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Puzzle 3 2 1 4 6 7 9 1 7 3 8 5 2 8 4 6 3 9 5 Puzzle 4 (Hard, difficulty rating 0.61) 8 9 7 6 3 1 2 5 4 3 6 4 5 8 2 1 7 9 5 2 1 9 7 4 6 8 3 1 4 6 2 5 3 8 9 7 40 North Shore Towers Courier n February 2016 P U Z Z L E Across 1. Bathroom item 6. Down Under 15. High water-proof boot 16. Entwining 17. Arab leader 18. Sugar substitute 19. Ballpoint, e.g. 20. Hard to miss 22. Victorian, for one 23. Gait between walk and canter 25. Fly, e.g. 26. Fluff 28. Black igneous rock 30. Put in 32. Nitrogen compound 33. At liberty 34. Foot 38. Smarter, cleverer 40. One who distributes charity 42. “Trick” joint 43. Number one 45. Agreeing (with) 46. Riot 48. Russian writer 49. ___ bean 51. Pinocchio, at times 53. Supergarb 54. Matterhorn, e.g. 55. Sent unwanted emails 58. Back muscle, familiarly 59. Psychomotor disturbance Puzzle 1 (Easy, difficulty rating 0.34) 1 6 3 5 9 8 4 2 7 5 7 2 6 4 1 8 3 9 4 9 8 3 2 7 6 1 5 3 4 7 1 8 5 2 9 6 9 8 5 4 6 2 1 7 3 6 2 1 7 3 9 5 4 8 2 5 4 8 7 3 9 6 1 7 1 9 2 5 6 3 8 4 8 3 6 9 1 4 7 5 2 61. Circa 63. Set of things to help form a conclusion 64. Spoil, with “up” 65. Cousin of the flute (plural) 66. Alleviated DOWN 1. Rearward angled 2. One who takes photos 3. Component of nucleic acids 4. “Malcolm X” director 5. Blows it 6. Bridal path 7. Of less wisdom 8. Confectionary or candy 9. Freshman, probably 10. Faze 11. “___ Maria” 12. Flax fabric 13. Dead to the world 14. City on the Yamuna River 21. Appropriate 24. Building where hides are tanned 27. Inane 29. “Fantasy Island” prop 31. ___ canto 33. Independent worker 35. Inconsistent, irregular CryptoQuiz Each of the following cryptograms is a clue to the identity of a TV mom. Using the hints F=S and A=E, decipher the clues to name the character. U J D R Q A __________ Y C Q D Y ________ F K C P J A G I D R A F ____________________ S A G U D X P Q F & E D M X J F ______________________________ U W F Q P C E A P _________________ 1 2 3 4 5 36. Cessation of menstruation 37. Promoted military rank 39. “Chicago” lyricist 41. More, in Madrid 44. Like a snail, but worse 47. Break time 48. “___ we having fun yet?” 49. Drudge 50. Kind of nerve 52. Accumulate 54. Maple genus 56. Duck’s home 57. Broad valley 60. “Much ___ About Nothing” 62. ___ constrictor Puzzle 1 (Easy, difficulty rating 0.34) 1 5 4 2 1 3 3 7 6 1 3 7 1 8 5 6 1 7 9 5 8 5 4 8 3 1 2 3 6 4 2 Fill in the blank squares in the grid, making sure that every row, column and 3-by-3 box includes all digits 1 through 9. Generated by http://www.opensky.ca/sudoku on Fri Jan 22 20:11:52 2016 GMT. Enjoy! Puzzle 2 (Hard, difficulty rating 0.72) 1 3 2 6 4 5 7 8 9 6 4 8 7 1 9 5 3 2 9 5 7 2 8 3 6 1 4 5 2 1 9 6 8 4 7 3 3 6 4 5 7 2 1 9 8 8 7 9 4 3 1 2 5 6 7 9 5 3 2 4 8 6 1 4 8 3 1 5 6 9 2 7 2 1 6 8 9 7 3 4 5 ANSWERS AGE 1 7 8 9 2 3 4 5 6 This cool mother of five gives up her job at the bank to go on tour with her kids. __________________________________________ Answers: 1) Blonde, 2) Widow, 3) Shirley Jones, 4) Keyboards & Vocals, 5) Bus Driver, Shirley Partridge on The Partridge Family Answers Above!! CROSSWORD SUDOKU


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