Games World of Puzzles – October 2019

october 2019 | GAMES WORLD OF PUZZLES 7 7

51 I DOUBLE CROSS

A. ERNEST HEMINGWAY

B. ROWED

C. INBOUND

D. CHARLOTTE’S WEB

E. INDECENCY

F. DEFILING

G. LUMEN

H. EMOTIVE

I. AWOKE

J. SHOWMANSHIP

K. ON THE WHOLE

L. REDWOOD

M. TWITTER FOLLOWER

N. AWKWARD

O. BONES

P. IMBUES

Q. OTHELLO

R. GOETHE

S. RHOMB

T. A TALE OF TWO CITIES

U. P. G. WODEHOUSE

V. HONEYDEW

W. YARDAGE

George Harrison once said to me, “If we’d known we were

going to be the Beatles we would have tried harder.”...The

same could be said of Monty Python. How on earth could

we possibly know we would become them? At the time, we

were only doing...a fill-in show.—Eric Idle, (Always Look on

the Bright Side of Life:) A Sortabiography

52 I MAN OVERBOARD 53 I SIAMESE TWINS

A

AA

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A A

AA

A A

A

A

A

A

B

B

B

ABB

C

C

C

DD

D D

D

E

E

E

E

E

EE

E

EE E E

EE

E E

F

G

H

H

I

II

I

I

I

I

I

I I

I

K

K

K

L

L

L

L

L

L

N

N

N

N

N

O

O O

O OO

O

P

P

P

P

P

P

P P

Q

R

R

R

R

R

R

R

R

R

R

R R

R

R

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

SS

M

M

M

M

M M

T

T

T

T

T

ST

T T

T

TT T

TT

U B

U

X

Y

AA

A

A

A

A

A

A A

A

A

A

A

AA

A A

A

B

C

C

C C

C

D

D

D

D

D

E E

EE

E

E

E

E

E

E E

E

E

E E

G

H

H

H H

H

I

I

I

I

I

I

I

I I

J II

L

L L

L

L

L

L

N

N

N N

N

N

N

N

N

O

O

O O

O

O

O

NO

O

O

P

P

P

P

P P

P

R

R

R

R

R

R

R

R

R

R

R

R R

SS

S

S

S

SS

S

S

S

S

M

M

M

M

M

T T

T

T

T

T

T

U

U

U

U

U

U

V

V

X W

Y

Z

SIESTA TITRATE OMELET

INVERT BREEDER TINIER

AFORALLSEASONS SARTRE

MOE DEEP CURSED SATIE

GEAR THREE WIMPLES

SNOODS BRIGS RELATE

WICHITALINE CELLS TOM

ELTON CIN SNAIL SANO

ELAM MAXIM UND SNITCH

PALEFACE ONTO APOGEES

AGINGDIRECTOR

ECHIDNA YETI ATOMIZES

LOUISA ERL ALTAR SELA

EMEI KYOTO ANI ASSES

AES LUNES FLYINGDUTCH

OPINES STEEP AVESTA

DECIBEL TATER ELIS

ALINE TWILIT RBIS IPO

MEEKLY ABOMINABLESNOW

UNTIED SINEDIE ERAGON

PAYEES TASSELS ESTERS

40 I PIECE OF THE ROCK FIND-IT

CA

LU FF

ON

EI

US

AB

TW AS

LY

BE

42 I SOMETHING IN COMMON

Row 1: Plug, wall, cracker, drill, trap: FIRE

Row 2: Bed, shed, cooler, log, moccasin: WATER

Row 3: Hand, bread, wave, stop, change: SHORT

Row 4: Binder, mobile, plate, worm, club: BOOK

29 I QUINT-ESSENTIAL CATEGORIES

“Beg” synonyms

Cartoon characters

Elements

Famous Marys

Fish

“Go down” synonyms

“Intoxicated” synonyms

Nonstandard speech

Outerwear

Shades of red

RIDDLE ANSWER: BECAUSE IT WAS ONLY A BLUFF.