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Puzzles

SPELLING BEE CRAZY EIGHTS SIXY SUDOKU

By Frank Longo By Patrick Berry By Peter Ritmeester

How many common words of 5 or more letters can Fill letters in the empty squares in the middle of Insert the digits 1 to 6 just once in each a) row,

white or

you spell using the letters in the hive? Every answer each grid to complete four 8-letter words reading across b) column, c) bold outlined area and d)

must use the center letter at least once. Letters may and four 8-letter words reading down. gray rectangle.

be reused in a word. At least one word will use all 7

letters. Proper names and hyphenated words are not #1. A C P B
allowed. Score 1 point for each answer, and 3 points

for a word that uses all 7 letters. P H L A
M A H I
Rating: 7 = good; 12 = excellent; 17 = genius >
T R L E
K I L L
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Our list of words, worth 20 points, appears with last week’s answers.

ACROSTIC 1 23 Q 24 R 25 O 26 G 27 U 28 N 29 T 8 M 31 F 32 L 33 D 34 I 35 B 36 P 37 H 38 V 39 K 40 C 41 K 19 I 20 P 21 S 22 H
Q 10 U
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N 13 B 14 L 15 D
T 7 M
16 F 17 E 18
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V 3
P 5
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A 42 J 43 E

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R 45 T 46 S

By Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon
47 G 48 O 49 F 50 N 51 U 52 L 53 B 54 M 55 D 56 C 57 E 58 J 59 T 60 S 61 K 62 O 63 P 64 A 65 Q 66 V 67 N

Guess the words defined below 68 F 69 D 70 U 71 H 72 J 73 G 74 I 75 B 76 R 77 S 78 M 79 A 80 C 81 P 82 K 83 E 84 Q 85 L 86 F 87 G 88 O 89 D 90 R

and write them over their numbered

dashes. Then transfer each letter to 91 S 92 U 93 B 94 A 95 T 96 H 97 M 98 L 99 P 100 Q 101 C 102 N 103 V 104 J 105 I 106 O 107 B 108 F 109 D 110 E 111 T 112 K 113 S

the correspondingly numbered square

in the pattern. Black squares indicate 114 C 115 P 116 U 117 N 118 A 119 G 120 J 121 I 122 M 123 V 124 O 125 K 126 R 127 Q 128 T 129 C 130 F 131 D 132 G 133 U 134 H 135 A 136 I

word endings. The filled pattern will

contain a quotation reading from left 137 E 138 O 139 M 140 J 141 K 142 V 143 P 144 R 145 S 146 D 147 C 148 U 149 I 150 L 151 G 152 T 153 M 154 K 155 B 156 J 157 V 158 E

to right. The first letters of the guessed

words will form an acrostic giving the 159 O 160 R 161 D 162 P 163 C 164 U 165 T 166 G 167 S 168 L 169 J 170 M 171 H 172 V 173 F 174 O 175 E 176 C 177 Q 178 K

author’s name and the title of the work.

A. Up-and-down diversion G. Like hypoallergenic products, often L. One with a hat in the ring; aspirant R. One backing the British Crown in
the American Revolution
____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

64 118 94 79 41 135 32 98 14 52 168 150 85 ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

3 151 166 47 87 73 132 26 119

B. Built-in low-end digital protection M. Northernmost member of the Big 12 44 90 76 24 126 160 144 8

H. Gear of use to clowns and fruit Conference (2 wds.)
____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ pickers S. Welcome call for a restive crew
____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ (2 wds.)
93 13 155 107 53 35 75

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ 30 78 97 139 7 153 170 54 122

C. BBC soap opera since 1985 ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
96 134 37 171 71 22

N. New York’s official gemstone

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ I. Home of Elysian Fields, site of the ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ 77 145 46 113 91 60 167 21

5 56 40 80 101 129 147 176 114 163 first organized baseball games (1846) 50 28 102 117 67 12 T. Handed over in good faith

D. Activity seen on Jupiter’s moon Io

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ O. Civilian sector in wartime (2 wds.) ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ 121 136 34 149 19 74 105 ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ 6 111 59 95 45 29 165 128 152

161 69 109 89 131 146 33 15 55

J. Ratchet up, escalate 48 124 25 106 159 88 138 62 174 U. Update in terms of interior design

E. Pleasing pop tunes (2 wds.) P. News delivery
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____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

104 156 120 11 42 140 72 169 58 51 164 148 70 27 10 116 92 133

175 17 83 137 110 57 43 158 99 20 4 81 143 36 115 63 162

F. Playing card, geometrically K. What Boreas personifies (2 wds.) Q. “Crocodile Dundee” setting V. Subject best avoided (2 wds.)
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68 130 16 1 49 31 108 86 173 39 125 18 141 178 154 61 82 112 84 9 177 127 65 23 100 172 38 66 142 103 123 2 157

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