Games_World_of_Puzzles 2019-12-01

december 2019 | GAMES WORLD OF PUZZLES 71

ANSWERS

7 I FOR BIRD BRAINS

1. Robin Hood


2. Crowbar


3. Duck Soup


4. Goosebumps


5. Swan Lake
   6. Dovetail
   7. Eagle Scout
   8. Jaywalker
   9. Falcon Crest
   10. Canary Islands
   11. Hawkeye
   12. Pigeonhole
   13. Turkey trot
   14. Cardinal points
   (or cardinal directions)

10 I THE LONG AND SHORT OF IT

Page 10

(left to right and top to bottom):

Long arm of the law

Long time no see (“C”)

Longbow

Long-playing record

Furlong

Long johns

Long range

Long hair (hare)

So (sew) long

Page 11

(left to right and top to bottom):

Shorthand

Shortstop

Short story

Shortwave radio

Short-order cook

Short term

Shortcomings

Shortcut

Shortfall

8 I KID STUFF: OPPOSITES ATTRACT

1. Near, far


2. Left, right
   3. Begin, end
   4. Large, small
   5. Open, shut

14 I HO HO HO HINT

The first word across is HANUKKAH.

12 I QUOTE BOXES

1. The distinction between past, present and future is
   only an illusion, however persistent.
   (Albert Einstein)


2. Fiction is like a spider’s web, attached ever so slightly
   perhaps, but still attached, to life at all four corners.
   (Virginia Woolf)


3. One of the best ways of avoiding necessary and even
   urgent tasks is to seem to be busily employed on
   things that are already done.
   (John Kenneth Galbraith)

16 I SOLITAIRE HANGMAN

I. RAINWATER

II. EQUIVALENT

III. MODERATE

IV. PERPETRATOR

V. AGGRIEVE

VI. MESMERIZE

VII. ORTHODOX

VIII. LUMBERJACK

IX. SOJOURN

X. CHALCEDONY

XI. FULCRUM

XII. BOBOLINK

7 I THERE, THERE

ABC KAFKA NAPS

RAH ELLES AGATE

FRO NOONS GOGOL

GOINGGOINGGONE

BECKY SOY DEN

ASHE TIPIN PASA

RIO PAAR SPR

KNOCKKNOCKJOKES

AGE LOIS EXP

WART ONEND REPO

AVA BFA DEPOT

FIFTYFIFTYODDS

TATER LUAUS OUR

STEED EMILE WRY

ERNS DELES NEE

15 I HOLIDAY CRAFT 13 I MULTI KAKURO

8 9 2 1 9 4 1 2 9 5 8

7 4 9 8 6 6 2 2 4 1 7 4 9 8

2 1 5 3 2 5 1 1 7 3 9 7 9

9 7 1 9 3 8 6 9 8 9 3 4 7

8 6 8 5 7 9 2 8 4 3 1

2 1 1 2 8 9 8 5 6 7 6 9

7 8 3 2 1 4 6 9 2 8 7 1 9 6 7 3 2 8

6 9 7 5 3 8 7 1 3 2 9 4 9 6 8 7

2 1 3 9 8 7 6

5 9 8 7 6 9 8

1 3 9 7 8 6 4

9 4 2 7 1 9 8 7

2 8 1 3 1 3 9 8 7 6 9 3 6 7 8 5

4 9 5 1 2 3 6 8 5 9 4 7 7 2 4 5 3 1

1 5 1 2 5 9 2 5 1 8 9

1 8 4 7 9 9 8 5 7 8 9

2 1 6 9 5 7 2 3 2 9 7 2 7

9 7 3 4 2 1 9 7 8 9 7 8 6

8 9 7 3 2 1 3 1 6 7 6 9 5 8

8 9 6 1 3 8 9 9 8 7 9

SLARGECIRCLEODFTH

ATTHESINDESLEOOOS

ELCRICEHTKLDIKLEE

CNHRIESTMALSUTDRE

EWSPRUNTCOHNAIIAH

OOHGLEUIFPFNSCNNT

THANWODHEOITOPUDA

ASLNTNDHLANCGFRTO

PSFUOTSDMASCTSTHA

EACRFTOINONPEUNEG

TDERABCGTAAIINRNC

HOOGRAOHEPHTNNTEE

EMGASDETETECSETEI

REEDSYERHSHANSHHR

RONSGSHTHGIENIRTE

EETISRETRAUQRNPGS

The leftover letters spell the remainder of the instructions:

...so that the sides look like Christmas trees. Punch a hole

in the top and hang from a string. Decorate as desired.

Season’s greetings!