26 NOVEMBER 11, 2021 RIDGEWOOD TIMES WWW.QNS.COM
PUZZLES
8 4 2
4 1 5 8
9 7
1 8 9
5 8 7 2 6 1
3 5 2
6 5
9 8 3 7
7 1 3
Across
1. Nuclear fission weapon
(hyphenated)
6. Internet-based system
for anonymous funds
transferral
11. Brilliant performance
13. Adult insects
15. Lunar calendar beginning
A.D. 622
16. Earthenware
17. P.I., e.g.
18. Small, edible herring
20. Victorian, for one
21. Carbon compound
23. Pub order
24. Live wire, so to speak
25. Incurred
27. Breathalyzer attachment
28. Wuss
29. Rhapsodic
31. He took two tablets
32. Checked item
33. Bank deposit
34. Blah (2 wds)
36. Rope for raising a sail
39. Hollow passages
underground
40. Fifth note
41. Intro
43. Kind of column (2
wds)
44. Chart anew
46. Russian assembly
47. 30-day mo.
48. Strong surface current
flowing outwards from
shore
50. Non-Jew
51. Mocking playfully
53. Comes down and
settles, as a bird would
55. Burn up
56. Folded card for short
informal letter
57. Affirm
58. “___ have died trying.”
(contraction)
Down
1. Magazine
2. Juliet’s monologue
location
3. Egg cells
4. “___ the word.” (contraction)
5. Pipe material
6. Correct, as text
7. Cause for concern
8. ___ Khan
9. V.I.P.
10. Female beneficiary
11. Muzzled dog
12. Circus performer
13. Cake topper
14. Frightening
19. Kind of income
22. Staggered
24. Malicious coward
26. Devout
28. Nonmalignant growth
from mucous lining
30. Video maker, for short
31. “Cool” amount
33. Dry
34. Occurs
35. Exaggerate a role
36. “Where the heart is”
37. In a way that is not
gentle
38. Reduced in rank
39. Cousin of a raccoon
40. Bulrush, e.g.
42. “Thou ___ enter.”
(archaic)
44. Dentist’s direction
45. One who steers a ship
48. Hair colorer
49. Core
52. Caribbean, e.g.
54. “Fancy that!”
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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