ANSWERS
74 GAMES WORLD^ OF PUZZLES^ | june 2019
30 I KNARLY WORKS
WILD CARDS
26 GIMME AN “A”
- Dram j. drama
- Sag f. saga
- Malt p. Malta
- Javelin a. javelina
5. Call n. calla
6. Cod e. coda
7. Men’s m. Mensa
8. Sod h. soda
9. Tog g. toga- Tor t b. torta
- Rag l. raga
- Met k. meta
13. Dad o. Dada
14. Mic d. mica
15. Gag c. gaga
16. Pavlov i. pavlova
26 TWO-BY-FOURS
AILS TOPH
ALIT HOPS
ALIT POSH
ALIT SHOP
ALTO HIPS
ALTO PHIS
ALTO PISH
ALTO SHIP
HAIL OPTS
HAIL POST
HAIL POTS
HAIL SPOT
HAIL STOP
HAIL TOPS
HALO PITS
HALO TIPS
HALO SPIT
HALT POIS
HAPS TOIL
HASP TOIL
HITS OPAL
HOPS TAIL
HOST PAIL
HOTS PAIL
LATH POIS
OPAL THIS
PAIL SHOT
PASH TOIL
PATH OILS
PATH SILO
PATH SOIL
PHAT OILS
PHAT SILO
PHAT SOIL
POSH TAIL
SAIL TOPH
SHOP TAIL
26 ANAGRAM CRYPTOGRAMS
1 = E, 2 = T, 3 = A, 4 = S, 5 = N,
6 = R, 7 = I, 8 = P, 9 = H
ETA
EAT
TEA
TAE
ATE
ASP
SAP
SPA
PAS
ASH
AHS
SHA
HAS
ANESTRI
ANTSIER
STEARIN
STAINER
NASTIER
RETAINS
RETSINA
RETINAS
RATINES
27 HITS AND MISSES
- v M (“Alice’s Restaurant,” Arlo Guthrie)
- x F (“Annie’s Song,” John Denver)
- d C (“Bette Davis Eyes,” Kim Carnes)
- l G (“Sweet Caroline,” Neil Diamond)
- w T (“Delta Dawn,” Helen Reddy)
- g S (“Hey There Delilah,” Plain White T’s)
- p P (“Jack and Diane,” John Cougar Mellencamp)
- b B (“Eleanor Rigby,” The Beatles)
- s D (“Georgia on My Mind,” Ray Charles)
- o K (“Judy’s Turn to Cry,” Lesley Gore)
- e Q (“Tell Laura I Love Her,” Ray Peterson)
- q W (“Maggie May,” Rod Stewart)
- a L (“Take a Letter Maria,” R.B. Greaves)
- m E (“Proud Mary,” Creedence Clearwater Revival)
- h O (“Good Golly, Miss Molly,” Little Richard)
- k A (“Help Me Rhonda,” The Beach Boys)
- i V (“Rikki Don’t Lose That Number,” Steely Dan)
- f X (“Second Hand Rose,” Barbra Streisand)
- t U (“Ruby Tuesday,” The Rolling Stones)
- r R (“Mustang Sally,” Wilson Pickett)
- j N (“Sara Smile,” Hall & Oates)
- u J (“Stacy’s Mom,” Fountains of Wayne)
- n H (“Runaround Sue,” Dion)
- c I (“Wake Up Little Susie,” The Everly Brothers)
26 MISSING NOTES
- Miami
- Latin
- Retire
- Relaxation
- Mila
- Timid
- Premiere
- Mimic
- Solar
- Dodo
11. Plastic
12. Sofa
13. Isolation
14. Relative
15. Titian
16. Laredo
17. Domino
18. Adored
19. Reticular
20. La La Land
27 WHO’S WHO IN BASEBALL?- f, “Twinkletoes”
- e, “Old Aches and Pains”
- k, “The Old Roman”
- h, “HacMan”
- i, “The Mad Hungarian
- d, “Baldy”
- c, “Bow Wow”
- g, “Dr. Strangeglove”
- n, “Three Finger”
- o, “The Barber”
- j, “Blue Goose”
- a, “Little Napoleon”
- m, “Ol’ Stubblebeard”
- l, “Big Doggie”
- b, “Puddin’ Head”
14 I YOUR WORD AGAINST MINE
- BITCOIN, A9, 98 points
- DROPDOWN, K4, 110 points
- AUTOSAVE, C2, 76 points
- RETWEETS, G6, 96 points
14 I IN & OUT HINT
The first entry across is SOUTH PARK.