2019-05-01_Games_World_of_Puzzles

26 GAMES WORLD^ OF PUZZLES | may 2019

WORDPLAY

SIX LETTERS, SEVEN WORDS

Some [SVHWGSRXEMRSXLIV[SVHWXLEXEVIVIZIEPIH[LIRPIXXIVWEVIHVSTTIH

with the other letters remaining in the same order. For example, dropping the

first, third, or fourth letter of LAMP results in the words AMP, LAP, or LAM,

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[LIRMXWJMVWXSVJMJXLPIXXIVWEVIHVSTTIH8LIWEQIWM\PIXXIV[SVHGSRXEMRWJSYV

common four-letter words, which appear when its first and fifth, second and

fifth, fourth and fifth, or fourth and sixth letters are dropped.

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HIJMRIHF]XLIJSPPS[MRKGPYIW[LMGLEVIKMZIRMRRSTEVXMGYPEVSVHIV

• amusement park
  sight


• endure
  
  
  • part of a roof
  
  
  • place of
    confinement
    
    
    • type of cheese
    
    
    • wedding sight
    
    
    • well-known game
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  

Can you name the word?

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TEASERS

PRIME CHOICES

When you fill in each box in the grid

FIPS[[MXLEHMJJIVIRXHMKMXJVSQ

XLVSYKL]SY[MPPJSVQIMKLXX[S

and three-digit numbers in the rows

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JSYVVIEHMRKHS[R

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way to fill in the grid so that the

following statements are all true?

1. )EGLHMKMXJVSQXLVSYKL
   is used once.


2. 2SRYQFIVFIKMRW[MXL


3. 7IZIRSJXLIIMKLXRYQFIVWEVI
   prime; the number that is not
   prime reads across.


4. One of the numbers is the sum
   of two of the others.

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WORDPLAY

STARTS & ENDS WITH...

All SJXLIERW[IVWXSXLIGPYIWFIPS[WXEVXERHIRH[MXLXLIWEQIPIXXIV8LI

number of letters in the answer appears in parentheses after each clue. Got it?

Now get to it!

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MAPPIT

BORDERLINES

1. The Connecticut River forms the entire border
   between which two states?


2. The Colorado River forms the entire border
   between which X[SWXEXIW#ɸ


3. The St. Lawrence River forms part of the border
   of which state?


4. The Rio Grande River forms part of the border
   between which two states?


5. Colorado and Wyoming have straight north-
   south borders that form right angles with
   their straight east-west borders. What state’s
   border includes two straight northeast-
   southwest sections that form right angles
   with a straight northwest-southeast section?
   6. Which state includes paVXSJETIRMRWYPEXLEXI\GITXJSVEJMZIQMPIPSRK
   bridge, would require driving through three other states to reach by car?
   7. ;LMGLWXEXIMRGPYHIWTEVXSJETIRMRWYPEXLEXI\GITXJSVEQMPIPSRK
   bridge-tunnel, would require driving through one other state to reach
   by car?
   8. To travel from the Kentucky Bend to the rest of Kentucky, what other state
   would you pass over if you were a bird taking a direct route, and what
   different other state would you have to go through to avoid crossing water?
   9. Which state’s “Northwest Angle” can only be reached from the rest of the
   WXEXIF]KSMRKSZIV0EOISJXLI;SSHWSVKSMRKXLVSYKL'EREHE#ɸ
   10. Which state’s Point Roberts can only be reached from the rest of the state
   by going over Boundary Bay or going through Canada?

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