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Fill the grid with digits so as not to repeat a digit in any row or column, and so that the digits within each heavily outlined
box will produce the target number shown, by using addition, subtraction, multiplication or division, as indicated in the box.
A 5x5 grid will use the digits 1–5. A 7x7 grid will use 1–7.

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SPELLING BEE

Hometown (3 points). Also: Emote, entente, memento,

moment, monotone, motet, newton, nonet, teeth, teethe,

tenement, tenet, tenon, tenth, theme, totem, towhee,

tween, tweet, women. If you found other legitimate

dictionary words in the beehive, feel free to include them

in your score.

LET’S GET LITERATURE

Answers to puzzles of 6.5.22

Answers to puzzle on Page 48

FUS E S PAC E BARB OA S I S

AHO Y MO R E L AB I T P L ANK

C OM E S O U T O F O N E S S H E L L E Y

T H E MOO R S UT I L E UN E A S Y

PART I DOS AM E N D

GO E S T H ROUGHH E L L E R F OG

A WO K E A I DE LOL S C OW L

LIP D AMN MOMO A AR LO

EELS TAKESALONGWALKER

SEALE S WO R D SERB STY

L EO I WI S P S SOB E

OOH GUNN THAT S NAR CO

P L A Y S T H E F I E L D I NG ALPS

T I RE AM I S S B OO B ETA

E NDA T L EN TTYL USA I N

DE L BREAKSTHE LAWRENCE

YET I S TW I X ALAS

TVEXEC S HOO T S T R AWH A T

G I VE S A F A I R SHAK E S P E AR E

I NERT R I NK EV I TA E V AN

FOR T S ODD S R E N EW DEBT

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WHIRLPOOL HASHI

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

S S R A C S

U A A C R O

N L T T E L

D A S I W A

R M O N E C

Y I N G D E

ACROSTIC

A. Hygiene

B. Outraged

C. Flowery

D. Sneer

E. Tampa Bay

F. Aquaman

G. Don’t walk

H. Two - b i t

I. El Nino

J. Rain god

K. Im agined

L. Al Kaline

M. Moneybags

N. Atwood

O. Shaft

P. Thane

Q. Rehab

R. Audible

S. N evadan

T. Gametes

U. Elated

V. Low tide

W. Oriole

X. Orange

Y. Previews

(DOUGLAS) HOFSTADTER, I AM A STRANGE LOOP —

From an early age... I pondered what my mind was

and, by analogy, what all minds are.... wondered what

it would be like to be a girl, to be a native speaker of

another language, to be Einstein,... a dog,... an eagle,

even... a mosquito.