P U Z Z L E
ACROSS
1. Cowboy boot attachment
5. Icy
9. Forest growth
13. Look somewhere ____
14. Call to a mate
15. "I had no ___!"
16. Malay Archipelago (2
wds)
19. Marathon
20. Another word for strode
21. Bob, e.g.
23. Pepsi, e.g.
24. All there
25. Four-_____ (ATV)
28. Provokes
32. Brass instrument family
33. Microwave, e.g.
34. Sylvester, to Tweety
35. Adjoin
36. Bison features
38. "Roots," e.g.
39. Chop (off)
40. Dressing ingredient
41. Motionless
42. Artsy one
44. Many a Floridian
46. Bone-dry
47. Axis of ___
48. Small animal related to
a weasel
51. A cut of pork
55. Bunches
56. Not gaseous or liquid
Puzzle 1 (Hard, difficulty rating 0.67)
7 1 3 8 6 9 2 5 4
6 8 2 4 3 5 9 7 1
9 5 4 7 1 2 3 8 6
1 6 8 3 5 4 7 9 2
4 7 5 9 2 6 8 1 3
2 3 9 1 7 8 4 6 5
5 4 1 2 8 7 6 3 9
3 9 7 6 4 1 5 2 8
8 2 6 5 9 3 1 4 7
58. Exclusive
59. Durable wood
60. Knight fight
61. Merlin, e.g.
62. Didn't dillydally
63. Cantina cooker
DOWN
1. Attends
2. ___ du jour
3. "Back in the ___"
4. Quiet
5. Holds a flame
6. "My!"
7. A little lamb
8. Blonde's secret, maybe
ANSWERS
9. Environs
10. Aroma
11. E-mail, e.g.
12. Kind of palm
17. Personal heroes
18. Round lot's 100
22. Soon, to a bard
24. Bank
25. Humpback, e.g.
26. Bums
27. Blow
29. Flight segment
30. American symbol
31. Flat
33. "___ moment"
36. First canonical hour
Each Each of of the the following following cryptograms cryptograms is a clue is a to clue the to identity
the
of identity a renowned of an environmentalist.award-winning actor.Using the Using hints the I=E hints
and
D=A and H=T, decipher the clues to name the actor.
1
2
Q=S, decipher the clues to name the individual.
H Y C F U V D Y H M U F G
Q
________________________________
K T U V W M Q N
I W X Y S D U M
________________________________
N L W S N
I Q I W X I Q
________________________________
T G D U H W E I G Q D S Q
W
________________________________
K N D U H M C C U N G I M K S W Q
D T D S D T
________________________________
This actor won back-to-back Academy Awards
This environmentalist used politics
to advance the cause:
5) Father Flanagan, Spencer Tracy
4) Forests, 5) Monuments, Teddy Roosevelt
37. Ancient
38. Eyelet creator
40. Arid
41. Mixes up
43. Milliner
44. Complain
45. Got around
48. Come together
49. ___ vera
50. Lady Macbeth, e.g.
51. Berth place
52. Commuter line
53. "___ be a cold day in
hell ..."
54. ___ carotene
57. Harvest goddess
Puzzle 1 (Hard, difficulty rating 0.67)
3 4
2 3 5 1
5 4 7 3 8
6 5 7
9 6
9 7 6
4 1 7 6 3
3 6 4 5
8 1
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)Badlands, 2) Conservation, 3) Preserves
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