Games World of Puzzles – October 2019

32 GAMES WORLD^ OF PUZZLES october 2019

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12 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

E ST ATE

ACROSS
1 Not-so-humble abode
4 Alternative to network TV
8 Petroleum industry executive
12 Nabisco wafer brand
13 Racial equality org.
14 Implying subtly
15 One of Roosevelt’s New
Deal programs: 3 wds.
18 Brush, comb, and mirror displayed
on a bureau: 2 wds.
19 “Full speed ahead!”: 3 wds.
20 Divided English county
22 Partly coincide with
25 Misfortune: 2 wds.
28 Moniker for Lincoln: 2 wds.
30 ___-TASS (longtime Russian
news agency)
31 Novelist Sax who created
Dr. Fu Manchu
32 Second-largest city in Algeria
33 Kansas city on the Missouri
34 Acid-tongued
35 Defeated
36 Phase nearing the end: 2 wds.
37 Town crier’s cry: 2 wds.

39 Vocalize in accompaniment: 2 wds.

41 Befitting a monarch

43 “Greatest hits” album, e.g.

47 One of Roosevelt’s New

Deal programs: 3 wds.

50 Worker finishing furniture

51 Polishes text

52 Clip wool from

53 Thankless sorts

54 Prize highly

55 Doing a deli counter job

DOWN

1 Double ___ (Mae West specialty)

2 Tranquility

3 “Relax, private!”: 2 wds.

4 Solicit votes from

5 Footwear worn with tutus: 2 wds.

6 Cagney’s TV partner

7 Military officer’s shoulder piece

8 It flows from Pittsburgh to

Illinois: 2 wds.

9 As a group of three exact

copies: 2 wds.

10 Dryer fluff

11 Like a dog with a mite-bitten look

16 Striped, slightly puckered fabric

17 1953 biblical epic nominated for

Best Picture: 2 wds.

21 Clears from accusation

23 Very eager

24 Clergy member’s church house

25 Bring up, as a subject

26 Cling (to)

27 Vertebrae between the rib cage

and pelvis: 2 wds.

29 Permanent group appointed to

deal with a subject: 2 wds.

33 After much waiting: 3 wds.

35 Improvisatory way to play:

2 wds.

38 Cowboy who rode Trigger:

2 wds.

40 Climbing of high mountains

42 Tenant

44 Wrecks, as by vandalism

45 Like right-slanting letters

46 Piece of a pungent, deep-fried

side order: 2 wds.

47 Defeating

48 Gold purity unit

49 ___ Ababa, Ethiopia

Solve this puzzle as you would a regular crossword, except that each space may hold one, two, or three letters. The

number of letters in a space is for you to determine, using logic and the crossing of words. The answer to 1-Across,

E-ST-ATE, has been filled in as an example. ANSWER, PAGE 76

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BY FRANK LONGO