P U Z Z L E
ACROSS
1. Grassland plain in South
America
6. Monetary unit of Ghana
10. Big wine holder
13. Basket material
14. Coffee break snack
15. 1969 Peace Prize grp.
16. Marrying again
18. Brouhaha
19. Cardinal
20. A chip, maybe
21. Air
22. Short opening act
26. French navigator Jacques
28. Farmer's place, in song
29. Unfair treatment of old
people
30. Rich
34. Morgue, for one
35. Passionate
37. Free from, with "of"
38. Strong and deep in tone
41. Bear
43. Artificial Intelligences
44. Early pirates
46. Making something
required
50. Mysterious: Var.
51. Battering wind
52. Castle part
55. Victorian, for one
56. To consider
59. Kipling's "Gunga ___"
60. A Christian adhering to
an Eastern rite
Puzzle 1 (Medium, difficulty rating 0.47)
3 8 7 1 2 5 6 9 4
5 2 6 8 9 4 1 7 3
9 1 4 6 3 7 8 2 5
4 9 5 3 7 8 2 1 6
2 7 1 5 6 9 4 3 8
6 3 8 2 4 1 7 5 9
7 6 9 4 1 3 5 8 2
1 5 2 9 8 6 3 4 7
8 4 3 7 5 2 9 6 1
61. Alternative to a convertible
62. "Comprende?"
63. Back
64. Clarification lead-in
DOWN
1. Base of a crocus stem
2. Fishing, perhaps
3. Copies of other’s
behavior
4. Small change
5. "Catch-22" pilot
6. Cousin of a raccoon
7. Bring about
8. Directly
9. "___ alive!" (contraction)
10. Computer woe
11. "Home ___"
ANSWERS
12. Eiffel ___
14. Void
17. Miles per hour, e.g.
21. Knight fight
23. Backboard attachment
24. Bank
25. "Is that ___?"
26. "The Alienist" author
27. Chill
30. All ___
31. Citrus drink like lemonade
32. Little dent
33. "What are the ___?"
35. Saturated substances
36. A badge of honor or
authority
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.
identity of a First Lady. Using the hints I=O and K=N,
1
2
decipher the clues to name the lady.
H V C Z U R D Q H I U C G
D H Z D K
________________________________
K C V I Q W D N
W I K N D R
________________________________
N T O S N
Z Q L
________________________________
T I C D Z H K E Z G I D K D W
N V M
________________________________
K P D H N C Z I U K G R
K W D T D S D T
________________________________
This actor won back-to-back Academy Awards
This First Lady unofficially acted as President
during her husband’s illness according to many:
5) Father Flanagan, Spencer Tracy
4) Opinionated, 5) Rations, Edith Wilson
39. Comply with
40. Discouraging words
41. Schuss, e.g.
42. Passed urine (child
saying)
44. Hotel employee
45. Any thing
46. Demands
47. Like "The X-Files"
48. Construction site sight
49. Golden Horde
member
53. Flight data, briefly
54. Confined, with "up"
56. Blackguard
57. "___ moment"
58. Chi follower
2 5 9
Puzzle 1 (Medium, difficulty rating 0.47)
2 4 1 7
9 8
4 3 7 2 1 6
6 3 8 4 1 9
9 2
5 2 9 4
4 7 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
An swers
Above!!
CROSSWORD
SUDOKU
for Best Actor:
3
4
5
Answers: 1) Theater, 2) Film, 3) MGM 4) Natural,
Answers: 1) Episcopalian, 2) Pocahontas,3) Quick
48 NORTH SHORE TOWERS COURIER ¢ December 2017