A. Statue of Helios erected in the third
century B.C.
130 42 89 62 118 177 23 9
B. Area of seasonal depletion (2 wds.)
81 99 66 45 117 162 132 7 33
C. Analyzed in detail; finished a long
trip
123 5 44 101 166 87 64 136
D. Law enforcer originally called a
“shire-reeve”
149 31 100 58 113 80 133
E. Symbol standing for a concept
135 156 18 46 116 65 98 168
F. Example of peerless excellence
____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
77 163 13 26 97 129 111 59
G. Goal that ties the score
____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
3 172 47 68 83 29 105 125 148
H. Members of bevies, skeins or
murders
____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
74 134 169 92 109 155 61 16
I. Item in many a golf bag
____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
173 75 107 34 159 11 144 50
J. Rum Tum Tugger, for one
____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
30 94 141 127 70 1
K. Variety of poker with a split pot
(hyph.)
____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
2 36 17 55 102 160 82L. By virtue of one’s position (2 wds.)
____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
76 95 112 37 161 19 51 8 128
M. Nightingale
____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
143 10 38 122 56 164 96 72
N. Soothed, eased, alleviated
____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
145 86 110 43 126 14 175 27
O. Earliest stage of development
____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
73 170 93 115 48 63 146
P. Pest, gadfly, nudnik
____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
151 15 60 49 85 176 121 137
Q. Topic covered every 10 minutes on
many news radio stations
____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
32 71 12 104 57 119 154R. Held in thrall, as by a book
____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
142 114 6 41 79 67 21 174 157
S. No-win situation
____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
24 106 53 124 158 138 39 90
T. Rollers in a prairie-crossing train
____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
28 150 139 103 120 84
U. Argonaut who drowned out the
sirens’ song with his lyre
____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
167 52 69 131 147 88 20
V. Competiton for windjammers
____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
35 4 171 153 22 78 140
W. Subject of Roger Kahn’s “The Boys
of Summer”
____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
152 91 25 40 165 108 541 J 2 K 3 G 4 V 5 C 6 R 7 B 8 L 9 A 10 M 11 I 12 Q 13 F 14 N 15 P 16 H 17 K 18 E 19 L 20 U 21 R 22 V 23 A24 S 25 W 26 F 27 N 28 T 29 G 30 J 31 D 32 Q 33 B 34 I 35 V 36 K 37 L 38 M 39 S 40 W 41 R 42 A 43 N 44 C 45 B 46 E
47 G 48 O 49 P 50 I 51 L 52 U 53 S 54 W 55 K 56 M 57 Q 58 D 59 F 60 P 61 H 62 A 63 O 64 C 65 E 66 B 67 R 68 G
69 U 70 J 71 Q 72 M 73 O 74 H 75 I 76 L 77 F 78 V 79 R 80 D 81 B 82 K 83 G 84 T 85 P 86 N 87 C 88 U 89 A 90 S91 W 92 H 93 O 94 J 95 L 96 M 97 F 98 E 99 B 100 D 101 C 102 K 103 T 104 Q 105 G 106 S 107 I 108 W 109 H 110 N
111 F 112 L 113 D 114 R 115 O 116 E 117 B 118 A 119 Q 120 T 121 P 122 M 123 C 124 S 125 G 126 N 127 J 128 L 129 F 130 A 131 U 132 B 133 D
134 H 135 E 136 C 137 P 138 S 139 T 140 V 141 J 142 R 143 M 144 I 145 N 146 O 147 U 148 G 149 D 150 T 151 P 152 W 153 V 154 Q155 H 156 E 157 R 158 S 159 I 160 K 161 L 162 B 163 F 164 M 165 W 166 C 167 U 168 E 169 H 170 O 171 V 172 G 173 I 174 R 175 N 176 P 177 AGuess 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
48
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: 9 = good; 18 = excellent; 27 = geniusA
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Our list of words, worth 30 points, appears with last week’s answers.
DOUBLE OR NOTHING
By Patrick BerryGAS LINES
By Thinh Van Duc Lai
Connect each home (circled number) to a gas utility
(black circle) by a line that follows the dots. The line
must have the number of straight segments indicated.
No lines can touch.Ex.Each space in this crossword will contain either
two letters or no letters. Words read across or down
as usual, but may skip one or more spaces.ACROSS- Landlocked nation once known as French Sudan
- Steamboat pioneer Robert 6. Girl on “The Simpsons”
- “Aliens” or “Predators” 8. Molten rock 9. Author Orwell
DOWN - Central structure of an airplane 2. Beer sold in
40-ounce bottles (2 wds.) 3. Ferocious 4. Big name in
toy trains
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