Games_World_of_Puzzles 2019-12-01

december 2019 | GAMES WORLD OF PUZZLES 7

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BY BRENDAN EMMETT QUIGLEY

ACROSS

1 Jackson 5 hit
4 The Trial
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9 They recharge
tots’ batteries
13 Pep rally yell
14 Those ladies: Fr.
15 Multicolored
mineral
17 To and
18 Lunch break times
19 The Overcoat
author Nikolai
20 Auctioneer’s final
words: 3 wds.
23 Tom Sawyer's
girlfriend
24 sauce (chop
suey condiment)
25 Bear lair
26 Arthur of tennis
27 Rebound basket:
Hyph.
30 Simon & Garfunkel’s
“El Condor ”
31 de Janeiro
32 Carson
predecessor Jack
33 Thaw season: Abbr.
35 Their second line is
always “Who’s
there?”: 3 wds.
41 Become mature,
as wine
42 & Clark
43 Import’s
opposite: Abbr.
44 Witch’s birthmark?
47 Standing
(upright): 2 wds.

49 ___ Man

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50 Actress Gardner

51 Graphic designer’s

degree: Abbr.

52 Train station

53 A toss-up, to a

betting man: 2 wds.

58 Spud

59 Waikiki wingdings

60 ___ Miss Brooks

(’50s TV series)

62 Trigger, to

Roy Rogers

63 Germinal

author Zola

64 Sardonic

65 Seabirds

66 Removes from

print

67 Wedding an-

nouncement word

DOWN

1 Doghouse sound

2 Gate-crashes

abruptly: 2 wds.

3 Train, in baby

talk: Hyph.

4 Singer Loggins

5 Easy as falling

off ___: 2 wds.

6 Give 40 lashes

7 Bingolike game

8 Home of St. Francis

9 Tending to henpeck

10 Really excited

11 Multi-storied

Chinese shrine

12 Blarney and

Rosetta

16 Actress Verdugo

21 Tina Turner’s ex

22 Like safe stair

tread surfaces

23 Say 1-Down

27 Leave the ground,

as a jet: 2 wds.

28 Author Fleming

29 Working stiff,

informally

30 Not con

32 FedEx shipment:

Abbr.

34 Sleepwear,

for short

36 Socks or Garfield

37 Jailbird

38 Hold under

control: 2 wds.

39 Photo developer’s

concern

40 Freckle, e.g.

44 Drifts in, as a scent

45 Emulate Amelia

Earhart

46 Roof timber

48 Fastened shingles,

in a way

49 Flushed

51 ƈ8YVR8YVR8YVRƉ

group, with “The”

52 Medicinal

amounts

54 One ’twixt twelve

and twenty

55 Do a slow burn

56 Manx cat’s lack

57 Christmas

61 Kind of whiskey

123 45678 9101112

13 14 15 16

17 18 19

20 21 22

23 24 25

26 27 28 29 30

31 32 33 34

35 36 37 38 39 40

41 42 43

44 45 46 47 48 49

50 51 52

53 54 55 56 57

58 59 60 61

62 63 64

65 66 67

*ǝǚ&ǣǚȰ&ǚȳǣǞǙ BY LEN ELLIOTT

Each of the 14 clues below can be answered by a word, phrase, or title that begins with the name of a familiar bird. For

example, “Showy annual flower” would be answered by LARKSPUR, and “Noisy novelty timepiece” would be CUCKOO

CLOCK. Twelve correct answers would be a feather in your cap, but to solve all 14 clues you’ll really need to earn your wings.

1. Sherwood Forest archer

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2. Prying tool

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3. 1933 Marx Brothers movie

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4. Series of kids’ horror novels by R. L. Stine

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5. Famed Tchaikovsky ballet

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6. Precisely fitting carpentry joint

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7. Young person with 21 merit badges

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   8. Reckless street crosser

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   9. 1980s prime-time soap starring Jane Wyman

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   10. Spanish archipelago off Morocco’s coast

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   11. Alda’s MAS*H nickname

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   12. Small desk compartment

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   13. Thanksgiving fun run, or ragtime dance

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   14. North, east, south, and west

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