The New York Times Magazine - 20.10.2019

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; 14 = excellent; 19 = genius

B

C

R

O

E

I

M

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

MAKING WAVES

By Patrick Berry

SIXY SUDOKU

By Peter Ritmeester

Insert the digits 1 to 6 just once in each a) row,

b) column, c) bold outlined area and d) white or

gray rectangle.

123456 789101112

13 14 15

16 17

18 19 20 21

22 23 24

25 26 27 28

29 30 31 32

33 34

35 36 37 38 39 40 41

42 43 44 45

46 47 48

49 50 51 52

53 54 55 56

57 58

59 60

PUNS AND ANAGRAMS

By Mel Taub

ACROSS

1 They secure a hundred

light fixtures

7 Ladies with crazy

mornings

13 L

A

V

O

14 A lot seem to be eaten at

brunch

16 What a ranter may do to a

story

17 Main doc going place to

place

18 The heavenly Hunter

O’Ryan, say

19 Puts a tax agency on TV

21 Na, ne, ____, nu

22 Pearl Buck heroine in

Poland

23 18 on the periodic table:

Abbr.

24 Chic finish

25 Cher’s introducer

26 Sticks iron into skin

28 __ __airw__ll __art

29 Andy’s one equivocal

reply

31 Enemies of Hearst

33 Cy on the tennis court

34 Heard a call for a taxi

35 Many a bend you will find

in this river

38 Grieved over 500 late

men

42 To encourage some illegal

gambling is to ____ ____

43 ... however, T doesn’t give

a hoot

45 Backstreet girl

46 Cher’s introducer

47 Every other of the Pleiades

48 Speaker who caused a stir

49 English composer in

earnest

51 Sign of a hot temper

52 Poplar/chestnut cross

53 They help start so many

motors

55 Hole in one museum

transparency

57 Leeks and teas in vessels

for tea

58 Things at scene of bridge

games

59 What it could be to add

lye

60 Mideast body of water

with sides switched

DOWN

1 Name for a 52-Across, that

is

2 Cowboys throw them at

liars

3 Pan or other kitchen item

4 Like guys without a heart

5 Erect tepee around you

6 Making stabs in grapes

7 He’s president no more

8 Boy in a tam-o’-shanter

9 Politico who’s not one of

dese

10 Cousin of Lana

11 I teamed up to be a

go-between

12 Drink to enjoy while

resting

13 Cartoon dog and pony

(so?)

15 Reporters’ favorite things

at ice-cream shops

20 Foreign (but not Ger.)

news

23 Snared Segovia

26 Hob ____ (nail protuberance)

27 Mashes humiliations

28 Clears up

30 Not an if or an and

32 What got Elsa drunk

34 Who had trash removed

from the building site

35 Item dat covers da face

36 A debtor scrubbed

37 A teen? No!

38 ____ person (French

milkman)

39 Area around the front,

side, rear, etc. of a home

40 D.C. evite tossed out

41 Features of t-r-a-c-k

m-e-e-t-s

44 What follows category X

48 “Goodbye, R!”

50 Girl who’s a sweet talker

at heart

51 City of Russian lore

52 Woman who’s less fat

54 N__ __onger use__

56 March 4th

Each answer in this puzzle is seven letters long and

begins in the correspondingly numbered space.

Row answers read straight across. Wave answers follow

the zigzag paths as indicated by the shading.

ROWS

1. Inner ___ (retreat) 2. Lease, as a vacation home
   (2 wds.) 3. Entrance with a roof supported by
   columns 4. Cheaper than the usual price (hyph.)


2. Game played in alleys

WAVES

2. Loud and disorderly 3. Intel brand since 1993


3. Get in touch with 5. Filled tortilla 6. Number you
   can call 24/7

1 2 3 4 5 6

Next week: Introducing “Walls”

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Puzzles