A. Concern in the food service industry

74 41 132 87 159 58 20
B. Quite a bit more than peeved

163 130 78 21 113 95 7 59
C. Overly ornate, as prose

118 155 46 24 85 97 11
D. Something often worn by a movie
villain

60 140 124 102 2
E. Longtime home of the Safety Harbor
culture (2 wds.)

27 94 4 111 61 136 153 48
F. Superhero with a harpoon

131 165 81 105 56 8 32

G. Meaning of a hand held up, palm

forward (2 wds.)

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

72 100 6 168 49 146 126 88

H. Cheap, petty, small-time (hyph.)

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

106 65 91 40 15 134

I. Force in current events? (2 wds.)

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

143 86 128 31 43 66

J. Tlaloc, to Aztecs (2 wds.)

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

9 161 64 104 129 148 83

K. Make-believe, fanciful

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

144 30 127 47 107 160 14 68

L. Hall-of-Famer with a basic name?

(2 wds.)

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

37 55 114 5 82 96 151 22

M. Fat cat, nabob, plutocrat

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

162 80 120 63 29 101 44 13 141

N. Writer whose first novel was “The

Edible Woman” (1969)

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

75 52 34 135 117 19

O. Film for which Isaac Hayes wrote a

popular theme

____ ____ ____ ____ ____

164 50 26 1 76

P. Shakespearean title

____ ____ ____ ____ ____

99 123 42 145 71

Q. Hit song by Amy Winehouse

____ ____ ____ ____ ____

70 156 25 119 84

R. Football play called at the line of

scrimmage

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

150 166 39 77 92 10 112

S. Resident of the Silver State

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

67 89 158 35 147 103 18

T. Vital elements in multiplication

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

154 12 28 138 122 69 110

U. Over the moon

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

157 98 51 142 115 33

V. Beach-enlarging event (2 wds.)

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

45 121 73 90 57 23 137

W. Official bird of the Old Line State ...

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

3 125 139 169 54 109

X. ... and a hue associated with it

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

17 116 53 38 149 133

Y. What Hollywood trailers provide

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

16 62 152 108 167 93 79 36

1 O 2 D 3 W 4 E 5 L 6 G 7 B 8 F 9 J 10 R 11 C 12 T 13 M 14 K 15 H 16 Y 17 X 18 S 19 N 20 A 21 B 22 L

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

43 I 44 M 45 V 46 C 47 K 48 E 49 G 50 O 51 U 52 N 53 X 54 W 55 L 56 F 57 V 58 A 59 B 60 D 61 E 62 Y 63 M 64 J

65 H 66 I 67 S 68 K 69 T 70 Q 71 P 72 G 73 V 74 A 75 N 76 O 77 R 78 B 79 Y 80 M 81 F 82 L 83 J 84 Q 85 C

86 I 87 A 88 G 89 S 90 V 91 H 92 R 93 Y 94 E 95 B 96 L 97 C 98 U 99 P 100 G 101 M 102 D 103 S 104 J

105 F 106 H 107 K 108 Y 109 W 110 T 111 E 112 R 113 B 114 L 115 U 116 X 117 N 118 C 119 Q 120 M 121 V 122 T 123 P 124 D 125 W 126 G 127 K

128 I 129 J 130 B 131 F 132 A 133 X 134 H 135 N 136 E 137 V 138 T 139 W 140 D 141 M 142 U 143 I 144 K 145 P 146 G 147 S 148 J 149 X

150 R 151 L 152 Y 153 E 154 T 155 C 156 Q 157 U 158 S 159 A 160 K 161 J 162 M 163 B 164 O 165 F 166 R 167 Y 168 G 169 W

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: 8 = good; 14 = excellent; 20 = genius

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E

Y

T

G

H

L

Our list of words, worth 23 points, appears with last week’s answers.

WHIRLPOOL

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.

Bridges must be horizontal and vertical. No more than

two bridges can connect adjoining islands. Bridges can-

not cross islands or other bridges. When you’re done,

the islands must all be interconnected.

3 2

1 2

1

4 3

3 2

1 2

1

4 3

2 5 3 3

3 3 3 1

1 2 3 5

3 2

3 5 6 1

3 2

3 3 4 2

1 2 3 1

3 3 2 2

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

1. All and ___ (everyone) 2. Meat in an Italian sub 3. Betrays
   to the police (2 wds.) 4. Word before a temporary job title


2. Worked as a sailor 6. Comfort felt in troubling times
   WHIRLPOOL
   Making grapes into raisins, e.g. (hyph.) • Football helmet
   add-on • Annual event at the Dolby Theater • Fort where
   Davy Crockett was killed • Not as antiquated • Feed the
   kitty, perhaps (hyph.)

1 2 3 4 5 6

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