24 SEPTEMBER 24, 2020 RIDGEWOOD TIMES WWW.QNS.COM
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1 6 9 7 2 8
3 4
2 5
8 9 7 6
5 2 9
5 1 2 8
6 8
2 1
3 9 5 8 2 1
Across
1. Sacred Hindu writings
5. Batty
9. Closely relted Bantu
languages
14. “___ Brockovich”
15. Assortment
16. “Snowy” bird
17. In addition to all the
foregoing (4 wds)
20. Adaptable truck, for
short
21. Palm berry
22. 20-20, e.g.
23. Frightening creatures
25. Scottish land taxes
28. Sylvester, to Tweety
29. Persian potentates
31. Deception
32. Balance
35. Setting for TV’s “Newhart”
36. Dwell
37. Advised against (medical
treatment)
40. Bacchanal
41. Napoleon, e.g.
42. Supplies
43. ___ el Amarna, Egypt
44. Creme de la creme (2
wds)
46. “___ any drop to drink”:
Coleridge
47. ___ fly
49. Hymn of mourning
53. Bungle, with “up”
54. Command to a dog
55. Even if, briefly
56. Thought process in
which ideas suggest other
ideas (2 wds)
60. Father’s sister (informal)
61. Paradoxical anecdote
in Zen Buddhism
62. Roused from sleep
63. Second letter of Hebrew
alphabet (pl.)
64. “The Sound of Music”
backdrop
65. Aces, sometimes
Down
1. Soft palate
2. A Muse
3. Type of puzzle, e.g. human
knot
4. Queen, maybe
5. Quiet
6. Raised structures for
religious rites
7. Place for girls to learn
social and cultural skills (2
wds)
8. “___ bad!”
9. Individuals
10. Double curve resembling
an S (pl.)
11. Spelling a word in another
language
12. “For ___ a jolly ...” (contraction)
13. Baseball’s Master
Melvin
18. One up
19. Method, skill or art
applied to a particular task
(var. spell.)
24. Off-color
26. Downy duck
27. Top competitors, often
30. “Go on ...”
32. Sir Walter ___, Ivanhoe
author
33. Centers
34. Lacking vitality
36. Relay team handoff
38. “Rocky ___”
39. Kind of oil
44. Chemical analyses
45. Work boot feature
48. Choppers, so to speak
50. Control, symbolically
51. Have difficulty breathing
or swallowing due to
obstruction
52. Fine-tunes
56. Marvelous, in slang
57. Morgue, for one
58. Calypso offshoot
59. Pair
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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