42 TIMES • DECEMBER 31, 2015 FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.qns.com Across 1. Costa del ___ 4. Book of maps 9. Adult 14. “The Three Faces of ___” 15. Allotment 16. Give the third degree 17. Hard throw, in baseball 18. Absurd 19. OK, in a way 20. 3-sided polygon 22. Clairvoyants 23. Beside 24. Heavy loads 26. Boston suburb 27. Man with a mission 30. ?Sesame Street? watcher 31. Park, for one 33. Easy mark 35. Office Furniture (2 wds) 38. Dentist’s direction 39. Hidden 40. “A jealous mistress”: Emerson 41. Oblivion 42. “O, gie me the ___ that has acres o’ charms”: Burns 46. French for Herbarium 49. Military wear 50. Electron tube 51. Pool chemical 54. Scalawag 55. Pizazz 56. Fed. Construction overseer 57. Complimentary close 58. Postal scale unit 59. Coal carrier 60. ?You ___ kidding!? 61. Counseled 62. ?Don?t give up!? Down 1. Relating to thin wall between nostrils 2. Too 3. Host 4. Imitating 5. Bell sound 6. Loyal 7. Clearasil target 8. “Comprende?” 9. An onlooker, starer 10. Let go 11. A spray of feathers 12. Soviet open policy 13. Addition 21. Chronicles 22. “So ___ me!” 24. Inhale 25. Chester White’s home 27. Ballpoint, e.g. 28. Fisherman 29. Old gold coin 32. Compete 33. A.T.M. need 34. Elk mantelpiece 35. Emergency exit (2 wds) 36. Curiosity or interest 37. Drone, e.g. 38. “Go team!” 41. “Malcolm X” director 43. In order 44. Electric eye, e.g. 45. Unfaltering 47. Stream 48. Clarification lead-in 49. Blasé 51. Hint 52. Full house, e.g. 53. Vermin 54. Scandinavian shag rug 55. In favor of 2 4 1 7 3 2 3 5 8 7 6 3 3 6 9 5 7 1 4 1 8 6 7 9 8 4 6 2 7 3 9 Puzzle 1 (Easy, difficulty rating 0.34) 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 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 Puzzle 4 (Easy, difficulty rating 0.38) 4 3 7 5 1 9 8 6 2 1 9 2 8 6 3 7 4 5 6 5 8 7 2 4 3 1 9 5 6 1 3 9 8 4 2 7 9 8 4 2 7 6 1 5 3 7 2 3 4 5 1 6 9 8 2 1 9 6 3 7 5 8 4 8 7 6 9 4 5 2 3 1 3 4 5 1 8 2 9 7 6 Answers to Last Week’s Crossword SUDOKU
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