The New York Times Magazine - USA (2022-05-08)

A. What you have upon learning the
ropes (hyph.)

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36 61 125 147 169 101 79
B. Extra, like a backup copy

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90 104 120 75 3 62 138 173 18
C. Edifice unlikely to burn to the
ground

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89 171 116 34 17
D. Protection from severe weather

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154 133 113 31 76 88 57
E. Stand-in for beef in some burgers

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168 134 19 114 6 87
F. Twinkling

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145 65 4 86 162 119 26
G. Cry protesting injustice (2 wds.)

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159 32 85 68 126 51

H. Denomination associated with Ben

Franklin

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

27 118 131 174 102 49 155

I. Eliciting an “Ooh!”

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

43 77 58 110 130 1 91

J. Kid’s mother (2 wds.)

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

92 29 46 157 67 108 172 136 15

K. Item for a server to clear (2 wds.)

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

143 164 23 52 84 107 9

L. ____ Sisters, singers with the 1941 hit

“Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy”

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

59 160 139 42 100 73 21

M. Target of a sap-sucking woolly

adelgid

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

64 81 146 121 33 163 13

N. Peaks in the Cathedral Group

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

144 82 63 11 38 117

O. Virginia city that’s also the name of

an inn

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

53 153 109 94 12 35 123

P. First place

____ ____ ____ ____

70 128 44 2

Q. Something a blurter lacks

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

137 28 41 93 170 156

R. Indicator of meritorious service

(2 wds.)

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

80 37 16 55 150 135 106

S. Adjective at a pump

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

142 98 127 78 60 39 8 165

T. Place where shellfish are shucked

(2 wds.)

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

69 96 122 48 166 151

U. Setting for the long opening scene

in “The Godfather”

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

132 148 56 105 14 83 30

V. Wanted (2 wds.)

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

97 22 129 152 7 45 112 66

W. Respectful greeting in India

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

24 158 140 50 99 115 71

X. 20th-century American ecological

calamity (2 wds.)

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

47 111 167 10 74 25 149 95

Y. Winner of the Nobel Prize in

Literature in 1962

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

141 124 20 54 72 161 5 40 103

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23 K 24 W 25 X 26 F 27 H 28 Q 29 J 30 U 31 D 32 G 33 M 34 C 35 O 36 A 37 R 38 N 39 S 40 Y 41 Q 42 L 43 I 44 P

45 V 46 J 47 X 48 T 49 H 50 W 51 G 52 K 53 O 54 Y 55 R 56 U 57 D 58 I 59 L 60 S 61 A 62 B 63 N 64 M 65 F 66 V

67 J 68 G 69 T 70 P 71 W 72 Y 73 L 74 X 75 B 76 D 77 I 78 S 79 A 80 R 81 M 82 N 83 U 84 K 85 G 86 F 87 E

88 D 89 C 90 B 91 I 92 J 93 Q 94 O 95 X 96 T 97 V 98 S 99 W 100 L 101 A 102 H 103 Y 104 B 105 U 106 R 107 K 108 J 109 O

110 I 111 X 112 V 113 D 114 E 115 W 116 C 117 N 118 H 119 F 120 B 121 M 122 T 123 O 124 Y 125 A 126 G 127 S 128 P 129 V 130 I 131 H

132 U 133 D 134 E 135 R 136 J 137 Q 138 B 139 L 140 W 141 Y 142 S 143 K 144 N 145 F 146 M 147 A 148 U 149 X 150 R 151 T 152 V 153 O

154 D 155 H 156 Q 157 J 158 W 159 G 160 L 161 Y 162 F 163 M 164 K 165 S 166 T 167 X 168 E 169 A 170 Q 171 C 172 J 173 B 174 H

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

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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: 7 = good; 11 = excellent; 15 = genius

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Our list of words, worth 18 points, appears with last week’s answers.

CRAZY EIGHTS

By Patrick Berry

HASHI

By Prasanna Seshadri

Connect the islands (the circles with numbers) with as

many bridges as specified by the number on the island.

No more than two bridges can connect adjoining islands.

Bridges cannot cross islands or other bridges. When

you’re done, the islands must all be interconnected.

1 2 3 2

2 7 3 1

2 1 2 4 4

2 5 3 2

2 3 3 2



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Ex. 3 2

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Fill the empty spaces to form eight-letter words reading

Across and Down.

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