Easy Medium
Hard Mixed
DIFFICULTY RATING
COVER DESIGN | REGIS MODESTA
PENCILWISE
52-SKIDDOO ................................................................
A-B-C HIVE .......................................................................
A VOWEL START ....................................................... 14
ART ON THE SQUARE ...................................................
BATTLESHIPS ........................................................... 23
CALCUDOKU ...................................................................
CODE CROSSWORDS ............................................... 28
CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 1 ............................................
CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 2 ........................................ 61
DOUBLE CROSS .............................................................
DSZQUPHSBNT! ....................................................... 20
FAMILY REUNIONS ........................................................
GET IN SHAPE! ............................................................
GOING WITH THE FLOW ..............................................
HELTER-SKELTER ..................................................... 31
JUST DROPPING IN ......................................................
KID STUFF ....................................................................
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN ..........................................
MAN OVERBOARD .................................................... 52
MIXED DOUBLES ............................................................
ONE, TWO, THREE ..................................................... 32
PAINT BY NUMBERS .....................................................
PATENTLY RIDICULOUS ........................................... 10
PENCIL POINTERS 1 ......................................................
PENCIL POINTERS 2 ................................................ 18
PHIL IN THE BLANK .......................................................
QUINT-ESSENTIAL .................................................... 29
QUOTE BOXES ................................................................
SAND BOXES ............................................................. 63
SIAMESE TWINS ............................................................
SOLITAIRE HANGMAN ............................................ 16
SPLIT DECISIONS ..........................................................
STACKOKU ................................................................ 30
STRIMKO .........................................................................
SUNNY SIGHTS ......................................................... 15
TEN-PACK .........................................................................
TEST YOUR TRIVIA I.Q. ............................................ 64
THE PLUS ........................................................................
THE SPIRAL ............................................................... 19
WORLD’S MOST ORNERY CROSSWORD ..................
OCTOBER 2019
IN THIS ISSUE
Yahtzee: A Roll of the Dice
All you ever wanted to know
about this classic game 34
Your Word Against Mine
A retired top Scrabble player
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Piece of the Rock Find-It
Test your visual prowess with
this rock-solid challenge 40
Something in Common
An illustrated exercise
for the verbally adept 42
This Old Game: Star Reporter
Vintage games from the collector’s closet 43
Monster Match
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in which it’s featured 48
PLUS...
Wild Cards
A potpourri of amusing little
puzzles for your solving pleasure 26
What’s Happening
Previews of upcoming events 33
Contest:
Fill in the Details 44
Contest Results:
It’s All Relative (from February) 45
Electronic Game Reviews
Undead Horde, Fort Sumter 46
Board Game Reviews
Whozit?, Twin It! 47