46 TIMES • DECEMBER 24, 2015 FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.qns.com Across 1. ___ Christian Andersen 5. Medicated lozenge 11. Stop on a crawl 14. Chill 15. “Hip Hip, ___!” 16. “___ calls?” 17. Admirer of anything French 19. On, as a lamp 20. Andrea Bocelli, for one 21. “___ quam videri” (North Carolina’s motto) 22. Bit of dust 23. Hush-hush 25. Muhammad’s religion 27. Light or popular music (2 wds) 32. Put one’s foot down? 33. Magical wish granter 34. ___-friendly 38. Codeine source 41. Exclusive 42. Vestibule 44. Girasol, e.g. 46. Performance given only once at any one place (hyph., 2 wds) 51. Close-knit group 52. “Stop right there!” 55. Face-to-face exam 57. “Hamlet” has five 60. Boredom 61. Family head 62. HNO2 (2 wds) 64. “___ not!” 65. Consecrate 66. Battering wind 67. Arch 68. Marked with sinuous lines, botany 69. Aims Down 1. Sword handles 2. Acquiesce 3. Shade 4. Married woman, Spanish 5. Even if, briefly 6. Catch, in a way 7. ___ and aahs 8. Emotionally stressful event 9. Most robust 10. Artist’s asset 11. Trigger, e.g. 12. Condo, e.g. 13. Information unit 18. Colgate rival 22. Bison features 24. Apprentice 26. Chair part 28. Chop (off) 29. Dostoyevsky novel, with “The” 30. Bubkes 31. “Fancy that!” 34. Alien? 35. “My boy” 36. Someone visually attractive (2 wds) 37. Kidney-related 39. Bull markets 40. Buddy 43. Free from, with “of” 45. Narrow country roads 47. Granular 48. Bully 49. Period of legal minority 50. Classic yo-yo maker 53. Association of persons of the same trade 54. Keeps out of sight 55. “What are the ___?” 56. Aggravate 58. Beethoven’s “Archduke ___” 59. Princes, e.g. 62. Bother 63. Adaptable truck, for short Puzzle 4 (Easy, difficulty rating 0.38) 4 3 9 8 1 9 8 5 7 2 4 Puzzle 1 (Easy, difficulty rating 0.43) 5 8 4 3 7 6 1 2 9 1 6 7 2 8 9 4 5 3 2 9 3 5 1 4 6 7 8 8 3 2 6 4 7 9 1 5 9 4 1 8 5 2 3 6 7 7 5 6 1 9 3 8 4 2 3 2 9 4 6 5 7 8 1 6 7 8 9 2 1 5 3 4 4 1 5 7 3 8 2 9 6 6 1 9 2 2 5 6 9 6 3 7 8 5 3 1 5 1 7 6 Puzzle 2 (Medium, difficulty rating 0.47) 7 6 5 2 3 9 8 4 1 3 4 8 1 7 6 5 2 9 2 9 1 4 8 5 3 6 7 8 2 6 3 9 4 1 7 5 4 7 9 5 1 2 6 8 3 5 1 3 7 6 8 2 9 4 6 8 4 9 5 1 7 3 2 1 3 2 6 4 7 9 5 8 9 5 7 8 2 3 4 1 6 Puzzle 3 (Hard, difficulty rating 0.67) 3 6 9 8 1 5 7 4 2 8 1 4 2 7 9 5 6 3 2 7 5 4 6 3 9 8 1 5 9 1 7 4 2 6 3 8 7 2 8 6 3 1 4 9 5 6 4 3 9 5 8 2 1 7 4 5 2 1 8 6 3 7 9 9 8 7 3 2 4 1 5 6 1 3 6 5 9 7 8 2 4 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 Sudoku Answers to Last Week’s Crossword SUDOKU
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