Games_World_of_Puzzles_-_October_2019

october 2019 | GAMES WORLD OF PUZZLES 7

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BY ROBERT IGOE

ACROSS
1 Techie’s unit
5 Lose traction
9 Emailer’s
button
13 Chief Justice
Warren
14 Sweat spot
15 Bender
16 London tourist
attraction:
2 wds.
19 Whichever
20 Menial worker
21 Blinking prompt
22 Forthcoming
23 Achievement
24 Enunciated
27 Generous
or gorgeous
31 Big Little Lies
actress Dern
32 Hindu wrap
33 Get droopy
34 Global girder:
2 wds.
38 Homer’s
neighbor
39 Uncommon
40 Rapper’s
rhythms
41 Appendix
of sorts
44 California
castle name
45 Hendrix’s
“Purple ___”
46 Oriole or
cardinal

47 Grand home

50 H.H. Munro’s

pen name

51 Make a choice

54 Atlantic site of

mysterious

disappearances:

2 wds.

57 Be a censor

58 Midday

59 Length times

width

60 Luge, for one

61 Zest

62 Smile broadly

DOWN

1 Alpha follower

2 Tall tale

3 Cafeteria food

holder

4 Pixie relative

5 Ill temper

6 Access a server:

2 wds.

7 Tehran’s land

8 According to

9 Rapid increases

10 Periods of note

11 Infamous fiddler

12 Bambi, e.g.

15 Synonym

for 53-Down

17 Pop up

18 Offering a

pretty view

22 Gumbo veggie

23 Satirical

comedy

24 “Ain’t,” for

“isn’t,” e.g.

25 Control ___

26 Surpass

27 Like a yeti

28 Movie award

29 Some milkshakes

30 Eliminate,

biologically

32 Look too

long

35 Maniacal

36 European

peninsula

37 Use a Kindle

42 Guilted

43 Stopped

slouching: 2 wds.

44 Taking a

nature walk

46 Successful

industrialist

47 Recedes

48 Wall Street order

49 Beech or birch

50 Plato’s porch

51 Mythical

man-eater

52 Guilty, for one

53 “There’s no

I in ___”

55 Hill builder

56 Hook a crook

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22 23

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41 42 43 44

45 46

47 48 49 50 51 52 53

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57 58 59

60 61 62

4ǤǣǠǣǞǘǤȨ&ǠȳǞǡ BY AMY ROCKWELL

Each of the 14 clues below leads to a word, name, or phrase containing the letter sequence PHIL, FIL, or PHYLL. For example,

“Genesis frontman from 1975-96” would be PHIL COLLINS, and a “Boneless slice of meat or fish” is a FILLET. If you can’t

get all the answers, turn to page 71 and we’ll fill you in.

1. Talk show hosted by self-help guru McGraw

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2. Robert Redford’s annual movie showcase

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3. Country once presided over by Ferdinand Marcos

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4. Symphony orchestra

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5. U.S. prez between Zachary Taylor and Franklin Pierce

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6. City where the Declaration of Independence was signed

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7. Pass (troops) surreptitiously into enemy territory

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8. Colt’s female counterpart

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9. Person who donates millions to charitable causes

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10. Green pigment that plays a role in photosynthesis

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11. Wealthy as all get-out

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12. Stalling tactic used to delay a Congressional vote

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13. Comedian with an imaginary hubby named Fang

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14. PA’s famous weather-forecasting groundhog

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