Games_World_of_Puzzles 2019-12-01

80 GAMES WORLD^ OF PUZZLES december 2019

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67 I ALPHABET SOUP

R E F S D D A Y N O V A K O R E O

W I L D S M O D E O F O P E R A T I O N

M E R E S S A A B D A D E M E M O

P R E S C H A R O L O M B A R D P A R A D E

L I S T A I L E S O V E R D U E A R I S E N

A C C O M P L I S H R E T A I L S N E T T E D

S H O W U P L A T E I N S I D E S A W A R D S

A R T D E A L E R A F A R S O R T A O N I T

R A S E T O N I C U T A H R O P E

A R M B A N D A C T I N G O U T B A S E M A N

N E A R M I S S A L L E A R S M U T E N E S S

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S T R P E H E M E N E R O W O R S E

E N O L V I R G F I N E R D I N O A B B A

R O W E A N T E B L E A T I V A N P E R E

S L E D S E C S R E A C H C A N A P A A R

S T R A I T I S T H E G A T E B A L S A

A N D S O K N I T M I L E B A R E S T

F I R E S A L E E A S T M A N S C E N A R I O

O C A N A D A B R I C A B R A C A B E T T E R

E R T E R E I C H W I S E N O N P L U S E S

H O S E R H O S T A T S A N O D E

A D O R E S C A T A L P A F R E E S P I R I T

V E R G E S O N T R I A L L I T M U S T E S T

I N S A N E O C E A N I A A T T I C A L O E

S T E N O S L E A N E R S T E E T H S Y N E

66 I FAMILY REUNIONS

FA M I LY O N E : “Small” synonyms

1. Wee


2. Tiny


3. Puny


4. Dinky
   5. Petite
   6. Minute
   7. Meager
   8. Teensy
   9. Little
   10. Miniature

FAMILY TWO:^ Political terms

1. Law


2. Bill


3. Veto or vote


4. Rider
   5. Issue
   6. Debate
   7. Nominee
   8. Partisan
   9. Election
   10. Franchise

FAMILY THREE: “Open” followers

1. Book


2. Space


3. Ended


4. House
   5. Secret
   6. Minded
   7. Sesame
   8. Letter
   9. Primary
   10. Question

FAMILY FOUR:

Six-letter mammals

1. Weasel


2. Rabbit


3. Ocelot


4. Cougar
   5. Badger
   6. Gerbil
   7. Coyote
   8. Ferret
   9. Donkey
   10. Beaver

67 I SPLIT ENDS

1. Perry
   Mason


2. Miss
   Piggy


3. Hugo
   Boss


4. Harry
   Truman


5. George
   Will
   6. Square
   root
   7. Vanilla
   Ice
   8. Space
   Mountain
   9. Hotel
   California
   10. Mae
   West
   11. Nest
   egg
   12. Michael
   Jackson
   13. North
   Dakota
   14. Pig
   Pen
   15. Mary
   Kay
   16. Black
   Magic
   17. Graham
   Cracker
   18. Joe
   Cocker
   19. Berlin
   Wall
   20. Poetic
   license

64 I REBUS RECALL

1. $175 million (Sunflowers
   brought in $39.9 million in
   March 1987, Irises went for
   $53.9 million the following
   November, and Portrait of Dr.
   Gachet fetched $82.5 million
   in May 1990, totaling
   $176.3 million.)


2. Dorian Gray


3. Georgia O’Keeffe and
   Alfred Stieglitz


4. In a hot-air balloon near Paris


5. The Joy of Painting


6. Botticelli (the fourth turtle
   is Leonardo)


7. Wassily Kandinsky


8. Near Japan (the photo depicted
   the flag-raising at Iwo Jima)


9. Can’t tell—she has her back to us


10. Uffizi Gallery (it’s in Florence)


11. Focus (or, more accurately,
    focal length)


12. A rocking chair (look closely—
    you’ll see the chair’s back legs,
    flat on the floor)

The remaining pictures are F, RAY, PIG,

SHIRT, L’S, ACE, DOOR, E, which translate

to “Every picture tells a story.”