P U Z Z L E Across 1. Office clamper 8. Postulates 15. Halo 16. Farm laborer of low social rank 17. Baked dish 18. Anxiously 19. Above 20. Dilly-dally 22. Cheesecake ingredient? 23. Islet 24. Arid 25. “Frasier” actress Gilpin 26. Jagged, as a leaf’s edge 28. Apply gently 30. Domestic animal skin disease 31. Some speech sounds 33. Told of an occurrence 35. Happiness 37. Newspaper stories 40. Like some knees 44. Destined 45. “___ any drop to drink”: Coleridge 47. Commemorative marker 48. Construct 49. Cold cuts, e.g. 51. Cambridge sch. 52. Bauxite, e.g. 53. Uttered an attraction 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 call 56. Spoil, with “on” 57. Kitty 59. Enthusiastic supporter 61. One reciting in a singing tone 62. Subject of this puzzle 63. Orphaned child with new legal family 64. Puts into appropriate form for publication DOWN 1. A Muslim 2. New Zealand lizardlike reptile 3. Dry gulches 4. Chick’s sound 5. Court ploy 6. Say “Li’l Abner,” say 7. Hold back 8. Acted like 9. Close, as an envelope 10. Dressing ingredient 11. “It’s no ___!” 12. Margin 13. Blow up 14. Blocked 21. Causing fatigue 24. Blue-ribbon 25. Bring up 27. Texas/Louisiana border river 29. “Wanna ___?” 30. Fair to middling Each of the following cryptograms is a clue to the identity of a woman in history. Using the hints U=A and D=R, decipher the clues to name the woman. 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 L U D X H U W Q _______________________ N R U J K R D _______________________ J O B O H S U D _______________________ W E D P R _______________________ K E L U W O N U D O U W _______________________ 1 2 3 4 5 4) Nurse, 5) Humanitarian, Clara Barton 32. “Do the Right Thing” pizzeria owner 34. Stop on a crawl 36. Big ___ Conference 37. Cleaning chemical 38. Behind 39. Finds an interest (2 wds.) 41. Vernacular 42. Snob 43. Picks up 46. Illicit cigarette 50. “Haste makes waste,” e.g. 53. Copper 54. Arch type 55. Shrek, e.g. 56. Computer info 58. Blouse, e.g. 60. Affirmative action Puzzle 2 (Hard, difficulty rating 0.72) 3 6 4 8 8 7 2 5 7 3 4 5 9 8 4 9 4 1 6 7 3 8 6 4 6 9 1 9 7 4 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 3 (Medium, difficulty rating 0.56) 2 1 5 9 3 6 4 8 7 4 6 3 5 8 7 9 2 1 7 9 8 4 1 2 5 6 3 1 7 6 8 2 9 3 5 4 3 8 9 7 5 4 6 1 2 5 2 4 3 6 1 8 7 9 8 4 1 6 7 3 2 9 5 6 3 7 2 9 5 1 4 8 9 5 2 1 4 8 7 3 6 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 ANSWERS AGE 1 7 8 9 2 3 4 5 6 CryptoQuiz She founded the American Red Cross: ____________________________________ Answers: 1) Maryland, 2) Teacher, 3) Civil War, Answers Above!! CROSSWORD SUDOKU North Shore Towers Courier n March 2016 45
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