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24 OCTOBER 7, 2021 RIDGEWOOD TIMES WWW.QNS.COM PUZZLES 6 4 9 2 5 1 7 8 9 8 3 4 1 1 8 6 2 3 6 7 4 8 4 9 5 6 2 5 6 7 �� Across 1. Bacon bit 6. Bandy words 10. Put one’s foot down? 14. “All My Children” vixen 15. Game piece 16. Speak with wild enthusiasm 17. Pungent herb growing in freshwater ponds 19. Face-to-face exam 20. Broad range of related ideas forming a sequence (pl.) 21. Hole drilled for petroleum (2 wds) 23. Heirloom location 25. ___-eyed 26. Wrist joints 29. Plaque on office door 34. Bottomless pits 36. Amscrayed 37. “Andy Capp” cartoonist Smythe 38. Pistol, slangily 39. Implement 42. Long-jawed fish 43. “... ___ he drove out of sight” 44. Chit (abbrev.) 45. Smoke out 47. Most unusual 51. Article of faith 52. Persian, e.g. 53. Downy duck 55. Disperse 59. Ankle bones 63. Bolted 64. Pertaining to turning on an axis 66. The America’s Cup trophy, e.g. 67. Brio 68. Chilled (2 wds) 69. Latitude 70. Animal shelters 71. Tore down flat Down 1. Puts in stitches 2. Mouth, in slang 3. Baptism, for one 4. Polar covers 5. Working less than 8 hours (hyphenated) 6. Back problem 7. Pandowdy, e.g. 8. “Not to mention ...” 9. Abode 10. Garden handtool 11. Pink, as a steak 12. Elliptical 13. Farmer’s place, in song 18. Computer monitor, for short 22. Chop (off) 24. Paint the town red 26. “Who ___?” 27. Cancel 28. Actress Winona 30. Fold, spindle or mutilate 31. About 1% of the atmosphere 32. Bait 33. “Snowy” bird 35. Laughed disrespectfully 40. “Them” 41. Outer surface 46. ___ non grata 48. Angioplasty target 49. Cashew, e.g. 50. Giants in Greek mythology 54. “Can’t Help Lovin’ ___ Man” 55. Increase, with “up” 56. Hood 57. Length x width, for a rectangle 58. Character in a play 60. Cuckoos 61. Shoestring 62. Coaster 65. “The Joy Luck Club” author 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 /WWW.QNS.COM