSWER, PAGE 70
A PUZZLE
49 Sticky-footed
28-Across
50 Approves
52 Secret agents
assignment
54 Say grace
55 Nevada city
56 Teen fave
58 Designer initials
61 Breeze through
62 Air safety gp.
Colorful candy
Golf ball position
Bambi aunt
Operatic prince
Fended off
Iditarod entry
Equivocating
answer
46 Doorway part
48 Bygone newsroom
machine: Abbr.
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40
42
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CUBBYHOLES
BY MARGERY ALBIS
Heres a quick mental workout thatll take but a few minutes. Fill in the missing letter in each of the words below; at first there
may appear to be many choices. But choose your letters carefullythe next step is to transfer the letters you selected to the
correspondingly numbered boxes in the diagram so that the result is a familiar 10-letter word.
ANSWER, PAGE 70
1. ___ LASH
6. AWA ___ E
2. ST ___ CK
7. BRI ___ K
3. ___ ERRY
8. SP ___ RE
4. ___ OUND
9. BR ___ IN
5. STE ___ L
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KID
STUFF:
TRIANGLE TANGLE
ILLUSTRATION BY MARK MAZUT
This puzzle isnt hardjust give it a tri and youll see! All you have to do is color in every area that has exactly three sides,
and youll discover something that you wouldnt want to play with.
ANSWER, PAGE 71
STATES
OF
CONFUSION
PUZZLE BY R. WAYNE SCHMITTBERGER
Each of the shapes below matches the shape of one of the states in the U.S. To make them harder to recognize, weve turned
some of them upside down or sideways. Weve also changed their sizes so that some of the large states appear to be small,
ANSWERS, PAGE 71
and some of the small states appear large. How many of the 16 different state shapes can you identify?
WHATS
THE
CONNECTION?
Whats the connection between the four objects in each group on these pages? Their names are all parts of familiar compound
words or phrases completed by the same wordthe connectionwhich is represented by one of the pictures at the bottom
of the opposite page. For example, if one set showed a BEAN, a CARPET, a HAND, and some TEA, youd match it with BAG to
make BEANBAG, CARPETBAG, HANDBAG, and TEA BAG. In some sets, the connection word will begin all of the compound
words and phrases; in the others, it will end them. Now its up to you to make the right connections.
ANSWERS, PAGE 71
PUZZLE BY LINDA SHEPARD / ILLUSTRATIONS BY BURTON MORRIS
10
11
QUOTE
BOXES
BY JENNIFER OREHOWSKY
To solve Quote Boxes, drop the letters from each vertical columnnot necessarily in the order in which they appearinto the
empty squares below them to spell a quotation reading from left to right, line by line. Words may continue from one line to
the next; black squares indicate ends of words. The author of each quote is given above its grid.
ANSWERS, PAGE 71
1. Eden Phillpotts
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T T M A U W I A R I T H S N A S F P R R
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TIC-TAC-LOGIC
BY CONCEPTIS LTD.
WWW.CONCEPTISPUZZLES.COM
Tic-Tac-Logic is a single-player puzzle based on tic-tac-toe, a pencil-andpaper 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 Xs and Os 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 Xs or Os in a row or a column; (2) the number
of Xs is the same as the number of Os in each row and column; and (3) all
rows are uinique and all columns are unique. An sample puzzle and its solution are shown above. The puzzles on this page start
out easy and get progressively harder.
ANSWERS, PAGE 71
PUZZLE 1
PUZZLE 2
PUZZLE 3
PUZZLE 4
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SEVEN UP
BY RAYMOND YOUNG
Heres your lucky number: Fit the 60 words and phrases listed below into the grid so that they interlock in crossword fashion.
If a seven-letter word is placed vertically, enter it so that it reads upwards. All other vertical answers will read downwards. Best
of luck!
STARTING HINT, PAGE 79
ANSWER, PAGE 71
14
5 LETTERS
6 LETTERS
7 LETTERS
8 LETTERS
CHEVY
F MAJOR
AGROUND
APPLE JAM
EGYPT
HELMET
BEIJING
BAD JOKES
ENJOY
INK POT
BELL JAR
DOW JONES
FUJIS
JAWOHL
CAJOLED
EXHIBIT B
GUM UP
JAWS II
COGNATE
HIGH JINX
JIBED
JENSEN
FAJITAS
IN A JIFFY
JOANN
JUMP AT
FT. LEE, NJ
INJURING
JOINT
LIVE TV
GABFEST
JENNIFER
NEHRU
MILDEW
GAS TUBE
JUMBO JET
NINJA
OH YEAH
JONQUIL
MAH-JONGG
OPRAH
PB AND J
JUGHEAD
NEWS ITEM
STUBS
STORMY
JUJITSU
NO OBJECT
TO SIR
TYPING
LEFT JAB
OVEN MITT
U-TURN
UNJUST
NOSE JOB
SKI JUMPS
WAFER
VEEJAY
STYGIAN
WATER JUG
A IS
FOR
APPLE
BY RAYMOND YOUNG
In honor of September and back-to-school time, lets review the alphabet. Each of the 26 words and phrases listed below
begins with a different letter. Find them all in the apple, reading horizontally, vertically, and diagonally (always in a
straight line). When youve circled them all, the uncircled letters, read left to right and top to bottom, will complete this
sentence: A teacher is a
ANSWER, PAGE 71
E
L
T
V
N
Q
P C A F
Z R M
E N T H L O P I F T E
P I E N O H P O L Y X
A S Y L W P A C A H I
T L U D E R P R E N C
A R R R R P D E G E O
E M A U L S H R R I E
R R E P I T
D G T E I N
U N I C O R
I K I L L
M P B A W
C U E R
E
H S
T R
D I T
R Q E
U E M
M N L
A Y E T M U E
R N I T E T H
E Z T E R P O
W H A L E E
A A
Y W
N L
E R
R T G T L U A N
R I T I Y O C
J U L L
U O M R
APPLE
JEWELRY
STINGRAY
BICEP
KILLER WHALE
TRAIN
CHOPPER
LIGHT
UNICORN
DRUMMER
MEXICO
VAMPIRE
ELEPHANT
NEPTUNE
WALRUS
FLOWER
OTTER
XYLOPHONE
GREAT APE
PRETZEL
YARDSTICK
HELMET
QUEEN
ZIPPER
ITALY
ROULETTE
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SOLITAIRE HANGMAN
As in the two-player version of Hangman, the object of this solitaire challenge is to guess a word before being hanged.
To begin, choose any letter that you think might appear in word I below. Suppose you pick E. Go to the Letter Chart on
the facing page and find the number listed in row E of Column I (because you are working on word I). The number is
100; you now look in box number 100 in the Position Chart (to the right of the Letter Chart) and locate the number 5.
This means the letter E occurs in the fifth position (and nowhere else) in word I. If a letter occurs more than once in a
word, the Position Chart will show all its locations.
If you find from the Position Chart that a letter appears in position 0, then that letter does not appear in the word.
As a penalty for an incorrect guess, you must draw part of a stick figure below the scaffold beside the blanks. On your
first incorrect guess, draw the head; on the second, the body; and on the next four, the arms and legs. If
you complete the figure (that is, make six incorrect guesses) before identifying the word, you are
hanged.
If you can identify 8 of the 12 words before being hanged, either youre psychic or you have a
remarkable gift for words.
ANSWERS, PAGE 72
Words To Be Guessed
Letters Missed
I.
1
10
10
II.
III.
8
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
VIII.
IX.
X.
XI.
XII.
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BY JENNIFER OREHOWSKY
II
III
IV
Letter Chart
V VI VII VIII IX
Position Chart
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XI XII
A 88 26 66 82 93 21 21 11 79 56 73 26
23 21 27 53 59 54 26 82 43 49 66
C 42 61 35 39 84 26 43 18 12 44 65 12
D 96 84 29 24 56 28 82 62 86 73 85 56
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31 71
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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.
ANSWER, PAGE 72
Water,
food
and
shelter
No limits Like
on the
pottery
options
Hostel
ilm
director
Vehicle Family
in Frozen gal
Eating
plan
Dame
Melba of
opera
Left
furtively
Having
the least
moisture
Tiered,
frosted
treat
Parts of
atolls
Toy
Wrestler It may
train,
acting in be hardRocky III boiled
when
doubled
Cooking
fat
Broody
music
genre
Game
with
knights
Use a
couch
Embrace
Actor
Wilson
Pilot's
Tofu
guess,
base
for short
Mrs. __
cow
Most
frilly, as
lingerie
When
__ your
age...
Phony
Bodily
blinkers
Peel in
some
recipes
Playing
styles in
tennis
Quality
of fresh
bread
Title for Comes

a knight to be
Loaf
with
caraway
seeds
Plunge
into
liquid
Basswood
trees
Blu-ray
Disc
maker
Lasses in
classes
Express
in words
Backandforth
boat
Grove
growth
Foodcooling
chests
Thai pan
Flour
holder
Facial
feature
of Bert
Assisted
Lines on
product
labels
County
__ loss
abutting for words
London
People
Read
through
quickly
VIP in
D.C.
Spot for
swines
Storklike
wading
bird
Iroquois
League
members
Pistol,
slangily
Building
beams
U.K.
record
label
Failure
to attend
Buddhist
school
Fenway
Park ball
team
Sufix
with
Siam
Sneaky
laugh
syllables
Five
dozen
Sara __
Affected Gave an
by a
alert to
quake
Classy
Smitten
chapeau with
someone
__ Game
(2013 scii ilm)
Threebrother
pop band
Blasting
stuff
Gardner
of old
ilms
Leaker
Snowden
Smoke
Toward
safety,
at sea
Piece of
china
Spaces
under
desks
Is jealous
of
Sufix
with
rocket
Scenery
and
prop
movers
18
Hospital
trainee
Cry from
Jackie
Gleason
Home to
Tel Aviv
Rival of
Toshiba
or RCA
Slightly
aged
Stave
off, as
disaster
Pop/R&B
singer __
Marie
Cmo
__
usted?
MARCHING BANDS
BY ANDREW ESTEN
The words in this puzzle march around the grid in two ways. Rows answers march from left to right, with two answers
per numbered line. The dividing point between these two is for you to determine, except in row 7, where theyre
separated by a black square. Bands answers begin at the lettered squares (A through F) and proceed clockwise around
each of the six shaded and unshaded bands. For example, Band A, when filled, will contain eight consecutive entries,
starting in square A and marching around the grids perimeter. Again, its up to you to figure out where one answer ends
and another begins. All clues are given in order.
ANSWER, PAGE 72
A
1
B
2
C
3
D
4
E
5
F
6
10
11
12
13
ROWS
1 Dribble down
Denver athlete
2 Relevant
Startles
3 Fashion designer Giorgio
String quartet member
4 Opera villain, traditionally
Frothy A&W offering: 2 wds
5 Like Chicago-style pizza: Hyph.
Playful marine mammal
6 Really out there, as an idea
Stuff applied to baseball bat
handles: 2 wds.
7 Ford failures
Come crashing down
8 First Amendment freedom
Released early
9 Pittsburgh co. founded by
J.P. Morgan: 2 wds.
Fruit in a bunch
10 Like Dolly the sheep
Hispanic Americans
11 ___ of the North (1922
documentary)
They may be served on the half shell
12 Pleasant smells
Whenever
13 Catwalk walkers
Venus, e.g.
BANDS
A Bamboozle
NBAs King James
Shared the bill?: Hyph.
Evaluated
Iditarod vehicle
Yemens neighbor
Pointed tooth
Ovine call
B Will you marry me?, e.g.
E
F
Agreement to provide
weapons: 2 wds.
Vastness of size
Cape Canaveral acronym
Aesopic ending
Rotate
Hearing organ
Frenzied
M*A*S*H actor Gould
Mercury and Saturn, e.g.
Double Fantasy
collaborator: 2 wds
Smell and hearing, for two
Do you like scary movies? movie
Faster!: 3 wds.
Somewhat firm, as pasta: 2 wds.
Spigot
Worthy of great shame
Keynesian subj.
Tombstone inscriptions
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BY SHAWN KENNEDY
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 72
1. LOCATED IN CALIFORNIA
2. JUST DESSERTS
Ex.: Dodger Stadium
Ex.: Italian ice
V W G GNIW W F
S U G A R
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LW G F JM
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G U Q T RI KU
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BO Q E VM U Q Q N
W Z AWA S E O U
D G B D Y UDS
E D D S U
D U M W GF
BG A Q U B
R WT D OJ
PA G ABW M
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Z A O
ODGGJN
GDUL JPY
NW-N W
Ex.: Light lunch

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O A G FD
X L A
DV OWR
AF IE G
RF HNEG
AV I
C FU D
L G H S T
L I S T
YI D Q C
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M G A C M
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C YC KP C S E V
XRP P C U
YI P H E
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What do they all have in common?
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M G A RQ U C K
ILLUSTRATIONS BY JULIA TRAN
CRYPTOLISTS
ENTER LAUGHING
2
18
19
20
21
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26
27
24
33
30
45
46
41
42
43
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61
53
54
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40
64
65
66
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68
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78
79
80
ACROSS
Cowpokes leggings
Puts up at the Louvre
Ready to raise the roof
Send money for
more Money
Ryan or Tatum
Three-ball pool shot
Surplus
TV exec Arledge
Jump the gun, for one
Low grade
Chinese rulers making a
comeback?: 2 wds.
Peculiar
Shackles
Female fiend of
folklore
Viewpoint
Method
Able to be felt
Actress who hops
boxcars?: 2 wds.
German industry center
Marjoram or mint
Jordans sole seaport
Chihuahua Ciao!
38
50
52
60
37
47
49
59
15
43
56
29
30
32
35
36
42
48
58
14
31
35
51
13
28
34
44
12
25
41
26
27
28
11
17
32
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
10
16
29
1
6
11
16
69
46 Inspiration for this

puzzles theme?
47 Spider-Man costar
Kirsten
48 Deranged sort
49 Diocese or duke lead-in
50 1958 Pulitzer winner
James
51 Sappy fruit?: 2 wds.
53 Bleaches
56 ___ bodkins!
57 Family reunion attendee
58 Tenor Bocelli
63 Eaglets home
64 Watch chain
67 Bored nectar-sipper?:
Hyph.
70 S&L plan
71 Record over
72 Smooth transition
73 Planos state
75 Fossil resin
76 Carpenters supply
77 Cream of the crop
78 Meadow flower
79 10/31 request
80 Succeeding
70
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
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14
15
24
25
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
74
DOWN
Words to live by
Cursed, in a way
Paid to play
According to
Tanzanian tongue
Insulin, for one
Consecrate
Vegas Strip lights
West Side Story faction
Snow-day toy
clair topper
Control-tower device
Pop up
Beeps
TV awards
Evangelist Roberts
Fluctuate: Hyph.
Coxswains command
Value
Quartet of singing
Swedes
Stuff in the circular file
Broadcast element
Jazz pianist Corea
For this reason
The old man
ANSWER, PAGE 72
BY PATRICK JORDAN
37 Consider comparable
(with)
38 The Rockies, for one
39 Jed Clampetts portrayer
40 Moss and Mulgrew
42 Injures
45 Vegetarian protein
source
46 Uttered
52 Mineral-rich soil
53 Most sinewy
54 Successor
55 Summertime quaff:
2 wds.
57 Space cloud
58 In the lead
59 Marilyn, pre-stardom
60 Abu ___
61 April 1 happenings
62 Coarse corundum
63 Longhorn rival
64 Handymans shop: Hyph.
65 Pontificate publicly
66 Not as noble
68 It simply ___ done!
69 A stones throw away
74 Keebler baker
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MIXED DOUBLES:
SHADES OF MEANING
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 Across or two Down clues that seem to have the same answer, add up their clue numbers to determine
the place in the grid at which the answer should be entered. For example, if the clue for 1-Across were Metallic element
and the clue for 17-Across read Starring role, the answer would be LEAD, which would go in 18-Across (1 + 17). Tags such
as Hyph. and 2 wds. have been omitted.
In this puzzle, there is an added twist: The Across and Down clue lists each contain one extra clue. If you rearrange the letters
in the shaded spaces of the grid, you will discover a word that is suggested by both of the extra clues.
ANSWER, PAGE 73
29
23
32
16
15
21
24
19
14
27
20
18
28
13
30
12
25
17
ACROSS
Sound levels
Party after a wedding
One making jokes
Small unincorporated
community
5 Win by a large margin
6 Vinyl singles
7 Got fooled by
8 Nets, as pay
9 Became enamored with
10 Set of clothes
11 Reeves Superman costar
12 Nightly news figure
13 Makes personally relevant
14 Shakespeare play set in Denmark
15 Join in an elopement
1
2
3
4
22
16 Individual books of an
encyclopedia
17 Military unit
18 Ships brakes
19 Certain Colts
DOWN
1 Raise
2 1960s Batman portrayer
3 Pitcher who works the
final innings
4 On an angle
5 Coerce into making
a decision
6 Hotel check-in desk
7 Opera stars feat, perhaps
8 Propped up against
9 Willing (to)
10 City used as a metaphor
for defeat
11 Elevator, in England
12 Positive point to end on
13 Sunset location
14 Protection for a political
refugee
15 Exclusive control of
a commodity
16 Psychiatric facility
17 Game with Chance cards
18 1974 ABBA single
19 Tracking system?
20 More proximate
21 Used as a source
of support
BATTLESHIPS
BY CONCEPTIS LTD.
WWW.CONCEPTISPUZZLES.COM
The six puzzles on this page are solitaire versions of the classic paper-and-pencil game of Battleships. Each grid represents
a section of ocean in which a fleet is hiding. This fleet consists of one battleship (four grid cells in length), two cruisers
(three cells each), three destroyers (two cells each), and four submarines (one cell each). The ships may be oriented either
horizontally or vertically, and no two ships can occupy adjacent grid cells, not even diagonally. The digits along the grids
perimeter indicate the number of cells in the corresponding rows and columns that are occupied by vessels.
Youll notice that some shots have been taken to start you off. These may show water (indicated by wavy lines),
a complete sub (a circle), the bow or stern of a ship (a rounded-off square), or a midsection of a battleship or cruiser (a
square). The puzzles get harder as you go. Can you reach the rank of admiral by locating all six fleets? ANSWERS, PAGE 73
Water
End of ship (will continue in the direction of the flat side)
Submarine
Middle of a ship (will continue either left and right or up and down)
1SEAMAN
2PETTY OFFICER
3ENSIGN
Battleship
Battleship
Battleship
Cruisers
Cruisers
Cruisers
Destroyers
Destroyers
Destroyers
Submarines
Submarines
Submarines
4CAPTAIN
5COMMODORE
6ADMIRAL
6
2
3
2
1
3
Battleship
Battleship
Battleship
Cruisers
Cruisers
Cruisers
Destroyers
Destroyers
Destroyers
Submarines
Submarines
Submarines
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DOMINO THEORY
BY MARGERY ALBIS
DOMINO CHART
A standard double-six set of dominoes contains 28 dominoes, with no two alike, as shown in the Domino Chart below. The
total number of pips (dots) on each domino ranges from 0 (the double-blank) to 12 (the double-six). In each of these three
puzzles, all 28 dominoes have been packed into a 47 grid. Dominoes are always packed vertically, with the lesser number
always on top. In the first two puzzles weve given you the location of just the top number of one domino, but in the last
puzzle youre on your own.
Your goal is to find each dominos proper place in the grid, using the numbers outside the grid. The four numbers listed
above each column indicate the numbers that will go into the top half of each domino in that column. Likewise, the four
numbers listed below each column indicate the numbers that will go into the bottom half of each domino in that column.
The rows work the same waythat is, each rows upper set of seven numbers indicates the numbers that will go into the
top half of each domino in that row; the lower set of seven numbers indicates the numbers that will go into the bottom half
of each domino in that row.
As you determine the dominoes locations, you may find it helpful to mark them off the Checklist provided. Realizing that
the double-six is the only domino that could have a 6 as a top number, and that the double-blank is the only domino that
could have 0 as the bottom number (lower numbers always on top) should help you to get started.
ANSWERS, PAGE 73
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an ah
bn bh bi
cn ch ci cj
dn dh di dj dk
en eh ei ej ek el
fn fh fi fj fk fl fm
PUZZLE 1
G
N
A
H
B
J
C
M
01
23
44
45
00
01
03
35
11
23
01
22
01
26
24
46
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W I L D CA R D S
NAMEPLAY
CREATURE FEATURES
Each of the phrases below was
created by running together two
movie titles and removing a pair
of identical words, one from each
title. All the removed words are
types of animals. Can you restore
the original titles by inserting
the name of an animal into each
phrase twice, and then finding the
dividing point between the titles?
The inserted words may or may
not appear consecutively, as the
following examples show.
WORDPLAY
AUNT HILDEGARDE
The last time I saw Aunt Hildegarde, she was crazy about Abbott
but not Costello, eggs but not
bacon, films but not theater. When
I asked her why, she replied that
she liked words whose letters are
in alphabetical order. Thats why
shed traded in her pet hyena for
a chimp. Well, shes been hanging around Uncle Jimmy a lot this
month, and she has a whole new
set of likes and dislikes. Can you
tell what principle is guiding her
new tastes?
This month Aunt Hildegarde has
been searching for the YETI, but
couldnt care less about BIGFOOT.
She takes the BUS but not the
SUBWAY. She likes a man with a
MUSTACHE, not a BEARD. Shell
discuss the ECONOMY, but not
POLITICS. She visited SURINAME,
but not COLOMBIA. Shell spend
time at a BAYOU, but not a RAVINE. She likes doing PARKOUR,
but not HIKING. Shed rather SIT
than STAND. She uses CALAMINE,
but not TALCUM. She dresses in
LEATHER, but not SUEDE.
Example 1: Akeelah and

the Season
Answer: Akeelah and the
BEE / BEE Season
Example 2: The Man Walk
Answer: The ELEPHANT Man /
ELEPHANT Walk
1. A Boy and His Soldiers
2. Along Came a Kiss of
the Woman
3. A Man Called Feathers
4. Big Rumble
5. Howard the Soup
6. People on a Hot Tin Roof
7. Race King
8. Raging Durham
9. The Day of the Tale
10. The Ghost and Mr. Run
11. The Man Teen
12. The Pit Eyes
13. The Princess Black
14. The Squid and the Rider
15. Who Framed Roger White
MAKENA DYER
NUMBER PLAY
WORD MULTIPLICATION
In this multiplication problem, the
numbers have been replaced by
letters. Each letter stands for the
same digit, and none of the first
letters in any row stand for zero.
Can you break the code?
R. WAYNE SCHMITTBERGER
KEITH ENEVOLDSEN
26
R E D
B L U E
O Y W
ILLUSTRATION BY JULIA TRAN
TEASERS
SPELLBOUND
A magic mirror is a word that reads
the same when the letters are written in reverse order and magically
transformed A to Z, B to Y, C to
X, etc. Some examples are BEVY,
GRIT, and VOLE. Can you think of
a familiar six-letter English word,
not a plural, that is a magic mirror?
R M L B
E E E
D D D
Y E L L O W
SIDNEY KRAVITZ
WORDPLAY
NAME OF THE GAME
Listed below are 24 familiar
phrases or expressions that contain
the words of the in the middle
(as in name of the game). Can
you fill in the blanks to complete
each phrase? The initial letter
of each missing word is given.
When all of the blanks have been
filled in, the answers will be in
alphabetical order.
1. A __ __ of the A __ __ __ __
2. B __ __ __ __ __ of the
B __ __ __ __ __
3. C __ __ __ __ of the C __ __ __
4. E __ __ of the S __ __ __ __
5. F __ __ __ of the C __ __ __
6. H __ __ __ of the
M __ __ __ __ __
7. K __ __ __ of the R __ __ __
WORDPLAY
BUTTON BOGGLE
You can find a number of words on
a phone keypad by starting on one
of the eight lettered buttons (29)
and picking one of the letters on
it, then moving one button in any
direction (horizontally, vertically,
or diagonally) to a new button and
picking one of its letters, and so
on. Can you find a word that uses
each of the eight lettered buttons
exactly once?
abc
def
ghi
jkl
mno
pqrs
tuv
wxyz
8. L __ __ of the J __ __ __ __ __
9. L __ __ of the L __ __ __
PETER GORDON
10. L __ __ __ __ __ of the P __ __ __
11. L __ __ __ __ __ of the L __ __
12. L __ __ __ of the P __ __ __ __
13. L __ __ __ of the D __ __ __
14. M __ __ __ __ __ of the
R __ __ __
15. N __ __ __ of the W __ __ __ __
16. O __ __ of the B __ __ __
17. P __ __ __ of the L __ __ __ __ __
18. R __ __ of the M __ __ __
19. S __ __ __ of the T __ __ __ __
20. S __ __ __ of the T __ __ __ __ __
21. S __ __ __ __ __ __ __ of the
F __ __ __ __ __ __
22. T __ __ __ of the T __ __ __
23. T __ __ __ of the
C __ __ __ __ __ __
24. W __ __ __ __ __ of the
W __ __ __ __
RAYMOND LOVE
WORDPLAY
MAD SCRAMBLE
There are 10 related words hidden
in the 55 grid below. They can be
found by moving from letter to
adjacent letter, horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. A letter may
not be used twice in a row. After
you determine the commonality,
can you find all 10 words?
K U B D G
E C L R E
E L A O E
T Y W N G
I H K P
AT FIRST I WAS
EMBARRASSED. ME,
A CAT, LIVING WITH
A SINGLE GUY. BUT
WHEN I WATCH HIM
PICK SOMETHING UP
WITH HIS HANDS AND
EAT IT, I CANT HELP
BUT LOVE HIM.
MARU
adopted 01-10-10
RAYMOND LOVE
ANSWERS, PAGES 73 & 74
27
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.
ANSWERS, PAGE 74
1
14
15
16
17
18
21
A N
B O
25
C P
15
D Q
13
E R
10
21
22
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19
22
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J W
K X
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L Y
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26
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20
M Z
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C O
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8
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O M
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B O
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C P
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D Q
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J W
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K X
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L Y
17
M Z
ALPHA BET
BY DON HENDERSON
In this puzzle, the alpha part is quite simple: Enter the clue answers into the crisscross-style grid, but hop over the pink
boxesthat is, leave them empty. The clues are ordered by word length of the answers, then alphabetically within each group.
When the white boxes are filled, put all the letters of the alphabet in the pink boxes so that 26 new words or phrases are created.
Each of these letters is used only once; weve provided an alphabet so that you can cross them off as you place them. If you
need help, check out the hint on page 79, which lists the answers to the clues. Note: One of the final answers is a hyphenated
brand name.
As for the bet part, well, we bet you cant solve this puzzle without looking up the clue answers! Are we on?
ANSWERS, PAGE 74
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
1 Cousins mother
14 Venerate
2 Licentious fellow
15 Pastiche of overlapped photos, clippings, and such
3 Mope around
16 Captivate
4 Goes on the lam
17 Bridle, reins, etc.
5 Minstrels instruments
18 ___ shoulders above the rest: 2 wds.
6 Wait on
19 Sled dogs
7 Chase up a tree, say
20 Urban ___ (bus or subway)
8 Track meet projectile
21 Artists atomizer
9 Good scolding
22 Wife of an earl
10 Shows big windup
23 String around the finger, e.g.
11 Legally responsible
24 Bigwig back in the U.S.S.R.
12 Prophetess at Delphi, e.g.
25 Added a sprig of parsley, perhaps
13 Dwell
26 Without a will
29
FILL ER UP
BY STEPHEN SNIDERMAN
These puzzles will help you get the most out of your words by putting the most into them. To solve, you must select fillers
for the words shown on the left side of each puzzle. For example, in Puzzle 1, the letters ES (selected from the lineup below
the puzzle) can be inserted within CARS to make CARESS (its up to you to determine the fillers exact position). Then, select a
second filler to place in CARESS to make another wordin this case, LE (to make CARELESS). A word may have more than one
suitable filler, but theres only one way to use up the whole list. Finally, transfer the boxed letters to the numbered blanks (with
the top boxs letter on #1 and descending consecutively) to create a last word. If youve selected correctly, the two remaining
fillers should fit neatly into that last word.
ANSWERS, PAGE 75
PUZZLE 1
PUZZLE 2
ME
M __ __ E
M __ __
CARS
C __ __ __ __ S
C __ __ __
BEG
B __ __ __ G
B __ __ __
AMY
A __ __ __ Y
A __
REAL
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DEED
D __ __ __ __ D
D __
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D __ __ __ __ T
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PUZZLE 4
O __ __ __ E
FOE
F __ __ __ E
F __
DIE
D __ __ __ E
D __ __ __
LEER
L __ __ __ __ R
L __ __ __
MOON
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M __ __ E
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ANERNIGLARHOGAIDATINIPLE
LECTLISILONSNUMBONTETTUR
500 RUMMY
BY PAM WYLDER
Can you score 500 or more points in Word

Rummy hands from the card layout at right?
s How to Play
Find as many common seven-letter words as
you can whose cards form Word Rummy
hands. A Word Rummy hand is a sevenletter word whose letters appear on cards
that make up one set (three or four cards of
a kind, like 7 7 7 or K K K K) and one
sequence (three or four cards of the same
suit in numerical order, like s A 2 3 or c 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 two parts must not be
mixed together. The letters of a set may be
used in any order; the letters of a sequence
must be used in the left-to-right order given
in the grid. The same card cannot be used
twice in the same hand. Sets and sequences,
however, may be repeated in other words.
Proper names and foreign words are not
allowed, but plurals are fine.
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CARDS & WORDS
A L F A L F A
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POINTS
CARDS & WORDS
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yScoring
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.
xExample
In the puzzle at right the word ALFALFA
forms a Word Rummy hand. The sA 1A 2A
cA are a sequence with the letters A-L-F-A;
the c2 3 4 are a set with the letters L-F-A;
The cards used have values of 1 1 1 1 2 3 4,
for a total of 13 points.
COLUMN 2 TOTAL
c Ratings
COLUMN 1 TOTAL
Knock: 500 points (good game)

Gin: 750 points (winning game)
Gin-off: 950 points (our best score)
COLUMN 1 TOTAL
TOTAL SCORE
ANSWERS, PAGE 75
31
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, B-UN-KER, has
been filled in as an example.
ANSWER, PAGE 74
1
UN KER
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ACROSS
1 Golfers sand trap
4 Withstand adversity: 2 wds.
8 Do like Oliver Twist after finishing
his gruel: 3 wds.
12 ETs navigate them
13 Bitter-tasting chemical salt
14 Sweet smoke from sticks
15 2015 NBA Finals winners: 3 wds.
17 Most like a dweeb
18 Diminishes
19 Grillers grabbing tool
21 Held off
23 Maltreatment: Hyph.
27 Thing flashed by a cop
30 2015 Stanley Cup winners:
2 wds.
33 Pre-euro Italian money
34 Like many Atkins dieters burgers
35 Fabric fuzz
36 2015 World Series winners:
3 wds.
38 Barometer measurement
39 Sound systems
40 Having a plunging neckline: Hyph.
42 Marriage-related
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Small mosaic tile

Irreversibly embroiled: 3 wds.
2015 Super Bowl winners: 3 wds.
Bloke
Legal relinquishments
They may fill an iPod
More miserly
Backs up again, as computer data
Word before while
DOWN
Taps instruments
Develops, as a plot
Lamp fuel
Early-stage software user: 2 wds.
Egypts Sadat
Act without restraint: 2 wds.
200810 New York governor David
What a novice needs in order to
win: 2 wds.
Coerced
Funds
Adjust, as an alarm clock
Bus rider with no seat
Classic novel by Alain-Ren
Lesage: 2 wds.
22 Epithet for Mao Zedongs land:

2 wds.
24 Wraps over shoulders
25 Actor Claude of B.J. and the Bear
26 Shrug or nod, e.g.
27 They include Bulgaria, Serbia,
and Slovenia
28 Something FEMA provides relief for
29 George Burnss sidekick Allen
31 Reach via cell, say
32 Moves at a snails pace: 2 wds.
34 Lift, as ones spirits: 2 wds.
37 He played Zorro in The Mark of
Zorro: 2 wds.
38 Feign
41 Old sailors sword
43 Lightweight metal utensils
44 Atlantic fishes of the herring family
46 Splash over a surface
47 Not joking around
48 Very muddled situation:
2 wds.
49 Swarm all over
50 Driving (along)
51 Where to order a sub
53 Etch
W H AT ' S H A P P E N I N G
COMPILED BY JASON ELMER

Whats Happening
DRAGON CON
Where: Hyatt
Regency Atlanta;
Atlanta, GA
When:
September 25, 2016
Details: Dragon Con is a multimedia
convention with a focus on sci-fi, gaming,
and comics. Special events will include a
parade, burlesque revue, Mystery Science
Theater 3000 night, puppet slam, live
performance of The Rocky Horror Picture
Show, and a wrestling show. Plenty of
special guests and performers will also
be on hand.
For more info: www.dragoncon.org
Whats Happening
BUCKEYE GAME FEST
Where: Crowne Plaza
Columbus North;
Columbus, OH
When: September
811, 2016
Details:
Boardgaming at Its Best is the
slogan of this annual convention of
the Columbus Area Boardgaming
Society. Participants will have access to
hundreds of games in the CABS library.
Events will include demos, tournaments,
RPGs, LARPs, and more. Game designer
Richard Borg, of Liars Dice fame, will be
one of several special guests.
For more info:
www.buckeyegamefest.com
Whats Happening
XPLORE NEW YORK CITYURBAN
ADVENTURE RACE
Where: New York, NY
When: September 24, 2016
Details: You dont have to be an athlete
to take part in this team-based adventure
race through the Big Apple; fun-seekers
of all ability levels are welcome. Your
team may travel on foot or use public
transportation to race to various
locations and solve clues to complete
challenges along the way. XPLORE
describes itself as a massive scavenger
hunt gone wild where youll get to
experience the city like never before,
meet lots of other fun adventurers, and
get a great workout!
For more info: www.eventbrite.com/e/
xplore-new-york-city-urban-adventurerace-tickets-21906488898
Whats Happening
CONGRESS OF GAMERS
Where: Rockville Senior Center;
Rockville, MD
Details: This con features board games
galore! Popular games will be contested
in a tournament format, while more
casual players can enjoy party games and
open gaming. This year D&D Adventurers
League will offer exciting play events
throughout the weekend, featuring
adventures set in the new Rage of
Demons storyline.
For more info: www.emsps.com/cog
Whats Happening
RETRO CON
Where: Greater Philadelphia Expo Center;

Oaks, PA
Details: Retro Con is all about pop culture
and memorabilia. The focus is on toys and
collectibles from the 70s, 80s, and 90s.
Some popular themes are Teenage Mutant
Ninja Turtles, Star Wars, Back to the Future,
and, of course, classic video games. There
will be 215+ tables of collectibles and art
for sale, special guests, contests (trivia,
karaoke, and costume), raffles, panels,
replica props, and much more!
For more info: www.retrocons.com
Whats Happening
SANTA ROSA TOY CON
Where: Sonoma County Fairgrounds;

Santa Rosa, CA
Details: The Bay Areas largest toy
convention focuses on toys, games,
comics, cosplay, and much more. Vendors
of collectible toys and games will be on
hand at this one-day event.
For more info: www.santarosatoycon.com
Whats Happening
SCRABBLE IN THE CITY 2016
Where: Saint Arnold Brewing
Company; Houston, TX
When:
September 14, 2016
Details: This Scrabble event is sponsored
by the Literacy Advance of Houston.
Teams of four will square off against all
comers in a unique Scrabble competition.
Start planning your team name and
strategy now, and dont forget to come
in costume! As the event organizers
promise, Remember: This is not your
grandmothers Scrabble.
For more info: www.literacyadvance.org/
Events/Scrabble_in_the_City_2016
Whats Happening
GRANDCON
Where: Crowne
Plaza Hotel;
Grand Rapids, MI
When: September
1618, 2016
Details: With a focus on
tabletop gaming and comics, GrandCon
invites to you come, play, and mingle with
like-minded enthusiasts. Youll have the
opportunity to meet and chat with game
designers and get a sneak peek at some
yet-unpublished games.
For more info: www.grand-con.com
Whats Happening
BOSTON FESTIVAL OF INDIE GAMES
Where: MIT Johnson Athletic Center;
Cambridge, MA
When:
September 10, 2016
Details: The goal of this festival is to
provide an inclusive environment
for game enthusiasts of all kinds.
The efforts of independent game
developers will be highlighted, as well
as those of youth programs focused
on game development and related
fields. The games featured here are
innovative, refreshing, and fun!
For more info: www.bostonfig.com
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PERSIAN WARS: REVIVING THE GLORY
OF KING LEONIDAS AND HIS 300

By Theodoros II
he Persian Wars were a series

of violent conflicts between
the Achaemenid Empire of
Persia and the city-states of Greece
that lasted more than 40 years. From
492 BCE, when Darius I of Persia
invaded Greek lands, until 449 BCE,
when the two sides officially made
peace, military history witnessed
some of the most intense and bloody
battles ever waged, especially during
the two invasions Persia launched
against mainland Greece between
490 and 479 BCE.
Despite the fact that the Persian
Empire was at its peak at the time,
the Greek defensive forces achieved
what seemed pretty much impossible
when the Persians attacked: They
liberated the Greek city-states on the
outskirts of Persia and saved not only
Greece, but Western civilization as a
whole, according to many
contemporary historians.
After the war Athens entered a
Golden Age, experiencing political
power, economic growth and a
flourishing of culture. Meanwhile,
Sparta developed the most feared and
disciplined armed forces of the ancient
world. In the long term, the Greek
resistance and victory was followed by
the rise of Alexander the Great, who
conquered most of the then-known
world (including Persia) and enabled
Greek culture and civilization to thrive
and expand all the way to India,
creating one of the vastest empires the
world has ever seen.
The legacy and impact of the
Persian Wars on the modern world
can be found in the many films and
comic books that have been inspired
by them, with the most notable
example being the 2006 epic war film
300, based on the 1998 comic of the
same name by Frank Miller and Lynn
Va r l e y. B o t h a r e f i c t i o n a l i z e d
retellings of the Battle of
Thermopylae. Despite some historical
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inaccuracies, the film tells the story

beautifully. Most importantly, it also
introduced millions of viewers to the
Persian Wars.
The incredible success of the film
led to a prequel, 300: Rise of an
Empire, along with video games,
T-shirts, and all kinds of memorabilia. Theres even a board game
called Persian Wars. It was created
by Aristogeiton Frantzeskakis, a
game designer, publisher, and owner
of AF Games. Frantzeskakis worked
as an archaeologist in Greece for
many years, taking part in numerous
important excavations.
His love of history, combined with
his interest in creating toys, led him
to create AF Games in 2005. The
company focuses exclusively on
educational games for children 8
years old and up, but of course
people of all ages can play and enjoy
them. All the games have a Greek
theme. According to Frantzeskakis,
his goal is to educate children and
refresh the older generations
memory in an entertaining but
accurate way.
Persian Wars is undoubtedly the
c o m p a n y s m o s t c o m m e r c i a l l y
successful game, mainly due to the
subjects popularity after the release
of 300. Particularly favored in the
academic world, including high
schools, youth centers, and colleges
and universities, Persian Wars is the
type of game that you wont usually
find played in pubs or at picnics,
where more mainstream board
games like Scrabble, Monopoly, and
chess are still preferred. Because of
its niche subject, however, Persian
Wa r s h a s c r e a t e d h o t b e d s o f
competition among students and
history buffs across Greece.
Another interesting aspect of
Persian Wars is that the players
involved are fully aware of the
games plot and this is why most of
the time they are dedicated to one

side or the other. Unlike chess, for
example, where a player will pick
the white or black pieces randomly,
in Persian Wars the players are fans
of the side they represent during
g a m e p l a y. T h e m o r e p a t r i o t i c
players who deeply admire King
Leonidas and his 300 will choose to
play as these heroes each time,
while others are more interested in
altering history and becoming a
part of it by attempting to remake
the map of the historical future, so
to speak.
In this way, every player has the
opportunity to experience the
vibrant nature of the Persian
campaigns on a beautiful board/
historical map depicting ancient
Greece and Asia Minor. The game is
played by four people (two on each
side) who must develop their team
spirit, cooperation, and strategies in
order to conquer the enemy. The
players usually know each other well,
since they have played against each
other several times before. This
happens because the game draws
together friends or family members
who share an interest and love for
Greek history.
Persian Wars features four
missions, each revolving around a
different campaign: 1) the first
Persian invasion of Greece, which
began in 492 BCE and ended with
the decisive Athenian victory at the
Battle of Marathon in 490; 2) the
campaign under the command of
Datis and Artaphernes in 490 BCE; 3)
the second Persian invasion of
Greece in 480479 BCE, during which
the legendary Battle of Thermopylae
took place; and 4) the Greek
counterattack in Asia Minor during
479478.
Two players defend Greece, while
the other two represent the Persian
invading forces and get the chance to
conquer Greece and rewrite history.
One of the most interesting aspects
of the game is its factual accuracy; for
example, during the Battle of
Thermopylae and the Battle of
Artemisium, the Greek camp is

divided into Spartans and Athenians,
while the Persian camp is divided into
Medes and Persians. An even more
pleasant surprise is that in the first
mission (the first Persian invasion of
492) the players get a chance to learn
about the widely forgotten Thracian
tribes, such as the Visaltians, which
resisted the Persian forces as well.
The game requires teamwork but
also skill and strategy, since at the
end of the game not only does one
of the teams win, but also the player
who earns the most points for his
team during the campaigns is
pronounced the overall winner. Luck
also plays a very important role in
the gameplay because the battles
including attacks and defenseoccur
with the throw of a six-sided die.
Another interesting part of the game
is that the attacker wins even if the
result is a tie, which gives a big
advantage to the team that
represents the Persian forces, which
attack in three of the four campaigns.
The gameplay might sound simple,
but thanks to the interesting features
Frantzeskakis has included, things
can change with the mere pull of one
of the nine annual event cards that
each team has to pick before the
launch of a round. For example, a
card might announce that King
Xerxes got injured and has to return
to Persia, which compels the invading
Persian forces to downsize to a
defensive role, since they lose their
ability to attack in such an instance.
Further, each player has the right to
use two extra helps/features during
a mission, such as hire mercenaries
from other militaries (if he is
attacking) or double back and build
two castles (if he is defending his
territories).
As a fan of the game myself, I can
tell you that the gameplay gets a bit
complicated at times. Chance events
can dramatically alter your plans,
most of the time leading to negative
consequences. Thats why in Persian
Wars you need to show great
composure and self-control at all
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times, as though you are in the midst

of a real war commanding the fates
of thousands of soldiers. Patience is
the key to success in this game. Also,
there will be times when you will need
to carry the whole camp on your
shoulders, either because your
co-player wont make the wisest of
choices for the team or simply because
the die and lucky stars will turn their
backs on him.
Although almost every move
depends on the throw of the die, this
is what makes the play so intriguing,
unpredictable, and exciting: You

cant guess your opponents next
move or even the direction in which
your own camp will go. Fate truly
does hold all the cards, if you will,
and your eyes only see all once the
die has been cast.
From an educational standpoint,
however, Persian Wars produces only
winners in the end. It accomplishes its
goalthat all players learn in the
most enjoyable way the many
historical facts that a movie or video
game cant impart in great detail. If
you find alternative history interesting

and wonder what would have
happened to the West if Greece had
been defeated, Persian Wars offers a
unique chance to find out.
P e r s i a n Wa r s i s a v a i l a b l e i n
museum shops all over Greece,
including the Acropolis Museum.
The next time you find yourself in
Greece, wandering among the
ancient ruins, enjoying the delicious
food, and admiring the beautiful
Greek scenery, dont forget to bring
home this game as a souvenir. Q
Theodoros II is a multilingual jurist, freelance researcher, published author, and Internet fanatic. He is a staff writer for
the website List 25, and has also written for print and online media including Gizmodo, Mental Floss, and Ancient
Origins. When hes not advocating or writing he spends many hours searching for bizarre, weird, alternative, or
unexplained versions of history and plays games of all kinds, from video games to chess and Monopoly. He also has his
own blog where you can read more of his work, but only if youre brave enough: http://theo-cracy.com.
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CARUANA AND PAIKIDZE

WIN 2016 U.S. CHESS TITLES
By R. Wayne Schmittberger
n April, Fabiano Caruana, the highest-rated chess player in the

country, won the 2016 U.S. Chess Championship with a score
of 8.5 points out of 11, a full point ahead of co-favoritesHikaru
Nakamura andWesley So, both of whom also rank among the
worlds top 10 players. The title and $50,000 first prize may have
been of some consolation for Caruana, 23, who a month earlier
narrowly lost an opportunity to become the challenger for the
world championship when he finished second to Sergey Karjakin
of Russia in the Candidates Tournament. (Karjakin and world
champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway will meet in New York City
in November to play for the world title.)
As has become customary in recent years, the U.S. Championship
was held concurrently with the U.S. Womens Chess Championship
at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis, with live
Internet commentary provided at uschesschamps.com by four-time
U.S. champion GM Yasser Seirawan, two-time U.S. womens
champion IM Jennifer Shahade, and noted chess author and
promoter GM Maurice Ashley. Both tournaments were 12-player
round robins. This year, a third event took place after the other
two: a four-player Ultimate Blitz Challenge involving the three
top finishers in the U.S. championship and former world champion
Garry Kasparov, who retired from competitive chess in 2005.
The womens tournament was won in dramatic fashion by Naz
(pronounced NOZZY) Paikidze, 22, who trailed Tatev
Abrahamyan by half a point going into the final round. As
PUZZLE FROM THE CHAMPIONSHIP
8
7
5
4
3
2
Abrahamyan lost her final game, Paikidze, despite playing with

the black pieces, defeated seven-time U.S. womens champion
Irina Krush to take the title and the $25,000 first prize. Like
Caruana, her final score was 8.5 out of 11, with no losses. Paikidze
has had major tournament successes before, such as winning the
world under-14 and under-16 girls championships in 2007 and
2008. Born in Irkutsk, Siberia, she grew up in Tbilisi, Georgia,
before moving to Moscow, and now resides in Baltimore.
Caruana, who like an increasing number of chess players calls
St. Louis home these days, was leading or tied for the lead
throughout the tournament. The game that had the most critical
effect on the final standings was his fourth-round encounter with
Nakamura, the four-time champion who had won the event last
year. A record of their game appears below. Nakamura met
Caruanas 1.e4 with a Sicilian Defense. Instead of the more usual
7. b5, Nakamura tried h5 but had a satisfactory position until
21. Kb8, when he should have defended his f pawn with Be8.
Still, after 24. Qf2, Nakamura could have kept reasonable drawing
chances with the pawn sacrifice 24. d5 25. Bxd5 Qxf2 26. Rxf2
Bc5 27. Rff3 Bg4, with active bishop play. Instead, after 25.Nd5,
the backward d pawn obstructed Blacks dark-square bishop, and
Whites advantage was clear. Nakamuras 26. Bxa4 was a serious
mistake (Qxa4 would have been much better), because after
27.Ra3, Black had no good answer to Whites threat of c3, winning
a bishop. Moving the bishop away from a4 would have allowed
Rb3, attacking both the queen and the pawn on b7.
The blitz event, a two-day, 18-round sextuple round robin among
Kasparov, Caruana, Nakamura, and So, with a time limit of five
minutes per player per game, proved so competitive that after
seven rounds all four players were tied. Kasparov proved that he
still can play high-level chess, but in the end Nakamura upheld his
reputation as one of the worlds very best players at speed chess.
After losing three games in a row in rounds 3 through 5, he scored
seven wins and four draws in his next 11 games, then ended with
a loss and a draw, enough to finish with 11 points out of a possible
18 and earn the $20,000 first prize. Wesley So finished with 10
points, Kasparov with 9.5, and Caruana with 4.5. Total prize funds
for the three events were $194,000 for the U.S. Championship,
$100,000 for the U.S. Womens Championship, and $50,000 for
the Blitz Championship. Q
2016 U.S. CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP, ROUND 4
White: Fabiano Caruana
Black: Hikaru Nakamura
1
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In this position from the first round of the 2016 U.S.

Chess Championship, White (Alexander Shabalov) has
just played Nd6-e8, a blunder. Black (Ray Robson) then
made a move that caused White to resign immediately.
Can you find the winning move?
ANSWER, PAGE 75
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e6 7.Be3

h5 8.a4 Nc6 9.Bc4 Qc7 10.Qe2 Be7 11.0-0 Ne5 12.Bb3 Bd7 13.f4
Neg4 14.Kh1 Nxe3 15.Qxe3 Qc5 16.Rad1 g6 17.Qe2 0-0-0 18.f5
e5 19.Nf3 gxf5 20.Ng5 f4 21.Rd3 Kb8 22.Nxf7 h4 23.Nxh8 Rxh8
24.Qf2 Qb4 25.Nd5 Nxd5 26.Bxd5 Bxa4 27.Ra3 h3 28.c3 Qb5
29.b3 Bh4 30.bxa4 Qd3 31.g3 Black resigns.
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these products
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PHOTOS BY
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LOGIC
BY DENNIS SHASHA
MINMOVES PUZZLES
n MinMoves puzzles you are given a set of chairs around

a table with a person whose name begins with the letter
shown. You want to rearrange the people in the chairs to
be sorted in alphabetical order in a clockwise fashion, with one
empty chair just to the left of the person whose name begins
with A. The goal is to minimize the number of moves. Q
WARMUP
Below is the starting arrangement. In each move, you are
allowed to move a person from one chair to an empty chair two
or three away in either direction. Use at most four moves to
get to a sorted order.
1
2
ANSWER, PAGE 75
B
3
HERES THE SOLUTION TO THE WARMUP PUZZLE:

1
2
B
H
6
1
2
A
9
B
H
5
6
NOW HERE IS THE PUZZLE FOR THIS ISSUE:
G
7
A
8
C
7
5
6
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Find a way to achieve a sorted outcome using at most 12 moves,

where the allowed moves are to move two seats away to an
empty chair or three seats away to an empty chair.
Dennis Shasha is a professor

of computer science at New
York Universitys Courant Institute. In addition to his scholarly
research, Dr. Shasha has written
six books of puzzles featuring a
mathematical detective, Dr. Ecco.
He writes the puzzle column
for CACM (Communications of
The Association for Computing
Machinery), and has also written puzzle columns for Scientific
American and Dr. Dobbs Journal.
BY JONATHAN SCHMALZBACH
THIS OLD GAME
OPINION:
THE PARTY POLL GAME
n a scale of 1 to 8, with 1 being totally false and 8 being

totally true, where would you rate the phrase, What
you dont know cant hurt you? How might your best
friend rate that question? How about your significant other?
Could answering a question like this cause any consternation
in how you view friends and family?
How about this query: What is your opinion of working
wives? 1 is very bad and 8 is very good. If you shook your head
before answering the question and said, What year is this,
anyway? the year is actually 1970 and you are playing Opinion:
The Party Poll Game.
The folks at Selchow & Righter, the games producer, were
clearly looking beyond the tile racks of Scrabble, their cash cow,
when they marketed this game. The games cover features the
following come-on: Opinion is a hilarious and provocative
game. Players voice their secret opinion of persons, places or
things and record them on an opinion dial.
The cover of the game looks like a cross between a Peter
Max poster and images of hip Playboy-reading couples of the
swinging and turbulent late 60s and early 70s.
The conceit of Opinion is straightforward. Players are asked a
question and then asked to rate their answer on a psychedeliclooking dial. Many of the questions on the Ratings cards
clearly mirror the political issues of the the times, such as Voting at 18 is very good/very bad and What is your opinion of
female politicians? The cards also ask about lawyers, shrinks,
golf, opera, and separate vacations.
After the players have spun their dials, they are all handed to
a polltaker who adds the tallies (and keeps ratings anonymous).
A player then tries to guess what the tally added up to within 4
of the total. If a player guesses correctly, 5 points are awarded.
If the guess is wrong the other players get the 5 points. The first
to reach 50 points wins.
When one gets past the dated and overtly sexist questions,
the game proves to be fun and, yes, even provocative. Trying
to figure out how everyone else rated the questions can often
be surprising. Sometimes the sexist questions can even cause a
kerfuffle, such as when scores are read out and someone howls
in exasperation, Who really thinks exotic dancers are an 8?
Really, a very good thing?
A variant of the game uses Features cards. Each player is
given a number. The polltaker reads a trait from the card. These
traits include being attractive, aggressive, romantic, loyal, or
fascinating.
Players turn their dial to the number of the person they think
most embodies that trait. The player who is the guesser picks
which person received the most votes. A throw of the dice determines how much the question is worth. If the person picking
guesses correctly, points are awarded. If the question is missed,
the other players get the points. Here, too, the first to 50 wins.
This variant led to many unanimous answers, so the recom-
mendation is playing with more than 4 people. This variant also

can lead to some indignant and vexed reactions such as Who
thinks Im absent-minded?! or Im more loyal than she is! or
He is not fascinating!
In my opinion (and remember what opinions are like!), this is
a really fun game to play with people who are not overly thinskinned and who like to laugh.
Be careful when answering who is the most attractive, though.
Remember it was Eris promising the golden apple to the fairest
of them all that led to the Trojan War. Q
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YOUR
WORD AGAINST MINE: SCRABBLE HAPPENINGS, PUZZLES,
TIPS
AND
THE
TIGER WOODS OF SCRABBLE
There is a terrific 2014 article on the website

FiveThirtyEight called What Makes Nigel
Richards the Best Scrabble Player on Earth.
Its first paragraph simply reads LeBron.
Peyton. Tiger. Serena. Nigel. Its crazy, of
course, to see the name of a Scrabble player
in that list. But in terms of dominance, Nigel
Richards definitely belongs there. Ive gotten
to know Nigel a tiny bit over the years,
having played him eight times (losing all
eight), so I thought Id share a few tidbits
about him.
Nigel is originally from New Zealand but
now lives in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He has
a good sense of humor but is rather quiet
its hard to hear him when he does speak.
Nigel prefers a life of solitude, with no
television, no drinking, no radio. He is
unaware that we speak of him in amazement
and wouldnt care even if he did know. And
no other Scrabble player has ever generated
a trove of Internet memes about his
dominance (see inset).
Players refer to him solely by his first
name, as one might refer to Adele or Oprah.
This is no slight to the other high-level
expert, Nigel Peltierwe all know which
Nigel is being referred to. Sometimes we
use the nickname The Beard.
When Nigel wins major tournaments and
is asked to promote the game by going on
shows like NBCs Today or by doing
newspaper interviews, he always declines.
Whereas many top players spend lots of
time analyzing their tour nament
performances using computer simulation
tools, Nigel does not. As far as hes
concerned, once a game is over, its done.
Nigels results are astounding. He
generally attends only the biggest, most
prestigious tournaments. Yet he wins over
half of these tournaments. Compare this to
tennis players or golfers and its impressive,
but then realize that in Scrabble you also
have to overcome a tremendous luck
component. (To help explain the magnitude
of that component, its been said that two
equally good players will have four or five
games decided by luck for every one
decided by skill-based decisions.)
At press time, Nigel was on a study break.
Both the North American dictionary (TWL)
and the World Dictionary (Collins) recently
released updates, and when that happens
Nigel takes some time away from
tournaments to make sure he knows those
word sourcesperfectly. Sketchy word
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knowledge, which is what many of his

opponents possess, is so unacceptable to
Nigel that he simply will not play until hes
confident he has mastered the words.
Needless to say, his word knowledge is by
far the best Ive ever faced.
Nigel first learned the Collins dictionary,
and when he decided to also learn the TWL
dictionary (which has fewer words in it), he
printed out a complete list (tens of
thousands) of words that were good in
Collins but not good in TWL, and memorized
it. As an even more extreme example of his
commitment to study, in 2015, Nigel spent
nine weeks cramming every word in the
French Scrabble dictionary so he could
compete in the French National
Championship. He did not know the
language before he decided to enter the
tournament. And what do you know, the
study paid offNigel ended up being the
French National Champion who spoke no
French! My jaw is still agape from this feat.
Nigel is also an avid bike rider. At tournaments he often stays at a hotel 10 or so

miles away from the tournament venue,
then rides a rented bicycle to and from the
games each day.
What does Nigel do that makes him
better than everyone else? He is uniquely
masterful at what are called set-up plays,
where he uses his knowledge of the tiles he
is keeping and the tiles he is likely to draw
to potentially score huge points on his next
turn. As an example, here is a board

situation that he faced in 2012 against
another top player, David Gibson:
A
1
DOUBLE
LETTER
DOUBLE
WORD
TRIPLE
LETTER
TRIPLE
LETTER
TRIPLE
LETTER
DOUBLE
WORD
15
TRIPLE
WORD
TRIPLE
LETTER
DOUBLE
LETTER
DOUBLE
WORD
DOUBLE
LETTER
DOUBLE
WORD
TRIPLE
LETTER
TRIPLE
LETTER
DOUBLE
LETTER
DOUBLE
LETTER
TRIPLE
WORD
DOUBLE
LETTER
DOUBLE
LETTER
TRIPLE
LETTER
TRIPLE
LETTER
DOUBLE
WORD
TRIPLE
LETTER
TRIPLE
WORD
DOUBLE
LETTER
DOUBLE
WORD
DOUBLE
LETTER
DOUBLE
LETTER
DOUBLE
WORD
14
O
TRIPLE
WORD
DOUBLE
WORD
DOUBLE
LETTER
DOUBLE
WORD
13
DOUBLE
WORD
DOUBLE
WORD
DOUBLE
LETTER
TRIPLE
LETTER
DOUBLE
LETTER
DOUBLE
LETTER
11
L
DOUBLE
LETTER
DOUBLE
LETTER
DOUBLE
LETTER
10
M
Ki
MEL
g E ED
A L
g
A ZE B US
V i B
i T YWiS
O
V A US
L
N
T
JO
EN
W
DOUBLE
LETTER
DOUBLE
LETTER
DOUBLE
WORD
DOUBLE
LETTER
TRIPLE
WORD
DOUBLE
LETTER
TRIPLE
LETTER
DOUBLE
LETTER
DOUBLE
WORD
TRIPLE
WORD
TRIPLE
LETTER
12
DOUBLE
WORD
DOUBLE
LETTER
DOUBLE
WORD
TRIPLE
WORD
D
E
i
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O
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Y
DOUBLE
WORD
DOUBLE
LETTER
TRIPLE
WORD
Think about the play you might make in

this situation. Its a tough one. If you try to
play off a small number of tiles in hopes of
playing a bingo next turn, well, it isnt very
likely your bingo would fit the board (an
ING ending bingo could work, but given
you dont currently have an S there arent
many other options). Nigel cleverly played
OE at N11, scoring 14 points (also forming
TO and JOE). This created a big hot spot for
his Y (he knew he could at least play YIRD/
JOEY next turn), and he indeed cashed in
that spot for 54 points. Part of the brilliance
of the play was that David would have had
only a smallish chance of using that spot,
and if he did, it likely would not have been
for many points.
Other players would have exulted, but
Nigels demeanor over the board never
changes. No tells, no sighs of frustration,
no taking his foot off the pedal when he
has a 200-point lead in a game. This is a big
deal; many good players can be shaken off
their game when some bad luck hits them,
and a little misfortune spins into a multigame losing streak. Nigel also spots words
like DECAGONAL, HIERODULE, and
CHLORODYNE as quickly as Id spot
common shorter plays.
Nigel has won the National Scrabble
Championship five times, including four in
a row from 2010 to 2013. No one else has
won more than three times. He hasnt yet
signed up for the upcoming Nationals
(August 2016 in Fort Wayne, IN), but if he
does, hed probably be at least 50 percent
likely to win. Id ask him if he plans to
attend, but I have no clue how to reach him.
Even if I did miraculously locate an email
address, Im quite sure he wouldnt reply. Q
BY SCOTT APPEL
OH,
Q!
About 10 years ago, the word QI was added to the TWL dictionary, making the Q much less of a burden. Now, players can often
at least dump the Q somewhere on the board to spell QI for 11 points (or many more), when they might have had to trade tiles
in the past.
A short list of uncommon and useful-to-know Q words, with definitions:
QI (n, plural QIS): the bodys life force, in Asian medicine
QAT (n, QATS): an evergreen shrub
SUQ (n, SUQS): a marketplace
QUA (adv): in the capacity of
CINQ (n, CINQS): CINQUE (the five on dice)
QAID (n, QAIDS): CAID (master or leader)
QADI (n, QADIS): a judge ruling by Islamic law
QUAI (n, QUAIS): QUAY (a path beside a waterway)
QUAG (n, QUAGS): a quagmire
QUEY (n, QUEYS): a young cow
QUIN (n, QUINS): QUINT (a quintuplet)
QUOD (n, QUODS): a prison
TRANQ (n, TRANQS): a tranquilizer
QUICK
QUERIES
Find exactly one common word using all of the letters in each rack.
Example: AEKQRU QUAKER
ANSWERS, PAGE 76
1. ACIQTU
2. CEHNQU
3. IKQRUY
4. EINQTTU
5. BEILOQU
6. AEOQRTU
7. CENOQSTU
8. EEFNQRTU
9. AEGIMQRU
10. ADEIILQTU
UNIQUE!
On the board given here, Leah is shocked to notice that she can score 45 or more points with her tiles 10 different ways, each
using the Q. All words are either common or are listed above in Oh, Q! (Note: http://crosstables.com/download/CHEAT_
HOME_2014.pdfhas the list of the acceptable two-letter words, which may be helpful.)
ANSWERS, PAGE 76
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Scott Appel has been playing tournament Scrabble for nearly 20 years. Hell be at several tournaments this year, including
the North American Scrabble Championship (in Fort Wayne, Indiana, starting on August 6). See www.cross-tables.com
for more info regarding all upcoming tournaments.
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CONTEST
ROUND TRIP
By R. Wayne Schmittberger
he first part of this challenge is to find a path through

the grid that begins at the 1, travels along the grid lines
from circle to circle, passes through the 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and
7 in numerical order, and ends at the 8. Your path may not pass
through any circle more than once.
Make a list of the letters in the circles that you pass through,
in order. Add to the end of your list any letter(s) in the grid
that your path did not visit. You will now have a string of 24
letters. The second part of this challenge is to break this string
into four parts in such a way that the letters in each part can
be rearranged to make a proper name. The four names form
a related group and are the answer to this contest.
To enter, send the four names (in any order), along with your
name and address, to: Round Trip Contest, GAMES WORLD OF
PUZZLES, P.O. Box 184, Fort Washington, PA 19034. Entries must
be received by September 30, 2016. You may enter as many
times as you like, but each entry must be mailed separately.
The winner will be chosen by random draw from among the
correct entriesor, if necessary, from among the entries with
the most correct answers.
First Prize $100

5 Runner-Up Prizes:
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STILL ROLE-PLAYING
FROM FEBRUARY
ebruarys edition of our ever-popular Role-Playing

contest presented solvers with a diagram where each
circle represented an actor (male or female) and each
rectangle represented a film released in 1990 or later.
Lines connected films with actors who appear in themnot
necessarily in a leading role. Each film was connected to at
least two actors, and each actor was connected to at least two
films. The numbers in each circle indicated how many letters
are in the first and last names of the actor, while the numbers
in each rectangle indicated the number of letters of each word
of the films title, in order.
The diagram included five question marks, representing
either actors or titles for which no information was given. The
object of the contest was to identify the three actors and two
film titles represented by the question marks.
The completed diagram is shown below, with the contest

answers highlighted in yellow. The three actors are Aaron
Taylor-Johnson, Alicia Vikander, and Jason Clarke. The films
are The Man From U.N.C.L.E. and Star Wars: The Force
Awakens (or Star Wars: Episode VIIThe Force Awakens;
either was acceptable).
We received 482 entries, most of which gave all five correct
answers. Congratulations to the winner of the $100 first
prize, Regina Cassidy of Staten Island, NY. Runner-up prizes
of a years subscription to GAMES WORLD OF PUZZLES (or an
additional year for current subscribers) go to: Helen Chao,
New York, NY; John Cunningham, Brooklyn, NY; Gerald Iseda,
Fairfield, CT; Susan Liebeskind, Atlanta, GA; and Martin Puller,
Benbrook, TX. Q
AVENGERS:
AGE OF
ULTRON
PATRIOT
GAMES
AARON
TAYLORJOHNSON
ELIZABETH
OLSEN
GODZILLA
JAMES
EARL
JONES
HARRISON
FORD
ANNA
KARENINA
DOMHNALL
GLEESON
STAR WARS:
THE FORCE
AWAKENS
ALICIA
VIKANDER
EX
MACHINA
OSCAR
ISAAC
THE MAN
FROM
U.N.C.L.E
CLEAR AND
PRESENT
DANGER
INSIDE
LLEWYN
DAVIS
ELIZABETH
DEBICKI
THE
GREAT
GATSBY
CAREY
MULLIGAN
JASON
CLARKE
ZERO
DARK
THIRTY
LAWLESS
JESSICA
CHASTAIN
45
ELECTRONIC GAMEVIEWS
CARD/RPG
THE PATHFINDER
ADVENTURE CARD GAME
OBSIDIAN
IPAD/ANDROID: FREE
AGE RANGE: 9+
PLAY TIME: UNLIMITED
-----------------------------------------------------------------------he Pathfinder roleplaying system was
born when hardcore
Dungeons & Dragons fans
rejected the 4.0 rule revisions and sought to keep the
more complex Dungeons &
Dragons 3.5 rules alive with
new content. The series soon
eclipsed D&D and spun off a
line of novels, comics, miniatures, and The Pathfinder
Adventure Card Game, which
just made the jump to iPad.
As you might expect from
a trading card game designed to recreate the experience of a complex RPG
without a dungeon master,
PAC is dense. Gamers familiar
with role-playing conventions will settle in easier than
BY THOMAS L. MCDONALD
PUZZLE
THE WITNESS
THEKLA INC.
PC/PS4: $40, MOBILE: TBA
AGE RANGE: EVERYONE
PLAY TIME: 20+ HOURS
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------onathan Blow broke
the mold for platform
gaming with his Braid,
one of the watersheds of
indie gaming. Braid did
something fresh with a
familiar genre, and Blow
does it again with his highly anticipated follow-up,
The Witness. The Witness
breaks down the first-person
puzzle/exploration game to
create an experience that is
simultaneously enchanting
and frustrating.
In The Witness, all conventions of pacing, narrative,
and interactivity are gone.
You enter a mysterious, colorful island through a tunnel, and the rest is up to you.
Explore, solve maze puzzles,
listen to audio clips of phi-
novices, who face a steep

learning curve.
At the most basic level,
PAC uses cards to create
locations, characters, items,
enemies, and powers in order to generate a series of
cooperative encounters for
a player or party. Gamers
choose a hero with familiar
stats like strength and wisdom, as well as special powers. Each player builds a deck
that will provide bonuses
during encounters. Thus,
when encountering a monster, a character can deploy a

flaming sword or holy water
to add a bonus to the combat
resolution.
The game unfolds across
several locations, each with a
deck full of banes (bad stuff)
and boons (good stuff). The
goal is to defeat the main
villains henchman at each
location, and then close that
location to corner and ultimately destroy the Big Bad.
A location card may reveal
Good choice for fans of: Dungeons & Dragons
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losophers, or just wander

around enjoying the beautiful scenery, but dont expect
to follow the game from beginning to end. It is designed
not to reward or punish
actions, but to explore ideas
about epiphany and epistemology. How do we know
things? How do we feel
when seemingly insignificant
details provide solutions to
thorny problems?
This is all accomplished
with hundreds upon hundreds of maze puzzles with
shifting rules and complex

interconnections. You first
encounter the mazes on
small screens and solve them
with the simplest actions.
Get the widget from point
A to point B, and you power
up another puzzle, unlock
something, or alter the island in some way you might
not even discover for hours.
These mazes get progressively more complex, and
some encountered in early
levels require knowledge
that is only acquired much
Good choice for fans of: Myst
something useful that can be

added to your deck, or something to fight or evade. Success or failure is determined
by rolling various multi-sided
dice. Additional cards can be
played to add dice or stats to
increase the odds of winning.
Mechanics seem needlessly
complex in places, with cards
that can be played, discarded,
recharged for later use, banished, and destroyed, but the
app makes all possible actions
clear at any given moment.
Once you settle into the
unique rhythms of the game,
its quite enjoyable, and does
a good job of capturing the
pleasures of role-playing in
a card format. The game
originally shipped as a free
game without multiplayer
and with a broken store,
but thats gradually being
rectified; once fixed, both of
these features will help give
PAC a long life. Q
OVERALL RATING
later. The world consists

of multiple environments,
ranging from autumn hills
to snowy mountains, all
hiding mysteries. The island
itself is a mechanism; its true
nature only unfolds in time.
Along the way, you can pick
up audio logs and video clips
in which philosophers, scientists, and artists address the
nature of knowing.
The experience of exploration does not follow a linear path to a fixed ending,
but rather is the entire point
of the game. Some of it is
frustratingly impenetrable
and difficult, and it seems
almost deliberately off-putting at times, challenging
players to think differently
about the problems and
puzzles they encounter. The
result is a game that pushes
you to think not just about
solving problems, but about
thinking itself. Q
OVERALL RATING
TRADITIONAL GAMEVIEWS
BY THOMAS L. MCDONALD
PARTY
ESCAPE THE ROOM: MYSTERY
AT THE STARGAZERS MANOR
PUBLISHER: THINKFUN
PRICE: $22
AGES: 10+
PLAYERS: 38
PLAY TIME: 12 HOURS
-----------------------------------------------------------------------scape rooms have
been growing in popularity over the last
decade. Beginning as computer games in which clues
are deciphered in order to
escape a locked room, they
made the leap to locationbased party games with
businesses like AdventureRooms offering lockedroom experiences for small
parties of people. Confined
in a room with a set of clues
and objects, people must
work together to find the
hidden exit in less than an
hour. Theyve become popular attractions in cities from
New York to Singapore.
With their Escape the
Room series, ThinkFun is
packaging that experience
TILE-LAYING
MYSTERY!
MOTIVE FOR MURDER
PUBLISHER: MAYFAIR
PRICE: $35
AGES: 10+
PLAYERS: 15
PLAY TIME: 3090 MINUTES
-----------------------------------------------------------------------nce you get past the
disappointment of
realizing that Mystery! is not really a mystery
game of deductions and
solutions, its quite a lot
of fun. Despite the games
connection to the longrunning PBS series Mystery
and the grimly whimsical
art of the late, great artist
and author Edward Gorey, this is not Consulting
Detective or even Clue.
Instead, it challenges players to build relationships
among an eccentric cast of
suspects and victims sprung
from the pages of a Gorey
for home use. Mystery at

the Stargazers Manor is
the first set, and it provides
everything you need for
an out-of-the-box escape
room experienceexcept
the locked room.
The game can accommodate three to eight players
and works best around the
table. The scene is set in
the 19th century, with the
host taking on the role of
a caretaker for a peculiar
astronomer who has locked
himself away in a creepy
mansion full of odd con-
traptions. Action unfolds as

players unlock a series of
richly decorated envelopes
representing different locations in the main room
of the mansion, such as a
bookcase, telescope, and
dressing table.
Each new envelope is
opened by solving puzzles.
A player aligns a series of
symbols on a code wheel,
and if two symbols match
up, the solution is correct
and the next envelope may
be opened. These envelopes
include scene cards that
Good choice for fans of: Escape games
book until one is revealed

as the guilty party.
Mystery! comes with a
lot of bits in the box and
a fairly confusing set of
instructions. The intent
was to create five different versions of the game,
ranging in difficulty from
simple to complex. There
is even a solitaire mode. In
practice, this means that
there is one real game with
the full rules and a series
of less satisfying, simpler
versions designed to ease
players into the concepts
of the game.
These concepts arent so
difficult that they require
this elaborate approach.
Players are dealt three tiles
each from a set of 22 characters such as Lord Ivan,
the hot-tempered Cossack
or Madame Delphine, in-
timidating housekeeper.
One character tile is placed
on the table and marked
as The Body. Players take
turns laying character tiles
around the body, with
arrows designating their
relationship to the victim
as either love or hate.
These relationships are
the heart of the game.
Each has a point value that
goes toward calculating
motive. Extra cards and
tiles allow these motive
values to be manipulated.
For example, if someones
suspect has a weak motive,
he can boost it by playing
a psychopath token to
add 4 points. If another
player wants to reduce a
suspects motive, she can
play an alibi token to
deduct 4 points. Points
are calculated in three
Good choice for fans of: Mr. Jack
describe the action and

advance the narrative, as
well as pieces for solving
various logic puzzles. There
are pipe and wedge puzzles,
a mechanical device, and
others, all made of sturdy
cardboard pieces.
The mechanics and the
puzzles are uniformly excellent, and should be solvable by a clever group in
about 60 to 90 minutes. The
game stumbles, however,
with its narrative, which
is somewhat muddled and
uninspiring. It would have
benefited from a better
plot, and from incorporating elements of mystery
and deduction rather than
relying on pure logic puzzles. Our test group had
fun with it, however, and
its a unique experience
that would provide an
entertaining centerpiece
for a party. After one use,
it can be reset for replay
by a different group. Q
OVERALL RATING
rounds of play per case

and three cases per game,
with points awarded for
playing guilty suspects.
Although Mystery! isnt
a game of clues and solutions, it has a fun mix of
elements and the art provides a lot of atmosphere
and visual appeal. Q
OVERALL RATING
B
47
GAME ON!
BY RAYMOND SIMON
If You Build It
Smorgasbord, Stieg Larssons Millennium Trilogy, and some of the finest
metal bands, including Meshuggah and
Opeth, are three gifts that Sweden has
bequeathed to the world.
To this distinguished list, we must
add Paul Sydby, a young Swede who
last March masterminded the largest
game of Carcassonne at GothCon, an
annual gaming convention in Sweden.
Sydby, together with his sister Marie
and their friend, Robert Wagman, laid
an amazing 10,007 tiles, almost doubling the previous record. The game
included one road so long it earned
Paul 35 points. All three collaborated
on a sprawling mega-city, eventually
splitting a whopping 855 points.
Sydby couldnt have accomplished
this amazing feat without his collabora-
tors, but as a series of posts on www.

carcassonnecentral.com make clear,
it was his vision. Like all great men,
he persisted in the face of doubt. All
my closest friends and other relatives
wouldnt even consider the idea of
helping me out when I needed them
the most, he wrote at one point.

Those who are curious can see
glimpses of the game on YouTube. The
completed board is certainly impressive;
we suspect itll be a long time before
anyone tops Sydbys gargantuan feat
of tile-laying prowess! Q
Pop Quiz!
Slug It Out for Science
September signals the return of classrooms, homework, and report cards!

Shake off the summer torpor by demonstrating your knowledge of Hollywood
movies set at those ivy-covered dens of
iniquity known as college. Try to get em
all right, otherwise youll upset Professor Terguson (from our favorite movie
about higher ed, Back to School).
If your memories of high school

chemistry are fuzzy or you took rocks
for jocks, a.k.a. geology, in college, then
you might enjoy Science Kombat.
This kooky video game, which is free
online, was ostensibly designed to teach
players something about science. What that
is, we cant determine. We can say that you
get to choose from one of eight scientific
giants, including Albert Einstein, Charles
Darwin, and Stephen Hawking, and then
let them wallop the bejeezus out of
one another.
Pixelated graphics and a synth
soundtrack give Science Kombat a
groovy retro feel, and the games
mechanics are simple to grasp. An
amusing feature is the way each scientists special attack relates to their
scientific contribution: Isaac Newton,
for example, shoots a ray of light from
a prism and Pythagoras always jumps in
the shape of a triangle.
Science Kombat is the latest newsgame created by the Brazilian magazine
Superinteressante. Its earlier efforts
include Strip Quiz, an attempt to teach
youngsters sex ed.
Wed like to suggest an expansion adding William Bloody Bill Harvey, and Kurt
Gdel, because we have no idea what
his incompleteness theorem is but it
sounds cool.
Wanna go toe-to-toe with the
biggest brains? Step into the ring:
www.super.abril.com.br/
jogo-science-kombat. Q
1. Elle Woods, sorority president and

student of fashion design in 2001s
Legally Blonde, grew up across the
street from what Hollywood mover
and shaker?
a. Chuck Lorre
b. Ron Jeremy
c. Aaron Spelling
d. George Lucas
2. In the Marx Brothers 1932 movie
Horse Feathers, Connie Bailey is described as a college _____:
a. slut
b. co-ed
c. dropout
d. widow
3. What is the name of Van Wilders dog
in the eponymous 2002 comedy?
a. Dirty Dawg
b. Colossus
c. Rover
d. Tiny
4. On the road trip to Emily Dickinson
College in 1978s Animal House, Delta
Tau Chi ladies man Eric Otter Stratton
pretends to be the bereaved fianc of a
co-ed who died how?
a. of a freak injury in a field hockey game
b. during a panty raid gone wrong
c. of boredom in a consciousness
raising group
d. in a kiln explosion
ANSWERS: 1.c 2.d 3.b 4.d
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HEX PATHFINDER
BY GRANT FIKES
In this puzzle, each answer starts in the correspondingly numbered hexagon and winds through the grid, starting in the
indicated direction. When the puzzle is solved correctly, every letter will be used in exactly two entries. ANSWER, PAGE 76
10
12
11
13
14
18
19
15
16
17
21
20
22
25
26
23
24
27
28
29
30
31
32
1SW
2SE
3NE
4NE
5NW
6E
7NE
8SW
9SE
10W
11NW
11NW
12NW
13SW
14W
14SE
15W
16SW
French engineer Gustave (6)

Idaho, for one (5)
More aged (5)
Esteem (6)
Spanish celebration of a saints day (6)
Make coffee, for example (4)
Colorfully named seafood restaurant chain (3,7)
Vague notion (7)
Avoid, as a duty (5)
Cosmetic surgery on the nose (11)
Certain noble (5)
Concentrated attack (7)
Cutting implement in the kitchen (5)
Maid of ___ (5)
Wily (6)
Gyrate (4)
Titular royal of a Shakespeare tragedy (4,4)
Getting less green, as bananas (8)
17SE
18SW
19SE
20NW
21SE
22NW
23SE
24NE
25NW
26NE
27W
28E
29SE
30NW
31NW
32W
33W
33
Aplenty (3,3,5)
Our solar systems ninth planet, formerly (5)
The Pontiac GTO was one (6,3)
A moon of Uranus (6)
You might do this on the dotted line (4)
Baseball official (6)
Prop for the Grim Reaper (6)
Word before footprint or copy (6)
Galilees land (6)
Disparaging nickname (7)
Pesto, for example (5)
More than just hearing-impaired (4,2,1,4)
2016 movie that introduced Judy Hopps
and Nick Wilde (8)
Man! I Feel Like a Woman singer Shania (5)
Paul, for one (7)
Apple product introduced in 2007 (4,5)
A thief might try to crack it (4)
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SNAKE SUDOKU
BY RAYMOND YOUNG
To solve these four sudoku puzzles, which use letters rather than numbers, fill in the empty squares using the letters above the
grid. Every letter should appear once in each row, column, and 33 box. However, you may notice that no letters are given in
any of the grids. To help you solve, youll have to place the words and phrases listed below each grid onto the snaky pink paths
using sudoku logic.
For example, in the first puzzle, CHUNNEL is the only seven-letter word, so it goes on the only seven-letter snake path. You
can see that the initial C cannot be placed to begin the word in row 6, column 3; if it were, the two Ns would be in the same
3x3 box, which breaks a sudoku rule. The puzzles start out easy and get progressively harder.
ANSWER, PAGE 76
LUNCHTIME
TEACHINGS
ELICIT
LICHEN
AITCH
ENHANCE
HECTIC
CHUNNEL
EIGHT
HANG TEN
HELMET
MINUTEMEN
GNATS
NIC CAGE
SHARP MIND
50
STING
TOP GRADES
ADDS
SHIP
PINDAR
ASPS
DEPP
PASS
ROOT
PRIM
SPIN
SHAMAN
DADE
EGGO
POPS
TART
RASP
MARSHA
SHRIMP
DEER
GREG
PROD
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
youre done, read down the list of answers; their initial letters will spell the authors name and the source of the quotation.
2V
3T
4H
5A
6S
23 Q
24 F
25 L
26 N
27 R
28 M
44 T
45 V
46 B
47 S
48 M
49 E
50 F
51 N
52 U
66 N
67 H
68 L
69 I
70 R
71 H
72 R
89 K
90 M
91 N
92 R
93 I
110 L
111 K
112 D
113 M
114 H
115 S
116 V
130 V
131 J
132 N
133 R
134 J
135 O
136 P
151 S
152 H
153 M
154 I
155 G
156 V
157 N
172 F
173 V
174 B
175 R
176 T
177 F
195 M
196 C
197 I
198 H
86 I
87 N
107 R
108 H
128 A
129 U
148 I
149 T
150 V
169 G
170 O
171 E
189 M
190 K
191 T
88 Q
109 C
192 Q
193 T
7P
194 R
8Q
9E
10 H
29 N
30 B
11T
12 O
32 O
33 T
34 Q
53 B
54 Q
55 M
56 H
73 F
74 G
75 M
76 C
77 R
94 I
95 V
96 N
97 Q
31 E
137 L
17 W
18 M
35 J
36 K
37 V
38 G
39 F
40 H
57 D
58 M
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basilica: 2 wds.
D. Pioneer of the
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Sky Conference
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protagonist
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E. Jackies White
House successor:
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personal quality
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created in 1929
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2 wds.
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Hammersteins
first musical
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spinoff of 2015
I. Great
20th-century
operatic tenor:
2 wds.
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H. Online news
aggregator,
with The:
2 wds.
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Island in a palindrome
Long draft
Sailors worry
___ boy!
Gentlemen Prefer
Blondes author
Michener title
Approximately
Lucys best friend
Opening
Sweeper?
Pay attention!
Allied by nature
Eat with relish
Agrippinas son
Cotton twill
Read through
Fell off
Wood, for one
Dicks downfall
Danish philosopher
Kierkegaard
Balkan capital
Derek and Jackson
Up to
Developing nations
Proscenium, to an actor
Tee follower?
Weeds, perhaps
Bucket of bolts
Left ventricles outlet
Mah-jongg tile
Walks out
Hit-___ (careless)
Table scraps
Garden cover
Rotunda topper
Throat thingies
Michelangelo masterpiece
Drooping mustache type
The Worthies, for example
Cultivates
Strand of smoke
___ in elephant
Superfluous person
Intuition
Oldss middle name
Winos comment
Snazzy eyewear
Desert Storm participant
News story starts
Qtys.
Explodes
It may end up in a tie
Like the Witness witness
Present-day Persia
Snellen chart purpose
Confound it!
___ fits all
Rest time
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Hoosegows
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Carry on, as a battle
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Advance
Violinists need
Heretofore
PC key
Grocery
___ of beauty is...
By comparison with
Caterpillar creation
Ray of movies
Bergens Mortimer
Mystery writing award
Famous last words?
Least disagreeable
Hot spot for a pot
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Roger Rabbit and friends
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Solemn promise
I wouldnt ___ fly
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Factions
Ready for a roomer
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Does light housekeeping
Hungry
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Not up to the task
Game token
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Pump measurement
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Masters winner
Racket sport
Net
Sword of Damocles
suspender
Acid-alcohol reaction
results
Mortgages
Anwar et al.
Writers Harte and
Easton Ellis
Yucatn natives
A Flea ___ Ear
(Feydeau farce)
Old Tiger in your
tank company
Himalayan beast
Fiendish
Admire, maybe
Germinal novelist
Royal school
Anonymous John
Fury
Rams maam
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BY SCOTT MARLEY
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. Whats the catch? Each clue number is followed by two different clues to two different
answers. The puzzle is to figure out which answer goes with which grid. 1-Across has been filled in for you. ANSWERS, PAGE 77
ACROSS
1 One Peanuts
character...: Hyph.
...and another
7 Mitten parts
Quarrel pettily
13 Refer (to)
Bette Davis Eyes
singer Kim
14 Beethovens Third,
familiarly
Minor, as a sin
15 Candidate lists
Spur on
16 Decorous
West Bank city
near Jerusalem
17 Husky-voiced
Iran-___ Affair
19 Clamping tool
Lightning unit
20 Astronaut Shepard
Not likely!:
2 wds.
22 Changes gradually
Indy speed-setter:
2 wds.
24 1980s-90s single-panel
comic...: 3 wds.
...and its creator:
2 wds.
27 Sea, to Cousteau
Strange
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Lake near Reno
29 ___ tai
Eyebrow curve
32 Comic strip since 1964,
with The...: 3 wds.
...and its cocreator: 2 wds.
34 Sir Walter Scotts title
High nest locale
37 Fleecy boots
Toy dogs barks
38 Jai ___
Cookout grub
39 Cookout condiment
Answered an evite, e.g.
42 The Day the Earth Stood
Still actor Michael
Like the acid
in vinegar
44 Trojan War hero
Involve necessarily
47 Rocker Ted
Sweeney Todd Tony
winner Len
48 To-do list
Sance state
49 More than mono
Very focused
50 Now-divided English
county
2013 World Series
winners: 2 wds.
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Chem. or biol.
2 Indian bread
Laid up
3 Iceberg source
Grove
4 Like a bialy
Defer: 2 wds.
5 Anti-leather gp.
Utopia in Genesis
6 Raven haven
Belgian river
7 Premiere-to-finale
period: 2 wds.
Personal conduct
8 Laugh syllable
Deep anger
9 Pave with rounded stones
Not uniform
10 Big name in Russian ballet
Copy closely
11 French place of learning
Very light wood
12 Vents vocally
More crafty
18 All-out runs
Mold anew
20 It spits out bills
In history
21 Young man
That ship
23 Old French president Ren
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On the job: 2 wds.
26 Blade-tapered hairstyle:
2 wds.
Obey, as a rule: 2 wds.
29 Crocheted blankets
Damsels
30 Dada artist Jean
Truck stop sight
31 Spinners in PCs
Part of FWIW
32 Terrier type, for short
Person enrolling
33 Expelled
Striped scavengers
34 Cowshed sites
Bingham of Baywatch
35 Puerto ___
Native Alaskan
36 Extent
Film critic Roger
40 Big name in jets
Very big bowls
41 Picnic playwright William
Cuzcos country
43 Suffix with opal
Tiny charged bit
45 Court oath: 2 wds.
Air Force VIP
46 Remiss
Census form info
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EDGE
TO
EDGE
BY R. WAYNE SCHMITTBERGER
In each puzzle, switch the positions of two tilesrotating them if

desiredto create a red path that runs off both the left and right edges
of the grid. Paths may connect through the corners of adjacent tiles.
ANSWERS, PAGE 77
EXAMPLE:
The switched
tiles are shaded.
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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. Heres how its 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.
Heres a starting hint: When theres 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 following 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.
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CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 1
BY EMILY COX AND HENRY RATHVON
Each clue in a cryptic crossword has two parts: a definition of the answer and an indication of the answers literal makeup via
wordplay. Either half may come first; finding the dividing point between the two parts is the key to solving. On page 61, eight
common methods by which hints are given via wordplay are described; any combination of these gimmicks may be used.
Expect to see references to abbreviations (doctor for DR, Hawaii for HI, or university for U), chemical symbols (iron for Fe),
Roman numerals (five for V), and parts of words (end of year for R, head of cabbage for C, or heart of stone for O). A clue
with an exclamation point may be whats called an & lit. clue, in which the two halves overlap, so the whole clue is both a
definition and a cryptic indication of the answer, as in Terribly angered! for ENRAGED (see anagrams on page 61). Give
these puzzles a try!
ANSWERS, PAGE 78
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ACROSS
1 Hate to deprive of a
quiz? (6)
4 Krazy Glues bad for
oversleeper (8)
9 Angels and Chicago
ballplayers embracing
her (7)
11 Extra payments for us taken
by Enterprise doctor (7)
12 Pitching, fan a hitter with

lack of courage? (5,5)
13 Insomniac keeps old
science magazine (4)
15 Overheard lodgers
gossip (5)
16 Little guys acquiring
coins elements (9)
17 Spider is natural at
weaving (9)
21 Celebrate and dance

about victory (5)
23 Actor Griffith is also
Mayberrys ultimate
character (4)
24 Foreign shores seen
with sound
judgment (5,5)
27 Inside Datsun, amiably
wave (7)
28 Wild West lawman to

carry a noise-deadening
device (7)
29 Basil shot the baron (8)
30 Humphreys swamp
pictures (6)
DOWN
1 Looked up for some
coffee (5)
2 Movie starring Tom Cruise
in tree surrounded by
those guys (3,4)
3 Having trouble
enunciating, say, in con
game (10)
5 Boy holding drill worked
hard (7)
6 Lifted tight-fitting
arms (4)
7 Batsmen clobbered
member of the wedding
party (4,3)
8 Rejection of Dianas
Catholic prayer book (9)
10 Stick in the middle of
passion fruit (5)
14 Put another way, Im
opera sir! (10)
15 Garbage truck driver
lifted a surgical
instrument (9)
18 Earthwork question
again? (7)
19 Believer in a perfect
society cast pain out (7)
20 Row for a bit of land
at sea (5)
22 Country house stocks an
ice cream flavor (7)
25 Octet had dinner, by the
sound of it (5)
26 Cry out loud for a
Swedish car (4)
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.
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CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 2
BY HARVEY ESTES
inside PANTS, so it might be clued as Hospital residents
make knots in trousers.
Hidden answers: The answer may appear intact,
albeit camouflaged, in the clue. Example: Myopic
colonel clutches flute for PICCOLO (myopic colonel).
Homophones: A word that sounds like the answer
indicated by use of a giveaway phrase such as We
hear or as they say. Example: Counted frozen
chicken out loud for NUMBERED (numb bird).
Reversals: A synonym for backward or overturn
in a clue may indicate a reversal, as in Returned beer
fit for a king (LAGER reversed) for REGAL.
Double definitions: This type of clue has no
wordplay half; instead, it has two definition halves.
Example: Scooter was blue for MOPED. ANSWERS, PAGE 78
Anagrams: The answer appears in anagrammed

form, preceded or followed by a word or phrase that
suggests the mixing, as in Changing times for ITEMS.
Deletions: Deletions come in three varieties:
beheadments, curtailments, and internal deletions.
The clue always contains a word or phrase indicating
the deletion. Examples: Uncovered bent charm for
ENCHANT, a beheadment of PENCHANT; Fiery bird
without a tail for FLAMING, a curtailment of FLAMINGO;
and Heartless miserly bloke for CHAP, an internal
deletion of CHEAP.
Charades: The answer is broken into smaller words
that are clued individually, as in Auto animal for
CARPET.
Containers: A word such as PATIENTS contains TIE
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ACROSS
1 Evenly arranges
newspapers (4)
3 Arrest holy man and
another holy man
feeling under the
weather (10)
10 Jargon at a choral
composition (7)
11 No dogma confused
actor John (7)
12 Bite winner (5)
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hint of things to
come (9)
14 Lacking harmony,
occupies boat on a
lake (6)
16 Clamor following a
boythe one called on
the carpet? (7)
19 Is allowed to test for
language skills of a city
official (7)
21 Billboard blocks
cartoonist Charles (6)
23 Tardiness is silly for
singing star (9)
25 Company got together
with space traveler (5)
26 Nonunion escorts
embracing absurd
playwright (7)
27 Bring forward nonsense
swallowed by
tipster (4,3)
28 Travel in Africa, putting

great distance between
thugs and yours
truly (2,2,6)
29 Witnesses arrest,
reportedly (4)
DOWN
1 Highly decorated ring
topped with bit of
rhinestone by Chanel (6)
2 Cowboy singer and
landed folks consuming
water from France (4,5)
4 Sad time, with outpouring
of gossip (7)
5 Raised melody, for
example, in African
nation (7)
6 Had Norths novel in
secretarys writings (9)
7 Strange bias: having
1000 feet in meter? (5)
8 Louisiana seabirds taking
in northern lights (8)
9 Auto passing nag (4)
15 Russians swarming
around head of
Communists, a selfcentered fellow (9)
17 Actress boosted silent
performer in bizarre
rodeo (4,5)
18 Sing about Aldas series
thats wonderful (8)
20 First batter for loaf
fed lunatic (7)
21 Examiner in German car
by craggy hill (7)
22 Announces a tests
screwed up (6)
24 Following the leader, fetch
band for drummer (5)
25 Bully has right to
boast (4)
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MEDIATION
BY TODD MCCLARY
If you consider yourself a good negotiator, you should have no trouble making peace with this puzzle. There are nine
squares in this grid where you will find the intersecting entries in conflict. When deciding what to put in these squares,
you would do well to reject the letters demanded by both the Across and Down entries, and instead help the disputing
parties to reach a happy medium. If successful, the letters in these nine spaces, read from left to right and top to
bottom, will spell out your role in resolving the conflict.
ANSWERS, PAGE 79
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ACROSS
1 Display footwear donned by
fighting WACs (8)
7 Backed strike against a
Mexican region (4)
11 Furnishing margin of error? (6)
12 Icelandic coins collected by Akron
urbanites (6)
13 Offers money to acquire tropical
locales colorful fabrics (8)
15 Splitting tool is woodcutters
chief advantage (5)
16 Speed excavation around resort (8)
17 Put stress on fingerboard
feature (4)
21 Having lost wager about sporting
official (6)
23 Breaks down poem written in
unbounded verse (6)
26 Skipping the intro, Niven botched
part of a Caesar quote (4)
28 Taylor and Zadora initially featured
in Shakespeares Tempest during
the winter? (8)
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30 Delicious bit of truffle by a

pigpen (5)
33 Slash back aid by $1,000 on a
suggestion of lenders (8)
34 Set straight for interrupting
sleep cycle (6)
35 Ironed out cash (6)
36 Knock back pub drink with bit
of nectar and spirit (4)
37 Subatomic particles excited
portions (8)
DOWN
1 Flavorful blend as dip (5)
2 French like one medical TV series
this program is about a shrink (7)
3 Operator calling for oversight (8)
4 Smart questions from a reporter (4)
5 Spies for General Electric placed
among workers (6)
6 Ill-fated space stations concrete
base spread over Kentucky (6)
7 No derby horses around without
moisture (4-3)
8 Copied promo featuring gym (4)

9 Critic: Actor Law is getting
good (5)
10 Short bit of operatic singing and
dancing at a rite (7)
14 Acquired piece of chocolate fudge,
maybe (4,2)
15 Breathe uneasily announcing
French agreements (6)
18 Filmmaker Rob recruits undergrad
instructor for fee (8)
19 Mr. Ritter animated true
character (7)
20 Print up #1 current issue (7)
22 Part of limb is far more peculiar (7)
24 Tim, Lou moved during the
previous month (6)
25 Leaders of Jordan and Israel held
earliest of summits for holy wars (6)
27 Stand for an artist and shrewdly
sidestep going topless (5)
29 Criminal is lifelong prisoner? (5)
31 Stirs up fountain drink (4)
32 Type well (4)
TAKING DIRECTIONS
BY BOB STIGGER
Each grid entry starts in the square corresponding to its clue number. Twenty-seven answers are to be entered normally; you
must deduce whether to enter an answer Across or Down. Sixteen answers must be expanded by adding one letterR, L, U,
or Dto form a new word. The letter may be added at the beginning, at the end, or anywhere in between. Each addition forms
a common word (one word is hyphenated). The new word is to be entered in the direction indicated by the added letterRight,
Left, Up, or Down. For example, if the answer to clue 48 is GAZE, the grid entry conceivably could be GLAZE running to the
left, or GRAZE running to the right, or GAUZE running upward, or GAZED running downward. In any case, the entry would
begin in square 48.
Every added letter is checkedthat is, the added letter is part of a crossing entry. Enumerations are for the clue answers, not
necessarily for the grid entries. If bars were added to separate the entries in standard variety-cryptic fashion, the pattern of the
bars would have standard crossword symmetrythat is, the pattern would be the same if rotated 180 degrees.
ANSWERS, PAGE 79
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1 Bike parts, a little delicate, encased in rings (6)

1 Pacino, good for nothing, is nervously walking
back and forth (6)
2 Heartless Serbian is mixed up, in a sense (6)
3 Connect kiln after repairs (4)
4 Call the Center for Oceangoing Vessels (5)
5 Most important pencil component (4)
6 Vapor from tub containing a couple
of reactants (6)
6 Riverside Credit Union competitor (4)
7 Hail to Caesars Avenue (3)
8 McDonalds order-taker and Count Melville face off (10)
8 Trace lost shipping container (5)
9 Spin doctors disowning oil firms
bilge, essentially (5)
10 Vice rings behind California gambling
establishments (7)
11 Surrounded by a trio of monuments plated
with silver (5)
12 In high school, actor Robbins backed up
actor Will (5)
13 Reject $1,000 amount for perfume ingredient (4)
14 Verdi opera I had covered in two articles (4)
15 Organ numbers excellent (4)
16 Fearless patriotic society in Georgias capital (6)
17 Like high-cal foods? Better get fit, Ann (9)
18 Teresas traveling for spring holidays (7)
19 Belittled, Democrat changed sides (6)
20 Trimmed-back bushes forming a boundary or border (4)
20 Cracks allowing water to escape from artificial lakes (5)
21 Diced-leftovers dish contains a bit of ham (4)
22 Try to avoid answering, 60 Minutes journalist
Lesley said (5)
23 In marginal trouble, say, and lacking will? (9)
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Part of the head rabbis edifice (6)

Make Beloveds objective to make money, mostly (6)
Shortstop claims ball club is angry (6)
Edison strikes out on taking time for
minor revisions (5)
Dash across the land (4)
Dilapidated hut finally collapsed with a dull,
heavy sound (4)
Jeer film after the premiere (4)
Energy interruption upset Congressional
errand-runner (4)
Somewhat presumptuous baseball official (3)
Pen pals developed a beverage brand (7)
Exposed, due to playing around (5)
Change the color of the front of that vase (4)
Laugh out loud! A Kinks song about a female
impersonator (4)
Grinch sat silently facing West, guarding
secret hoard (5)
Bud, for one, carries extended play personal
electronic device (6)
Arctic bears start to paw tree (6)
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BEGUILERS
Each of these puzzles is based on one of the five Platonic solidsregular polyhedra whose faces are all identical regular
polygons.
ANSWERS, PAGE 80
TETRAHEDRON (4 triangular faces)

Each of a tetrahedrons four faces is painted with a small triangle near one of its three
corners. The triangles on all four faces are different colors, as shown:
Here are three different

views of the tetrahedron:
Which one of the following is a view of the same tetrahedron?
CUBE (6 square faces)

Here are three different views of the same cube, which has a different symbol on each
facea red, gray, or white dot or square. One of the symbols has been replaced by a
question mark. Which symbol must it represent?
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BY R. WAYNE SCHMITTBERGER
OCTAHEDRON (8 triangular faces)

An octahedrons eight faces are painted with eight different designs, each
consisting of one or three triangles in four different colors, as shown:
Here are three views of the

octahedron. (Two, three,
or four faces can be seen
at once, depending on the
observers viewpoint.
Which one of the following is a view of the same octahedron?
DODECAHEDRON
(12 pentagonal faces)
These two figures represent the top and
bottom halves of a dodecahedron, which
can be assembled by cutting them out,
folding them, and taping them together.
The halves may or may not be rotated
before being attached to one another.
From certain viewpoints, only four

sides of a dodecahedron can be
seen. Which one of these views can
be created from the two figures?
ICOSAHEDRON
(20 triangular faces)
If you mentally cut out this
snake, fold it along the lines,
and make it into an icosahedron,
which two numbers (besides 13)
will end up next to the 12, and
which two numbers (besides 15)
will end up next to the 17?
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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 are all single words or names. If you need
help getting started, a list of the four categories appears on page 72.
ANSWERS, PAGE 80
FAMILY ONE
Category:
FAMILY TWO
_______________________
Category:
_______________________
1. BLEAK
_______________________
1. WINK
_______________________
2. POUCH
_______________________
2. FUGAL
_______________________
3. WRIST
_______________________
3. PECANS
_______________________
4. BUNDLE
_______________________
4. ABETTAL
_______________________
5. DARKEN
_______________________
5. LOWLIFE
_______________________
6. REVISE
_______________________
6. SCORNED
_______________________
7. RUMMIES
_______________________
7. BEDSTRAW
_______________________
8. BECOMING
_______________________
8. CHORALES
_______________________
9. REAPPEAR
_______________________
9. TERRAPIN
_______________________
10. USERNAME
_______________________
10. CLARIONET
_______________________
FAMILY THREE
Category:
FAMILY FOUR
_______________________
Category:
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1. AMIGO
_______________________
1. SNUB
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2. BOOMER
_______________________
2. SPOUT
_______________________
3. JOVIAL
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3. TRASH
_______________________
4. FIASCOS
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4. KISMET
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5. THERMAL
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5. WEBLOG
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6. TOPIARY
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6. HANDLER
_______________________
7. HECATOMB
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7. CRUZEIRO
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8. CALORIZED
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8. URBANITE
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9. COSTUMIER _______________________
9. INTENSELY
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10. OVERBEARS
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10. OPPRESSOR
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FRAMES OF REFERENCE
THE WORLDS MOST

ORNERY CROSSWORD
BY MARGERY ALBIS
Needed: Sharp solvers to make sense of the border
disorder in the two puzzles below. In each puzzle, can
you place the 12 boxes into the frame so that they form
four eight-letter words, two reading across and two
down? Each corner box will be used in both an across and
a down word.
ANSWERS, PAGE 80
BY HARVEY ESTES
PLAY
ON WORDS
The crossword on this and the next two pages has two
independent sets of clues: Hard and Easy. First, fold
this page back on the dashed line so the clues below face
the solving grid on page 69. If you use only the Hard
Clues (appearing below and continuing under the grid),
youll find the puzzle uncommonly challenging. If you
want help, or prefer a less severe challenge, open to the
Easy Clues (tucked in beneath your fold on page 68).
Hard Clues
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1 Champ
7 Artist
Duchamp
13 Prefix for morph
or plasm
17 Lime, e.g.
23 Belong
24 Operatic
passage
25 Hack
26 Still
27 Components
of some chains
28 Got up
29 Composer
douard
30 Hair remover
31 Unto the Sons
author
32 Readings for
anyone, slangily
34 Leave
35 Deck quartet
36 70s sitcom
38 On the table
40 1920s costume
designer
41 Electoral test
43 Moonshine
vessels
46 Microwaves
place, perhaps
48 ___ de combat
(out of the fight)
49 Snack for
Homer
50 Bad blood
51 Get a piece of
55 Division member
57 When duffers
start driving
62 Spy novelists
pseudonym
63 First name
among
shooters
64 Goals
68 Cornhusker rival
69 Most dilettantish
70 Shot in a saloon
71 Dostoevsky
novel, with The
73 Swell!

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Low pitch hitter

Not for sure
Confidence
Risked a ticket
___ Gay
Subject to
challenge
Its affected by
inflation
Crib cry
Country music?
Dame of
the piano
Hollywood
clashers
Morning
exhortation
Chevy SUV
Tammany Tiger
creator
Leaves for
lunch?
Green
perimeters
Verse weather
Riser-tread
combo
Some court
defenses
Paris divider
Cool
Casual wear
Arbitrage actor
Presses
Till stack,
informally
Shop cutter
Krypton, for one
Warrens
Bugsy costar
Schussing spots
Tours topper
A 007 foe
Uncertain yes
SALT party
Planes over
the lake
Verne hero
Blessings
Hortons
creator
Knob on an
old TV
Invests with
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priestly office
Campus VIP
Baja break
Involve
Auction site
Run in
Charm
He played Jack
Ruby in Ruby
Badgers
Col. Sanders
feature
Garfields
girlfriend
Mind and
then some
Palm, e.g.
If I may
be ___
Got cozy
DOWN
Outlooks
All there
Spleen
Brewer of pop
Rock group?
Cisterns, e.g.
Army mule
et al.
Penny ___
Cow catcher
Frisky critter
Baden beast
of burden
Large deposit
Big splash
Mass vessel
Rings and rings
Pogo, for one
LP alternatives
Spillane title
starter
Private eye,
at times
Fall back
Unfazed by
Into the Woods
star
Brahmins,
for example
Charlotte
athlete
Hand or foot
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THE WORLDS MOST ORNERY CROSSWORD (CONTINUED)

Easy Clues
DONT PEEK
UNTIL YOU
READ
PAGE 67!
ACROSS
1 Winner
7 Mime Marceau
13 Prefix meaning
outer
17 Orange or lemon,
e.g.
23 Is it hot ___ or is it
just me?: 2 wds.
24 Melodic
25 Use an ax
26 Not moving: 2 wds.
27 Boutiques
28 Climbed, as a
mountain
29 Film composer
Schifrin
30 Young lad
31 Thy Neighbors Wife
author Gay
32 Open auditions,
informally: 2 wds.
34 Leave the Union
35 Superb serves
36 Valerie Harper sitcom
38 Under discussion:
2 wds.
40 Art Deco designer
41 Unofficial poll: 2 wds.
43 Hillbilly band
instruments
46 Kitchen surface
48 ___ doeuvres
49 Dunkin treat
50 Ill will
51 Partake of: 2 wds.
55 G.I. Joe, for one
57 Golf reservation:
2 wds.
62 Spy novelist John:
2 wds.
63 Photographer Adams
64 Prepares to shoot
68 At an earlier date
69 Most bohemian
70 Bulls sound
71 Half-wit
73 Peachy keen!
68
74 Deep voice
75 High-risk
76 Whispered
communication
78 Hightailed it
79 ___ Gay
(WWII bomber)
82 Like a primates
thumb
84 Spare in the trunk
85 Papas mate
88 O Canada and
others: 2 wds.
92 Dame Myra
93 Swelled heads
94 Get out of bed!:
4 wds.
95 Nevada resort
97 Political cartoonist
Thomas
98 Light lunches
99 Chefs garb
103 Weather, in poetry
107 Flight part
109 Designated
parking areas
110 Rouens river
111 Showing no emotion
113 Cotton trousers
115 Chicago actor Richard
116 Eggs on
117 Sawbucks
118 Tool for cutting metal
120 Krypton or neon,
e.g.: 2 wds.
122 Bening of
American Beauty
123 Skiers spots
127 Special Forces cap
128 First James Bond flick:
2 wds.
129 Thats my
understanding:
3 wds.
133 The Beatles Back
in the ___
134 Skims a lake surface:
Hyph.
139 Lost fish of a

kiddie movie
140 Tender ___ (1983
Robert Duvall movie)
142 Green Eggs and Ham
author Dr. ___
143 Windshield option
144 Monks habits
146 Campus official:
2 wds.
150 Sonora snooze
152 Necessitate
153 Auction website
154 Take into custody
155 Win the heart of
156 Danny of Do the
Right Thing
157 Is a bother
158 Pointy beard
159 Actress Francis
or Dahl
160 Be offended by
161 Leaf shedder
162 If I may be ___:
2 wds.
163 Fitted one within
another
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Panoramic views
Not broken
Irritability
Mother of Calcutta
Vein contents
Dammed basins
Dukes Blue Devil
et al.
Gamers hangout
Rodeo rope
Future stallion
Donkey: Ger.
Prospectors find
Showy display
Communion cup
Continues to ring, as
a bell: 2 wds.
North American
marsupial
17 Audio tapes
18 Mickey Spillanes ___
Jury: 2 wds.
19 Shipping inquiry
20 Go back (to)
21 Familiar with: 2 wds.
22 Actress Meryl
33 Hindu social class
37 Stinging insect
39 Ounce or inch
42 The ground ___ she
trod (Milton)
43 Swanee singer Al
44 First layer of paint
45 Sources of enjoyment
you dont want to
admit: 2 wds.
47 Ive got my ___
you!: 2 wds.
49 1960s TV
housewife Reed
51 Thick piece
52 Wife of Zeus
53 Performs in a play
54 Complain loudly:
3 wds.
55 Merit badge holder
56 ___ detre
58 Obeys orders closely:
3 wds.
59 Four and twenty
blackbirds baked
___: 3 wds.
60 Curbside coin
swallowers
61 Wears away
65 That is, in Latin:
2 wds.
66 Book after Jonah
67 Cold desserts
72 Hopkins of Gimme
a Break!
75 Mail-order book
77 New Age
composer John
80 Big burden
81 Capital of Bolivia:
2 wds.
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They give TLC

Decent person
Christie of mysteries
Tile design
Totally ridiculous
More off-the-wall
Former Egyptian
president Gamal
All in the Family
star Carrol
Election fixer
___ a time: 2 wds.
Untouchables
chief Eliot
Rapper on Law &
Order: SVU: Hyph.
Shopping emporium
Otherwise
Partner of Martini
Gets the ball rolling
Memphis
resident, e.g.
Stephen King
thriller: 2 wds.
Used a loom
Treat harshly
Hundredth part
Infamous Colombian
drug lord Pablo
Grass grown for feed
Intimidated
Scared (of): 2 wds.
Songwriter Taupin
Hams it up
Place
Sneaky person
Shoplifts
Destiny
Chant
Gazed impolitely
Family Ties mom
Take care of: 2 wds.
Pottery oven
One-liners
Suffix with smash
or switch
Dull
Concerning: 2 wds.
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ANSWER, PAGE 80
Hard Clues (continued)
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Atop of which thing

The Jazz Singer star
Sealer, sometimes
Reading trashy novels
and such
Keep an ___ (watch)
Ritchie Valens title girl
Hunk
Jealous wife of myth
Follower of John
Demand attention
Window frame
Molires motive
Follows orders closely
baked ___
Usage trackers
Undermines
Explanation introduction
Old Testament prophet
Ice cream alternatives
Hopkins of The Love Guru
Make a list
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Former Hart cohost

Albatross
High capital
Grandparents, often
Good egg
Hercules creator
Ravenna artwork
Laughable
More curious
Egyptian lake
Bunker player
Sailor, at times
Words before a time
1920s gangbuster
Cool rapper?
Outlet
Choice word
Name on a vermouth bottle
Is a first-stringer
Gore, for one
King work
Zigzagged
121 Bullying, e.g.

124 Cut rate?
125 Infamous Colombian
drug lord
126 Livestock feed
128 Cowed
129 Afraid (of)
130 Senator Sanders
131 Gushes
132 Setting
134 Information source
135 Baseball stat
136 Fate
137 Perform Gregorian chant
138 Showed disbelief, perhaps
141 Alexs mom, on Family Ties
142 Look after
145 Firing chamber
147 Silences, in a way
148 Switch back?
149 Not at all vibrant
151 Memo phrase
69
ANSWERS
3 MIXED DOUBLES
4 CAMOUFLAGE
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Across: 1/18, 2/14, 3/4, 4/3, 5/20, 6/11, 7/16, 8/12, 9/17, 10/19, 11/6, 12/8, 13/15, 14/2, 15/13,
16/7, 17/9, 18/1,19/10, 20/5
Down: 1/11, 2/16, 3/24, 4/6, 5/19, 6/4, 7/23, 8/13, 9/22, 10/12, 11/1, 12/10, 13/8, 14/21, 15/18,
16/2, 17/20, 18/15, 19/5, 20/17, 21/14, 22/9, 23/7, 24/3
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Enough
Dilemma
Architect
Lollapalooza
Yummier
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Ocelot
Neutrino
Taxicab
Serenade
Uppermost
Pharaoh
Particular
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Lombardo
Yellow
Toboggan
Hiawatha
Elephant
Replay
Ontario
Caribou
7 A PUZZLE WITH SOUL
7 CUBBYHOLES
COMMERCIAL
S A S H
A R T S
A V I A N
A C A I
R E C T O
R U N & B
L E
M E E T
A I R
O N & O F F
A G O N
L I Z
R O B O T I C
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N T L E
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6 SYLLABISM
Gene Daly: Dont supply the rocks that are to be thrown at you.
5 PENCIL POINTERS 1
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ANSWERS
8 KID STUFF: TRIANGLE TANGLE
9 KID STUFF:
STATES OF CONFUSION
1. Indiana
2. Tennessee
3. Oklahoma
4. West Virginia
5. Texas
6. Nevada
7. New York
8. Hawaii
9. Montana
10. Washington
11. Maine
12. South Carolina
13. Louisiana
14. Delaware
15. Nebraska
16. Florida
10 WHATS THE CONNECTION?

1-g, ball (cornball, basketball,
mothball, screwball)
2-d, sun (sundial, sunglasses,
Sunbelt, sunscreen)
3-f, eye (eyetooth, eyeliner, eye
socket, eyelid)
4-b, cake (sponge cake, cupcake,
pancake, pound cake)
5-c, stick (breadstick, lipstick, drumstick,
ish stick)
6-h, house (clubhouse, treehouse,
porterhouse, doghouse)
7-e, book (cookbook, pocketbook,
checkbook, notebook)
8-a, green (green card, green thumb,
green light, greenhorn)
12 QUOTE BOXES
1. The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper. (Eden Phillpotts)
2. Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth ind reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.
(Rachel Carson)
3. Toleration is the greatest gift of the mind; it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on
a bicycle. (Helen Keller)
14 SEVEN UP
15 A IS FOR APPLE
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ANSWERS
16 SOLITAIRE HANGMAN
I. UMBRELLA
18 PENCIL POINTERS 2
VII. PLUTONIUM
II. INSIPID
VIII. DUMPLING
III. EXEMPLARY
IX. SQUANDER
IV. COCONUT
X. THOUGHTFUL
V. KNAPSACK
XI. GHOSTWRITE
VI. JELLYFISH
XII. SPRINGBOK
19 MARCHING BANDS
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O N E D L A T I N O S
N O O K O Y S T E R S
O M A S A N Y T I M E
M O D E L S G O D D E S
21 ENTER LAUGHING
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20 CRYPTOLISTS
1. Located in California
Hollywood sign
San Andreas Fault
Golden Gate Bridge
Paciic Coast Highway
Disneyland
Alcatraz
Arnold
Schwarzenegger
Mojave Desert
Silicon Valley
Worlds largest yo-yo
3. At the Spa
Terry cloth robe
Mud mask
Soothing music
Massage table
Scented candle
Steam room
Hot tub
Mineral spring
Warm towel
Lounge chair
2. Just Desserts
Lemon meringue pie
Gelato
Strawberry shortcake
Tiramisu
Chocolate mousse
Apple crisp
Smores
Tapioca pudding
Hot fudge sundae
Ambrosia
4. Mystery List
(All are tapped)
Think tank
Dancing shoes
Maple tree
Beer barrel
Emergency funds
Bugged phone
Magic wand
Telegraph key
Someones shoulder
ATM
66 FAMILY REUNIONS CATEGORIES

Family One: Recipe verbs
Family Two: Ship preceders
Family Three: Shakespeare characters
Family Four: Newspaper names
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22 MIXED DOUBLES: SHADES OF MEANING
23 BATTLESHIPS
SEAMAN
M
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F E L L F O R
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B R I N G S H O M E
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N
Clue pairs:
Across: 1/16, 3/11, 4/14, 5/15, 6/19, 7/9,
8/13, 9/7, 10/17, 11/3, 12/18, 13/8, 14/4,
15/5, 16/1, 17/10, 18/12, 19/6
PETTY OFFICER
Down: 1/11, 2/13, 3/20, 4/9, 5/19, 7/12,

8/21, 9/4, 10/18, 11/1, 12/7, 13/2, 14/16,
15/17, 16/14, 17/15, 18/10, 19/5, 20/3, 21/8
Extra clues: 2-Across, 6-Down
Bonus word: RECEPTION
ENSIGN
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24 DOMINO THEORY
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WILD CARDS
26 CREATURE FEATURES
1. A Boy and His Dog / Dog Soldiers
2. Along Came a Spider / Kiss of the Spider Woman
3. A Man Called Horse / Horse Feathers
4. Big Fish / Rumble Fish
5. Howard the Duck / Duck Soup
6. Cat People / Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
7. Rat Race / King Rat
8. Raging Bull / Bull Durham
9. The Day of the Dolphin / Dolphin Tale
10. The Ghost and Mr. Chicken / Chicken Run
11. The Wolf Man / Teen Wolf
12. The Snake Pit / Snake Eyes
13. The Swan Princess / Black Swan
14. The Squid and the Whale / Whale Rider
15. Who Framed Roger Rabbit / White Rabbit
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CAPTAIN
COMMODORE
ADMIRAL
73
ANSWERS
26 SPELLBOUND
WIZARD
26 AUNT HILDEGARDE
Aunt Hildegarde likes words
ending in pronouns (yetI, bUS,
mustacHE, etc.).
26 WORD MULTIPLICATION
1 4 8
6 3 7 4
5 9 2
1 0 3 6
4 4 4
28 CODE CROSSWORDS
R O O MM A T E
B O
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29 ALPHA BET
F
8 8 8
9 4 3 3 5 2
R E M A
27 NAME OF THE GAME

1. All of the above
2. Bottom of the barrel
3. Cream of the crop
4. Eye of the storm
5. Flip of the Coin
6. Heat of the moment
7. King of the road
8. Law of the jungle
9. Lay of the land
10. Leader of the pack
11. Letter of the law
12. Life of the party
13. Luck of the draw
14. Middle of the road
15. Neck of the woods
16. Out of the blue
17. Pick of the litter
18. Run of the mill
19. Sign of the times
20. Slip of the tongue
21. Survival of the fittest
22. Talk of the town
23. Turn of the century
24. Weight of the world
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UN KER
BE
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OLD EN STA TE WAR RIO RS
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27 BUTTON BOGGLE
UNFAIRLY (8-6-3-2-4-7-5-9)
27 MAD SCRAMBLE
The words are all colors: BLACK,
BROWN, GOLD, GRAY, GREEN,
ORANGE, PINK, RED, WHITE,
YELLOW.
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BEG FOR MO
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ANSWERS
30 FILL ER UP
PUZZLE 1:
mule, muffle
caress, careless
being, bending
amity, amenity
reveal, reversal
flier, flicker,
frolicker
PUZZLE 2:
alum, asylum
sight, sleight
pecan, pelican
dented, demented
decent, decadent
slime, sublime,
sublimate
PUZZLE 3:
orate, operate
forte, fortune
diode, dioxide
lender, lavender
maroon, macaroon
recent, reticent
prince, province,
providence
31 500 RUMMY
38 EYEBALL BENDERS
From left to right and top to bottom:
PUZZLE 4:
mace, machine
content, continent
remand, reprimand
fished, famished
canal, cannibal
legate, legislate
commas, commands,
commandeers
Brawny Paper Towels

Flonase
Sour Patch Kids
Polident
PUZZLE 5:
priest, priciest
alone, abalone
hose, hoarse
batty, battery
caret, cabaret
feted, fetched
oxen, oxygen
instate, instigate,
investigate
Mountain Dew
De Cecco pasta
Olive Garden
Toys R Us
Squatch Jerky
Uncle Bens rice
Charmin
PUZZLE 6:
electric, electronic
colon, collision
many, mahogany
disciples, disciplines
patty, paternity
outer, outnumber
bury, burglary
cooling, consoling,
consolidating
Sweet N Low
Walkers Shortbread
Kix cereal
Bugles
Sweet Leaf Iced Tea
Hostess Ding Dongs
40 MINMOVES PUZZLES
A moves from 8 to 1
F moves from 9 to 2
C moves from 7 to 9
G moves from 4 to 7
D moves from 3 to 6
C
7
F moves from 2 to 9
C moves from 9 to 3
5
6
F moves from 9 to 6
A
A
L
2
F
3
A
4
13
A
8
N
9
D
10
A
4
N
4
T
4
E
4
43
D
9
E
10
M
J
E
Q
S
5
N
5
E
5
54
D
10
I
J
S
Q
B
K
A
9
N
9
D
9
67
E
4
L
5
L
6
I
Q
P
Q
S
Q
E
Q
55
E
4
N
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T
4
R
10
O
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P
Q
Y
K
52
F
A
A
A
L
A
A
A
F
3
E
4
L
5
16
F
3
A
4
N
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T
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A
2
I
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L
2
24
G
7
U
8
P
9
P
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S
Q
64
H
7
A
8
N
9
D L
E R
10 10 10 10
64
H
7
A
8
N
9
D
10
O
3
F
3
F
3
43
N
2
O
3
T
4
A
K
B
K
L
K
Y
K
49
O
3
F
3
F
3
E
3
N
4
S
5
E
6
27
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3
F
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H
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A
8
N
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D
10
43
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R
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A
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T
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4
45
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A
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N
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45
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D
9
D L
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10 10 10 10
64
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W
8
A
9
L
10
L
K
A
K
B
K
Y
K
67
H moves from 2 to 8
D moves from 6 to 4
F
A
Subway
Ne2!, threatening either to win a rook with Rxc1 or to force checkmate with
Ng1+ (after which would come the moves 1. Kh4 Nf3+ 2. Kh3, Rxh2 mate)
B moves from 4 to 2
L
A
Kentucky Fried Chicken
37 PUZZLE FROM THE CHAMPIONSHIP
B moves from 6 to 4
A
A
TOTAL:
950
75
ANSWERS
YOUR WORD AGAINST MINE
43 QUICK QUERIES
49 HEX PATHFINDER
E
43 UNIQUE!
QUALITY, location
1. ACQUIT
O4, 87 points
2. QUENCH
QUILT, O4, 72
3. QUIRKY
4. QUINTET
6. EQUATOR
P
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7. CONQUEST
QUITE, H1, 45
10. LIQUIDATE
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1SW. EIFFEL; 2SE. STATE; 3NE. OLDER; 4NE. REGARD; 5NW. FIESTA; 6E. BREW;
7NE. RED LOBSTER; 8SW. INKLING; 9SE. SHIRK; 10W. RHINOPLASTY; 11NW. BARON;
11NW. BARRAGE; 12NW. KNIFE; 13SW. HONOR; 14W. SHREWD; 14SE. SPIN;
15W. KING LEAR; 16SW. RIPENING; 17SE. OUT THE WAZOO; 18SW. PLUTO; 19SE.
MUSCLE CAR; 20NW. OBERON; 21SE. SIGN; 22NW. UMPIRE; 23SE. SCYTHE; 24NE.
CARBON; 25NW. ISRAEL; 26NE. EPITHET; 27W. SAUCE; 28E. DEAF AS A POST; 29SE.
ZOOTOPIA; 30NW. TWAIN; 31NW. APOSTLE; 32NW. IPOD TOUCH; 33W. SAFE.
QUIET, D8, 52
9. QUAGMIRE
O O
QUERY, H11, 54
8. FREQUENT
A W
QI, 2J, 65
N O
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QI, 6F, 68
G N
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QAT, 2J, 70
5. OBLIQUE
QAT, 6F, 71
QUAI, B10, 45
50 SNAKE SUDOKU
TEACHINGS
LUNCHTIME
I U C
C T M
M H E
E I T
N C H
M T L U
I L E N
C H N L
T U M I
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T A I N
H G E C
N S C A
C H G E
E T S G
A I N S
G N A T
S E H I
I C T H
S H G E
I T N S
G E T H
N I S A
H A I C
M. DINAH WASHINGTON
N. YVONNE DE CARLO
C. WEBER STATE
O. ST. PETERS
D. ERNST
P. HONDA
E. LADY BIRD
Q. IMPLICITLY
F. LIKABILITY
R. PEE-WEE HERMAN
G. TINTIN
S. MINIONS
H. HUFFINGTON POST
T. AMERICAN PHAROAH
U. TOTED
J. WEEDS
V. ESTABLISHMENT
K. OKLAHOMA
W. STEED
L. RENEGADE
Certainly the Puritans believed and saidmany
unreasonable things. That kind of goes with the
territoryPonder all the cockamamie notions we
moderns have been spared simply by coming into
this world after an apple conked Sir Isaac Newton
in the head.(Sarah) Vowell, The Wordy Shipmates
76
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S H D A R
A D S R H
R H N P I M
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S M A R H I
N P S H M A
A R D
M S H
N P I
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H M
P D
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TOP GRADES
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D R T G E
E G A R S
P S O D A
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P T D
T R E G
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G T D P R S E A O
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52 ORDER, PLEASE
B. ORPHAN
I. ENRICO CARUSO
C
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T C H G E
E S C I H
C N A T G
A G E N S
51 DOUBLE CROSS
A. VAN DYCK
SHARP MIND
E L B A
L O O S
F I R S
S E E
N
A B A T
S O R E
T H I R
H E E
E A S T
O
U V U L
N O N E
F I F T
E L I
D A T E
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S E V E
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ANSWERS
53 SIAMESE TWINS
I G P E
A L L U D
S L A T E
C O N
A S
T H E F
M E R
W
T R E
R I B
A C E
C A R
I N T
E
S
T
I C
E
E R O
S
H E B
T R A
B
E V O L
A R S I D E
T A H O E
I Z A R D O
U
T O P
R E L I S
E N T
I C
B
K E R
I C A
R O N
O L T
V E S
A R C
F I D
G
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A G E N
R E D S
I O U
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G S
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D A
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S N O O P Y
T
C A R N E S
V
I N C I T E
S
H O A R S E
A L A N
P A
G A R Y L A R S
O D D
H U M B S
E N I A L
E E M L Y
V I S E
C E C A R
O N
I O T
M A I
J O H N N Y H A R T
O N E T
Y I P S
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R S V P E D
A E N E A S
N I E
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T R A N C E
I D
B A R
A L A
R E N
N U G
S T E R E O
S U S S E X
54 EDGE TO EDGE
77
ANSWERS
56 PAINT BY NUMBERS
DUCKLING
WILD HORSE
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ACROSS: 1. Detest (de-test) 4. Slugabed (glues bad); 9. Cherubs (Cubs + her); 11. Bonuses (us + Bones); 12. Faint heart (fan a
hitter); 13. Omni (insOMNIac); 15. Rumor (roomer); 16. Rudiments (runts + dime); 17. Tarantula (natural at); 21. Revel (reel +
V); 23. Andy (and + y); 24. Horse sense (shores seen) 27. Tsunami (daTSUN AMIably); 28. Earplug (Earp + lug); 29. Rathbone
(the baron); 30. Bogart (bog + art)
DOWN: 1. Decaf (faced) 2. The Firm (ir + them) 3. Stuttering (utter + sting) 5. Labored (lad + bore) 6. Guns (snug) 7. Best
man (batsmen) 8. Dismissal (Dis + missal) 10. Spear (s + pear) 14. Impresario (Im opera sir, & lit.) 15. Retractor (rot + carter)
18. Redoubt (re-doubt) 19. Utopian (pain out) 20. Aisle (a + isle) 22. Vanilla (villa + an) 25. Eight (ate) 26. Saab (sob)
61 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 2
ACROSS: 1. Rags (aRrAnGeS) 3. Standstill (St. + and + St. + ill) 10. Cantata (cant + at + a) 11. Goodman (no dogma)
12. Champ (two meanings) 13. Foretaste (eat forest) 14. Atonal (boAT ON A Lake) 16. Aladdin (din + a + lad) 19. Mayoral
(may + oral) 21. Addams (ad + dams) 23. Streisand (tardiness) 25. Comet (co. + met) 26 Ionesco (nonunION ESCOrts) 27. Trot
out (rot + tout) 28. Go on safari (afar + goons + I) 29. Sees (seize)
DOWN: 1. Rococo (O + r + Coco) 2. Gene Autry (gentry + eau) 4. Tearful (T + earful) 5. Nigeria (air + e.g. + in) 6. Shorthand
(had Norths) 7. Iambs (bias + M) 8. Lanterns (LA + terns + N) 9. Carp (car + P) 15. Narcissus (Russians + C) 17. Demi Moore
(mime + rodeo) 18. Smashing (sing + M*A*S*H) 20. Leadoff (loaf fed) 21. Auditor (Audi + tor) 22. States (a tests) 24. Ringo
(bring b + O) 25. Crow (cow + R)
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1 Showcase (shoe + WACs)
7 Baja (jab + a)
11 Arming (margin)
12 Kronur (aKRON URbanites)
13 Paisleys (pays + isle)
15 Wedge (w + edge)
16 Dispatch (ditch + spa)
17 Fret (two meanings)
21 Bereft (bet + ref)
23 Erodes (ode + verse v,e)
26 Veni (Niven N)
28 Blizzard (Liz + Z + bard)
30 Tasty (t + a + sty)
33 Diagonal
(aid + G + on + a + l)
34 Reform (for + R.E.M.)
35 Dinero (ironed)
36 Elan (ale + n)
37 Positron (portions)
63 TAKING DIRECTIONS
1 Pedals (d + peals)
1 Pacing (Pacino, changing
O to G)
2 Arisen (Serbian b)
3 Link (kiln)
4 Naval (navel)
5 Lead (two meanings)
6 Breath (bath + re) Breadth
6 Bank (two meanings) Blank
7 Ave (Ave.) Aver
8 Counterman (Count +
Herman H) Countermand
8 Crate (Trace) Crater
9 Twirl (central letters)
10 Casinos (sin + Os + CA)
11 Among (mon + Ag)
12 Smith (H.S. + Tim)
13 Musk (K + sum)
14 Aida (Id + a,a)
15 Nose (no.s + E)
16 Daring (DAR + in + G)
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Frasier (Fr.+ as + I + ER)
Omission (O + mission)
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Agents (G.E. + ants)
Skylab (slab + KY)
Bone-dry (no derby)
Aped (ad + P.E.)
Judge (G + Jude)
Arietta (at a rite)
Came by (c + maybe)
Wheeze (ouis )
Retainer (Reiner + TA)
Texture (Tex + true)
Edition (no. I + tide)
Forearm (far more)
Ultimo (Tim, Lou)
Jihads (J + I + had + s)
Easel (weasel w)
Felon (liFELONg)
Soda (ados)
Font (two meanings)
Easters (Teresas)
Dissed (D + sides) Disused
Edge (hedge h) Ledge
Leaks (lakes)
Hash (has + h) Harsh
Stall (Stahl)
Intestate (In + t,e + state)
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Endear (end + earn n)
Steams (SS + team)
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Edits (Edison on + T)
Elan (thE LANd)
Thud (hut + d)
Hoot (shoot s)
Page (E + gap)
Ump (presUMPtuous) Lump
Snapple (Pen pals)
Outed (due to) Routed
Turn (t + urn) U-turn
Lola (LOL + A)
Stash (grincH SAT Silently)
Beeper (beer + EP)
Poplar (polar + p) Popular
14 SEVEN UP STARTING HINT

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1. aunt; 2. rou; 3. sulk; 4. flees; 5. lutes; 6. serve; 7. corner;
8. discus; 9. earful; 10. finale; 11. liable; 12. oracle; 13. reside;
14. revere; 15. collage; 16. enchant; 17. harness; 18. Head
and; 19. huskies; 20. transit; 21. airbrush; 22. countess;
23. reminder; 24. commissar; 25. garnished; 26. intestate
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64 BEGUILERS
square. That leaves the white dot and
white square as opposite faces.
Tetrahedron: d
Cube: The question mark represents

The question mark cannot be a gray
the white square.
square or red dot, since it borders the
You may be able to solve this by faces opposite them (the red square
mentally turning the cube around in and gray dot). If it were the white dot,
your mind and determining where the the relationship of white dot, red
red square and gray dot must be in square, and gray dot viewed from
relation to the other faces. Or you can above their common corner and
analyze the problem various ways, such expressed clockwise would be white
dotred squaregray dot. But from
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the second view, if one imagines the
From the irst two views, the red dot gray dot being on the hidden left face,
borders every face except the gray dot. the clockwise view around the upper
Therefore, the gray dot must be on the left corner would be red square-white
dot-gray dot, which cannot be
face opposite the red dot.
correct.
Consider how the die rotates between
the irst two views. It tips to the right Octahedron: a
so that the red dot is on the right, then
it rotates forward (or backward), Dodecahedron: b
keeping the red dot visible on the right,
to reveal two new faces. The second Icosahedron: The 12 will be next to
face revealed, the red square now on the 17 and the 18, and the 17 will be
top, must be the face opposite the gray next to the 10 and 12.
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Ship preceders
1. Bake
2. Chop
3. Stir
4. Blend
5. Knead
6. Serve
7. Simmer
8. Combine
9. Prepare
10. Measure
1. Kin
2. Flag
3. Space
4. Battle
5. Fellow
6. Censor
7. Steward
8. Scholar
9. Partner
10. Relation
FAMILY THREE
FAMILY FOUR
Shakespeare characters
Newspaper names
1. Iago
2. Romeo
3. Viola
4. Cassio
5. Hamlet
6. Portia
7. Macbeth
8. Cordelia
9. Mercutio
10. Prospero
1. Sun
2. Post
3. Star
4. Times
5. Globe
6. Herald
7. Courier
8. Tribune
9. Sentinel
10. Observer
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