22 OCTOBER 14, 2021 RIDGEWOOD TIMES WWW.QNS.COM
PUZZLES
9 7 4
6 9 5
7 3 5 4 8
3 6
9 8 4 3
4 8
9 8 1 7 2
8 3 7
5 6 8
8 3 1 7 6 4 9 5 2
6 5 2 9 1 3 4 7 8
7 4 9 2 8 5 1 3 6
9 2 7 8 3 6 5 4 1
5 1 8 4 9 7 6 2 3
3 6 4 5 2 1 7 8 9
1 7 6 3 4 2 8 9 5
4 9 3 1 5 8 2 6 7
2 8 5 6 7 9 3 1 4
Across
1. Fancy-schmancy
5. Blend
9. Ed.’s request (acronym)
12. Crosswise, on deck
14. Assortment
15. Bamboozles
16. Master chef (2 wds)
18. Holds close
19. Itty-bitty
20. Silent movie caption
22. Be a snitch
24. Carpenter’s machine
25. Lulu
28. Dirty coat
30. Expression of disgust
31. Aroma
33. Artless one
35. Flip-flop
38. ___ gin fizz
39. Animal in a roundup
41. Length x width, for a
rectangle
42. Third of the seven
canonical hours
44. ___ Bowl played at
Aloha Stadium
45. Makeup, e.g.
46. ___ Jackman, actor
48. After-dinner drink
50. Absorbed, as a cost
51. Fake
52. Intelligence
54. Single-handedly
57. Clerks who arrange
papers for storage
61. “... or ___!”
62. Burdened by cares
(hyphenated)
64. Emulated Pinocchio
65. Chill
66. Youngest Bennet
sister in “Pride and Prejudice”
67. ___ de deux
68. Custom
69. Caroled
Down
1. Agreement
2. “O” in old radio lingo
3. Arid
4. Lacked (contraction)
5. Kind of rule
6. Building additions
7. In ___ of
8. Twice
9. Country whose capital
is Seoul (2 wds)
10. Fish
11. “___ quam videri”
(North Carolina’s motto)
13. He took two tablets
15. Small talk (2 wds)
17. Hose
21. Drawn tight
23. Disinclined
25. Announce
26. Doing nothing
27. Institutions for paupers
29. Entanglement (hyphenated)
32. Happened again
34. Criminal
36. Home, informally
37. Box office take
40. Make less dense
43. Baker’s dozen?
47. Donkey bray (hyphenated)
49. Fabric with diagonal
parallel ribs
51. Thin leaf-like layers
53. Kills, as a dragon
54. Canine cry
55. Toy building brick
56. Part man/part goat
58. Icelandic epic
59. Curb, with “in”
60. Catch
63. Check for accuracy
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
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