P U Z Z L E
ACROSS
1. Au ___
5. Tender spots
10. Clearasil target
14. "Cast Away" setting
15. Village
16. Fizzles out
17. Journey
19. Above
20. Less taxing
21. One wife at a time
23. Come together
25. Honoree's spot
26. Have second thoughts
29. ___ de deux
32. Bore
35. Brews
36. Big end
38. "___ we having fun
yet?"
39. Band booking
40. Women’s loose
gowns
41. Bug
42. "The Three Faces of ___"
43. Frothy
44. 100 centavos
45. Brief brawl
47. Alkaline liquid
48. Assail
49. Song and dance, e.g.
51. "Fudge!"
53. Sensible
57. Bon mot
61. Cuckoos
62. Unorthodox or radical
Puzzle 1 (Hard, difficulty rating 0.67)
7 4 1 6 5 8 9 3 2
9 3 6 4 7 2 8 5 1
8 2 5 9 3 1 6 7 4
3 1 4 5 9 6 2 8 7
6 8 7 2 4 3 1 9 5
5 9 2 1 8 7 3 4 6
2 5 3 7 6 9 4 1 8
4 6 8 3 1 5 7 2 9
1 7 9 8 2 4 5 6 3
64. Barfly's binge
65. Musical show
66. Wizard
67. "Green Gables" girl
68. Swiss capital
69. Checked out
DOWN
1. Snowman prop
2. ___ Minor
3. Misfortunes
4. System of rule
5. Mixes up
6. Electrical unit
7. Be itinerant
8. "Cogito ___ sum"
9. Devote, as time
10. Slowly, to a conductor
ANSWERS
11. A city like Rome and the
Vatican
12. Advertising sign
13. Catch a glimpse of
18. Back
22. "Bellefleur" author
24. A helix
26. Earnings
27. Breathing
28. Plant life
30. Anxious
31. Put (away)
33. Clear, as a disk
34. Cache
36. "A pox on you!"
37. Pewter containing 80%
tin
Each of the following cryptograms is a clue to the
identity of an award-winning actor. Using the hints
D=A and H=T, decipher the clues to name the actor.
and H=D, decipher the clues to name the woman.
1
2
a former First Lady. Using the hints R=I
H C E B U V D Y H K
U G
________________________________
K V V E W B H N
R H
________________________________
N Y K S E
N
________________________________
T W D K H A E V G G D A W
R V Y
________________________________
K E D H H C R U V Q G R K A W B
D T D S D T
________________________________
This actor won back-to-back Academy Awards
This First Lady experienced higher approval
ratings than the President at one point:
5) Father Flanagan, Spencer Tracy
5) Addiction, Betty Ford
40. Former capital of Japan
44. Pseudonym used by
authors
46. Sad; sorrowful
48. Two-masted vessel
50. Eat or drink rapidly
52. Montezuma, e.g.
53. Pro ___
54. Soon, to a bard
55. Affirm
56. ___ lamp
58. Civil War side, with "the"
59. Halftime lead, e.g.
60. Cattail, e.g.
63. Mother Teresa, for one
Puzzle 1 (Hard, difficulty rating 0.67)
1 5 9 2
7 1
8 7
3 1 9 6 8
7 2 4 3 1
9 1 8 4 6
5 8
4 1
1 9 2 5
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.
AGE
1
7
8
9
2 3 4 5 6
Answers
Above!!
CROSSWORD
SUDOKU
for Best Actor:
3
4
5
Answers: 1) Theater, 2) Film, 3) MGM 4) Natural,
Answers: 1)Dancer, 2) Candid, 3) ERA, 4) Pro-Choice
42 NORTH SHORE TOWERS COURIER ¢ February 2018