52 North Shore Towers Courier n July 2016 Across 1. Floodgate 7. Forner aerosol propellant (abbrev.) 10. Miniature sci-fi vehicles 14. Inhabitant of 34th U.S. state 15. Deception 16. “I had no ___!” 17. Inhabitant of the Maylay Archipelago 19. Warm, so to speak 20. “I” problem 21. Seaport in NW Florida 23. Authoritative statement 25. “Fudge!” 26. Experienced 27. Victorian, for one 28. “___ quam videri” (North Carolina’s motto) 29. Seed coat 33. Has a traditional meal (2 wds) 36. Sorcerer 37. Pretentious sort 38. Legal prefix 41. Formerly known as 42. Made invalid 44. Julie ___, “Big Brother” host 45. Cocktail sauce ingredient (pl.) 48. Religious order probationer 49. A hand 50. ___ probandi 51. Marine decapod (2 wds) 55. Mouselike animal 56. Alter, in a way 57. Baba ghanouj ingredient 58. “Iliad” warrior 59. Absorbed, as a cost 60. Printed, glazed cotton fabric DOWN 1. Schuss, e.g. 2. PC linkup (acronym) 3. Review unfairly 4. Equiangular polygon 5. Religious law 6. Charlotte-to-Raleigh dir. 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 Mon Dec 15 20:09:56 2014 GMT. Enjoy! 7 5 6 3 2 7 8 3 9 5 4 8 3 7 6 4 3 9 1 7 6 7. Business needs 8. Bride-to-be 9. Ceremonial burner 10. Spectacles with nose clip (hyphenated) 11. Ancient Greek theater 12. Gave out 13. “___ Smile” (1976 hit) 18. Gushes out (var. spelling) 22. Cremona artisan 23. Orange crablike Pokemon character 24. Baking appliance 25. Abstruse 30. Supreme judicial council of ancient Jerusalem 31. Ashes, e.g. 32. Gulf of ___, off the coast of Yemen 34. First light of day (pl.) 35. That is, in Latin (2 wds) 36. Dry riverbed 38. Protective wall 39. Simultaneously (3 wds) 40. Counseled 3 4 Answers Above!! 43. Japanese ___ girl 44. Affected 45. Accept 46. Fertilization site 47. Fergie, formally 48. ___ Scotia 52. Abbr. after a comma 53. Amazon, e.g. (insect) 54. Show ___ 1 9 1 9 2 1 4 Puzzle 5 (Hard, difficulty rating 0.60) Puzzle 1 (Medium, difficulty rating 0.48) 8 3 1 7 6 4 9 5 2 6 5 2 9 1 3 4 7 8 7 4 9 2 8 5 1 3 6 9 2 7 8 3 6 5 4 1 5 1 8 4 9 7 6 2 3 3 6 4 5 2 1 7 8 9 1 7 6 3 4 2 8 9 5 4 9 3 1 5 8 2 6 7 2 8 5 6 7 9 3 1 4 Puzzle 2 (Hard, difficulty rating 0.72) 5 9 6 7 8 1 4 3 2 4 2 8 6 3 9 1 7 5 1 7 3 2 5 4 8 9 6 3 5 4 9 6 8 2 1 7 9 8 1 5 7 2 6 4 3 2 6 7 1 4 3 9 5 8 6 3 9 8 1 5 7 2 4 8 4 2 3 9 7 5 6 1 7 1 5 4 2 6 3 8 9 Puzzle 3 (Medium, difficulty rating 0.58) 1 3 6 5 4 2 9 7 8 7 5 4 8 9 6 3 1 2 9 8 2 7 3 1 6 4 5 4 6 9 3 1 5 8 2 7 3 7 8 4 2 9 5 6 1 5 2 1 6 8 7 4 9 3 2 4 3 9 7 8 1 5 6 8 1 5 2 6 4 7 3 9 6 9 7 1 5 3 2 8 4 Answers: 1) Blonde, 2) Widow, 3) Shirley Jones, 4) Keyboards & Vocals, 5) Bus Driver, Shirley Partridge on The Partridge Family Puzzle 4 (Medium, difficulty rating 0.48) 6 1 7 5 4 8 2 9 3 2 5 8 9 1 3 7 6 4 3 9 4 6 7 2 8 1 5 1 3 2 4 8 5 9 7 6 9 4 6 3 2 7 1 5 8 8 7 5 1 6 9 3 4 2 4 8 9 7 3 6 5 2 1 5 6 3 2 9 1 4 8 7 7 2 1 8 5 4 6 3 9 ANSWERS Puzzle 5 (Hard, difficulty rating 0.60) 5 7 6 1 2 8 9 3 4 3 1 9 4 7 6 5 2 8 8 2 4 5 3 9 1 7 6 4 5 7 6 8 1 3 9 2 2 9 8 3 4 7 6 1 5 6 3 1 2 9 5 8 4 7 7 8 3 9 5 2 4 6 1 9 6 2 8 1 4 7 5 3 1 4 5 7 6 3 2 8 9 Puzzle 6 (Hard, difficulty rating 0.69) 5 7 4 3 8 9 1 6 2 1 9 3 6 7 2 4 8 5 2 8 6 5 1 4 7 9 3 3 1 5 7 2 8 6 4 9 7 6 8 9 4 5 3 2 1 9 4 2 1 3 6 5 7 8 8 2 1 4 5 7 9 3 6 4 5 9 2 6 3 8 1 7 6 3 7 8 9 1 2 5 4 Puzzle 7 (Easy, difficulty rating 0.41) 8 6 3 4 7 9 1 5 2 4 2 7 1 5 8 9 3 6 9 5 1 3 2 6 7 8 4 6 1 2 8 3 4 5 7 9 P U Z Z L E Puzzle 8 (Medium, difficulty rating 0.51) 2 8 9 1 5 4 3 6 7 3 4 7 8 6 2 5 1 9 5 6 1 9 3 7 8 2 4 9 2 3 7 8 1 6 4 5 Puzzle 9 (Medium, difficulty rating 0.53) 4 7 3 1 6 5 8 9 2 9 1 6 8 2 7 5 4 3 8 5 2 3 4 9 6 7 1 7 8 1 2 3 4 9 6 5 AGE 9 8 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 This cool mother of five gives up her job at the bank to go on tour with her kids. __________________________________________ 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 _________________ 5 4 3 2 1 CryptoQuiz CROSSWORD SUDOKU
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