www.qns.com MARCH 25, 2022 28RIDGEWOOD TIMES
PUZZLES
Puzzle 3 (Medium, difficulty rating 0.59)
5 9 8 7
9 4 3
7 1 5 6 9
7 6 1
9 8 4
5 8 2 4 6
3 7 2
4 2 7 5
Puzzle 2 (Easy, difficulty rating 0.36)
3 2 4 6 8 5 7 1 9
8 6 7 3 1 9 5 4 2
5 9 1 4 2 7 8 3 6
6 5 8 9 7 1 4 2 3
7 1 9 2 4 3 6 5 8
2 4 3 8 5 6 1 9 7
4 7 2 1 9 8 3 6 5
1 8 6 5 3 2 9 7 4
9 3 5 7 6 4 2 8 1
Across
1. BÍte noire
5. Brunch serving
10. Coal carrier
13. Certain exams
15. Composer Copland
16. “___ we having fun
yet?”
17. Terminal structure of
an axon
19. Buff
20. Not nice
21. Stealthy
23. More impertinent
25. Pillbox, e.g.
26. Place as comfy as
home (3 wds)
32. “Welcome” site
35. 4:1, e.g.
36. Navigational aid
37. A Swiss army knife
has lots of them
39. Position
41. Brewski
42. Scrawny one
44. Dusk to dawn
46. Undertake, with “out”
47. At the same time
50. “Wheels”
51. A harpoon
55. Opinions contrary to
religious beliefs
60. Aggregate
61. Egg cells
62. An instant
64. Favorite
65. Carry away, in a way
66. Search for water
67. “... ___ he drove out of
sight”
68. Taste, e.g.
69. Foot pads
Down
1. Extra
2. “Gladiator” setting
3. Police informers
4. Good-natured; mischievous
5. Jail, slangily
6. Physics units
7. Ashtabula’s lake
8. Type of raincoat
9. Physical alterations
10. Dagger handle
11. Face-to-face exam
12. Contradict
14. Old person
18. Accumulation of fluids
22. Character
24. Focal point
27. Belong
28. Red cosmetics
29. ___ probandi
30. Earned
31. At one time, at one
time
32. Disorder
33. Fungal spore sacs
34. Course
38. Booze
40. Young pigs
43. Corrective lenses
45. Went bad
48. Big hit
49. TV shows imitating
reality
52. Plains Indian
53. Artist Max
54. Advises
55. Word before and after
“against”
56. “... happily ___ after”
57. Miles per hour, e.g.
58. Brio
59. Takes a seat
63. Golf ball support
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
SUDOKU
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