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A. Typeface based on classroom
handwriting, similar to Comic Sans

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66 129 92 172 79 107 45 2 24 143
B. Vainly search?

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119 23 6 91 150 48 170
C. Oval enclosing a pharaoh’s name

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14 31 57 93 146 163 71 110 130
D. Whither St. Paul sent a certain
epistle

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11 138 94 67 26 171 113
E. Handy tip for MacGyvering
something

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98 13 152 169 49 84 117 72
F. Deep understanding

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167 105 126 78 1 60 40

G. In tennis, the first point scored after

deuce

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

58 168 29 139 7 42 99 122 80

H. Set of symbols including “man in

business suit levitating”

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

46 30 69 8 90 125 109 153

I. Product sold with the tagline

“They’re ABC delicious!” (hyph.)

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

21 114 81 158 4 56 95 141 43

J. Brand of golf balls and clubs

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

128 28 76 44 61 154 9 112

K. Sea that includes part of the

Bermuda Triangle

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

10 70 103 37 123 160 89 55

L. Rule, dictate, command

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

162 77 33 137 108 18

M. Classic 1922 silent film remade in

1979 by Werner Herzog

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

87 17 148 52 34 65 135 164 116

N. Style of writing desk (hyph.)

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

59 173 132 39 155 73 115 101

O. Member of the family including

mambas and kraits

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

25 134 82 149 104 120

P. Information about information

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

12 159 147 38 68 53 85 121

Q. Smithwick’s or O’Hara’s, e.g. (2 wds.)

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144 166 19 75 118 62 35 102

R. C plus in French?

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157 36 63 86 133 16 111

S. The reeve in “The Canterbury Tales”

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88 20 131 106 51 145

T. Once-standard print shop

equipment

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83 124 32 15 161 142 100 47

U. Straying from the expected delivery

(hyph.)

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

74 151 97 27 54 3 41 165 136

V. Unfriendly or threatening letter or

email

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

96 64 156 127 174 22 140 50 5

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69 H 70 K 71 C 72 E 73 N 74 U 75 Q 76 J 77 L 78 F 79 A 80 G 81 I 82 O 83 T 84 E 85 P 86 R 87 M 88 S 89 K 90 H 91 B

92 A 93 C 94 D 95 I 96 V 97 U 98 E 99 G 100 T 101 N 102 Q 103 K 104 O 105 F 106 S 107 A 108 L 109 H 110 C 111 R

112 J 113 D 114 I 115 N 116 M 117 E 118 Q 119 B 120 O 121 P 122 G 123 K 124 T 125 H 126 F 127 V 128 J 129 A 130 C 131 S 132 N 133 R 134 O

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Guess 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

72

SPELLING BEE

By Frank Longo

How 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; 13 = excellent; 18 = genius

A

D

O

N

G

H

L

Our list of words, worth 20 points, appears with last week’s answers.

HEX NUTS

By Patrick Berry

TRIPLE TREASURE

By Ashish Kumar

In each outlined region, locate three treasure chests.

A number indicates how many of the neighboring cells

(horizontally, vertically and diagonally) contain

chests. A chest cannot appear in a cell with a number.

3

2

4

5 3

5 3 3

4

32

2

1

1

2

3 2

2

1

1

2

Ex.

Each nine-letter Row answer reads across its

correspondingly lettered row. Each six-letter Hex

answer fills its correspondingly numbered hexagon,

starting in one of the six spaces and reading clockwise

or counterclockwise. As a solving aid, the two shaded

half-hexagons will contain the same three-letter

sequence (as if the grid is wrapping around vertically).

ROWS

A. Rock band that launched Eric Clapton’s career,

with “the” B. Flapper in 1930s cartoons (2 wds.) C. Shared

top billing (hyph.) D. Low-cal accompaniment to an

entree (2 wds.)

HEXES

1. Harboring prejudices 2. Double-cross 3. Begins
   to wilt 4. Ill-behaved 5. Dance venues of the 1970s


2. Convenience at a swimming pool’s edge

4

2

5 6

3

1

A

B

C

D

72

Puzzles