WWW.QNS.COM RIDGEWOOD TIMES FEBRUARY 24, 2022 15
PUZZLES
Across
1. Drifts
6. Charge
10. Medical advice, often
14. Open, as a bottle
15. Clickable image
16. Ashtabula’s lake
17. “___ go!” (informal)
18. “Cool!”
19. “Fudge!”
20. Questions a witness
23. Yogi’s language
25. Jazz star, Karl ___
26. Skeleton’s medieval
dance (2 wds)
30. Addition
31. Canon competitor
32. Hillsides
36. Boring
38. Definite shape and
volume
40. 1984 Peace Nobelist
41. Eiffel ___
43. Abundance
45. Doublemint, e.g.
46. Skill in selling
49. Spit
52. Athletic events
53. Author’s hand pain (2
wds)
57. “I had no ___!”
58. Open valley
59. Symptomatic of a rash
63. Bridge, in Bretagne
64. 20-20, e.g.
65. Like “The X-Files”
66. European language
67. Plundered
68. Eye sores
Down
1. Persian, e.g.
2. A Beatle bride
3. Appear
4. First canonical hour
5. Elastic synthetic fabric
6. D.C. al ___ (musical
direction)
7. Maple genus
8. Big laugh
9. Inter
10. Signal indicating imminent
danger (2 wds)
11. A Muse
12. Femme fatale
13. Perfect, e.g.
21. Multiplied by
22. Vestments, e.g.
23. A call to incite dogs in
hunting
24. Acquired relative
(hyph.)
26. Balance sheet item
27. Got up from kneeling
28. Young male horses
29. Adage
33. Cipher
34. Small, ornamental
ladies’ bags
35. Cesspool
37. Pause in uncertainty
39. Excitement
42. 90’s party
44. Foes
47. Storage spot
48. Beethoven work in E
flat
49. Filch
50. Eagerness
51. Encumbrances
54. Bank
55. Musical sign
56. Cost of living?
60. Bawl
61. Get a move on
62. “Absolutely!”
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
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