A. Moving aimlessly
160 131 44 19 94 57
B. Seemingly insoluble snag, stumbling
block
49 155 136 65 13 118 79
C. Go out for a bit (2 wds.)
124 10 80 162 62 41
D. Rock band named for a demon
142 25 128 2 99 60 82
E. Schoolyard fixture (2 wds.)
126 109 84 170 50 152 37 9
F. Indicators of inattention
143 48 93 11 31 73
G. Mountaineering achievement
____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
58 78 6 121 107 29
H. Lord Voldemort’s surname at birth
____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
157 46 139 88 27 103
I. Crocheted blanket or throw
____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
53 20 171 141 156 85
J. God of dreams
____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
98 154 115 39 168 135 69 12
K. Guessing game for kids (2 wds.)
____ ____ ____ ____
81 112 16 158
L. Queens area popular with surfers
____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
64 89 167 106 40 144 123 28
M. Music played during intermission
____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
43 66 117 101 137 86 153 15N. Mentally beat, ready to hit the hay
____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
172 68 5 36 120 55
O. Flower abundant in an underworld
meadow
____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
111 8 61 148 129 33 77 96
P. Block for many a moonlighter (2 wds.)
____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
133 35 75 149 95 51 169 113 17
Q. Produced, as an artisan’s wares
____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
150 70 165 21 52 100 125
R. Poem at the center of a 1957
obscenity trial
____ ____ ____ ____
76 108 34 14
S. Mirthful sister of the Graces Thalia
and Aglaia
____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
91 151 122 30 104 74 173 59 138 7T. Twin or double, perhaps
____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
45 145 166 26 72 105 132 92
U. Transmissible result of fatigue
____ ____ ____ ____
32 4 159 54
V. Christmas Eve seafood dish
traditional in the South (2 wds.)
____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
71 161 56 42 134 3 116 87 22 102
W. Spare bed; special magazine feature
____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
163 1 119 18 63 97 140
X. Precursor to revolution, sometimes
____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
38 110 23 127 90 147
Y. Acted as an informant
____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
146 130 114 83 164 67 24 471 W 2 D 3 V 4 U 5 N 6 G 7 S 8 O 9 E 10 C 11 F 12 J 13 B 14 R 15 M 16 K 17 P 18 W 19 A 20 I 21 Q 22 V 23 X 24 Y25 D 26 T 27 H 28 L 29 G 30 S 31 F 32 U 33 O 34 R 35 P 36 N 37 E 38 X 39 J 40 L 41 C 42 V 43 M 44 A 45 T 46 H
47 Y 48 F 49 B 50 E 51 P 52 Q 53 I 54 U 55 N 56 V 57 A 58 G 59 S 60 D 61 O 62 C 63 W 64 L 65 B 66 M 67 Y
68 N 69 J 70 Q 71 V 72 T 73 F 74 S 75 P 76 R 77 O 78 G 79 B 80 C 81 K 82 D 83 Y 84 E 85 I 86 M 87 V 88 H 89 L90 X 91 S 92 T 93 F 94 A 95 P 96 O 97 W 98 J 99 D 100 Q 101 M 102 V 103 H 104 S 105 T 106 L 107 G 108 R 109 E 110 X 111 O
112 K 113 P 114 Y 115 J 116 V 117 M 118 B 119 W 120 N 121 G 122 S 123 L 124 C 125 Q 126 E 127 X 128 D 129 O 130 Y 131 A 132 T 133 P
134 V 135 J 136 B 137 M 138 S 139 H 140 W 141 I 142 D 143 F 144 L 145 T 146 Y 147 X 148 O 149 P 150 Q 151 S 152 E 153 M 154 J 155 B156 I 157 H 158 K 159 U 160 A 161 V 162 C 163 W 164 Y 165 Q 166 T 167 L 168 J 169 P 170 E 171 I 172 N 173 SGuess 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
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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: 5 = good; 11 = excellent; 17 = geniusY
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Our list of words, worth 20 points, appears with last week’s answers.
WHIRLPOOL
By Patrick BerryYIN-YANG
By Wei-Hwa HuangPut a white or dark circle in each cell so that all the white
circles are connected along their edges in an unbroken
chain and all the dark circles are connected along their
edges in an unbroken chain. No two-by-two set of cells
can be all white or all dark.Ex.Row answers fill correspondingly numbered Rows.
Answers to Whirlpool clues start at the top left corner
and spiral inward along the heavily outlined path,
one after another.ROWS- Big building on an airfield 2. African nation from which
Madonna has adopted several children 3. Fine-tuning - Separate wheat from chaff 5. Vivacity 6. Dozing
WHIRLPOOL
Turn after stopping on red, say (3 wds.) • Banana
skins • Allergen-triggered affliction • Backyard expanse
- Voice-activated assistant • Not as genuine
1 2 3 4 5 6
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Puzzles