A. Tony-winning musical set in old
Baghdad
168 143 12 77 37 95
B. Surname on hundreds of sci-fi books
152 119 97 70 8 25
C. Rotating set piece in “Hamilton”
74 105 128 169 87 52 14 154 30
D. Conditional expression for coders
(hyph.)
130 82 64 29 176 147
E. Former, past, quondam
78 140 34 116 104 58 19 2 165
F. Having real importance; songs or
jokes, for an entertainer
164 66 110 141 9 40 125 98
G. Upshot, consequence; following
calculus, say?
____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
13 173 92 59 120 36 159 107 73
H. Drink with a redundant name (2 wds.)
____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
90 39 174 118 57 69 138
I. Shows abject obeisance
____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
91 15 124 56 76 158 33
J. Posthuman race invented by H. G.
Wells
____ ____ ____ ____
32 101 150 49
K. Round-the-clock, ceaseless
____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
84 35 144 162 67 54 112
L. Cosmic curtains
____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
85 135 170 20 106 61 47 155M. More than make up for
____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
132 166 17 81 62 146 42 117
N. Survival game with a “Save the
World” mode
____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
133 3 151 18 41 60 175 111
O. Roll past, slip away
____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
26 99 86 45 6 148
P. Golf, by its former name in the U.S.
(2 wds.)
____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
4 171 88 123 53 137 71 28
Q. Constant, going on ad infinitum
____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
11 127 46 23 167 94 142
R. Tousle; manhandle (2 wds.)
____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
160 108 121 72 93 16 44S. Vertical line around which a plane
may pivot (2 wds.)
____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
126 24 68 43 149 89 109
T. “Doctor Who” craft that looks like a
police box
____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
38 100 139 161 1 75
U. Orotund, lofty (hyph.)
____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
65 10 51 79 114 27 157 96 134
V. Like some rafts, dolls and castles
____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
83 172 115 102 63 22 129 153 48 5
W. Unit of force more or less equivalent
to that exerted by an apple
____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
122 21 136 156 103 50
X. Do a series of road shows (3 wds.)
____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
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47 L 48 V 49 J 50 W 51 U 52 C 53 P 54 K 55 X 56 I 57 H 58 E 59 G 60 N 61 L 62 M 63 V 64 D 65 U 66 F 67 K 68 S
69 H 70 B 71 P 72 R 73 G 74 C 75 T 76 I 77 A 78 E 79 U 80 X 81 M 82 D 83 V 84 K 85 L 86 O 87 C 88 P 89 S 90 H91 I 92 G 93 R 94 Q 95 A 96 U 97 B 98 F 99 O 100 T 101 J 102 V 103 W 104 E 105 C 106 L 107 G 108 R 109 S 110 F 111 N
112 K 113 X 114 U 115 V 116 E 117 M 118 H 119 B 120 G 121 R 122 W 123 P 124 I 125 F 126 S 127 Q 128 C 129 V 130 D 131 X 132 M 133 N
134 U 135 L 136 W 137 P 138 H 139 T 140 E 141 F 142 Q 143 A 144 K 145 X 146 M 147 D 148 O 149 S 150 J 151 N 152 B 153 V 154 C 155 L 156 W157 U 158 I 159 G 160 R 161 T 162 K 163 X 164 F 165 E 166 M 167 Q 168 A 169 C 170 L 171 P 172 V 173 G 174 H 175 N 176 DGuess 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: 6 = good; 12 = excellent; 18 = geniusL
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Our list of words, worth 20 points, appears with last week’s answers.
SNAKE CHARMER
By Patrick BerryYIN-YANG
By Wei-Hwa Huang
Put 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.Each answer begins in the correspondingly numbered
space and proceeds clockwise around the S, ending
in the space before the next consecutive number.
The chain of 11 answers will snake its way around the
grid twice.Clues- Fashion house based in Milan 2. Tourist destination in
D.C., with “the” 3. How duffers usually finish their rounds
(2 wds.) 4. Error in data entry 5. La Scala productions - Stick used at Hogwarts 7. Fired (up) 8. Something to
wake up to 9. Person with a lot of pets, perhaps (2 wds.) - Sourpuss who ruins the soiree (2 wds.) 11. Egyptian
engineering feat completed in 1902 (2 wds.) 12. Part of
a bicycle or piano
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