22 FEBRUARY 25, 2021 RIDGEWOOD TIMES WWW.QNS.COM
PUZZLES (PLAY MORE GAMES ONLINE AT GAMES.QNS.COM)
Across
1. Eyeglasses
6. Preserve, in a way
10. Hail Mary, e.g.
14. Grant
15. Think
16. Biblical shepherd
17. ___ del Sol
18. Motor vehicle
19. Conclusion
20. Posted mph (2 wds)
22. 20-20, e.g.
23. Animal house
24. Supplement
26. Flat
29. Asian plant’s flaxlike
fiber
31. Like “The X-Files”
32. Sensory nerve endings
36. Extol
37. Santa Claus feature
38. Certain surgeon’s “patient”
39. International commerce
without government interference
(2 wds)
41. Gave out
42. Food containing milk
products
43. Muscular and heavily
built
44. Bets
47. Family retriever dog, for
short
48. “Beowulf,” e.g.
49. Lawful
56. Dungeons & Dragons
snake-like creature
57. Mosque V.I.P.
58. Drunk, in slang
59. Percussion instrument
60. “Blue” or “White” river
61. Open, in a way
62. Increase, with “up”
63. Civil War side, with “the”
64. Cream puff
Down
1. Bursae
2. Alka-Seltzer sound
3. “... or ___!”
4. Pigeon’s home
5. Wrap or bind in bandages
6. Philip Roth’s “The Human
___”
7. Jack-in-the-pulpit, e.g.
8. French novelist Pierre
9. Was unfaithful (hyphenated)
10. Leader of the pack
11. Beyond’s partner
12. Exodus commemoration
13. Bias
21. “Malcolm X” director
25. Barely beat
26. Brand, in a way
27. “How ___!”
28. Military officer who
acts as assistant to a more
senior office (3 wds)
29. Query before “Here
goes!”
30. “God’s Little ___”
31. “The Lord of the Rings”
figure
32. Back
33. Face-to-face exam
34. Bank
35. Undertake, with “out”
37. Small herring processed
like a sardine
40. Toni Morrison’s “___
Baby”
41. Fraught with uncertainty
or doubt
43. Dracula, at times
44. Proceeds
45. In pieces
46. Lively Baroque dance
47. British sailor (slang)
50. Arabic for “commander”
51. Apple variety
52. Peewee
53. “The Sound of Music”
backdrop
54. Caddie’s bagful
55. Irascible
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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