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: 5 = good; 11 = excellent; 17 = geniusL
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Our list of words, worth 20 points, appears with last week’s answers.
FOR STARTERS
By Patrick BerryHASHI
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.3 3 3
1 1
3 3 3 1
3 3
5 5
1 3
3 5 3 1
3 3
1 3 1
3 2
1 2
1
4 3Ex. 3 2
1 2
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4 3INWARD
1-5 River of Rome
6-13 Military storehouses
14-20 Download for someone who
needs a lift (2 wds.)
21-27 Land of Alexander the Great
28-39 Rap sheet (2 wds.)
40-46 How an rude person
might reply
47-54 Brand of drug that treats
A.D.H.D.
55-60 Spotted wild cat of Central
and South America
61-66 Analgesic once advertised
as offering “Fast, fast,
fast relief”
67-70 Sign of things to come
71-76 Placed in a letter box
77-82 Late Baroque style
of decoration
83-88 Free (hyph.)
89-100 Gives a count that’s
too low
OUTWARD
100-96 Sharpener of a barber’s razor
95-91 Flubbed
90-86 Cockamamie
85-80 Oil-and-gas company that
merged with Phillips
79-72 Tragic heroine of “King Lear”
71-64 “Roy G. Biv” for the colors of
the rainbow, e.g.
63-57 ___ France, winner of the 1921
Nobel Prize in Literature
56-49 Like most dress shirts
48-43 Naturally illuminated
42-37 Artist Botticelli
36-33 Supreme Court writ, informally
32-26 Very hot chili pepper
25-20 Leave suddenly
19-16 Peel, as an apple
15-8 Parts of urban streets that
aid mass transit (2 wds.)
7-1 Welsh ___ (British dish)When completed, this grid will contain two series of words — one
reading inward from No. 1 to No. 100, the other outward from No. 100
back to No. 1. Every space will be used exactly twice. Work from
both sets of clues to complete the puzzle.
By Will Shortz
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The answers in this puzzle are all six-letter words
reading across or down. Clues are not given in order.
Use the answers’ unique starting letters (shown
in the grid) to determine which answers go where.Clues
Beer mugs • Charlotte describes him as “Some
Pig” in her web • Derby rider • European gambling
mecca • Fictional sleuth who debuted in “The
Mysterious Affair at Styles” • Form of Japanese
theater • Loosen, as a corset • Psychological injury- Shrewdness • Swiftly executed raids
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