16 JANUARY 6, 2022 RIDGEWOOD TIMES WWW.QNS.COM
PUZZLES
Across
1. Place
7. Use a scale
12. Peninsula between the
Red Sea and Persian Gulf
13. Herald
17. Most contemptible
18. Dance student presentations
19. Be a snitch
20. Capital of Jordan
21. “Sesame Street”
watcher
22. Male friend from one’s
neighborhood (slang)
23. Comparative word
24. Buggy terrain
25. Length x width, for a
rectangle
26. Average guys
27. More exposed
28. Anger, e.g.
29. Charlie, for one
30. Legal prefix
31. Stoppered rubber
warming containers (3
wds)
36. Had on
37. “How ___!”
38. Marienbad, for one
39. Grafting shoot
41. Accomplishment
42. Hurting
43. Full house, e.g.
44. Miniature sci-fi vehicles
45. Sheds tears
46. “Go on ...”
47. Brings home
48. Assayers’ stuff
49. Beam where upper
rafters attach
51. Astronomy Muse
53. Condition of being
moist, fresh and pure
54. Airline porter
55. Bridge positions
56. Compliance
Down
1. Family retriever dog, for
short
2. Handel bars
3. Hinged sash (2 wds)
4. Evergreen ornamental
shrubs in Asia and Mexico
5. Fine thread
6. “Dig in!”
7. Display of kindness,
sympathy and generosity
8. Injections of liquid into
the rectum
9. Member of the Quechuan
people in Peru
10. Enter (2 wds)
11. QB’s cry
14. Study of the physical
world (2 wds)
15. Copy
16. Banana oil, e.g.
20. Agreeing (with)
22. Chop finely
24. Blowgun ammo
26. Burlap fiber
27. Diminish
29. Mountain pool
30. Sulk
32. Golf club
33. Chutzpah
34. Inhabitant of ancient
Ephesus
35. “___ who?”
39. Archaeological find
40. Birchbark
41. Dense growth of trees
42. Impressive displays or
collections
44. Peels
45. Wine stoppers
47. “Empedocles on ___”
(Matthew Arnold poem)
50. “A pox on you!”
51. Cable network
52. Appropriate
HOW TO SOLVE
Each row must contain
the numbers 1 to 9; each
column must contain the
numbers 1 to 9; and each
set of 3 by 3 boxes must
contain the numbers 1 to 9
Answers to Last Week’s Crossword
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