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© USA TODAY and Rich Coulter Yesterday’s solution

1 234

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67

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10

(^1) D EBUT 2
(^3) S TAR A
C^4 ACT^5 P
R M H
I^6 MAKEUP^7
P O M L
(^8) T ROUP E A
D Y
© WIGGLES 3D GAMES
DON’T QUOTE ME®
Tennis player Perry Rearrange the words to complete the quote.
Jones talks about
competition on
the court.
HOLD HOW MIND NOT RACKET YOU YOUR
IT’S____HOW____HOLD____ ____,
IT’S____YOU____YOUR____.
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Thursday’s Answer: “Whoever said money can’t buy happiness
simply didn’t know where to go shopping.” - Bo Derek
ACROSS
1 Partner of bounds
6 In need of a
massage
10 Orgs. with
lobbyists
14 Admit, with “to”
15 Movie character
with a shifting
hump
16 Orchestra’s pitch
setter
17 Wall-climbing
crook
19 Gushing review
20 Two halves
21 Booby-trapped, in
away
22 Didn’t dawdle
23 Best of the best
24 Mark of
distinction
26 Decks out
29 Like fresh lettuce
30 Six-Day War
peninsula
31 With 29-Down,
blood drive
organizer
32 Agenda entry
36 -G suit
37 Las Vegas
attractions
39 ReviewonYelp,
say
40 Hacienda drudge
41 “IsleofDogs”
director Anderson
42 Spend foolishly
43 Simba’s warnings
45 “Gimme a break”
candy
46 Jim of Olympics
and football fame
48 Givethesackto
49 Deep-space
vehicle
50 2008 Pixar robot
52 J. Edgar Hoover
Building org.
55 Meatinarack
56 Valuables-
swiping crook
58 Falco of “Nurse
Jackie”
59 Fairy tale brute
60 Mystical glows
61 Animal on a XING
sign
62 Playpen pile
63 Ingredient in
green gnocchi
DOWN
1 Plumb crazy
2 McGregor of “Big
Fish”
3 Upfront stake
4 Common trivia
night venue
5 Layered ice cream
6 Picketers’ burdens
7 Look at
lasciviously
8 Pothole fixers
9 Makeafauxpas
10 FedEx package
crook
11 Let up, as a storm
12 Commandments
verb
13 Edible
pomegranate bit
18 Features of
distressed jeans
22 Summer coolers,
briefly
23 Wild West crook
25 Is a good
Samaritan
26 “Like, now!”
27 Chow down in
style
28 Not fooled by
29 See 31-Across
33 To-do list listing
34 “At Last” singer
James
35 See 37-Down
37 With
35-Down,
placetomake
46-Downs
38 “Let’s get
started!”
42 Plant a bug in
44 Seam deposit
45 Switch off, as
a light
46 Give this for
that
47 Neighborhood
bro
48 Gets out of
Dodge
49 Made one’s case
51 Outofkilter
52 Cone-bearing
trees
53 Really tired
54 “Should that be
true...”
56 Write quickly, with
“down”
57 Color wheel
choice
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CROSSWORD
BYZhouqin Burnikel
Thursday’s Answer
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DIFFICULTY RATING✮✮✮✮✮
Complete the grid so that every row, column and 3x
boxcontainsthenumbers1through9(norepeats).
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Complete the grid so that every row, column and 3x
boxcontainsthenumbers1through6(norepeats).
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239
3954
97 8
51
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469
357 1
69 5
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832 1 54697
32 1 547968
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698231754
1 45976823
9734825 16
2863 1 5479
46 2 1 53
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24 1 6 35
63 5 2 4 1
3265 14
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Thursday’s Answers
SUDOKU
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QUICKCROSS
By John Wilmes 8/
Pre-storm weather
Gone
Lode
“Auntie ____” (Pixar short)
Spelunk here
Impressed
Reclined
Mimicking bird
Thursday’s Answer
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LOVE
AK I N
MEDO
QUICKCROSS
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   In disrepair

   
   


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   Low-level employee

   
   


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    Vodka on the rocks, e.g.

    
    


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    Toast

    
    


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    Start of a soliloquy

    
    


13. 
    

    Song from “The Lion King”

    
    


14. 
    

    Made dinner

    
    

Clues: Thursday’s Answer

VALET

PARKING

GARAGE

SALE

PRICE

TAG

OUT

PARKING

GARAGE

SALE

PRICE

TAG

OUT

OF

NOT

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WORD ROUNDUP

By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek

Thursday’s answer: GORILLA IMPALA HYENA PUMA / PARTIAL

LUNAR SOLAR / STRAIGHT FLUSH PAIR / PEPSI COKE / SKYWALKER

SOLO

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Find and Circle:

Five four-letter weather words ☑☐☐☐☐

Three types of pasta ☐☐☐

Three Canadian cities ☐☐☐

Two six-letter colors ☐☐

Number of months in a year ☐

© Andrews McMeel

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