A. Financial option for a retiree
8 69 127 51 35 104 91
B. Rodeo ring
161 137 9 44 107 63
C. Biting or sarcastic tone
101 85 30 16 141 62 164 116
D. 1936 Djuna Barnes novel that
pioneered in lesbian literature
73 25 134 88 43 162 4 105 59
E. Doo-wop chart-topper
for the Marcels (2 wds.)
150 67 41 126 106 22 171 84
F. The rite oil to use?
160 90 60 111 72 140 33
G. When a lot of rubber hits the road
(2 wds.)
____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
42 55 119 29 12 92 167 144
H. Flip side of the Beatles’
“We Can Work It Out” (2 wds.)
____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
158 83 21 175 61 125 147 71 46 112
I. Spreadable, in a way
____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
79 157 122 36 20 169 64 145 95 7
J. Constantly recurring
____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
3 155 17 54 100 123 74
K. Co-author, with Ferber,
of “Dinner at Eight”
____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
108 156 120 23 45 66 5L. Go as geese go
____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
87 132 6 149 24 117
M. Exaggerated fanfare
____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
165 77 38 146 129 57
N. “That is no country
for old men” poet
____ ____ ____ ____ ____
130 32 99 11 81
O. What a farmer’s combine can do
____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
118 170 78 27 56 153
P. Turn a blind eye or a deaf ear to
____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
68 173 115 40 133 89
Q. Statue fi gure in Lexington
Battle Green
____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
98 49 34 172 82 148 131 113 19R. Something for which to
use the “=” symbol
____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
2 50 15 70 97 114 166 136
S. Half of a clam (2 wds.)
____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
39 52 121 168 151 65 18 80 139 96
T. One of Ali’s signature moves (2 wds.)
____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
138 10 26 152 94 110 48
U. Item for a summer picnic (2 wds.)
____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
163 14 142 124 75 103 37 53
V. Number of starters on an
Australian football team
____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
86 135 102 174 28 154 13 58
W. Congested (2 wds.)
____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
1 128 93 76 159 109 143 47 311 W 2 R 3 J 4 D 5 K 6 L 7 I 8 A 9 B 10 T 11 N 12 G 13 V 14 U 15 R 16 C 17 J 18 S 19 Q 20 I 21 H 22 E 23 K24 L 25 D 26 T 27 O 28 V 29 G 30 C 31 W 32 N 33 F 34 Q 35 A 36 I 37 U 38 M 39 S 40 P 41 E 42 G 43 D 44 B
45 K 46 H 47 W 48 T 49 Q 50 R 51 A 52 S 53 U 54 J 55 G 56 O 57 M 58 V 59 D 60 F 61 H 62 C 63 B 64 I 65 S 66 K 67 E
68 P 69 A 70 R 71 H 72 F 73 D 74 J 75 U 76 W 77 M 78 O 79 I 80 S 81 N 82 Q 83 H 84 E 85 C 86 V 87 L 88 D 89 P90 F 91 A 92 G 93 W 94 T 95 I 96 S 97 R 98 Q 99 N 100 J 101 C 102 V 103 U 104 A 105 D 106 E 107 B 108 K 109 W 110 T
111 F 112 H 113 Q 114 R 115 P 116 C 117 L 118 O 119 G 120 K 121 S 122 I 123 J 124 U 125 H 126 E 127 A 128 W 129 M 130 N 131 Q 132 L 133 P
134 D 135 V 136 R 137 B 138 T 139 S 140 F 141 C 142 U 143 W 144 G 145 I 146 M 147 H 148 Q 149 L 150 E 151 S 152 T 153 O 154 V155 J 156 K 157 I 158 H 159 W 160 F 161 B 162 D 163 U 164 C 165 M 166 R 167 G 168 S 169 I 170 O 171 E 172 Q 173 P 174 V 175 HGuess the words defined below
and write them over their numbered
dashes. Then transfer each letter to
the correspondingly numbered square
in the pattern. Black squares indicate
word endings. The filled pattern will
contain a quotation reading from left
to right. The first letters of the guessed
words will form an acrostic giving the
author’s name and the title of the work.
ACROSTIC
By Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon
52
SPELLING BEE
By Frank LongoHow many common words of 5 or more letters can
you spell using the letters in the hive? Every answer
must use the center letter at least once. Letters may
be reused in a word. At least one word will use all 7
letters. Proper names and hyphenated words are not
allowed. Score 1 point for each answer, and 3 points
for a word that uses all 7 letters.Rating: 8 = good; 14 = excellent; 20 = geniusN
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Our list of words, worth 24 points, appears with last week’s answers.
WINDING DOWN
By Patrick BerrySIXY SUDOKU
By Peter RitmeesterInsert the digits 1 to 6 just once in each a) row, b)
column, c) bold outlined area and d) white or
gray rectangle.Path A Clumsy • Being judged in a courtroom (2 wds.)- Crashers at a musical performance? • Relentless
and merciless
Path B Something hard to untie • One-cent coin • Former
Missouri senator McCaskill • Place false product info on •
Lauren who starred with Bogie in “The Big Sleep”
Answers to Path A clues wind down the grid along the
unshaded path, one after another, starting in the upper
left. Answers to Path B clues wind down the opposite
way, starting in the shaded space at the upper right.
When the grid is filled, the letters in the shaded squares
will spell a word that can precede “down.”ABAB52
Puzzles