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Are you wild about word searches? This fun, go-anywhere guide is packed with puzzles to stretch your skills and strengthen your mind. Inside you’ll find eight different kinds of word searches — including one invented by the author! — as well as extensive tips and tricks to improve your puzzle-solving abilities. You’ll have a great time mastering increasingly difficult searches while you reap the brain-boosting benefits. • Working with word searches — get familiar with the eight word search varieties in the book and the strategies for solving each collection • Start with straightforward puzzles — try simple and story word searches, find hidden words, and solve secret-shape puzzles • Conquer more complex searches — gather your wits for scrambles, quiz questions, and secret-list and winding word searches

Open the book and find: • 250 brand-new, handcrafted puzzles • The brain-boosting benefits of doing word searches • A chapter with hints for every puzzle • Ten letter-pattern tips • Extra or “Ultra” challenging puzzles • Secrets to designing your own word searches • Web addresses for online resources • Fascinating word puzzle facts

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• Play like a pro with bonus puzzles — tackle anagrams and other word games that are guaranteed to make your brain hurt! • Try not to peek — the answers to all puzzles feature full grids, so you can see where each word is placed

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• Solve challenging word searches at various difficulty levels • Master shape, story, and winding word searches • Improve your problem-solving skills • Keep your brain active and healthy

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Denise Sutherland is a syndicated Australian puzzle author. Her crosswords, word searches, and other puzzles appear in a wide range of Australian and international publications, and she has written five themed puzzle books. Sutherland runs her own graphic design business, Sutherland Studios, where she concentrates on creating handcrafted puzzles.

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About the Author Denise Sutherland is an Australian syndicated puzzle author. She has a background in science and graphic design and is a professional member of the Australian Society of Authors. She is also an established artist and classically trained musician. Denise has always been interested in mysteries and puzzles. As a child she was captivated by the Encyclopedia Brown books, which lead inevitably on to the works of Joan Aiken, Georges Simenon, Colin Dexter, Reginald Hill, P.D. James, and many others; murder mysteries are still her favorite genre, along with anything by Terry Pratchett. There is no official training to become a puzzle writer. It’s an unusual mix of skills: a fascination with words, numbers, puzzles, logic, and patterns; an ability to deconstruct and then reconstruct puzzles; and years of practice. Denise started writing puzzles for her younger sisters and brothers when she was young but got serious about teaching herself to write crosswords and other puzzles when her own children were little, in the late 1980s. Denise has run her own graphic design business, Sutherland Studios, since 1997; however, she now concentrates almost solely on puzzles. She has written puzzles for many groups, from home schooling groups, regional Slow Food organizations, and the Australian Science Archives Project to the Australian sugarcane industry and Capital BlueCross (USA). She has several syndicated puzzle series, including her unique Secret Shape word search puzzles. Her puzzles are published in a wide variety of newspapers and magazines in Australia and around the world. Denise has researched, written, and illustrated three themed puzzle books for several organizations (the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia, the Alice Springs School of the Air, and the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals), and two books on the history and heritage of her hometown, Canberra (the national capital of Australia). Denise has lived in the States at various times in her life, in New Haven, Connecticut; Tucson, Arizona; and Boulder, Colorado, and currently lives in Canberra with her astrophysicist husband Dr. Ralph and their kids Rodger and Jenny. She is a completely obsessed knitter, and also enjoys BookCrossing, cryptic crosswords, Middle Eastern dancing, and watercolor painting. You can visit her Web site for free puzzles and knitting patterns, and to see her paintings (sutherland-studios.com.au).

Dedication To be cut in half and shared equally: For my husband Ralph, whose support, silliness, programming skills, and love I rely on utterly. Yours forever. For my dad Barry, who got me on this puzzling path in the first place. You can blame him.

Author’s Acknowledgments First of all, a special thank-you to Natalie Harris at Wiley for making this book happen for me in the first place. I have loved every minute of working with my Wiley team in Indianapolis. A heartfelt thank-you to Sarah Faulkner, Erin Calligan Mooney, and Megan Knoll for making this such an enjoyable experience. Their collective intelligence, enthusiasm, and professionalism are matched only by their warmth and senses of humor. Writing a book with an author half a world away is no easy task, but these women made it seem effortless. My early morning e-mail chats with Sarah (4 p.m. for her was 7 a.m. for me the next day) kept things moving along and were great fun. I couldn’t have asked for a better Technical Editor in Raymond Hamel — his meticulous eye was invaluable. A true blue Aussie “thanks mate” to Rachel “MadMad” Wohanka for her American insights. I couldn’t have written the puzzles in this book without Project X, one-of-a-kind software written by my husband Ralph that helps with the construction process. He refines and expands it when I ask nicely. I am in awe of his remarkable skills and eternally grateful for the time he has taken off from his day job (theoretical astrophysics) to write code for me. To end with the most important, my endless love and thanks to my dear family — Ralph, Rodger, and Jenny — for all the cups of tea, words of encouragement, making sure I took breaks, and keeping me laughing while writing this book.

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Table of Contents Introduction ................................................................. 1 About This Book .............................................................................................. 1 Conventions Used in This Book ..................................................................... 2 What You’re Not to Read ................................................................................ 3 Foolish Assumptions ....................................................................................... 3 How This Book Is Organized .......................................................................... 3 Part I: Working with Word Searches ................................................... 4 Part II: Starting with Straightforward Puzzles .................................... 4 Part III: Moving On to Complex Puzzles .............................................. 4 Part IV: Hints and Answers ................................................................... 4 Part V: The Part of Tens ........................................................................ 4 Icons Used in This Book ................................................................................. 5 Where to Go from Here ................................................................................... 5

Part I: Working with Word Searches .............................. 7 Chapter 1: Hunting through the World of Word Searches . . . . . . . . . . .9 Word Searches at a Glance............................................................................. 9 Using Word Searches to Keep Your Mind Sharp ....................................... 11 Understanding dementia..................................................................... 11 Considering the importance of mind puzzles and games............... 13 A Fun Romp through Word Search History ............................................... 14

Chapter 2: Perfecting Your Puzzle-Solving Strategies . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 Solving Word Searches ................................................................................. 17 Gathering your equipment ................................................................. 18 Marking the words ............................................................................... 18 Tackling the grid .................................................................................. 20 Moving Past Word Searches: Anagrams and Other Word Games ........... 22 Understanding anagrams .................................................................... 23 Anagramming tricks ............................................................................ 23 Rearranging letters for tile games ..................................................... 24 Baffling letter squares ......................................................................... 25 Staying alive in Hangman .................................................................... 26

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Part II: Starting with Straightforward Puzzles .............. 27 Chapter 3: Trying Your Hand at Simple Word Searches . . . . . . . . . . . .29 Chapter 4: Reading up on Story Word Searches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57 Chapter 5: Finding Hidden Words in Your Puzzles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87 Chapter 6: Solving Secret Shapes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121

Part III: Moving On to Complex Puzzles ...................... 155 Chapter 7: Gathering Your Wits for Scrambled Searches . . . . . . . . .157 Chapter 8: Are You Ready for Some Quiz Words? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187 Taking the Quiz ............................................................................................ 187 Turning to the Grid...................................................................................... 188

Chapter 9: Solving Secret List Word Searches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231 Chapter 10: Weaving Your Way through Winder Words. . . . . . . . . . .261 Chapter 11: Discovering Anagrams and Other Word Games . . . . . . .281

Part IV: Hints and Answers ....................................... 291 Chapter 12: Helpful Hints to Keep You Going . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .293 Understanding the Grid Coordinate System ............................................ 293 Chapter 1 Hint .............................................................................................. 294 Chapter 3 Hints ............................................................................................ 294 Chapter 4 Hints ............................................................................................ 296 Chapter 5 Hints ............................................................................................ 296 Chapter 6 Hints ............................................................................................ 298 Chapter 7 Hints ............................................................................................ 299 Chapter 8 Hints ............................................................................................ 301 Chapter 9 Hints ............................................................................................ 302 Chapter 10 Hints .......................................................................................... 304 Chapter 11 Hints .......................................................................................... 305

Chapter 13: The Answers You Seek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .309

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Part V: The Part of Tens ............................................ 403 Chapter 14: Ten Letter-Pattern Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .405 Letters by Frequency .................................................................................. 406 Common First Letters ................................................................................. 407 Common Last Letters .................................................................................. 408 Follow Me: Common Letter Sequences..................................................... 408 Two’s Company: Digraphs.......................................................................... 408 Make That Three: Trigraphs ...................................................................... 409 Double the Fun: Double Letters ................................................................. 409 Common Prefixes ......................................................................................... 409 Common Suffixes ......................................................................................... 410 Common Consonant Patterns at the Beginnings of Words .................... 410

Chapter 15: Ten Beneﬁts of Doing Word Searches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .411 They’re Portable Boredom-Busters .......................................................... 411 They Keep Your Brain Active..................................................................... 411 They Increase Your Vocabulary ................................................................ 411 They Help You Learn New Languages ...................................................... 412 They Help You Gather Knowledge in a Way that Makes Sense to You ......................................................................... 412 They Let You Relax and Have Fun ............................................................. 412 They Sharpen Your Spelling Skills............................................................. 413 They Train Your Brain to Recognize Patterns ......................................... 413 They Help You Overcome Insomnia ......................................................... 414 They’re a Way to Spend Quality Time with the Family .......................... 414

Chapter 16: Ten Steps to Help You Design Your Own Word Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .415 Step 1: Choose a Theme.............................................................................. 415 Step 2: Gather Your Words......................................................................... 416 Step 3: Make the Big Grid Decisions.......................................................... 417 Step 4: Assemble the Tools of the Trade .................................................. 417 Step 5: Just Add Words ............................................................................... 418 Step 6: Ponder the Punctuation ................................................................. 420 Step 7: Erase and Change as Needed ........................................................ 421 Step 8: Fill in the Grid .................................................................................. 421 Step 9: Check and Recheck the Puzzle...................................................... 422 Step 10: Make It Pretty ................................................................................ 422 Using a computer ............................................................................... 422 Writing it out by hand ....................................................................... 423

Introduction

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umans are a funny bunch. As in funny ha ha. We have had an enduring love of fooling around with language probably since words existed. The ancient Babylonians wrote riddles, as did the Persians, Arabs, and Greeks. The Romans especially loved a good acrostic. Anagrams, puns, tongue twisters, and other wordy diversions have been around for hundreds if not thousands of years across all languages. The last hundred years or so have seen a huge explosion in word games, including the notable invention of the crossword puzzle. Everyone has played I Spy, Hangman, or Scrabble and told truly dreadful puns (or is that just me?). There seems to be no end to the appetite for puzzle books (from pocket sized to jumbo collections), not to mention online puzzles. Many cellphones even have word games, so you don’t have to be without your puzzles for an instant! Word searches are a significant part of this wordy world. Although not everyone considers them “serious” word puzzles, they may be even more popular than crosswords.

About This Book I’ve written this book in part to help raise the humble word search to its rightful place. I share a little history, explain how best to solve word searches of different types, and reveal some of my secrets on how to write your own. But don’t forget the puzzles; they’re the main reason you picked up this book at all, and my favorite part of the book, too. This lovely volume contains more than 250 brand-new word search puzzles, from your run-of-the-mill word search to seven other variations. All the puzzles come in Easy, Medium, and Hard levels, and have been carefully handcrafted — no computer-generated puzzles here! Whether you’re doing these puzzles to help stay mentally on the ball (more on that in Chapter 1), or just to chill out and relax on vacation, I’m sure you’ll enjoy what follows. Trust me; after all, I’m a puzzle writer — would I lie to you?

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Conventions Used in This Book I use a few conventions in this book to make it easy for you to navigate: ✓ I use italics to introduce new terms, and then I define those terms. ✓ The keywords for bulleted lists appear in bold text. Bold also denotes the list words in the Story Word Searches in Chapter 4. ✓ I used the New Oxford American Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Oxford University Press), as my standard reference in writing these puzzles. ✓ A couple of chapters give you some Web addresses to online resources. To make these URLs easier to spot and read, they’re printed in monofont. Also, during the layout of this book, some Web addresses may have needed to run across two lines of text. If that has happened, rest assured that I haven’t put in any extra characters (such as hyphens) to indicate the break. So, when using one of these Web addresses, just type in exactly what you see on the book page, pretending as though the line break doesn’t exist. ✓ The word list is the list of words appearing next to or underneath the puzzle. These are the words you need to find in the puzzle. ✓ The letter grid is the puzzle grid formed of letters. This feature is usually square, but it may be in a different shape on occasion. ✓ In the Hints section (Chapter 12), I refer to positions in the letter grid by using a coordinate system, like in the game Battleship. The first coordinate (the letter) is the column position (horizontal axis), and the second coordinate (the number) is the row position (vertical axis). So a hint such as “CHIHUAHUA starts at (J, 3)” indicates that the first letter in CHIHUAHUA is at the intersection of the tenth column and third row of the puzzle. I give you more detail about this subject in Chapter 12. In addition, I use this difficulty rating system for the puzzles: ✓ Easy: Most of the Easy puzzles in this book are very straightforward, and have the smallest grids. The words in the letter grid don’t have a lot of overlapping letters or as many backward or diagonal words. I also use a simpler vocabulary for these puzzles so that the words are hopefully ones you’re familiar with. ✓ Medium: The Medium level puzzles are larger, have words that overlap each other more, and use more diagonal and backward words. The word lists contain more difficult words, which are generally harder to find.

Introduction ✓ Hard: The Hard puzzles have the biggest grids and much more difficult words to look for: foreign vocabulary, unusual terms, place names — basically, words you may need to look up in a dictionary. The words appear in all directions, and of course these puzzles have more backward, short, and overlapping words than the Easy and Medium puzzles. These Hard puzzles often have an extra twist to them, such as extra words in the word list or jumbled hidden words. I let you know when a puzzle contains one of these extra challenges.

What You’re Not to Read You can skip all of Part I and just head right on over to whichever puzzles you want to have a go at first! The Part of Tens chapters in Part V are also additional information not essential to the puzzles. When you come across the occasional sidebar, you can safely ignore it as well. These shaded boxes contain some interesting snippets of information from the world of word puzzles, but they’re not central to the main book.

Foolish Assumptions Word search puzzles have such a wide appeal and are so accessible to everyone that all I’m assuming is that you can read English — you don’t even need to have a wide general knowledge or know how to spell well to do most of the puzzles in this book. I do hope that you have an interest in words and are keen to have some relaxing fun. Perseverance is the main quality you need to solve all the puzzles. And a sense of fun — none of this nonsense needs to be taken seriously! I suppose you may have some ulterior motives, such as improving your vocabulary or staying mentally active, but I won’t let that get in the way of serving you up a whole heap of fun puzzles!

How This Book Is Organized This is mainly a book of word search puzzles, not a vast amount of writing about them. That said, a couple of its sections do introduce and explain this puzzle genre and give you some fun resources such as letter frequency lists and even instructions on how to write your own word search!

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Part I: Working with Word Searches This part gives you a little background history of word searches and a quick rundown of the benefits of solving puzzles. It also describes each of the eight word search varieties I give you in the book, plus some anagram and word games.

Part II: Starting with Straightforward Puzzles This part contains heaps of straightforward word search puzzles: Simple Word Searches, Story Word Searches, Hidden Words, and Secret Shapes. These varieties are the sort you’re most likely to be familiar with from newspapers and magazines, so they shouldn’t make your brain hurt (too much).

Part III: Moving On to Complex Puzzles The chapters in Part III contain a collection of devious word searches — Scrambled Words, Quiz and Secret List Word Searches, and Winder Words — and other anagram-based word puzzles. I think I can fairly say that these puzzles are likely to make your brain hurt. But in a good way.

Part IV: Hints and Answers This part is the one to turn to if you need a little help along the way (or need to resort to the answers before you tear your hair out). Chapter 12 contains a hint for every single puzzle in the book; I encourage you to check out these hints before turning to the answers. Chapter 13 has the answers to all the puzzles, with full grids so you can see where each word is placed in every puzzle. Avoid this last chapter for as long as possible; I don’t advocate ripping the pages out of the book or taping them together, but you get the idea — be strong!

Part V: The Part of Tens This part shows you useful letter pattern tips that I hope you find invaluable in your puzzling adventures, both in this book and further afield. It also gives you a rundown of the benefits of doing word searches, some of which may surprise you, and a set of tips on how to write your own word search with only some graph paper and a pencil.

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Icons Used in This Book I use a few icons throughout the book to emphasize important information. This is what they look like and what they mean: This icon alerts you to a handy hint or tip that may help in solving the word search puzzles or other wordy games.

When you see this icon, take special note! This icon highlights information that’s especially good to remember when solving these puzzles.

These warnings point out common pitfalls you may encounter when solving word puzzles.

Where to Go from Here You don’t have to read this book from start to finish like you would a novel. Although you can do it this way, of course, you can also dip in and out as the mood takes you. Each section stands alone; one chapter may be connected with another, but I always give you a cross-reference if that’s the case. If you want to know a little more about word search puzzles in general or find some solving hints and descriptions of the puzzle varieties in this book, head over to Part I. If puzzles are what you want — and make that now — hightail it to Part II to get right into the word searches. To start with a challenge, go straight to the complex puzzles in Part III. And if want to read about the benefits of doing word search puzzles or write one of your own, check out the Part of Tens chapters in Part V. All I ask is that you avoid Chapter 13 (you know, the answers) for as long as possible (whether that’s ten minutes or ten days). Give the puzzles a good try before resorting to this part of the book.

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Working with Word Searches

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introduce you to the wonderful world of word search puzzles! I explain some of the history of word searches and reveal handy techniques for solving these puzzles, as well as give you the tools of the trade. I also show you how solving puzzles can benefit your brain without feeling like homework. I explain in detail how to solve each of the varieties of puzzles found in this book so that you’re ready for whatever lies ahead. With this knowledge, you can become Mr. or Ms. Word Search Expert — no name change required.

Chapter 1

Hunting through the World of Word Searches In This Chapter ▶ Discovering everything you need to know about word searches ▶ Considering the benefits of solving puzzles ▶ Investigating the history of word searches

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hether you call them Word Searches, Word Finds, Word Seeks, Word Sleuths, Find-a-Words, Wonderwords, Mystery Words, Seek-a-Words, Seek and Finds, or even Sopa de letras, these puzzles are hugely popular worldwide. They may even be more popular than crosswords, which is saying something! In this chapter, I tell you a little about each type of word search puzzle in the book. I also delve into some of the benefits of word searches and round off the chapter with a fun history of these popular puzzles.

Word Searches at a Glance Word searches in their simplest form provide a list of words that have been placed in a grid of seemingly random letters. Your task is to discover the words within the grid. The words can show up in any direction but always run in a straight line. Well, almost always. In this book, I’ve written eight different types of word search puzzles, plus a bunch of bonus anagram puzzles. You may have come across some of these puzzle flavors before, but some may be new to you. (Chapter 2 gives you tips for solving word searches in general, and anagram-style puzzles. And Parts II and III have an entire chapter devoted to each puzzle type.)

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Part I: Working with Word Searches The puzzle varieties are ✓ Simple Word Searches: These puzzles are the popular plain-vanilla variety — they have a list of words that are hidden in a grid of letters in straight horizontal, vertical, and diagonal lines. Head to Chapter 3 to try your hand at these puzzles! ✓ Story Word Searches: Read a short story and search for the bold words from the article in the grid. Otherwise, these searches are the same as Simple Word Searches. Chapter 4 contains the Story Word Searches. ✓ Hidden Words: Find all the listed words in the grid, and the leftover grid letters spell out a hidden message. Be careful to find all the extra letters to get the right answer! Some of these puzzles are in different shapes, a nice break from squares. Check out Chapter 5 for a plethora of Hidden Words puzzles. ✓ Secret Shapes: These word search puzzles have gridlines on them; after you find all the words from the word list, color in the leftover squares to reveal a picture. You can also color in the words, and leave the leftover letters blank — either method works. Chapter 6 lets you take a shot at some Secret Shapes. ✓ Scrambled Words: This puzzle may look like a Simple Word Search at first, until you realize that the word list makes no sense! The letters of each word are muddled up, so you need to unscramble each entry and then look for it in the grid. You can find these puzzles in Chapter 7. ✓ Quiz Word Searches: These puzzles are the closest thing you can get to a crossword in the world of word searches. Solve each quiz question and then find your answers in the grid. You can also work backward by finding potential words in the grid and then matching them to the word list. Chapter 8 features these searches. ✓ Secret List Word Searches: These puzzles are quite a challenge — you need to discover the words in the grid without a list to guide you. I do give you the theme, the number of words to find, and hints for most of the words. Try these puzzles in Chapter 9. ✓ Winder Words: In these puzzles, the words don’t go in straight lines but rather turn on right angles. Words don’t wrap around onto themselves, but different words do overlap. Winder Words appear in Chapter 10. ✓ Anagrams and other word games: This category includes anagrams, jumbled words, and other puzzles that require you to shuffle letters around to form words. Chapter 11 gives you some of these puzzles. This list may seem like a lot of puzzles, but brains equally as warped as mine have created even more word search variations. And given how inventive humans are, I’m sure new variations on word search puzzles will appear in the future!

Chapter 1: Hunting through the World of Word Searches

Using Word Searches to Keep Your Mind Sharp In Chapter 15, I discuss the many good reasons to get hooked on word searches. Here’s a quick rundown of some of the top reasons: ✓ They improve your vocabulary and spelling. ✓ They’re very portable — you need only a pen or pencil. ✓ They’re fun! (And who doesn’t need more of that in life?) ✓ They’re easy enough for children, so they’re a great activity for families to do together. Those benefits are pretty easy to understand. Less clear-cut is the link between doing puzzles like word searches and benefitting your long-term brain health.

Understanding dementia The benefit of mental exercise (including solving puzzles) for your long-term mental health has been the subject of a great deal of research — and a lot of talk in the media — over the past 20 years or so. Does solving a puzzle a day keep dementia at bay? The short answer? Maybe. And now for the long answer. Dementia is a blanket term for more than 100 conditions, all of which involve a gradual deterioration in thinking, memory, and everyday abilities. Science doesn’t completely understand the causes of dementia — at least not yet! The experts are still studying how dementia develops and progresses, and whether humans can do anything to delay or even prevent it. The scientific results aren’t straightforward — human biology rarely is — and the results are varied. In general, as we humans age, our brains shrink, and our mental abilities get worse (though this doesn’t necessarily lead to dementia). However, recent research shows that you can prevent and maybe even reverse this decline by being physically active and giving yourself mental challenges. In some studies, people improved their abilities in whatever aspect of mental training they were working on — so someone who was practicing memory skills, for example, showed improvements in memory, but not much improvement in speed of processing or reasoning.

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Part I: Working with Word Searches Physical changes happen within your brain when you learn something new. Recent research has revealed that this flexibility or plasticity exists for your entire life span. It’s your brain’s lifelong ability to rearrange neural pathways based on new experiences. Other recent findings show that humans have lifetime memory — so if you once played guitar or spoke French in your youth, picking those activities back up can reactivate those circuits in your brain, and you can regain those abilities relatively quickly. You won’t end up learning from scratch.

Boosting your brain health The following activities have been shown to benefit your brain’s health: ✓ Exercising: Gardening, walking, cycling, dancing, swimming — whatever you enjoy. One study shows that 15 minutes of aerobic exercise three times a week cuts the risk of dementia by at least a third. Even stretching helps. ✓ Training your brain: The particular aspect you train improves that aspect of mental functioning, so solving logic puzzles like Sudoku helps your logical thinking, for example. To improve your memory, play memory games. ✓ Studying a new language: Try learning how to count to ten in a couple of languages if a whole language is too daunting. ✓ Taking up a new hobby: Knitting, embroidery, archery, camping — anything will do. And if it involves physical exercise benefits, even better! ✓ Learning to use your computer: Lots of courses are available (as well as younger people who know far too much about such contraptions for their own good). ✓ Cultivating an interest in art and music: Visit galleries, pick up a paintbrush, take a class

or two, or listen to music. Play an instrument or sing if you can. If you can’t carry a tune, try going to concerts or the theater. ✓ Playing card and board games with your friends and family: These pastimes are a great social activity as well as a good mental activity! Chess is rated as one of the top brain workouts around. ✓ Solving puzzles: This book is a good start, but don’t stop here! You can do crosswords, cryptic crosswords, Sudoku (check out the Sudoku For Dummies series, published by Wiley), mazes, logic puzzles, and lots more. ✓ Reading: Widen your horizons, try new authors, and challenge yourself. Delve into the fun world of a book club at your local library or check out BookCrossing (www. bookcrossing.com) — both free and fun activities. ✓ Doing jigsaw puzzles: They help with visual and hand-eye coordination. ✓ Socializing with your family and friends: This activity is more important than you may think. And it doesn’t have to involve the aforementioned board games — just hang out and chat.

Chapter 1: Hunting through the World of Word Searches Factors such as low education level, a family history of dementia, increasing age, head trauma, poorly controlled diabetes, stroke, smoking, and high blood pressure all increase your risk of developing dementia. Sometimes, a person still develops dementia despite his best efforts. It’s not his fault. The cause and effect is never that straightforward. Even though you may not be able to avoid dementia or Alzheimer’s entirely, you can probably stave off the onset and hopefully reduce the severity of the disease by being mentally active. Research into dementia will continue, with new theories, studies, and discoveries hopefully leading to new treatments. While scientists work away on the mysteries of the brain, you can work away on the mysteries in this book and discover some benefits for yourself!

Considering the importance of mind puzzles and games What you’re looking for here is getting out of that rut. Doing something the way you’ve always done it seems to weaken the brain’s wiring. Changes to your routines at work, school, and home always help, no matter what age you are. Switching things up doesn’t need to be terribly hard — even changing the way you normally drive to work helps your neural pathways grow and strengthen. The four qualities to look for in the brain-friendly activities of your choice are ✓ Novelty: New is better! If you’ve only worked traditional word searches, try your hand at the nontraditional types. (See the earlier section “Word Searches at a Glance” for more info.) ✓ Stimulation: Activities that challenge you force you to concentrate. Look for word searches that use words you’re unfamiliar with, involve solving extra puzzles like scrambled words or quizzes, or have odd shapes or challenging directions. ✓ Escalation: Activities that become increasingly difficult allow you to work up to higher levels of achievement. As you master a particular difficulty level for the word searches in this book, move up to the next level. ✓ Reward: Rewards improve learning and memory at a biochemical level. The sense of satisfaction you get from solving a difficult word search puzzle or discovering a hidden message is just one of the rewards you have to look forward to.

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A Fun Romp through Word Search History There isn’t a lot of information available on the history of word search puzzles. Here’s what I’ve been able to piece together; don’t say I never gave you anything. Around 1860, puzzle books of the day started to publish a new puzzle. A phrase, short poem, or other piece of writing (generally something frightfully educational and moralistic) was written along a path that was folded up to make a grid of letters, a bit like a maze. The paths were generally very regular, and each word came after the other in sequence. Diagonal movement was a no-no in these puzzles, and the letters didn’t overlap. You can try one of these puzzles for yourself in Figure 1-1. I wrote this puzzle in an old-fashioned style; you can find other puzzles like it in the book Everybody’s Illustrated Book of Puzzles, by Don Lemon (Kessinger Publishing), originally published in 1890 in London. Start at the middle, with the big letter A and work your way out from there. You can find a hint in Chapter 12, and the answer is in Chapter 13 if you get stuck!

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Chapter 1: Hunting through the World of Word Searches Another early version of the word search was known as Word Chess, Knight’s Tour Letter Puzzles, or Knight’s Tour Crypts. The letters of the phrase or sentence in this sort of puzzle run along the path a knight in chess takes (two squares forward, one to the left or right; or one forward, two to the left or right). Very convoluted! You can still find these puzzles around in puzzle aficionados’ magazines and Web sites. Pinning down the first contemporary word search puzzle (with a set of words randomly placed in a grid of letters) is very difficult. Several people in several countries seem to have invented it independently around the same time. The prolific Spanish puzzle writer Pedro Ocón de Oro, who designed around 125 different types of puzzles, invented Sopa de letras (“Soup of Letters”), probably sometime in the 1960s. This creation was a true word search puzzle with a word list and letter grid. Norman E. Gibat from Norman, Oklahoma, seems to have been the first person to design a word search in English. He came up with the puzzle as a way of attracting readers to his small advertising publication, the Selenby Digest (“Sell and Buy,” get it?). He put the names of 34 Oklahoman cities and towns in a 20 x 20 grid. He placed the words vertically, horizontally, and diagonally like they typically appear today, and his puzzle contained overlapping letters. It was published on March 1, 1968. This new puzzle quickly became the most interesting item in the Digest (ads versus a puzzle — no contest!), and Gibat’s readers clamored for more. The town’s teachers quickly discovered these newfangled word searches and gave them to their students, establishing a long classroom tradition. Two years later, French-Canadian Jo Ouellet developed the Wonderword puzzle, a themed word search whose leftover letters reveal a hidden word (see Chapter 5 for puzzles like this one). Her son David Ouellet has been writing these puzzles professionally for many years. The word search’s popularity has spread ever since: Word searches in a wide range of languages appear in ever-increasing varieties in classrooms, puzzle books, magazines, newspapers, and online under many different names. Word search puzzles seem to be widespread in the Latin/Roman languages but are not common in Asian languages. The Spanish still solve Sopa de letras, the Swedish play Sökord, Germans unravel Wörterraten, the French solve Mots Caches, the Dutch enjoy Woordzoeker, Afrikaaners play Woordsoek-raaisels, and in Finland they have Sanaverkko, just to name a few. One thing is for certain — if you love these puzzles, you’re in good company!

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Perfecting Your Puzzle-Solving Strategies In This Chapter ▶ Getting ready to solve word searches ▶ Discovering strategies that can help you with other word games

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Solving Word Searches A word search puzzle is simply a collection of words hidden in a grid of seemingly random letters. A list of words to find appears next to the letter grid; in the puzzle, the words (almost) always run in a straight line horizontally, vertically, or diagonally in two directions; they read forward or backward in each of these four directions. This all adds up to eight different directions that words can be found. Word searches range from small grids with easy-to-find words to large grids with challenging words — unusual spellings, short words — or even extra words in the word list that don’t appear in the puzzle! Some puzzles have additional layers, like hidden messages; others are more difficult because the puzzle writer gives you no word list, scrambles up the words, or is otherwise fiendish, making you work that much harder!

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Gathering your equipment All you need to do a word search is a way of marking the words you’ve found in the grid. Because some words overlap and letters may be used more than once, the main goal here is to use a writing instrument that doesn’t obscure the letters. Though a crayon may be the handiest tool if you live with young children, the simplest choice is a pencil or pen. A pencil and eraser are advisable if you’re dealing with a more difficult puzzle. My favorite tool when solving word searches is a highlighter pen. Highlighters help you easily see where each word is, and they don’t obscure the letters. I think yellow is the easiest color to see through, but you can find plenty of other colors — use whatever tickles your fancy! Finally, a dictionary, other reference books, or even some Web sites may be helpful with some harder puzzles.

Marking the words After you pick a marking tool, you have to figure out how you’re going to mark the words themselves after you’ve found them. Keep in mind that some letters in the grid are used in two or three words, so you don’t want to completely obscure them when you’re marking words in the grid. This section gives you some options. The highlighter pen works well with overlapping letters because you can see the underlying letters clearly. When a few letters overlap, the ink is a bit darker in that section. This method also makes finding leftover letters easier. See Figure 2-1 for an example.

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Figure 2-1: A highlighter pen makes marking words in the puzzle very easy.

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If the paper your puzzle is printed on is thin, the highlighter may bleed through to the other side. Test the pen on the margin first so you don’t accidentally mess up another puzzle’s grid. If you prefer to use a pen or pencil, simply draw a loop around each word as you find it. Remember: This way of marking the words can sometimes make locating leftover letters a bit confusing, so be sure to look extra carefully! You can also circle the letters of the words you find one-by-one. This method makes it easier to see hidden word messages because the leftover letters stand out better. I demonstrate both methods in Figure 2-2.

Figure 2-2: The classic loop and individual letter methods.

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Tackling the grid Let’s face it, word searches are, well, fairly simple puzzles, and there’s not a huge amount of strategy involved in solving them. However, there are some tricks of the trade: ✓ Scan the grid lines either up and down columns (see Figure 2-3), or backward and forward across rows, line by line (see Figure 2-4). Going through a grid both ways generally helps you catch anything you missed on the first pass. You may find that running a finger or the end of your pen (not the ink end!) along the line helps you keep your place. ✓ If you’re feeling very focused, you can try the speed search method and scan up and down two columns of letters at a time. (Figure 2-3 also shows you an example of this method.) Use your finger to help you keep place. I find this method works best when scanning the grid vertically and not along rows, but if it works for you, go for it.

Figure 2-3: Scanning a word search grid column by column and using the speed search method.

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✓ Look for the first letter of the word you’re searching for. When you find it, run your finger around the letter in a circle check, looking at each of the letter’s eight neighbors. In Figure 2-5, for example, you’re looking for the word PANCAKE. Search along the rows or down the columns for the letter P. When you find a P, stop for a second and look at the eight letters around it for the second letter (A). If you find an A, look in that same direction for an N (because the word must be in a straight line) and continue until you find the whole word. You can see here that three As appear next to this P, but only one then follows on to an N and then the rest of the word PANCAKE. ✓ Simply stare at the grid until words pop out at you. This method may sound ridiculous, but it can be surprisingly effective, especially for longer words and those that run forward. This method can get you some of the words but probably won’t reveal all of them. ✓ Look for rarer letters that occur within a word. The letters Z, Q, J, X, K, V, B, and W are (in descending order) the least frequently used letters in the English language, so they probably appear less often in the letter grid. If the word you’re searching for is SOJOURN, you may find it more quickly by looking for the J rather than starting at the S. However, if the puzzle writer is being particularly devious (why are you looking at me like that?), she may counterbalance this rare letter effect by using plenty of these letters in the grid fill — the letters that are added to complete the grid after the words have been placed.

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Figure 2-5: The circle check is the most common method for finding words in word searches.

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✓ Watch for certain letters that may pop out at you more than others, especially circular letters. You may find that O, Q, C, and X are easier to see in the grid. ✓ Look for other patterns in the words, especially double letters. Scan your word list for words with double letters — LL, EE, SS, OO, and TT are the most common ones — and then search for these in the grid. ✓ Focus on the shapes letters make instead of thinking of them as letters, and look for the visual patterns. This strategy kicks the creative, pattern-recognizing right side of your brain into gear and forces that bossy, logical left side to take a back seat.

Moving Past Word Searches: Anagrams and Other Word Games You may be struggling to find a word — any word, let alone a high scoring one — in Scrabble or Upwords. Or your partner may keep beating you at Boggle (in our house, the kids wrote “No Daddy!” on the box). Perhaps WordScraper on Facebook or the Jumble puzzle in the paper is driving you nuts. Maybe you keep coming to a sticky end in Hangman. Never fear — help is at hand. In the following sections, I give you a crash course in anagrams, including some of their history and a whole bunch of patterns and strategies that can help you improve your game skills and blitz the opposition!


Understanding anagrams An anagram is one or more words created from the letters of another word. One example is GARDEN and DANGER — they have the same set of six letters rearranged to make different words. Anagrams have been around for thousands of years. The Ancient Greeks were particularly fond of a good anagram, and in the Middle Ages an anagram of a person’s name was thought to reveal her true nature and future. Some authors have written under anagrams of their real names. Anagramming as a party game and puzzling pastime reached the height of its popularity in the Victorian era; Lewis Carroll especially championed the form. Anagrams that create particularly clever or appropriate messages are highly prized. Did you know LIONESSES are NOISELESS? And MARRIAGE can be A GRIM ERA. Perhaps that last one is an antigram — an anagram that results in a phrase opposed to the meaning of the starting words, like turning ASTRONOMERS into NO MORE STARS. You may be familiar with anagrams in cryptic crosswords, Jumble puzzles, Scrabble, Boggle, and some TV game shows. Some computer puzzle adventure games have anagram puzzles to solve. Plenty of word fans enjoy creating clever anagrams, and you can find these folks and their wordplay online if you get hooked! The excellent program Zyzzyva is perfect if you want to play around with anagrams and other word games. It’s helpful for solving all the puzzles in Chapter 11, as well as the Scrambled Word Searches in Chapter 7. You can download it for free at www.zyzzyva.net. These puzzles are a bit different from the others in the book, and all have one thing in common — you need to discover words within a random set of letters. You know these games all too well, I’m sure!

Anagramming tricks The classic game of Anagrams is a fun pen and paper game — simply start with a word or sentence and, using just those letters (no repeats allowed), turn them into another set of words. You can reach the heights of this game by creating related (and generally funny or apt) names or phrases. For example, the letters of THE MONA LISA also cleverly spell out NO HAT, A SMILE.

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Part I: Working with Word Searches When you’re faced with an unruly collection of letters — whether in a straight anagram, a cryptic crossword clue, or a set of tiles in a game — some of the following tricks should help you tame them: ✓ Write the anagram backward or in a circle. Basically, mix up the letters more. This tactic is especially helpful if you’re starting with a word that you need to turn into another word (such as going from EGRET to GREET). ✓ Divide the letters into vowels and consonants. This technique works well for long anagrams. ✓ Write the scrambled letters out in alphabetical order. ✓ Look for common patterns that you can make with the set of letters you’ve got. SH, CH, TH, HE, AN, RE, IE, LL, and EE can get you started; see Chapter 14 for a full collection. ✓ Expand your vocabulary so you know more words. Even learning just one new word a day makes a difference. You can subscribe to free online services at • A.Word.A.Day: wordsmith.org/awad • Dictionary.com: dictionary.reference.com • Merriam-Webster: www.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/ mwwod.pl • Oxford Dictionaries: www.askoxford.com See what you can find with the letters of your own name, using the tips in this section. For instance, my name (DENISE SUTHERLAND) can spell out DEADLINE, SHUN REST, which seems incredibly appropriate at the moment! To try your hand at some created puzzles, head to Chapter 11.

Rearranging letters for tile games Some word games, such as Scrabble and Upwords, depend on rearranging letters to form words. In these games, you have no guarantee that the set of letters in any given hand can form a good collection of words — you may be struggling with only one vowel (or nothing but vowels). The following list gives you some helpful hints for working with what you’ve got: ✓ Keep shuffling your letter tiles to see what patterns fall out. ✓ Take into account the available letters on the board. ✓ Look for common letter combinations such as TH, HE, AN, RE, SH, ON, ST, and TR (see Chapter 14 for a full list). ✓ Suffixes such as ER, ED, ING, and IER are helpful. So are prefixes such as DE, UN, PRE, and IN.

Chapter 2: Perfecting Your Puzzle-Solving Strategies ✓ Some letters are more likely to occur at the start or end of a word. For example, B and W are more likely to appear at the beginning of a word than the end, and Y and E are more commonly end letters than starting letters. ✓ Oh, did I mention? Keep moving those tiles! Note: This book isn’t a guide on how to become a champion Scrabble player or even get high scores. For that sort of training, I suggest you look for one of the many excellent books on the market or search the Internet — you can join a host of good Web sites and groups. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary (Merriam-Webster) and Joe Edley and John D. Williams Jr.’s book Everything Scrabble (Pocket) provide expert knowledge.

Baffling letter squares What about games like Boggle that come with the instruction to “make as many words as you can using these letters”? These games often have arbitrary rules to make things harder, like outlawing two- or three-letter words or requiring every word to use the central letter in the grid. And if you’re playing it on the Internet, no doubt you have a time limit too. Infuriating! Whether you’re playing Boggle or a similar version of the game that’s popular in newspapers, the following tips can help you get the most out of those few letters: ✓ Get the rules clear in your mind. Are you allowed to move diagonally? What is the minimum word length? Does the central letter have to be included in every word? Are proper nouns allowed? ✓ Focus on a quarter of the grid at a time. Look at each of the letters in turn and do a circle check (as much as possible, even if it’s just a half circle). Follow up any good combinations to see whether they lead to words. ✓ Move on to the next quarter and repeat until you’ve surveyed the whole board. This systematic rotation helps you ensure that you’re not missing anything. You may prefer to get a good general look at the grid of letters and work by feel rather than in the methodical way described in the preceding list. This more informal approach can be a better way of finding long words in the grid. Here are a few pointers: ✓ When you find a word, look for plurals and variations (PLAY, PLAYS, PLAYED). ✓ Look for vowels and search around them to make words. Do the same with the most common consonants (T, N, R, S, and H).

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Staying alive in Hangman My main advice for Hangman is to know the list of the most frequently used letters (E, T, A, O, N, R, I, S, H, and D, in descending order) and the common English-word letter patterns — the ones in Chapter 14 (you knew I was going to say that, didn’t you?). For almost all words (3 to 15 letters long), your best first guess is either E or I (better minds than mine have done all the tricky computing to figure this out; check out www.sharkfeeder.com/hangman if you’re interested in the details). If it’s a two-letter word, guess A. Of course, you can use this information against your opponent — select shorter words that don’t use the top ten letters. The least frequently used letters in English are G, Y, P, W, B, V, K, X, J, Q, and Z (the least-used of all). Hangman is yet another game where a wide vocabulary makes all the difference. Confront your opponent with FOX, JIVE, or EPOXY, and you’ll soon be the undisputed Hangman Supremo!

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Puzzle 2: Summer Vacation Difficulty Level: Easy E O N A C S G N I K I H S ANTS BEACH BOATS CAMPING CANOE CAR TRIP COOKOUT

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S T N A L S N P O S K D L

G N I F A E R U S I E L A

A M I C O O K O U T H T S

E N X R M E C I A C D R D

G R C E A G I A A S N A R

N U A L E A B E R E A V A

I B M A R N B O S T S E Y

CYCLING GOLFING HIKING ICE CREAM LAWN MOWING LEISURE PICNICS

L N P X C I E V A M R L E

C U I P E S W I M T B I E

Y S N O C W C I A H S F P

C M G U I U S C I N C I P

RELAX SAND SUNBURN SWIM TRAVEL YARD SALES

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Puzzle 3: Healthy Minds Difficulty Level: Easy J A H S E M A G D R A C U

U I A H D S M I N D S S S

BRAIN TEASERS CARD GAMES CHESS DISCUSS EXPERIENCE HAVE FUN

E N V D I S C U S S E I A

C E E W E E Z E D Y V T T

N K F W K H E S O T A Y A

E L U I S C A U D H R N L

I O N P O K R R A I I O N

R G Y E L N I I E N E S R

JIGSAWS LEARN LOGIC MINDS NEW SKILLS PUZZLES

E I C A O Y I L R K T A A

P C W O G T W C L R Y E E

X S D P U Z Z L E S T R L

E L S Y M E J I G S A W S

E S R E S A E T N I A R B

READ REASON THINK USE YOUR NOODLE VARIETY WALK


Puzzle 4: All that Glitters Difficulty Level: Easy E L G N A B B R O O C H T ANKLET BANGLE BEADS BRACELET BROOCH CHARM CHOKER DIADEM

H B R M E D A L L I O N N

B T E L E C A R B F T B A

K A R A T S O H I U I U D

T D I A D E M L A T E Q N

N U F R A S I A N K P O E

E Q R G U G R E V L I S P

C A E Q R B A B C P N G T

EARRING FILIGREE GLASS GOLD KARATS LOCKET MEDALLION NECKLACE

K G R E U N I H I E L C E

L O E R K O O E K A S H K

A L D L I K I E S R U A C

C D E Y E N Y S A L O R O

E T Y R O F G W E W B M L

PEARL PENDANT RUBIES SILVER TIEPIN TURQUOISE

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Puzzle 5: Down on the Farm Difficulty Level: Easy A S E S E E G I C E A R U ALPACA CATTLE CHICKEN DONKEY DUCK FARMER GEESE

F A R M E R M Y H I T A A

I T A H R O S H I G I K A

R A S P U D T I C O B S M

E O W S K U U D K D B H A

D G E S R R K U E G A D L

R R F K H I R C N N R O L

GOAT HORSES LAMB LLAMA MOUSER MULE PIG

E A E O E E T K B I U N A

L Y J P P L E U U K S K C

U S I G O E T P S R O E A

M G F L A M B T A O E Y P

Y R E T S O O R A W U T L

B E H O R S E S M C N F A

RABBIT ROOSTER SHEEP TURKEY WORKING DOG


Puzzle 6: Plain Sailing Difficulty Level: Easy N A R A M A T A C O C S W ANCHOR BOOM CAPSIZE CATAMARAN COMPASS CRUISING DINGHY

U N O L D S A L T O T I Y

W O H W W B O O M O E H O

D I C U A H P P N Z G B L

L R N P R I A K E N R R H

R E A D O S P R I R E E L

I Z F O S I I D F U K L S

G I I P B U E E V D A L T

KNOTS OLD SALT OVERBOARD PIER PORT RIGGING RUDDER

G S S E O R R K D D N I H

I P H T E R E F W E N T C

N A L E P O T V E R I U A

G C T S A I L S O R P E Y

H S C R U I S I N G S K I

SAILS SPINNAKER STEER TILLER WHARF WINDSURFER YACHT

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Puzzle 7: Good Pets Difficulty Level: Easy Y N O P A Y B W A U F S M ANGELFISH BEAGLE BUDGIE BUNNIES BURMESE CHAMELEON FROG

B U N N I E S N I R D I U

S B X N A M G T O R R A P

S O W G D E I S N B I M A

E T L Y L I N S G U B E P

T E A F A A N U E D E S E

A O I R K E I U C G V E S

K S R E T N T Y I I O H E

GUINEA PIG KITTENS LABRADOR LOVEBIRD MANX MICE PARROT

H S I T E S L B M E L O M

J U I A O L A B R A D O R

I K P Y L I Y A O E F I U

K I I B E C S T F R O G B

G C H A M E L E O N Y W A

PONY RATS SIAMESE SNAKE TABBY TORTOISE


Puzzle 8: Tootsies Difficulty Level: Easy H S E A E T T M T B S E E BALLET BAREFOOT BOOTS BROGUE COWBOY ESPADRILLE FLIP-FLOPS

E L O S N I A A E C K U U

P C B U P R J M L O C G I

A H H O Y A U O L W O N B

E P I J O L D F A B S O S

S U A T E T S R B O M T L

R N G O L R S P I Y D A A

E W C O A A H M C L C O D

INSOLE LACES MARY JANE MOCCASIN MULE PUMP SANDALS

P A O F R O O U E E L U N

P D K E Y B S P S Y E E A

I E U R N I S A C C O M S

L R J A F L I P F L O P S

S S S B H S R E K A E N S

SLIPPERS SNEAKERS SOCKS TONGUE WADERS

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Puzzle 9: Sitcom Shows Difficulty Level: Medium N E I V E T I T E P A L T I E I O BEWITCHED CHEERS CORNER GAS DUE SOUTH FRASIER FRIENDS FUTURAMA GET SMART HAPPY DAYS

S A Y S D N E I R F E H S A M L E

R S E D M Y T H R E E S O N S O S

E Y E K N E N C D B F S M B P V A

T A I E A I H T R U A R R E T E H

S D S U I E M A V G F E I W S L T

N Y U N E N D D R E I P L I E U A

U P D R O Y G E N S A E K T E C T

M P S U B S N T A A S E I C K Y R

E A C U E R T R H T K P B H N H A

I LOVE LUCY LA PETITE VIE MASH MORK AND MINDY MR PEEPERS MY THREE SONS RHODA ROSEANNE SEEING THINGS

H H N I O S F E E I I R E E O A M

T C U C N T O H J O N M O D M L S

H A M A R U T U F E D G A M E A T

S E I N F E L D T M H G S R H L E

S N O S P M I S E H T T F E T O G

L R E T S U H S D N A E N Y A W E

T H E N A N N Y P E N N A E S O R

SEINFELD THE BRADY BUNCH THE JETSONS THE MONKEES THE MUNSTERS THE NANNY THE SIMPSONS WAYNE AND SHUSTER


Puzzle 10: Silent Night Difficulty Level: Medium U A E G E T Y S D R E H P E H S S

T Y O L F O N B E Y P G H A K U L

ADVENT ANGELS AULD LANG SYNE BABY JESUS CANDLELIGHT CANDY CANES CAROLS CHRISTMAS TREE DECK THE HALLS DECORATIONS

O H A O A I H E L N N I O U Y A E

S L G R Y C R W V I A E L E O L G

F L P I C T O S K D C C L F H C N

P I L A L H I N T I A E Y R O A A

E W S A S E R V Z N N I R D O T S

B D T I H O L I I Y O Y F A N N U

A O S E B E W D S T M E K R O A E

FEASTS FIRST NOËL GLORIA GOLD GOODWILL GOOSE HOLLY MESSIAH MISTLETOE MYRRH

B O A W F R H G N T A S L I P S C

Y G E I E O N T M A M N T A E G I

J N F A D A V E K P C A E R A N T

E O T E L T S I M C R E S E R G S

S H O D J S G U S O E H O T T A L

U W L E I O O L C I M D O N R P O

S U S A B E L E S E B W G I E E S

A E H C A E D S L O R A C W E U E

NATIVITY NEW BORN KING PEAR TREE SANTA CLAUS SHEPHERDS SOLSTICE WINTER WREATH

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Puzzle 11: Office Supplies Difficulty Level: Medium E U P I H C M Y L N O T E P A D P BALLPOINT BOOKMARK CARD DRAFT EMBOSS ENVELOPE ERASER FOLDER FOLIO FOOLSCAP FOUNTAIN PEN

L F R A I M S T R E N U Q I A T A

B K U O C O U M E E T F I R E S R

B R Y T M S A L T P N T E A R X C

I A S A O R L I L E P O E O E E H

R M T I G H M O H E U I I R L D M

C K L O A Y C V O H V N N T P B E

S O N R U L E R S F C K E S A V N

F O T N E P N I A T N U O F T T T

GLUE INDEX INK ITALICS LETTER MEMO MONOGRAM NOTEPAD PAPER PARCHMENT PENCIL

M B N D R A F T A E M O G L S L S

P X I C S R H C R H P L L R S I S

A E O M E T E A B M U O B I Y C S

P L P V N E S D A E I X L T S N O

E L L S A E H D L U P E A E E E B

R I L A R P R E Q O E D S T V P M

S U A T B A O M E M F N E I U N E

O Q B N C T W A E S C I L A T I E

QUILL RULER SCRIBBLE SERIF SILVERFISH SNIPPET STAPLER STATIONERY VELLUM


Puzzle 12: Cold Harvest Difficulty Level: Medium S O R S O L S T I C E D N K M E A AUTUMN BEANIE BLIZZARD COLD COLORFUL CRISP CRUNCHING DECIDUOUS FALL FOLIAGE FREEZING

E C R U N C H I N G E O S E V O D

L G F G O F E C I C I T C R I S P

T R R T N W U G I T H B E A N I E

S G E K E M I D A G N I T T I N K

A N S T C I U N I I W M S Y I F Z

C I H R A O R L T E L N Y C H R Z

W Z A I U E E R C E O O E A D A A

O E I S B L W O E W R S F R H C N

N E R I K C L S M P C B A L D S S

S R H N I O S A A U E Z L E L N A

FRESH AIR HIBERNATION ICE FOG ICE SCULPTURE KNITTING LEAF PEEPER MITTENS PUMPKINS PUT ON A SWEATER SCARF

A F I I R L N Y L N Z E L U I A R

U W O F E D E P T I O S P K E A F

T A U S V L T E L T O T P F C S W

U L A W L U T B U G O M U O A Y U

M A M O R N I M G L U O M P S E W

N B W E W G M D C P S K I I N G L

SKIING SLED SNOWCASTLES SNOWMAN SOLSTICE TWINKLE LIGHTS WINTER BLUES YELLOW

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Puzzle 13: Southeast Asia Difficulty Level: Medium K H H D S L O T R O M I T T S A E

I O U D R O H T A R T A M U S R H

T N D B R A A V I E T N A M H A K

BALI BANANA BATIK BORNEO BURMA CAMBODIA CLOUDED LEOPARD COCONUT MILK DRY SEASON EAST TIMOR

A G S A I O P L N Y O A I M O I L

B K R L C M A O A I S E N O D N I

O O A I E I I K E T A N L N L F M

Y N L K P Y S K A L V A A S E O T

D G E E A E A Y A I D I N O N R U

N A M R D E T E E F S E D O A E N

GINGER HONG KONG INDONESIA KAFFIR LIME LAOS LEMONGRASS LYCHEE MAINLAND MALAYSIA MONSOON

O O O A D H S B I U F Y D N T S O

S S N G I C A M B O D I A U S T C

A U G U E Y E G Y B O S R L O S O

E B R S S L H I I E A L A L A L C

S R A M B U T A N N G N E T I M C

Y I S L S M U R R O G P A I A M M

R C S A S R O U S M T E T N W Y E

D L M P P B S A M R U B R K A O H

PALM SUGAR RAIN FORESTS RAMBUTAN RICE PADDIES SATAY SOUTHEAST ASIA SUMATRA THAILAND VIETNAM


Puzzle 14: Hits from the ’80s Difficulty Level: Medium T H R I L L E R C E M N O E K A T

S N T A E B T R A E H L U K A R U

E H P N O P L G R S M R A N E P O

BEAT IT BLACK VELVET BORN IN THE USA BREAKDANCE CARS CHINA GIRL DOWN UNDER EYE OF THE TIGER HEARTBEAT HUNGRY EYES

R M E P O P M U S I K O Y G B E P

U T I D Z T H E L A D Y I N R E D

T E T T R T I T A E B T M R L E R

P V O G R I B T R U E C O L O R S

A L S U B E V Y A H E U T A V C O

R E E P R R T E T F U H R G E H T

LOVE SHACK LUKA MAJOR TOM MICKEY MR ROBOTO OPEN ARMS OUR HOUSE POP MUSIK RADIO GAGA RAPTURE

W V Y A O H E F S I Z A O A S I O

H K E E F B O A A M U I J G H N B

I C Y L K E E U K E E Y A O A A O

P A R W Y C S H S D M C M I C G R

I L G E E P I U S E A I R D K I R

T B N I T I O M I W E N T A I R M

A S U E H T N I N R O B C R Z L A

W L H I Y S D O W N U N D E R Y A

SHE BOP SHE DRIVES ME CRAZY TAKE ON ME THE LADY IN RED THRILLER TIME AFTER TIME TRUE COLORS WHIP IT

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Puzzle 15: Double Play Difficulty Level: Medium M U I D A T S E E K N A Y V T Y X ANGELS BABE RUTH BENCH BLUE JAYS BRAVES CARDINALS CRACKERJACK DIAMOND DUGOUT FIELDING

S A T T I E T H F T P U Y U U O E

Y L N T W T N C L E A I O V S U B

E A E A I K A N Y S C G R E G R T

E E D G T M I E B R U R T A A A H

O S G G N I G B A D D I E V T A O

U R A A N A O C L F H L E N U E X

K R K B S I K N L W L S K U N U S

S E A T D E N B A A S W I R E U S

O H A I R N L E N L L N R E G S R

X T O J N U O O P H A D T M N S P

FLY BALL GIANTS HOME RUN HOT DOG MITT NATIONAL ANTHEM NATIONAL LEAGUE OPENING DAY PIRATES POPCORN

S O A R E C I C O O N N S O I E O

L C S J T T H T E I I O T H D R P

K A A D A S D E E S D M D H L I C

V Y A N E O T T C S R A W Y E P O

S Z N H G R W O L K A I E I I M R

H T U R E B A B P G C D S I F U N

RAINCHECK RED SOX RUNNER SECOND BASE SHORTSTOP STATS STRIKE UMPIRES WHITE SOX YANKEE STADIUM


Puzzle 16: Global Party Difficulty Level: Medium Y S B O A D E U R P C P U L B N O

F A O B I N S T Y U M O S Y R O K

D M D W T T Z A U R P M E E K W T

ANZAC DAY CARNIVAL CHRISTMAS DIA DE LOS MUERTOS DIWALI DUSSEHRA EARTH DAY EASTER FINADOS

L A A H I O D A T I R P T P A R F

Z L N J T G S I C M A S I N J U Y

I M N S A R I T R D A G Z K O Z L

Y A D L O J A M E E A A W Z M A N

G H F D U S S E H R A Y S M V O P

S O T R E U M S O L E D A I D U Y

A L I Q U E E N S B I R T H D A Y

FLAG DAY GANJITSU HANUKKAH HOLI KWANZAA HOSAY MAY DAY MOON FESTIVAL MOTHER’S DAY

R I A I V R O S H H A S H A N A H

Y A D S R E H T O M E U L I Y N C

A B M E D H I K H F I N A D O S A

D G K A T D A O N T P O E S K Z S

Y U I R D S S O L A V I N R A C E

A Z T U E A O H A N U K K A H B P

M A O V Y M N S A M T S I R H C O

NOWRUZ PESACH PURIM QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY RAMADAN ROSH HASHANAH VESAK YOM KIPPUR

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Puzzle 17: Capital Tour Difficulty Level: Medium T O T N E M A R C A S Y S A L E M ALBANY ATLANTA AUSTIN BATON ROUGE BISMARCK BOISE BOSTON CHEYENNE COLUMBIA COLUMBUS CONCORD DENVER

O L Y M P I A A E L T A N E L E H

P R E V O D U L B I I E R R E I P

E T S S B S L O C H O N O L U L U

K E B O T I S E E X J A C K S O N

A E I I V T K E G C O N C O R D E

M S N H O A T R U S U B M U L O C

E O S N L N T R O F K N A R F N E

S A N T A F E E R B I S M A R C K

DOVER FRANKFORT HARTFORD HELENA HONOLULU JACKSON JUNEAU LANSING LINCOLN MADISON MONTGOMERY NASHVILLE

N T L T J P A N N L A N S I N G M

M A N R G H I N O C R I C E I A R

S T U E Y O B E T P I A D E D B E

K N A N N E M Y A G O I L I I S V

E A E T A N U E B O V S S E Y M N

N L N O B I L H R O S O V U I U E

I T U N L X O C R Y N O E X R G D

X A J S A I C P I D R O F T R A H

OLYMPIA PHOENIX PIERRE PROVIDENCE RALEIGH SACRAMENTO SALEM SALT LAKE CITY SANTA FE TOPEKA TRENTON


Puzzle 18: African Safari Difficulty Level: Medium F N S E M T Z C H I M P A N Z E E

T U O S O G S S O R E C O N I H R

AARDWOLF AGAMA BONGO BONOBO CAPE FUR SEAL CHIMPANZEE CIVET COBRA DIKDIK ELAND

N B R T P O U E Y E C O A G S Y F

A I O Z A O R I E L T O R M E M L

H A D K N I G Y N B F E B V R O O

P N R A E I K N X E E E O R V N W

E I I L M P O E O N A D S A A G D

L B B A O A W S M B Y F L T L O R

E E Y E T K G A P O T T O I E O A

T X R S H O M A H U B D O W W S A

S C A R A B D U N G B E E T L E T

FOREST ELEPHANT GIRAFFE GREEN MAMBA GUINEA FOWL HYENA LION MONGOOSE MOPANE MOTH NUBIAN IBEX OKAPI

E O T U A U O S I K N F A F L R W

R B E F Z T E V I C O F W R Y E D

O O R E I F E D U A H A K L B N B

F N C P S Y K U J G T R C Z A E H

A O E A L I O N Y R Y I E L S M Z

W B S C D H Y E N A P G E O E A D

ORYX POTTO PYTHON RHINOCEROS SCARAB DUNG BEETLE SECRETARY BIRD SERVAL TSETSE FLY WILDEBEEST ZEBRA

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Puzzle 19: Wild Weather Difficulty Level: Hard K P M C L E D N I W C I T A B A T A K B S

E L A C S T R O F U A E B U B R E E Z E B

Z E R E M H G U Q N O I T A S N E D N O C

P R E S C R O Y T O U T L O O K H T L O T

AIR QUALITY BEAUFORT SCALE BLACK ICE BOLT FROM THE BLUE BREEZE BUTTERFLY EFFECT CLIMATE CLOUD BURST CONDENSATION CUMULONIMBUS DOWNPOUR

G U S O Q I A B G A E N O R E A S T E R S

E O T M J U K W S R R W L T M I F Q I E R

I P A U J E A C F R E E A K M R O M R Q U

N N I E P F T L A E E N P W O U N A A U B

J W L L A A Y S L L S T E M I A I Y I O D

O O S A Z E N W T U B K T R E L N E N S U

DUST STORM EL NIÑO FOGGY GALE GUSTY HOAR FROST ISOBARS JET STREAM KATABATIC WIND MARE’S TAILS MIST NOR’EASTER

E D I G F N E U N R Q H G O A T L M B R O

M R N F U A W D M E E U R M P L E I O A L

R S E Y G G O F K B S A O O G S O R W B C

O C U H I G U C L T R D M K E I M S E O D

T O X P P M O U Y Z N E H O A R F R O S T

S U E E E S E O Z O N E L A Y E R M O I I

T E D E D R O D A N R O T L C L I M A T E

OUTLOOK OZONE LAYER POWDER SNOW PUT UP AN UMBRELLA RAINBOW RAIN GAUGE RIME SHADE SMOG WATCH SOLAR ENERGY SQUALL

S L N N S A C P T V E H C T A W G O M S S

U A I M A A H E O C U M U L O N I M B U S

D W V Y Z T F S L R P O W D E R S N O W W

E G U A G N I A R L T Y T I L A U Q R I A

STORM SPOTTERS SUNDOG SUPERCELL TEMPERATURE TORNADO TROPOSPHERE UV INDEX WARM WILLIWAW WINDSOCK


Puzzle 20: Bon Appétit! Difficulty Level: Hard I L A T K E S A D R E P P U S H C R U H C

E I C H I T L I N S L B T E M M K S F A P

F K C I T S M U R D D O N Y T D E E T C I

BAGELS BBQ BEER CHEESE SOUP BISCUITS AND GRAVY BORSCHT CALZONE CHILI CON CARNE CHITLINS CHURCH SUPPER CLAM BAKE

C L A M B A K E F E U A S I K O E O M L E

E S F E L F I D R T O A E O Y B U L T C R

Y H E I K K E A I A T U E R R R A F I P O

V M N P C A J N A I S N Q E B S R R F N G

A R O E U E S B J I R T G E A N D U C E I

R E Z M L R U A X A Q N I G O L R F C H E

G G L I T B F P C B I P N R I E C O I G S

COBBLER CORNBREAD CURRY DRUMSTICK EGG ÉTOUFFÉE FAMILY REUNION FAJITAS FRIES GINGER BEEF GRITS HAMBURGER

D R A L O S P N B G M E N W G F N G C N H

N U C Y P K O S B A R C L L E H S T F O S

A B E E R C H E E S E S O U P T S X S J A

S M N K I A H R T A Y H T Y P H C B L E T

T A B L S J C O O A O C A M U C H R E D O

I H I S I R F E T T S E C E E S N E G P C

HOTDISH HOT DOG KEY LIME PIE LASAGNE LATKES LEFSE LUMBERJACK’S BREAKFAST OKRA PIEROGI POTLUCK POZOLE

U H T O A E U A D D E K O G L R I L A M C

C E D G T B S O J Q I S G O O O T B B I U

S I U E A M G K I U R S G Z I B Z B I R S

I S U F Z U A R K O F T H I E P E O Y H O

B F A M I L Y R E U N I O N T O L C P S P

SATAY SCHNITZEL SHRIMP DEJONGHE SOFTSHELL CRABS SUCCOTASH SUGAR CREAM PIE TACO TOUTINS WILD RICE

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Puzzle 21: Due North Difficulty Level: Hard G A T A U P Y N O T C I R E D E R F P N P

J H L O X N A S E T T E I L O J T R E K U

I T Y M M H B B A E G R O O X R I Z I L O

ALMA BARRIE BATHURST BRANDON CHARLOTTETOWN COURTENAY CRANBROOK FORT ST. JOHN FREDERICTON GRANDE PRAIRIE GREATER SUDBURY GUELPH HALIFAX

A R T B A O R N O I A Y J V O N O O R O L

S A I N T J E A N S U R R I C H E L I E U

I E C H H T D A O R P R S E T T S I A U D

D A C A P S N Q C T E R G S R O E M R A E

G I E L L T U A D V I E R N U R I T P E R

R R B I E R H A U V O U Q I R O T N E N E

O O E F U O T O I R H C W M O N A W D I I

O T U A G F C E G T O R N M R T H O N T V

I C Q X T N R E A U O A O I P O E T A A I

W I H X A E C B R U M N D T Y E N E R G R

JOLIETTE KAMLOOPS KELOWNA LONDON MEDICINE HAT MIRAMICHI MONTREAL MOOSE JAW OTTAWA-GATINEAU PRINCE GEORGE QUEBEC CITY REGINA RIVIÈRE-DU-LOUP

L V W V S W R T C N M B N I P X I T G A O

A R A G A I E S E N I R A H T A C T S W Q

E V J K C N A O U S L O R O M B I O M A U

R E E T A D D B C D I O B U A G D L F T S

T R S Y F S O Z C W B K N R P E E R E T H

N N O S P O O L M A K U R D L U M A O O Z

O O O M I R A M I C H I R E O I D H E U S

M N M D I A N W O L E K T Y S N J C W T U

SAINT-JEAN-SUR-RICHELIEU ST. CATHARINES THUNDER BAY TIMMINS TORONTO TROIS-RIVIÈRES TRURO VANCOUVER VERNON VICTORIA WINDSOR


Puzzle 22: Soccer, the Beautiful Game Difficulty Level: Hard I I U S C F O T N O R O T D J E I L A O G

E H N H A L F W A Y L I N E E S F T M O R

M A J O R L E A G U E O D G A T G K F A E

CARIBBEAN CUP CHELSEA CHIVAS USA COACH CONCACAF CORNER KICK DC UNITED DEFENDER DIVISIONS FAIR PLAY FC DALLAS FIFA WORLD CUP

S O S A I K C I K R E N R O C M I F A U D

B D T J S T F O O T B A L L Y C S N P E C

K D R N P T I Y T A O G F M K I Y P U B A

R I I A N U A T K X U B E O D T E V O C R

W L K R Z L C T E Q E D F E U O L A T R D

O Z E A S I Y D O P A F O O G L L S E E T

L G R N H D W P L C M U T C E T O U A A D

FIRE FOOTBALL FOUL GOALIE HALFWAY LINE KICKOFF KNOCKOUT COMPETITION LA GALAXY LA NARANJA MAJOR LEAGUE MASSIVE

L A G A L A X Y A R E O A O Z A W S M D E

S S A L L A D C F N O R C C O N C A C A F

D L E R I F F A R H I W E T I E A V O E E

R L S U E T P A S B F B A A U Q R I L S N

A U Q R S A P Y B E S A O F L O D H O L D

U B I E I I T E S H U D I R I M K C R E E

G D D V D L A A A T C M I R D F A C S H R

OFFSIDE PENALTY SHOOTOUT QUAKES RAPIDS REAL MADRID RED BULLS RED CARD REFEREE REVS ROUND ROBIN ROYALS

N E E S A N E V I S S A M A P N I D O C E

I R E N C Q U A K E S X O P A L U S R N S

H R E U D I V I S I O N S C J K A O A I K

S P P T R U F S A S U R E C C O S Y R B D SHIN GUARDS SOCCER USA STRIKER TEAM COLORS TEAM SPORT TFC ACADEMY TORONTO FC WIZARDS YELLOW CARD

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Puzzle 23: Let’s Get Physical Difficulty Level: Hard P R I S M E K D E S C A R T E S N G I Y T ANTIMATTER ATOMS BIG BANG BOHR CALCULUS CERN CHARGE CLASSICAL MECHANICS DATA DENSITY DESCARTES EINSTEIN ENERGY

I N I E T S N I E I S Y A R X O N S C T A

K S E H T G N E L E V A W P I A C Y H I C

N I C I E R I F R G L B M S B I S H V V S

O K Y I H G J M R G P U S G N M X P N I R

I R E O S L R A A R Y I I A O L Y A E T E

T O B U Y Y V A E G F B H T T Q T R U A G

O W P I Q I H S H R N C A H W U I G T L N

M Z B U T R S P A C E E E S E N S O R E I

F B A Y I U O E A M H T T P N W N L I R D

FERMILAB FIBER OPTICS GALILEO GAS GENERAL RELATIVITY GRAVITY HOLOGRAPHY LARGE HADRON COLLIDER LASER LAWS OF MOTION MAGNETIC FLUX MASS

O E L T R O L T L M M O T I O L E O N L O

S N I E R C I A L R S T I A C C D H O A R

W O M C U X C A I O E A I G M F S V D R H

A I R N I I C Y O S T S L M A I L E E E C

L T E E S S A T T A C A A P E S T U L N S

S C F S A M G I D O E L I L A G O N X E J

I E A P L A N C K S C O N S T A N T A G T

NEUTRINO NEW THEORIES NEWTON NUCLEAR FISSION ORBIT PASCAL PLANCK’S CONSTANT PLASMA PHYSICS PRESSURE PRISM QUARK RADIO WAVES REFLECTION

O L K W E G X O Y H S C I T P O R E B I F

C F R E D I L L O C N O R D A H E G R A L

Z E N E W T H E O R I E S C A L C U L U S

K R A U Q S E V A W O I D A R T H G I E W

SCHRÖDINGER’S CAT SENSOR TELESCOPE TESTING TIME TORQUE VELOCITY WAVELENGTH WEIGHT WORK X-RAYS


Puzzle 24: Silver Screen Difficulty Level: Hard C S P Y A A S A H K R I L O P I L L A G Y

E I R Z E N A H S O R E G N O K G N I K D

R N S T H E A F R I C A N Q U E E N S R A

E G R U B I A O H E W E P N I N S U U G L

R I E A M N I B K W K I M C U A N S A A R

I N T C F F S M H Y S U I L I R M G L N I

A HARD DAY’S NIGHT A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE A TOUCH OF ZEN BABE BLADE RUNNER BRAZIL CASABLANCA CHARADE CITIZEN KANE DICK TRACY DRUNKEN MASTER DUCK SOUP DUMBO EMMA

N I S N A N O U E A L T E B I S E E Y D A

E N A A N A P D O A I F A S E T S D C H F

Z T M L T Z X U N Z P R E M A H W A A I Y

F H N B A R A S E U A E I H U G O N R L M

O E E A S A U N O F O T B G T I D A T U B

H R K S I T K S O C G S R A A N N M K G J

C A N A A A K E I N E A E P B S I R C O E

U I U C N C C S I N P Z M H O Y W E I E F

O N R E U N U W O A I E D M T A R P D N U

FANTASIA GALLIPOLI GANDHI JURASSIC PARK KING KONG LAWRENCE OF ARABIA LÉOLO MAD MAX MULAN MY FAIR LADY MY WINNIPEG PETER PAN PYAASA REAR WINDOW

T R D D E M S I K P N I R B E D A U L C S

A S T R E E T C A R N A M E D D E S I R E

I A W L E O L O E E I T E A M R R D Z H O

F A A M A D M A X T W W I S R A W R A T S

L H C H A R A D E E Y E R T U H O Y R G S

W H M I H L P A U P M O F U L A B L B K L

SHANE SHREK SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN STAR WARS SUNRISE SUPERMAN SWING TIME TARZAN THE AFRICAN QUEEN THE FLY THE SOUND OF MUSIC WHALE MUSIC

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Puzzle 25: Sprechen Sie Français? Difficulty Level: Hard B E L E S P R I T E K E E T D S V A A R A

B N E V A M I I J H H W X E B O I R U D D

E I O N O B O R P C L E J I G A E N I P W

AD HOC AD INFINITUM AL DENTE ALMA MATER ANNO DOMINI BEL ESPRIT BILLET DOUX BÜRGERMEISTER CARTE BLANCHE CHUTZPAH DÉJÀ VU DRECK EN ROUTE ENTRE NOUS ERGO

P S A Q I V N M N I H A Z N F S H N A W U

E I A Y Q L M A K R V A I E A E F X I Y K

I U E M U S L Y S U T R P R I I E J U C B

Y C B C P B I A H A G E E Z N T I D E U S

O E O A E U F T I E P S R I T M G R I R R

A T I T L D R O X V E X T G U U D E U C C

T U R J K A E U L U E U U I O C H P I O E

A A C T M U T R Q O M R W A M E F C H S H

C H E I C Q A D E N V E P I F M T D Y Y T

B U R G E R M E I S T E R K Y E A A U E G

ET AL. FAUX PAS FIASCO FILM NOIR GRINGO GURU HAUTE CUISINE HOI POLLOI HOURI IDÉE FIXE KARMA LIEBCHEN MAÑANA MAVEN NOUVEAU RICHE

L M R U I S A F O K I N I M O D O N N A I

I E E F R C M O L U C S M E L A W T E N U

E I T S I W L R L T A I T Y G V R R T A A

B D A U U A A C O B U A T A S E Z O N N P

C R D P V R S E P E L A M H N B E P E A L

H E E M A S U C I I A R F O S C S Y D M H

E P I E D B U G O L A X U O D T E L L I B

N A P T B S O P H K G S O U Q S U T A T S

PAX PER DIEM PIÈCE DE RÉSISTANCE PIED-À-TERRE PRO BONO QUA QUE SERÁ SERÁ SHTICK STATUS QUO TEMPUS FUGIT TOUR DE FORCE VADE MECUM ZEITGEIST


Puzzle 26: Jacuzzi! Difficulty Level: Hard K Q P K Z Q U A G J Y L T E I U Q Q K U H JACKDAW JACKET JADE JASMINE JAY JAZZ JEANS JEOPARDIZE JOCKEYS JOG JOKE JOURNALIST JOYFULNESS










JUBILANT JUDGEMENT JUMBO JUSTIFIED JUXTAPOSE QUACKERY QUADRICEPS QUADRILLE QUAGMIRE QUALIFICATION QUARANTINE QUARTERBACK QUARTET







QUARTZ QUIETLY QUILT QUIP QUITE QUIVER QUIZ QUOTE ZEALOT ZEBRA ZEBU ZEOLITE ZIGGURAT






ZIGZAG ZILCH ZILLION ZINC ZIPPY ZIRCON ZOMBIE ZOO ZUCCHINI ZWIEBACK

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Puzzle 27: Grandiloquisms Difficulty Level: Hard Q A E N A C V P V E I S U O E T U L C E U

S U Z E I R R I S U K U N Y I T I I A N C

ABREUVOIR BONBONNIÈRE CACODOXY CAMERIERE DAPIFER DELPHININE DOLIOFORM EXODE FANION GEOPONIC HIEROPHOBIA HORRENT

E H T N P H M D O L I O F O R M T A R I G

L O H U O I C P K C H U E S U S O S T N A

L U X J N T I N U L S R I K A E M A B I K

E S O E A A C A I M A T C M Z S R Y R H A

R D O J T H A A R K Y I O A V B L E I P W

T U U O I Y C I E P F N N H M F N V O L I

S B N B R I O V Z F O O S U O I C A R E V

I E O T T V D P A C A T A E C O D R A D A

P L R N U S O M A Q U I D D I T A T I V E

I D A E B U X A M U V U B I I Z F P B M T

IRENIC JEJUNE KINCHIN LUTEOUS MAFFICK NAZE NIDAMENTAL OENOPHOBIA ONOMASTIC PANTOGRAPH PAUCILOQUENT PIPISTRELLE

P S R T I O Y E Q R C R A O L Y A A O L E

E B Z N N R N F H W S I E G H N N X H Z L

A S E S E E E N B C E H L F T P I P P F E

L S R X Y F M M I C O O K O I I O B O A S

E H O E P I C A A E T R G E Q P N R N S T

W D U T V C E J D C R R O B S U A N E E I

E I U I R N O Y S I A E J S M C E D O I C

E Q U L D I E Z E P N N G E O P O N I C H

W A L T Y Z T R H C G T L N P A K Y T A O

QUIDDITATIVE RENVERSE SOROCHE TELESTICH TONITRUOUS TRITANOPIA UMBRATIC VERACIOUS VIMINEOUS WALTY YASHIKI ZINCIFEROUS

Chapter 4

Reading up on Story Word Searches

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n this sort of puzzle, the words are still scattered through the letter grid as in a Simple Word Searches (see Chapter 3), but you have to extract the word list from a short, and hopefully interesting, story or article. The words you need to find are in bold.

Consider the following list of tips to help you with the puzzles in this chapter: ✓ When two bold words occur one after the other, look for them as a single entry in the puzzle. ✓ If you prefer to work from a list, you can write out the bold words on a scrap of paper first. Otherwise, simply find the words in the order they appear in the story. ✓ It can help to keep track of which words you’ve found — and which ones remain to be discovered — by crossing them off in the story.

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Puzzle 28: Old Gold Difficulty Level: Easy Ah, chocolate — one of the major food groups . . . where would humanity be without it? Whether you love white, milk, dark, or bittersweet chocolate, you’re sure to find the perfect delicious treat. And if you buy Fair Trade, your money buys more than just chocolate! Ancient Mesoamericans first discovered the cocoa tree in the Amazon rainforest thousands of years ago and used the bitter water they made from its seeds in ceremonies. Spanish conquistadors brought the cacao seeds back to Spain, assuring chocolate’s reign over the world. Initially chocolate had to be prepared by hand — a lengthy and difficult process. The resulting oily, gritty paste was used to make an expensive beverage for royalty and the wealthy. The Industrial Revolution changed all that. Doret and Dubuisson in France and Van Houten in the Netherlands invented machines that made grinding and pressing the cacao seeds into paste and cocoa powder amazingly fast. The paste was also beautifully smooth and creamy and could be formed into chocolate bars. Daniel Peter and Henri Nestlé worked together to add condensed milk to chocolate, creating milk chocolate. Rodolphe Lindt developed a blending technique called conching, which created an even smoother texture and taste. Finally, chocolate was within the reach of everyone, and it became wildly popular. The mass-production of sweets, candy bars, and chocolate bars hasn’t let up. Hershey, Mars, Cadbury, Nestlé, and Lindt have been around since the Industrial Revolution and are still the biggest producers today. Most of the world’s cocoa is now grown in West Africa, especially in Côte d’Ivoire. It’s a labor-intensive crop — workers tend, harvest, dry, and pack the plants and seeds by hand. Cacao farmers often receive very little profit from their crops. Some try to stay afloat by using child labor or even returning to the bad old days of slavery. Fair Trade cocoa is a system that offers farmers a better way of making a living, helps break the poverty cycle, and stops abusive practices.

Chapter 4: Reading up on Story Word Searches

Puzzle 28: Old Gold Difficulty Level: Easy K I O V C O N Q U I S T A D O R S

A E G R I N D I N G T F C A C A O

G D L L E T B F B E Y R E V A L S

D A N A Y C A Y E U I U P S Y K W

O R D I B V A W H N S N P R O R P

R T A Y C O S D E A E B E E E E S

E R R C M R R S B T N T T M E I U

T I K O E A T I U U D D E R N G O

D A E T I L E O N N R U R A O N I

V F T E E V H R I T Q Y U F Y C C

E I A D M N C L C O E O A T R O I

B G L I A P R O F I T N T U E S L

C R O V G N I H C N O C S L V O E

R I C O Y E H S R E H K L I E A D

O T O I C Y R O Y A L T Y O V Y W

P T H R A I N F O R E S T F J E Z

S Y C E S N A C I R E M A O S E M

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Puzzle 29: Little Mary Difficulty Level: Easy Gladys Louise Smith was the first international film star. You may know her better as Mary Pickford or “America’s Sweetheart.” The Canadian was born in 1892 and started acting at a young age. In 1907, Gladys was signed to appear on Broadway with New York producer David Belsaco. He insisted that she change her name, so Mary Pickford was born. In 1910, Mary made the move to the silent silver screen. She auditioned for filmmaker D.W. Griffith of Biograph Studio, and was hired immediately. Over the years Pickford worked with Carl Laemmle’s IMP company and Adolph Zukor’s Famous Players Film Company. She was one of the four founders of the United Artists movie studio in 1919, along with Douglas Fairbanks, Charlie Chaplin, and D. W. Griffith. Eventually Mary was involved with many levels of the movie making process, including writing, directing, and producing. By age 24, Mary Pickford was the most famous and popular woman in the world because of the spread of American movies internationally. It was easy to adapt silent movies for the worldwide market — they just had to change the language on the subtitles that provided text for the movie! Mary played appealing, sympathetic characters, and her outgoing and sincere performances struck a chord with audiences worldwide. She almost always played children or young adults, even when she was in her 20s. Mary and her writer friend Frances Marion invented cinematographic devices — such as tricks of perspective, oversized props and sets, and casting tall actors — to sustain the illusion. In 1927 Mary released her last silent film, My Best Girl. In 1928, Mary cut off her famous long blond curls, and took on serious dramatic roles. Her first talkie movie was Coquette, which won her the Best Actress Oscar in 1929. The Taming of the Shrew was also released that year. Mary completed three more films after this — Forever Yours (1930), Kiki (1931), and Secrets (1933) — but none was a success. She retired from acting when she was 41, but remained involved in Hollywood for many years. Mary Pickford was an incredibly influential actress — she instituted many standards for actors in the fledgling movie industry, established and ran a major film production company, and starred in over 50 feature-length films, including The Poor Little Rich Girl, Pollyanna, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, M’Liss, Sparrows, and Little Annie Rooney.


Puzzle 29: Little Mary Difficulty Level: Easy N O G B C R E V I T C E P S R E P

I T N P A O N R W O R L D W I D E

L S I M I N Q O Y S U E S A L E K

P T O P A O N U I Q S U A Z R R P

A S G G D R L A E S B I G I I I Y

H I T L H C Y Q Y T U L L T G T H

C T U A W P U P I L T L N M T E T

N R O D S R A T I S L E L I S R I

H A F Y R R L R K C L O T I E G F

O D I S F E O N G I K A P S B N F

L E L D S A A K S O I F K P Y E I

L T M I A B E S U A I P O O M R R

Y I U Z R N T W C Z O B U R G D G

W N O I S T A N D A R D S P D L O

O U A F I C I C G N I T C E R I D

O F S O T R A E H T E E W S O H H

D A C S U O M A F B L O N D E C W

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Puzzle 30: It’s Easy Being Green Difficulty Level: Easy If you’re anything like me, you may be frightened by the impact climate change is having on the world. Because the problem is so huge, you may think you can’t do anything to make a difference. But you can make plenty of practical and simple changes that won’t break the bank and will make a difference. The collective action of thousands and even millions of people all making some positive changes can affect the whole planet. The big picture clearly shows that using renewable energy sources is vital — hydroelectricity, solar power, tidal energy, wind power, and geothermal energy are some options here. In many places, you can choose the source of your domestic electricity. You can use many solar-powered devices around the home — garden lights, lanterns, and even small portable solar chargers for cellphones, MP3 players, and laptops. Try a low-carbon diet, choosing foods that result in a smaller carbon footprint (environmental impact). Become a locavore: Get more of your food from the local farmers’ markets, and eat seasonal produce. This change reduces the number of food miles (the distance food is transported from producer to consumer) produce has to travel to your door. Buy foods with less packaging and processing. Buy Fair Trade coffee, tea, chocolate, and so on where possible. Try using pencils (the sort with graphite lead inside a wooden case) rather than disposable pens. The pencils are not only biodegradable, but they can also draw about 18 times further than a pen. A fountain pen with a refillable ink bladder is even better (and more stylish). Save water by taking shorter showers, and don’t let the tap run when you wash your hands or brush your teeth. Drink tap water rather than bottled water. You can filter it if you’re concerned about water quality, but you help to keep billions of disposable bottles out of landfill by using a cup or your own water bottle. And bottled water can be more expensive than gasoline! Join Freecycle.org or BookCrossing.com. Discover your local library. Grow some of your own food. Walk, ride a bike, or take the bus rather than the car. Use your own coffee mug if you can when you go to your local coffee shop. Receive and pay your bills electronically. Recycle paper. Buy secondhand clothes and fabrics made from organic cotton, hemp blends, and bamboo. Make the change to low-energy fluorescent light bulbs. Bottom line: You can do lots of things that will have an immediate impact — pick a couple and start today!


Puzzle 30: It’s Easy Being Green Difficulty Level: Easy O F H E L B A D A R G E D O I B E

B O O K C R O S S I N G O G P U D

T T B O P P E S S T E K R A M P A

R O E M D K R O H G Y O P W E E R

A I V E A M O A E O E E D O R N T

T N I A F B I T C L R S W R O C R

S O T N W F T L C T P T E L V I I

P B I K E T O Y E A I M E D A L A

R R S U I R C C G S P C I R C S F

O A O R R E I C N I V M A S O A T

C C P A E N Y L A N D F I L L A H

E W L R V E R C H O O S E W P B A

S O F S I W A D C H K L A W I L I

S L U W E A R L A N O S A E S N O

I B O E C B B I N I A T N U O F D

N R T S E L I S A V E W A T E R C

G A G D R E L N L R E T A M I L C

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Puzzle 31: All Awash with Watercolors Difficulty Level: Easy If you get bitten by the watercolor bug (you’ll know if you do — it’s beautifully colored and entrancing), you’ll discover a whole world of equipment as well as a lifetime of learning how water and color flow and interact on paper! Watercolor paints are made from finely ground pigments mixed with gum arabic, glycerin, and a wetting agent. They come in various forms: tubes, cakes (also called pans), liquids, and pencils. Tube paint is easier to mix and good for large washes. Cake paints give you more immediate access and are great for portable painting and painting details. Paints come in a wide range of colors with evocative names, such as Gamboge, Viridian, Cerulean Blue, Phthalo Violet, Cadmium Scarlet, Burnt Umber, Ultramarine Blue, Indigo, Raw Sienna, Cobalt Violet, Indian Red, and Prussian Blue. Different paints have different characteristics — such as being transparent or opaque and staining or non-staining — and different amounts of sediment. Watercolor brushes come in a wide range of shapes, fibers, and styles. A rigger has long fibers and is great for producing thin lines. A flat brush has hairs in a flat rectangle and can range in width from quite narrow to several inches wide for painting flat washes. Round brushes are versatile, so you want to have them in a range of sizes. When choosing round brushes, make sure they come to a sharp point and hold a good amount of paint. Kolinsky sable brushes are the very best. Oddly, their fibers come from the tails of Siberian martens, not sables! Other fibers choices include ox hair, badger hair, camel hair, goat hair, Chinese hog bristle, and a wide range of synthetics. Some brushes mix sable with synthetics to provide the benefits of a sable brush at a lower cost. Watercolor paper comes in a range of surfaces. Hot pressed paper is fine-grained and smooth; rough paper has — you guessed it — a very rough surface and gives a lot of texture to a painting. Cold or not-pressed paper falls somewhere in the middle, with a slight texture to the surface. Look for archival quality paper (with a neutral pH and made from permanent fibers such as cotton), and your gorgeous artwork will last forever!


Puzzle 31: All Awash with Watercolors Difficulty Level: Easy P R E G G I R T U D E F S E B U T

C E R U L E A N E U W I L I S L S

T R D U L R F I O C G B O K A T P

N S E N B B A A A U A E X S A A D

E H E V U T N P M S S R T I P E W

R W A H O O P A Y M Y S N E S A A

A V O J S C R K I A U I T S A R R

P P E Z A A S S M S N G E A C H R

S C O K B N W I L G S R H H L T O

N L E I I M T Z D M P U I G O F L

A S C L N E C E T T O V R X U M O

R T O I L T A S O U A T N P C O C

T K U O Z R R H I L E M A C O I R

C H I N E S E H O G B R I S T L E

F V A P A Z T N E M I D E S T V T

L E A R N I N G I V E S E C O T A

N P R A W S I E N N A B U P N A W

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Puzzle 32: Il Menù Per Favore Difficulty Level: Medium Italian cuisine has been around since antiquity and is one of the most appetizing and best-known cuisines in the world. After all, what town doesn’t have a pizzeria? But Italy has so much more to offer than just pizza, lasagne, and spaghetti Bolognese! Every region has its own specialties. Italian cuisine is full of rich and delicious dishes — try risottos made with Arborio rice, frittatas made with eggs and vegetables, polenta, stews like osso buco and buridda, and soups like minestrone. Chewy Italian bread dipped in a fragrant extra-virgin olive oil is a wonderful meal in itself. Olive oil is a basic ingredient in Italian food. Herbs and other seasonings common in Italian cooking include garlic, flat-leafed parsley, sweet balsamic vinegar, capers, anchovies, oregano, sage, thyme, basil, and tarragon. Sweets often use cinnamon, almond, or vanilla for flavor. But no dessert until you finish your meal! Antipasti are the traditional way to start an Italian meal. A typical antipasti platter has a variety of smoked or cured meats, like prosciutto or pancetta, marinated vegetables, and cheeses. You’re likely to find asparagus, eggplant (aubergine), sun-dried tomatoes, porcini mushrooms, fennel, bell peppers (capsicum), and artichokes. And don’t forget the olives, both green and black! Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese from northern Italy (also known as Parmesan) has been a stock ingredient in many kitchens for ages, as has soft, stretchy mozzarella. Other Italian cheeses are gaining in popularity too — semi-hard provolone, the soft sheep’s milk whey cheese ricotta, soft bocconcini and mascarpone, the blue cheese gorgonzola, and caprino (made with goat’s milk), to name but a few. Pasta is another Italian food that can be found everywhere — it’s the basis of so many quick, healthy meals. Macaroni, penne, spaghetti, fettuccine, farfalle, and vermicelli (“little worms”) are just a few of the shapes available. Gnocchi are tender dumplings made from potato, flour, semolina, or a combination thereof. Italian cuisine doesn’t just taste good, either — many experts recommend a so-called Mediterranean diet high in olive oil, legumes, unrefined cereals, produce, fish, wine, and poultry as a healthy option. So what are you waiting for? Buon appetito!


Puzzle 32: Il Menù Per Favore Difficulty Level: Medium I D O S B E N I C C U T T E F P I

A N T H E O G S P A G H E T T I T

L O I O S I C S B T R D N S F B Y

O M T C T I V C U S E A D E R T I

Z L E O R T F O O Q E E R M I A T

N A P Z I O U U H N N R I U T N S

O M P O Z T P I A C C B Q G T I A

G A A B M S A R C A N I U E A L P

R R N E L A R L A S T A N L T O I

O I O U L E S T I N O I E I A M T

G N U C T L N C A A G R S N S E N

M A B I U E A N A R N U P T N S A

P T D M L B E F E R Y H T L A E H

O E I O A N O B R F P I Z Z A O P

M D P S I A U S E A C O O K I N G

E U I W Z A V I S C F A N Y E H W

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Puzzle 33: Birthstones and Flowers Difficulty Level: Medium The tradition of assigning certain gemstones and flowers to each month includes the idea that wearing your birthstone makes you luckier. Even if you don’t believe that, birth flowers and birthstones are lovely gifts. Flowers also have symbolic meanings and are a thoughtful inclusion in a celebratory bouquet for a new baby or any birthday. Take a look at the flowers and gemstones for each month: ✓ January’s birthstone is garnet, and the birth flower is the carnation, a fragrant winter flower with meanings of pride, love, and beauty. ✓ The birthstone for February is almost always amethyst, although pearl is an option too; the birth flowers are iris and violet, both beautiful heralds of spring. ✓ March’s stone is aquamarine, and its birth flower is the daffodil, which symbolizes a return to warmth, rebirth, and hope. ✓ The stone for those born in April is the diamond; their flower is the daisy, a symbol of innocence, modesty, and brightness. ✓ May’s birthstone is the emerald. Lily of the valley is the flower, representing purity and a return to happiness. ✓ June babies’ birthstone is the pearl; their flower, symbolizing love and appreciation, is the rose. ✓ Ruby is the modern birthstone for July, but onyx was the classic stone. The flower is larkspur, bringing to mind summer meadows, lightness, and levity. ✓ The contemporary stone for August birthdays is peridot, but you also have a lot of choice from times past: topaz, carnelian, moonstone, alexandrite, sardonyx, and sapphire. Gladiolus is August’s flower, symbolizing strength of character and remembrance. ✓ For September, the stone is sapphire. Aster, a classic autumn flower that represents patience and daintiness, is its flower. ✓ October’s birthstone is opal; tourmaline, aquamarine, and beryl are other, oldfashioned choices. Marigold, following the sun, is October’s flower. ✓ The stone for November is topaz. Chrysanthemum is the month’s flower, symbolizing cheer and joy, compassion, and friendship. ✓ Turquoise is the birthstone for those born in December, although ruby and bloodstone were older choices. The fragrant narcissus, a symbol of peace, is December’s flower.


Puzzle 33: Birthstones and Flowers Difficulty Level: Medium F E O E R I H P P A S E L E D P T

S T S C T U A K J J C I S A U S P

R E T S A Q B D O A D O I R Y E E

E N F C Z U L Y E O R S I H R S G

W R I I O A S P F P Y T T I P I Y

O A G T R J P F X A Y E D M E O L

L G E E N I A O O L M O C E A U L

F W M C S D S V T A T P I U R Q U

Y E L L A V E H T F O Y L I L R C

D L O G I R A M D S U M M E R U K

G T N Z M L N N O I T I D A R T I

N E Y Y O O O A Q U A M A R I N E

I U P V E M E Y T U A E B H N A R

R Q E O A N A R C I S S U S H T H

A U I I H V O S U L O I D A L G E

E O D L A R K S P U R N L O J S E

W B I W M U M E H T N A S Y R H C

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Puzzle 34: Knitting with a Twist Difficulty Level: Medium Knitting has never really gone away, but it has been hiding for a while. Now it’s back and reinvigorated by an unexpected source: the Internet! The online knitting and crocheting community is huge. Women, men, kids, teens, older crafters, and everyone in between are getting back into the simple joys of making things by hand — with their computers by their sides. One new technological invention is free online knitting and crocheting magazines. Knitty. com is foremost among these publications — a sassy, funny, intelligent Canadian quarterly production with free patterns, articles, and more. Knitty was established by Amy R. Singer in June 2002 and has well over 30,000 readers worldwide every day. Thousands, if not millions, of stitchers have blogs (web logs or online diaries). They share photos of their WIPs (Works in Progress), UFOs (Unfinished Objects), and FOs (Finished Objects). Experienced crafters often put up free patterns or write tutorials on their blogs. Knitting authors such as Stephanie Pearl-McPhee (The Yarn Harlot) have risen to great prominence through blogging, in addition to their wonderful knitting books. Some folks offer online knitalongs, in which they decide to knit a particular pattern, say, a pair of socks or a lace shawl, and invite others to knit it at the same time. Knitalongs often have their own blogs, where members share any difficulties they’re having with the project, post photos of their progress, and generally join in and help each other despite being scattered across the globe! Ravelry.com, set up by Casey and Jessica Forbes in May 2007, is another online outlet for fiber crafters. It’s an online community where you can keep track of your projects, yarn stash, books and magazines, and inventory of needles and hooks, as well as find kindred crafting souls. Through Ravelry’s pattern and yarn directory, you can see what other people have made with a particular yarn or how their version of a pattern turned out. All this online networking also leads to more get-togethers in person and an increasing circle of friends. Most cities and towns have active knitting groups that meet regularly in cafés, pubs, libraries, and other public places. If you can’t find one of those, join World Wide Knit in Public Day, the brainchild of Danielle Landes. It’s the largest knitter-run public activity in the world, held each year on the second Saturday in June. So if you see knitters and crocheters around, don’t be scared by the pointy sticks — come on over and join in!


Puzzle 34: Knitting with a Twist Difficulty Level: Medium H O O K S L I N P E R S O N O J I

U Y S A E T S A B I N K I U N E S

S S T O L R A H N R A Y E H T G Y

G Y C T C K J S E N S G S I O N W

N T E I R E N T H K N E V L N K O

O I J N I C T I C I F N B U D O R

L N O K C A S O T A I E F U E S L

A U R Y P L S E C T W A E Y T Y D

T M P B K F H O K N I T T Y C O M

I M Y N O C R U T W C N Y R E J D

N O L R O O T E F O I R G O P E N

K C I R S K K T E O H P O T X L A

E A C G S I P S P W S P S C E P H

P K N I T I N P U B L I C K N M Y

S N E E T U W G M O K N I N U I B

G N I N T E R N E T L A R G E S T

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Puzzle 35: You Say Tomato Difficulty Level: Medium When the Pilgrims left England for the New World in 1620, they took with them Elizabethan English. In each country the languages changed, to the point where, as George Bernard Shaw supposedly said, England and America are “two countries divided by a common language.” Many American words are pulled directly from Elizabethan English but have fallen from use in England. Included in this category are gotten (got in modern England), fall (autumn), mad (angry), platter (large dish), deck of cards (pack of cards), and trash (rubbish), to name but a few. Many words sneered at in Great Britain as “vulgar Americanisms” are in fact British in origin and not American at all; some of these are glee, jeopardy, smolder, and progress as a verb. The British use a great deal of American words and spellings, even replacing some of their own words almost without being aware on it. This list includes, in part, mask for masque, truck for lorry, jail rather than gaol, eventuate, input, commuter, gimmick, babysitter, lengthy, hangover, blizzard, teenager, soggy, graveyard, raincoat, notify, and publicity. Many American and British words are spelled differently. Commonwealth countries — Canada, Australia, and New Zealand in particular — also use U.K. spelling. In general, they use a u in many words, where Americans have dropped it. Color and colour; humor and humour; honor and honour; and labor and labour are the most common examples of this. Other common letter substitutes are z instead of s (the U.S. finalize versus the U.K. finalise), -er instead of -re (theater versus theatre), and single instead of double letters (counselor versus counsellor). American spelling is often simpler than its U.K. counterpart (which generally retains letters that reveal the original origins of a word, such as French); some examples include program instead of programme, catalog instead of catalogue, dialog instead of dialogue, and omelet instead of omelette. American aluminum is aluminium in England (and everywhere else in the world). Other differences include gray instead of grey, ax instead of axe, and inquire instead of enquire. The languages also have many differences in idiom, which can trip up the unwary traveler. Just one example: a biscuit in America is a scone in the U.K., while a biscuit in the U.K. is a cookie in America. The main thing to remember is that while these two varieties of English are different in many ways, they have more in common than may at first be apparent, and neither one is better than the other!


Puzzle 35: You Say Tomato Difficulty Level: Medium Y A T I U C S I B W E N R I Y W R

J I E R E P L A C I N G U G H Y Y

E D O U B L E E E I K O O C R A A

D I R U B B I S H S N T N R R R A

F N I B E S G Z P U T B O G R R K

R L A T D A S E A A R L H Y N C U

E E T L O I L E D B R G U E E O M

H E T L A L A A R E E M T D Y L U

R R U T I E N L T G A T C A A R I

O Y E N I A Z U O S O A H N N H N

C C G U C S M W K G T R G A E C I

S O N G G M Y N E A U U P S N N M

C M M A O W T B L N A E T M A E U

O M U C G S P O A G C O L O U R L

N O T I F Y G A E B L U R I E F A

E N U R A U T S C E I E R D A B R

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Puzzle 36: Trick or Treat! Difficulty Level: Medium Halloween is one of the few ancient festivals that is getting more popular around the world. It’s already well established, in some form or other, in the United Kingdom, Ireland, the United States, Canada, Mexico, Northern Italy, and Romania. In recent years it has become popular in Japan, Germany, Spain, and some South American countries; it hasn’t been as widespread in Australia and New Zealand, but it’s slowly becoming more accepted. The conflicting theories about the origins of Halloween are difficult to verify after thousands of years. The first text records of Halloween are of the night before All Saints’ Day in Scotland in the 700s. Though it was something of a sidenote to that holiday, eventually it became a festival in its own right. As time went on, Scottish children started to dress up and go door-to-door asking for money and sweet treats. Halloween eventually spread from Scotland to England, Wales, and Ireland in the 1800s. Love divinations — trying to discover who your future husband or wife would be with mirrors, apple peels, and roasted nuts — were a popular Halloween pastime in Victorian times. Halloween nearly died out in the United Kingdom and Ireland, but it was revived in North America by Irish immigrants in the late 1800s. And boy, did it ever take off! Halloween is now big business, as well as a lot of fun. No wonder it’s an increasingly popular festival: Dressing up in a costume and going trick-or-treating is a highlight of any child’s — and many an adult’s — year. After all, what other time of year can you dress up as a ghost, mummy, witch, skeleton, demon, superhero, zombie, elf, alien, angel, fairy, pirate, or anything else without attracting a second glance? Some cities and towns hold Halloween parades. Folks decorate their houses with harvest or scary themes (especially in colors like soot black, bone white, and pumpkin orange): scarecrows, pumpkins, skeletons, black cats, cobwebs with huge spiders, and bats in the rafters are all popular. Countless pumpkins are sacrificed as jack-o’-lanterns. You can go on ghost tours, visit haunted houses, stay warm around a bonfire, watch horror movies, read scary stories, get messy with apple bobbing, drink hot apple cider, and get a bellyache from too much sweet stuff! Candy corn, pumpkin pie, candy apples, popcorn, and Halloween-colored candies are some of the treats up for grabs.


Puzzle 36: Tricky or Treat! Difficulty Level: Medium S Y A D S T N I A S L L A B E E N

J D D E V I V E R A E I Y E E D A

N A L R Y T R I C K N R L T N B I

R H C I E I S H P A K P I A Y Y T

O S H K H S E E M B P H L F R X S

C I S W F C S O N I W E U A N N I

Y T Y N A M R E G G R N C Y R O V

D T N E I C N A K I L S N E W S B

N O K I R V D I V I N A T I O N S

A C E B Y I A P P L E N N S T A C

C S E M T C I U B L A C K D O K D

D E M O N T H M F L A V I T S E F

O M U Z A O C P O R A N G E T Y W

N U T S R R F K O R I G I N S I M

W P S R C I C I D E R F U S T M N

G H O S T A U N E I L A E C O C S

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Puzzle 37: Tip of the Slung Difficulty Level: Medium Spoonerisms are slips of the tongue where the first parts of two words (or syllables within one word) are swapped. You may commit one of these verbal slipups accidentally or on purpose as fun wordplay. For example, a butterfly turns into a flutterby, and the speed of light becomes the lead of spite. The technical term for this transposition is metaphasis. Spoonerisms get their name from the Reverend William Spooner, the Anglican priest and scholar who lectured in divinity, philosophy, and history at Oxford University in London. Spooner was a well-liked professor, if somewhat absent-minded. Though he does seem to have often muddled his words, many doubt that he said all of the quotations attributed to him. The following are some of the classic spoonerisms: ✓ “Let us raise our glasses to the queer old dean” (the dear old Queen) ✓ “Young man, you have hissed my mystery lectures (missed my history lectures) and tasted two worms (wasted two terms)!” ✓ “Which of us has not felt in his heart a half-warmed fish (half-formed wish)?” ✓ “A well-boiled icicle” (A well-oiled bicycle) ✓ “Our shoving leopard” (Our loving shepherd) Creating spoonerisms is a fun game to play; many Web sites and books collect clever and apt transpositions. Ideally, the transposed words should form proper words, not nonsense words (for instance, growing vegetables turns into vowing gregatables). However, there are no hard and fast rules. Here are a few more spoonerisms to enjoy; see if you can figure out what they’re meant to say. (If you get stuck, check out www.fun-with-words.com/spoon_example.html for some help.) ✓ Fighting a liar

✓ Dow the thrice

✓ One swell foop

✓ Please hush my brat

✓ Cattle ships and bruisers

✓ Logged over

✓ Tow and shell

✓ Wave the sails

✓ Have the hags flung out

✓ A lack of pies


Puzzle 37: Tip of the Slung Difficulty Level: Medium R O S S E F O R P W L I R S A E D

T S I S A H P A T E M E M Y L I Y

H U S H M Y B R A T V R C C V B P

H O M A U Y R D O E O F I I R I F

B A N O D N O L L W X C N E R L V

S C L M D F U C O O I I T A U H D

A P H F S Y L W C A T T L E I N T

H T I P W W T L W Y U X O P S O C

Y A I L E A A O E L R O S G T O R

D T E O S V R P F H G L A N A E D

E K O X T D A M P L S H O V I N G

L N I F P I S W E E L D S G S A S

D T C L A S S I C D D B N S G E M

D A A F A L F D R O F X O A I E U

U Y O E S O P R U P S I V P W W D

M O S M S I R E N O O P S L R O I

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Puzzle 38: How to Spot a Hoax E-mail Difficulty Level: Hard E-mail is a mixed blessing — it’s a wonderful way to stay in touch with family, friends, and colleagues, but a huge amount of rubbish comes in every day, sometimes far outweighing the real messages. Almost every chain e-mail, warning about a new toxin lurking in your home, health scare, computer virus alert, advertisement, or great new business offer is a hoax, scam, urban legend, or fake of some sort. Approach with caution! Before forwarding a message, check its credentials. See whether it appears on one of the many hoax-busting sites such as Snopes (www.snopes.com) or Urban Legends (urban legends.about.com). These sites have a great deal of information on how to spot the fakes, as well as lists of the legitimate e-mails making the rounds. Other warning signs are mispeld tixt, ALL CAPS, and lots of exclamation marks!!!!! If the author pleads with you to “send this message to everyone in your address book,” you can automatically hit the delete key. Never ever reply to a spam or hoax e-mail, whether to voice your annoyance or request to be removed from the mailing list. This mistake only serves to confirm your e-mail address with the spammer, and you’ll never hear the end of it. Even if you want to buy what a spam e-mail is selling, don’t do it under any circumstances! Spammers use fraudulent business practices, and honestly, who wants to encourage them? Phishing is a technique in which scammers try to get you to send them your banking details, passwords, and other personal details. These e-mails generally look like they’re from your bank, eBay, the IRS, and so on; they say you have a problem that needs to be fixed and direct you to a Web site asking you for your account information. Again, don’t open these e-mails or click on any links in them. How can you tell what’s phishy and what isn’t? One clue is that phishing e-mails don’t have your full name in the text. A real e-mail from your bank or eBay would be addressed to you properly. You may also consider taking the “Boulder Pledge,” written by Roger Ebert in 1996: “Under no circumstances will I ever purchase anything offered to me as the result of an unsolicited e-mail message. Nor will I forward chain letters, petitions, mass mailings, or virus warnings to large numbers of others. This is my contribution to the survival of the online community.” If you’re interested in finding more about avoiding spam, I recommend the Skeptoid podcast by Brian Dunning (skeptoid.com), and the Spam Primer by Randy Cassingham (www.spamprimer.com).


Puzzle 38: How to Spot a Hoax E-mail Difficulty Level: Hard T N E L U D U A R F E H B A S H I

S R E Q U E S T O T O P H N E T O

Y E G D E L P R E D L U O B P L I

N F O D Y W S L R U G U T K O A A

U O H I B T E U R E A O E L N E M

I F I O Y D S B R Y X H A I S H E

E A U T C K A H P I C I D E M X S

O K O P U N O A N S V O T A A U G

R E V E N A S X Y I T I P O R N E

B A N K X S C E A L S S V V I N K

S S A S W H S I B B U R I L I T S

C H C O S C S T E B B V L L S P C

A N R A H A O R A W A E N I A V O

S D A A M P Y N I L S O F C A O S

S L I B S G N I H S I H P O U M O

A N T M I S L P E D T I X T R P E

M K C E H C P H Y I N G Y O Y E S

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Puzzle 39: Hop, Skip, and Jump Difficulty Level: Hard In Australia, marsupials (mammals whose offspring develop in pouches) are more common than the placental mammals. A female marsupial’s baby is born when it’s only a few weeks old and still very small. It then crawls into her pouch, attaches itself to a nipple, and completes its growth inside the pouch. Macropods (macro meaning “large” and pod meaning “foot”) are hopping marsupials. They range from the kangaroos to the smaller wallabies, tree-kangaroos, pademelons, and quokkas, which are only as big as a cat. All macropods are herbivorous, and most are nocturnal. North America is home to only one marsupial: the possum. In Australia, however, the possum family is large, with around sixty species ranging from the tiny pygmy possum (less than five inches long) and cute sugar glider to the largest of them all, the common brushtail possum. The brushtail possum has adapted to city life, sleeping in tree hollows during the day and visiting gardens at night. It loves sweet treats and can destroy vegetable gardens and fruit on trees. Males make loud territorial calls at night, grunting, coughing, screeching, and hissing enough to give anyone nightmares! The bilby is an endangered long-eared, desert-burrowing marsupial. In Australia, the Easter Bilby is gaining popularity over the Easter Bunny — especially because rabbits have caused so much damage to the continent. Other unusual Australian marsupials include the numbat, a small diurnal (opposite of nocturnal) striped animal that lives on termites and is the only marsupial without a pouch; bandicoots, which are related to bilbies; the large and solid burrowing wombats; two species of blind marsupial moles that burrow through the desert sands of Western Australia; the endangered potoroos; bettongs, also known as rat-kangaroos; the shrewlike antechinus; the tiny mouse-like dunnarts; the feisty Tasmanian devil, the largest carnivorous marsupial in the world; the well-known koalas, which live on eucalyptus leaves and sleep for most of the day; and six species of spotted quolls, or native cats.


Puzzle 39: Hop, Skip, and Jump Difficulty Level: Hard M U S G A O K A N G A R O O S L S

U M T N Q I T R T K W S B G A S A

S C O I U J L A O O U E R N A N K

S D O P O R C A M O T U R N H N K

O A C P L K I B R T N U D T C U O

P D I O L Y A O O T I S W R U Q U

Y A D H S T V N I D S O C E O Y Q

M P N A S I G N U K R U Q O P B A

G T A T N S G O O G S L A M M A M

Y E B R E T L S K E E W W E F B I

P D A D M C Y B L I B R E T S A E

N C Q U K O H C W A L L A B I E S

M U S S O P L I A T H S U R B O S

S Z M I A B U E N L S O L I D I Y

M A A B L I O Q S U L O V S X R B

G E U C A L Y P T U S S E T U C I

W O U A S T R A N N U D Y M L I D

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Puzzle 40: Highs and Lows Difficulty Level: Hard Look out! There is one extra bold word in this story that isn’t in the grid — can you spot it? Diabetes is a series of conditions that are involved with insulin and the pancreas. Insulin is a vital hormone that acts like a key, allowing sugars in the bloodstream to move into the cells of the body. You’ve got to have insulin to live! Type 2 diabetes is the most common form. It is a metabolic disorder — the pancreas is typically still producing insulin, but the body is resistant to it. Type 1 diabetes, on the other hand, is an autoimmune disease. The body destroys the insulin-producing cells in the pancreas, so the pancreas can no longer produce the hormone at all. This disease generally first shows up in children or teenagers. It is deadly. Type 1 diabetics are dependent on frequent fingerprick blood tests, to check their blood sugar level, and insulin injections every time they eat, for the rest of their lives. Both high blood sugar (hyperglycemia) and low blood sugar (hypoglycemia) are dangerous. A diabetic’s life is a never-ending tightrope act between these two extremes, trying to maintain good blood sugar balance. Treatment for Type 1 diabetes is advanced — as long as sufferers inject insulin before they eat, they can generally simply eat a healthy diet. They can enjoy a wide variety of foods, including sugar and other sweet things, as long as they accurately calculate how much carbohydrate they’re eating, and adjust their insulin. Insulin pens make insulin injections relatively quick and easy. Insulin pumps, which allow easier and more accurate insulin delivery, without the need for daily needles, are another great advance. Still, there are no holidays from this disease; a lapse can result in hospitalization, serious complications such as blindness, or worse. Research programs around the world are trying to find out why Type 1 diabetes occurs, and why rates are rising. Diabetics haven’t lived unhealthy lives, they haven’t lived on sweets and sodas, and their parents haven’t done anything wrong. They just got sick, often out of the blue. There are endless efforts looking for a cure, and many exciting new possibilities. We can only hope that we’re living in the era when a cure will be found for this life-threatening disease.


Puzzle 40: Highs and Lows Difficulty Level: Hard C S T I J D P C S S E N D N I L B

Y E W N E D H T T S N O P U M P S

E I L E A I X I Y Z O I I D N S D

S I E L L T G E T R M T A E I N O

P R I D S H S Y E C R A D C L O O

A T R M T A L I L I O Z J N U I L

L E F R E D S W S E H I U A S T B

N C O S A A T T H E T L S V N C K

O P I E E S N E P Y R A T D I E I

E D D S A E R C N A P T R A Y J A

H Y P E R G L Y C E M I A U A N O

L H S T S E T Y S R R P R S C I U

A T S U G A R W W F I S K E I C V

T L O A I M E C Y L G O P Y H H A

I A S E M E R T X E F H E R U C E

V E O Z T L S E T E B A I D K A T

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Puzzle 41: Obscure Vocabulary Difficulty Level: Hard Look out! I’ve included four extra words here that aren’t in the grid. There are thousands of weird words out there — many are old-fashioned and have fallen out of use, but others are obscure terms or unusual jargon. Some of these words deserve to be slipped into your daily conversation — if nothing else, they can gain admiration from your friends and befuddle your enemies! One of my favorites is trottoir — a much cuter word for sidewalk originating from French. Here are few other gems to try out: You can call that annoying kid (you know who I mean) a limaceous child, meaning you think he’s slug-like. He’s probably also otiose (idle and useless), tritical (trite), and a fabulist (liar). If you’re very lucky, you may have a partner who’s keen on abliguration — extravagant cooking. This may lead to a nimiety (surplus) of food, though, so be prepared to become zaftig (desirably curvaceous and pleasingly plump). Whenever you come across marzipan, make sure you call it marchpane. I’m sure you know someone who is an ailurophile — he or she is abnormally fond of cats. Halieutics is the art of fishing, and to bombilate is to make a buzzing or droning sound. These medical terms can come in handy, especially if you’re just a little ill, but want it to sound worse: Pyrexia is another term for fever, and cardialgia — although it sounds serious — is just heartburn or mild indigestion. The snake-entwined rod that symbolizes medicine is a caduceus. Ataraxia sounds like some sort of medical condition, but it actually means absolute tranquility and freedom from all worries. Ergasiophobia is the fear of working or work in general. You can combine these terms quite effectively: “Please, sir, I need a lengthy vacation to treat my ergasiophobia and ataraxia.” If you get hooked on unusual words, you can find many dictionaries on the Internet and in print. Just make sure you use your superior vocabulary powers for good! Gramercy (thank you)!


Puzzle 41: Obscure Vocabulary Difficulty Level: Hard E A I B O H P O I S A G R E A I A

L T D E V N N W L O E Y P I E N O

D P E O U I E I E X G R G H N X T

D Y S T A I M S T T N L U T A R Z

U T O G R A U I L R A O Y C I S U

F I I D C E A I N I O L G T S D K

E N T E C L I D D T I T I R P B R

B C O U G L X R A A E C T B A T O

S U D F I I A X D D A R Y O M J W

S A B A T C R Y O L D L N O I O M

C A D B F M A R C H P A N E U R B

S I S U A U T M O D E E R F T R T

H X S L Z U A S C I T U E I L A H

O E L I H P O R U L I A J O B Y I

S R A S L O D N I M I E T Y E V P

K Y T T A N O I T A R U G I L B A

K P G R A M E R C Y E M A R G O B

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Chapter 5

Finding Hidden Words in Your Puzzles

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idden Words is another very common variety of word search. The words appear in the standard eight directions, but they’re more solidly packed and overlap more frequently. As with most searches, you end up with a few unclaimed letters in the grid after you find all the list words. These leftover letters hold the key; they spell out a hidden message, usually when you look at them in normal reading order (left to right, row by row from the top to the bottom). The hidden message can be one or two words, or even a whole sentence in bigger puzzles. Figure 5-1 shows you an example of an Australian-themed word search; the leftover letters spell out Australia’s national capital.

Draw a circle around the leftover letters, or mark them in some other way (perhaps another colored highlighter). Go through the grid again carefully if the letters don’t spell anything — it’s easy to miss a letter here and there. In harder Hidden Words puzzles, the leftover letters may be jumbled up, in which case you need to unscramble them to get the final answer. That’s just an added bit of complexity to annoy — I mean, challenge — you. I let you know if the hidden answer is jumbled in this chapter’s puzzles. Additionally, some puzzles have extra list words; I give you a heads up on this, too.

Figure 5-1: The leftovers in this Hidden Words puzzle spell out Australia’s national capital.

A I L A R T S U A

C D A S M A T R M

T O E N Y A B A O

E G A L B D N O O

K I K M A K N G C

C D U D C I O E O

I N B L B D D O Y

R E R O E R C E C

C B A G A R R A Y

AC/DC ADELAIDE AKUBRA AUSTRALIA BENDIGO COBAR COOK COOMA CRICKET GOLD MANGO NUMBAT SYDNEY YARRA

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Puzzle 42: Not Bad! Difficulty Level: Easy The 14 leftover letters spell out what all these words have in common.

E L T T Y S S E R D J Y T ADEPT BEST COGENT DEAR DECENT DRESSY EDIBLE EXCEPTIONAL FAB

T O P N Y U Y E Y O L S D

I V E E L O N M L E E B D

L E D C R R O L M B F A N

O L A E E E Y I M U I F I

P Y Y D T N T T T O Y D K

P R A I S E W O R T H Y E

R A E D A G P N S U G T C

S W A R M N N O B L E I O

GENEROUS JOLLY KIND LOVELY MASTERLY NOBLE POLITE PRAISEWORTHY QUALITY

R E A S O N A B L E O L G

L U F T H G U O H T O A E

E X C E P T I O N A L U N

Y H T R O W T S U R T Q T

REASONABLE THOUGHTFUL TIMELY TOP-NOTCH TRUE TRUSTWORTHY WARM YUMMY

Chapter 5: Finding Hidden Words in Your Puzzles

Puzzle 43: Arts & Crafts Difficulty Level: Easy The 14 leftover letters reveal a very popular handicraft.

I N K R O L O C R E T A W BEADWORK CAST CERAMICS CHARCOAL COLLAGE COMICS DESIGN DOLL DOODLE EMBOSSING

R T N I A P E G M A N G A

S C H E S R T N N T S A C

N H M G A T N I G I E N G

E A L M I K I K P L W G N

P R I R C L R R D E A E I

C C F O D O P O D U S S S

S O R O W O O W E S K C S

FILM GLASS INK LIGHT MANGA MIXED MEDIA MOLD MONOPRINT NIBS OILS

U A L D I D N D S S E I O

N L A L L A O O I I T M B

I E S O A M M O G T C O M

B S M U D G E W N I H C E

S B B A I D E M D E X I M

PAINT PENS ROCK SEWING SKETCH SMUDGE TISSUE WATERCOLOR WOODWORKING

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Puzzle 44: Home Patch Difficulty Level: Easy The 14 leftover letters disclose a common hazard in the garden.

N S S O R E B A C K W D N BENCH BIRDBATH CACTI CATERPILLARS COMPOST BIN FENCES FLOWER BED GARDEN SHED HARVEST

I E R D E B R E W O L F G

B B G A Y S H A R V E S T

T I N G L E U R L D E R S

S R I A I L A N A I E R L

O D K R L B I H L E O O I

P B A D L F S P S I E S A

HERBS LAWN LILY NECTAR NITROGEN RAKING ROSE SEEDS SHADE

M A R E E N I T R O G E N

O T E N W H S B R E H H S

C H C S O C N S W E T I T

W E D H R N W N E C T A R

S N L E T E A S I T C A C

S E E D S B L W I L L O W

SNAILS SOIL SORE BACK SUNLIGHT TREES TROWEL WATER WHEELBARROW WILLOW


Puzzle 45: Fresh Air Difficulty Level: Easy The 16 leftover letters reveal a popular outdoor challenge.

P R S R A L U C O N I B C ARCHERY AXE BINOCULARS CAMERA CAMP CAVES CLIMB COOKOUT DAY HIKE

A K E E P I C N I C S L G

R E P L V T A O C N I A R

K R E X A A H I O M B I X

R T A A C X C W B G A E I

N E M W O N S G N I K A M

Y A C N S P T I A I S R L

R C U C O E P U H T T E I

E R A R O E T Y O R A M A

H P T M E S A I N K H A R

GEOCACHING GPS HATS KITES MAKING SNOWMEN PARK PICNICS RAINCOAT RELAX

C S L L P D S I K S O C T

R P S W A L K T H E D O G

A G N I H C A C O E G L C

RUN SKIS SLEEPING BAG SNOW SPORTS SOCCER TRAIL MIX TREK WALK THE DOG

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Puzzle 46: Across the Universe Difficulty Level: Easy The 17 leftover letters spell out the biggest celestial body in the known universe.

Y A W Y K L I M G H B S A

D P C M L P R L A T R T V

ALPHA CENTAURI APOGEE AURORA BLACK HOLE BRAHE CARL SAGAN DENEB FERMI HALE

E R E S A A U L L I A A O

N E D R U P A E U N H N N

E F S R I E T W B E E A A

B E O R S H N O E Z H G R

C R R E E R E L N A E A R

A M A D K E C L L V S S A

KEPLER LMC LOWELL MILKY WAY MIMOSA MOON NEBULA NOVA PALOMAR

S I M S R L A E I A N L P

O N O H E P H R U O T R O

M O L I Y E P Q I A N A G

I O A F U K L E G I R C E

M M P T B L A C K H O L E

PARSEC PERIHELION QUASAR RED SHIFT RIGEL VEGA YERKES ZENITH


Puzzle 47: Entertain Me! Difficulty Level: Easy The 15 leftover letters reveal a well-known resident of Lake Wobegon.

G C R E C R E M K C I R B

A L E N N Y D R A Z Z I E

BARR BILL BAILEY BILL COSBY BILLY CONNOLLY BOB HOPE BRENT BUTT CLICK AND CLACK

B I L L Y C O N N O L L Y

E C I F L R R A B L E R E

P K S R X E N E C K R T L

O A T A R S W O C D E O I

H N R N A O S I L L L M A

B D A K M B H E S E L L B

O C S O Y C N I L F I I L

DILLER FRANK OZ IZZARD JAMY IAN SWISS JON STEWART LENNY LENO

B L S Z S O K L O N D N L

J A M Y I A N S W I S S I

R C A T T U B T N E R B B

R K N T R A W E T S N O J

LEWIS MARX RICK MERCER SCHICKELE SEINFELD STRASSMAN TOMLIN

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Puzzle 48: Up in the Air Difficulty Level: Easy The 14 leftover letters spell out the brave souls who made the first nonstop aerial crossing of the Atlantic Ocean.

A H E L I C O P T E R A E

C I N O S R E P U S E G Y

AERODYNAMICS AILERONS AIRBUS ALTITUDE BIPLANE CAMBER CARGO COCKPIT COURSE

S N O R E L I A E R A S A

L A P I T C H A O G C P W

C T L C E A T D G R O E P

S O E T J A Y U S O C E O

G L U N I N L L P F K D R

N I O R A T D A A F P T P

I P B M S L U N L O I H O

FLAPS FLIGHT GLIDER HELICOPTER JET LANDING LOST LUGGAGE PILOT PITCH

W U I O T E P D F E T G B

S C L K R N B I E K R I R

S R E D I L G N B A W L U

C R E B M A C G C T N F T

SEAT SPEED SUPERSONIC TAKE OFF TRIM TURBOPROP WINGS YAW


Puzzle 49: Keep It Under Your Hat Difficulty Level: Easy The 10 leftover letters spell out a fancy headdress.

O R E R B M O S T U T E R E P A N A N R O C AKUBRA BERET BONNET BOWLER CAP CLOCHE COWBOY COWL

G A R O D E F I S O B M I

R K C B A Y R H H M Q A R

U U Z R O Y A E E A E U T

B B E F O N I R L T H T E

CROWN FEDORA FEZ HELMET HOMBURG KEPI PANAMA PORKPIE

M R F B K W N P M W C O N

O A W A S C N E E U O R O

H O N A B R U T T K L B S

C E I P K R O P N A C O W L K P A C T E T S SOMBRERO STETSON TAM TOQUE TRICORN TURBAN USHANKA YARMULKE

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Puzzle 50: Ecologically Sound Difficulty Level: Medium The 23 leftover letters reveal the largest structure ever built by living creatures.

A N U A F P T B C A G I A T Y F R ALTITUDE AQUATIC BIOME BIOTOPE BOTANY CLIMATE COMMUNITY DESERT ECOLOGY FAUNA FLORA

E E R T R M O O R S E P O T O I B

T G E H E A M L F U N G I T S S I

A Y S E D M N A A L S N S K E T O

M X I A U Y E T A R I E E R I A M

I O L N T N G I R L R G L R C T E

L I I N I A O V A O Y E H O E I L

FUNGI GENOTYPE GEOLOGY HABITATS HOMEOSTASIS HUMAN LANDSCAPE LIGHT MARSH MEADOWS MOORS

C T E A T T R S F R I G G T P B A

Y P N V L O T N A M U H O I S A I

I O C A A B I H P L I O S L O H R

T L E S L A N D S C A P E G O N T

O L D G R O W T H F O R E S T C S

N U S I S A T S O E M O H E E W E

I T T R E S E D L A L F L O R A R

C I T A U Q A O R O U R B A N T R

NICHE NITROGEN OLD-GROWTH FOREST OXYGEN POLAR REGIONS POLES POLLUTION RAINFOREST RARE RESILIENCE RISK

H O R A R E H S G E N O T Y P E E

E N S G E W H Y S W O D A E M R T SALINITY SAVANNA SOIL PH SPECIES TAIGA TERRESTRIAL URBAN VITAL WATER WHOLE


Puzzle 51: Clear as Mud Difficulty Level: Medium All the words in this puzzle have clear as a synonym, whether as an adjective, adverb, verb, or noun. The 21 leftover letters spell out another phrase that means clear.

H S I N I M I D L I M P I D D B G

K O O H E H T F F O T E L E E R A

Y N U T E N R A E N O H C C L A I

ABSOLVE ACCEPT ALLOW AUDIBLY BECOME SUNNY BLATANT BRIGHT CALM CLEAN CLEARCUT DECLARE INNOCENT

L I Y P N W C U E V N L O E B E N

L A T E D O L C E N A M S I I P O

O L P C O L U R O R E N D N G P I

H P M C R L T I E S E Y I D I A S

W A E A S A T I U C T S C I L S S

DIMINISH DISAPPEAR EARN EASY EMPTY ENDORSE FADE GAIN GIVE PERMISSION HURDLE INDISPUTABLE

D H B N E C N N I C M A U S L I I

W E A S N N N L D L A E L P E D M

C R K A O Y A W A E K A T U T Y R

T L S C U L O D O A E E N T N P E

I H E I O D V I L R L U A A I U P

T N G A M L I E N C D Q T B E Y E

T O T I N P B B U U R A A L S D V

INTELLIGIBLE LET OFF THE HOOK LICENSE LIMPID LUCID MAKE OPAQUE OPEN OVERT PASSABLE PLAIN

C A L M R A L N L T U P L E A I I

P A S S A B L E U Y H O B F K T G SANCTION SIMPLE TAKE AWAY TIDY UP TRANSLUCENT UNBLOCKED UNLOAD WHOLLY

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Puzzle 52: Under the Waves Difficulty Level: Medium Find all the words in this grid, and the 11 leftover letters tell you which fish can help you hear better.

L O B S T E R B

ADÉLIE PENGUIN ALGAE ANCHOVY ATOLLS AUK BASS BELUGA BLUE WHALE CLAM CLOWNFISH CORAL REEFS

P R R L Y V O H C N A

L A C U R N I H P L O D S

E Y A E H C L O W N F I S H S

K S B W O C T O P U S N H S G D

R L H E P G N O G U D E I M N E

A A N S L E I S S R L F S U I P

L E A T A U U E E L R B A S R I

COWRIE CRABS DOLPHIN DUGONG FLOUNDER FUR SEALS GULLS HAKE HARBOR SEAL HERRING KELP

E L S R E N D G D S A A M I S R N

G O R W P K I N A T R W E A E E N

N D O H M T U E S C I O E S L H I

O D B A I O Q P E A R L H E R C P

P N R L L N S E L A O H S A D U E

S A A F A H S I F D R O W S E I F

KRILL LIMPETS LOBSTER MUSSEL NARWHAL OCTOPUS ORCA PEARL PINNIPEDS PLANKTON RAYS

S H C O R A L R E E F S A R S

A L L I R K E S L L U G W D

U H A K E D R S L L O T A

K S K R A H S A C G

SAND DOLLAR SEAHORSE SEAWEED SHARKS SHELLS SHOAL SPONGE SQUID STARFISH SWORDFISH


Puzzle 53: Rockin’ Out Difficulty Level: Medium Find all the bands and musicians in this grid, and the leftover letters will reveal the album that includes the single “Make It Wit Chu.”

A S E I D A L D E K A N E R A B E

L U K N I N E I N C H N A I L S E

L S A E D A N K O J O N E S E O L

AFI AUDIOSLAVE BARENAKED LADIES BLUR CAKE CREED DANKO JONES DIDO DISHWALLA DREDG EELS

A R C S E D E U S T F E M B O T S

W E R U C E H T K N H E L O H E T

H V E M G E G N O P S G D T V N S

S R E T H G I F O O F D I A S O I

I S R U R R S K K S O A L N M E O

EISLEY FEMBOTS FLYLEAF FOO FIGHTERS GARBAGE GODDO GORILLAZ HOLE KYUSS LIVE MADONNA

D D O E I I Q Y E G O S E A D C M

A A M N S F U U H D O V I L R I A

N E A A I G A S T I I R R E Y N M

A H O L D C E S D L O D E U N L G

V O V E E I Y U E T F D O O L A F

R I R T A S A O T H O R D H T B E

I D N H S I H P U P E A R L J A M

MANTECA MIDNIGHT OIL MOGWAI MOIST MUSE NINE INCH NAILS NIRVANA OASIS PEARL JAM PHISH RADIOHEAD

N A G A R B A G E T M Y E L S I E

M R G O R I L L A Z H I A W G O M REM SONIC YOUTH SPONGE SUEDE THE CURE THE KOOKS THOR TORI AMOS VERSUS

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Puzzle 54: The Older the Better Difficulty Level: Medium The 25 leftover letters reveal some popular collectible pottery.

A G W O H S S E U Q I T N A I G A

L N I U D U P N Y T F Q P S N T E

L A T L W N M I T A U A R I A E G

AGED ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS ANTIQUES SHOW AS IS AUTOMATA BRASS BURL CHEST DAGUERREOTYPE DEALER DOVETAIL EARLY GEORGIAN END GRAIN

E I R I T I A W E E T O T M P L N

H G P E Q Q T T E I N A O Y E U I

S R R M D U S N N I L T T R D C H

E O O E I E A A A P U O A E Y K S

S E V A H N F R D A E R G H O Y I

I G E C N I G L I R R A D O B F L

O Y N E H D E D R A D E E L H I O

T L A N N I R E Y O N G K D G N P

FABERGÉ FAKE FEDERAL FRENCH POLISHING GILT HIGHBOY LUCKY FINDS MING DYNASTY MYSTERY CLOCK OAK OLD ORMOLU PATINA

R R N E F O U U V N R B B A I D H

O A C F C G L E F E A E O U H S C

T E E O A O T A B S F S L O R S N

B H C D M A K A S A I K T A K L E

S O L R I E F B R A S S A Y E S R

K C O L C Y R E T S Y M A O R D F

PROVENANCE QUEEN ANNE RARE ROCOCO SHAKER SHEFFIELD PLATING STAMPS TORTOISESHELL UNIQUE WINE YATATE


Puzzle 55: Making Music Difficulty Level: Medium The 24 leftover letters spell out a very unusual music group.

R R N C

O T O K

U A E O B O

B E A I N O

H D C C L I O M

ACOUSTIC GUITAR BASSOON BAWU BAYAN BELL BODHRÁN BUGLES CARILLON COMB CONCH CORNET DHOL

D I F D G E B B U R H O I O L N S B

K I L U G A K R O A O R N D O A E A

O F N A D W U D H Y D L D O N I I N B

B E L L U Y Y C T B E H E M A V P O M

O O Z A K G I P H U T N R R M S E H I

V A C O U S T I C G U I T A R A T P R

I E K R P N E C N L L L A H N X H O A

L N D R A A N C O E F L A S O O E L M

I Y A G V Y R O C S O N L S L P R Y R

H R P E A O L O I D I N A L H E X A

O N E M B C O V S Z E R L I O M T G

DUDUK FIFE FLUTE GLASS HARMONICA GONG HANDS HARPSICHORD HORN HURDY GURDY KAGUL KAZOO KOKYU

O D A I K O

A B U T

S O O G R N I O

A H C A E N

B H C G

KOTO LYRE MANDOLIN MARIMBA NEY OBOE O DAIKO ORGAN OUD PIANO PICCOLO RECORDER

SAXOPHONE TAIKO THEREMIN TIMPANI TUBA VIOLA VIOLIN XYLOPHONE ZIL

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Puzzle 56: Tip Off Difficulty Level: Medium The 17 leftover letters spell out a top player.

S K S T E R I P M U K M S L B Y F AIM AIR BALL ANN MEYERS BACKBOARD BASELINE BOUNCE PASS BRICK BULLS CIRCUS SHOT COUSY CREW CHIEF DRIBBLE

R H S U S M A L O N E R S D S L E

E A A O R T E M U R E H R U A Y I

Y L P E E M R D C T A A O E E N H

E F E M K I M U T Q U C T S M X C

M T C I A A R O O G B S P T I S W

N I N T L Y R D S C K D A E T D E

N M U S R T R S R P T C R N R W R

FEVER FOUL FREE THROW FRONT COURT GLOBETROTTERS GUARD HALFTIME HEAT HOOPS KNICKS LAKERS LYNX

A E O A E I E S S I O N I A E O C

N N B B B S K W A A M O O P V R L

U I O B S K C I N K P B H R O H L

G L L T F R I S H E K S F J F T A

MALONE MERCURY NETS NUGGETS OVERTIME PASS PICK RAPTORS REBOUND RIM SHAQ SHOOT

G E A O E A R H E C K U O A B E B

E S B O V P B R A Y D N U O B E R

T A N H E S H B T B U L L S A R I

S B W S R T O H S S U C R I C F A

G N I K L A W S H O T C L O C K R

SHOT CLOCK SKY SLAM DUNK SPARKS STEAL SWISH THREE POINTS TIME OUT UMPIRE WALKING WNBA


Puzzle 57: Animal Antics Difficulty Level: Medium The 31 leftover letters spell out a mysterious message.

N E N D M O U N T A I N G O A T R ALLIGATOR BULL CALF CARDINAL CICADA COBRA COCKROACH CROW DORMOUSE DRAGONFLY EARWIG FERRET

O S I Y A R G N I T S K I A T R U

M U U O A U D R A G O N F L Y O M

L O G H O N E Y B E E C D A W O E

A M N R O T A G I L L A A O E S L

S R E I S G E U L T O R O K O T R

K O P Y T I A I G W A D T O E E N

GERBIL HONEYBEE IGUANA JUNE BUG KOALA KRILL LEMUR LLAMAS LOACH MACAW MANDRILL MINK

N D O Y O O R P L I C I G D G R W

U A C O C K R O A C H N P I T A M

K C O C A E P L S D O A T A C I T

S E A R W I G L I M N L R A N O C

F L O W C O F A Q Z G A M K S I L

W T O O H C E C P U A E P T C L L

H R B T A V R S I U A R R A U T A

C R R L L I R D N A M I D B W K M

MONGOOSE MONITOR LIZARD MOUNTAIN GOAT NEWT NUTHATCH OSTRICH OWL OYSTER PANDA PEACOCK PENGUIN PIKA

A A F G U B E N U J C A L E I E A

W N U T H A T C H H C B N P M L S PUMA QUAIL ROOSTER SALMON SCALLOP SKUNK STINGRAY TAIPAN TIGER TOAD WARTHOG WOLF

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Puzzle 58: Delicious Delights Difficulty Level: Medium The 47 leftover letters spell out some good advice from Fran Lebowitz.

A G O U D A A M E K A H S K L I M AIOLI ALFALFA BEEF BISQUE BUTTER CAFFE LATTE CEREAL CHAI CHAMPIGNON CROUTON CUPCAKE

H K U I I F B S I R T O L F E G G

C Y L O L E S H C N I S A D O S H

O L L A E U H U O C E N A H U I S

M I F F O W P T A R D S D O H N I

A L R M H C U F T R I E T G T B N

A A C L A O F E O N K L U R A N R

H E H K R E T B S O A O Y S O O A

DILL DOUGH EGG GARNISH GOUDA HOME COOKED HOT CHOCOLATE JUICE KNEAD LEAF TEA MEATLOAF

C R E C L B S C O S D N A I J N G

M E I A I A N C H H N W A U D G E

U C T S G O E W I O N H I E A I G

Y T Q R T M A E F R C C I P E P R

E U O N O R C A O D E O O S N M A

MILKSHAKE MINESTRONE MOCHA MOUSSE NOSH PLAICE POMELO RASHER RIND RISTRETTO SALT

E M O H M I E D U P S M L B K A S

S W I D A A E T F A E L R A Y H H

F A O L T A E M T L E A N U T C E

S O P Y O S T N O O R B U T T E R

SMORGASBORD SODA SOY SPUD TOAST TOMATO TUNA TURMERIC WASABI WONTON YUM CHA


Puzzle 59: Sneaky Syllables Difficulty Level: Medium The 31 leftover letters reveal a challenge for you.

T N O M L A S E E S S W E R V E I SACCHARIN SACHET SAINT SALMON SAMURAI SANDS SAUCE SAX SCENE SCHOLARSHIP

S O S A C H E T I K R A L Y K S S

C I N O S C L S S T S R S H W P C

R L S A U E Y L H U S T H A I K N

I L X A V T U A O O E S Y R A I S

B A S S E G H I M R R H I E R S P

SCRIBE SCRUMPTIOUS SEAFOOD SEMBLANCE SEQUENTIAL SERIF SEWS SHELL SHORTHAND SHY

E T R I S H T T A P I T U A T I A

H S C U Y P O N E S F Q H A D S C

W O L S M S L E R S S C T A P O E

SISTER SKYLARK SLOSH SLOTH SLOW SLUG SNAKE SNIFF SOCIETY SODA

S E I U B A S U T E C U S E N S S

E E R I O S S Q S A T A F S H D H

E C N A L B M E S E I S F L S O I

S S D N A S H S K N I N I O I O P

U S Y N C O P A T E D A N S N F A

SOIRÉE SONIC SOPRANO SPACESHIP SPANISH SPIRIT SPOUSE SPROUT SQUEAK STALLION

O E X L L E H S H C X K S H A A W

P W S O P R A N O S T E S E P E S

S S T P I H S R A L O H C S S S K

STATUTE STRAW STREAM SVELTE SWAP SWAY SWERVE SYMBOL SYNCOPATED

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Puzzle 60: Recepción a México Difficulty Level: Medium The 31 leftover letters reveal a quote from Jose Simon.

C H I L I C O N C A R N E F E N B

I A N A U J I T E C N O P T R A M

ACAPULCO BEANS BUÑUELOS CHARRO CHAYOTE CHILI CON CARNE CHOCOLATE COCHINITA PIBIL CORN COZUMEL DÍAZ

L M X G T O M A T O D O A C A B A

I E J C U O W S B R A L L O D L R

B S I A L A C U I E O H A Z I A I

I O O E G E N B T C W A N U R E A

P B C L M U G A O O O K Q M E T C

FIESTA GECKO GUANAJUATO GUAVA HUMMINGBIRD JAGUAR JÍCAMA KAHLO LEON LIMES MARIACHI

A E T L E N A H J P R E U E M N H

T A O L I R C R Z U T T E L O O I

I N O M A M O E A E A D I P S M O

N S M O C X I M I B C T A L L C Z

I U J C O H C H D L O L O E L O A

H F I E S T A A C A R R O U C A I

MÉRIDA MOLE MONTE ALBÁN MORELOS NOPAL OLMECS PACHECO PALANQUE PONCE PUEBLA PUMA

C N C H E P V Y L O R N P A U H S

O R A C M U A H O A X A L O S I T

C O M A I M U A H T C O O K C E G

N C A P L A G C V A E S O N O R A

SONORA TACO TEQUILA TIJUANA TLAXCALA TOMATO TORTILLAS XOCHIMILCO ZOCALO


Puzzle 61: Pick up Your Pointy Sticks! Difficulty Level: Medium The 14 leftover letters reveal a stitch often found on sock heels.

T T P E K N I T T Y M S P U R L Y AFGHAN ANGORA ARAN BALL WINDER BERET BLOCKS BOOTIES CABLE CAST ON CHUNKY CLAPOTIS COLOR

A E A L P O M P O M I O E D E F R

T X R B Y L O O W T R L H D D L L

A T O E T E H C O R C H R A N A E

R U G R B P E P K Y L O P G I X V

R R N T E N A I C A C O R I W R A

CROCHET DPN DYE EASE ERRATA FINISHING FLAX HOOKS I-CORD INSTEP KITCHENER KNITALONG

E E A Y O L T E C I S K C O L B R

N E D E C C R E P E T S N I L S E

E R K L H F I N I S H I N G A O E

S A A E O S E I T O O B N S B L C

KNITTY LACE LLAMA MAKE ONE MOHAIR MOTHS NEEDLES PLY POM-POM PSSO PURL RAVELRY

M O N Y W H C T A W S O I P B G S

Y E C Y O N H R C K L I S A D N E

R O P K R S A C S A A M C R S I L

O E I N S T W H T H S M R W H K D

S S K U T E A I G I T T A A A N E

S A S H E E N T P F T O O L W I E

P E F C D K A R A N A S M N L T N

RECYCLE SHAWL SILK SKIP SLIP SOCKS SSK STEEK STITCH HOLDER SWATCH TEXTURE TINKING

TREBLE WARM WIP WOOL WORSTED WRAPS YARN

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Puzzle 62: Top Rock! Difficulty Level: Hard Find all these popular bands and song titles in the grid. The 46 leftover letters reveal an interesting fact.

N C A M D O O W T E E L F G E C L A Y L A ABBA AC/DC ANGEL B.B. KING BEAT IT BILLY JOEL BLACK DOG BLONDIE BOB DYLAN BOOM BOOM BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN

S A T I S F A C T I O N O S U E E M A F E

S E L O H W E H T T M O R P K G N I K B B

T I N Y D A N C E R D O I N E O O E G E A

T D M A D O N N A V Y D U B I D D G E L B

Y N W O A B I J I O D F A T L U I I T R R

A O A H A G O B R R R I I V J A S R U I E

W L Y B A L R B D A R T Q Y I U C C P G M

CHANGES CUPID DAVID BOWIE DR. DRE ELVIS FAME FLEETWOOD MAC GET UP GLORIA GOOD VIBRATIONS HEAVEN HELP!

A B B M E A I R G O S T E S N D E K T Y M

L A I N T S E D L R O H U E D S B N D M U

I E E I O H N G E L A W V L P A L O L O S

A N O N V A E P N E C Y N R G E Y L W U G

S N W J N L U B I G D E I A N Y A R D I H

HEROES HEY JUDE IMAGINE JAMES BROWN JOLENE KISS LAYLA LEAN ON ME LOLA LOVE SHACK MADONNA MARVIN GAYE

S A A O Y S O E E N C N S H I A D I I M E

N E M M R L T V S A G O E C H G R G O O A

S I G E O B L I E S T M O Y T N E N N O V

S S R N P N S I T S O L R A E I T W A B E

I I I V A L A E B A H R E R M V S O R M N

V R T K A H E I M H E A H S O R E T A O S

L Q U E E N C H P A S B C T S A Y P P O N

E E M N O N A E L E J E E K S M N U H B A

MONEY MY GIRL NIRVANA NORWEGIAN WOOD PARANOID PIANO MAN PRIDE QUEEN RAY CHARLES ROY ORBISON SAIL AWAY SATISFACTION

SIMON AND GARFUNKEL SOMETHING SUMMER BABE SUPERSTITION THE BEATLES THE WHO TINY DANCER UPTOWN GIRL VENUS YESTERDAY


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Puzzle 63: South American Adventure Difficulty Level: Hard The 39 leftover letters reveal something amazing about the Amazon River Basin.

O O A A C T R O P I C S L L A F L E G N A AMAZON ANACONDA ANDES ANGEL FALLS ARGENTINA ASADO ASUNCION ATACAMA DESERT BAHIA BEANS BOGOTÁ BOLIVIA BRAZIL

E B U N P E R U F T I A R A U G A J R T Y

D I H D C S V C U M B I A T S O H C U A G

O R C E A A I I O O M B U O Y T O R U G A

R A E S A I P N C H I M U G U H P G O C S

I M U M Z N B Y N H F O A O C I A L N E H

T A Q O E O V E B E E L N B A R D I S A W

CAPYBARA CARACAS CEVICHE CHILE CHIMU CHOCOLATE CHORIZO CHRIST THE REDEEMER CHURRASCO COLOMBIA CUMBIA CUYO ECUADOR

O R A H L E S I A A T O I L A L A P A Z T

C A I I A A D F C N R C T P A P I S C O A

S P V G T T O E P U S A N A D N O C A N A

A A I G R A N A R O N H E C U A D O R M S

R M L I O C T I G E T A G U R U G U A Y U

R A O N F A E A A C H O R I Z O F Z C L R

FOOTBALL FORTALEZA GALÁPAGOS GAUCHOS GOLD GUYANA INCA JAGUAR LA PAZ LIMA LLAMA MAGDALENA RIVER O’HIGGINS

U N B S G M P S E H E T A L O C O H C L I

H A N O E A A L L A M A T S R N A A I A N

C P N R L D O R I N O C O S N M N Z E B A

C I C A O E B A H I A E S E I A A O N T M

A U G T A S U N C I O N E L Y R C Y I O E

S O U T H E R N C O N E P U B S H U W O T

O R E V I R A N E L A D G A M U R C O F E

Z U R C A T N A S O A L E U Z E N E V T R

OMBÚ ORINOCO PANAMA PARAGUAY PARAMARIBO PATAGONIA PERU PESO PISCO QUECHUA RODEO RUM SANTA CRUZ SIMON BOLÍVAR

SOUTHERN CONE SUCRE SURINAME TANGO TENNIS TOUCANS TROPICS TURPIAL URUGUAY VENEZUELA VICUÑA WINE YUCA

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Puzzle 64: Moonshine Difficulty Level: Hard The 21 leftover letters tell you what the termite said when he walked into a bar.

M U N G M

R E I U A K D O V

A L E G I R H O N E D

E Y I B E N G G O L G A

H I C O H O N A T M E Y E

T Y E O H N L E R E E Y D M

N A F Z A A E S S I D R R N

K S

H R S I H O P S E ADVOCAAT ALE APERITIF BEER BOOZE BRANDY BRUT CHARDONNAY CIDER

CRÈME DE MENTHE DRINK GALLIANO GLÖGG GUINNESS HANGOVER HOPS ICE

E N I E N I T O A S T E L T A M I N T J U L E P S

M N T N G L T U R B V A A O A R R I O N T O N I P

E O I I O L B R N I G A S L T R B R U R O S E O P

D D R W V A A A R E C C I R

E R E D E G T D R O O U O R

M A P E R T W C V T Q P E

E H A R A E I D C E E E

R C T H R D A H T N B

C S N C E K A S W

H M A S R

D T

E Z U O A N H C S

LAGER MANHATTAN MARGARITA MEAD MERLOT MINT JULEP OUZO PINOT NOIR PORT

RED WINE RHÔNE ROSÉ RUM RYE SAKE SCHNAPPS SCOTCH SCREWDRIVER

SIP SLOE GIN STOUT TEQUILA TOAST VODKA WHITE WINE


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Puzzle 65: Fetch! Difficulty Level: Hard The 46 leftover letters reveal a quotation by Winston Churchill.

O O C I H G U O L S I B A U H A U H I H C

R E I R R E T X O F O N A I T A M L A D Y

AIDI ALASKAN HUSKY ALOPEKIS ALPINE DACHSBRACKE BEAGLE BICHON FRISÉ BILLY BLUE LACY BORDER COLLIE BORZOI BOXER

E G T I A E G P T R G M S H I H T Z U K H

Z O I T O L S E D N N C U W F F I T S A M

U L R O A Z P E R A I N H E A O S U L K R

A D O S Y P R I T M D A S V D I H S E E E

N E I A I C S O N L A B I E E N Z E V E X

H N M H O S A E B E A N K F A I S E S F O

BULLDOG CAIRN TERRIER CHIHUAHUA CHOW CHOW COON HOUND CORGI CUR DACHSHUND DALMATIAN DINGO DREVER FEIST

C G W L K O O L I E D M S K V H R E O R B

S L L E T I A C E K K A S P O D G E E U E

U I C P L E C K A U U A C N I N K T D C N

E S H U O G R O I I L L D H I T T U N F A

R H P S N M A V O A R B A K S E Z M U A D

G S W I U O E E U N L N E S S B E A H L T

FOX TERRIER GERMAN SPITZ GREAT DANE KEESHOND KELPIE KISHU KOOLIE LAEKENOIS LAIKA MALAMUTE MALTESE MASTIFF

O H O O O P L R B R H P T L P T R L S O A

D E H N H E O L A B E O E E E U I A H P E

L E C E Y I A O I N I N U I R I G M C E R

L P W K B G I O D P I L E N P R N T A K G

U D O E A R D P E L A A L H D L I A D I E

B O H A T O I L O B E P N Y T A E E P S I

MCNAB MIORITIC OLD ENGLISH SHEEPDOG PAPILLON PEKINGESE POMERANIAN POODLE PUG PULI SALUKI SCHNAUZER

D G C L S C E S I R F N O H C I B K R S M SETTER SHIH TZU SLOUGHI SPANIEL STABYHOUN TERVUREN TOSA VIZSLA WHIPPET

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Puzzle 66: On the Links Difficulty Level: Hard The 54 leftover letters reveal an apt quotation by H.G. Wells. Look out, though — you have to unscramble the final message! I give you a few letters in the blanks to help you on the way.

S E L P M I D E S L I C E G L A R E W G B

G E B S D N U O B F O T U O N L I L H A L

G R E E N S K E E P E R A N H A A A C H L

M I A H T I M S N N Y L I R A M F K T O I

Y E G O B E L B U O D K S R N A S E I S K

E E Y H G I M M E H A T D S D P I E P E S

P L D I V O T H C S F A O K I G T B U L C

O G D R I V E A O A R J O N C O A A L M R

L A A H G U O R D E P U W I A L H O P O S

S E C C S C E E L U E N R L P F W H U U S

S E L O H N E E T H G I E S P C O N O N C

S N R T S A A T S E S O G W O A D L O O S

G P E T S S M B Y E I R I E P R R R O T K

A M A T E U R P I T G S T R A T I F L F E

L M E C H I P T I E N I N D R A W N I R T

F E L D O G L E G O F R U N T U R F O V T

L O U T W A R D N I N E A A D Y M F S I E

J A C K N I C K L A U S L T N N E P O S U

T S R E K N U B L L S A H S A B I R D I E

E L P G A T O U R A A P H I S D R A Z A H

N A M R O N G E R G W B R A P R E D N U R

T_ _ U_ _ _ _R _ M_ _’_ _ _G_ A_ _ , _H_ B_ _ _ _ _ _ _ P_ _ _S _ _ _F — _ _’_ _L_ _ _T _ L_ _ . AIM AMATEUR ANNIKA SÖRENSTAM BACKSPIN BALL BIRDIE BUNKERS BYE CADDY CHIP

CLUB COACH CUP DIMPLES DIVOT DOGLEG DOUBLE BOGEY DO WHAT IS FAIR DRIVE EAGLE EIGHTEEN HOLES

FADE FLAGS FORE! GIMME GOLF CART GREENSKEEPER GREG NORMAN G.U.R. HANDICAP HAZARDS HOOK

HOSEL INWARD NINE IRONS JACK NICKLAUS JUNIORS LAKE LOFT LPGA TOUR MARILYNN SMITH OUT OF BOUNDS OUTWARD NINE

PAR FIVE PENALTIES PGA CHAMPIONSHIP PITCH PROS PUTT RELEASE ROUGH ROUND SAND TRAP

SKILL SLICE SLOPE ST. ANDREWS LINKS STEEL TIGER WOODS TURF UNDER PAR U.S. OPEN WALK


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Puzzle 67: Native Americans Difficulty Level: Hard The 63 leftover letters spell out a wise old Native American saying.

A L L I T A M U T Y R Y M E Z L E G A S O

S

S

ACHOMAWI ACOMA ALABAMA APACHE ARAPAHO ASSINIBOINE BRULE CAHTO CHEMEHUEVI CHEROKEE CHEYENNE CLAYOQUOT CREE

C S H O S H O N E A N A T U E Y H A I D A

F R C H E Y E N N E H U N U S I K S I K A

T I U L K A L T C D I I T R O S I T E M A

A C R N A V A J O A A R A P A H O E A H T

S A H S M N C O P Q P I E G A N K K I E O

S M H E T A O N O O U E A W N O A O T O K

I C O T M N R A H P E I A P R Y W T R I A

CROW CUPEÑO DAKOTA DELAWARE ESKIMO FIRST NATIONS HAIDA HOPI HUALAPAI INUIT IOWA ISLETA JICARILLA

N I P N O E A I T U A T N E A A S C E M D

I M I H H U H T C U T K H A A L A B A M A

B T O T A G Q U I O S C C D U W A P A U Q

O T R T E K P O E O P C P I E L E U Y L A

I O A T H E A I Y V N A A S K L T A H A T

KATO KICKAPOO LUMMI MAKAH MARICOPA METIS MIAMI MICMAC MOHAVE NAVAJO NORTHERN PAIUTE OMAHA

N G A H N A N M M A I S L R S H A W N E E

E A T O I M C W C A L A L O O E T W O L L

E B S A L I S H A N E C I L M R V P A U S

I E A M A A O W X P H O R B I T A A K R I

N N H U H M C O U O C M A E K H H A H B E

U N S Y A I R R O N A A C U S O T T U O T

OSAGE OTO OTTAWA PAWNEE PIEGAN PIMA PONCA PUEBLO QUAPAW QUINAULT SALISHAN SHASTA SHAWNEE

I I I W M S E C I C P B I P E O A U R R M

T W I N O T E T S A A U J U W I C H I T A SHOSHONEAN SIKSIKA SIOUX TETON TLAKLUIT TOHONO O’ODHAM TUSCARORA UMATILLA WICHITA WINNEBAGO YAKAMA YUMA ZUNI

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Puzzle 68: Haute Couture Difficulty Level: Hard The 45 leftover letters reveal an apt quotation by Coco Chanel. The final message is jumbled up, but I give you a few letters in the blanks to help you on the way.

S E L K N I R W L T U L I C T A E L P C N

R B R I D A L W E A R S H C E S A E A O C

A A H C T I T S P O T R S U C E N T R X H

D R I N S T O I A S I O U R T I W I A G I

A E M N R A L U L S R C E I P A R L S U F

B D E A C A R E T O P I D R L M F A M C F

S A A W N O D I B A T L E K N G I F N C O

L M R R T I A E T L C A L V I N K L E I N

L A A O P N U T U O A C X E B I S W A T N

A S L X D G E A O T E C U I B N L R N N A

C K L I O R G B W O O L K L O I E S I R R

C O O V N B M T C H I C C D B L E A D E Y

M R C S H A U T E C O U T U R E V T R P T

E A U O B E O V E R L O C K O E E I A P I

A F L A C R O I X I H E T Y L B S N C I C

G R F A S H I O N W E E K V A A I S E Z I

N P M E Z U A G T C M L E O A R N R R S L

I L A S T F E N M R L T O C Y O N R R I P

W A Y R C R F C E I I O S T O G A O E L M

E I A C I Y T U A L N K T H O N O M I K I

S D Y E M S E O C L E I S H L A Y E P E S

L_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _T _ _ C_ _F_ _ _ _ _ _ _ ; O_ _ _ _W_ _ _, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _X_ _ _ . ANGORA ARMANI ARMSCYE BAMBOO BOBBIN BOUCLÉ BRIDAL WEAR CALICO CALVIN KLEIN CATWALK

CHIC CHIFFON CHRISTIAN DIOR CLOTH COCO CHANEL COLLAR CUFF DAMASK DARN DART

DYE EASE FASHION WEEK FLAX GAULTIER GAUZE GUCCI HAUTE COUTURE HEMLINE IRON

KIMONO LACE LACROIX LAPEL LINGERIE LINING LITTLE BLACK DRESS MCCALL’S MILAN MINI

NINA RICCI OVERLOCK PARIS PATTERNS PIERRE CARDIN PIN PLAID PLEAT PRADA RAINCOAT ROBE

ROME SARI SATIN SCAASI SEWING SILK SIMPLICITY SKIRT SLEEVES SUEDE TAFFETA TOGA

TOPSTITCH TWEED VEIL VELVET VOGUE WOOL WRINKLES YARN YOKE ZIPPER

CH

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Puzzle 69: In Other Words Difficulty Level: Hard These words are all either common phrases in a range of languages or words from other languages used in English. The word list includes one extra word that doesn’t appear in the grid. The 33 leftover letters spell out the translation of this handy Indonesian sentence: “Maaf, Nona, ada bebek di atas kepala anda!”

G R A F F I T I H P A R A V I O N N E D B À LA MODE AMATEUR ARRIVISTE AURORA BOREALIS BEAU GESTE BITTE BON MOT BONSOIR BWANA CHIAROSCURO CIAO

E U O I C I F F O X E S I U M K E C A E O

X O T T D R A M A T I S P E R S O N A E R

C J C O M A N Q U E A O I A T V K U N H U

A U A M E R T U O V R D U C O E G E E E C

R D F T R M S E I T R R E T V E J N E F S

R A E I C E S S E E O P T L S U I T A A O

CONNOISSEUR CZAR DA CAPO DANKE DÉCLASSÉ DE FACTO DERNIER CRI DE TROP DOPPELGÄNGER DRAMATIS PERSONAE DU JOUR

I L D E I R S D P R A O A T G E K I A B R

V O T L E Z A M A S S S E C N R T I W K A

I H K P I E D B P R O F O R M A A A A D I

S R L E U U O T F O R R A Z C H N C R H H

T U U I O R P O I E R I D C A A N U I A C

ERGO ETC EUREKA EX OFFICIO FAIT ACCOMPLI FEMME FATALE GRACIAS GRAFFITI GRAZIE HAIKU HAYIR

E E T Z E E P M O R M T O Y S H L E P A K

E S Z A C K E N G E C M I S O U P C O N S

S S L R I A L O R R P R E V N O Y E P S R

I I S G A M G B E L E A E F N O O T A U U

S O R A O I A K I T S C H I A I B T C B E

HOLA HUBRIS INTELLIGENTSIA IN VITRO KARATE KITSCH KLUTZ LEITMOTIF MANQUÉ MAZEL TOV MERCI

E N Y B L I N T E L L I G E N T S I A R T

M N C V U C G T A L A M O D E R A B D O A

E O T U E H E N O M D E P L U M E L R S M

N C E S E Y R D E R O V A F R E P D E A A

NÉE NEIN NEJ NEMESIS N’EST-CE PAS NOM DE PLUME OUI OUTRÉ OY VEY PAR AVION PER DIEM

PER FAVORE PER SE PRO FORMA SALUT SALVE SHLEP SOTTO VOCE SOUPÇON SUB ROSA TAK VIS-À-VIS

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Puzzle 70: Nine Lives Difficulty Level: Hard The 28 leftover letters spell out some wise words about friendly felines from veterinarian James Herriot. The secret message is jumbled up, so I give you some letters in the blanks to get you started.

N A I N I S S Y B A Y B B A T F U R E C M

D T N Y O A N R O J O S A Z U L E S H T T

L A A A K R A R T O E X O T I C E A A A U

O T V B O O I S A S W A L C C N R C C O A

F O H M R G R R C G D F N I I T Y Y R X M

H N S O A N E I N S A R R L R A N R A E N

S K I B T A B A A N F M A E W A U L M U A

I I K I N H I H E T Y B U G F P E A P L I

T N R K A S S G G C N X N F O R T T I B T

T E U I I I W N E S H I I S F N E N X N P

O S T T S K O O A I M T O X H I L E I A Y

C E R T R R E L M E X U A P E O N I E I G

S C G E E U M A H E S X N L R R O R B S E

J H O N P T L A R E N H S C L O N O O S O

E A S S U A I H I Y O O O I H I L O B U R

N S V I Y L S T H N K H A R M K M O V R A

A E E A A I E P A O E T S R T F I R C E G

M C N M N M S B K C B C E W X H L N U C D

R R O R R E E E E O I P O N O E A U A B O

I S O S A U S S B N A C A O A N E I F P L

B C K C I L B E E L T M O P N U S C R F L

_ _ _ _ _R_ C_ _ _ _ _S_ _ _ _ _ _ _ C_ _F_ _ _ ABYSSINIAN AEGEAN CAT BALINESE BIRMAN BOBTAIL BOMBAY BURMESE BURMILLA CHARTREUX CHASE CLAWS COLORPOINT

CORNISH REX CYMRIC DEVON REX DRAGON LI EGYPTIAN MAU EXOTIC FLUFF FUR HEMINGWAY CAT HIMALAYAN JAVANESE KITTENS

KORAT LAPERM LEAP LICK LONGHAIR MAINE COON MANX MEOW MUNCHKIN NAP NEBELUNG OCICAT

OJOS AZULES ORIENTAL PERSIAN PIXIE BOB PURR RAGAMUFFIN RAGDOLL RELAX RUSSIAN BLUE SCOTTISH FOLD SHOO! SHORTHAIR

SIAMESE SIBERIAN SNOWSHOE SOKOKE SOMALI SPHYNX TABBY TAME TIFFANY CAT TONKINESE TURKISH ANGORA TURKISH VAN


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Puzzle 71: Doing Things Difficulty Level: Hard The leftover letters spell out some words of wisdom by Carolyn Wells. The word list includes an extra word that doesn’t appear in the grid.

R T C G P I K S D L E L K C I T H K R R R ADD ANALYZE ANNOUNCE ANSWER APOLOGIZE APPLAUD APPRECIATE BAKE BAT BLINK CARE CHEER COMMUNICATE COMPARE COMPLAIN CONCENTRATE

E C N U O N N A U E I U O V I S I T M E E

F E W R U B I S S E N N D E E S C A P E V

E N O H P E L E T F C E O U S R N M H H O

R N L S I O B A A E C L T C D A U T D C H

CONNECT COUNT CUT DECORATE DISAPPEAR DRAW DUST EARN ENTERTAIN ESCAPE EXIST FALL FEEL FIGHT FOLLOW FREEZE

P O L A N G I S N O E V A S G J O T N S Q

C C O T U C T T R E M B L E E O N O A E U

E O F S E E R A D I A T E R S U S U T R A

Z R M R N A T R S H I D E H O S Q R S A L

Y E P M T E A S L R S U C C E E D E N P I

FRIGHTEN GATHER GLOW GUESS HIDE HOVER IMPRESS JUMP KISS LOCK MAKE MANAGE MEDDLE MISS MOVE NOTE

L P T E U W E L T E S T I R E T M R R M F

A S F E A N I Z E H I A P P L A U D E O Y

N I R X G P I M E T G M N N K T O D D C H

A H E I S N O C S A I I E E E F D T S S N

P W E S K C O L A G A T F R F L I E I I E

R R Z T L L A F O T H R A E E U T L A H C

OBEY OFFER PAT PAUSE POLISH PREFER PREVENT QUALIFY QUASH QUIT RADIATE REIGN REJOICE REPEAT REQUEST RESCUE

E E E E R A C E R G E T R P Q S O L W C I

E V W V B A T E I P I D I S A P P E A R O

A K O S E O T R E A E Z D T A M A W T A J

R D A M N N F A W L O B E Y O I N O C E E

N A D B E A T S S E U G U C W O L G H S R

RETURN RIDE RUB SAIL SAVE SEARCH SHRUG SIGNAL SKIP SNEEZE SOOTHE SPILL STAND STIR STITCH SUCCEED

TASTE TELEPHONE TICKLE TOUR TREMBLE UNFASTEN VISIT WAIT WATCH WELCOME WHISPER

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Puzzle 72: Busy Bees Difficulty Level: Hard Try to say the hidden message three times fast! Look out — the word list includes an extra word that isn’t in the grid.

S O D A B R A B B A G E L S T B P T Z S B BABYSIT BACHELOR BACKGAMMON BACKLIT BACON BADMINTON BAGELS BALD EAGLE BALLAD BALLET BALONEY BALSAMIC BANANA

E T Y C A R C U A E R U B I I E I Z S U P

V Y E I C B L U R B B L L O E S U A F A A

E H N M K B A N J O R K L L Y B P F L B N

I P O A G E B D U E C O S B R Y A R L O S

BANJO BANK BARBADOS BARBER BASK BATIK BEANIE BEAUTY SLEEP BEGIN BELIEVES BENEVOLENCE BEQUEATH BERET

L A L S A C E R M A G Y A R B L U E J A Y

E R A L M N G H B I T B B D O B A L L A D

B G B A M E I T C U N O N B C L E B I B N

E O B B O L N A A B U T U O O A E Y N R A

BETWEEN BIKE BINOCULARS BIOGRAPHY BIOLOGICAL BIRD CALL BISCOTTI BITUMEN BLACK BLANKET BLAZE BLUE JAY BLURB

I I Y I N O L E G T S O O B T H S H B I R

N B S S K V B U I B A N A N A T E T C D B

A I E B E E B Q B U I L D S E Z U M K A B

E H A G R N U E L I B L R L B B N B I L B

B N D B K E B B N A S A E O U A D A A A S

K U E O S B A E L B L C L K C R S N N B N

BOA BOHEMIAN BOLD BOLT BONANZA BOOST BOSTON BOTANIC BOURBON BOURGEOISIE BOUTIQUE BOYSENBERRY BRACELET

B T B L A Z E D R U A D O I K B K I O O O

B E I T B W E O C R O R E T E E A B T T B

A L R B T A W O B R Y I B A T R E E S A R

C L B E G N N U R S U B I B B I R R O N U

O A B L I I O U U N E M U T I B B E B I O

BRAIN BRANDY SNAP BREADCRUMB BREAKS BRIBE BRIDAL BROADCAST BROWNIE BUBBLE BATH BUCKET BUDGE BUFFALO BUG

N B E E B Y B B U B U B B L E B A T H C B BUILD BUOY BUREAUCRACY BURLAP BURRO BUSY BUTTON BUZZ BYE BYPASS


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Puzzle 73: In the Frame Difficulty Level: Hard The leftover letters spell out a message from Degas. Look out; the word list includes four extra words that don’t appear in the grid!

O P E S G H B A C I N R E U G N N E R C H

T E E E I S C L L A G A H C I I F E N S J

A BIGGER SPLASH ADORATION OF THE MAGI ASHES BACON BLUE POLES CASSATT CÉZANNE CHAGALL DA VINCI DEGAS DELACROIX

S F L H S A S N U O E L Z E E F N A A O Y

I I K S E Y W I U E D O T B E D S L H U O

L L I A C E R T K M P S L E N H P N F L X

L F A O A N E D H E N O K I O S S A C I P

A O S C S K M U I E H O L W R T I D O T I

DIANA AND CALLISTO DIX DRYAD DUCHAMP EL GRECO FLORA GORKY GOYA GRIS GUERNICA HIRST HOCKNEY HOKUSAI

C Y I E S C O C T N S T E E A A A R F W E

D O L R A O H H T O O C G N S H C R I H T

N J A G T H C A E C N G R U N A T I U E A

A E N L T I H M N A I W K E L A L H N E U

A H O E L S E P O B T O W E A R Z O G E S

N T M T D Y N R A U H H D T E M M E M I D

A D O R A T I O N O F T H E M A G I C E N

HOLBEIN HOMAGE TO THE SQUARE HOMER IRISES ITTEN JOHNS KLEE KLIMT LA VIE LEIBL LE NAIN LICHTENSTEIN LINDNER

I A Y R E R A U Q S E H T O T E G A M O H

D A O X R I I S W H G O G N A V Y T L N O

D L I I O P P S E A N U R B E L E E G I V

F D N N T T M E I S R O B V A N I A N E L

T S R I H Y Y A V I I H U Y A B Y K R O G

T M I L K C L U A R K R O M L R E N O I R

MANET MAGRITTE MIRÓ MONA LISA MONET MUNCH NASH NIGHTHAWKS OELZE O’KEEFFE OLYMPIA PICASSO PIETÀ RENOIR

M I R O O H O Y L G N G I L D A V I N C I ROTHKO ROUSSEAU SALOME SEURAT THE JOY OF LIFE THE KISS THE SCREAM TRIPTYCH TURNER VAN GOGH VIGÉE-LE BRUN WARHOL WHISTLER

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Puzzle 74: Around the World Difficulty Level: Hard The word list includes an extra name, and the 48 leftover letters reveal a secret message.

E Z I L E B A N A A T I N W M H C H T O R

Z A G R E B U Y I E S I G A I A A A O H U

J H N N I S N L G R A E N U A R S R K T S

A E I D P E A U A P F I O A A H A S Y O S

DOMINICA ABIDJAN ECUADOR AUSTRALIA FAROE BELFAST FINLAND BELIZE FIJI BENIN GERMANY BOTSWANA BUENOS AIRES GHANA GUATEMALA CAIRO HAMILTON CARDIFF HARARE CHILE HONG KONG CUBA IRAQ DAMASCUS ISRAEL DOHA

P N J A K R C E S E L E N R K T O H O S I

A A R F T I L E U A E S E E A N E D E E A

N I E S G A S I L N B B N Q T F A M N L F

S J U A O S N D M I I T A I W A N L A F E

T A L G N O K G N O H T I A W U K P I L N

JAMAICA JAPAN KAMPALA KENYA KUWAIT LAOS LATVIA LESOTHO LIBERIA MACEDONIA MALI MALTA MANILA

H P A C I N I M O D I C E I L A M D T R A

A O V A N E T H E R L A N D S A R I N V S

I U U S A U D I A R A B I A K A J A E A S

L R T T A B H A M I L T O N C I B D I M A

A E N I U G W E N A U P A P F O N U V O U

N R F H H A X O T V A L L E T T A G C L Y

D O Y A T I D V B S S U C S A M A D D D N

S D N T C E I S I A L E W O C S O M C O A

O A O O C A A I L M J A M A I C A A A V M

A U O A K U U N I O N G S N E P A L I A R

L C M A S E R U S A L I B E R I A T R N E

T E M A U R I T I U S I Q A R I A A O C G

PARIS MASERU QATAR MAURITIUS RUSSIA MEXICO SAMOA MOLDOVA SAUDI ARABIA MOSCOW SOFIA NASSAU SPAIN NEPAL NETHERLANDS SRI LANKA TAIWAN NIUE TASHKENT NUUK TBILISI OTTAWA TEGUCIGALPA PAPUA NEW GUINEA THAILAND

TOKYO TUNIS TUVALU UNITED KINGDOM VALLETTA VIENTIANE ZAGREB

Chapter 6

Solving Secret Shapes

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’m rather partial to these word searches (but then again, I invented them, so maybe I’m not the most objective judge). Secret Shapes are very similar to the Hidden Words puzzles, but they use a drawn grid so that each letter sits in a box. After you complete the puzzle normally, you have leftover letters, but they don’t spell out any sort of message. Instead, you now color in the leftover letter squares (like in Figure 6-1) to discover a little picture! Another method for solving these puzzles is to lightly shade in the letter squares as you discover the words, and leave the shape uncolored. The word list on each of these puzzles includes one word that gives the name of the Secret Shape so you know that you’ve got it right (or that you need to keep looking).

Figure 6-1: Coloring in the leftover letters reveals a shape!

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Puzzle 75 Difficulty Level: Easy C D E P U Z Z L I N G A S ACTIVITY ARM BAKE BATON BOAT BUG CHEESE COLT DISCO FESTIVE GAZEBO HAPPY HAT

I I O N I N E W O L L I P

F S B U G J A V E L I N I

I C O B E Z A G I Y H S L

R O A Z E R O N O T A B U

R K A I P E A N U T S L T

E C M Y N V T L O C Z E P

IVORY JAVELIN KEY LACE MONTH MUG NINE OBOE OPAQUE PEANUT PILLOW PLAY PUZZLING

T E U E U Y A H V S A K F

Y Q G K F H A T R C M Y H

R O U I L A C E A O T A S

O E U Q A P O T N O P R I

S A C T I V I T Y P B M W

E S E E H C H S Y R O V I

ROSE SHY TERRIFIC TIC TOYS TULIPS VANILLA WISH YOUTH ZERO

Chapter 6: Solving Secret Shapes

Puzzle 76 Difficulty Level: Easy N A R W H A L G N I R T S ARM AVENUE BOOKS BUBBLE CREATIVE DAISIES ELEPHANT ESSENCE FANCY GAZELLE HALVE

G E K A N S U A Y C N A F

A E L Y I R V M O S A I C

Z V O T E D A I S I E S T

E I S A F Q T P U M A E N

L T J U U L E W O V C Q A

L A C T E L S R E N U K H

IGUANA KESTREL LADDER LLAMA MARBLES MOSAIC NARWHAL ORBIT PUMA QUOTE RESORT

E E E W O O L N E O S E P

T R L M R A U S T S K S E

H C P B D E S E N W O T L

C W M D B E T I B R O R E

A O E I G U A N A I B E T

Y R T S E L B R A M A L L

RIM ROW SNAKE STRING TEMPLE TOWN VAN VOWEL WOOL YACHT

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Puzzle 77 Difficulty Level: Easy I D E A L O O K C U C H R ALIVE BOOT BUTTONS CUCKOO DEER DELTA ENDEAVOR EXTRA FUR GOURD

E Q I A T L E D L T P W E

T U D L A K E A O M A N T

A I R A A E E O U G O E W

R V U E R V B I O O X A E

I E O S E O R N H T L R P

P R G R M T T P R K E O B

A L I V E I Y A O F A V U

HAIR IDEAL JACKET KHAKI LAKE LAW NARRATOR NARROW PEWTER PIRATE

I K A H K T W E R U I A T

V E I K Y E Y S I R R E T

C E W O R R A N A A A D O

K B J A C K E T H U S N N

U J K I G C A A X C Q E S

QUIVER REVEAL SEAL SWIMSUIT TRIUMPH TYPHOON VALID WAGON


Puzzle 78 Difficulty Level: Easy R G W I G P F B K C A U Q ABODE BATIK BEAR CAKE COLLAR DEW EFFORT ELF FLAG FRAY GARLAND

E I A Z T R Z C E S R Y W

K N S M R O E N E U A O E

C S E C O L S P F R L P E

O E U A F I O U F L L T R

L N Q K F A T S O A O I H

I G I E E T F H T W C C T

GHERKIN GINSENG HOLLOW LADY LOCKER MACHINE NATURE OCEAN OPTIC PUDDLE PUSH

A K S E F O U A K A L U E

R A E N I H C A M B E A R

Y Y B G A L F E R U T A N

D A B O G A R L A N D E W

A W P U D D L E K I T A B

L N I K R E H G O C E A N

QUACK RADIO RUBY SAW TAILOR THREE TOFFEE WALRUS YAWN ZOO

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Puzzle 79 Difficulty Level: Easy Y A R D S S I S E M E N Y AMATEUR BEE BLUEBERRY BUFF BUS CIDER DARKNESS EGG FACE FENNEL FOUR GEL GLAD

O V O R T S E A M S T A R

O A Y A O R E G A N O P A

L L A Z I L E N N E F A T

G Y L I N E B W K A G S E

I G I W M G R I C R L T R

H U E F A V H E R O A E C

HERO HIKE HUE IGLOO IRON KNIGHT LAVA LEAF MAESTRO NEMESIS NOBLE OREGANO PASTE

G W K E E E U E I O D D E

N U S Y X O T H G I N K S

O U L T D F S A C I N O T

B U R O S F O A R I S K Y

L E A F D U R U E T A M A

E B L U E B E R R Y X A W

RISKY ROYAL SECRETARY STAR SUN TART TOFU TONIC TREE WAXY WIZARD YARDS


Puzzle 80 Difficulty Level: Easy O I T A R G J D Q R O O D ACE ARK BANGLE BEAK BLUE CLIMB CROWD DAIRY DNA DOOR EVERY FEZ FINAL GALAXY

L T R K U T S U P T H A W

O H A A A L E R O R C E O

S E E L C U V N B L L P R

B A H H E A O S I S E J C

H T A M E V L M U D A P Y

T E E M F A B S N C L X X

HEART HOLLY HUG JACKPOT JAM KIN LANCE LOVES MATH MEET NEWT NIP OBI ONYX

A R K I X N H A K A A E X

D I N H M I A P N L U B Y

N A W L A P O C A G Q L N

L T I E J T E G S U L U O

Z E F R A H U G I O P E N

E V E R Y O A R H N E W T

OPEN PEA QUEUE RATIO SCAN SOLO SUSHI THAW THEATER URNS VAULT VET WIFE

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Puzzle 81 Difficulty Level: Easy O C I X E M E N I M R E E APEX ATE AUTO AZTEC BATH CHERRY DEPICTS ERMINE EXAM FIG GREMLIN HORNET

W R E S T L E R A A F C M

L P F E A E D J G H A I A

A I R Y D G L T D R V T G

T N W H N Z E X E A J O A

T S O A T S C T G N I D Z

I S E O N I L M E R G A I

C T R A Z T E C S N C K N

IDYLL JAM KAZOO LATTICE LYRIC MAGAZINE MEXICO NAIAD POLKA DOT QUICHE RACE RAG

E C K E H C I U Q H R L E

H I A U T O I N E M I O S

T P Z E S T R R G N A P H

A E O E D O R S Y L I X O

B D O L L Y D I E L E W E

RODEO SEAHORSE SHIP SHOE TINGLE TORCH WINE WRESTLER YES ZEST


Puzzle 82 Difficulty Level: Easy E N A M O S E U Q I T N A ANTIQUES ATTACH BABY CANDLE COACH DOME EAST EXHALE FOX GIFTS GOAT IDOL

K M R E M O S Q U I T O H

K I O T I H H D E L S C E

W N T O T C E T U N T R S

G O O T A A L T E A U T N

Y A R T Y O A T W S F A I

S B T M V C H S T I I O R

E A A I U G X Y G L G G B

KITTY KNOT LIGHTEN MANE MAP MOO MOSQUITO NAIL OMIT PLEDGE QUEUE RINSE

V A O B I E E G P A Y L R

E W S L M L U H X R D V E

E M Q T F B W U P O A Y T

L A O U L O C A N D L E M

S P I D O L X E G D E L P

ROTOR RUSTY SLED SLEEVES SWATCH TAG TOTEM TWIG VOLT WAG WORM

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Puzzle 83 Difficulty Level: Medium L E G E N D T N A R U A T S E R N ADIEU ALBUMS ALTER AMETHYST BACK CAFFEINE CAROL DAFFODIL DALMATIAN DUCKS EWE FREQUENT GANG GAS

O G O U L A S H D A L M A T I A N

R A T I U G N A G B T Q U O S L I

A D E L G N A T W I K S Y S A G L

C O V R Z O N E Z K N I F E I K Y

S A T Y V U S A E A B C L P M C E

GOULASH GUITAR HAIKU HINDU HYENA INN JOLLY KEG KIT KNIFE KOHL LADYBUG LEAFY LEGEND

H Y P O H Q L C C S M U B L A A T

I T D A U E A A S K E G O O R B Z

N I I A R F R N C L R J E L W F G

D K I I F A E E E I S F H H N S U

U N P E R F C Y S E T R T S E H B

T M I E L H O H Q R U E I U N E Y

U N P C E T M D U E D Q R R I L D

LENGTH LINEN MAGMA MELON MUSIC OPERA ORB PAGE PARACHUTE QUAINT QUEEN RAM RECOMMEND RESTAURANT

E O A A A G M W I T Y U W O L V A

I L G P F N E I N L E E C O E E L

D E E S Y E N R T A W N J K O H L

A M G A M L D E A M E T H Y S T T

RUSH SHELVE SKI SPACE SQUINT STUDY TANGLED THEORETICAL UMPIRE VETO WIRE WRITHE ZONE


Puzzle 84 Difficulty Level: Medium O R E S O M E R S A U L T N A L P ABALONE ACRE ADDER AMBER BAKLAVA BODICE BOLD CABIN CARAVAN DANCE DENIM DRESS DYE ENTRY

B E Y Y T I C A P O J A S M I N E

E D D A E N T R Y L W I X S R E C

C D Y S N E A K U D N A H E E U N

A A A Y F D V Q G R E P I A B R A

L B F F N K A U R O C M N V M E D

EUREKA FADE FLARE FLY GOLF GRAIN HAND HILL IBEX IVY JASMINE LIONS MARIMBA MILK

P L A I L S L I A C I A I S E K M

Y T F L I S K T I E D R H M V A I

T M F M O E A U N R O I C O O S N

A E I I N N B E I I B M C D N E U

R D E L S D E N L J B B U I C R T

P E L W K L R R E A Y A Z R A U E

U R T O S I E L L I H L C C R S L

MINUTE NEIGH NOVEMBER OPACITY PLACEBO PLANT PUFFIN PUZZLE QUARTER RAT RECORD REWARD RIBBON RIVAL

F A E R B W U A T D G W R Z A A Z

F L C B A Y V I R Z A H T L V E Z

I F O R M U I B E X S T O I A R U

N N D G E A Q O U Q O T R L N T P SIFT SNEAK SOMERSAULT SWEET TAFFETA TREASURES WHALE WILDNESS YULE ZEAL ZUCCHINI

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Puzzle 85 Difficulty Level: Medium E W W O R L D S S U O I C I L E D ABBREVIATE AQUA ASYLUM BADGER BANANA BONUS CELLO CYLINDER DAISY DELICATE DELICIOUS ELASTIC FASHION

T R A Q W D T T H A A A N A N A B

A E G C U C I K E T F I C T I O N

I M R E A V F E F S L I N G G O L

V M I T R M L N T H G I L W R E N

E A F A E Y L L Q A T Q N A P R A

FICTION GLOSSY GRIFFIN GYM HAMMER JANUARY KAYAK KOALA LAPEL LIGHT LILY LOG LOUD

R H F C D G M U M B E P U A N E S

B T I I N E F E D O H R L O L T Y

B N N L I J Y U B P C E I A R S L

A Y I E L M N V C H A H S P Y U U

G L S D Y L B S B E S T A E A E M

Y N A I C O M E A A I E F R R K R

MACAW MAGICAL NAP NICE OBLONG OKAPI PIGEON PLAYER PROGENY PURE QUORUM RAFT REVERSAL

E S O O A U F O F C D T E U N A O

T A S L K D G O N O E G I P S Y L

S U N O B E E N O R E V E R S A L

A Q T E L O I V T E P M U R T K E

W A P R O G E N Y Y R A U N A J C

SACHET SAFE SLING STEREO TETHER TRUMPET VIOLET WASTE WORLDS WREN YARNS


Puzzle 86 Difficulty Level: Medium D E L T Y P E D W E N E M S K S N AHOY AVIATION BERG BLUSH BOW CAJUN CHORE DACHSHUND EGGPLANT FIREMAN GAR GAUZE

T N A S E V R E N H O S E T R P U

N I U R R A O X Y O O E S N A E J

A T T H P N H A H R G L S E L C A

L U R Y S E C L S S A U A R Y T C

P O I T O H A E U E L K G R K R G

G R V H T V C R L Q M C E O S A E

GERM GREENERY HAWAII HORSE JAW LAGOON LAVA LEG LIRA MESA MESSAGE NERVES

G N I M A O R A B F U L R T U K S

E E L B M I H T D Z L T M Z A L T

N C I R B E Q S A R E S E U I G R

A O E I I U A X E C D O Q A R R I

M P I Z A I K V U U E L S L E E K

E I I T A U K U Q R N T T I C E S

NEW OFFICER OSPREY PENCIL PICKLE PIERS QUAKE RELAXED RHYTHM ROAMING ROUTINE SAILS

R E A C A V N G I T D A I C I N G

I R W J K I O F N R G E G N F E R

F S A O A L V B U A E O E E F R E

Y O H A B W E A R I L R R P O Y B SKIRTS SKYLARK SPECTRA THIMBLE TIGER TORRENTS TYPED UNIQUE VANE VIRTUAL YACHT

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Puzzle 87 Difficulty Level: Medium Y N A M R H A N D L E R G D E C K AMAZON ANTERIOR ARGUE AROMA BEACH BURRO COBRA COLONIAL CUBE DAME DECK DROWSY EASTER ELK

P C R O O E C I P O T A E K L I S

P O G C A B P A C I M T E M E N D

U B U A D I E I E E I A R O M A P

G R E T S A E Y V B Y E N O M A N

R A I N B O W N A I L S E E R O H

FACTORY GAME GENRE GORILLA GROCER GUPPY HAMMER HANDLE INHABITED INSIPID JANITOR JAR KEBAB LITHE

R C I T A M E H C S L I G W Z S E

N A E T T E N R U R A L A A K H B

R I J O C I I N I T R A M U T O U

O F B O N Y S W O R D A N I Q P C

I A S W K R T B A B E K L H A F K

R C P C O O E A N P D M E R O D S

E T L W A E W O G W P U A A U Q P

MANY MARTINI MEND MICA MONEY NAILS NIB OBEY PERMANENT PEST QUAIL RAINBOW ROAD RURAL

T O K C K A Y R E C O R G I G H E

N R I E C O L O N I A L L I R O G

A Y L E W T N E N A M R E P E S T

S K Y L L F E J A N I T O R R U B

SCHEMATIC SHOP SILK SKUNK SKY TACO TOPIC TWIRLS VIPER WRAP YOWL


Puzzle 88 Difficulty Level: Medium S N O C I H S A N G L E Y A R N S AMULET ANGLE AVOCADO AXIS BAIT BALCONY BALLET BOAR CABBAGE CAR CHORUS DEVOTION DOG

N W G S S C E P S U C S I B I H I

O E I P U A L K Y H A J U M B O X

I I D I R E O C U S O O E L E A A

T V N R O C P O P A T C A B D O T

O E I A H B D M G I A F I L T C N

V R L L C O A M O L T S U Y E A M

EACH FLAME GRADIENT HAMMOCK HIBISCUS ICONS INDIGO JEEP JOCKEY JUMBO KEEL LANTERN MEMORY

E E P U N A T A D O O V F Z N R A

D L L T M R C H A R P K B E R T Y

G B A I I A E D S R N E L E O B N

R A S A B M S T B U T Y A P N A S

A T M B A T Y A N Z I V V E A L O

D E A L O R L E V A A S O L C C C

I G F O O L E E K I L P C D L O K

METEOR MIT NET NOODLE PACK PLASMA POPCORN POTATO QUADRUPLE REVIEW RHINO RUDDER SAILOR

E E L M E T E O R C D E A O O N E

N V E T R U D D E R O E D O V Y T

T M E L P U R D A U Q J O N I H R SOCKET SPIRAL SPY TABBY TADPOLE TOADSTOOL VEGETABLE VIDEO VOLCANO YAM YARN

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Puzzle 89 Difficulty Level: Medium D E R D N U H D D N A L Y R A M E ABACUS ABODE BELL CAMERA CARAVAN CHOP CUB CURLY DIGIT ELF EQUATOR ESSAY FABLE

G A T E A O S I E Q U A T O R Y U

Y F F G V H U G H C S T I K L A S

T L A R A R L I U S C I S S O R S

A E R O R V E T E N Y M P H U N I

FLOOR FROG FUZE GLEN GROUP HAPPY HUE HUNDRED ISSUE JOG KEG KITSCH LEAGUE

D C P U A A L S I H H C A M E R A

C O D P C S L I B U C M R O O L F

C H N T U E E O J O G U P E D A L

I A O U E P B C R E L Q R O M A N

T P O P Q Y U T R I A N G L E E S

LEMONADE LUSH LYE MAKEUP MARYLAND MELODIES MERCY MUG NAVY NEST NUTSHELL NYMPH OBSERVER

S P A N I U N E D A N O M E L U E

U Y E V U T K N A L I V F G C E I

R S A B E A Y U K E G E A A F Z D

T T B L E A B O O W T M B Y R U O

E O L N M U G O S N W A L V O F L

PEDAL PELLET POP PSEUDONYM PUPPET RAFT RHO ROMAN RUGBY RUSTIC SCISSORS SHOULDER SNEAKER

O E S S H O U L D E R L E A G U E

P U E K A M R P S E U D O N Y M M SPAN SURF TAG TRIANGLE TWO VASE VET YAM YARN


Puzzle 90 Difficulty Level: Medium Y R E T S Y M M E S R E G I M E K ACTUAL AIRPLANE APPAREL AQUARIUM ARC AUDIO BABOON BLEW BULLETIN CHAIR CLOUDS COTTON

S A F A R I L L N I T E L L U B S

G O N G G E J B I G E E I B I C O

S H A R K A U M P N E Y A T R H I

N N A C E P S U W H I T E H A A K

DIAL EDICT EGGNOG EMU EYE FLIES GALLONS GAVEL HIKING HOIST INSECT JET

O N O V A R E F W E L B Y I U I M

T N F A C V A I O O C X L V Q R T

T O G E I A U M N S C F R U A E N

O O D U J S U A L A V O B O J S L

C B T A R C G Q R V I E H C N E T

JUDO KIOSK LOCUST MARBLE MIGRANT MOTH MYSTERY NATURAL NERVE NOVA OAK OVAL

L A S R L I S A O E N N W O R N P

O B E O O I E L Z R E A L A I U A

C E U F N P M C A S T L P R M S C

U D Q S L E I E R E A P P P O G T

S I E E A I R C R G A R K A T U U

PECAN PINE PRINT PUMPKIN RAZOR REEL REGIME REQUEST RUGS SAFARI SHARK SIGN

T C R M I L E V A G N I K I H R A

T T A U D I O S E L N A T U R A L TAB TIER TROPICAL URN VERSE VINE WATER WHEEL WHITE

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Puzzle 91 Difficulty Level: Medium D I C A K A Y P P N R U H Y G I J ACID ACT AGE ASP ATOM BEG BIG BIKE BOA BUG COB CRAB CUB DAY

J A Z Z C R A B S I N D U U A R L

DOT DRIP DRY ECHO ECRU EEL ELF ETC EVE FACE FAN FEZ FIG FOLD

E G A I D L O F A I M I B L A H K

D A Y U R Z K H T K E K O W O N E

O D D Q A X I O V S N G R K I L D

E C A F L M O E G P U G M E D E I

FOX FROG FUN GEM GLUE GRIN GULL GYM HAIR HAY HUB HUG ICE IDLE

P E A R T Z R U D A P T Y I Q E L

B P E A O B H Q E O S H G W U A L

I I R A E E Z A M E I E A F E C U

INK JAM JAZZ JIG KEY KID KIT KOHL LAP LID LOG LOX MAX MAZE

N R K V C Y E K T O A P T U F T G

G D E P I S A C K H D M O N A I S

O E A T A E L O Z S O A M I F G B

MENU MIX MUD NIB NOVA NUT OAK ODD OUCH OWL PAD PAW PEAR PEGS

R Z M U R J B E U M T J E I E R I

F A R N U C F B T C U E I P X I G

X C V E U L G Y I W H D G E B N O

E O O O D O W L K K O H C E U A R

PIE PRO PUG QUIZ RAW RED REIN SACK SHOE SKI SKY TAR THE TIN

E L F B N X N A F S E W A Y C V P URN VAN VERB WAY WOW YAK ZAP ZOO


Puzzle 92 Difficulty Level: Medium F E N C E P O S T O O C A M P K P ALARM ALTITUDE APRICOT AVIARY BAGEL CAMP CARDS CHALICE CITY CLUB DAMP EARTH EEL FENCE POST

L A O E F M S S K S X K N M C C L

E R L L Y Y I A A S O F A A D A E

S T A S R L Y O R K H D T E R J K

Y H T A K K G L E I I S U V E P H

M I I W N D N U A H B Y H E K A E

C V O G U E O P C V E S C O S L L

FIESTA FLAPJACK FLAT FORESTER GALLON GAME GLOBE GOLD HALF HELIX IMPACT KELP LAIR LATITUDE

A R O E V O W A F X W B H T L F I

M L T A L F R S B L S G A O L O X

D A L E W D E W P G S G L C W F E

R V G A S O D A E R A A I I O E E

E A F S K I N N Y M I T C R H G R

B E B O L G R S E R Y N E P P A G

R B O B J E C T F I E S T A L L I

LOX MEW MYSELF MYSTIC NEWSPRINT NONSENSE OBJECT PEDIGREE RABBIT RASP RED RISE SHOWER SILKWORM

E D U T I T L A T I T U D E Y L D

M R A L A T E S N E S N O N S O E

I M P A C T C I R T E M M Y S N P SKINNY SNOW SWANS SYLPH SYMMETRIC TACK TALON TAN TAR VALVE VOGUE WAFER WOVE

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Puzzle 93 Difficulty Level: Medium P E N I C I L L I N E D D I H F W ACT ALBUM BOA BUNK CYCLONE DELIGHT DUST ESTEEM EYEBROW FLAMINGO FLASK GALE GROOM GUSH

S L I T N E L L U F I T N E L P O

E G E N E R E C E L E H E A G A R

Z N H A M V I M V A M G M K O W B

E U C P O S Y O L S A I Y B A R E

P J A N U H S D A K N L A T E M Y

P H T M R A W N V G T E N P T Z E

HAM HIDDEN INDULGE JUNGLE LENTILS LUNCH MAKE METAL MISTY MOUSTACHE MUSIC NAME NOTE NOVEL

E E S T E E M A O E A D U A E I E

L L U G A E S R I I T S A P R O U

I A O R A N G U T A N O S D Y P R

N G M L I U Q N A R T O N T R F B

V G V L L A M U P P P C I U Q E K

Y E S A T E L L I T E G L U D N I

NUMB OATH ONIONS ORANGUTAN PAPRIKA PENICILLIN PLENTIFUL POSY QUIETLY RAGA RANDOM RENEGE RHYME SAGA

H T R E N O L C Y C Z U B D U S T

S T S D A A C T A B N M U B L A Z

U A A I D I E I U C U V E R B A L

G R O O M P G Q H N A K I R P A P

SATELLITE SAUNA SEAGULL SUPERB TAR TRANQUIL VALVE VERBAL WARMTH WOK ZAP ZEPPELIN


Puzzle 94 Difficulty Level: Medium M A C H I N E S S O M M A N W O G ASK AZALEA BIKINI BLAZE CAPRICORN COLD DAWN DIM DIN DOLL DOZEN EDGE EPIC FLEA

A E G D O Z E N A M U H K A E R S

E L U C A E A H S I E G L T G T U

L F R L Z K L E N T I L G I A E P

A I B R E H S A R V I T P V M M Y

Z F T U T O R V K D A E A E U N T

FOG GEISHA GERANIUM GOWN GUAVA HERB HUMAN JUMP KICK LAVENDER LEMUR LENTIL LIVE MACHINES

A P E M A E Z S L L E Y G J L A A

E S F O G E A O C R E N T O P M L

M I N O N P C U G U A V A H N W P

C A W H O S M L L V L L E A R O R

G Z A O E A E A L L K P R Z O N A

J I D I N S V G O I I I T A C S C

METRO MOSS NATIVE NEED NEON ORB PAINT PLATYPUS PLUMAGE RACCOON RAKE RENT RIDGE RUG

P E B T O E P I D V C T O U I S C

A F S G N O S A M E K Z N E R K O

I E G D I R O I D A U O U O P E O

N E E D K Y D L E M U R W H A I N

T R A K E O I N I K I B U S C N C

SCULPTURE SHOE SKEIN SNOWMAN SONGS TALCUM TIP TREAT TUTOR VIM WHO YELL ZIRCON

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Puzzle 95 Difficulty Level: Hard E T N O I T A N E A R L O E O N A C S Y Y ACRYLIC ACT APACHE BALSA BARREL BEACON BEN CABLE CANOE CIRCUS CLOVERLEAF CRAYON CURIOSITY DARK DIME

K S R H I L L T O P O B E P O R I R M R I

A R S U N L I G H T L L A Y O L N S L A E

R I A F L L C U R I O S I T Y M I S I U L

K H J D L E E U Q R E D I R A L E E E R D

L T O E N S N U F N E B C L L W H R E B E

EARL EXCERPT FEBRUARY GADGET GROVE HALE HAZARD HELIUM HILLTOP HOUSE IMP ISLAND ITINERANT JAN JONQUIL

C A T C T L E V O N O A T I I O C C N E D

I A U A N U R A O S S J A N A H A R O F I

S Q H T U G N I R P S P A E X S P E J A T

U U T H Q L M C R A Y O N S E N A T F E I

M R C E V P Z A H N I O U Q W V U A O L N

P G A L I S U C R I C A T U C O E W U R E

O A C I Q Q U W S A E P P I I W L K U E R

KETCH LOAF LOLLIPOP LOT LOYAL MALT MOISTURE MUSIC NATION NIL NOVEL OBLIQUE ORNAMENTAL OYSTER PALM TREE

P A L U H U I L E T E O R R Y L A E R V A

I S A M R S A B A O R T E R R K H T M O N

L L L G T N A L O O U I C E A F Q C I L T

L A E E D R P L I Y T O X L V A Q H T C E

O B R Y R T E O P F S N E S U O H U E A G

PINTO PLATEAU POETRY POTION QUALIFIED QUOIN RAKE RETRO RIDER ROPE RULE SATELLITE SHOW SPIDER SPLASH

L I R S P I D E R S I T I D A L R R I B D

A L A T N E M A N R O E E P I W S G P L A

T A B L E W A R E E M I D R A Z A H L E G

SPRING SQUALL SQUIRREL SUNLIGHT SWIPE TABLEWARE THIRST TIDAL URGE VARY VOW WATERCRESS WISTERIA YIELDED


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Puzzle 96 Difficulty Level: Hard S E S S A L O M N H K N A A P O L E V E D ADAPT AFTER AIRCRAFT ALMOND ASIA BALI BASKETBALL BAUBLE BEHAVE BIG BOMB BULB BUTTERFLY CALF

E R E S U L T A T E I D E B E H A V E N P

G A B L E A E O E H A D E I G O P I I M E

A U E H I B O L T P I I E M I T E R E L Y

D Q G G B T H A T U G Y L O S A U H T W R

R S A I O E K T E S R B B Y S V Q T A S O

CARIBBEAN CEMENT COMET DEVELOP DICE DODO DULCIMER ECONOMY ENCHANT FAIR FEVER FOAL GABLE GARAGE

A C R H M K B A N T E B U L B U E V M Q T

Y A A T B S I N G H V O A T N K E A I U I

C L G Q U A U N I O E H B I T T H I K E R

J L A O F B B O V A F S I O N E R S S E R

R E M I C L U D H S P E M I L U R A T Z E

HEMP HIKER HOBBY HUT HYGIENE ICICLE IDEA JERBOA JOLT KETTLE LEEK LEMON LIME MOLASSES

I H R E V A O B Q I L B T U E M O F U E T

A S E B T I N U G F T A E W H W A T L Q U

F O I J O L T U F G Z U S C A R L E T Y M

I G S O D A P H L M U M E R L N E L H E B

A H U A O B H G A E V O B U U C E T Y E R

MOLTEN NACRE NATAL NUMBER OGRE ORGAN OTTER PAL PET QUART RESULT RIND ROAM RUMBA

Q U P T D A O B C T P L F M I M E O G R E

A T E P Z R R U S I E T B D O M B M I C L

Z E I L G Y M O N O C E D N O M L A E A L

A T F A R C R I A A R N I C I C L E N N A

G E N C H A N T T M R E T E M O M R E H T

SCARLET SHELLAC SING SKIM SODA SQUARE SQUEEZE TACTFUL TAIGA TERRITORY THERMOMETER THIGH THIN THRIVE

TIME TOOTH UMBRELLA UNIT UTAH VAT VIGNETTE WARBLE WAVE YARDAGE ZAG

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Puzzle 97 Difficulty Level: Hard E U Q I L P P A O D I H P A R A C S R C D AARDVARK ABACUS ABBREVIATION ABET ABYSS ACACIA ACAPULCO ACHE ACHIEVER ACRID ACTOR ACTUALLY ADAM ADD

T A W K W A R D M T O A P E S W I A D I I

A N R E B M A C A R N E V A R E T L A S R

N R E N A C I R F A E E A B R L A T E E A

ADORN ADVOCATE AERO AFAR AFFABLE AFRAID AFRICAN AFRO AGAR AGRA AHA AHEAD AINU AIRMAIL

T A D M O N O A L L I P M E A G M A H G E

L T I V E G E A S H P A S T E R O C A L H

E A A S N Z T A C L A U R O R A R T S A P

R V R A U A A A E A J A A T I A A O U N O

S A F A T L C M U S S Y B A I G P R R A R

N U A Y T G O U A R T Y M R A D N A U A T

AJAR ALAN ALB ALCOHOL ALGAE ALKALINE ALLOSAURUS ALLSPICE ALLUDE ALTAR ALTER AMAZEMENT AMBER ANALGESIC

O R C E A A V A E N I L A K L A Y A A C S

I D O A J E D S U A L L S P I C E E S A O

T I R D B K A A A K R A V D R A A Y O C P

A R E N A A A X A A Q U I L I N E Q L I A

I C A F D P E A O A A T M R A K M U L A A

V A W A A A L O R P P C M L O A P A A D A

ANGIOSPERM ANGORA ANTLERS APARTMENT APES APHID APOSTROPHE APPLE APPLIQUE APRIL APT AQUILINE ARAB ARAL

E V O Q S X B Z A R T A C W I A A P A L E

R I A U V L A T J I I O A N C G E M L H A

B X Z A A E F A A L H V U A A D R U C G A

B I A P R A F A M O A V E R T A D A R A B

ARCADE ARCHER ARENA ARID ARMY AROMATIC ARRIVE ARSENIC ARTY ARUM ASLEEP ASPEN ASTER ATLAS

A B N E P S A W L A I C A T O E D A C R A ATTUNE AUNTY AURORA AUTOGRAPH AVATAR AVERT AVOCADO AWE AWKWARD AWL AWOKE AXLE


Puzzle 98 Difficulty Level: Hard Q U A L I T Y A B A C C A R A T A S S A C ADDRESS ALYSSUM ARABESQUE ARCH AVID BACCARAT BALLERINA BROOM CASSATA COBBLER COCOA CORFU DADDY

E S A H P R T A L L X E I Z I N D O O R S

N S N M E T W O O E I L M L Z F I G G O Q

I O I G E R R Y O U N G L D A I F G U T U

H T R R H S H R S S I H R F D T P C X C A

DELI DETOUR DOUBLE EMIT ERNE ETC EUPHORIC FACTION FIDDLER FOGGY FORGERY FRIEND GHETTOES

T O E G S Y A E O E M E H T F I I E C I R

F P L P G D G T E R H T C N D E U Q S V R

O A L M A D G T C T R T R I D E O L O G Y

C L A M T A L A E H R O A M I S S W N N C

X O B E T D E H E I Y E H O Q I G G I I O

GREECE GUITARIST HAGGLE HAIL HARASSING HASTE HISS HORROR IDEOLOGY INDOORS ITALIC JORDAN JUROR

R E C N U E W S R N M S F U O U R H T S B

S E V O A Q T Y G G O F G O I O N D T S B

S U I D A R S A L L C I T T R O I L L A L

E P A N L R C X M M A C A U O E A E N R E

N H T U I R A I Y M F R J C E D D A O A R

KINDNESS LULLABY MINT MITT MYRRH NARCISSUS NUGGET OFF OMEGA OPAL OPERETTA OVOID PHASE

D O A G A E N B S U I A Y T D D I W V H E

N R R G H A A P E S F T C R E Y S M O I L

I I T E E L D I T S U R E T M P O P I O D

K C S T L M R L S Y Q S O M I O O L D T D

E L B U O D O O A L S U U C R O E M I T I

PILOT PIZZA POOL QUALITY QUARRY RADIUS REALM REDWOOD REIN RIFF SHATTER SPICE STRATA

W O L L I W J T H A R Y E B L D N E I R F THEME THINE THING TIMID TOSS TYCOON VEX VICTOR WHETHER WILLOW YOUNG YUMMY

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Puzzle 99 Difficulty Level: Hard X U P D R A F T L A S A N E H C T I K Y C AFFORD AGILITY ALGEBRA AMAH AMAZE ARCHERY BEAUTICIAN BED BLEND BLIP BOA BOLERO COLORADO CRINGE

E A N S G Y U O A M E C H A N I C S T R R

L E U E L D I V O P R G M I F W U I O E I

F P N O I G E L A R I A A G N I L H T H N

CYGNET DIANA DIGITAL DOLBY EFT FALLIBLE FAVOR FEND FEW FLEX FRANGIPANI GARMENT GEM GHOST

L E M A D R A S R E P R U H O I N I O C G

D Z N S Q U N A W X M R P E G D R H F R E

Z A V F S D L N Y P U X E A A W O L A A E

A M K M T E C O T I Q R Z T R E A C H L N

GIFT HABIT HEAT HORN IDLE IMAGE INHALE KITCHEN KITTEN KNOW LAP LEGION LESSON MADRAS

A A U A A B W S E P V U O E A D O L B Y E

P T I R G M T S N R T T O D P W P I L B T

E N M F S O B E I O V U L I B O L E R O T

T A F F O R D L N N E T O S T L A I O N I

A E V I T O V A E G O O G F A E O W E C K

L Y A W L I A R R N Y E Y F S T N M E E O

MASCARA MECHANIC MIAMI MORTGAGE NASAL NINETY NOUN NYLON OBLIVION OFFSIDE OLIVE OWE PARAGON PETAL

N O I V I L B O M O D C I O A V R Y F F T

N A I C I T U A E B L I J L N A A R L T P

E G A M I S S R H L M O G E G E V I L O N

T I B G R C O W O I N E C I K U P I Z M N

F F H O A V O R A U B K C I T S Q Y V R Y

PRONG QUOIT RAILWAY RAIN REACH ROCK RUM SANG SCROLL SHOAL SOFTEN STAG STICK TAINT

O T C R A N C M O R T G A G E A S H O A L

S K A F K S I N A P I G N A R F L H M E G TAPIR TIGHTS TUTU UMPIRES UPDRAFT VISOR VOTIVE WAN WATERPROOF WEIGH WRITER YAM ZIP ZOOLOGY


Puzzle 100 Difficulty Level: Hard E T A E M R E P N U M B E R S A L I N E E ALKALI ANNUAL APIARY AWE BEAR BUY CHEESECAKE CIRCLE COMICS DECOR DIAMOND DIVINE DREAM DUN

S A L I O T U X I F T U V H L E V R A M S

P O I D I A O Y D M H U M E T R O L L K P

P B U U P N U U E A O H W I R I U N N N M

A M Q B A B H H C O A V J E X B L I I E I

N A E F T T K C O L F E A S E A S H E L L

ERR ESCALATOR ETERNAL EXACT FLOAT FLOCK FORTY GARNET GINGER GLIMPSE HAUNCH INFINITY ISLAND ITEM

H E T J E T E N R A G Q S N N C M S V T G

C T H C Y U S U R P U C O R I G I N A T E

S S M C U Q Y A J L O U E X B E A R A I C

K C A R I A L H U D E T M D O Y A R C S I

A N N U A L A B E F E C N I I B R M C L T

JAY JOKER JUKEBOX KERATIN KILN KNELT LARVA LAWYER LICHEN LITHE LOAM MAGNETIC MARVEL MAXIMUM

H C N E R W W A W P W A N E S A E I A A E

F L O A T U U Y B I A X O R G T M K F N N

T S N U V I Y T S E O E I O I O L O U D G

E C N U W O R I G R C X N T C A R E N J A

H A I W A I A N I E A L O A H T M T T D M

MISTLETOE NEBULAE NITROGEN NOSE NUMBERS OAF OINK ONION ORIGINATE PERMEATE PEW QUITE RACK RANCH

C L T G X N I I N Y N I U L Y E N H I O A

O L A T V K P F G W U E J A H E O V E N E

C O R R I A A N E A D I O C C R I R O L R

I P E W V N D I R L M I S S N N I S Y I D

R E K O J A E N Y A K C H E E S E C A K E

RAY RICOCHET ROD SALINE SCALLOP SCENT SCHEME SCHNAPPS SEASHELL SHIN SIRE STEAMBOAT STY TARRAGON

TEQUILA THEORY THORN THUD TOIL TROLL TUNA USURP VEIN VERB WANE WARMTH WRENCH

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Puzzle 101 Difficulty Level: Hard G L U E Y S P Y G E L G R E G A R I O U S GADFLY GAGGLE GAIN GALLANT GALLOP GAMES GANG GAP GARBANZO GARLIC GASP GATES GAUGE GAZEBO

E E L G N S G G L U G P O L L A G N I A G

E G L O W O O N F F O U I L O I D A L G H

Y N G G O L T E G L D B A G A R B A N Z O

A H E O G G C S A O S A E G O I G G U Y S

H S P G H A T N M G O C G Z G A L L A N T

GEESE GEISHA GEMSTONE GENE GENIAL GENIUS GENT GEOGRAPHY GEOLOGIST GEWGAW GHAT GHOST GHOUL GIBBON

S U A A R D G I E E N I S G Z E E G G B N

I G G G R A N G S A G L G E G T L U O H G

E S E E G G Z U D D T R G C Y P F G N A T

GILDED GINGHAM GINSENG GIRAFFE GLACIER GLADIOLI GLASS GLEAM GLEAN GLEE GLIB GLOSS GLOW GLUE

G G U R U L O I O I N A A G U S L L I R G

G U I T A R U E N R E G O C Y A U G Y R O

T G P I G G N A G G G G I O S G G B A R G

S R N A V O U G D I R I E G P W I U O G A

I E G C O E W G I G P Y T E G R G G O S H

GNAT GNU GOAL GODSON GOLF GONG GOOF GOSH GOSPEL GOT GOULASH GOURD GOVERN GOWN

G E S H G G G D G G O G G U G E T U S G D

O N U G I O N O N B I O A G R I F S S A R

L A I Y G A U O E L V R M O A C A S A T U

O O N M R L B Z D E D G A O V A R E L E O

E R E G A B A E R I O R E F Y L G T G S G

G G G S I G D N A N A E L G F G O S P E L

GRAB GRACEFUL GRAFT GRAIN GRAND GRAVY GRAZING GREASE GREEN GREGARIOUS GREW GRID GRILL GROAN

M A H G N I G N G G E W G A W E S A E R G GROUNDHOG GROUSE GUARDIAN GUIDANCE GUITAR GULF GURU GUSH GUSSET GUSTO GUY GYM GYPSY GYRO


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Puzzle 102 Difficulty Level: Hard E Y R R E B W A R T S T E K C O L S E M N ACORN ALOE ANTIQUE APHID ARM ASTRONAUT BAMBOO BAR BOMBAY CANDLE CELEBRATE CRAZY DAHLIA DOMINO

A P R I N T E R H A P S O D I C R D A U R

S U O T I U T A R G N I K O J E A R A L O

Y Y N D V A Q A E M W E U A S J S T N Y C

H T E O A N Q U A R T E T U S R Y A T H A

C P X M R O R S A U Q F O H R E N R I P M

T M U I T R U T S A N R X C P B T A Q G T

A E S N S T N A Z M T A A I T M A K U H Q

EASY EMPTY FAD FICHU FLORAL FORSYTHIA GONDOLA GRATUITOUS HAFNIUM HAMPER IAMB INVERTEBRATE JADE JOKING

W E P O C S I R E P A B T F I U X M E U S

T R I V I A W O R V O Z A I B T K I E Z U

S L O R D A H L I A Z T C A S B P D O P T

I E T I R W Q U E I C E X P I E O A F Y K

R L E M A L O D N O G A A H V C L M F E X

W B C L H A B E B Y Z J N I X A A O B T I

KANGAROO KARAT KERNEL LOCKET LORD MACE MARS MENORAH MUG MYRTLE NASTURTIUM NAVE NEBULA NEXUS

K A N G A R O O O B M A B D T M R N E A X

S U E H R O U P B G B X E T L S Y N A R Y

T L L A O L P M U I N F A H Y E E R T B L

E A U M N F E I I N V E R T E B R A T E E

M V P P E D V Y Z A R C H K U I A M B L N

A L O E M A A S I Z E I O L E N R E K E E

NOMAD OFFBEAT OPULENCE PERISCOPE PHYLUM PIZZA POLAR PRINTER QUARTET RAINFOREST RAVINE RHAPSODIC SCORPION SIXTY

T S E R O F N I A R A Y A N O I P R O C S SIZE STEM STRAWBERRY SYNTAX TEA TRIVIA TROUSERS UMBER VALUABLE WALNUT WRISTWATCH WRITE XYLENE YOKE

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Puzzle 103 Difficulty Level: Hard E U G I R T N I T B A C K D R O P R A P L AFT ALBATROSS ANY APRIL AUDIENCE BACKDROP BACON BAKERY BALD BOX CACTUS CENT CHALK CREEK

C N G N D I O R A M A H S S O R T A B L A

N O S A I E I Y F I L A U Q E S S E U U I

E C M T R K K E Y H O L E V E H K T T M C

I A I E S N C L P A I K I U R S R Z O E A

CRUSH DESIGNER DIORAMA DRESS DUO EBONY ECLAIR EDITION FACIAL FAIRY FRONT GARNISH GENIE GET

D B L R M E I O A D V E U U Y E D A Z M F

U L E Y E M N S T W W G O R E I C E A I P

A V A D S Q E M H S V H I E A D R P J Y P

O X O B E E U T Y W D A L S R A E S P R A

T E L B A T H H A I F R Y A N L E Y M E R

T N O R F O S L W U O B E L I S K I O K M

GLIMMERED GROWTH HAD HEMISPHERE HIP HOUR IGNORE INTO INTRIGUE INVIGORATED KEYHOLE LADIES LANGUAGE LASER

L N M E X I M I H P S N O S R E P O I A E

Y S A M A C D U O E W A E T S A T H I B S

N U G M T N E C D L M E T Y N A A E G W A

I T N A U K K E U A I I D O E I S U N H N

MAGNOLIA MAST MEMO NARWAL NEAT NESTS NIPS OBELISK OILY OVERSKIRT PARMESAN PERSON PLUME POCKETS

V C O S A E S R N W E R S N V O R I I I O

S A L T T I T O C R C I P P E U P P K S I

R C I S G E F N L A L S N A H S U R C T T

A L A N G U A G E N A E R E M E D I A L I

G D E R E M M I L G I N V I G O R A T E D

PREVIEW QUALIFY RAGS REMEDIAL RISEN SAFFLOWER SCARF SMILE STOCKING STOMP TABLET TACKING TAKE TAP

S R S A F F L O W E R H T W O R G E Y S E TASTE TAUT TEAR TUBA UNCLE VINYL VIOLA WALKED WEDNESDAY WHISTLES YEARN ZIP


Puzzle 104 Difficulty Level: Hard Y Q E R R W P I N E A P P L E L B A T S Y ADD AZURE BLOOM BRIOCHE CAMERA CAVIAR CELLOPHANE CHINCHILLA CLOTHES CYCLE DIODE DOMINOES DURABLE

G U L E R E R U T A I N I M C A V I A R R

O A B E R I V U L E T V I X E N P B B U A

L N A N D G L O S S A R Y S E O N I M O D

O T R E E F O D H N P O R C H L I T O Y N

H I U V P C I Q O B E E V U L L I Z W E E

ECHO ELEVEN EXIT FETCH FLAP FLUTE GEAR GHOST GLOSSARY HOPI HOVER HOWL HUMANITY

T T D F Y D L O U L D D M O J W O X N P G

Y Y S C E D E W A O O A T Y O E C H R Y E

M E E X Q A O T L O I L I A G Y A E O G L

H R L I U U Q E F M D O X Q A M E U E H B

W U U O Q P A P O J G N A O N F L A P R O

IDYL IOTA IRON JOG JUBILATION KACHINA LAD LEGENDARY LIT LOVE MAGENTA MAPLE MINIATURE

E Z M T I C A N X R E T S O O R C H I D S

H A I A A N A S I A L T I G H T R O P E T

P X S M N R E R T I W T E N C R C I L E R

E A E I C I O C U U A C L O T H E S N Q I

N R N H L N T Q K L R W C R E G M L O U C

MONARCH MULE MYTHOLOGY NECKTIE NEPHEW OPTOMETRY ORCHIDS OSTRICH PASTURE PINEAPPLE PIPE PLUG QUANTITY

A O E I G I E Y I T O E Y W F U U M I E H

G C V D H V C B C H I N C H I L L A L S O

E K E Y O C U O Y R T E M O T P O P L T H

A E L L S J A T N E G A M R E F V L I E C

R R E H T I Z K C E L L O P H A N E Z D E

QUESTED QUILT REF RELIC RELISH RIVULET ROCKER ROOSTER RYE SILICONE STABLE TIBIA TIGHTROPE

TWO VENEER VIXEN VOLUME WAX WED WOMBAT WREATH WRONG YEW YOURS ZILLION ZITHER

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Puzzle 105 Difficulty Level: Hard C E H K E P E R C E N T L A I R O T R A S ACADEMY ADROIT BAG BANK BIG BONSAI BOTTLE BYTE CACHE CHASM CHIEF CYCAD DALEK

I L C A E S E W O L L E Y J U B I L A N T

T F A W L L U P H E N O M E N O N Y O U R

C I E U T V A O F Y E L L O R T D I N G O

E N P S T E E D M E Y C J N D O I A J O E

DINGO DIURNAL DOILY ELFIN ETCHED FEAST FELT FRAPPE GESTURE GLASS HALVED HECTIC HOLD

H M O R D Y H D U M T I U P E R D T U W P

I E I Z I U T A P Y S A B Q I U O S L I P

L A H B O N S A I N I A I U T C I A R C A

O Q U A L D I L Z A O T C H U N L E F K R

D E C A C H E M U H J H E K E I Y F K E F

E T A G I V A N Y Q U I L U I G I M I R E

HYDRO IGNITE IMPULSE INCUR ISLE JOIST JUBILANT KETCHUP KING LODESTONE LUCID MADRIGAL MEADOWS

S I G M A D P K Y M E D A C A D E H C T E

T N D L R U R E A S Y K I K W I N E Y T R

O G E I H I L E D M G L N A R G A B K E U

N I G C U B S L R L S W I V E I O U A R T

E A T Q M R O I O A O O O H R Y E W C R S

L E S I S D N T I U J L L Z O F D C O A E

MINCE MOUSE MYNAH NAVIGATE NIMBLE OSTLER OWL PEACH PERCENT PHENOMENON PONY PORCELAIN PRIVACY

K K N S A A A A T Q S W O D A E M I N R G

I N A L H C R L L L U N E N D I N G C I K

N L A E C Y P O R C E L A I N H O L D U M

G G I B Y C A V I R P E T S K C I U Q M L

QUALMS QUICKSTEP QUIRKY SARTORIAL SIGMA SKI SONAR STEED TERRARIUM TROLLEY UNENDING VALE VOLATILE

WAFT WICKER WINE WORK YELLOW YODEL YOUR ZIP


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Puzzle 106 Difficulty Level: Hard D P H S U R B T N I A P P I N P O I N T R PACIFIC PADLOCK PAINTBRUSH PAIRED PALACE PALLID PALM PAMPHLET PANCAKE PANDA PANSY PAPER PARADE PARAGRAPHS

I A E K A C N A P P R O P E L L E R T P E

M L P A R A M E C I U M E C N A H C R E P

A L R O S S E C E D E R P E D I R P O D O

R I A T U P R P A M P H L E T D P A P E R

Y D A P P E P Y D D E M P I L L P I Y S P

P P M U U S P P S E L P P A E N I P R T N

I L P R P O H A P A U P I P A N D A B R O

PARALLEL PARAMECIUM PARASOL PARK PARROT PARTAKE PAST PATS PAW PAYS PEAR PEDESTRIAN PEG PEPPER

P P Y T H U I W E N I C I T S A L P Y I T

O A U P A H U P I M S E P F E H P K M A K

T O R R A P P P O M P R P Y T H O N P N N

O P S K E R A L P O P I O Y S N A P P S A

H L Y T I R A L U P O P L T A G U P W H L

P E A P A P U D D L E S F I G B I M B P P

PERCHANCE PHOTO PIANO PIAZZA PICK PIG PILLOW PINEAPPLES PINPOINT PIRATE PLAID PLANKTON PLASTICINE PLEA

C A P L A Z R K E M P Y P R I N W O I A P

W I L P O D Z A C S U L I U P P E O C R O

O E F A I S L A M I R P Z P O W E R M G S

L P O I C R A O I R P E Z E R A E P U A T

L L O R C E A R C P L O M G P A S T E R A

I U R E P A R T A K E P E B H O S H K A G

P M P D N O P R E P P E P T P M O R P P E

PLUM POEM POMP POND POPLAR POPULARITY PORT POSTAGE POWER PRAM PREDECESSOR PRIDE PRIMAL PRISM

PROMPT PROOF PROPELLER PROPER PUB PUDDLE PUG PUN PURER PURITY PURPLE PUT PYRAMID PYTHON

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Puzzle 107 Difficulty Level: Hard A T I W Z A D H E R E L B I G E L L I S X ABRASION ADDAX ADHERE APPLE AXIOM BADGE BANJO BARB BAY BOUQUET BRIE CAFE CHERUB CLEF

R E E R W E U A N I N E T E E N I G M A N

K A F T A N L U R S I S A H P M E Y D L O

O P A D A E W G S T A C C A T O R D E L R

E O C V H I Y B T V I N O D A R A W G E T

M T Y L H T A P U I U Q R Y H P E Z D R C

CRUMB DART DWARF EBB ELECTRON EMPHASIS ENIGMA EXTRAVAGANT FALCON FROZEN GARB GLITTER GRANITE GULL

N L I I U R B I E P K E Y A T J T R I B E

P O A N E X M P T A Y D C W K O I J M M L

N U I U A L Y A A R U E L T S I H W D U E

T O R S Q R D R R O S H E B A D G E O S E

HAIRCUT HEART HOG ICON ILLEGIBLE JEWEL JUT KAFTAN LAMBENT LIBRARY MASK MIDGE MILDEW MOOSE

N S C Y A I G T O V A S F I M T I T B E S

A W A L S R X Y E I U Y G U N W Z E B U O

G E K O A A B O O R E W N O C I A L E M O

A D W A R F R A Y L L L Q N L L U G O C M

V L A T S P A M L I O U A C E L P P A B F

MUSEUM MYRRH NAVY NINETEEN OKRA ORATE ORTHODOX ORYX PARTY PATH POLKA QUALM QUARTZ RADON

A I U O I J G I J B A V H M E V O M E O T

R M Q H T O T Y U R E X O T B L A A I U R

T O S R R B X R T A L Y G R K E B R R Q U

X I E O I N E Z O R F H A A O J N A B U Y

E X O D O H T R O Y I B O E G L I T T E R

RAMP RAVEN RHO RIFLE ROAST SHED SPA SQUAWK STACCATO SYRUP TABLE TEAPOT TOAD TRIBE

H A I R C U T B M U R C H H L I S N E T U UMBRELLAS UNION UTENSIL VAST WHISTLE YEAR YIELD YURT ZEBU ZEPHYR ZILCH

Part III

Moving On to Complex Puzzles

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In this part . . .

ere are the challenging puzzles! In this part, you can find the Scrambled and Winder Words and Quiz and Secret List Word Searches, as well as a chapter of anagram puzzles. The puzzles in this part come in Easy, Medium, and Hard difficulty levels, so you can ease into each variety and hone your skills. Don’t be put off just because these puzzles are “complex” — they’re really just simple puzzles with a little extra twist (literally, in the case of Winder Words). After all, variety is the spice of life. Just be sure to read any introductory text carefully for special instructions.

Chapter 7

Gathering Your Wits for Scrambled Searches

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ou notice the difference with this type of word search right away — the word list is gobbledygook! Your first challenge with one of these puzzles is to unscramble each word. Then you can get down to finding the words in the grid. Each scrambled word contains the letters for the unscrambled word in its entirety (but nothing else). Each word is scrambled individually — the letters from other words on the list haven’t been mixed in too. Here are some strategies for unscrambling words. You need some scrap paper and a pen or pencil: ✓ Write the letters in a circle, or write the scrambled word backward. ✓ Write the vowels in one group, and the consonants in another. ✓ Look for common letter patterns. See Chapter 14 for some helpful lists. ✓ If you like to play around with technology, and your brain hurts from these dratted muddled letters, you can find many online anagram solvers. Simply type “solve anagrams online” into the search engine of your choice and take your pick! Here are a few to get you started: • Crossword Dictionary Online: www.crossword-dictionary. com/anagram.asp • Internet Anagram Server: wordsmith.org/anagram/ • One Across: www.oneacross.com/anagrams/ • The Anagram Engine: www.easypeasy.com/anagrams/ • Zyzzyva (a free downloadable program): www.zyzzyva.net

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Puzzle 108: Getting Around Difficulty Level: Easy S S B I D G Y E A V S M T

T V T I O B A C I X A T E

G A E K C R A I T K E N R

A S A W E Y V S E A L C A

S R E I N M C O A U K Y C

MOOABUTLIE _______________ CLICEBY _______________ UBS _______________ GA-TORK _______________ PLAYJO _______________

T E O I I O S L S T P D Y

P I A E O T W I E O D Y E

O R M T C L K E L M E O L

T K E A E B A A Q O E X L

N R C P E U J Y H B N I O

I I E U M S O S W I T B R

E H S E R L B U C L Y A T

U O O E O T C E I E T J T

ROSECOT _______________ BITACAX _______________ RATIN _______________ CARROTY ELL _______________ CRUTK _______________

Chapter 7: Gathering Your Wits for Scrambled Searches

Puzzle 109: Family Pets Difficulty Level: Easy O S K T B I E L T R U T N

C O A E L E K T C S S D I

Y C I L N I A O S I I I T

I O T G T K L R I P H I Z

M D Y T P I O R I H B E U

GUDBIE _______________ TCA _______________ GDO _______________ SIFH _______________ PAINUI EGG _______________ NETIKT _______________ DRALZI _______________

E I E D Z P I A R B S A S

E N C A I U B P A S C I O

N O R E U P A R O T D N F

U D F I O P T E I O E W D

A S I S A Y O B R U L P H

C O H T Y Y E I G D U B E

G I P A E N I U G H D O G

I S L R F T O S A E E B U

CIME _______________ TROPRA _______________ PYPUP _______________ BRATBI _______________ STAR _______________ LETURT _______________

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Puzzle 110: Rainbow Hues Difficulty Level: Easy W T N Y I T O B A L E Y F

E L O S T A Y R Y L K D R

T A I N E E S E A P E S A

I B L G U I L U N N Y I N

G O I S P L R O F E G L A

CLAKB _______________ LEBU _______________ BOATLC _______________ CURE _______________ GENRE _______________ DINGOI _______________ REVEALND _______________

D C M I O C A A I D E E R

A P R W E O A T T V M R O

O T E L R A C S W M I O G

B Y V I I Y S E T I L F N

L G E P A L A V E N D E R

A R E U W T A K E A N M U

C S E T L O G I D N I A V

K I H E D B S A C E L T O

MILE _______________ NOGEAR _______________ CASTLER _______________ PIESA _______________ MINORVEIL _______________ OLIVET _______________ OWLLEY _______________


Puzzle 111: Craft Session Difficulty Level: Easy K O O H T E H C O R C Y C

U T B T N A S L E G B G I

E L D E E N P N I M E D R

U E S S S A T T E C O H B

S A K D L D S F F P N R A

Y H A E I D R S M R E E F

ASDEB _______________ SHRUBES _______________ LACY _______________ CHOCHOE TORK _______________ RESEAR _______________ BRACIF _______________ SOSEG _______________ ELDENE _______________ TANIP _______________

S E T B P A O N A L E A P

B T U R S E S Y U A N F T

E I J U A R S R U Y K H I

O S R S H H I R E S A R E

L S H H T T C U K W W L S

O U H E S L S P A P E R C

G E S S O R Y M T N I A P

PATELTE _______________ PREAP _______________ CLIENP _______________ SNEP _______________ ERRUL _______________ SRSOSCIS _______________ DEARTH _______________ ETUSSI _______________ NARY _______________

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Puzzle 112: A Watery World Difficulty Level: Easy A T O R R E N T G W F S E

E D A C S A C E A O G D L

R L L E G I Y T U Y S U D

E S A E K S S N R N J O D

F M K F E U T A O L D L U

I A E R Q A U W O N M C P

FIQUARE _______________ LOBI _______________ DESACAC _______________ SLOCUD _______________ GELUDE _______________ WED _______________ PRID _______________ TRYUASE _______________ IVEAPROTONA _______________ OFG _______________ TUNAINOF _______________ GRESEY _______________ CLAGIRE _______________

U E N O I T A R O P A V E

Q T S N S O I P I F E A N

A S I E W E S G N I R P S

G R E B E C I E T M T I W

A D G G L A C I E R S R E

U L I O B D E L U G E D D

P W H E F K T E O C E A N

GREECIB _______________ KALE _______________ TELM _______________ ISSAO _______________ NECAO _______________ DONP _______________ LEDDUP _______________ WONS _______________ ISSPGNR _______________ MEATS _______________ REAMST _______________ TRENROT _______________


Puzzle 113: States and Provinces Difficulty Level: Easy A T H G O D A R O L O C T

E D W A S H I N G T O N W

U N I S A S N A K H O I L

K O I R A T N O A K S Q C

A L T A O P Y W U C U E N

KASLAA _______________ BARTLEA _______________ DOORCOLA _______________ RADIOLF _______________ GEOAIRG _______________ WAIHAI _______________ AOWI _______________ ASKSAN _______________ INAILSAOU _______________ AIMEN _______________ BOATMANI _______________ DANVAE _______________

I O A V M L A Y O A B S O

N U T E X I F N T E G A G

I I R R I E S I U E D K E

G S E M T I M Q O A X S R

R I B O N H O R V T C A O

I A L N A H G E L I V L S

V N A T I I N A W O I A U

U A U O A M A N I T O B A

IHOO _______________ TRIOONA _______________ NOOGRE _______________ CUBEEQ _______________ STAXE _______________ THAU _______________ MENTORV _______________ IVAIRING _______________ NOTHINGSAW _______________ SNOWSICIN _______________ YOUNK _______________

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Puzzle 114: Home Sweet Home Difficulty Level: Easy N A O I C K L W P L F T L

I D A O C O T E A I A U U

B O E A F C N I A X P D C

A P H T E T N D P E M O U

C S N B H O M T O I U R B

G C F O L T R N E B O D A

EDOBA _______________ M-ARFAE _______________ MAPATTERN _______________ NEWBORNSTO _______________ CODE PAC _______________ LACHET _______________ NOLILACO _______________ DOCON _______________ PLUXED _______________

O F U O T R E E H O U S E

L S C A T N E M E N E T M

E B R O W N S T O N E K A

D O C E P A C R U O S O R

T I F I S U O A D O L R F

R D U P L E X P N E X G A

A G I I T E L A H C P T I

ILOGO _______________ FLOT _______________ GIL BACON _______________ NOUTSHEEP _______________ CHASK _______________ METENTEN _______________ PITI _______________ HREEOESUT _______________ DOTUR _______________


Puzzle 115: Raid the Pantry! Difficulty Level: Easy L A E R E C P A O M E A H

T I T L W A L N U T S D U

S S P B R C O C O A R O A

U P A S M R R C H E E S E

A Y L E F B M R P E P G P

PLEAP _______________ ADAGIO BNKS _______________ SABEN _______________ BEARD _______________ TUBETR _______________ RELACE _______________ ESHECE _______________ ACOOC _______________ ACMER _______________ SGEG _______________ ORFUL _______________ BRESH _______________

A E E N Y L U O E N P N U

Y O T A T O P T S Y E I T

R S D C L S T U T T P K U

T S U F A D C M O E E A N

L P N G I A L I A I R B A

U I Y A A E A L H E G G S

O C I O E R S K S B R E H

P E T G A B S Y O E D C I

KLIM _______________ LAREPSY _______________ PREPPE _______________ POETS _______________ TAPOOT _______________ LORYTUP _______________ EPICS _______________ RUGAS _______________ AUNT _______________ SULTWAN _______________ SEATY _______________

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Puzzle 116: European Countries Difficulty Level: Medium O I E S W I T Z E R L A N D G A K

S D N A L R E H T E N D O R I R M

E C N A R F L D O L N T U R A R U

V R D R S I E N N A U O A M S O I

DARNAOR _______________ TIARAUS _______________ BAZAARJINE _______________ BLUEMIG _______________ BIGLAURA _______________ ARIACOT _______________ RANKMED _______________ DNAILNF _______________ CRANEF _______________ AEROGIG _______________ CERGEE _______________ GRANYUH _______________ REDIALN _______________ TAILY _______________ AVAILT _______________

S O N U A R U T L A B G N Y P D G

Y A A N N I S E I M L E E V I N L

A T L A M I R Z E U D O K O A A E

M I N J Y I T X B K O S P A I N B

A A I I A S U E L I T H U A N I A

I P F A W L L H D A M O L D O V A

N H T B R O E O U K Y E S V D B C

A I G R O E G S V L I G R E E C E

M I A E N P T L A A A N I M C Z I

O L A Z E R W T E T K T G V A I F

R I O A I A I U O V U I V D M A J

U K R A I N E G R A M T A I O E P

A I S S U R A H U N G A R Y A M I

TAHINIULA _______________ BLUEGUMROX _______________ ACOMEDIAN _______________ ATALM _______________ MOODVAL _______________ LANTERNSHED _______________ ROWANY _______________ OPALND _______________ MARIAON _______________ SARISU _______________ KOALASIV _______________ NIPAS _______________ TWSARDINEZL _______________ NEARKUI _______________ NUDGED KNITIOM _______________


Puzzle 117: Snips and Snails Difficulty Level: Medium I B U K A A B A W S N N S C O D Y

L B R S A L O H C I N E E E O V E

J E S A G E P E V M B W S K M U Z

S R E D N A X E L A L I A A I A S

U N A S A D K S S I T C M N R W J

ROANA _______________ RELAXEDAN _______________ WARDEN _______________ JIBEMNAN _______________ RADBONN _______________ NAIRB _______________ SCOLAR _______________ CLASHER _______________ HECTORPRISH _______________ DOCY _______________ NAILED _______________ ODEGI _______________ RICE _______________ BAGELIR _______________ SEAMJ _______________ RHEMEJIA _______________

M O E A E W O T O L R A O E A F B

E H R C E L I N T L E Z H W L E O

W O N R R A R M O I B P T E N L S

N I D A N E A A P W O A I J Z U O

Z N C J T O T N H T R R A A A K N

A M E E U H S O S C B M A Y C E A

N A D R O J A I V A I E S H H T I

N E V E T S R N G N J K T T A O R

B A Y M A H U H I O W E N O R G B

O S M I C H A E L E R I C M Y E V

A O V A Y D A N I E L E W I O I E

T J A H E X A T A E S H E T U D K

NOJDAR _______________ KNIVE _______________ ELKU _______________ HICAMEL _______________ INHALETAN _______________ CHAILSON _______________ NOWE _______________ BORTRE _______________ SANE _______________ BASSETIAN _______________ EVENTS _______________ MOATHS _______________ MYTHITO _______________ LIMALIW _______________ AHCRAZY _______________

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Puzzle 118: Run Run Run! Difficulty Level: Medium S K C A R T E K A M E T V F S O O

E C N E U Q E S E G I T I L P S G

U Y T Z B J U T A T P M J E E O F

F T F I L A E N O E M O S E V I G

S T T S G T A O C G U R Q E N I E

IF ET FENCEB _______________ BLOT _______________ RACERE _______________ CURRY OAT _______________ ACHES _______________ FARCEFUHU _______________ CRITIUC _______________ NUETONIC _______________ SHAD _______________ FEEL _______________ EVEN FOLIAGE I TOMS _______________

A N H E O M F H E R I U R T G T T

Q I G C J T A R N P L N C K C O A

D R I E O U K E C A R E E R R Z L

E P L H F N Y U V F F A S T H A S

C S F F C O T O S F S P A T E K S

P D E T H A K I E O S E H B E R D

E U K I S T R N N N I C C D O E T

R Y A U I K I R T U O V A U E L O

NERGOV _______________ HUGS _______________ TOOTHTO IF _______________ RHYRU _______________ GOJ _______________ ENJOYUR _______________ KAKS CAMERT _______________ GAMEAN _______________ LEPT _______________ FORMERP _______________ PIBLUSH _______________ PRI _______________

F R T C L E G H Y R E D T M E N T

O R N R B E U S N O D E O P P Y O

R U E I U N S A M L U O E I O E N

M H W C P M H D E S Z T A L Z R R

OUTER _______________ FOR FUN _______________ CREAMPS _______________ QUEENECS _______________ DLEAKEDSD _______________ TAPES _______________ PLIST _______________ PINTRS _______________ FETA KITHLG _______________ TTOR _______________ MOOZ _______________


Puzzle 119: Springing Up Difficulty Level: Medium T E U T D E C Y I R I S V A Y I O

P D L S O A A S A O N E A A R B H

U I H O O Z L S B D R F D E I O T

S R T C W O I O T N N I V S Y N U

S E R E G G L T A E L U G O U N F

Y V I T O V N L S O R G S H Y E T

W O B N D P E I H G E S G M A T U

SNEBONT _______________ ENNUBIS _______________ KHICC _______________ PRICH _______________ CENTIGRADE GOGS _______________ ODDWOOG _______________ DATURA SEYENS _______________ GUG THEN _______________ FEATS _______________ COOR FLOODING _______________ WRTHOG _______________ NUT SHORC BOSS _______________ SIRI _______________ BALMS _______________ CALLI _______________ SILELI _______________

I S E E N Q R G R G D G U S L S O

L S R P U U N E N O E K T N E A R

L A N I I I B I T U L I P S D F P

O P N P R I T L S Z P O C R U A S

W O E P W A I Z R S E Y C H I A Y

X S S A R L E U E E B L S D I H V

S E O O I G R O W T H M S A O C C

T D C E A R E W O L F Y A M N O K

Y E S W A R M T H A I C K L S K F

D R A E S N U B S S O R C T O H Y

LEAFWORMY _______________ SPUN MALADY _______________ VOPERASS _______________ OCTETPENS _______________ ZELSTEPR _______________ WIUSP SLOWLY _______________ SNYAKYP _______________ TRIHERB _______________ REEDS _______________ HORSEWS _______________ DRAGON ISYLIPH _______________ STUPOR _______________ SLIPTU _______________ QUINOA VEXLERN _______________ THRAWM _______________

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Puzzle 120: Batter Up! Difficulty Level: Medium S U R X Y A N K E E S S G I R R E

K E O E O R E T T A B N H Y E U O

F C V A H B I H I W I C O T G N A

L L E O M C S C C N S S M A G N K

N L Y H L E T H N N W I E G U E S

A I A O C G R I C Y E L R O L R F

ARCANELE IMAGEU _______________ SABES _______________ TABRET _______________ CHENB _______________ JULY BASE _______________ COAXB’S HOC _______________ MINDODA _______________ SOXEP _______________ ALB LYFL _______________ OFT ULY _______________ VOLGES _______________ MORE HUN _______________ ALGAE JORUME _______________ SIMS _______________ PONDAGE YIN _______________ DILUTEOF _______________

T O C B U N H I P A R B U U S L S

A U D A Y T I N C O O Y N T Y E N

R S O E N A A A J A I C P B T F R

T D C E S Y L A R E N D A A S S O

O L V O K H M P O D R L R A S Y C

A E R S U I R U I S L I E U I A P

S I E E V T R A K R P M P A M J O

B F D S A S M T E E S I E M G E P

U T S A J O W S S G H A P N U U V

I U O B N O P E N I N G D A Y L E

K O X D N G S I L T S O P X E B W

TRAIPSE _______________ PHTRICE _______________ ALLB YALP _______________ CPROONP _______________ CAKE RINCH _______________ DEX ROS _______________ NURREN _______________ CUTOS _______________ NHIVNTS ENGINE _______________ GURGLES _______________ TETRIS OKU _______________ OAT GUT _______________ GRISTE _______________ IMPURE _______________ SNEAKYE _______________


Puzzle 121: Tasty Treats Difficulty Level: Medium N C H K A U G N O L E M R E T A W

E O O A P U M A P L E C A N D Y E

S T N I M C H Y N P U Y Y E N O H

I T E D A O F U D P E R L L E J F

A N R N O F N O M E L R S T A U M

W O L L A M H S R A M E N S D M N

TRIBELT _______________ DANCE ANCY _______________ RAYON NDCC _______________ HERCRY _______________ AMINCONN _______________ TCNOCN TODAY _______________ GITUM SURF _______________ GUDEF _______________ PAGER _______________ DRUMPOG _______________ OHYEN _______________ WEARERBAJK _______________ EYEJBALLNS _______________ MOLEN _______________

P H N T Z G K E D N I H A G T R Y

T J E E R L E Y C U Z C E M O I D

R J A A E B O A M T R N B C S Z N

U P P W T R N L N S O F Y M M A A

F E N O B D G A L M U D L A U B C

F A O O Y R C R A I N D L R G R N

L R S C U P E N E A P E E Z T I O

E G A Y S G N A C T B O J I I T T

S N I P N I A A K U N I P P U T T

E T A H C E J T K E R I Y A R L O

E R O C K C A N D Y R T W N F E C

POLOPILL _______________ CALPA MENDY _______________ SHALWARLOMM _______________ PIRANMAZ _______________ MISTN _______________ TANGOU _______________ ASPENTU _______________ YARD NOCKC _______________ BRER OTOE _______________ FAFTY _______________ FRETFULS _______________ TELEMANROW _______________ TINENREGREW _______________

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Puzzle 122: High and Mighty Difficulty Level: Medium F T N O T G N I D D A W N R R P N

T A R A R A Y M G W S L I E Y D O

Y A A Y M G F E S Y H T A H E M B

J A W V A I E R E B U S T T A C E

M U M O U N T H O O D R N A H K R

PRANANUAN _______________ RATARA _______________ VIN BEENS _______________ SUBERE _______________ NEAT _______________ STEEVER _______________ AHFIREWATER _______________ JUIF _______________ YANKE _______________ MARKALIONJI _______________ ALONG _______________

A O G U L A B A N I E A U E N I E

T N U Y Q G E E M A K K O W O N C

G R J N U O Y K N E I M M R T L N

M O Y L T L C R U R L O H I B E A

A H O E V K U P E M I U C A E Y L

U R R O N P I I P N M N R F N D B

N E D R A T N N B O A T A U N A T

A T A N W I I M A S N D N E E H N

K T N I A C J H U B J X O H V E O

E A R R F O D U W O A Z M U I E M

A M F A Y N E K F R R L N E S W Y

T S E R E V E F T A O T U O M C U

MENOTRARTH _______________ KANAA EMU _______________ MYNICKEL _______________ TAMARIN MUNCHONO _______________ LAMB CONNT _______________ DONUT HOOM _______________ LIANA TUBUMONK _______________ NEARIRI _______________ BORONS _______________ DOWNATDING _______________ THYINEW _______________


Puzzle 123: Fictional Favorites Difficulty Level: Medium S A I R I O E N B D E E E V I L D

N I D D A L A R O L L Y K E J R D

K T G W A A U N O S J Y A N L I R

O D O M I S A U Q Y A I Z U L E N

B E S I U L T Y L O E M R S H A E

DIALDAN _______________ IAMBB _______________ TEH RIBGORB _______________ TRID ACKCY _______________ HOTROD COW _______________ ADDUNK COLD _______________ RJ KELLDY _______________ MUDOB _______________ ROEEYE _______________ MAME _______________ DOORF _______________ FANGLAD _______________ LIMIG _______________ DIALZOGL _______________ LATHEM _______________

M F R O D O O O C L L E Y T P O I

U W F D W T M J H A I L O R H A S

D I U O I A S S A V R R E N R E W

D C O Q L R A I L K B T A H M E P

K O T U L Z W N L G E V K I T I P

A F C E Y A Y D I P I B V C N O B

L L A T L N E B Z R A M A O I F A

L A M I O M R A D J A U C R R D M

I D M L M R A D O S T C Q K N S B

A N E M A Z W H G O H L K E A E I

A A E I N E A H K I N G K O N G S

E G H G J E K Y O O D Y S S E U S

HAVIENO _______________ BANK ERJASE _______________ GONK GNIK _______________ SOUSEDYS _______________ HOOTELL _______________ MANOR PRYSE _______________ PRENT APE _______________ HOOPICNIC _______________ MISQUADOO _______________ MEM SIVAS _______________ DISBAND _______________ RATANZ _______________ EAR SMOWTY _______________ NEVUS _______________ INLAY MLOWL _______________

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Puzzle 124: Mega Muddle Difficulty Level: Medium L F A M M M T T E M A M E M Y I M

A M E W O M P N H M A L O M I N P

Z S M T A S I M Y G C N S N M O M

I W E T S Z R T I S S L E M E R I

O L C P A H C C U O M T S Q R A G

AROMANIC _______________ CHAMOISM _______________ AMAZINGE _______________ GIMAC _______________ PCRANTIUMS _______________ RAMBLE _______________ CHAMT _______________ CHARMARTI _______________ AMIDE _______________ ZIMMERSOE _______________ ADMIREM _______________ DOMETH _______________ CEMI _______________

M H M G M T S M O O R H S U M C S

S Y A I W Y U N I I Z E A R A A S

I M S H Z M N A M B S I L M I M O

H M Y T M P A S O I D M O M D H D

C O I M I E M S N E G S M E C I M

A N L H M Q M E M H M R U R S M M

M U M A I R U O S S I M A N M A E

O M O N A S T E R Y M I F T R U O

M E N N M S M F A I R M Q B I S A

A N D O H T E M H T Z I L W M O S

T T A O M T H I A A F E Y M D Y N

M U Y M A B E M M S N M S U K O M

ORIGAMTIN _______________ RUMIOSIS _______________ SLEAMOSS _______________ YOMANERST _______________ DYNAMO _______________ SONONOM _______________ OMENTUMN _______________ NOMO _______________ LOTEM _______________ CLUEMS _______________ HUMORSOM _______________ SMEQUITY _______________ THYM _______________


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Puzzle 125: Sounds of the ’80s Difficulty Level: Medium Y M E N E C I L B U P H K R O B J

P E T S H O P B O Y S I H S A O D

U O R B T S H F E A M O R P A A D

L W E A R E H C L W X A E N L O C

E J T N A Y S C I J C P J O L T P

LAP SIRUPY _______________ SAIA _______________ ARMANANABA _______________ JELLY BOIL _______________ MONEY B _______________ VIN JOOB _______________ RECH _______________ LOYAL TRODPN _______________ GREENRIOF _______________ THRAE _______________

O S S A E E E L E E N E T L U E E

J A I N H H D T H T T O Y E T C T

Y C M A T E H T L T T P E E N Y E

L E R R N E L A H N A V R I R L G

L G M A A I S A L R A G R U E P M

I A B M A F W C T O A P L D N P A

B L B A N H V O M B V T O K G U D

O F O O A E N I R D R E S S I S O

F D N M V M A I P A N I R H E R N

TOTE JJAN _______________ WID KELIM _______________ BOLEROVY _______________ NOMADAN _______________ ST RIMMER _______________ VARANNI _______________ GREEP TRIBALE _______________ SOP POYS BETH _______________ NICERP _______________ UNYEEP CLIMB _______________

Y E E A R S E O V N K U F B R I N

X R Y O I L C O G E P W R J O A A

S K M J N O X I V O J N O B F Y M

FAR GLED _______________ CRU MND _______________ PLAN E PAST _______________ SET CHAR _______________ SHE TALCH _______________ TOOT _______________ VOLTRUXA _______________ ANN HALVE _______________ HAWM _______________ SEY _______________

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Puzzle 126: Sugar and Spice Difficulty Level: Medium A E I U I A N A E O Z E C A R G N

I G L B R I A N A S J C I B Y A Y

A N A I L U J I A E L S A N I N A

P R O P Z R E R N L S I A L I I Z

N E E A K A A E A E V F L T S O E

DARNELAXA _______________ BAIRNA _______________ LONICERA _______________ SHALECE _______________ IDENSTY _______________ BLAIZETHE _______________ MAME _______________ RINE _______________ FIATAM _______________ RELIABGLE _______________ LLIEGES _______________ ACREG _______________

A M M J E H B D E I F I S S N E R

G M J M R S N E N I L E U Q C A J

E U E A O E E I T I D I G E Y T A

M S S Z K S F E C H I A A M E N I

A S S I L E M I R O R A B M L Y R

T P I A S U N P N D L H R G L A O

F A C M A I Q I N N A E I R E I T

B I A I I N E A L N E S E S B M C

ANHHNA _______________ ELEBASIL _______________ CAIQUENJEL _______________ ENFIRENJ _______________ SAJISCE _______________ CLENJOY _______________ LUNAJIA _______________ LANDELK _______________ AILNILL _______________ GAMEN _______________ ASMILES _______________ AMINO _______________

A G J T V C X R N O E J L A A O I

N E E A I E L A R L R E L I S A V

A A N F L O H A L A H A E F I N K

B Z M A O M M E I C J O C E L Y N

ICONEL _______________ VOILAI _______________ AGEPI _______________ SEERE _______________ RAHSA _______________ RAISER _______________ MUSERM _______________ FAINFTY _______________ COATIVIR _______________ OZE _______________


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Puzzle 127: Drive Away Difficulty Level: Hard O P O R K I S D A K G E E S U T O L I A T

Y V E E E U R L E A B L C C B E N T L E Y

I U J E Z V F A J U G U M Y Z A F Y L P C

U I T U J A O Y R A N Z L N O A L O A A H

E H C S R A W R E R N U E P F R R S Z V R

Y N L O C N I L D E E B X L O V S N O A Y

I A M K E D V O C N S F U U E I R L O Y S

LOAF AEROM _______________ MINOS RATTAN _______________ DUIA _______________ TEENYLB _______________ CUBIK _______________ CICADALL _______________ HELECTROV _______________ CHERRLYS _______________ NOTICER _______________ DGEOD _______________ GALEE _______________ RARERIF _______________ DROF _______________ MRGOOSE ANTLER _______________

S E S G U A Y V A E A V S H N U V C L L L

O F R A I S R J D R A L C O T O H S I O E

U P O J I S U E I N I T R A M N O T S A R

I U T R B I C I L E M E S A B T A E Y I M

L N O E D R R N L O S I Z E A U H D N A E

O Z M E E R E I A R J D T K A C I I N L M

V H L M G A M H C T A Y I S S Z M R I O A

O T A L D U I G C I G A A R U N D B C B H

L U R M O G S R T C E L O V E B O A O U Y

Z O E S D A S O L F A P S E D M I O N I F

E M N H S J Y B I K U Z U S S T V S V C L

DONAH _______________ RUGAJA _______________ PEJE _______________ IKA _______________ BIGMARLINOH _______________ ROAD LEVRN _______________ EXULS _______________ NICLOLN _______________ TOLUS _______________ TIARASEM _______________ ZADAM _______________ BREEZEMC-SEND _______________ CURRYEM _______________ NIIM _______________

T Y E A E O K M K O N D I D N S A Y H K A

S L G U T L S A P E B M L O V N A S S I N

J P T A H S I L B L I O P M A S E R A T I

SUSHIBITIM _______________ NASNIS _______________ BLOOMEDSIL _______________ HOTPLUMY _______________ CATNIPO _______________ EPHOCRS _______________ SORRY CELLO _______________ ABAS _______________ AUNTSR _______________ SKUZUI _______________ OATTOY _______________ OVOVL _______________

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Puzzle 128: Olé! Difficulty Level: Hard O Q S C E T L O T S O Z A P C O L I M A Z

Z U E E L A D A A D X Y N S T K S L F H O

A I N R O F I L A C A J A B O O L I V A C

H S E H N E L C T E J Z A M T M E H O B S

S W A H U I O C A P E V U R E J B C A A I

O I U P T V E Q B A L J E R M D W R T N L

O A L R A T H U A R O U A O C A O I E E A

GOATUI _______________ DOCAVOA _______________ CATEZ _______________ FOAL BRAINIAJICA _______________ COB CARTOONIRST _______________ ORBITUR _______________ VAZECH _______________ PACASHI _______________ AHUUCHAHI _______________ LICHI _______________ COCOA MY DINE _______________ NAMINONC _______________ TACOI _______________ LOMAIC _______________

L C O V Z I A B S A M I L T H A R C U R J

L T A A E O H Y C S A T L C U A R I N O O

R O Q T V R M C O H C A I I G A U E M I E

Q U E S A D I L L A A O N R U Z A H V B C

E A Q G H A E O E U U C A T I K E O Q U A

V U U A C D D L Q L G M V S Y U C A T A N

F H A R A J A L A D A U G N U R E C C O S

H A J I M M B T O A T I N O M A N N I C Q

S U D I A P U A D A L I H C N E C X O C U

I H R T C I R P Q U E T Z A L C O A T L A

SET DO RIU DAMOSEL _______________ HACIENDAL _______________ AGLEAMOCU _______________ LAJAGUARADA _______________ ARENABOH _______________ SOCIAJL _______________ AMACHAC _______________ STAMARARIG _______________ BRAIMAM _______________ CIXTOY MICE _______________ PATINA _______________ SALADEQUIL _______________ CLAQUETLAZOT _______________ BIRERED SNAFE _______________ SAGAIRN _______________

N I U U H N R I H Y T I C O C I X E M D S

A H Z O A A I R G N A S A B H A V K V U H

P C A G C T T X A D M U E N A B R E I H Q

S D J A A A O R E F R I E D B E A N S B A

PASEAR _______________ LIVRES _______________ CROCSE _______________ ERROMOBS _______________ NASHIPS _______________ HASQUS _______________ BOATSAC _______________ COAT _______________ MALATE _______________ ATRIP _______________ CLOSETT _______________ TIROTALLS _______________ LAVAINL _______________ CARVERZU _______________ ACANTYU _______________

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Puzzle 129: Hollywood Stars Difficulty Level: Hard M O I N H E R T T R G E E N A D A V I S X

N A Y Y A A O L N T I A L Y O R A B S E O

A R E A L N M H A E E T M N A D R O J I F

M E C W L N A M N K D H A E T R P A O T J

G G A T E A V O J S W L C H G H W D H O L

R D P N B S A T J O D M O N A R N Y H P E

E E S I E A T A R S A E D H A Y Y N A R A

B L N L R R R R U R H N C O M L W A R F H

D H I C R B A T L S Z H C U N A B O N O C

BRANDY URHUPEE _______________ VITTE BEADS _______________ RAPT BIDT _______________ BLACK GLARE _______________ ETCH TALENTCAB _______________ RAD KANDYOY _______________ NATURE DHOLLANDDS _______________ ELABORATE LITHYZ _______________ WAY FRAY _______________ NAIAD VEGES _______________ AGATE BRORG _______________ EARLY HERBL _______________ GLADE THREEH _______________ HANDY FREON _______________ DREAMI BRINGNG _______________ BLOG MUFFLEJD _______________

I T V Z Y F H O I H A I L R Y O I E R N I

R A E A A E N G B I P B U N A T L L T T M

G E K I R B N R S R D B E J H W O R L A H

N H M L R A E R T L P A U U G O F M A I C

I T A A I N E T O E S H A E L I Z O H M W

O N N L T Y T G H Y K G R E T A G A R B O

D D L D M I F Y H T N H E N R Y F O N D A

O I N E P F E H G E A E L B A G K R A L C

L E K D E R U A U M H Y E R R A C M I J A

R I A J D J M W H P M A L E M I L Y C A R

M R J U D E L A W L O D Y O R K Y A N A D

B R A D S I V A D E T T E B R S N A S U S

MYJ RACIER _______________ RAJA CORDFOWN _______________ ANEW HYOJN _______________ DALE WUJ _______________ PEACE SVINKY _______________ SAILING HILL _______________ TEW MESA _______________ ALMOND BARRON _______________ MAY GREN _______________ FAR MRIAOW _______________ JOHLIFE C MAX _______________ KEYS MIMER _______________ OATH WRAITHRY _______________ REPLETE SHYLIM _______________ ASK MONTH _______________ ALLOWED LIMNIH _______________

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Puzzle 130: Internet Jargon Difficulty Level: Hard S S O H T T R A I I C S A K P O I L D E V

T W T N G M S Y S O P R E T E K A K L K A

Y Y E E A O I T A F E E O P X U R G W R T

L P Y C C E L A T A G O I I T E O L E A E

U I B R S O Y B L A B R A R K O A F B M M

S E A E F A M T H E M U I C G P U O S K S

TRACOBA _______________ SALIA _______________ PHAGE LEAK _______________ TIARA SIC _______________ ARTAVA _______________ DAUB _______________ BRYAIN _______________ GLOB _______________ BRAMKOKO _______________ SEWBRO _______________ CROM TOHA _______________ UMPIRESC UTROV _______________ PYECARBSCE _______________

W S O M K E I P R I B V A S Y E R I I O E

A W I M E M L L U P M H W A T C S B T O M

U O E O E A S R A T E T P V A X O E E B I

H R A C P Y O B V A E Y C A R I P N M L T

I B H E E I K R I P I R F J J E E I A L K

D A L L W O B O E N U O V A D N M G N A C

T R I S I A B U O V A L U I C L H N N W I

T M M U U O D T C B R R A R R A W E I E U

S W O D K U B R R A E E Y I R U E H A R Q

A S O U R C E C O D E P S D D A S C M I T

PAUL-ID _______________ MADMEN ONIA _______________ K-OBOE _______________ C-MEROMECE _______________ A-LIME _______________ PRYENNICOT _______________ WAIFERAL _______________ LOGOGE _______________ KREACH _______________ HERAWARD _______________ CRAVATJIPS _______________ WORKEDY _______________ APPLYA _______________ RIPCAY _______________

C B R O O O G S D W T P W Y O U T R O F E

D X T U W W J I C I Y A Y Q X E A A D T V

O S A R T B U T O N R E U K R O J E V H A

P Y H W E I H N D E O B K E S A R S O A A

E T C N N B H H Y B L C Y B E R S P A C E

PCTOADS _______________ RORXY VESPER _______________ CUTIEQKIM _______________ TRIM TEAL CHEE _______________ ROBOTE _______________ GARISH ENENCE _______________ PESKY _______________ LIMESYS _______________ CEDOOS ECRU _______________ TSUSLY _______________ POSYS _______________ RAILVUT _______________ BEAMWC _______________ BEE WITS _______________


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Puzzle 131: Cities of the World Difficulty Level: Hard The word list includes one extra city that isn’t in the grid. See if you can find it!

F B I D F E N O B C P B A N T W E R P S I

Y R K T R U F K N A R F W A A E E R A P S

I U N S S O D O E U I O T N B I S N C F P

A S I N E I B D S M G H O C A U F S G R I

H E S H A S I S O S E D Y W B R A M U O Y

G U L F I N E R A L N T T I A W T O I D A

N C E L B L I L O O S N E N S A R E T L D

A P H U S B G E L R A O C T I C A G I E I

H O R I E N A J E D O I R H D S K R O S S

S G S R R O N V L H S G K M D O A U R S A

H C L Y K L U C S C N S D A A M J B T U B

I I I O C O N B O E A Y E N D Y S S A D A

N U S N C A G I I R R K N C T I O R T E D

A F T N G L S L L P O I A H A T H E N S T

E K A L N A U A A B E M A E J I S T O J R

S V N O O E R O B P U U E S W A S E C A A

Y T B N K R G E I L G D O T O O A P N P K

T O U D G T H A I M A I M E W N C T A W A

N K L Y N N T A M I T N E R A W E S V A J

O Y S S O O K S O E L T C E E A L U O E S

M O Y H H M I A U B E C R A M A I M B M U

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__

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__

BIAAS BADDA _______________ ENWRAPT _______________ HASTEN _______________ LINEBR _______________ SREBUSLS _______________ URBANE SOISE _______________ ORCAI _______________ CLANSABACA _______________ EDITORT _______________ BUILND _______________ ORFUDDLESS _______________ UNDERBIGH _______________

FRTUNKAFR _______________ SLAWGOG _______________ SHEIKNIL _______________ GONK GONH _______________ BASILNUT _______________ TAKAJAR _______________ NOBILS _______________ DONNOL _______________ CASHMERENT _______________ AIMIM _______________ RONMETAL _______________ SOCWOM _______________

SOLO _______________ JEI OI ADORNER _______________ MORE _______________ OCC SAFRANINS _______________ OUSEL _______________ HIGNASHA _______________ BE SPRUTTERGS _______________ DYNESY _______________ PAITEI _______________ KOOTY _______________ CAVERNUVO _______________

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Puzzle 132: The United Kingdom Difficulty Level: Hard I W U X E S S E W N S R E N O X F O R D D

I N R E V E S M O E A E O E W H C T E E N

A F A S D F F R E U D V M G Y I A L R X A

I G D S R E F O B N E S W A N S E A I E L

X L N U C O E P U D L W O B H A A K H T T

NEARBEDE _______________ SANDINESS OILCANS _______________ NOVA _______________ OBRANG _______________ THAB _______________ FABLEST _______________ EVE SNNIB _______________ RUMBAED _______________ RAMMIGHBIN _______________ LORBITS _______________ ASTHENICS _______________ CAGEMBIRD _______________ BYRCENTAUR _______________ FFAIRCD _______________ ETCHERS _______________

S A A S L E D D G W Y N E D D T B S S E O

F A L K L A N D I S L A N D S I S D K R C

T D G C Y B A S D N A L S I Y E N K R O S

S U N W M B L E I I N C O L N A O A O E S

A M E O D I E G O O T X O H L R A T Y N P

F R P N N R R D K O N N T R E A M E A E S

L E O C Y M I I S S D I E T C W V I F B F

E B O S R I N R U O A H S K R A P O A I C

B L N P U N R B N C T E G L N M R T N D F

N E E E B G E M F U C P L R A O H D Y E C

VENDO _______________ ENDUED _______________ HUNGERBID _______________ DANGLEN _______________ EXTREE _______________ DDILLNFS ALASKAN _______________ EIFF _______________ AGLOWGS _______________ SANGRIAMP _______________ DWEDGYN _______________ LUHL _______________ CINNLOL _______________ NOLOND _______________ TWO REEFNS _______________ FLOORNK _______________

K X E N R H H A S R O U R R U N E K I H M

I Y D N E A T C O W H H G I P B D K E F W

C A R I T M R W Y W O G S A L G N S O A F

N M E N N A O S S B R I S T O L T I L T Y

N A B E A V N E T S E R O F W E N E D E S

D O A S C S I V E N N E B R R H S O I E I

EARTHIER NLORNDN _______________ NYOLKS SARDINE _______________ FRODOX _______________ NENSPINE _______________ SWOPY _______________ CLONDAST _______________ NERVES _______________ KNNOT-TO-SEEK _______________ EXUSSS _______________ HULATRENDS _______________ WENSASA _______________ HASTEM _______________ ALEWS _______________ XEWESS _______________ SWEETRORC _______________

HIKERSORY _______________

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Puzzle 133: Take Aim with Archery Difficulty Level: Hard I A K B G Y A D U T A B X K G N I R O C S

H D Q A A N N S O I A S R O I N E S L W S

B S U K L U I U H R I V I B K S A T Y O A

I D S I O V R T E C S L N U A Y B A M E L

J N K P U N W B N T R U G E W Y D M P S G

A U M O A P O Q E U S A L A E A L W I O R

ANIGMI _______________ GUM RADAR _______________ WROWA _______________ ROBEWAB _______________ TIN HUNGOWB _______________ DOT BWANS _______________ ROB GNWIST _______________ RYEWOB _______________ STUBT _______________ SHARE DUCGT _______________ RECKLIC _______________ UCOLT _______________ CUPMOOND _______________ SCOWROBS _______________ DENS _______________

F O R M Y W B G U D H D L F Y J O O C L E

C R E E E N G D N E C W L I U N G R S S B

Y N V N T O N E T N P E O O S L S R I D I

T B I A I C O J A Y F K T B T B F A O N F

E O U V L K L A F I N G E R T A B O P N G

F W Q R I S M E L R O M X E U A H C G A D

A Y R E H C R A T E G R A T B N L N I R G

S E F C P Y R D G L C I I L I O I M A S N

S R I U O A E N R E S R S B U R I U I I I

A N T R X J K A X A A R O T T N G M N M H

SLABERGIFS _______________ BITENG FAR _______________ TAFI _______________ FETGNILCH _______________ SUF-FULL _______________ DOLG _______________ SORDINO _______________ IRONJUS _______________ SOAKERN _______________ SLIBM _______________ BONGLOW _______________ SOCKN _______________ MYLOPICS _______________ PONYJIPA _______________ VIREQU _______________

Y S A V O N C T O S U R O S G T I H D B C

O A X E T I I S T E L G W I S U L B O D T

I Y M O R P L W W A P O M E N B K U O P E

S I G H T O C O W I B A H R D U O Q R R L

B U P L T P K B C D Z C Y D A K J W S I F

ECRUVER _______________ AERIALS DEE _______________ BROND OHIO _______________ RUDONS _______________ FAYEST _______________ CORNGIS _______________ ORNISES _______________ THIGS _______________ CAREER GARTHTY _______________ MONERANTUT _______________ HOPLITETIXO _______________ NAVE _______________ G-NIRX _______________ WEY _______________

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Puzzle 134: Brought to You by the Letter K Difficulty Level: Hard S W S K P A O L O A K K K K K K K A Y A K

K K A E L U O J O L I K I N N Y I Y T Z P

E A W C K L H S O E E N I O A N T A K L C

Y T F I L H L C U K D T W G O P E S A I K

K O A T A O E K T E T L E N D O S T D I P

FANTAK _______________ POOLSIDECAKE _______________ ANGORAOK _______________ SANKAS _______________ KOAPK _______________ EATRAK _______________ DAYDIKT _______________ YAKKA _______________ OAKOZ _______________ BAKEB _______________ ELKNEN _______________ NUCKEKTY _______________ INTAKER _______________ KNEERL _______________ SEEKERON _______________

A C V R A K G D R E E L U I A K I A T A O

A L E K A N A G R D K P D D N E E C C I I

Z T I B I K A J G C E Y N D I N H E R K K

R Z N S I R I E U K T Z Y I K E E O T N P

J E S E T K A N G A R O O K N N Q C O A T

L I N E P K K K K E K A K Y K C U T N E K

K U N I E O U Q E K M E K O R I P D A T P

G N L R S A C K K U L Y Y E K Y I R N K T

L E N N E K K S R N C S I B R K A L A O K

L E R T S E K D O K O I W K O O K B Y S S

SKELTER _______________ PECKUTH _______________ MELTEDTRUK _______________ BARKEDOY _______________ LEEKYOH _______________ TIZKIB _______________ DINKGID _______________ DANKPI _______________ SKIEDNY _______________ LINK _______________ JOKELIOLU _______________ TILK _______________ MINKOO _______________ GRENTANDIERK _______________ SINKENDS _______________

L K E I Y C E F K D E T E S O A S A Y B S

K W I H E L H T I I I R H Z A H R E T A T

C O O A T A U Q M U K E A O K S N D N B L

D L P T I O E E O O M K L T L D N L Y E I

E U E A A S S E N D N I K A I E U A I K K

C K A K K Y T T O N K T F K K N K W K K O

NIKK _______________ KINGSIS _______________ THICKEN _______________ TIKENT _______________ SANKPACK _______________ DANKE _______________ PACEKEN _______________ TRINKET _______________ HONTELOK _______________ TYKONT _______________ GLEEDKWON _______________ NECKLUK _______________ LAOAK _______________ HOLK _______________ PORKTYN _______________ TAQUMUK _______________


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Puzzle 135: African Countries and Capitals Difficulty Level: Hard L A F U P C T M A D E I R A C U D A E E S

U F I B W I U D S O U T H A F R I C A D E

G A L N K I N S H A S A I S E B A H N I L

A I O O A I I P O M N R E I M B D A A C L

N N O A E T S E Z A O V C A I T L U C P E

D A R D K Z I R I D K E G D G S E U C C H

A Z M D U U A R N A L E J R I P R N R I C

JABANDDI _______________ CARAC _______________ DABBA DAISA _______________ ARAGILE _______________ KOMBAA _______________ SAUBIS _______________ UNUBIRD _______________ CORIA _______________ RADIAL SNCYANS _______________ DACH _______________ ROVE T’ODICOI _______________ DRAKA _______________ JIDOUBTI _______________

O N F I A Y U A U G E A N Y W E D A A K Y

O A G S B O L E A A N Q R Y G B A N K P E

B T S A X I A N A S M A A Y A L M E Y A S

C I T B Z U A E I C N U P Z G S O L L O D

B U K A L H Q D Y A Z T I E I L U S A K A

L Q W B G X R N C R C H R U D M Y L T A A

A S U A R W I U T O K I O O B A B E O M J

G A E Q U A T O R I A L G U I N E A R A O

E I B W D Z U A C N T P R R O A Y A B B N

N R E C A N O Y C R E U O L U Y V E Z W M

PYGET _______________ INAUGURATE EQOILA _______________ BAGIMA _______________ HANAG _______________ YAKEN _______________ SANKASHI _______________ BAILY _______________ ALASKU _______________ MASCARAGAD _______________ MIDAREA _______________ RAINIMATAU _______________ EMMABIZQUO _______________ MINIBAA _______________

E E E M H A B N O W N T W O B B K I A B E

S G B H C D I P Y D E R I O V I D E T O C

T I O A H U J I I R I H E Y T L H Y S E D

A N J H K S D A P E U Q I B M A Z O M B V

EGRIANI _______________ LOOP STRUI _______________ AIRPORTE _______________ ANGELES _______________ YECHESLELS _______________ ROAST CHAUFI _______________ SNADU _______________ WINDAZALS _______________ ANANTIZA _______________ UNAISIT _______________ DANAUG _______________ DENYOUA _______________ AZBAMI _______________ MAZEWIBB _______________

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Puzzle 136: Tropical Fish Difficulty Level: Hard Unscramble the names of these tropical aquarium fish and find them in the grid. The list is not in alphabetical order, and I snuck one fish into the list even though it isn’t in the grid.

W U Y A R D O T R F H E K Y R S U C S I D

W Y O S C A R W E O S S B R L O N A I S I

C H T S C O W A I E Z I I C I A S I R T E

A S J A H I T Q O E H V S F M B T E E U A

H I O J L H U O A O C A T C R A E Y T T B

O F P I E P Y N U G S U T F A E R N T I M

CHILICD _______________ LAVISH SRERK _______________ FRESHCHAIR _______________ CLOWL NACHO _______________ HEARTNIFFE _______________ GLASH STICAFS _______________ SHEAFGLIN _______________ SENSIBLEROT _______________ DISHGOLF _______________

C O B R C A G P U I B S X C D S H E S A T

S T F I W E P P L R A O T O H I B C U I E

I I J S L Y P V I I U A I I A E L R R L S

N U C F V L E S L H L H I N A E T H W A B

N Q I E E R T F H I S S U A A Y L F C N M

D S S O S L I L S M N I W D K D E U I I Q

H O Y H E N I X I I E F F N C S A T Q S C

U M A N M Q T O F A O T O E D W U R Y E H

Y R O O S U I F W U N A V E S A A P B A K

K S L A C E F G O O T C N U I I P E D E I

LINOSIF MALLY _______________ PUPGY _______________ SHACHETFITH _______________ ABIDE ZORAN _______________ ETABT _______________ SUDSIC _______________ SISKRIBEN _______________ GRATE RIBB _______________ QUITSISM HOOF _______________

E L Z E I I M N B G E S E Q U U D T L B Z

Y F W K S K D I N A T S X D G I X A U B O

B A A A U S O Y I B R A B R E G I T R R P

G O U R A M I L A W A L K R A H S A L A S

P A R A I B I F R S E G O L D F I S H F P

LAMB RUE _______________ ROAN TENET _______________ ORCAS _______________ FHARISSA PIDE _______________ FLINGOFYX _______________ APTLY _______________ EQUID ANONE _______________ ISOBARNWHIF _______________ MIRAGOU _______________

Chapter 8

Are You Ready for Some Quiz Words?

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uiz Word Searches involve more mental effort than most word searches. They have letter grids, but no word lists. Instead they present you with a series of numbered quiz questions to answer, and the answers become your word list for the word search. These puzzles are a bit like a crossword in some ways — you have to answer the questions before you can complete the puzzle. The Quiz Word Searches in this book range from small grids with easier quiz questions to large grids with downright difficult clues. If you get stuck at any point, refer to the hints section in Chapter 12 — I give you the answer to at least one quiz question from each puzzle so you don’t have to head to the answers section right away. These puzzles have two aspects: the quiz and the word search. I give you details about each in the following sections. But here’s the simplest explanation of these puzzles: All you need to do is answer the questions, and then find them in the grid. Each clue has the number of letters in parentheses after it, and the answers usually appear in alphabetical order (I tell you when this isn’t the case).

Taking the Quiz You need your general knowledge to solve the quiz questions. You may need to rope in a spare brain (usually attached to a friend), or do some research for the harder puzzles in this section. Feel free to use the Internet or reference books such as a dictionary, encyclopedia, or atlas to search for answers. You’re not cheating in any way, I promise! The puzzle may not have enough room for you to write your answers/word list, so you may need a sheet of scrap paper.

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Part III: Moving On to Complex Puzzles A pencil and eraser are advisable for these more difficult puzzles, especially for writing out the quiz answers.

Turning to the Grid When you have your answers, search for the words in the letter grid by using the standard word search methods covered in Chapter 2. If you really can’t find one of your answers in the grid, you may need to consider the rather galling possibility that your answer is incorrect. Don’t take it hard; just reconsider the clue and try again. No one needs to know (and I certainly won’t tell anyone). If you’re getting very stuck, try scanning the grid for words to see whether anything pops out at you. You can then match up any words you find with the quiz questions they (hopefully) answer. This method is perfectly valid and is just as challenging to the brain. Be careful — word search grids hold many more accidentally created words than those on the word list. Make sure that any words you discover this way really are the answers to your quiz questions!

Chapter 8: Are You Ready for Some Quiz Words?

Puzzle 137: Fictional Fauna Difficulty Level: Easy E E B N I K L A M Y A R G

E R O O V A C U J O B H L

H Y S T J A O I A P T A F

C T C E A I E E D A D I N

E I A L F C P I S Y T T I

E V B P L C Y H N I B L K

H A B M O X A S M N J O P

C C E E Y D O R S B I V M

1. Paul Bunyan’s Blue Ox (4) _ _ _ _ 2. Panther in The Jungle Book (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3. Doctor Dolittle’s monkey companion (4-4) _ _ _ _ - _ _ _ _ 4. Rabid dog in Stephen King’s book of the same name (4) _ _ _ _

A A R T O B E J E U A M I

I M S W E K J C Y Q P B S

A I F E A K C I L F U A E

M A R N B A G H E E R A E

X G T E Y R E P P O P R M

11. The Hidden Paw, in Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12. Mickey Mouse’s girlfriend (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 13. Chincoteague pony immortalized by Marguerite Henry (5) _ _ _ _ _ 14. Huge white whale (4-4) _ _ _ _ - _ _ _ _

5. Horse featured in a trilogy by Mary O’Hara (6) _ _ _ _ _ _

15. Man who has 12 Adelie penguins (2, 6) _ _. _ _ _ _ _ _

6. Witches’ cat in Macbeth (4-6) _ _ _ _ - _ _ _ _ _ _

16. The Owl’s love, from Edward Lear’s poem (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

7. Nanny Ogg’s cat in Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series (6) _ _ _ _ _ _

17. Kanga’s child in the Winnie-the-Pooh books (3) _ _ _

8. Doctor Dolittle’s dog friend (3) _ _ _

18. Ron Weasley’s pet “rat” (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

9. “Bein’ green” crooner (6) _ _ _ _ _ _

19. Gandalf’s horse (9) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

10. Almanzo Wilder’s Morgan horse driving team, Prince and _____ (4) _ _ _ _

20. The Tailor of Gloucester’s cat (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21. Rat from Charlotte’s Web (9) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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Puzzle 138: On Your Toes! Difficulty Level: Easy S U I C H A R L E S T O N

V W F R E D A S T A I R E

E Y A A F E O T E I R O C

Y Q X N C O I L U L E C X

E A Z P L M E E G E Z S W

R M S T E A N I O O U I V

U O O W L I K N V T A D E

N O A O K A B E P A B M D

1. Formal couples dancing style (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2. Lively dance from the 1920s (10) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

F R U O R N W W A R M U P

P P F V O L N U E D U S U

P R A H T A L Y W T R E T

Y Y M M I H S A O Y M Y U

H C T E R T S R B O U E T

10. Fast belly dancing move (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 11. Good thing to do after a dance session (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _

3. Pop music dance party (5) _ _ _ _ _

12. Ballet by Tchaikovsky, featuring Odette (4, 4) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

4. Influential Russian choreographer known for The Firebird and Les Sylphides (6) _ _ _ _ _ _

13. Cult song and dance from The Rocky Horror Picture Show (4, 4) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

5. 1984 dance film featuring Kevin Bacon (9) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

14. Ballerina’s performance skirt (4) _ _ _ _

6. Famous dancer and actor who often partnered Ginger Rogers (4, 7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

15. American choreographer and dancer, long associated with the American Ballet Theatre (5, 5) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

7. Popular dance practice garment (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _

16. “Strike a pose” dance style, popularized by Madonna (5) _ _ _ _ _

8. Russian ballet dancer who often appeared with Margot Fonteyn (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _

17. Dance to 3/4 time, originally from Vienna (5) _ _ _ _ _

9. Dynamic Afro-Cuban dance (5) _ _ _ _ _

18. Good preparation before dancing (4-2) _ _ _ _ - _ _


Puzzle 139: Fresh Produce Difficulty Level: Easy B C R H Z S D T A Y M I W

R Q A Q Q U N S Q P A N E

A U A U U A P U M O U I T

B O A E L A M U P T P H P

U S T P R I L P E A R C W

H T G A D P F M L T D C A

R G G O M S M L H O W U P

1. Fruit sometimes dipped in caramel (5) _ _ _ _ _ 2. Small drupe fruit (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3. Plant whose young shoots are eaten (9) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4. Green cruciferous vegetable (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5. White cruciferous vegetable (11) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6. National festival held in Traverse City celebrates this fruit (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 7. Golden Bantam or Country Gentleman, for example (4) _ _ _ _ 8. Purple vegetable native to India and Sri Lanka (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9. Fruit that grows in clusters (5) _ _ _ _ _

E U C B R O C C O L I Z R

S I H U N E T I L W O S I

C C I C L O U Y R R E H C

E U O P A I M D L E C R O

Z R P R S E A E P A R G T

H A I W N E P I L B A B O

10. Very popular tart fruit (5) _ _ _ _ _ 11. Fruit that can be clingstone or freestone (5) _ _ _ _ _ 12. The least allergenic fruit (4) _ _ _ _ 13. Stone fruit that is often dried (4) _ _ _ _ 14. The world’s most widely grown tuber crop (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 15. Plant with red stalks and toxic leaves (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16. One of Native Americans’ “Three Sisters” (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 17. Fruit used worldwide, of the nightshade family (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 18. Vegetable whose flowers are also eaten (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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Puzzle 140: Wild Waterways Difficulty Level: Easy O G N A V A K O O S G Y M

E L I N B C Z E A N U Y I

E N A W E H C T A K S A S

A X G E Z I A I O U J N S

Z I A E E G J N D T E G I

R H R N L I N N E D M T S

Y S A O X L I O A M Z Z S

A E V H T S I J N A S E I

L M E R A I K M M N B U P

I A A R N C G B P U A L P

G H A Z A X E R N O K H I

B T A L O Z E A I A P Z S

I I B A I N D O E S F O S

1. The river with the most water-flow in the world (6) _ _ _ _ _ _

11. Major river running through Switzerland and France (5) _ _ _ _ _

2. Another name for the Karakash River in Xinjiang (5, 4) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

12. Canadian river that drains into Lake Winnipeg (12) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

3. River immortalized by Johann Strauss (6) ______

13. Main river in Ireland (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _

4. River that flows across southern Arizona (4) _ _ _ _ 5. The “lifeline” of Pakistan (5) _ _ _ _ _ 6. River that Kipling called great, grey-green, and greasy (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7. Mark Twain featured this river in many of his novels (11) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8. River that forms part of the border between Ontario and New York (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9. The longest river in the world (4) _ _ _ _ 10. African river that doesn’t flow into the sea but into a massive inland delta (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

14. River featured in The Wind in the Willows (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 15. River that joins with the Euphrates to form the Shatt al-Arab (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 16. The longest river in Europe (5) _ _ _ _ _ 17. The western tributary of the Pearl River (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18. The longest river in Asia and China (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19. River that flows through Alaska to the Bering Sea (5) _ _ _ _ _ 20. River that has Victoria Falls (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _


Puzzle 141: Memorable Men Difficulty Level: Easy R E Y H U O I G K O E E D

A E N O S I D E A R O E A

S U B M U L O C A N T S G

E C Y E N L P E Y Z D R T

A L K R I B P F D I E H I

C I O S N S U C E B H L I

O D T N E Q R N N L R M C

A E C K L O A E N I U I B

R H A H M D T W E N E J Y

E H D W E U U T K C T U K

S Z E D G O M O A O S H U

P L I E U E P N H L A P S

L W A T T B F S O N P I V

1. Siddartha Gautama’s title (6) _ _ _ _ _ _

10. Ancient Greek epic poet (5) _ _ _ _ _

2. Title used by Roman emperors (6) _ _ _ _ _ _

11. Influential 35th president of the United States (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _

3. Pharaoh who had the Great Pyramid built at Giza (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 4. Italian explorer who expanded knowledge of the Americas (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5. Leader who overthrew the British monarchy in 1653 (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6. Influential and prolific American inventor (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 7. Ancient Greek “Father of Geometry” (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 8. Leader of the nonviolent Indian independence movement (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 9. German inventor of the printing press and moveable type (9) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

12. Founder of the Mongol Empire (4) _ _ _ _ 13. Russian revolutionary and leader (5) _ _ _ _ _ 14. President who presided through the American Civil War (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15. English surgeon who established sterile medical practices (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 16. Scientist who first described gravity and the laws of motion (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 17. French scientist who established that germs cause disease (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18. England’s national poet (11) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19. Inventor who vastly improved the steam engine (4) _ _ _ _

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Puzzle 142: Artistic Strokes Difficulty Level: Easy A H N T A B P C S L N X C

O S S E G E A T A T I E L

T A U M L E N E U T L T M

O W Q P X I S R V N O A A

E D R E T H P W I E E L C

D U R R C E N R R M R D R

P R T A N A E E I G U I Y

T T Y T W C N O D I A U L

1. Polymer paints (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2. Another name for Cobalt Yellow (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3. Oil painting support medium (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 4. Artwork created with pencil, for example (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5. Painting technique that uses little paint (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6. Powdered chalk, used as a primer (5) _ _ _ _ _ 7. Watercolor paint additive (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8. Masking solution used with watercolors (6, 5) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9. Medium that has been around since antiquity (4) _ _ _ _ 10. Secondary color from mixing warm yellow and warm red (6) _ _ _ _ _ _

U T I B Y I A V I P F Q I

B N O L R X N A A L A I C

E Y G Q U U N G N S S L S

S N E U V O S T R E T C H

S O R A N G E H U Q I L Y

11. Small hardened blocks of watercolor (4) _ _ _ _ 12. Colored base of paint (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13. Secondary color from mixing warm blue and cool red (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 14. Fasten canvas to a wooden frame (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15. Traditional paint with egg yolk binder (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16. Lighter variations of a color (5) _ _ _ _ _ 17. Invention that allowed oil painters to paint outdoors (5) _ _ _ _ _ 18. Volatile thinner for oil paints (10) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19. Bluish-green (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20. A large thin layer of paint (4) _ _ _ _


Puzzle 143: Imaginary Beings Difficulty Level: Easy E O L L O R T E T S O H G

D U S L E P R E C H A U N

A B I R E S N M O A U O B

Y I E N I R E A Y N G K F

R G D C P M O T I A F F A

D F I I Y H P C R A I A S

C O A K Z C O D I R D S U

E O M F R R L E G T N U D

1. Large apelike creature (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2. Greek creature, half man and half horse (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3. Giant with a single eye (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4. Fire-breathing reptilian monster (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 5. Forest nymph (5) _ _ _ _ _ 6. Small magical being (5) _ _ _ _ _ 7. Apparition of a dead person (5) _ _ _ _ _ 8. Offspring of a griffin and a mare (10) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

N T R A N N S O N O N S E

T I E I E Z P K P I D A M

A M M R S P J V D S X G M

U R I Y I I A E I P L E K

R S A H X I V I S I S P V

12. Mischievous Irish faerie (10) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13. Creature with a lion’s body, a man’s head, and a scorpion’s tail (9) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14. Gorgon with snakes for hair (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 15. Half woman, half fish creature (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16. Nymph that lives by running water (5) _ _ _ _ _ 17. Winged horse (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _

9. Naughty sprite (3) _ _ _

18. Bird that burns to death and is reborn from its ashes (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _

10. Egyptian goddess of nature and magic (4) _ _ _ _

19. Greek bird-woman who sang sailors to their deaths (5) _ _ _ _ _

11. Malevolent Celtic water horse (6) _ _ _ _ _ _

20. Large Nordic monster (5) _ _ _ _ _ 21. Single-horned creature (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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Puzzle 144: Slam Dunk! Difficulty Level: Easy A U A W O M D R I B B L E

B N A I S M I T H W B O P

I S O H T I M S E I T A K

F R S S K W O E D W Z U I

M O P L M A E T M A E R D

O I O L R I A B N R K R O

N R T U E R I K E O Y E O

Y R H B F B A A E K R B W

1. Complete miss (3, 4) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2. Chicago-based basketball team (5) _ _ _ _ _ 3. 1992 Olympics USA basketball team (5, 4) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4. Bounce the ball while running (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5. Magic Johnson’s first name (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 6. Highest governing body for basketball, abbr (4) _ _ _ _ 7. Number of active players each team has on the court (4) _ _ _ _ 8. Sneakers favored by basketball players (4-4) _ _ _ _ - _ _ _ _

N A G F E A R V I N U O O

W W I Y R L T J K I C U T

A V H Z E L A D O C R N O

E S A U E Z T Y O K E D G

O E R T Z U J O R S M M D

12. WNBA team based in Phoenix (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13. Canadian who invented basketball (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14. North American professional basketball league (3) _ _ _ 15. Gain possession of the ball after a free throw (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16. Official in a basketball game (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17. New player (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 18. The first NBA/BBA game was played in this city in 1946 (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _

9. Utah basketball team (4) _ _ _ _

19. Team that started in Philadelphia and moved to San Francisco (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

10. First American female professional player to score 5,000 points (5, 5) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

20. Material that most courts are made of (4) _ _ _ _

11. New York team (6) _ _ _ _ _ _


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Puzzle 145: Outer Space Difficulty Level: Medium C E R N S U H O A N D R O M E D A

U Y E U J E L I G H T Y E A R E Q

E C N E I C S T E K C O R Y T U M

T E C T L E B D I O R E T S A X N

V P I E L O H K C A L B K I N A A

H O E N E N A O K T F I P E S B I

1. Nearest big galaxy to Milky Way (9) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

R C X O U O M E T S Y S R A L O S

E S F T P E Y U S B T D A R K C Z

M E O O T L S C O S M I C R A Y S

O L M H B S A U V V E K S R S D I

N E G P E S U N A R U Y E S A R U

O T N P N P Q C E S I G R L R T A

R W A O E L U M Z T A A A A V A S

T I B I H U X A S L S S S E F I M

S A G D M T E I A E Y A L Q D L N

A U I A O O B X U A U U U O C P A

H A B R C O Y O U Q B D P H A D H

10. Massive collection of stars, gas, 20. Biggest type of telescope and interstellar medium (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ (5) _ _ _ _ _

2. Region between Jupiter and Mars 11. Temperature unit used in astro(8, 4) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ physics (6) _ _ _ _ _ _

21. Informal term for aerospace engineering 3. Scientist who studies outer space 12. Distance light travels in 31,557,600 (6, 7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (10) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ seconds (5, 4) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22. Local galactic neighborhood (5, 6) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4. The start of everything 13. Planet named after the Roman (3, 4) _ _ _ _ _ _ _

god of war (4) _ _ _ _

23. Massive ball of plasma (4) _ _ _ _

5. Region in space with an intense gravitational field (5, 4) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

14. Agency in charge of America’s space program, abbr (4) _ _ _ _

24. Keck, Hubble, Hale, or Large Zenith, for example (9) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

6. World’s largest particle physics laboratory (acronym) (4) _ _ _ _ 7. Hale-Bopp or Swift-Tuttle, for example (5) _ _ _ _ _ 8. High-energy particles that hit Earth’s atmosphere (6, 4) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9. Hypothetical type of matter in the universe (4) _ _ _ _

15. Light energy particle and wave (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 16. Celestial bodies (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17. Minor planet (5) _ _ _ _ _ 18. Flashing collapsed star (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 19. Powerful galactic nucleus (6) _ _ _ _ _ _

25. Seventh planet from the Sun (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 26. Space that is essentially empty (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 27. Brightest natural object in the night sky, apart from the moon (5) _ _ _ _ _

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Puzzle 146: En Español Difficulty Level: Medium Translate these words and phrases into Spanish, and then find the words in the grid. Nouns don’t have el or la in front of them. ¡Buena suerte!

R A N R Q U S C O B O F L O K U D

E H S O I D A L I N M E R U J U A

I C O T I K E B T E A A S E Z O J

C A I R E U E I K I T J M X N A R

R R V O B R G I X B O I F O E T O

A A E A O R O A L Y P R B C L L E

C C I N E E L I O U O A L F C A K

H U N N K A J E D M P F J I A Z P

A C T B G U W R A E I A C F G E N

I F I V E S T I D O H I U H R R A

N S O L O O R E J A R T C T A E X

V Y C H E D Z X M T S A G A C C M

I A H O C C A B U E N O S D I A S

E J O P I A H E R B M E I V O N O

R A O J X J C U L T P B J T S U Q

N V E R A N O L G O O E O Y O M E

O S J E D U C H A A S O I A C A V

1. Grandfather (6) _ _ _ _ _ _

12. Forehead (6) _ _ _ _ _ _

21. Ear (5) _ _ _ _ _

2. Goodbye (5) _ _ _ _ _

13. Galaxy (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _

22. Dove (6) _ _ _ _ _ _

3. Artichoke (9) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14. Funny, amusing (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4. Asteroid (9) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15. Hippopotamus 5. Blue (4) _ _ _ _ (10) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6. Baby’s bottle (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16. Winter (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

23. Red (4) _ _ _ _

7. Good day! (6, 4) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

27. Cow (4) _ _ _ _

8. Cherry (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 9. Cockroach (9) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10. Shower (5) _ _ _ _ _ 11. Stove (6) _ _ _ _ _ _

17. Giraffe (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 18. Lettuce (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19. Well done! (3, 4) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20. November (9) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

24. Sunny (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25. Tiger (5) _ _ _ _ _ 26. Tricycle (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

28. Twenty-eight (10) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 29. Summer (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 30. Dress (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _


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Puzzle 147: Green Fingers Difficulty Level: Medium A K Y B T X E I T A O C I T R U S

E R U T L U C A M R E P R M H U C

P N E S I A R B O N S A I I S G I

K A G U T N C E R R A K I N G S B

E N R D E O I K B A D A C T I C I

K E E S O I E L S F B O O P C I B

I B S I L L U M A P O U E A R N N

T S O R F E E O R S O R H H U O Y

C R E R B D Y O A Z E T K R I P I

U O S E C N I L N N B E S T E O K

H R R D U A N R N O E C A T V R N

B R E A C D T I U L T N H A U D C

Y G S A U C A E A P I N R U T Y U

T H A U M L C H L M S Q U A S H C

U S A M B E V E R M I C U L I T E

G L O V E S K E U Q R M F R O I R

L E W O R T G W T N I T R O G E N

1. Plant that lives for one year (6) _ _ _ _ _ _

11. Sprouting of seeds (11) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

21. Plant that lives for many years (9) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

2. Fungal disease of roses (5, 4) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

12. Gardening hand protection (6) _ _ _ _ _ _

22. Sustainable gardening method incorporating ecology (12) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

3. Small heath shrub with edible fruit 13. A plant that’s old-fashioned and (9) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ open-pollinated (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4. Miniaturized tree (6) _ _ _ _ _ _

14. Bladed garden tool (3) _ _ _

5. Lime or grapefruit, for example (6) _ _ _ _ _ _

15. Growing plants without soil (11) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

6. Vine with long cylindrical fruit (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

16. Bulb plant with striking flowers (4) _ _ _ _

7. Common weed (9) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17. Plant from the onion family (4) _ _ _ _ 8. Powdered natural pesticide

23. Fall task (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 24. Plant with edible petioles and poisonous leaves (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25. Salt content of soil (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 26. Pumpkin or zucchini, for example (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 27. Digging tool (6) _ _ _ _ _ _

(6, 4) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

18. Hardy and prolific herb (4) _ _ _ _ 28. Root vegetable (6) _ _ _ _ _ _

9. Garden tool with tines (4) _ _ _ _

19. Essential element (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

10. Weather threat to tender plants (5) _ _ _ _ _

20. Biennial herb (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _

29. High-nitrogen fertilizer (4) _ _ _ _ 30. Mineral soil additive (11) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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Puzzle 148: Ready, Set, Go! Difficulty Level: Medium N U I J D B A Y E R I S C H E S E

E U T A R L O H O C L A T Y O A I

R W A S A I D Y K A Y N N U R P U

B I R S G R D A L R N I T C R N I

P N E C S A O U T F G H M H K B S

1. Anti-lock braking system, abbr (3) _ _ _ 2. Common IndyCar fuel (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3. Car brand with tagline “Vorsprung durch Technik” (4) _ _ _ _ 4. Brazilian Formula One champion (6, 5) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5. The B of BMW (10) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6. Luxury American car (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

L A S E T R Y E A E A M O N A C O

A M A O E R M B L M P O U N S E R

G N M X R E W M E D A A S W C O V

G R N F L F A R P I T S T O P S T

N C A E R N I S E E R O M Y B E K

A A T H S C F I N N I S H A F E A

T D N E A N D R E H C A M U H C S

S I L S A M O I S J K O V A L O Z

U L U T F N H T U A E H C S R O P

M L P A R I S I R R A E Y I N K E

10. Nationality of World Rally champion Marcus Grönholm (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11. Only driver to win the “Triple Crown of Motorsport” (6, 4) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12. Luxury Italian car with trident emblem (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13. Scottish rally driving family (5) _ _ _ _ _ 14. Location of prestigious Grand Prix race run since 1929 (6) _ _ _ _ _ _

15. Popular Ford “pony car” 7. Specialized car for standing (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ quarter mile races (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16. Top British Formula One 8. Type of race; for example, driver (5, 7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Le Mans (9) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17. Type of motorsport circuit 9. Italian sports and racing car (4) _ _ _ _ manufacturer (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18. Traditional starting point of the Dakar Rally (5) _ _ _ _ _

W A I T I Z E A L Y E B T D B T S

E C N A R U D N E L A P A D K E C

19. The first woman to win an IndyCar race (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20. Brief stop for servicing during a race (3, 4) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21. Designer of the Volkswagen Beetle (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22. Swedish car brand (4) _ _ _ _ 23. Former German Formula One champion (10) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24. Where the Dakar Rally was held in 2009 (5, 7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25. Remote sensing of a race car’s systems (9) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 26. Engine booster (5) _ _ _ _ _ 27. Four-time winner of the Indianapolis 500 (5) _ _ _ _ _ 28. Series of FIA rally races, abbr (3) _ _ _ 29. Limited edition Italian sports car (5) _ _ _ _ _


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Puzzle 149: World Currency Difficulty Level: Medium I F A R I P M E L N D V A I X E R

A T L S Y K R H A M A Y S C I U A

K O I O F S G N I L L I H S F Z E

W U F G R Y E M A R I L R I N P D

Q W R E G I S I E G K P Y A P E E

Z C A L I N N E O U Q A W R O S O

B E N B L V I T M O A K I A G O Z

U A C U Y Y V R B O L I V I A N O

D M H R S E L H Z S H E K E L E E

I A H T L A A A K I T I T E Z E H

Y N P Y Z K U R O R N C F D A P O

C A S T Y Q O P A A D I L L I U M

E T E V R N A N H E I O R U E R Q

E U E Z A U I G P L R E G A N E Y

Q A O N I D F E I A H T O G R O G

Y I E O R A S W W E A M P E U G I

W A L W A V O I K R M H U T A L A

1. The basic monetary unit of Afghanistan (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _

11. Sweden’s basic monetary unit (5) _ _ _ _ _

21. The basic currency of Malaysia (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _

2. The currency of Madagascar (6) _ _ _ _ _ _

12. The currency of Angola (6) _ _ _ _ _ _

22. Basic Russian currency, equal to 100 kopeks (5) _ _ _ _ _

3. Thailand’s basic monetary unit (4) _ _ _ _

13. The basic currency of Honduras 23. The basic monetary unit of the (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Maldives (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _

4. What 100 Bolivian centavos equal 14. The basic monetary unit of one of (9) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Bulgaria (3) _ _ _

24. Sri Lanka’s basic currency (5) _ _ _ _ _

5. The currency of Yugoslavia and Jordan, amongst others (5) _ _ _ _ _

15. Italy’s old monetary unit (4) _ _ _ _

6. The monetary unit of Morocco (6) _ _ _ _ _ _

16. The currency in Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan (5) _ _ _ _ _

25. The basic monetary unit in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

7. A new currency adopted across Europe in 1999 (4) _ _ _ _

17. Nigerian money equal to 100 kobo (5) _ _ _ _ _

8. A gold or silver coin, in particular 18. Monetary unit found in Mexico a Dutch guilder (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ and the Philippines (4) _ _ _ _ 9. Swiss currency (5) _ _ _ _ _ 10. The basic money of Ukraine (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _

19. The basic currency of Guatemala (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20. Brazil’s basic monetary unit since 1994 (4) _ _ _ _

26. Ancient currency still used in Israel (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 27. Western Samoa’s currency, equal to 100 sene (4) _ _ _ _ 28. Basic currency of Mongolia (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 29. Monetary unit of North and South Korea (3) _ _ _ 30. Japan’s basic currency (3) _ _ _

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Puzzle 150: Quite a Character! Difficulty Level: Medium Name each of these fictional characters, and find them in the grid; the leftover letters spell out a hidden message!

T E K C I R C Y N I M I J A R D E

L E M A R G E S I M P S O N M L W

T E L R A H U A D P L U T O I N O

J N A B O P A R T H C O W Z W R L

H A Y F E B A O H A A G A S M O R

1. Central character in The Lord of the Rings (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2. Superhero whose alter ego is Bruce Wayne (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 3. Character from Uncle Remus’s tales (4, 3) _ _’ _ _ _ _ _ 4. Ellis Peters’s medieval detective (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5. Roddenbury’s lead protagonist (7, 4) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6. Antagonist from Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7. Heroine of Pride and Prejudice (9, 7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8. Title hero of Irving’s fourth novel (4) _ _ _ _ 9. Mythical Roman hero (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10. Shakespearean villain (4) _ _ _ _ 11. Lead character in Ian Fleming’s books (5, 4) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

E D Y R D C I D A D L B S E O G A

G E M G U A P N T I E M Y L T A M

O A A L A P C A S T T E D U E R P

N D A G I T P P H O I A N C L A I

O H N J A A S B I N N N E R C R L

D A N A G I E B S T A C W E N O I

K A D N O N V I Y F N N R H U M H

P P T E N K E L W A O S N U I E P

R P H E D I E Y M I N O C Y S O E

A I T Y U R J T R O B I N H O O D

12. Charlotte Brontë’s title heroine (4, 4) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13. Protagonist from F. Scott Fitzgerald’s third novel (3, 6) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14. Wodehouse’s “gentleman’s personal gentleman” (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 15. Disney’s conscience for Pinocchio (6, 7) ______ _______ 16. Motherly character in Winnie the Pooh (5) _ _ _ _ _ 17. TV mom created by Groening (5, 7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18. Young character created by Kipling (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 19. One of Terry Pratchett’s Lancre coven (5, 3) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20. First woman in Greek mythology (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _

G T E R N K A N A E J L A V L G E

J A M E S B O N D X O F R E R B G

21. Chandler’s detective (6, 7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22. Mickey Mouse’s dog (5) _ _ _ _ _ 23. Hero of English folklore (5, 4) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24. Daniel Defoe’s hero (8, 6) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25. Juliet’s lover (5) _ _ _ _ _ 26. Hero created by Siegel and Shuster (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 27. Impulsive, rich character in The Wind in the Willows (4) _ _ _ _ 28. Protagonist in popular novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe (5, 3) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 29. Main character in Les Misérables (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 30. Female protagonist in the Peter Pan stories (5) _ _ _ _ _


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Puzzle 151: Oceans Below Difficulty Level: Medium F B L A U Q R O R E C M O M A E S

C E T A C E A N S U A G S D L M S

N L A M P R E Y T C U D Y X O I U

I I E D U B O T K R O M O T O G Q

H S I F Y L L E J X O B A C H J R

C P I I Y E R A R K R I L L C T O

1. Smallest of the world’s main oceans (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 2. Mollusk with two hinged shells (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3. Deadly cnidarian (3, 9) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4. Group of aquatic mammals, such as whales and dolphins (9) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5. Popular food fish (3) _ _ _ 6. Tiny marine organism that, en masse, can create reefs (5) _ _ _ _ _

R M M O F E U T E S D L E J S H U

U X S I L Q D U T H U M P B A C K

A O S E R E F N T X S W R M S T J

E H S U E H T A O H O H M E U O Y

S S K W A E S Y A C H E E T L T A

L S A E J Y S A E G R L K S I R E

C E T H I T A E S H A K E U T E J

S O E S E A A N E M O N E S U N M

H P R R E U Y A A U Q O N M A C E

C S E A L N D B I V A L V E N H M

11. Whale known for its singing (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

21. Pinniped (4) _ _ _ _

14. Fish with slim body, popular as commercial and game fish (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

24. Common term for marine algae (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _

22. Marine mammal with thickest fur 12. Important food of baleen whales of all animals (3, 5) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ and manta rays (5) _ _ _ _ _ 23. Small echinoid creature 13. Jawless fish (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (3, 6) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

15. “Living fossil” cephalopod with external shell (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16. Killer whale (4) _ _ _ _

17. Popular “gourmet” mollusk 7. Intelligent “chameleon of the sea” (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ (10) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18. Group containing the Blue and 8. Silica-walled algae (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Minkie Whales (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9. Large seabird, family Sulidae (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 10. Shark with unusual shape (10) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

I E W M L I D O A E S A R C T I C

25. Crustacean similar to a prawn (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 26. Flattened cartilaginous fish (5) _ _ _ _ _ 27. Deep part of ocean floor (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 28. Important food fish with pink to red flesh (4) _ _ _ _

19. Large group of fish (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 29. Large edible sea snail (5) _ _ _ _ _ 20. Cnidarians named after a flower (3, 8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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Puzzle 152: Science Fiction Difficulty Level: Medium Y B Z N E T S I X E N F E F E V H

A Y O T H E F L Y E T K Y O L O A

M L O L I V E N U G R C N A N N T

Y F I I B G E R N A A I Z D R N N

U E C E U E O I L Y W R A E I E E

1. 1979 movie hit set on the spaceship Nostromo (5) _ _ _ _ _ 2. Author of Rendezvous with Rama (6, 1, 6) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3. Prolific author who developed the Three Laws of Robotics (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 4. Actor who played John Sheridan in Babylon 5 (10) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5. 1997 movie about the SETI project, featuring Jodie Foster (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6. Author of The Andromeda Strain (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7. Actor who played Grand Moff Tarkin in Star Wars Episode IV (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8. Dr Who’s archenemies (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 9. Herbert book featuring Paul Atreides (4) _ _ _ _ 10. 1999 film about a virtual reality game, directed by Cronenberg (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11. 1966 movie featuring the miniaturized submarine Proteus (9, 6) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

E R L I N M H C O O E B L N S G M

I I N X A S C T W V T U E U A U E

B F W N U R A Y U C S K Z D G T L

O O C C U H N E V I N Y R R A L E

I E X H R D C X C T N A U Q N O H

R B T L H E T O N S D I F F I R T

A R K A E E D I N A D S K H T A F

A N M S T I U D J T O A E S S N I

J U E N U Q T K W N A X L I A A F

C R I C H T O N O A U C M E G H E

12. Short-lived TV series that gave rise to the movie Serenity (7) _______ 13. Director of 1953 The War of the Worlds movie, Byron _____ (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 14. Director of the original Godzilla movies (5) _ _ _ _ _ 15. Author of Brave New World (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 16. Black and white 1957 film subtitled Ravager of Planets (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 17. Eminent director of 2001: A Space Odyssey (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18. Ringworld series author (5, 5) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19. Author of the Hainish Cycle novels (2, 4) _ _ _ _ _ _ 20. 1979 disaster film featuring Sean Connery (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 21. Early cyberpunk novel (11) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22. Robert Altman’s post-apocalyptic film featuring Paul Newman (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _

R U M E T E O R E F R O T E K O H

Q C K Z E L K S I R V F B L O S T

23. British TV series featuring Lister and Rimmer (3, 5) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24. Scientist who wrote and presented Cosmos: A Personal Voyage TV series (5) _ _ _ _ _ 25. British actor known for playing Captain Jean-Luc Picard (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 26. 1958 film that was Steve McQueen’s debut (3, 4) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 27. French film by Besson, featuring Bruce Willis and Milla Jovovich (3, 5, 7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 28. Short story by George Langelaan that led to a film series (3, 3) _ _ _ _ _ _ 29. Sentient plants devised by John Wyndham (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 30. Author of Slaughterhouse-Five (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 31. Author of The Midwich Cuckoos (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 32. . . . And Call Me Conrad author (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _


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Puzzle 153: On the Edge Difficulty Level: Medium O G R T P Y O N E S D N U M A F A

S N E S V U M E B C R C G B L H L

O O I E U D E A O E A F O M T R I

O R P R X H R U Y A O B H O K E V

K T M E M D S A V S E G S D K I I

I S A V R T H A K R I N U L S T N

1. Norwegian explorer; the first to reach both North and South Poles (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2. First man to set foot on the Moon (9) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3. Area widely explored by the Vikings and Portuguese (8, 5) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4. Bay named after British explorer who charted the entrance of the Northern Passage (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 5. Sea named after the Danish explorer who led Russian expeditions in the north (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 6. American polar explorer and aviator (4) _ _ _ _ 7. Italian in service of England who discovered Newfoundland (5) _ _ _ _ _ 8. Area called the West Indies by Christopher Columbus (9) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9. Explorer who claimed Canada for France in 1534 (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10. American explorer who traveled to the Pacific coast with Lewis (5) _ _ _ _ _

D M D E E T N R I E C A B O T R G

N R E A N C A N L D S T M Y I A S

S A U E O L G A M S N U U E V C T

O Y L U C B R S P H B I L A B H O

D E V H A T L A N T I C O C E A N

H E N O S W A M S E O K C X W S E

R M V U U B N I N A L L E G A M Q

E D P A O Z T H E S I L K R O A D

M U Z C C N O L O P O C R A M R C

O K U L R A K B A F F I N N Y G E

11. Genoese explorer who established communication between the Americas and Europe (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12. British captain who first circumnavigated New Zealand (4) _ _ _ _ 13. French oceanographer, filmmaker, and marine explorer (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14. English buccaneer who first mapped Australia and New Guinea in the late 1600s (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15. Spanish explorer of the New World who was sympathetic to the indigenous tribes (2, 4) _ _ _ _ _ _ 16. Elizabethan privateer who captained The Golden Hind (5) _ _ _ _ _ 17. Welsh surveyor who completed the Great Trigonometric Survey of India (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18. First woman to travel solo to the North Pole (5, 6) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19. Niccolò Da Conti was possibly the first European to visit this country in the early 15th century (5) _ _ _ _ _

N A E B B I R A C A G A I B U Q R 20. Ship captained by Robert Bartlett (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 21. Scottish doctor and explorer in central Africa (11) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22. First European to navigate around the southern tip of South America (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23. Venetian explorer; one of the first Europeans to travel to China in the 13th century (5, 4) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24. Australian Antarctic explorer on first excursion to the South Magnetic Pole (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 25. English explorer who brought potato and tobacco plants from the Americas to England (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 26. Canadian arctic explorer, zoologist, and ornithologist (5) _ _ _ _ _ 27. Important trading route across Asia to the Mediterranean (3, 4, 4) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 28. British explorer (1757–1798) who has Canadian and American cities named after him (9) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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Puzzle 154: Sustainable Living Difficulty Level: Medium W B Y E L I T S A C A G C W W F I

H O T W A T E R E F N O S J O V T

I C R E X O N R T I F H Y B R I D

J B A M B O O E L F S I L D L S R

W E P G U G R O E A G O E E D E K

1. The best time to go grocery shopping, to avoid impulse buys (5, 6) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2. Presenter of An Inconvenient Truth (2, 4) _ _ _ _ _ _ 3. Grass that can provide food, construction material, paper, and even cloth and yarn (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 4. Human-powered transport (4) _ _ _ _ 5. Capable of being decomposed (13) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6. Form of public transport (3) _ _ _ 7. Your _____ footprint is a measure of your energy use (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 8. A communal way of commuting (10) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9. Soap made of olive oil (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10. A popular Fair Trade drink (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 11. Decomposed organic matter from kitchen and garden scraps (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _

N U O W L E O E E D K V L P P L L

E F C A A P I V B M O B A A A O B

D O E T R T I T C L A O P W R K H

R U I A U T E A E W R I F A S E D

A N C Y A Q R R E F D S L W M W N

G T E N S B P N T A R W N P O M I

E A B I O D E G R A D A B L E L W

M I T N U R Y Z G B N P Y I S G S

O N R U T F O O R P V K M O P E D

H P I A S B I K E I T S O P M O C

12. Low-impact celebration (3-5) _ _ _ - _ _ _ _ _ 13. Paper-free communication (5) _ _ _ _ _ 14. Refillable and environmentally friendly writing implement (8, 3) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15. Strong, quick growing plant used for food, paper, fuel, and fiber (4) _ _ _ _ 16. The ideal place to grow some vegetables (4, 6) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17. The most energy-expensive thing to create in the home (3, 5) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18. Vehicle that uses two different energy sources (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 19. Someone who eats locally produced foods (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20. Motorized bicycle (5) _ _ _ _ _ 21. Plant or animal indigenous to a region (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 22. Material that can be easily recycled (5) _ _ _ _ _

B E P T U P E N C I L S A V E R U

A N O Y B L O C A V O R E U P A O

23. More sustainable writing tools than disposable pens (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24. Another term for secondhand (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25. Any energy source that isn’t depleted by use (9) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 26. Best place for home solar cells (4) _ _ _ _ 27. Movement to celebrate and preserve local cuisines (4, 4) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 28. Energy source accessed via photovoltaic cells (5) _ _ _ _ _ 29. Barter one thing for another (4) _ _ _ _ 30. Water that is perfectly safe to drink (3) _ _ _ 31. An easy and free way to get around (4) _ _ _ _ 32. Storage container, such as a rain barrel (5, 4) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 33. Energy source collected by turbines (4) _ _ _ _ 34. What we have only one of (5) _ _ _ _ _


Puzzle 155: North American Leaders Difficulty Level: Medium R H W I S V U Y E Y Y W A S H I N

U B O O N N A O H C E T T O B B A

E K Y O O H E H N P W N A S O Y S

I Y H X V U D I I S I U O L U J T

S W I O W E U Y T A R E I R U A L

E N Y N Y Q R Z I T E S U B L N Y

N E D R O B T R E B O R O A U U B

H A B R A H A M L I N C O L N A M

O W T E F H T O N P M L Y D R N U

W C L T W S C I E A H S L A Y O W

E H E S I A U A D I S A C L X S E

R R V E L Q R I Z E N K R T C R R

R E E H S S S S S O O L T R A E G

O T S C O O T S D B Y R E H Y F E

F I O N N X S C A M P B E L L F T

N E O P R I A M R V O O S L W E F

Y N R C F M A S O N I H S A W J O

1. The third prime minister of Canada (6) _ _ _ _ _ _

10. The third president of the United States (9) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

2. The first Republican president (7, 7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

11. Canada’s first French-speaking 20. The only U.S. president to prime minister (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ have served more than two terms (9) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12. First name of Prime Minister St. Laurent (5) _ _ _ _ _ 21. President in office when New Mexico was admitted to the Union 13. The first prime minister of (4) _ _ _ _ Canada (9) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22. Prime minister who set up the 14. “Father of the Constitution” Canadian Charter of Rights and and president from 1809 to 1817 Freedoms in 1982 (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23. President Grant’s adopted first 15. The 18th prime minister of name (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Canada (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24. U.S. President awarded 16. President preceded by Lyndon the Nobel Peace Prize in 1919 B. Johnson (5) _ _ _ _ _ (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 17. Prime minister who won 25. First name of “Old Rough and the 1957 Nobel Peace Prize Ready” president (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _

3. The first African American president of the United States (6, 5) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4. The first female Canadian prime minister (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5. First name of the 21st president of the United States (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6. Canadian prime minister from 1993 to 2003 (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7. The 34th president of the United States (10) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8. First name of the president in office from 1945 to 1953 (5) _ _ _ _ _ 9. President in office during the Great Depression (6) _ _ _ _ _ _

18. Middle name of the sixth president (6) _ _ _ _ _ _

19. The eighth Canadian prime minister (6, 6) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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Puzzle 156: Le Français Difficulty Level: Hard Translate these words and phrases into French, and then find the words in the grid! Verbs are in the infinitive form, and the nouns don’t have le or la in front of them. 1. Goodbye _______________

19. Monday _______________

2. Happy Birthday! _______________

20. House _______________

3. Enjoy your meal! _______________

21. Thanks _______________

4. Good morning _______________

22. To meow _______________

5. Good night _______________

23. Sparrow _______________

6. Wheelbarrow _______________

24. Butterfly _______________

7. This morning _______________

25. Umbrella _______________

8. This evening _______________

26. To have a bath _______________

9. It’s very good _______________

27. Tail _______________

10. Dog _______________

28. To purr _______________

11. Guinea pig _______________

29. Red _______________

12. Left side _______________

30. Week _______________

13. Kitchen _______________

31. Basement _______________

14. Leaf _______________

32. Friendly _______________

15. Gray _______________

33. Very well _______________

16. It is cold _______________

34. Friday _______________

17. January _______________

35. Green _______________

18. To read a book _______________


Puzzle 156: Le Français Difficulty Level: Hard F Y E H C U A G E T O C V A B M I P C B S

O I D E R O N R O N N E R O G Y Q E U A D

S E N I S I U C A Q E U N E L U M E E S N

J N I A U R E V O I R A N U Y A O U E O E

U O D U Y I U G U O N E A Q T U E T M U W

V L N R L L U A E N I O M I G U I Q S S N

C L O K E P T W I H O S N H Q G Z B E S D

R I H H A R A V C B C E S T T R E S B O N

L P C O E P E R U Z G S R A F E U I L L E

I A O V I R R Z A U H U E P R N B U F M O

G P C C S I L E O P O I R M Y M O Q V E I

O T R A E D L R N J K T V Y F I C S L N S

S E I T S J H F N D E T I S R A S D I I B

M R Y T N E A O A A R I L U E U E O E A E

E U X E E D B N O I O E N A N L H B T M M

N T O E I P Q S V S T A U U Q E A C T E U

O W H U B A P U I I O F E N G R N A E S S

A R I O S E C A D R E Y R E B I A N U J E

B O A E E Z E V N G O R I O O A S W O Q M

V E N D R E D I U O H I L W I V I N R B A

R K E X T B S F L R B A O H S D H N B E I

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Puzzle 157: Composed Classics Difficulty Level: Hard 1. Brahms overture (8, 8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2. Composer of the opera Vanessa (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 3. Ballet by Copland (5, 3, 3) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4. In the Steppes of Central Asia composer (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5. Arvo Pärt’s work, _____ in memory of Benjamin Britten (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 6. Key of Mozart’s Great Mass, K427 (1, 5) _ _ _ _ _ _ 7. Key of Brahms’s Violin Concerto (1, 5) _ _ _ _ _ _ 8. Common name for Elgar’s Opus 36 (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 9. Beethoven’s Symphony No 3 (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 10. Haydn’s Symphony No 45 (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11. Symphonic poem by Sibelius (9) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

22. Composer of Spartacus ballet (12) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23. Composer of Dances of Galanta (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 24. Beethoven’s Choral Symphony (5) _ _ _ _ _ 25. Narrated musical story by Prokofiev (5, 3, 3, 4) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 26. Instrument featured in Chopin’s Opus 11 (5) _ _ _ _ _ 27. 1905 one-act opera by Strauss (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 28. Mendelssohn’s Symphony No 3 (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 29. Sibelius’ one-movement symphony (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 30. Tchaikovsky’s Opus 20 (4, 4) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

12. Symphony Shostakovich composed in 1924–1925 (5) _ _ _ _ _

31. Four-movement symphonic poem by Respighi (3, 9, 2, 4) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ____

13. Subtitle of Dvor˘ák’s Opus 95 (4, 3, 3, 5) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

32. Award-winning film score by Philip Glass (3, 5) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

14. Composer of the symphony A Night in the Tropics (10) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

33. Famous tone poem within Smetana’s Má vlast (3, 6) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

15. Schubert’s Symphony No 9 (5) _ _ _ _ _

34. Cello piece within Saint-Saëns’s Carnival of the Animals (3, 4) _ _ _ _ _ _ _

16. Set of six symphonies by CPE Bach, Wq 182 (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17. Composer of Zadok the Priest (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 18. Popular Kodály orchestral work (4, 5, 5) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19. Offenbach’s opera, The Tales of _____ (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20. Composer of Mysterious Mountain Symphony (9) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21. Holst’s Bringer of Jollity (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _

35. Orchestral suite by Vaughan Williams (3, 5) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 36. Górecki’s Symphony of Sorrowful Songs (5) _ _ _ _ _ 37. Type of hat in Manuel de Falla’s ballet (5-8) _ _ _ _ _ - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 38. Solo instrument in Bruch’s Opus 26 (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 39. Composer of Siegfried Idyll (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 40. Common name for Vivaldi’s Concerto No. 4 in F minor, Opus 8 (6) _ _ _ _ _ _


Puzzle 157: Composed Classics Difficulty Level: Hard H A R I T K A E R T L H U E N H G Z O D I

I B N H O C N U H K A O I N T S R I F T P

M I I D I I O E G L V F E I O I U A H K E

N R A O D F S H R A I F M E Z T B E O S M

D L R O W W E N E H T M O R F T M D T O O

Y E R A A E N O A C S A L H C O A T R S R

P O S N H V O R T S E N A M L C H O S L F

B H E B A R B E R T F N S D S S J E I L O

H T K T T S O T R T C A A P I A N O O E S

H A H H I E N N U O I U I E M A R W H W N

T T A R A U E I O G M E K D H O E M A E I

S N X K E C S W F E E A H V N H L O N R A

E R I I A E H S K A D T O I T A W Z D A T

S D U N S N C A O S A H M D R A L A E F N

A E T O I R L O T N C C N B M J A N L Q U

Y U V L H N A H R U A A E V I F M Y I U O

S W O E A E T Z T N R J O F F M G E C F F

H I I W N I H H O E E I Y R E T I P U J E

V P S R Y T C T T M H R A R R E N G A W H

B I L L Y T H E K I D K E N A S E Z I M T

T H R E E S P S A W E H T D T H F I F T H

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Puzzle 158: Welcome, Bienvenue Difficulty Level: Hard 1. Canada’s national summer sport (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

21. Canadian pianist known for his Bach recordings (5, 5) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

2. Area of the Atlantic Ocean between New Brunswick and Nova Scotia (3, 2, 5) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

22. Canada’s official national winter sport (3, 6) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

3. Northernmost region of Canada (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 4. Famous Toronto skyscraper (2, 5) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5. Nobel laureate who co-discovered insulin (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6. Animal featured on the Canadian 25-cent piece (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7. Number of territories in Canada (5) _ _ _ _ _

23. Palatial hotel in Quebec City (7, 9) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24. Film format invented in Canada (4) _ _ _ _ 25. Comfort food, with cheese curds and French fries (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 26. Largest deer species that occurs across Canada (5) _ _ _ _ _ 27. Canadian musician who produced Prairie Wind in 2005 (4, 5) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

8. Royal Canadian Mounted Police’s insignia animal (5) _ _ _ _ _

28. Meat pie from Quebec (9) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

9. Branta canadensis (6, 5) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

30. National capital of Canada (6) _ _ _ _ _ _

10. Prairie province; capital Edmonton (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _

31. Provincial tree of Saskatchewan (5, 5) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

11. One group of Aboriginal peoples of Canada (5, 6) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

32. Canada’s largest province by area (6) _ _ _ _ _ _

12. An important metal mined in Canada (4) _ _ _ _

33. Major seaport in British Columbia (9) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

13. French Canadian racing driver (1950–1982) (10) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

34. Game designed by Canadians Scott Abbott and Chris Haney (7, 7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

14. One of the official languages of Canada (6) _ _ _ _ _ _

35. Rock band from Toronto formed in 1968 (4) _ _ _ _

15. Smallest territory capital city in Canada (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _

36. Province; capital Halifax (4, 6) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

16. Region between Nunavut and Greenland (6, 3) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

37. Canada’s world ranking by total area (6) _ _ _ _ _ _

17. Popular Canadian cocktail, with vodka and “clamato” (6) _ _ _ _ _ _

38. Host of the XV Olympic Winter Games (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _

18. Translation of Canada’s motto, A Mari Usque Ad Mare (4, 3, 2, 3) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

39. Industry that overtook the fur trade in the 1800s (6) _ _ _ _ _ _

19. Native peoples from the Canadian Arctic and subarctic (5) _ _ _ _ _

40. National symbol (5, 4) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

20. Alternative rock band; “One Week” is one of its many hits (9, 6) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

29. Territory created in 1999 (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _

41. The 15th Canadian prime minister (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 42. Montréal-based entertainment company (6, 2, 6) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _


Puzzle 158: Welcome, Bienvenue Difficulty Level: Hard T B H C N E R F Y G C Y A A A E O R N C E

R R A Q R I C A N A R H R L C A E S A R E

I U I R S S B I N A V C B R C B F E E E M

I X O V E N T A G I T E S E M Y R I R M Y

B I A S I N D L D I R S B I T O T H G U E

C V R F A A A P C T O E T P S R T L N V B

F H F B G C L K A T U V A N U N I S U F E

A A A O I U I P E Q C N T O W E R E O A U

B E O T C B Q I U D F J T C L Q N C Y E Q

W S I X E Y A O A R L F P O U E I O L L V

E O L P H A L A V U S A S E L N N N I E I

A T Z O O S U U M B P U D L U E O D E L O

Q A A U C S I F A E D L I I M N V E N P V

Y E W T K A T Y R E U V T T E O A M M A O

F S A I E X O B U O D U Q A A S S I N M Z

W M T N Y F I Q G I N U O C V I C C S I T

R O T E F R R N E R I T R B O B O C N X E

E R O U C I N Y U T C T E T I U T C H S I

E F N H C E S S O R C A L N V R I I O Z M

M D A R L D H Q A L A E K E A O A O P K A

Y N O G N O I T A N T S R I F C M C A S X

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Puzzle 159: An Island Escape Difficulty Level: Hard 1. Island in the middle of the Leeward Islands (6) _ _ _ _ _ _

22. The sources of all the Hawaiian islands (9) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

2. Popular windsurfing location on Kauai (5, 5) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

23. Sedative drink popular through Polynesia (4) _ _ _ _

3. State gem of Hawaii (5, 5) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

24. Underground oven (3) _ _ _

4. Endangered honeycreeper (6) _ _ _ _ _ _

25. Hawaiian-grown beverage (4, 6) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

5. Other name for Ocean Island (4, 5) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6. Explorer who made first European contact on Hawaii (7, 5, 4) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

26. County seat of Kaua’i County, Hawaii (5) _ _ _ _ _

7. National Park on Maui (9) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

27. Hawaiian dish with a hamburger patty and fried egg on rice, topped with gravy (4, 4) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

8. The third largest Hawaiian island (4) _ _ _ _

28. Popular cocktail in Hawaii (3, 3) _ _ _ _ _ _

9. Town near Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea (4) _ _ _ _

29. _____ Kalikimaka is “Merry Christmas” in Hawaiian (4) _ _ _ _

10. Hawaiian state tree (English name) (9) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

30. Very rainy shield volcano (5, 9) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

11. Liquor made from Ti plant roots (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

31. Region where the Kalalau Trail runs (2, 4, 5) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

12. Hawaiian party (4) _ _ _ _

32. Home of Lanikai Beach (6) _ _ _ _ _ _

13. O’ahu town with postal code 96782 (5, 4) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

33. The Forbidden Isle (6) _ _ _ _ _ _

14. Traditional Hawaiian dance (4) _ _ _ _

34. Important Hawaiian crop (5, 4) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

15. Hawaii is known as the “_____ State” (5) _ _ _ _ _

35. Polynesian Arrowroot, used as a thickener (3, 5) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

16. Building in front of the Hawaii State Capitol (6, 6) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

36. Short-eared owl native to Hawaii (4) _ _ _ _

17. Epithet for Hawai’i Island (3, 6) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18. One of the main ethnic groups in Hawaii (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

37. Second-largest Hawaiian island (4) _ _ _ _ 38. Tinned meat used in many Hawaiian dishes (4) _ _ _ _ 39. Flower garland (3) _ _ _

19. Meat dish cooked in an underground oven (5, 3) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

40. Food tree also known as Ulu (10) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

20. Capital city of Hawaii (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

41. Popular Hawaiian sport (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _

21. Dish of pork wrapped in taro leaf (6) _ _ _ _ _ _

42. Bird Island (5) _ _ _ _ _


Puzzle 159: An Island Escape Difficulty Level: Hard H I F E A L A K A E L A H T O I K N I H M

A M K I H B K S V A S J A P A N E S E O E

D A M H O N O L U L U O A U H I S L U K U

P H E U N U L I H O H H C A E B I N I N A

E C A L A P I N A L O I H I L O T M L S I

O O K P E U W C D U O H S K O W L B O V H

Y U S O K M V O M M I L E N A C R A G U S

K T L E K K L I A A H U L I K B U H R H T

L O I O O O A I O U T S A O C I L A P A N

B K N C L N L L H I N L O C O M O C O O S

I H A A L K A E U U E P S H S P A M M K I

U I S I C R S C H A E T I U R F D A E R B

B P Y H O O A H L A P D N A L S I G I B O

K I A Y K U F E K O O I I K D T U I L K U

L A L Y A P K F P U V L G O A L B H U A A

O P U K O O C S E M A J N I A T P A C I U

I L A A I A H U B E K O S U R F I N G L L

H A H V O L H I H E H T L L O T A E R U K

U N I A E K I O N U S A H L K U I H H A E

P T I L U O O P L R U T U N E L D N A C K

I H N Y P G H A U A I B L A C K C O R A L

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Puzzle 160: A Sunny Outlook Difficulty Level: Hard Solve the questions, and then find your answers in the grid. The clue answers are not in alphabetical order, and you have to contend with an extra word that isn’t in the grid! 1. Very strong wind (4) _ _ _ _

21. Precipitation of ice pellets (5) _ _ _ _ _

2. Measurement of how much an object reflects sunlight (6) _ _ _ _ _ _

22. Lowest section of the Earth’s atmosphere (11) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

3. Water droplets suspended in the air (4) _ _ _ _

23. Solid dark gray rain cloud (12) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

4. Column of warm, rising air (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _

24. Thick cloud bank on the ground (3) _ _ _

5. Way of categorizing wind speed based on visual conditions (8, 5) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

25. Violently rotating column of air (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _

6. Long region of lower atmospheric pressure (6) _ _ _ _ _ _

26. Result of air scattering short-wavelength light (4, 3) _ _ _ _ _ _ _

7. Dangerous clear, frozen water on roads (5, 3) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

27. Storm that forms along the East Coast of North America (9) _ _ _’ _ _ _ _ _ _

8. Device for measuring wind speed (10) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

28. Phenomenon from light hitting water droplets in the air (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _

9. Sudden violent burst of wind (6) _ _ _ _ _ _

29. Long region of higher air pressure (5) _ _ _ _ _

10. Temperature at which water vapor will condense on a surface (3, 5) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11. Extended time of below-average precipitation (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12. Weather cycle driven by ocean temperature changes (2, 4) _ _ _ _ _ _ 13. Standard for describing strength of sun’s rays on a given day (2, 5) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14. Study of weather and forecasting (11) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15. Water overflow (5) _ _ _ _ _ 16. Thin, uniform, high clouds (12) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

30. Go from directly from snow to water vapor, without melting (9) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 31. “Fair weather” clouds (7, 7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 32. Ice crystals forming on cold clear nights (4, 5) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 33. Precipitation that can be powder or packing (4) _ _ _ _ 34. Heavy rainfall (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 35. Factor affecting the apparent temperature (4, 5) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 36. Sound made by lightning (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _

17. Balls of ice falling as precipitation (4) _ _ _ _

37. A cloud that produces precipitation (6) _ _ _ _ _ _

18. A gentle wind (6) _ _ _ _ _ _

38. Warm foehn wind in the Rockies (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _

19. Map lines connecting areas of equal atmospheric pressure (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20. Informal name for wispy cirrus cloud (5, 4) _ _ _ _’ _ _ _ _ _

39. Tornado occurring over the ocean (10) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 40. Brief fall of rain (6) _ _ _ _ _ _


Puzzle 160: A Sunny Outlook Difficulty Level: Hard O L S E D S T L C A F Y H Y K S E U L B I

A I I Z T S I M H E M I G T I B R E E Z E

E L I A H R D S I L I M U H S U L U M U C

U D T S T O O K N X E D O G U C L U R S I

V O E S U S I D O O L F R U A A A P U U R

L G O M B B E S O X G M T O M J E B Y T R

E I I D L E L R K J O I I R G L M G X A U

E L A G A S G I A K F N E D A I O G S R S

Z E U B C N H D M M R H H C N L E D A T A

I C R Q K R R I I A T E S O O T E E L S E

S I E T I E X O M R T T T R A E D N O O L

L R R R C W O U T S R E O E U R L I A B U

G R A E E O W E R O E E T Z M V F N I M M

O O O B T H D U F S T O H E U O E R I I U

E S G F O S P U Y E A L B E D O M X O N C

R T H A O S A S M Y W H T H U N D E R S O

O R E Z E E I E O R U O P N W O D D N W T

R A I N B O W E R P P T S N O G T N I A T

E T N I O P W E D O O W I N D C H I L L O

L U I O O A Y S U B N R X C O L S V I E X

V S A Y K T U O P S R E T A W W D U M E P

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Puzzle 161: See the World Difficulty Level: Hard The leftover letters spell out an apt quotation from Mark Twain. 1. Capital of Ghana (5) _ _ _ _ _ 2. Algerian capital city (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3. Capital of Madagascar (12) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4. West Indies island, also known as Wadadli (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _

31. De facto republic; capital Nicosia (8, 6) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 32. Constitutional monarchy; capital Oslo (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 33. Capital of Mauritania (10) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

5. Capital of Eritrea (6) _ _ _ _ _ _

34. New Caledonia’s capital city (6) _ _ _ _ _ _

6. Capital of Greece (6) _ _ _ _ _ _

35. Country with capital Islamabad (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

7. Thailand’s capital city (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8. Swiss capital (4) _ _ _ _ 9. Australian capital city (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

36. Capital of Cambodia (5, 4) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 37. South Dakota’s capital city (6) _ _ _ _ _ _

10. Capital of Denmark (10) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

38. Capital of Trinidad and Tobago (4, 2, 5) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

11. European nation bordered by Poland and Germany (5, 8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

39. Country with capital Lisbon (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

12. City that is home to the Akshardham (5) _ _ _ _ _

40. Capital city of #11 (6) _ _ _ _ _ _

13. Capital of Tajikistan (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

41. Capital of Iceland (9) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

14. Country with capital Tallinn (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _

42. Latvian capital (4) _ _ _ _

15. Landlocked country; capital Addis Ababa (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

43. The Eternal City (4) _ _ _ _

16. Swiss “global city” (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 17. British territory on the Iberian Peninsula (9) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18. World’s largest island; capital Nuuk (9) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19. Capital of Vietnam (5) _ _ _ _ _

44. Caribbean island divided between the Netherlands Antilles and France (5, 6) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 45. Capital of São Tomé and Príncipe (3, 4) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 46. United Kingdom country, capital Edinburgh (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

20. Country bordered, in part, by Pakistan and Burma (5) _ _ _ _ _

47. Balkan country, capital Belgrade (6) _ _ _ _ _ _

21. Self-governing Crown dependency; capital Douglas (4, 2, 3) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

49. Judicial capital of Bolivia (5) _ _ _ _ _

22. Capital of Indonesia (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23. Tiny country bordered by Switzerland and Austria (13) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24. Capital city of Slovenia (9) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25. Belarusian capital (5) _ _ _ _ _ 26. Southeastern European country; capital Podgorica (10) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 27. Burma, or the Union of _____ (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 28. Capital of Kenya (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 29. Smallest island nation in the world (5) _ _ _ _ _ 30. County with capital Kathmandu (5) _ _ _ _ _

48. Largest city in China (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 50. Capital of Taiwan (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 51. Iran’s capital city (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 52. Seat of the Dutch government (3, 5) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 53. Island divided into East and West, in the Lesser Sunda Islands (5) _ _ _ _ _ 54. Informal name of country; capital Lomé (4) _ _ _ _ 55. Eurasian country with capital Ankara (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 56. Tiny Polynesian nation; capital Funafuti (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 57. Capital city of Malta (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 58. Saint _____ and the Grenadines (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 59. Capital of Namibia (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 60. Country whose capital is Sana’a (5) _ _ _ _ _


Puzzle 161: See the World Difficulty Level: Hard N E G A H N E P O C N M N K O K G N A B K

T L H A N O I R E T H I O P I A O R U E E

I D A T T E L L A V E O A N N R A N G M O

Y N A P A L A G U T R O P P T M R A I Y H

I A D I E T P J S O L H N H S E M R T A D

B L W I T N R N M S N A E A B F N H N N N

O N A R A O E I A E M R R Y E O O E A M I

R E V S O T T O P F N A R B A E T T G A W

I E E U H N T M O C N T N A I U H N R R E

A R N C A O O E Y T A A O N R G E E I O O

N G E R M N L P A E H C A G R A H C H D P

A I G E H S R N I S I T C I O R A N L A A

L N T P I U A U U B G E T R B P G I E R T

D T A R S N E D C A G I R O A R U V D R R

N U U J A A C I L B U P E R H C E Z C E A

A L N R L M L D A I N O T S E C M S D B K

L A I O K B T G R E Y K J A V I K I U N A

T V V S U E U N I E P I A T N W P A R A J

O U E F L M Y J I E N A T S I K A P U C S

C T L Y E M E N L A R T K D E M O R A O S

S R I A H G N A H S S S N E H T A N N N N

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Puzzle 162: Merk Dir Meine Worte! Difficulty Level: Hard Translate these words into German, or translate the German words into English, and then find them in the grid. The definite articles der, die, and das have been omitted. The clue answers are not arranged in alphabetical order. 1. Tuesday _______________

21. Television _______________

2. Attractive _______________

22. Ninety _______________

3. Table _______________

23. Crazy, freaked out _______________

4. Eyebrow _______________

24. Daughter _______________

5. Brother _______________

25. Zu Fuß _______________

6. Necktie _______________

26. Minister, priest _______________

7. Banana _______________

27. Rice _______________

8. Fruit _______________

28. Wie spät ist es? _______________

9. Confused _______________

29. Coffee _______________

10. Thursday _______________

30. Mouth _______________

11. Strawberry _______________

31. Shoulder _______________

12. die Geschirrspülmaschine _______________

32. Window _______________ 33. Black _______________

13. February _______________ 34. Apricot _______________ 14. Grün _______________ 35. Twenty _______________ 15. Adventurous _______________ 36. Soup _______________ 16. This evening _______________ 37. Rectangle _______________ 17. Dog _______________ 38. Sock _______________ 18. Cat _______________ 39. Weiß _______________ 19. Sick _______________ 40. Apple _______________ 20. Lime _______________


Puzzle 162: Merk Dir Meine Worte! Difficulty Level: Hard Y E U R D E T A G V F G W T G D N U M D V

B E Z E K K E O G E P H P S I I E F O N R

S O I T P C I E N A A T F B Z O Z B A E O

A U G L A Y E S T T T A A K N W S N D B S

C R Z U I K T T T S O S R R A T A U U A I

T T T H P E R I H A L Z R W W F R E G E E

E I E C R A M N P C F C E E Z B F B I T N

O F Z S K E O E I B E F R T N E A E Z U E

H G F T I E M E L I T R A I O N L U E E R

P H I S W E L R F R B U T A G O O T G H D

U V I O Z P R G D K G C K U G M F D U T B

E T A B E N T E U E R L U S T I G N F Y E

C S E A S K O H N S E E J G H L H K O P E

E D O T R D C B V C H N F E R N S E H E R

I I R K T S R N E H S A A F A I O C H R E

O E E H I A T O R W A N W L L E F P A Z Y

I N T T U R W D W A W A Z I P K S U O T I

R S H E D N P A I R H B U P E B R O E K E

T T C S I O D A R Z S D U P L B C A C J F

Z A O A P R I I R K I S E T E W Z R N K X

O G T E T I H W T S D S E F S T H A D K E

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Puzzle 163: Le Race Difficulty Level: Hard The clue answers are not arranged in alphabetical order. 1. The finishing line (6-7) _ _ _ _ _ _ - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2. Country where most of the race takes place (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 3. Top worn by the best rider under 25 (5, 6) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4. Hit the wall, run out of energy (5) _ _ _ _ _ 5. First organizer of the Tour de France (9) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6. Title of the best climber in the race (4, 2, 3, 9) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

23. Mountain range containing Ballon d’Alsace (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 24. Band that had a hit single with “Bicycle Race,” inspired by the Tour (5) _ _ _ _ _ 25. Bonus for crossing the line in the first three positions (6, 6) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 26. Belgian who won the Tour in 1913, 1914, and 1920 (4) _ _ _ _ 27. French pro-cycling team (9) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 28. Cyclist’s seat (6) _ _ _ _ _ _

7. International cycling governing body (1, 1, 1) _. _. _.

29. Sports newspaper that started the Tour de France for self-promotion (5) _’ _ _ _ _

8. Belgian cycling legend (4, 6) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

30. Area of reduced pressure behind a fast-moving bike (10) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

9. Lightweight food and drink bag (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10. Famous mountain climb, first won by Coppi in 1952 (4, 1, 4) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11. Main group of cyclists (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12. Belgian pro-cycling team (5, 4) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13. Character associated with the race, played by Didi Senft (2, 6) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14. Cyclist who won the Tour in 1983 and 1984, and lost it by 8 seconds in 1989 (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 15. A cyclist’s pedaling rate (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16. Part of a racing bike often made from carbon fiber (5) _ _ _ _ _

31. Water bottle (5) _ _ _ _ _ 32. Sections of the race (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 33. Individual entrants in the Tour, in its early days (8-8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 34. This rider is allowed to wear one of his numbers upside down (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 35. A hors catégorie mountain in Provence (4, 7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 36. Where the legendary team ONCE hailed from (5) _ _ _ _ _ 37. How long the race runs for (5, 5) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

17. Cyclist who has won the most Tours (5, 9) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

38. Usual number of rest days (3) _ _ _

18. French name of the overall leader’s jersey (7, 5) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

39. Nonclimbers and domestiques riding together during the mountain stages, trying to finish within the daily time limit (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _

19. Racing cyclist son of #8 (4) _ _ _ _ 20. All riders beginning together (4-5) _ _ _ _ - _ _ _ _ _

40. Jersey given to sprint leaders, maillot _____ (4) _ _ _ _

21. Problem that plagues the race (6) _ _ _ _ _ _

41. Marker for the last kilometer of the race (3, 4) _ _ _ _ _ _ _

22. Jersey awarded to the best climber in the mountain stages (5, 3) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

42. Constant pace at the front of the peloton (5) _ _ _ _ _


Puzzle 163: Le Race Difficulty Level: Hard I I M A S S S T A R T X M S T H N I T G N

X K C R E M Y D D E K A B I Z I I E U T S

N P E L D I A B L O I C K O A V M S C H R

O E A W E Y K P P L K T U P E P I P I R E

T T H Z T N C E L D D A S R O U E R F E I

O S A E O X U O T N E V T N O M R I N D T

L K S N I A T N U O M E H T F O G N I K U

E C G A L J E S D C W O K P Y B O T K I O

P I A U A A U A A M S H A K F I O P S T R

F U K U S Y N D B T D C I R T D S O E E E

I Q N Y I W E C W A K A A T A O E I E G T

U E H T S N E O E M S N U K E N C N S N S

Z T E E C L T A F A C K L T U J E T Y A I

O E C E C A T G G E R O E R O E E S L R R

X K U R T U E N I R P M V E T B E R E G U

E Q A H U T S I S T I I S R W G U A S S O

J C U C D O U P A S R T I T A E Y S P E T

K E T E A E M O I P I H U T R T E E M D Y

V O S G E S P D U I T Q S B B O K R A A T

I L E X A N G L Q L W C D E E O N I H I E

E T J X B Y E S A S F R A M E L A G C T S

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Puzzle 164: How Now? Difficulty Level: Hard This Shakespearean quiz has one extra clue whose answer isn’t in the grid — see whether you can discover it! The clues are not in alphabetical order. 1. Shakespeare’s wife (4) _ _ _ _

21. Shakespeare’s mother (4) _ _ _ _

2. The Moor of Venice (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _

22. History play cycle with three parts (5, 2) _ _ _ _ _ _ _

3. The first four words of Sonnet 132 (5, 4, 1, 4) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4. Character who gives “The quality of mercy is not strain’d” speech in The Merchant of Venice (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 5. Monarch who reigned during much of Shakespeare’s lifetime (5, 9) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6. Shakespeare wrote 154 of these (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7. Theater where most of Shakespeare’s plays were first presented (3, 5) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8. Comedy featuring Leontes and Hermione (3, 7, 4) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _’_ _ _ _ _ 9. Main character from play set in ancient Athens (5) _ _ _ _ _ 10. Coriolanus or Hamlet, for example (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11. Long poem by Shakespeare written in 1593 (5, 3, 6) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12. Virtuous hero of As You Like It (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13. “Shall I compare thee to . . . ?” (1, 7, 3) _ _ _ _ _ _ _’_ _ _ _ 14. Romeo’s friend killed by Tybalt (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15. Company of actors that Shakespeare belonged to (3, 5, 3) _ _ _ _ _ _ _’_ _ _ _ 16. The Prince of Tyre (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17. 17 of Shakespeare’s plays are _____ (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

23. Sprite in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (4) _ _ _ _ 24. Main villain in Titus Andronicus (5) _ _ _ _ _ 25. Character who says “Et tu, Brute?” (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 26. Play featuring Caius Martius (10) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 27. Othello’s nemesis (4) _ _ _ _ 28. Town on the River Avon where Shakespeare was born (9) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 29. Heroine who says “Deny thy father and refuse thy name” (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 30. Twelfth Night protagonist who disguises herself as a man (5) _ _ _ _ _ 31. Play that Ariel and Caliban appear in (3, 7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 32. Queen of the Fairies (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 33. Tragic play written around 1605 (4, 4) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 34. Hamlet’s loyal friend (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 35. Tragedy in which three witches appear (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 36. Street where Shakespeare’s family home still is (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 37. What is the question? (2, 2, 2, 3, 2, 2) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 38. Shakespeare’s father (4) _ _ _ _ 39. Prospero’s daughter (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _

18. Comic and cowardly knight who appears in several plays (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

40. From Sonnet 130: “My mistress’ eyes are . . . ” (7, 4, 3, 3) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

19. Character and ghost in Macbeth (6) _ _ _ _ _ _

41. Heroine who was tamed (9) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

20. Heroine of All’s Well That Ends Well (6) _ _ _ _ _ _

42. Lead heroine in Measure For Measure (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _


Puzzle 164: How Now? Difficulty Level: Hard V I O L A A L L E B A S I V M V I O L Y S

A F J T S E R S M D A N E L E H A C R K E

N U S E H T E K I L G N I H T O N A S K F

F O L I O E D V G O U R H H L S M I W I V

M A H H T E L A T S R E T N I W E H T U A

C C L N H O J L A O N E S T E I L U J I A

A Z O S L A K N O L B T E T I U Q A T E K

O S E R T U D O E A A H I T R T A R B A A

U S U A I A H Y Z I N E D A N R O O T U E

Q O O M D O F I T L N G E D O P T H R L C

N G E O M N L F N U E L M N S T E N N O S

A A N A K E A A K J G O O A O R P E H I A

B I G C N D R R N N L B C N I M C T I I I

S K U E A R M S I U S E R N C A E S A R N

I P E W M O O K D M S O A O Y B E E U Q A

J U L I E F I B A A E M E R C U T I O O T

Q H O R A T I O Z B Y S I A G A H T A K I

Y D O D N A L R O U F V M I V Y R N E H T

Y D E G A R T T Q O N E M S G N I K E H T

N K I S M T H E T E M P E S T F T I M O N

E V O L I S E Y E E N I H T E W O H E U Q

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Puzzle 165: Bon Appetit! Difficulty Level: Hard The leftover letters spell out some sound advice. This puzzle has one extra word. 1. The French name for eggplant (9) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2. Father of American gastronomy (5) _ _ _ _ _ 3. Condiment made from vinegar, wine, tarragon, and egg yolks (9, 5) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4. Mild semisoft Italian cheese (3, 5) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5. Plunge fresh produce into boiling and then cold water (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 6. Beat ingredients together well (5) _ _ _ _ _ 7. Classic Marseille fish stew (13) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8. Bundle of herbs removed at the end of cooking (7, 5) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9. Red wine grape variety (8, 9) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10. Braided Jewish bread (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11. Cook who introduced French cuisine to America (5) _ _ _ _ _ 12. Fine conical metal sieve (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13. An Italian white bread with a crisp crust (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14. Puréed and strained fruit or vegetable sauce (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 15. Spicy smoked Hungarian sausage (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 16. British author of How to Cheat at Cooking (5, 5) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17. Cuts food into tiny cubes (5) _ _ _ _ _ 18. Herb often paired with fish (4) _ _ _ _ 19. Eat dinner (4) _ _ _ _ 20. French term for food cooked on skewers (2, 9) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21. Legendary chef who wrote Le guide culinaire (9) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22. Greek curd cheese (4) _ _ _ _ 23. Chocolate and cream icing (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24. Small Italian dumplings (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25. Hungarian stew with beef and paprika (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 26. Sweet plum cultivar (9) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 27. Small game bird (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 28. Rich Swiss cheese (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 29. Creamy sauce used in Eggs Benedict (11) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 30. Miniature citrus fruit (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 31. Beaten egg white and sugar mixture (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 32. Influential vegetarian restaurant in Ithaca, New York (9) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 33. Rotary grater (5) _ _ _ _ _ 34. Large variety of raisin (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 35. Asian name of the Asian pear (5) _ _ _ _ _

36. Small white bean (4) _ _ _ _ 37. Confectionary made from beaten egg white, sugar, and nuts (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 38. Spice often used in eggnog and cheese sauces (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 39. The main ingredient in Htapothi sti Skhara (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 40. Delicacy eaten on the half shell (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 41. Spanish rice-based dish (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 42. The chef who created Truffle soup V.G.E. (4, 6) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 43. Mortar’s partner (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 44. Fried rice dish often served with Indian curries (5) _ _ _ _ _ 45. Cook in barely-boiling liquid (5) _ _ _ _ _ 46. Popular material for fine dinnerware (9) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 47. Soft cheese similar to sour cream (5) _ _ _ _ _ 48. Rich French slow-cooked stew (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 49. Tropical fruit also known as the achotillo (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 50. Small ceramic dish for individual servings (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 51. Flour and butter mixture used in thickening sauces (4) _ _ _ _ 52. French name for Zabaglione (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 53. Small stuffed Indian pastry (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 54. Japanese mushroom (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 55. Asian vegetables, also called mange-tout (4, 4) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 56. Dish of raw beef with egg yolk and capers (5, 7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 57. Popular Japanese “steamboat” dish (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 58. British berry and bread dessert (6, 7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 59. Middle Eastern dish of bulghur wheat and parsley, var (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 60. Spiced Moroccan stew (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 61. Staple Hawaiian food (4) _ _ _ _ 62. Herb widely used in Mediterranean cooking (5) _ _ _ _ _ 63. Main ingredient in tonnato sauce (4) _ _ _ _ 64. The celebrity chef team of Clarissa Dickson Wright and Jennifer Paterson (3, 3, 6) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 65. Cow’s milk rind cheese made in France and Switzerland (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 66. The only grape used to make Condrieu wine (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 67. Asian cooking vessel (3) _ _ _


Puzzle 165: Bon Appetit! Difficulty Level: Hard R F D E L I A S M I T H I H S A N I A A D

E S S I A B A L L I U O B S E O N S T T O

I G U C E E R E I N G O I V N R O T M E O

F N N H S T G A N A C H E G A M A H E F W

F I S A U T G E M T U N I G A B T Y R I E

O D N L C E T P R B R V T S A T F M I L S

C D O L O H P A O O U E E I R G A E N U O

S U W A B C G E U A U T C Y V A N G G O O

E P P H L O E X S Q C T A C S U M E U M M

E R E Y U R G T U T M H E N I G A T E O S

B E A T A B E O S I L U O C O Y S T E R N

L M S E P N B A R A M E K I N Y T A R O G

A M C R R E G T D T W O F A T L A D I E S

N U B E A R N A I S E S A U C E R B S U A

C S B S G R O U S E I L U O B A T U A N T

H A I E T I C H I N O I S E E K K L U S D

C E B A R O C T O P U S S B O I I T Q I L

L I L P B G H S A L U O G W Y P I U L R I

P A E L L A I D I C E S I A D N A L L O H

D I N E A N S N S T E A K T A R T A R E C

I S D B P O R C E L A I N E K A T I I H S

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Puzzle 166: The Living Kingdom Difficulty Level: Hard I admit it, this last quiz is very, very difficult! It was even hard to write! Answer the questions, using whatever references you need, and then find the words in the grid (or work backward from the grid to the quiz). The clue answers are not arranged in alphabetical order. 1. Wagtail and longclaw’s family (12) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2. Phylum of flatworms (15) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3. Moss animals, or sea mats (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4. Genus of popular aquarium fish: family Cyprinidae, subfamily Danioninae (5) _ _ _ _ _ 5. Genus of all horse-like animals (5) _ _ _ _ _ 6. Phylum that includes insects, arachnids, and crustaceans (10) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7. Chondrichthyes are also known as _____ (13, 4) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8. Grouping of animals that includes brittle stars and sea urchins (11) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9. Phylum of over 9,000 species, including jellyfish and corals (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10. Small animals from the family Macroscelididae (8, 6) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11. The mulberry and fig family (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12. Order of bats meaning hand wing (10) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13. Plants from the genus Taxus (4) _ _ _ _ 14. Two types of animals within the Anura order (5, 3, 5) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15. Order containing cuckoos (12) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16. Animals from the subfamily Erinaceinae (9) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17. Hares and jackrabbits belong to this genus (5) _ _ _ _ _ 18. Taxonomic rank between class and family (5) _ _ _ _ _ 19. Group of flowering plants including nutmeg, cinnamon, and avocado (10) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20. Family containing five species of rhinos (14) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

21. Phylum of animals who all have a spinal cord of some sort (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22. The common name for passerines (8, 5) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23. The cat family (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24. The botanical equivalent of a phylum (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25. The walrus is the only living species of this family (10) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 26. Class of fungi that includes the order Mucorales (10) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 27. Animals of the Lutrinae subfamily (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 28. Order containing grapes and Virginia creeper (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 29. Type of sharks in the family Squalidae (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 30. Large birds from the genus Corvus (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 31. Swedish scientist who established modern taxonomy (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 32. Phylum of microscopic and tiny animals (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 33. The genus of humpback dolphins (5) _ _ _ _ _ 34. The science of classification (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 35. Mammals in the family Phocidae (4, 5) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 36. Hoofed animals (9) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 37. Class of birds (4) _ _ _ _ 38. Plants of the Nymphaeaceae family (5, 6) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 39. “Living fossil” plant that is the only species in its division, class, order, family, and genus (6) _ _ _ _ _ _ 40. Well-known fish in the family Characidae (6) _ _ _ _ _ _


Puzzle 166: The Living Kingdom Difficulty Level: Hard S S L A E S E U R T D H E D G E H O G S Y

D U S D A O T D N A S G O R F L O O X Z S

R A A E D R A V E C H I N O D E R M S U A

I E S D I I L O N G A M M D L P S K U R O

B N H B L S O G D S F T E A E H U Q E T Y

G N S S L O C H I R O P T E R A E F A S U

N I E E I F R U V E O D O B E N I D A E E

I L H O C F Q V I T A L E S A T N K T A L

H E T I A S S P S T E L A T O S A B D M D

C Y N T T T U U I O A D A R S H G I O O E

R H I N O C E R O T I D A E I R L S G R R

E Z M A M U S T N N R U I U N E D F K A B

P Y L I R E C I R O I L T A F W I I N C E

B G E T V T T A H A I G E C O S A E I E A

L O H A R S H C A L S W A O H Z O S G A A

N M Y X E N B R R C U C U L I F O R M E S

B Y T O D E A E O J I S B C I N H Y A I O

R C A N R V T U S P O L E L Y T A I R E D

E O L O O A O H O U O L E P U S R D S B M

M T P M W R F O S X A D U N G U L A T E S

O A O Y A I R A D I N C A T Y E W S C P A

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Chapter 9

Solving Secret List Word Searches

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hese puzzles are probably the hardest in the book: I’ve hidden a whole list of words in a letter grid as usual, but I don’t give you the word list at all. How mean is that? To soften the blow, I do tell you the theme of each puzzle, how many words you need to find, and how long each word is. Easy and Medium puzzles have their word lists in alphabetical order and have hint letters scattered through. Follow these steps to solve a Secret List Word Search: 1. Gather your information. Familiarize yourself with the number of words you need to find and what the topic is. If the puzzle gives you any other information (such as word lengths, hint letters, and so on), make a note of this as well. 2. Brainstorm possible examples that fit the theme. If the topic is one you’re familiar with, jot down the words you know off the top of your head. Think on the subject a bit longer — can you remember any other words? You may know of some others but not be sure of the spelling. Check your dictionary, a favorite book on the subject, or some Web sites if you need backup. 3. Check the letter grid for your brainstormed words. They’re probably there. You can also scan the grid to see whether anything pops out that refreshes your memory. As long as the words you find relate to the theme, you can be pretty confident they’re the ones you’re looking for. 4. If you’re still stuck, walk away for a while. These puzzles are supposed to be fun! Don’t turn to the answer page right away. Move on to another puzzle if you’re getting very frustrated. If you leave your brain with a problem, it does its best to come up with the goods after some sleep. The effect is well-known, and one you can take advantage of. Go over the problem just before you go to sleep, and keep a notebook and pen next to your bed to catch that moment of inspiration!

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Puzzle 167: Flying Colors Difficulty Level: Easy In this grid are the names of 14 colors. To get you started, I give you the starting letter for each word and dashes indicating how long the words are.

W H I T E A O M E T A E C

S A A D C R Y C E P A Y C

M T A Y A R G E K C A L B

B_ _ _ _ B_ _ _ B_ _ _ _ C_ _ _ G_ _ _ G_ _ _ _ M_ _ _ _ _ _

A F F N E A I G V N L C L

Y R G R N E P R R U P O U

P E G W P L T H W E M A H

A I O O E P U E O A E B W

K R N L C R S I L H B N S

B I Y K T U E O L O U E B

I L S D S P Y D E I I L N

O Y P U N R H I Y B U V E

M A G E N T A W S E E I N

F Y I I T C L I S F K L M

O_ _ _ _ _ P_ _ _ P_ _ _ _ _ R_ _ V_ _ _ _ _ W_ _ _ _ Y_ _ _ _ _

Chapter 9: Solving Secret List Word Searches

Puzzle 168: Furry Critters Difficulty Level: Easy In this grid you can find the names of 13 mammals.

S S A C H E E T A H S K E

A U O I B T A L L I R O G

E M O E S O O M D K S I K

C_E_ _ _ _ G_ _ _ _ _ _ G_ _ _ _L_ H_ _ _ _ H_E_ _ L_ _ _ M_ _ _ _Y

G T U N U U Y O F E L U T

C O O P U O T T E R K E I

U I A S T U J A K E S U A

L K E M I J E I L R I N H

E B F E G W Y I O H E U E

C T F Y E A E H U Y N R E

E E A E R H K A H T A L N

F T R P D K N L S E E A V

A I I O R E O U R E H E S

M_ _ _ _ O_ _ _R P_ _ _ S_ _ _ T_ _ _ _ W_ _S_ _

P K G U P T M F M P L S E

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Puzzle 169: Under a Bough Difficulty Level: Easy In this grid are the names of 15 deciduous North American trees.

Y D O O W N O T T O C U I

E S O I M Y A W O L L I W

B O M A G N O L I A U E U

T E A A S U C N A Y I S F

O S E D O O W G O D L A E

A_ _ _ _ B_ _ _H B_ _ _H B_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ C_ _ _ _N_ _ _ _ D_ _ _ _ _D E_ _ H_ _ _O_ _

B L A C K C H E R R Y R E

V N M P H B E H H A Y F O

E L N Y E L C L I D O A O

E L E L P R I U C A B S W

A P P C I D T Q K Q N S N

H A S B E M N N O U I A V

M R A L P O P W R C Y S A

M K E R O M A C Y S J N O

M_G_ _ _ _ _ M_ _ _ _ O_ _ P_ _L_ _ S_ _ _ _ _ _A_ S_ _ _ _ _ _ _ W_ _ _ _ _


Puzzle 170: Get Dressed! Difficulty Level: Easy In this grid you can find 14 common pieces of clothing.

I T E K C A J W N M A U I

I S K D O H S T R O H S T

Z L R T R O J T H A S U Q

B_ _ _ _ _ C_ _ _ D_ _ _S G_ _ _ J_ _K_ _ J_ _ _ _ O_ _ _ _ _L_

I L T F A E R H S S B U I

H A S F N I S R M T C O O

I R E N K T E S S S U I T

V E B S A S E H N U H R T

P V I G U E I B E K C T Z

G O U O Z R J C H O O S U

N Q R W T A E P A K T E D

Y T R N R N S T U N S V E

T M V O K E S U O L B R F

J Y S W E A T E R E A I S

S_ _ _T_ S_ _ _ _ S_ _ _ S_ _ _ _ _ _ T_ _U_ _ _ _ T-_ _ _ _ _ V_ _ _

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Puzzle 171: Blooming Flowers Difficulty Level: Easy This grid includes 18 well-known flowers.

H T N I C A Y H I B K B M

I C A R N A T I O N S U C

D Z E I A Z A L E A M A P

D A I Y N T Y U H E L F A

O L H M B N Q K H I N A N

D S O L L Y I T L E P E S

_Z_ _ _ _ C_ _ _ _T_ _ _ C_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _A_ _ _ _ _ _ D_ _ _ _ _ _ _B_ _ _ _ _ H_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _S J_ _ _ _ _ _

I A U G I A N Z I W S I Y

H Y F C I A V D U O R O Y

C K J F S R R E Q I S Y R

R L O Y O I A S N R C L A

O Y R A S D B M O D H I I

A H A A O E I I J D E L X

C T E L O I V L H A A R Y

_ _V_ _ _ _ _ L_ _ _ _ _I_ _ _ _ _ _G_ _ _ _R_ _ _ _ P_ _ _ _ _ _ _E V_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _A


Puzzle 172: Keep Your Eye on the Ball! Difficulty Level: Easy This grid has 13 popular sports, and each involves a ball.

I S F I T O M E P E S T T

T V O L L E Y B A L L E R

L L A B E S A B P W E N S

A K C V Y I U E R U L N S

_ _S_ _ _ _ _ B_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _W_ _ _ _ C_ _ _U_ _ _ _ _T_ _ _ _ _ _L_ L_ _ _ _ _S_

B D R R O B Q A S E L I E

F G W E O G G L E S A S B

C O T P C Q W U U S B K O

U L O C E C U F R O T R W

B F S T O P O E O R E I L

R A O L B O I S T C K A I

T S O G E A O U S A S D N

S P Y T U O L Y E L A N G

L L A B T E N L P W B C B

_ _ _B_ _ _ P_ _ _ _U_ _Y _ _C_ _ _ _ _ _N_ _ _O_ _ _Y_ _ _ _

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Puzzle 173: Where’s the Hardware? Difficulty Level: Easy In this grid you can find 15 words related to computer hardware and peripherals.

R S F U E M O W M O D E M

E I Y I E V I R D D R A H

T Y R G K R I L T D M I R

N R O J E W C O E O S E U

_ _M_ _ _ _ _ _P_ D_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _K _ _D _ _G_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _R_ _ _ _E_ _ _ _ _ _

I O M L Y E O R N S T O E

R O E H B H T I U U U G A

P S M D O E T Y P E O O F

S Y T I A O O M B E I W M

I D O S R V O U E A T V U

F W P K D C N F E T G P J

B D D E S K T O P M C I O

W K S E D V D N N S O E G

Q Y L P P U S R E W O P I

_ _ _O_ _ M_ _ _ _ _ _ _I_ _ _ _ _ _ _E _ _W_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _R_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _L_ _ _


Puzzle 174: Cooking Up a Storm Difficulty Level: Easy In this grid I hide the names of 14 handy things you can find in the kitchen.

M O H O N N O H S C C K A

E R F A O R A I T O O S U

Y S G N O T D P L D C I O

R Y S K P O S A E A S H D

C_ _ _ _ _ _ _R _ _ _S_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _D_ _ _ _R_ _ _ _ _E_ _N_ _ _ L_ _ _ _

W C K U S E N L W C G W R

A A I Q N D S O T O U E A

N S L U E E F I N K N A I

R S L R D E P B I E U K S

M E E N O H S E P N R A L

T R T L O K C O E O O S A

O O D A W O N T F L T N D

Y L A C R A S C A L E S L

S E K S C G D E E R Y R E

_ _E_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _P_ _ _C_ _ _ _ _ _ _L_ _ _ _ _N_ _ _H_ _ _ _ _ _D_ _ _P_ _ _

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Puzzle 175: The Cat’s Meow Difficulty Level: Medium This puzzle includes the names of 15 cat breeds.

X E R H S I N R O C S N T R I

N O O C E N I A M O A W E I Z

C A B U A O T N I I Y R R A N

A E A M U U P O N C I I L H E

_ _ _S_ _ _ _ _ _ B_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _N_ _ _ R_ _ _I_ _ _ _Y_ _ L_ _ _H_ _ _ _ _ _N _ C_ _ _ _A_ _ _ _ _ _I_ _

C E U A A E X I N Z N A X T S

I U Y N N A S N C K A H E R E

L L O X A S Y A Z E I G U O M

A B A N Y L O C N E I N L H A

M N R B A E T A W A S O E S I

O A A O L L A K I P I L R S S

S I K P A E B I H Y I S S N E

I S E G M A M Y E S E M R U B

T S F R I T N R H M W P X E R

W U W A H X Y U E E A N O C P

Y R R U R H T T L L O D G A R

R_ _ _ _ _L _ _S_ _ _ _ _L_ _ S_ _ _ _H_ _ _ _ _ _ _E_ _ _O_ _L_ _ _H_ _ _ _ _ _K_ _ _ _ _


Puzzle 176: Native Lands Difficulty Level: Medium This puzzle includes the names of 20 countries.

E D A P I H D A M P U O M A A

I N I J H P U E R T O R I C O

S A D X K I X I M K P D A T Y

D L N M U I L R O D A U C E J

_U_ _R_ _ _ _ B_ _ _ _ _I_ _ _ _N_ _ _N_ _ _K _C_ _ _ _R _ _ _ _C_ G_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _E _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _D _N_ _ _

B N I O C C F I N A S C A Y N

Z E A O S R U I P T H Z I I O

S E C L A A N A R P V D A O Z

B R B N E E I A W P I P Y M I

D G C B D R L X J M S N A A M

J E I L A I I A E A A S E I B

H A N G A T L I N M P Z W S A

N W L M B A O E R I E A U S B

M U D A A M T E A C H R N U W

B A O E A R G G R E E C E R E

Y E K R U T K W A P T E K Y R

_ _ _L_ _ _ _A_ _N M_ _ _ _ _ _ _R_ _H_ _ _ _P_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _T_ _ _ _ _ _U_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _N _ _ _K_ _ _ _M_ _ _W_

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Puzzle 177: All that Twinkles Difficulty Level: Medium This puzzle includes the names of 18 gemstones and other precious materials.

Z Q U R Z J Y S X N U S X N Y

G T H S E I A D I R D F S B D

M O R Y S P R D Z C N E U Y A

T N B A P C S C H O O R M Y G

_ _B_ _ _ _ _ _ _Y_ _ _ _U_ _ _ _ _N_ _O_ _ _ _ _ _M_ _ _ _ _E_ _ _ _ _A_ _ _ _ _ _ _E _ _S_ _ _

O S I H U P A A O B M R U G A

G U I F E Q S R J N A E A G V

Q R T G T A U O U K I K A L J

E N I R A M A U Q A D M M A A

D J E D F R G T F L E I D X D

F E R O Y Z N O M T O E T I L

A T E H N P U E H Z I P H J A

E M M L E A A Y T A S J A X R

Z T B A E M S O N P L E Y L E

O R R E S T K Z E O L N D S M

_ _T _N_ _ _ _ _L _ _A_ _ _ _ _ _T_ _U_ _ _ _ _P_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _Z _I_ _ _ _

I L W C R O A S E T O N K G E


Puzzle 178: A Matter of Faith Difficulty Level: Medium This puzzle includes the names of 12 major world religions.

I A K E A M H F Y H E M S T D

X S I W C S I K H I S M E Y T

X Y T I N A I T S I R H C M I

Z S H I B O P K N I H T O S D

S W S O M C I A H A B S P I R

_ _H_’_ _ _ _D_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _A_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _C_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _N_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _A_

P M E S Y P I F M H E W E N F

H A S I H C S O F S E S S I T

C I R H U U E R M F I M U A D

E P N F I M E M S A M A W J T

O D N D A N A O I R S L D J I

S O A I U N T I H U I S A U E

C E I E S I O O D O F I I T J

M D B I W M S D D Y U S E L F

M S I O A T I M U F S S E Z R

_ _I_ _ _ _ _ _D_ _ _ _ _H_ _ _ _ _ _K_ _ _ _ _U_ _ _ _ _ _O_ _ _

N A E A W B M S B E F A U H A

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Puzzle 179: Best Friends Difficulty Level: Medium This grid conceals the names of 20 dog breeds.

E T S I U C H U S K Y K R P P

D E L D O O P C O L L I E O A

N H S U L R E X O B T A L I A

U A S T R G K L N Y P I I W U

O E N G L I S H S E T T E R H

H E I D S A L U K I S S W R A

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _N_ _ _A_ _ _ _ _ _E_ _ _L_ _ _ _ _H_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _I_ C_ _ _ _ _ _ _H_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _T_ _ _ _ _G_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

T N B L A E G I B T E E T O U

E A E S Q C N O B O N D T D H

S I A U P G H E D A X U O A I

S T G I E A R S D L E O R R H

A A L S V N N T H N L D O B C

B M E U A F A I E U E U B A W

N L D R O E P W E G N U B L E

I A D G R Y U T I L Y D B H V

_ _ _ _ _ _A_ _ _ _S_ _ _A_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _E_ _ _ _O_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _E_ _ _ _ _ _ _U_ _ _P _ _ _ _ _ _ _. _ _ _ _ _ _D _ _ _ _ _E_

F D I G V I R E I R R E T S O


Puzzle 180: Across the Continent Difficulty Level: Medium Hidden in this grid are 26 American states and Canadian provinces and territories.

B A I M O M P A A D I R O L F

E C I I D S A E T Q U E B E C

P H A N A K E N N R T S A I G

A A W A R R O C I X E M W E N

T T A W O O I C G T A B O U O

_ _ _ _A_ _ _L _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _N_ _ _O_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _N_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _L_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _R_ _ _ _ _ _ _I_ _D_ _ _

E U H O L Y F T C B O R L I B

I L C I O W Q I A E G B R A E

E Q U I C E U L L I N A A X V

S A X E T N A I A A T O U I A

K E N T U C K Y G N C M R N K

____ _ _N_ _ _ K_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _E _ _N_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _G_ _ _O_ _ _ _ _ _ _V_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _C_

I N N C C O E I O I A G A E A

W O X E H T H N D I I T O V N

A K N I T C E A N N N M N A S

K U O M I N H E I O S R E D A

K Y C M I O O A M O C M K A S

_ _ _ _O_ _ ____ _N_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _B_ _ _ _ _A_ ____ V_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _K_ _

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Puzzle 181: Strike a Chord Difficulty Level: Medium Hidden in this grid are 18 musical instruments.

T D M N E E Z Y Y S V S P L Y

F R B I O W I T E I L I A L Y

I O E T R O V H O R N N I U O

E H N R A I S L I C H H O E D

M C T A T N A S T E P M U R T

_ _S_ _ _ _ _ _ _L_ _ _ _ _ _N_ _ D_ _ _ _ _ _U_ _ _U_ _ _ _ _ _ _M_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _C_ _ _ _ ____

N I L O I V S A A P I A N O V

V S A D U M A C E B Z M T I R

T P E Z G P U O L S I E U E W

O R G E T U L F C A A D H K S

C A D H O O Y E S P R T U S E

S H U R C R L E C C I I B S I

E C C C O L G E I Z T A N E E

A C I N O M R A H X O B O E S

S P A G R D M E N O B M O R T

_ _ _E _R_ _ _ _____ _ _ _ _ _L_ T_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _E_ _ _ _L_ _I_ _ _ _ _ _ _H_ _

R I M K T I N S M U R D E L S


Puzzle 182: Birds of a Feather Difficulty Level: Medium Hidden in this grid are 26 birds that are common in North America and Hawaii.

E I K R A L Y K S E N Q O N I

H S U R H T W O V Q U A I L O

I O W I C I D O W T A B Q K O

A E O E E A D U N I O U T G Y

K U R U L E N Y C R H C N I F

____ ___ _L_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _G _A_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _O_ _U_ _ _____ _ _N_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _G_

A P C Q L G O A T K A I U K I

L E R T E P A I D A M B B E O

W U R B I N P E T A N A L N V

U U B W J I R C L V G O O B K

I_ _ _ _ _ _N _ _R_ _ _ _ _ _O_ _ _S_ _ _ _ _ _T_ _ _ P_ _ _ _ _U_ _ _ _ _ _L

T Y U K P L I F O E I O L R L

R E N N U R D A O R L U O R W

K R T A S E B A O C E T G S U

E P I U I M O J T J S I D G E

T S N O B S H E A R W A T E R

P O G Z I G P Y L N W R E N D

_ _ _D_ _ _ _ _ _ R_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _W_ _ _ _ _K_ _ _ _ _ _____ _H_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _L_ _ _ _ _ _ _E_

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Puzzle 183: Back to the Past Difficulty Level: Medium Hidden in this grid are 23 top rock bands from the 1980s.

N N C S T I A R T S E R I D S

S O E K Y A B H P S E G O S O

E U S E V T E F Y I I P I F A

E O W I U P A C D C P K D U U

G O S E O Q D N S S E N D A M

____ __/__ _ _ _ _D_ _ _H_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _O _ _ _ _ _ _R_ _ _ _ _ _G_ _ _ _ _ _Y_ _ _ _ _ _

E G C L C P O Y G U I E O A T

E A I D R L U O O A Z V K H I

B C M S B E S C X L E Z E A E

E I H S N A D T Z D F W T A S

H H T X C C B R Z O H K G O W

_N_ _ _ _ _N _ _ _ _ _ _ _I_ _ _ _ _ _ _S_ _ _W _ _ _ _ _ _I_ _ _ _ _ _ _ P_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _N

T C Y S X N I B O O T L N W P

S U R V I V O R A W E O F I Q

I A U S I Z I V A S E K T E P

R W E O Y N E D I A M N O R I

T H E M O O D Y B L U E S E D

_ _ _V_ _ _ _ _ _ _ B_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _Y _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _L_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _O _ _T_ __ ___


Puzzle 184: Crafty Hands Difficulty Level: Medium This grid contains 18 handicrafts.

D O Y P A P E G N I K S S E R

S E H C T I T S S S O R C C G

P A P I E R M A C H E D I N G

B E A D W O R K G N I W I B Y

G A R K R L T O Y M A K I N G

_ _ _ _W_ _ _ _ _L_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _S _R_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _-_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _P_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _K_ _ _ _ _ _W_ _ _ _M_ _ _ _ _ _ _

S N G C N A L S U M O D E N O

C M I S R I W Q S O L O G T G

I I L S C O P I B W G L A P T

M L L L S I C P N E N L P A N

A L A U T O A H S G I M U I I

R I C O A R B S E S T A O N L

E N I C C I K M O T T K C T I

C E U S L I N G E M I I E I U

E R Q U I L T I N G N N D N Q

_ _ _ _T_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _R_ M_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _T_ _ _ _ _P_ _ _ _ _ _ _E _U_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _P_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _W_ _ _ _ _Y _ _ _ _ _ _

N Y G N I E Y L L H K G G G T

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Puzzle 185: Off and Running! Difficulty Level: Medium This grid contains 26 sporty verbs — words to do with running about, doing stuff, and being active.

F S E Y J L E E C D T A O L F

G W C O Y U L O C T T I V K U

H I N M P I M O R V I S I T E

_ _ _ _V_ B_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _S_ _Y_ _ _ _ _ _C_ _R_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _S_ _L_ _ _ G_ _ _

E M A E R Q U P R Y E S A H C

R V D D N O S O E A E B N T P

C A O G I C F V A L L O X K H

L O A M A W I R S P G U E O O

S S T R O R E C E W G N P E E

N I T B R C S L N P U C C A B

___ _ _G_ _ _ J_ _ _ _ _ _K _O_ _ _ _ _D_ _ _E_ _ _ _ _ _F_ _ _ _L_ _

N U B A L B I W C U J E O P A

A L R T K O C C O Y O P A A R

E A R W I G R A C E C D I O G

I S T I C U E S T W D S X K X

F D N S K J X P I L Y E L P S

E O W T I H E G E P D R I V E

_ _C_ _O_ _ ___ S_ _ _ _ _ _M _W_ _ _ _ _S_ _ W_ _ _ _ _


Puzzle 186: Famous Scribblers Difficulty Level: Hard This puzzle contains the surnames of 20 well-known American writers. I give you the number of letters in each name and hints about the writers’ genres.

N E N F J Y R U B D A R B V E C T

E I A Q D A D W I H W P N I A W T

A C M L U E L L I V L E M Y B U F

A Y T A O O A A D S Y T S O R F S

C S I E L E R R V U L T Q U T I G

A M H I E M E E I O G N I K L W N

E S W W G E G S M E N U B V Q I I

F Y I B N O Z L L J Y N E R H R M

R O K M A V T C I A E R E J D C M

E R C C O H I D W H S O Y G U H U

B E Y O E V F G U T O W G I U A C

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ (Poet) _ _ _ _ _ _ (Sci-Fi Novelist) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (Speculative Fiction Novelist) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (Poet) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (Novelist) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (Novelist) _ _ _ _ _ (Poet) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (Poet) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (Novelist) _ _ _ _ (Novelist)

R N Y I D B N O E O D F E N B T D

U K K B E I N I G H R Z O S U U H

H L A J M S N I P O U N D B U E I

T U O E F B O N E U J E Z E C S B

A A H E L G N E L T C C M R H A A

T F S A L I N G E R S W W G A S L

_’_ _ _ _ _ (Young Adult Novelist) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (Novelist) _ _ _ _ _ (Poet) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (Novelist) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (Poet) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (Novelist) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (Humorist) _ _ _ _ _ (Humorist and Novelist) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (Novelist) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (Poet)

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Puzzle 187: Metropolis Difficulty Level: Hard This puzzle contains 21 major cities. I give you the region the cities are in.

Z N N H A G E N S O R E A C B G U

E A U N S A A I D Y P V K S N O N

O H E I B X N T A V M A G I R O H

H T R I I G M I D R I D J S D Y D

R A O C A N O M H G H I K N O L E

_ _ _ _ _ _ (Europe) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (Middle East) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (Asia) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (Asia) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (United Kingdom) _ _ _ _ _ (Africa) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (Scandinavia) _ _ _ _ _ _ (United Kingdom)

P O O P J E I I G T E I O H C G F

B N O H A A I R A B N L O R I A C

I R M C N W T A B E N I N L X Y P

E J M E G B P H G K O K G N A B G

N C L E X M Z A E F I M A D R E D

R H O R Y I H U H N T S A F L E B

U I H U E N C E R O S D A D P N S

_ _ _ _ _ _ (Europe) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (Oceania) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (North America) _ _ _ _ _ (Europe) _ _ _ _ _ (Europe) _ _ _ _ _ _ (Europe) _ _ _ _ _ (Europe)

O S K Z E S L O P I L V N D R N B

B L C P A K P P C O C M N C R I A

L Y O V O N E H T I B H E E N V D

E C T T E U G A R P T M I L A N O

M D S L U N D O N O N Y V O O A K

_ _ _ _ _ _ (Europe) _ _ _ _ (Baltic) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (Asia) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (Scandinavia) _ _ _ _ _ _ (Europe) _ _ _ _ _ _ (Europe)


Puzzle 188: Basic Elements Difficulty Level: Hard This puzzle contains 31 elements from the periodic table. All you get this time is the number of letters in each word. Remember: The list is in alphabetical order.

Y M P C H T I B B P A R S E N I C ________ _______ ______ _________ _____ _______ ______ ________

N U Y R U C R E M N S S A Y C Y L

O I U E M D R A O Z I N U C N I Z

K C I R A Y E B S I L I C O N P Y

N L S E L D R E V L I S M T U F M

I A L L P A K W M U N I T A L P U

Z C I I C H N O R I T O D I U M I

______ ________ ____ ______ ________ ______ ____ ____

M U I R A B O T V N E L X N E T S

M I X M I D U S A F O U E N U U E

R O E U Z N L C P G N M I N L N L

O D L I G T F N H H C R E F S E O

T I I S U O E R B R O G U A O G X

N N T S I O E O E U O R E X D O Y

O E H A N U R P L R A M U R I R G

_______ _______ ____ ________ ______ __________ ________ _________

N V I T I O P F T I U M I S U D E

E H U O N O C I T H E L I U M Y N

X N M P C I N F M U I A B T M H I

_______ ______ ______ ______ ________ _____ ____

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Puzzle 189: Aloha! Difficulty Level: Hard This puzzle contains 23 Hawaiian place names. I give some hints to help you out. Don’t forget, the list is in alphabetical order.

I A W A M S L L A F A O N A M T K

H N N I K U S I H K W D A R U I R

E K A A N I A H A L O O A H H O U

_ _ _ _ _ _ _N_ _ _ _ _A_ _ _ _ _ _W_ _ _ _ _ _O _ _N_ _ _ _ _ K_ _ _ _ _I (City) _ _ _ _O_ _ _ _ _ _ _ (Island)

G I E E A K S W G G H D A L I W E

I I K H E W B I G I S L A N D U I

K A A O C W A W N E E A K A H T U

I W N W O O L I H A H P F I L W A

A A U A C I K A K U L U L O N O H

U H A P I A W A E I K E I Y A H I

H I M I F K L R K U K A T N I I I

I U E K I A R H L A A I U Y H N N

U U A U C U A A N I C L B A I S F

A K L I A H T E H L K U I E I D X

K M U U P U O Y R M O L O K A I P

_ _L_ _ _ _ K_ _ _ A_ _ _ _ L_ _ _ _N_ (Town) _I_ _ _ _ _N_ _ _ _ _L_ (Attraction) _ _U_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (Mountain) M_ _ _ _ _ _ (Island)

W A A A H H M A M L H U K O U C W

M E W A E A E K U R E A T O L L H

I S O U A P K M C P I A T K H K A

_ _ _O_ _I_ _ _ _ O’_ _ _ _ _ _ _F_ _ O_ _ _ _ P_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _K_ _ _ _ _ _ _H W_ _P_ _ _ (Town)


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Puzzle 190: Vivacious Verbosity Difficulty Level: Hard This puzzle contains 33 words starting with the letter V. All words are at least four letters long. You may find three-letter words in the grid, but they’re not included in the answers. To help you narrow it down, here’s a hint: The list includes nine words with four letters; four words with five letters; five words with six letters; six words with seven letters; four words with eight letters; three words with nine letters; one word with ten letters; and one word with eleven letters.

A F E W S T S E Y V M A A P A T L

K V T V N V E R M O U T H I S Y E

_______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________

D E T A G E I R A V U U G A S L V

O U C V E U G O V C C V V O B V A

V A V Z O R A V N L A E O A V L V

V N Y V D I V Q U A V E T W L I I

E T A N I C C A V E C E Y I S V E

_______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________

O I V R V N R E R V G L N I A L V

Y R E V E V A V U E V A O E A E L

C X B N C T O I V I V N U V E T T

N N R O W L E Y G V A K V R F N V

M V E I A E V V A R A O H V A O U

_______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________

G E V T S U E S Y G E L K L H M L

U I I A V G S W O A E T I A M R T

E L V C E A S V A V J G T A I E U

E H S A I V E V M W I X E E N V R

V P A V Y O L I T V I O L I N T E

_______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________

_______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________

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Puzzle 191: Master Class Difficulty Level: Hard Try to find 35 composers — from the baroque, classical, romantic, and modern eras — in this puzzle. I give you the first letter for each name.

L L E C R U P Z K E S S U A R T S B_ _ _ B_ _ _ _ _ B_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ B_ _ _ _ _ _ B_ _ _ _ B_ _ _ _ _ _ B_ _ _ _ _

A Y K S G R O S S U M Y T O S U C

K T T Z S I L B A S B P E S I R V

T O M R L T M V R C A R B L O E S

S L T R A C U O Y A U L E M R N C

B_ _ _ _ _ _ C_ _ _ _ _ C_ _ _ _ _ _ C_ _ _ _ _ _ D_ _ _ _ _ _ E_ _ _ _ F_ _ _ _

G H E R S V H B Z A H B G D E G M

E B O U A O E O F A I M I A A A Z

R R B S O B B L P S R K S Z S W I

S A U O T O S A T I E T A B Y A D

H G V Q R A U G I D N A L P O C L

W L N O C F K B R I T T E N Y H A

G_ _ _ _ _ _ _ G_ _ _ _ G_ _ _ _ H_ _ _ _ H_ _ _ _ L_ _ _ _ M_ _ _ _ _

I E D Z O A F O A I I L M P S A V

N I T A R R E S V Y E A M T S Y I

N T E L E M A N N I H G S B U D V

M G Z A L H C A B L C L T L B N B

S V I V L S H N E V O H T E E B T

E K B T I S A R L H N E M Y D F M

M_ _ _ _ _ M_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ O_ _ _ P_ _ _ _ _ _ R_ _ _ _ S_ _ _ _-_ _ _ _ _ S_ _ _ _

S_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ S_ _ _ _ _ _ _ S_ _ _ _ _ _ T_ _ _ _ _ _ _ V_ _ _ _ V_ _ _ _ _ _ W_ _ _ _ _

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Puzzle 192: Down in the Mines Difficulty Level: Hard This puzzle contains the names of 31 minerals, metals, and rocks. I give you the first letter of each word. Happy digging!

S I S E H O O X L F L T S E I T E A_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ A_ _ _ A_ _ _ _ _ _ _ B_ _ _ _ _ B_ _ _ _ C_ _ _ _ C_ _ _ _

B H A L U M U A T R A P S D L E F

L R U B B E O R D L S B E S I A A

A J S R F A S O C A M E T H Y S T

N S A A K G L B P Z E T A E X I X

P O R M Y O K E C C E V L A C I M

C_ _ _ C_ _ _ _ _ D_ _ _ _ _ _ _ F_ _ _ _ _ _ _ F_ _ _ _ G_ _ _ G_ _ _ _ _

T X R P M W U Y I T R W S B O N X

E T S I R Z E M I E M U I R T T Y

C U T T D W U T T T L A S A B S P

M E K A F P A S I S J A D E I A O

T R E H C L A B M L H N Z L T G B

I_ _ _ J_ _ _ L_ _ _ L_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ M_ _ _ _ _ M_ _ _ N_ _ _ _ _

S L T C G B I P A T R A V M E L S

J C O C A O O N U O P E L A H E S

U A H L H P L S T O R I P E I K H

L S A I A A B D T C O P P E R C A

O O G L S R L I M E S T O N E I L

O_ _ _ P_ _ _ _ _ _ P_ _ _ _ _ S_ _ _ _ _ S_ _ _ _ S_ _ _ _ _ S_ _ _ _

B E X I A T V K S T O N Y E G N O T_ _ _ T_ _ _ _ Y_ _ _ _ _ _

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Puzzle 193: The Scientific Method Difficulty Level: Hard This puzzle contains 30 famous scientists, from ancient times to the modern day. I give you hints about the field or nationality of each person.

I S V L B Y A S A G A N N R H L C

J I O N S U E A N N I L O E E R J

I L L A R T A P M A N N I D I G E

E L T O T S I R A O T S N C B A D

_ _ _ _ _ _ (Electric Current & Magnetic Force) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (Greek Mathematician) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (Greek Philosopher and Scientist) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (Hydrodynamics) _ _ _ _ (Quantum Physics) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (Solar System) _ _ _ _ _ (DNA) _ _ _ _ _ (Radioactivity) _ _ _ _ _ _ (Natural Selection) _ _ _ _ _ _ (Canadian Geologist) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (Philosophy, Optics, Mathematics)

A U A N N D G A T O E E K Y P L O

V O C E E I A W H N M D E S E I H

I N W O E G E W B F R E U D S L D

K R F I P N T E S E K M Z I E E R

C E E K E E R N K O N I N E T O O

N B L U I G R P O L N H I M R E F

E A K Z R B R N L R E C E E A U R

S R R U U B D H I A K R T L C K E

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (Theoretical Physics) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (Temperature) _ _ _ _ _ (Quantum, Particle, and Nuclear Physics) _ _ _ _ _ (Psychology) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (Astronomy) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (Uncertain Physicist) _ _ _ _ _ _ (American Astronomer) _ _ _ _ _ (Biochemistry) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (Swedish Botanist, Zoologist and Physician)

U A E S C A B L O C T A S B S I H

I N B P R M A L N B U O N B E Z T

L N S W M G E A E U S S I U D U U

L I I S I A L E C O G V E H B P R

I N H O B P F A H R E N H E I T E

_ _ _ _ _ _ (Genetics) _ _ _ _ _ _ (British Polymath) _ _ _ _ _ _ (Quantum Physics) _ _ _ _ _ (Greek Mathematician and Philosopher) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (X-rays) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (Nuclear Physics) _ _ _ _ _ (Astrochemistry and Exobiology) _ _ _ _ (Vaccination) _ _ _ _ _ _ (Canadian Broadcaster and Environmentalist) _ _ _ _ _ (Electricity)


Puzzle 194: Quixotic Quibble Difficulty Level: Hard This puzzle contains 35 words, all starting with Q. I give you hints about the meaning or general subject area for each word.

Q S Z Q U E E N D T S E K C I U Q

U C U U O T S Q U P I U Q Z U Q Q

S A S N O I T S E U Q C I R U U R

E A Y E N L O C E K A U Q A A E A

U Q U I L T I N G M Q W R S T Y U

_ _ _ _ _ (Sound) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (Mathematics) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (Anatomy) _ _ _ _ _ (Bird) _ _ _ _ _ _ (Sweet) _ _ _ _ _ (Shake) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (Meet) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (Plight) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (Amount) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (Isolation) _ _ _ _ _ (Subatomic Particle) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (Clash)

Q L K I K R Q U Y U S T A T O U Q

O U U R D U U Q T Q Z R I S I E P

I Q A A I Q A U I T U U W K Q T U

U U U D U N R E T Y Q I C D U O Q

Q Q W E R I A U N Q R A N Q U U K

A U N Y U A N E A U U A J C A Q E

X C L F Q R T N U Q S O D R E Q H

H U I I U T I I Q K O Y R N U S C

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ (Currency) _ _ _ _ _ _ (Geology) _ _ _ _ _ _ (Astronomy) _ _ _ _ _ (Reject) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (Poetry) _ _ _ _ _ (Chess) _ _ _ _ _ _ (Slake) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (Doubts) _ _ _ _ _ (Computing) _ _ _ _ _ _ (Food) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (Fastest) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (Geology)

G Q A L A A N N C P A E A U A Q I

O F U A I U E I T O L E U U M U U

B N Q U N Q U U U A E J Q J X U Q

S E U Q T Q U Q R E T R A U Q R Q

_ _ _ _ (Currency) _ _ _ _ _ (Stationery) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (Craft) _ _ _ _ _ _ (Food) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (Medicine) _ _ _ _ (Witticism) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (Person) _ _ _ _ (Test) _ _ _ _ _ _ (Meeting) _ _ _ _ _ (Share) _ _ _ _ _ (Cite)

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Puzzle 195: Opera Uproar Difficulty Level: Hard This puzzle contains 26 famous operas. I give you the names of the composers to help you out.

K T Y T O T T E L O G I R R P E A

R S R L W O D I W Y R R E M E H T

W S P I F L I S B B K S I N T N O

O E R A S R A N H I U O L L E T O

E B I R L T E O N A L S E M E L E

H D N T A E A T H A F L R H K Y N

I N C K K I H N T A V A Y T Y I O

E A E E M O N A U U C O C B Y L N

V Y I L E A I S U N B B I S U A A

_______________ (Verdi) _______________ (Britten) _______________ (Bizet) _______________ (Mozart) _______________ (Strauss II) _______________ (Mozart) _______________ (Strauss) _______________ (Tchaikovsky) _______________ (Gounod) _______________ (Wagner) _______________ (Verdi) _______________ (Puccini) _______________ (Delibes)

K G G E T V T I Q C D A W G O D M

E R O T A V O R T L I I M I N T D

E O R R S L S I A H T G S A S O E

I P T N E M E H O B A L S O D O D

B A N I G E N O E N E G U E L A C

L D A C O S I F A N T U T T E D M

D I E F L E D E R M A U S I U S E

N A G N U R E M M A D R E T T O G

_______________ (Verdi) _______________ (Puccini) _______________ (Massenet) _______________ (Rossini) _______________ (Gershwin) _______________ (Borodin) _______________ (Verdi) _______________ (Handel) _______________ (Wagner) _______________ (Massenet) _______________ (Lahár) _______________ (Puccini) _______________ (Wagner)

Chapter 10

Weaving Your Way through Winder Words

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his sort of word search puzzle differs from other kinds in a very fundamental way: Instead of running in straight lines, these words can twist through the letter grid turning at right angles (but not along diagonals). The letters can overlap, too. The earliest word search puzzles were first published in the mid-1800s, and they were often similar to this style of puzzle. The compiler would generally fit a whole quotation into a square, along a winding path. Check out Chapter 1 for an example of these early puzzles. These winding word puzzles were the forerunner of the standard word search puzzles you’re more familiar with. You can find the modern version of these puzzles in a variety of puzzle publications, so you may well be familiar with them under a different name. Solving these devils requires slightly different searching methods than you need for other word searches. Instead of looking along a straight line after you find the first letter of a word, you need to keep checking around every letter in the word. However, you don’t have to do a full circle check because the words don’t turn on the diagonal; just check the letter above, below, and to either side in a cross or T check. You may discover the occasional alternative answer path for some words — that’s perfectly fine. The answers in Chapter 13 are the pathways I designed for the puzzles, but if you find a different answer, that’s valid too. Most of these puzzles don’t have hidden meanings, so choosing a different path won’t create any problems.

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Puzzle 196: Twisty Fruity Difficulty Level: Easy I highlighted one of the words in the grid to help you get started. APRICOT APPLE AVOCADO BANANA BLUEBERRY CASHEW CHERRY COCONUT

FIG GRAPE LEMON LONGAN MANGO PECAN QUINCE TOMATO

Puzzle 197: Get Out the Canvas Difficulty Level: Easy BEARS CAMPFIRE FIRST AID FLASHLIGHT FROZEN TOES GPS HAMMOCK

KNIFE MAPS S’MORES SLEEPING BAGS STOVE TENT

A A C H E L E M O

P E A D R A E C N

R I C O R Y P A N

A V O M A C O G N

G A T G T O N U A

N N A R R C B T M

O Q P E Y A A N A

L U E B W S L P N

B I N C E H E P A

S S P A A H E T S

R B O M M T N O E

A E C R I F R T N

N G K E T P O Z E

I B P G H M F I R

P A S I S A L T S

E G S L H C I A E

E S M O F E D O V

L S E R I N K T S

Chapter 10: Weaving Your Way through Winder Words

Puzzle 198: Sail the Seven Seas Difficulty Level: Easy ADRIATIC AEGEAN ARAL ATLANTIC BALTIC BANDA CARIBBEAN

CORAL INDIAN JAVA PACIFIC SARGASSO SULU TASMAN

Puzzle 199: Sweet Treats Difficulty Level: Easy BROWNIES CARROT CAKE COFFEE CAKE GINGERBREAD JUMBLES

NANAIMO BARS PECAN PIE SNICKERDOODLE TOLL HOUSE

S A R I D N I C A

A A G A P I F A R

V S S N A C U L C

A J O G E A S U A

N A A E I T B I R

S M N O C N B N D

A L A R L A E A A

T I C A T N A B D

L A B C I T A I R

D R E S E L B M U

A B G U O H L T J

E R N I G E L O D

S N W A K E D O R

E I O C E S N I E

E B R S E F E C K

I A I R A F K R R

P N M O B O A O A

N A C E P C C T C

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Puzzle 200: Count Along Difficulty Level: Easy EIGHT ELEVEN FIFTY FIVE FOUR HUNDRED NINE ONE SEVEN

SIX TEN THIRTY THOUSAND THREE TWELVE TWENTY TWO

Puzzle 201: Pack Your Bags! Difficulty Level: Easy AIRPORT BAGGAGE CRUISE EXOTIC LANDS FLIGHT GUIDEBOOK HOTEL

PASSPORT SAIL SIGHTS SORE FEET TICKETS VISITOR

Y T E S E V N E F

I R V I N E I U O

H W T F U H N R T

T E T W N T N N E

V L S O D Y E N E

E X I E R E W T V

F I F D T E R L E

T N D O H T H E O

Y A S U G I E E N

S E H S S T E K C

I R O D N A L C I

U R T I S I V R T

K C E L T E R O O

O I U G H F O P X

O D R I A E S S E

B E P S T E A L I

T R O F A B P E A

H G I L G G A G S


Puzzle 202: Confused Feelings Difficulty Level: Easy ANGER DOUBT ENVY FRIGHT GREED GUILT HAPPINESS HONESTY

JEALOUSY JOY LOVE NOSTALGIA REGRET SYMPATHY WONDER

Puzzle 203: Hide and Seek Difficulty Level: Easy BLIND MAN’S BLUFF CAT’S CRADLE GO FISH HOPSCOTCH I SPY JACKS JUMP ROPE

LEAPFROG MARBLES PIG SIMON SAYS SNAP TAG

S S T H R F W R E

E P P G I J O N D

N I A H E D Y S T

R E G R E D O U B

V E N N V Y S O N

O T A E L A T L A

L L I U G Y S E E

E G R E I M T N J

R Y H T A P Y O H

A S N O M I C A J

Y S N C S S K G A

L D A R T A B O T

E A P I G C L C C

O R F M D N I S H

G A M A N H O P H

B R L B S O P E S

L J U M P R Y G I

E S F F I S P O F

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Puzzle 204: Bright Sparks Difficulty Level: Medium ASTUTE BRAINY BRIGHT BRILLIANT CANNY CAPABLE CLEVER EDUCATED GIFTED

INTELLIGENT INTUITIVE KNOWLEDGEABLE PERCEPTIVE QUICK-WITTED SAGE SHREWD SMART WISE

Puzzle 205: Eighteen Holes Difficulty Level: Medium ALBATROSS ARGYLE SOCKS BACKSWING BIRDIE BOGEY BUNKERS CADDY DRIVER ETIQUETTE FAIRWAY

GREEN LINKS LOST BALLS MATCH PLAY ON PAR OPEN PLUS FOURS PUTTING SAND WEDGE

Y N N S H K C A P A B

I V A C R N O E V I L

T E U T E W W U I T E

P P T W E D L T G I R

E E S I L D E N H T B

C R A R B G T I W R A

R B I G A E T E K C M

I Y N E S D F D N I S

L L A T E G I C T U Q

A I C U D V E L E L L

N T E D R E T N E G I

T A P I Q U E S A I E

R B U T T I T T N D B

O L N E K N I E D R I

S A P P S G L N W E D

S R N O F A D E E R G

D A C E V I R F S U E

D B O R W R U O S L P

Y E G R A S S L T C K

L A Y L Y E R B B A S

P M A E S K N U A G W

H C T S O C S L L N I


Puzzle 206: Tell Me a Story Difficulty Level: Medium ALADDIN ALI BABA CINDERELLA FROG PRINCE GOLDILOCKS LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD PIED PIPER

PINOCCHIO PUSS IN BOOTS RAPUNZEL SNOW WHITE THE UGLY DUCKLING TOM THUMB WITCH

Puzzle 207: Hot Stuff! Difficulty Level: Medium ALEPPO ANAHEIM ANCHO BIRD’S EYE CAPSAICIN CAYENNE GUAJILLO HABANERO JALAPEÑO

NAGA JOLOKIA OUCH! POBLANO ROCOTO SCOTCH BONNET SCOVILLE UNITS SERRANO TABASCO TEPIN

I E D P E R A Z N U P

P U P I F A L E L T A

S S G O R D E R E T R

I R P N I D L L D I L

N C S N O I N A N E H

B E T E W H G C I U T

O O I H W O D Y L G O

C T S C D O U B M U L

H I W C O K C M T H D

L I B A N L T O K S I

A B A P I I N G C O L

E H A V O C S A T S D

I A N I L P P B Y E R

M U G A L E O A E B I

J A N U E J C S E N O

I P I O H A L A P N E

L E T S C N S C O T Y

L O R N O C R O C O A

O N E A J A G T C N C

U A S R O P A N H A T

C B E R L S C I B L E

H A I K O A I P O N N

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Puzzle 208: In the Eye of the Beholder Difficulty Level: Medium AESTHETIC ALLURING BEAUTIFUL CHARMING CUTE DIVINE ELEGANT GLAMOROUS GORGEOUS

GRACEFUL HANDSOME LOVELY MAGNIFICENT PRETTY RAVISHING STUNNING WINSOME

Puzzle 209: April Showers Difficulty Level: Medium CHICK CHOCOLATE BUNNIES CHURCH BELLS DAFFODIL EASTER EGGS FABERGÉ FLOWERS FULL MOON LILAC

PEEPS PRIMROSE RAIN SIMNEL CAKE SNOWDROP SPRING STORMS TULIPS VIOLETS WARMER

G O U S G E G A T E T

N E G R O L E N N C U

I H S I V A R T E C I

S E N L E P R E T T F

T U I Y B E M O S Y I

N N V I D A G L D N N

I N G I T U H A M A G

M E U F L U C R O H S

O A L C E F I M R O U

S N L A R G T I N G A

W I U R I N E H T S E

L I E B E S P I R O F

A L L H S O R M P D F

C S R C W E I N N I A

G E U E A S G G U L D

R C H S R T E S B E T

E L I P M E R N A K A

B U O O R D W O C O L

A T N M A I N H L M I

F U L L E T S C E N S

K H C O R O R O L F P

C I V I M S E W P E E


Puzzle 210: Flavorful Fare Difficulty Level: Medium ANCHOVY BAKLAVA BRANDY CAMEMBERT DUCK ÉCLAIR FOIE GRAS GARLIC GELATO HAGGIS HUNGRY KIMCHI

LAMB LIME MILK MUSHROOM OUZO PARFAIT PEPPER QUAIL SIRLOIN TAHINI VANILLA

Puzzle 211: Story Time Difficulty Level: Medium ALICE ARTEMIS FOWL BABAR C.S. LEWIS DR SEUSS E.B. WHITE FRANK BAUM HARRY POTTER

HEIDI JUNGLE BOOK LEMONY SNICKET PADDINGTON BEAR ROALD DAHL TINTIN WINNIE THE POOH

N I H A T A L L G E I

I M C M V A N I R B O

K A H I H A G S A M F

C N K L I C G I L O O

H Y P R A U Q R L Z U

O V E E G E T O O I N

M I P P B L A A V A L

E L Y A R T Y T U C K

C A D N E G R I D E A

U M E M B N U A L C B

S H R O O M H F R A P

N N I W G N S R D E L

I E T E L U E U I W S

P E H B W J S S S T C

O K O O O F L T E E K

O H B N O S E T R A C

C E E G T I M O N N I

I R A N R R Y P Y S D

L A E I A O B A H E I

H I T D H A K U M I T

W P A D D L N I T N R

B E H L F R A B A B A

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Puzzle 212: Jolly Jumble Difficulty Level: Medium JACUZZI JANITOR JARGON JASMINE JAUNT JAVELIN JEJUNE JENNY JERBOA JIGGLE JILT

JINGLE JODHPUR JOKER JOURNEY JOUST JOYFUL JUBILEE JUICE JUNKET JUSTICE JUVENILE

Puzzle 213: Touching Textures Difficulty Level: Medium BRISTLY BUMPY COARSE DRY FLUFFY FURRY FUZZY HAIRY KNOBBLY POLISHED PRICKLY ROUGH

RUBBERY SANDPAPERY SCALY SILKY SLEEK SLICK SMOOTH SOFT VELVETY WIRY WOOLLY

I B U U C K E T N E Y

L E J Z A N O U R J E

C E E Z J U J I N J R

I U L I J U N T A O B

J J G G J A R O J D H

U N I T L U F Y I N P

V E L J I A V E L J U

N Y E C E J A R N I R

N I M I T S E G G O J

E R S A J U N O L U S

J E K O J J U J E J T

I S H E D F T P D W I

L O P Y S O P A N Y R

R R U P L E E K A B E

Y K F M U B R Y S B U

Y L I Y L O W F L F R

R D S M L O Y F U O R

L Y O O V E R H G A R

T S T Z Z L I A C O S

R I H U Y V E T L B E

B A C F L K C Y Y B O

Y L S L I C I R P K N


Puzzle 214: Land of the Rising Sun Difficulty Level: Hard After you find all these words, you’ll discover the Japanese greeting waiting for you in the leftover letters.

R I G A M I N N O M I C A

O A W A N Y O Y K E R E E

BAMBOO BASEBALL BONSAI BOW CHERRY BLOSSOM HOKKAIDO JUDO KANJI KARAOKE KENDO

L K O N I K K K O N D O T

L N T E T O A E H R A K A

A I H S N D I K O A M A N

B E S O A I N I J U W A G

O W A J K P C H E F U O M

A N B U N P O N R T N S S

MANGA MISO MOUNT FUJI NAGOYA NIPPON NORI OKINAWA ORIGAMI RYOKAN SAKE

K E O D I H S E R Y B L O

O Y R A K E I I M U O A Y

S A W S O O B O S S N I O

A M I H S A M C I A K J G

B I R O N S A B M H A N A

SASHIMI SHINKANSEN SHINTO SUMI-E TEA CEREMONY TOKYO WASABI YEN

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Puzzle 215: Belly Flop Difficulty Level: Hard This word list includes an extra word that is not in the grid — see whether you can fish it out!

A S W E T S S O G P A D D

L H S T S U I D O L D E L

P S A O T G T E E E Y M A

B R E W R O G G P S C U B

BIKINI BREASTSTROKE BUTTERFLY CHLORINE DEEP END DIVING DOG PADDLE EAR PLUGS FLIPPERS FREESTYLE GAMES GOGGLES KICKBOARD

L H C E L K E L E S V E S

O R I N G T T U B K A W R

I P P I D E E P L I P P E

D Y N N I R F E F C K R A

P E N O K E L N D O B P L

I E Y T S E Y G R A D G U

E C L I S O L N I V I S B

U G E F P O N I M M I W I

A R D L A P G K S A N I K

LAPS LIFEGUARD MASK MEDLEY ONE-PIECE SCUBA SKINNY DIPPING SPEEDOS SPLASH SWIMMING POOL TOWEL WAVES WETSUIT


Puzzle 216: Electronics Difficulty Level: Hard T I G R E M M E R O I D C

A L I D G S I S O N C R I

N K R I N T R Y L E U O A

I D E B F O E T T A I B R

S L X U L R E A O B T D D

BATTERY BREADBOARD BURNT FINGERS CAPACITOR CIRCUIT BOARD DIGITAL DIODE FLUX FUSE HEAT SINK MICROCHIPS

T O S R N T S R D I S A E

A D N O C F U S N S T O R

E U C M I I T R A M A P B

H O T E S N G E E P D I A

C R C I T C H T D O I C T

A P A R O O I E Y P H O L

W O M I C R P S A R D T O

E R C O R D S T L E A O V

OP-AMP PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER CORD RELAY RESISTOR SEMICONDUCTOR SOLDERING SOLENOID TEST LEAD TRANSISTOR TRIMMER

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Puzzle 217: Whodunit? Difficulty Level: Hard This list includes an extra word that is not in the grid. Use your detective skills to find it!

N S U R D S H T M S E I L

A W B E A R U S I H U R G

N E A F Y A M S T E N B L

C R L E N R P L T W O D A

Y D C X U L P E I O L F E

ALLEYN BRUNETTI CADFAEL CHARLIE CHAN COLUMBO DALGLIESH DALZIEL FALCO HERCULE POIROT MAIGRET MARLOWE

L A O T M P H A N R E M L

L E M I V E C S H E N E O

E S D A M T O O O R L S H

Y E W L A S O D I L O C K

N L O Z I E B Y E R A H T

T R A M C L E S C O I R O

E R G L A D O R H P U C H

M A I E A F M N A E L R E

MISS MARPLE MORSE NANCY DREW NERO WOLFE REBUS SAM VIMES SCOOBY-DOO SHERLOCK HOLMES STEPHANIE PLUM THURSDAY NEXT


Puzzle 218: Ladies of Literature Difficulty Level: Hard The nine leftover letters, when arranged in the right order, spell out the pseudonym of the first female American columnist.

E M D N A R N Y O R O T H

D I L Y I N G A D E D L Y

J U N B A R U L L S W I P

A B A R O N A N I N S E A

R N H O P T L A Y A I K R

ALICE MUNRO ANAÏS NIN AYN RAND DJUNA BARNES DORIS LESSING DOROTHY PARKER EMILY BRONTË JANE AUSTEN

S E C N I E C V I M A E N

A T E V O F O R R A N R R

K N S S D A T I G S I U O

F N I E L S T D I M A A L

A G A U Y I R O N N Y A I

R J E S T E N A I G N A C

E A N A L L I W L E R N E

H T A C F L O O O U O U M

KATE CHOPIN LAURA INGALLS WILDER LOUISA MAY ALCOTT MAYA ANGELOU RITA DOVE VIRGINIA WOOLF WILLA CATHER

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Puzzle 219: Igneous is Bliss Difficulty Level: Hard After you dig out all these words, use the leftover letters to discover a supercontinent that was created when Pangaea drifted apart.

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ASBESTOS BEDROCK CHALK CHERT CLAY CONGLOMERATE CRUST EARTHQUAKE EPOCH FOSSILS GEOLOGY IGNEOUS KARST

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Puzzle 220: Mr. Bones Difficulty Level: Hard This list includes an extra word that is not in the grid. Can you figure out which one it is?

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Puzzle 221: Chew, Chew, Chew Difficulty Level: Hard This list contains one extra word that is not in the puzzle.

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Puzzle 222: The Golden Age Difficulty Level: Hard This list includes an extra word that is not in the grid. Can you discover it?

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Puzzle 223: Russian Revival Difficulty Level: Hard This list includes an extra word that is not in the grid.

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Discovering Anagrams and Other Word Games

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his chapter presents four different sorts of word puzzles to challenge your brain:

✓ Mix-Ups have a 3-x-3, 4-x-4, or extra hard 5-x-5 grid of random letters. Find words within the grid by moving from one adjacent letter to another without reusing the same square in any given word. You can move in any direction, including diagonally. Add a time limit to up the challenge for yourself! ✓ Muddled Words require you to rearrange any or all of the seven given letters into as many words as you can, using each letter only once. ✓ Daisy Words ask you to rearrange the letters on the daisy petals into as many words as possible without repeating letters. The catch: The letter on the shaded petal must appear in every word. ✓ Anagrams give you weird phrases that you must rearrange to form particular words according to the theme. Each anagram has a single answer; you don’t need to find a list of all possible words. Words must be at least three letters long — no proper nouns allowed! See Chapter 2 for tips and tricks to help you solve these and other anagramstyle puzzles. The letter pattern information in Chapter 14 is also very helpful when you solve these puzzles. In most of these puzzles, I’ve kept the answer list to words that are in general use — some words in the Hard puzzles are unusual, but they’re not foreign or archaic terms. For an added challenge, use only words in a particular dictionary (the Scrabble dictionary is a great example). And if you want to increase the number of possible words, add two-letter words to the game.

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Puzzle 224: Mix-Up 3 x 3 Difficulty Level: Easy See how many words you can find by moving in any direction from one letter to another without repeats. See whether you can discover the one nine-letter word in the grid, as well as more than 50 other shorter words!

Puzzle 225: Mix-Up 3 x 3 Difficulty Level: Easy See whether you can discover the one nine-letter word in the grid, as well as more than 43 other shorter words!

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Puzzle 226: Muddled Letters Difficulty Level: Easy See how many words you can make with these five sets of seven letters. You can use each letter only once in each word. 1. L D N A G R A (at least 26 words, including one 7-letter word) 2. T l E E H I N (at least 18 words) 3. E I R T A O N (at least 90 words, including five 6-letter words) 4. R W O U T N Y (at least 38 words) 5. M I L J E C A (at least 34 words)

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Puzzle 227: Muddled Letters Difficulty Level: Easy See how many words you can make with these sets of letters. You can use each letter only once in each word. 1. F U A M O T T (at least 22 words) 2. S C H A A K W (at least 26 words, including one 7-letter word) 3. A O I V E T L (at least 60 words, including one 7-letter word) 4. K E Q I R U A (at least 22 words) 5. D A B A Y E H (at least 26 words)

Puzzle 228: In the Ballpark Difficulty Level: Easy Rearrange these words to uncover baseball-themed anagrams. I give you the number of letters in each word of the answer after each anagram. 1. RIP THEN ITCH (5, 6) 2. CHAOS TUBE (5, 4) 3. FED FILLET (4, 5) 4. NAIL READY (4, 5) 5. HOUR MEN (4, 3)

Puzzle 229: Goo Goo Ga Ga Difficulty Level: Easy Rearrange these words to uncover some babyish words. I give you the number of letters in each word of the answer after each anagram. 1. ANTE IMP (3, 4) 2. DARE NOT HOP (10) 3. NICE SIGH, GRANDPA! (8, 7) 4. SEEK STEW, SIS (5, 6) 5. RISKY FIG SCENT (6, 7)

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Puzzle 230: Daisy Words Difficulty Level: Easy Find as many words as you can by using these five letters. You can skip from any letter to another in any order, but you can’t use the letter on any petal more than once in a word. You must use the letter in the shaded petal in each word. Two five-letter words are hidden here; see whether you can find them. Top marks if you can find 11 words!

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Puzzle 231: Daisy Words Difficulty Level: Easy Find as many words as you can by using these five letters. Three words use all the letters; see whether you can find them! Bonus points if you can find 19 words. Remember: The letter E must be in every word.

Puzzle 232: Mix-Up 3 x 3 Difficulty Level: Easy See how many words you can find by moving in any direction from one letter to another without repeats. See whether you can discover the one nine-letter word in the grid, as well as more than 20 other shorter words!

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Puzzle 233: Mix-Up 4 x 4 Difficulty Level: Medium Can you discover the two seven-letter words in the grid, as well as more than 120 other shorter words?

Puzzle 234: Mix-Up 4 x 4 Difficulty Level: Medium Look for the two five-letter words in the grid, as well as more than 40 other shorter words!

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Puzzle 235: Muddled Letters Difficulty Level: Medium See how many words you can make with these sets of letters. You can use each letter only once in each word. 1. Q E U S I D P (at least 39 words) 2. J A P M D O E (at least 35 words) 3. G L E N D U T (at least 46 words) 4. V N C E E I O (at least 26 words) 5. Z A M T F H E (at least 35 words)

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Puzzle 236: Muddled Letters Difficulty Level: Medium See how many words you can make with these sets of letters. Each set contains one seven-letter word. 1. A I R I G O M (at least 20 words) 2. B H I T M E L (at least 34 words) 3. E T E K S L T (at least 31 words) 4. R A F O C Y T (at least 61 words) 5. D R A K W W A (at least 11 words)

Puzzle 237: Digging in the Garden Difficulty Level: Medium Rearrange these words to uncover where they came from. I give you the number of letters in each word of the answer after each anagram. 1. TRUE WAFER TEA (5, 7) 2. RAW CELERY SPICE (6, 8) 3. SEPAL STORE (4, 6) 4. STATEROOM PIE (4, 8) 5. OPPOSE MATCH (7, 4)

Puzzle 238: Dish It Up! Difficulty Level: Medium Rearrange these words to serve up some local dishes. 1. LED COW MARCH (4, 7) 2. PALE PIPE (5, 3) 3. POSH MUG BRIM (6, 5) 4. PINE OUT (7) 5. TRY FLEA SWAT AFT (9, 5)


Puzzle 239: Daisy Words

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Puzzle 240: Daisy Words

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Puzzle 241: Mix-Up 4 x 4 Difficulty Level: Medium See how many words you can find by moving in any direction from one letter to another without repeats. See whether you can discover the five six-letter words in the grid, the two seven-letter words, and more than 80 other shorter words!

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Puzzle 243: Mix-Up 4 x 4 Difficulty Level: Hard See whether you can discover the one nine-letter word in the grid, as well as more than 90 other shorter words!

Puzzle 244: Muddled Letters Difficulty Level: Hard See how many words you can make with these sets of letters. You can use each letter only once in each word. 1. A D R G O O U (at least 31 words) 2. R E H P P G Y (at least 18 words) 3. F O I D O L A (at least 28 words) 4. V T P E B N T (at least 12 words) 5. I H E N F T X (at least 29 words)


Puzzle 245: Muddled Letters Difficulty Level: Hard See how many words you can make with these sets of letters. You can use each letter only once in each word. 1. E T L I D U Q (at least 38 words, including one 7 letter word) 2. S K E N Y B C (at least 17 words) 3. M A Z U R N E (at least 37 words) 4. J O I D G R B (at least 29 words) 5. A T P T W C H (at least 27 words)

Puzzle 246: Travel the World Difficulty Level: Hard Rearrange these words to discover ten capital cities from around the world. I give you the number of letters in each word of the answer after each anagram. 1. EARN LAVA DOLLAR (7, 2, 5)

6. HENCE, NO GAP (10)

2. EVIDENT MOO (10)

7. LENTIL GOWN (10)

3. GOT NEW OGRE (10)

8. MUGS IDAHO (6)

4. CHERUB SAT (9)

9. SHAKE TNT! (8)

5. SERIOUS BEAN (6, 5)

10. PORCUPINE ART (4-2-6)

Puzzle 247: Confused Composers Difficulty Level: Hard Unscramble these anagrams to find 10 composers’ names — both first and last. I give you the number of letters in each word of the answer after each anagram. 1. KNIT IVORY GRASS (4, 10)

6. DARK VAN NOTION (7, 6)

2. SILVER CHASE (7, 4)

7. REWARD GLADE (6, 5)

3. SCRUB HERTZ FAN (5, 8)

8. NO PANIC LOGICIAN (7, 8)

4. USE BUDDY SCALE (6, 7)

9. AVOID TAN VIOLIN (7, 7)

5. CHARTS USSR RAID (7, 7)

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Puzzle 249: Daisy Words Difficulty Level: Hard Find as many words as you can by using these nine letters. See whether you can find the one nine-letter word. You can find at least 22 words in this set, some of which are quite tricky. Good luck!

Puzzle 250: Mix-Up 5 x 5 Difficulty Level: Hard See how many words you can find by moving in any direction from one letter to another without repeats. Can you discover the two eight-letter words in the grid, as well as more than 100 other shorter words?

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Part IV

Hints and Answers

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Chapter 12

Helpful Hints to Keep You Going In This Chapter ▶ Using a coordinate system to navigate the grid ▶ Refusing to admit defeat (otherwise known as getting a hint)

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Understanding the Grid Coordinate System I use coordinates to indicate where a word starts in the letter grid. Think about the grid coordinate system you use to pinpoint and direct your deadly attacks (or, in my case, frequent misses) when playing Battleships. Here’s what you need to know about the coordinate system: ✓ The word in ALL CAPITALS is the word to search for in the letter grid. ✓ The first coordinate is the x coordinate and runs left to right along the top of the grid. In this book, I label each column on this axis with a capital letter, starting with A. ✓ The second coordinate is the y coordinate and runs from the top to bottom of the grid. Here I number each row consecutively, beginning with 1 (a good place to start, no?). The grid in Figure 12-1 shows 12 columns, labeled A to L, and 9 numbered rows. You can find the word BASIL starting at position (A, 2) — the point where column A and row 2 intersect. So if you get a hint reading “PETAL starts at (H, 4),” you can expect to find a P at the intersection of column H and row 4. You can then check the eight squares around the P until you find the E, the T, and so on.

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Figure 12-1: Using the coordinate grid to locate the starting letter for a word.

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Chapter 1 Hint Example puzzle: The second word in the first proverb is HARD.

Chapter 3 Hints Puzzle 1: Six words run diagonally. Puzzle 2: BEACH starts at (I, 7). Puzzle 3: Three words run diagonally. Puzzle 4: ANKLET starts at (H, 7). Puzzle 5: Four words run vertically.

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Chapter 12: Helpful Hints to Keep You Going Puzzle 6: Nine letters are used twice. Puzzle 7: PARROT starts at (C, 13). Puzzle 8: Six words run diagonally. Puzzle 9: FRASIER starts at (K, 7). Puzzle 10: CANDLELIGHT starts at (L, 11). Puzzle 11: Seven words run vertically. Puzzle 12: PUT ON A SWEATER starts at (P, 14). Puzzle 13: Nine words run diagonally. Puzzle 14: EYE OF THE TIGER starts at (N, 4). Puzzle 15: Only two words run vertically. Puzzle 16: Five words run horizontally. Puzzle 17: BOSTON starts at (C, 9). Puzzle 18: OKAPI starts at (J, 6). Puzzle 19: TEMPERATURE starts at (K, 16). Puzzle 20: BBQ is near the middle of the puzzle. Puzzle 21: Two words start at (J, 12). Puzzle 22: One word starts at (F, 13). Puzzle 23: Two words start at (L, 12). Puzzle 24: One word starts at (P, 15). Puzzle 25: Three words start in row 20. Puzzle 26: Four words start in column R. Puzzle 27: Four words start in row 8.

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Chapter 5 Hints Puzzle 42: Seven words start in column F. Puzzle 43: Six words start in column G. Puzzle 44: FENCES starts at (G, 6). Puzzle 45: Five words start in column K. Puzzle 46: LOWELL starts at (G, 8).

Chapter 12: Helpful Hints to Keep You Going Puzzle 47: Four words run diagonally. Puzzle 48: Three words start in column D. Puzzle 49: Two words start in row 3. Puzzle 50: GEOLOGY starts at (K, 14). Puzzle 51: Seven words run vertically. Puzzle 52: Four words start in column O. Puzzle 53: Five words start in row 10. Puzzle 54: Three words run vertically. Puzzle 55: Three words start in row 16. Puzzle 56: Seven words start in column P. Puzzle 57: OWL starts at (F, 11). Puzzle 58: Seven words start in column I. Puzzle 59: Four words start in column J. Puzzle 60: Four words start in row 3. Puzzle 61: Five words start in row 5. Puzzle 62: MONEY starts at (P, 12). Puzzle 63: Four words start in row 7. Puzzle 64: Two words start in row 10. Puzzle 65: Two words start in row 11. Puzzle 66: Two words in the answer are UGLIER and PLAYS. Puzzle 67: Seven words start in row 15. Puzzle 68: Two words in the answer are LUXURY and NOT. Puzzle 69: Five words start in row 5.

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Chapter 6 Hints Puzzle 75: VANILLA starts at (G, 6). Puzzle 76: Three words start in row 8. Puzzle 77: Four words start in row 12. Puzzle 78: ELF starts at (C, 7). Puzzle 79: Four words start in column F. Puzzle 80: PEA starts at (D, 12). Puzzle 81: Two words start in row 4. Puzzle 82: Five words start in column G. Puzzle 83: ORB starts at (H, 14). Puzzle 84: IVY starts at (O, 8). Puzzle 85: Three words start in row 9. Puzzle 86: One word starts in column J. Puzzle 87: Five words start in column G. Puzzle 88: One word starts in row 10. Puzzle 89: TWO starts at (N, 11). Puzzle 90: Six words start in row 15.

Chapter 12: Helpful Hints to Keep You Going Puzzle 91: Nine words start in column G. Puzzle 92: TAN starts at (D, 13). Puzzle 93: One word starts in row 9. Puzzle 94: Seven words start in row 3. Puzzle 95: IMP starts at (I, 8). Puzzle 96: Five words start in column I. Puzzle 97: Three words start in row 12. Puzzle 98: Three words start in column S. Puzzle 99: Three words start in row 10. Puzzle 100: Three words start in both column K and row 8. Puzzle 101: Six words start in column H. Puzzle 102: Four words start in row 12. Puzzle 103: HIP starts at (O, 20). Puzzle 104: Five words start in row 15. Puzzle 105: One word starts in column G. Puzzle 106: Five words start in row 13. Puzzle 107: Six words start in row 9.

Chapter 7 Hints Puzzle 108: The answers start with the letters A, B, B, G, J, S, T, T, T, and T. Puzzle 109: The answers start with the letters B, C, D, F, G, K, L, M, P, P, R, R, and T. Puzzle 110: One of the colors is VERMILION. Puzzle 111: The longest entry is CROCHET HOOK.

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Chapter 12: Helpful Hints to Keep You Going Puzzle 134: Four words start in row 15. Puzzle 135: Three words start in row 16, and four words start with M. Puzzle 136: QUEEN DANIO and KRIBENSIS are in the grid.

Chapter 8 Hints Puzzle 137: The answer to number 7 is GREEBO. Puzzle 138: The answer to number 15 is TWYLA THARP. Puzzle 139: The answers to numbers 5, 6, and 7 all start with C. Puzzle 140: The answer to number 17 is XIJIANG, and two words start in row 7. Puzzle 141: The answers to numbers 2 through 5 all start with C, and two words start in column J. Puzzle 142: The answer to number 2 is AUREOLIN, and four words start with T. Puzzle 143: The answer to number 11 is KELPIE, and three words start with M. Puzzle 144: The answer to number 18 is TORONTO, and two words start in row 4. Puzzle 145: The answer to number 7 is CERN, and four words start with P. Puzzle 146: The answer to number 3 is ALCACHOFA, and three words start in row 17. Puzzle 147: The answer to number 8 is DERRIS DUST, and three words start with H. Puzzle 148: The answer to number 5 is BAYERISCHE, and four words start in row 13. Puzzle 149: The answer to number 10 is HRYVNIA, and four words start in column Q. Puzzle 150: The answer to number 19 is NANNY OGG, and five words start with J. Puzzle 151: The answer to number 4 is CETACEANS, and three words start in row 9.

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Part IV: Hints and Answers Puzzle 152: The answer to number 10 is EXISTENZ, and the answer to number 13 is HASKIN. Puzzle 153: The answer to number 24 is MAWSON, and seven words start with C. Puzzle 154: The answer to number 12 is ECO-PARTY, and the last four words start with W. Puzzle 155: The answer to number 6 is CHRÉTIEN, and four words start in row 17. Puzzle 156: The answer to number 23 is MOINEAU, and five words start with B. Puzzle 157: The answer to number 20 is HOVHANESS, and five words start in row 20. Puzzle 158: The answer to number 28 is TOURTIÈR, and number 9 is a bird. Puzzle 159: Four words start and four words end in row 12, and five words start with K. Puzzle 160: Four words start in row 11, and CUMULUS HUMILIS is in the grid. Puzzle 161: Four words start in row 17, and six words start with P. Puzzle 162: The answer to number 23 is AUSGEFLIPPT, and four words start in row 19. Puzzle 163: The answer to number 13 is EL DIABLO, and four words start with A. Puzzle 164: Number 16 (PERICLES) doesn’t appear in the grid, and three words start in column D. Puzzle 165: Six words start with G, and VACHERIN is the extra word. Puzzle 166: Number 15 is CUCULIFORMES, and number 28 is VITALES.

Chapter 9 Hints Puzzle 167: The color starting with C is CYAN. Puzzle 168: Four of the animals are big cats. Puzzle 169: Two of the trees have WOOD in their names.

Chapter 12: Helpful Hints to Keep You Going Puzzle 170: Three words start in row 4. Puzzle 171: Three of the flowers start with L. Puzzle 172: LACROSSE and RUBGY are in the grid. Puzzle 173: WIRELESS and GIGABYTE are in the grid. Puzzle 174: Three words start with C, and the last two words start with W. Puzzle 175: CORNISH REX and SOMALI are in the grid. Puzzle 176: Three names start with G, and two start with I. Puzzle 177: JASPER and ONYX are in the grid. Puzzle 178: SUFISM and TAOISM are the last two words. Puzzle 179: Three words start in column F. Puzzle 180: The 2nd, 14th, 21st, 22nd, and 26th names are Canadian. Puzzle 181: Three words start in row 8, and the last word starts with Z. Puzzle 182: PUEO and BUNTING are in the grid. Puzzle 183: MADNESS and NEW ORDER appear in the grid. Puzzle 184: EMBOSSING and MILLINERY are in the grid. Puzzle 185: Twelve of the words end with E, and three words start in row 10. Puzzle 186: The starting letters are A, A, B, C, F, F, F, G, H, K, L, M, P, S, S, S, T, T, V, and W. Puzzle 187: Six names start with M, and four start with B. Puzzle 188: The starting letters are A, A, B, B, B, C, C, C, C, F, G, H, H, I, I, L, L, M, N, N, O, P, P, P, S, S, S, S, T, X, and Z. Puzzle 189: Four words start with H, five start with K, and four start with M. Puzzle 190: Three words start in row 6, and three start in column L. Puzzle 191: FAURÉ is in the grid, and five names start with S. Puzzle 192: GYPSUM and SCHIST are in the grid, and three words start in row 17.

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Chapter 10 Hints Puzzle 196: TOMATO starts at (E, 3). Puzzle 197: FROZEN TOES starts at (C, 6). Puzzle 198: AEGEAN ends at (F, 3). Puzzle 199: SNICKERDOODLE starts at (E, 6). Puzzle 200: FIVE starts at (C, 4). Puzzle 201: SAIL starts at (I, 9). Puzzle 202: Three words start in row 6. Puzzle 203: One word starts in row 7. Puzzle 204: GIFTED ends at (H, 8). Puzzle 205: Five words start in column E. Puzzle 206: No words start in row 9. Puzzle 207: SERRANO starts at (I, 3). Puzzle 208: Four words start in row 6. Puzzle 209: Two words end in column H. Puzzle 210: Five words start in column C. Puzzle 211: One word starts in column G. Puzzle 212: No words start in row 8. Puzzle 213: FLUFFY starts at (E, 10).

Chapter 12: Helpful Hints to Keep You Going Puzzle 214: OKINAWA ends at (B, 2). Puzzle 215: Four words start in row 10. Puzzle 216: Two words start in row 6. Puzzle 217: DALZIEL ends at (K, 6). Puzzle 218: The two hidden words both start with F. Puzzle 219: EPOCH starts at (J, 11). Puzzle 220: SACRUM ends at (C, 10). Puzzle 221: CHIPMUNK starts at (F, 8). Puzzle 222: Two names start in column B. Puzzle 223: SBITEN is the extra word.

Chapter 11 Hints Puzzle 224: The nine-letter word starts with E and ends with S. Puzzle 225: Seven words start with K, and four start with O. Puzzle 226: 1. Eleven words start with G. 2. More than half the words start with T. 3. Twenty words start with R. 4. Five words start with W. 5. Two words start with J. Puzzle 227: 1. Eleven words start with T. 2. Six words start with C. 3. Twenty-four words start with V. 4. Six words start with Q. 5. Ten words start with B.

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Chapter 12: Helpful Hints to Keep You Going Puzzle 244: 1. Seven words start with D. 2. Seven words start with P. 3. Four words start with O. 4. No words are longer than four letters. 5. Three words have five letters. Puzzle 245: 1. Three words start with E. 2. Three words start with K. 3. Ten words start with R. 4. All the words are either three or four letters long. 5. Two words have 5 letters. Puzzle 246: The starting letters are (from 1–10): A, M, G, B, B, C, W, M, T, and P. Puzzle 247: The ten surnames start with: S, I, S, D, S, D, E, P, V, and G. Puzzle 248: Twenty-five of the words start with B. Puzzle 249: The nine-letter word starts with E. Puzzle 250: The eight-letter words start with A and U.

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A hard beginning maketh a good ending. The road to a friend’s house is never long. He who knows nothing, doubts nothing. Praise the young and they will blossom. The palest ink is better than the best memory.

Puzzle 2 E O N A C S G N I K I H S

L A W N M O W I N G E S E

S T N A L S N P O S K D L

G N I F A E R U S I E L A

A M I C O O K O U T H T S

O N A O A Y L C C J Y H H

M O F A U E G H P E L O C

A M A T M G O A R C L N T

N L E A O C A O A H E E O

N A R P O F I T L E J Y C

I A F L A C F E I W A M S

C O A I S R U E N I I E R

S T A C U B G Y E N S G E

E C I R O C I L T G U D T

S T U N A E P S I G G U T

C O F F E E K C Y U A F U

O A Y R R E H C I M R S B

E L U I S C A U D H R N L

I O N P O K R R A I I O N

R G Y E L N I I E N E S R

E I C A O Y I L R K T A A

P C W O G T W C L R Y E E

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Puzzle 3 E N X R M E C I A C D R D

G R C E A G I A A S N A R

N U A L E A B E R E A V A

I B M A R N B O S T S E Y

L N P X C I E V A M R L E

C U I P E S W I M T B I E

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C M G U I U S C I N C I P

J A H S E M A G D R A C U

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Puzzle 4 E L G N A B B R O O C H T

H B R M E D A L L I O N N

B T E L E C A R B F T B A

K A R A T S O H I U I U D

T D I A D E M L A T E Q N

Puzzle 5 N U F R A S I A N K P O E

E Q R G U G R E V L I S P

C A E Q R B A B C P N G T

K G R E U N I H I E L C E

L O E R K O O E K A S H K

A L D L I K I E S R U A C

C D E Y E N Y S A L O R O

E T Y R O F G W E W B M L

Puzzle 6 N A R A M A T A C O C S W

U N O L D S A L T O T I Y

W O H W W B O O M O E H O

D I C U A H P P N Z G B L

L R N P R I A K E N R R H

A S E S E E G I C E A R U

F A R M E R M Y H I T A A

I T A H R O S H I G I K A

R A S P U D T I C O B S M

E O W S K U U D K D B H A

D G E S R R K U E G A D L

R R F K H I R C N N R O L

E A E O E E T K B I U N A

L Y J P P L E U U K S K C

U S I G O E T P S R O E A

M G F L A M B T A O E Y P

Y R E T S O O R A W U T L

B E H O R S E S M C N F A

T E A F A A N U E D E S E

A O I R K E I U C G V E S

K S R E T N T Y I I O H E

H S I T E S L B M E L O M

J U I A O L A B R A D O R

I K P Y L I Y A O E F I U

K I I B E C S T F R O G B

G C H A M E L E O N Y W A

Puzzle 7 R E A D O S P R I R E E L

I Z F O S I I D F U K L S

G I I P B U E E V D A L T

G S S E O R R K D D N I H

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Y N O P A Y B W A U F S M

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Chapter 13: The Answers You Seek

Puzzle 8 H S E A E T T M T B S E E

E L O S N I A A E C K U U

P C B U P R J M L O C G I

A H H O Y A U O L W O N B

Puzzle 9

E P I J O L D F A B S O S

S U A T E T S R B O M T L

R N G O L R S P I Y D A A

E W C O A A H M C L C O D

P A O F R O O U E E L U N

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Puzzle 10 U A E G E T Y S D R E H P E H S S

T Y O L F O N B E Y P G H A K U L

O H A O A I H E L N N I O U Y A E

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R S E D M Y T H R E E S O N S O S

E Y E K N E N C D B F S M B P V A

T A I E A I H T R U A R R E T E H

S D S U I E M A V G F E I W S L T

N Y U N E N D D R E I P L I E U A

U P D R O Y G E N S A E K T E C T

M P S U B S N T A A S E I C K Y R

E A C U E R T R H T K P B H N H A

H H N I O S F E E I I R E E O A M

T C U C N T O H J O N M O D M L S

H A M A R U T U F E D G A M E A T

S E I N F E L D T M H G S R H L E

S N O S P M I S E H T T F E T O G

L R E T S U H S D N A E N Y A W E

T H E N A N N Y P E N N A E S O R

S O N R U L E R S F C K E S A V N

F O T N E P N I A T N U O F T T T

M B N D R A F T A E M O G L S L S

P X I C S R H C R H P L L R S I S

A E O M E T E A B M U O B I Y C S

P L P V N E S D A E I X L T S N O

E L L S A E H D L U P E A E E E B

R I L A R P R E Q O E D S T V P M

S U A T B A O M E M F N E I U N E

O Q B N C T W A E S C I L A T I E

Puzzle 11 B D T I H O L I I Y O Y F A N N U

A O S E B E W D S T M E K R O A E

B O A W F R H G N T A S L I P S C

Y G E I E O N T M A M N T A E G I

J N F A D A V E K P C A E R A N T

E O T E L T S I M C R E S E R G S

S H O D J S G U S O E H O T T A L

U W L E I O O L C I M D O N R P O

S U S A B E L E S E B W G I E E S

A E H C A E D S L O R A C W E U E

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L F R A I M S T R E N U Q I A T A

B K U O C O U M E E T F I R E S R

B R Y T M S A L T P N T E A R X C

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Puzzle 12 S O R S O L S T I C E D N K M E A

E C R U N C H I N G E O S E V O D

L G F G O F E C I C I T C R I S P

T R R T N W U G I T H B E A N I E

S G E K E M I D A G N I T T I N K

A N S T C I U N I I W M S Y I F Z

C I H R A O R L T E L N Y C H R Z

Puzzle 13 W Z A I U E E R C E O O E A D A A

O E I S B L W O E W R S F R H C N

N E R I K C L S M P C B A L D S S

S R H N I O S A A U E Z L E L N A

A F I I R L N Y L N Z E L U I A R

U W O F E D E P T I O S P K E A F

T A U S V L T E L T O T P F C S W

U L A W L U T B U G O M U O A Y U

M A M O R N I M G L U O M P S E W

N B W E W G M D C P S K I I N G L

Puzzle 14 T H R I L L E R C E M N O E K A T

S N T A E B T R A E H L U K A R U

E H P N O P L G R S M R A N E P O

R M E P O P M U S I K O Y G B E P

U T I D Z T H E L A D Y I N R E D

T E T T R T I T A E B T M R L E R

P V O G R I B T R U E C O L O R S

K H H D S L O T R O M I T T S A E

I O U D R O H T A R T A M U S R H

T N D B R A A V I E T N A M H A K

A G S A I O P L N Y O A I M O I L

B K R L C M A O A I S E N O D N I

O O A I E I I K E T A N L N L F M

Y N L K P Y S K A L V A A S E O T

D G E E A E A Y A I D I N O N R U

N A M R D E T E E F S E D O A E N

O O O A D H S B I U F Y D N T S O

S S N G I C A M B O D I A U S T C

A U G U E Y E G Y B O S R L O S O

E B R S S L H I I E A L A L A L C

S R A M B U T A N N G N E T I M C

Y I S L S M U R R O G P A I A M M

R C S A S R O U S M T E T N W Y E

D L M P P B S A M R U B R K A O H

K R K B S I K N L W L S K U N U S

S E A T D E N B A A S W I R E U S

O H A I R N L E N L L N R E G S R

X T O J N U O O P H A D T M N S P

S O A R E C I C O O N N S O I E O

L C S J T T H T E I I O T H D R P

K A A D A S D E E S D M D H L I C

V Y A N E O T T C S R A W Y E P O

S Z N H G R W O L K A I E I I M R

H T U R E B A B P G C D S I F U N

Puzzle 15 A L S U B E V Y A H E U T A V C O

R E E P R R T E T F U H R G E H T

W V Y A O H E F S I Z A O A S I O

H K E E F B O A A M U I J G H N B

I C Y L K E E U K E E Y A O A A O

P A R W Y C S H S D M C M I C G R

I L G E E P I U S E A I R D K I R

T B N I T I O M I W E N T A I R M

A S U E H T N I N R O B C R Z L A

W L H I Y S D O W N U N D E R Y A

M U I D A T S E E K N A Y V T Y X

S A T T I E T H F T P U Y U U O E

Y L N T W T N C L E A I O V S U B

E A E A I K A N Y S C G R E G R T

E E D G T M I E B R U R T A A A H

O S G G N I G B A D D I E V T A O

U R A A N A O C L F H L E N U E X

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Puzzle 16 Y S B O A D E U R P C P U L B N O

F A O B I N S T Y U M O S Y R O K

D M D W T T Z A U R P M E E K W T

L A A H I O D A T I R P T P A R F

Z L N J T G S I C M A S I N J U Y

I M N S A R I T R D A G Z K O Z L

Y A D L O J A M E E A A W Z M A N

Puzzle 17 G H F D U S S E H R A Y S M V O P

S O T R E U M S O L E D A I D U Y

A L I Q U E E N S B I R T H D A Y

R I A I V R O S H H A S H A N A H

Y A D S R E H T O M E U L I Y N C

A B M E D H I K H F I N A D O S A

D G K A T D A O N T P O E S K Z S

Y U I R D S S O L A V I N R A C E

A Z T U E A O H A N U K K A H B P

M A O V Y M N S A M T S I R H C O

Puzzle 18 F N S E M T Z C H I M P A N Z E E

T U O S O G S S O R E C O N I H R

N B R T P O U E Y E C O A G S Y F

A I O Z A O R I E L T O R M E M L

H A D K N I G Y N B F E B V R O O

P N R A E I K N X E E E O R V N W

E I I L M P O E O N A D S A A G D

T O T N E M A R C A S Y S A L E M

O L Y M P I A A E L T A N E L E H

P R E V O D U L B I I E R R E I P

E T S S B S L O C H O N O L U L U

K E B O T I S E E X J A C K S O N

A E I I V T K E G C O N C O R D E

M S N H O A T R U S U B M U L O C

E O S N L N T R O F K N A R F N E

S A N T A F E E R B I S M A R C K

N T L T J P A N N L A N S I N G M

E D I G F N E U N R Q H G O A T L M B R O

M R N F U A W D M E E U R M P L E I O A L

M A N R G H I N O C R I C E I A R

S T U E Y O B E T P I A D E D B E

K N A N N E M Y A G O I L I I S V

E A E T A N U E B O V S S E Y M N

S U E E E S E O Z O N E L A Y E R M O I I

T E D E D R O D A N R O T L C L I M A T E

N L N O B I L H R O S O V U I U E

I T U N L X O C R Y N O E X R G D

X A J S A I C P I D R O F T R A H

Puzzle 19 L B B A O A W S M B Y F L T L O R

E E Y E T K G A P O T T O I E O A

T X R S H O M A H U B D O W W S A

S C A R A B D U N G B E E T L E T

E O T U A U O S I K N F A F L R W

R B E F Z T E V I C O F W R Y E D

O O R E I F E D U A H A K L B N B

F N C P S Y K U J G T R C Z A E H

A O E A L I O N Y R Y I E L S M Z

W B S C D H Y E N A P G E O E A D

K P M C L E D N I W C I T A B A T A K B S

E L A C S T R O F U A E B U B R E E Z E B

Z E R E M H G U Q N O I T A S N E D N O C

P R E S C R O Y T O U T L O O K H T L O T

G U S O Q I A B G A E N O R E A S T E R S

E O T M J U K W S R R W L T M I F Q I E R

I P A U J E A C F R E E A K M R O M R Q U

N N I E P F T L A E E N P W O U N A A U B

J W L L A A Y S L L S T E M I A I Y I O D

O O S A Z E N W T U B K T R E L N E N S U

R S E Y G G O F K B S A O O G S O R W B C

O C U H I G U C L T R D M K E I M S E O D

T O X P P M O U Y Z N E H O A R F R O S T

S L N N S A C P T V E H C T A W G O M S S

U A I M A A H E O C U M U L O N I M B U S

D W V Y Z T F S L R P O W D E R S N O W W

E G U A G N I A R L T Y T I L A U Q R I A

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Puzzle 20 I L A T K E S A D R E P P U S H C R U H C

E I C H I T L I N S L B T E M M K S F A P

F K C I T S M U R D D O N Y T D E E T C I

C L A M B A K E F E U A S I K O E O M L E

E S F E L F I D R T O A E O Y B U L T C R

Y H E I K K E A I A T U E R R R A F I P O

V M N P C A J N A I S N Q E B S R R F N G

A R O E U E S B J I R T G E A N D U C E I

R E Z M L R U A X A Q N I G O L R F C H E

Puzzle 21 G G L I T B F P C B I P N R I E C O I G S

D R A L O S P N B G M E N W G F N G C N H

N U C Y P K O S B A R C L L E H S T F O S

A B E E R C H E E S E S O U P T S X S J A

S M N K I A H R T A Y H T Y P H C B L E T

T A B L S J C O O A O C A M U C H R E D O

I H I S I R F E T T S E C E E S N E G P C

U H T O A E U A D D E K O G L R I L A M C

C E D G T B S O J Q I S G O O O T B B I U

S I U E A M G K I U R S G Z I B Z B I R S

I S U F Z U A R K O F T H I E P E O Y H O

B F A M I L Y R E U N I O N T O L C P S P

Puzzle 22 I I U S C F O T N O R O T D J E I L A O G

E H N H A L F W A Y L I N E E S F T M O R

M A J O R L E A G U E O D G A T G K F A E

S O S A I K C I K R E N R O C M I F A U D

B D T J S T F O O T B A L L Y C S N P E C

K D R N P T I Y T A O G F M K I Y P U B A

R I I A N U A T K X U B E O D T E V O C R

W L K R Z L C T E Q E D F E U O L A T R D

O Z E A S I Y D O P A F O O G L L S E E T

G A T A U P Y N O T C I R E D E R F P N P

J H L O X N A S E T T E I L O J T R E K U

I T Y M M H B B A E G R O O X R I Z I L O

A R T B A O R N O I A Y J V O N O O R O L

S A I N T J E A N S U R R I C H E L I E U

I E C H H T D A O R P R S E T T S I A U D

D A C A P S N Q C T E R G S R O E M R A E

G I E L L T U A D V I E R N U R I T P E R

R R B I E R H A U V O U Q I R O T N E N E

O O E F U O T O I R H C W M O N A W D I I

O T U A G F C E G T O R N M R T H O N T V

I C Q X T N R E A U O A O I P O E T A A I

W I H X A E C B R U M N D T Y E N E R G R

L V W V S W R T C N M B N I P X I T G A O

A R A G A I E S E N I R A H T A C T S W Q

E V J K C N A O U S L O R O M B I O M A U

R E E T A D D B C D I O B U A G D L F T S

T R S Y F S O Z C W B K N R P E E R E T H

N N O S P O O L M A K U R D L U M A O O Z

O O O M I R A M I C H I R E O I D H E U S

M N M D I A N W O L E K T Y S N J C W T U

F B A Y I U O E A M H T T P N W N L I R D

O E L T R O L T L M M O T I O L E O N L O

S N I E R C I A L R S T I A C C D H O A R

W O M C U X C A I O E A I G M F S V D R H

A I R N I I C Y O S T S L M A I L E E E C

L T E E S S A T T A C A A P E S T U L N S

S C F S A M G I D O E L I L A G O N X E J

I E A P L A N C K S C O N S T A N T A G T

O L K W E G X O Y H S C I T P O R E B I F

C F R E D I L L O C N O R D A H E G R A L

Z E N E W T H E O R I E S C A L C U L U S

K R A U Q S E V A W O I D A R T H G I E W

Puzzle 23 L G R N H D W P L C M U T C E T O U A A D

L A G A L A X Y A R E O A O Z A W S M D E

S S A L L A D C F N O R C C O N C A C A F

D L E R I F F A R H I W E T I E A V O E E

R L S U E T P A S B F B A A U Q R I L S N

The extra word is REFEREE.

A U Q R S A P Y B E S A O F L O D H O L D

U B I E I I T E S H U D I R I M K C R E E

G D D V D L A A A T C M I R D F A C S H R

N E E S A N E V I S S A M A P N I D O C E

I R E N C Q U A K E S X O P A L U S R N S

H R E U D I V I S I O N S C J K A O A I K

S P P T R U F S A S U R E C C O S Y R B D

P R I S M E K D E S C A R T E S N G I Y T

I N I E T S N I E I S Y A R X O N S C T A

K S E H T G N E L E V A W P I A C Y H I C

N I C I E R I F R G L B M S B I S H V V S

O K Y I H G J M R G P U S G N M X P N I R

I R E O S L R A A R Y I I A O L Y A E T E

T O B U Y Y V A E G F B H T T Q T R U A G

O W P I Q I H S H R N C A H W U I G T L N

M Z B U T R S P A C E E E S E N S O R E I

315


Puzzle 24 C S P Y A A S A H K R I L O P I L L A G Y

E I R Z E N A H S O R E G N O K G N I K D

R N S T H E A F R I C A N Q U E E N S R A

E G R U B I A O H E W E P N I N S U U G L

R I E A M N I B K W K I M C U A N S A A R

I N T C F F S M H Y S U I L I R M G L N I

N I S N A N O U E A L T E B I S E E Y D A

E N A A N A P D O A I F A S E T S D C H F

Z T M L T Z X U N Z P R E M A H W A A I Y

Puzzle 25 F H N B A R A S E U A E I H U G O N R L M

O E E A S A U N O F O T B G T I D A T U B

H R K S I T K S O C G S R A A N N M K G J

C A N A A A K E I N E A E P B S I R C O E

U I U C N C C S I N P Z M H O Y W E I E F

O N R E U N U W O A I E D M T A R P D N U

T R D D E M S I K P N I R B E D A U L C S

A S T R E E T C A R N A M E D D E S I R E

I A W L E O L O E E I T E A M R R D Z H O

F A A M A D M A X T W W I S R A W R A T S

L H C H A R A D E E Y E R T U H O Y R G S

W H M I H L P A U P M O F U L A B L B K L

B E L E S P R I T E K E E T D S V A A R A

B N E V A M I I J H H W X E B O I R U D D

E I O N O B O R P C L E J I G A E N I P W

P S A Q I V N M N I H A Z N F S H N A W U

E I A Y Q L M A K R V A I E A E F X I Y K

I U E M U S L Y S U T R P R I I E J U C B

Y C B C P B I A H A G E E Z N T I D E U S

O E O A E U F T I E P S R I T M G R I R R

A T I T L D R O X V E X T G U U D E U C C

T U R J K A E U L U E U U I O C H P I O E

A A C T M U T R Q O M R W A M E F C H S H

C H E I C Q A D E N V E P I F M T D Y Y T

B U R G E R M E I S T E R K Y E A A U E G

L M R U I S A F O K I N I M O D O N N A I

I E E F R C M O L U C S M E L A W T E N U

E I T S I W L R L T A I T Y G V R R T A A

B D A U U A A C O B U A T A S E Z O N N P

C R D P V R S E P E L A M H N B E P E A L

H E E M A S U C I I A R F O S C S Y D M H

E P I E D B U G O L A X U O D T E L L I B

N A P T B S O P H K G S O U Q S U T A T S

A S E S E E E N B C E H L F T P I P P F E

L S R X Y F M M I C O O K O I I O B O A S

E H O E P I C A A E T R G E Q P N R N S T

W D U T V C E J D C R R O B S U A N E E I

E I U I R N O Y S I A E J S M C E D O I C

E Q U L D I E Z E P N N G E O P O N I C H

W A L T Y Z T R H C G T L N P A K Y T A O

The extra word is EN ROUTE.

Puzzle 26 K Q P K Z Q U A G J Y L T E I U Q Q K U H









Puzzle 27 O I I U J I O O Z Z U Z I I E T O O E I U












Q A E N A C V P V E I S U O E T U L C E U

S U Z E I R R I S U K U N Y I T I I A N C

E H T N P H M D O L I O F O R M T A R I G

L O H U O I C P K C H U E S U S O S T N A

L U X J N T I N U L S R I K A E M A B I K

E S O E A A C A I M A T C M Z S R Y R H A

R D O J T H A A R K Y I O A V B L E I P W

T U U O I Y C I E P F N N H M F N V O L I

S B N B R I O V Z F O O S U O I C A R E V

I E O T T V D P A C A T A E C O D R A D A

P L R N U S O M A Q U I D D I T A T I V E

I D A E B U X A M U V U B I I Z F P B M T

P S R T I O Y E Q R C R A O L Y A A O L E

E B Z N N R N F H W S I E G H N N X H Z L

316


Puzzle 28 T L E H C O N Q U I S T A D O R S

A E G R I N D I N G T Q C A C A O

A D L I O S B U Q E Y R E V A L S

D A V A M C W Y E X P E N S I V E

O R D I B C A W H N S N P R U R H

R T A Y A O S D E A E M E E C E S

E R R C M R R S B T N T T M E I U

Puzzle 29 T I K O E A T I U U D D E R N G O

I A E T W L E O N N R Y R A O N I

O F T E E P H R I T M Y S F Y W C

V I A D O N A L C P E E I C R A I

B G L I A P R O F I T N O J E O L

C R O V G N I H C N O C S E V C E

R I C O Y E H S R E H A E I E O D

O T O I U Q R O Y A L T Y P V C O

P T H R A I N F O R E S T A X E O

S Y C E S N A C I R E M A O S E M

Puzzle 30 O F H E L B A D A R G E D O I B E

B O O K C R O S S I N G O G P U D

T T B O P P E S S T E K R A M P A

R O E M D K R O H G Y O P W E E R

A I V E A M O A E O E E D O R N T

T N I A F B I T C L R S W R O C R

S O T N W F T L C T P T E L V I I

N O G B C R E V I T C E P S R E P

I T N P A O N R W O R L D W I D E

L S I M I N Q O Y S U E S A L E K

P T O P A O N U I Q S U A Z R R P

A S G G D R L A E S B I G I I I Y

H I T L H C Y Q Y T U L L T G T H

C T U A W P U P I L T L N M T E T

N R O D S R A T I S L E L I S R I

H A F Y R R L R K C L O T I E G F

O D I S F E O N G I K A P S B N F

L E L D S A A K S O I F K P Y E I

L T M I A B E S U A I P O O M R R

Y I U Z R N T W C Z O B U R G D G

W N O I S T A N D A R D S P D L O

O U A F I C I C G N I T C E R I D

O F S O T R A E H T E E W S O H H

D A C S U O M A F B L O N D E C W

P P E Z A A S S M S N G E A C H R

S C O K B N W I L G S R H H L T O

N L E I I M T Z D M P U I G O F L

A S C L N E C E T T O V R X U M O

R T O I L T A S O U A T N P C O C

T K U O Z R R H I L E M A C O I R

C H I N E S E H O G B R I S T L E

F V A P A Z T N E M I D E S T V T

L E A R N I N G I V E S E C O T A

N P R A W S I E N N A B U P N A W

Puzzle 31 P B I K E T O Y E A I M E D A L A

R R S U I R C C G S P C I R C S F

O A O R R E I C N I V M A S O A T

C C P A E N Y L A N D F I L L A H

E W L R V E R C H O O S E W P B A

S O F S I W A D C H K L A W I L I

S L U W E A R L A N O S A E S N O

I B O E C B B I N I A T N U O F D

N R T S E L I S A V E W A T E R C

G A G D R E L N L R E T A M I L C

P R E G G I R T U D E F S E B U T

C E R U L E A N E U W I L I S L S

T R D U L R F I O C G B O K A T P

N S E N B B A A A U A E X S A A D

E H E V U T N P M S S R T I P E W

R W A H O O P A Y M Y S N E S A A

A V O J S C R K I A U I T S A R R


Puzzle 32 I D O S B E N I C C U T T E F P I

A N T H E O G S P A G H E T T I T

L O I O S I C S B T R D N S F B Y

O M T C T I V C U S E A D E R T I

Z L E O R T F O O Q E E R M I A T

N A P Z I O U U H N N R I U T N S

O M P O Z T P I A C C B Q G T I A

Puzzle 33 G A A B M S A R C A N I U E A L P

R R N E L A R L A S T A N L T O I

O I O U L E S T I N O I E I A M T

G N U C T L N C A A G R S N S E N

M A B I U E A N A R N U P T N S A

P T D M L B E F E R Y H T L A E H

O E I O A N O B R F P I Z Z A O P

M D P S I A U S E A C O O K I N G

E U I W Z A V I S C F A N Y E H W

Q L L I O E V I L O C A P E R S I

Puzzle 34 H O O K S L I N P E R S O N O J I

U Y S A E T S A B I N K I U N E S

S S T O L R A H N R A Y E H T G Y

G Y C T C K J S E N S G S I O N W

N T E I R E N T H K N E V L N K O

O I J N I C T I C I F N B U D O R

L N O K C A S O T A I E F U E S L

317

F E O E R I H P P A S E L E D P T

S T S C T U A K J J C I S A U S P

R E T S A Q B D O A D O I R Y E E

E N F C Z U L Y E O R S I H R S G

W R I I O A S P F P Y T T I P I Y

O A G T R J P F X A Y E D M E O L

L G E E N I A O O L M O C E A U L

F W M C S D S V T A T P I U R Q U

Y E L L A V E H T F O Y L I L R C

D L O G I R A M D S U M M E R U K

G T N Z M L N N O I T I D A R T I

N E Y Y O O O A Q U A M A R I N E

I U P V E M E Y T U A E B H N A R

R Q E O A N A R C I S S U S H T H

A U I I H V O S U L O I D A L G E

E O D L A R K S P U R N L O J S E

W B I W M U M E H T N A S Y R H C

H E T L A L A A R E E M T D Y L U

R R U T I E N L T G A T C A A R I

O Y E N I A Z U O S O A H N N H N

C C G U C S M W K G T R G A E C I

S O N G G M Y N E A U U P S N N M

C M M A O W T B L N A E T M A E U

O M U C G S P O A G C O L O U R L

N O T I F Y G A E B L U R I E F A

E N U R A U T S C E I E R D A B R

E K A M E W I D I K F H E I Z L E

Puzzle 35 A U R Y P L S E C T W A E Y T Y D

T M P B K F H O K N I T T Y C O M

I M Y N O C R U T W C N Y R E J D

N O L R O O T E F O I R G O P E N

K C I R S K K T E O H P O T X L A

E A C G S I P S P W S P S C E P H

P K N I T I N P U B L I C K N M Y

S N E E T U W G M O K N I N U I B

G N I N T E R N E T L A R G E S T

M O C Y R L E V A R P X E N U M Y

Y A T I U C S I B W E N R I Y W R

J I E R E P L A C I N G U G H Y Y

E D O U B L E E E I K O O C R A A

D I R U B B I S H S N T N R R R A

F N I B E S G Z P U T B O G R R K

R L A T D A S E A A R L H Y N C U

E E T L O I L E D B R G U E E O M

318


Puzzle 36 S Y A D S T N I A S L L A B E E N

J D D E V I V E R A E I Y E E D A

N A L R Y T R I C K N R L T N B I

R H C I E I S H P A K P I A Y Y T

O S H K H S E E M B P H L F R X S

C I S W F C S O N I W E U A N N I

Y T Y N A M R E G G R N C Y R O V

Puzzle 37 D T N E I C N A K I L S N E W S B

N O K I R V D I V I N A T I O N S

A C E B Y I A P P L E N N S T A C

C S E M T C I U B L A C K D O K D

D E M O N T H M F L A V I T S E F

O M U Z A O C P O R A N G E T Y W

N U T S R R F K O R I G I N S I M

W P S R C I C I D E R F U S T M N

G H O S T A U N E I L A E C O C S

C R C A J N Y S L C H M H S T A B

Puzzle 38 T N E L U D U A R F E H B A S H I

S R E Q U E S T O T O P H N E T O

Y E G D E L P R E D L U O B P L I

N F O D Y W S L R U G U T K O A A

U O H I B T E U R E A O E L N E M

I F I O Y D S B R Y X H A I S H E

E A U T C K A H P I C I D E M X S

R O S S E F O R P W L I R S A E D

T S I S A H P A T E M E M Y L I Y

H U S H M Y B R A T V R C C V B P

H O M A U Y R D O E O F I I R I F

B A N O D N O L L W X C N E R L V

S C L M D F U C O O I I T A U H D

A P H F S Y L W C A T T L E I N T

H T I P W W T L W Y U X O P S O C

Y A I L E A A O E L R O S G T O R

D T E O S V R P F H G L A N A E D

E K O X T D A M P L S H O V I N G

L N I F P I S W E E L D S G S A S

D T C L A S S I C D D B N S G E M

D A A F A L F D R O F X O A I E U

U Y O E S O P R U P S I V P W W D

M O S M S I R E N O O P S L R O I

P S E L B A T A G E R G A H V G T

M P N A S I G N U K R U Q O P B A

G T A T N S G O O G S L A M M A M

Y E B R E T L S K E E W W E F B I

P D A D M C Y B L I B R E T S A E

N C Q U K O H C W A L L A B I E S

M U S S O P L I A T H S U R B O S

S Z M I A B U E N L S O L I D I Y

M A A B L I O Q S U L O V S X R B

G E U C A L Y P T U S S E T U C I

W O U A S T R A N N U D Y M L I D

Puzzle 39 O K O P U N O A N S V O T A A U G

R E V E N A S X Y I T I P O R N E

B A N K X S C E A L S S V V I N K

S S A S W H S I B B U R I L I T S

C H C O S C S T E B B V L L S P C

A N R A H A O R A W A E N I A V O

S D A A M P Y N I L S O F C A O S

S L I B S G N I H S I H P O U M O

A N T M I S L P E D T I X T R P E

M K C E H C P H Y I N G Y O Y E S

M U S G A O K A N G A R O O S L S

U M T N Q I T R T K W S B G A S A

S C O I U J L A O O U E R N A N K

S D O P O R C A M O T U R N H N K

O A C P L K I B R T N U D T C U O

P D I O L Y A O O T I S W R U Q U

Y A D H S T V N I D S O C E O Y Q

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Puzzle 40 C S T I J D P C S S E N D N I L B

Y E W N E D H T T S N O P U M P S

E I L E A I X I Y Z O I I D N S D

S I E L L T G E T R M T A E I N O

P R I D S H S Y E C R A D C L O O

A T R M T A L I L I O Z J N U I L

L E F R E D S W S E H I U A S T B

Puzzle 41 N C O S A A T T H E T L S V N C K

O P I E E S N E P Y R A T D I E I

E D D S A E R C N A P T R A Y J A

H Y P E R G L Y C E M I A U A N O

L H S T S E T Y S R R P R S C I U

A T S U G A R W W F I S K E I C V

T L O A I M E C Y L G O P Y H H A

I A S E M E R T X E F H E R U C E

V E O Z T L S E T E B A I D K A T

A H G L O C A R B O H Y D R A T E

E A I B O H P O I S A G R E A I A

L T D E V N N W L O E Y P I E N O

D P E O U I E I E X G R G H N X T

D Y S T A I M S T T N L U T A R Z

U T O G R A U I L R A O Y C I S U

F I I D C E A I N I O L G T S D K

E N T E C L I D D T I T I R P B R

B C O U G L X R A A E C T B A T O

S U D F I I A X D D A R Y O M J W

S A B A T C R Y O L D L N O I O M

C A D B F M A R C H P A N E U R B

S I S U A U T M O D E E R F T R T

H X S L Z U A S C I T U E I L A H

O E L I H P O R U L I A J O B Y I

S R A S L O D N I M I E T Y E V P

K Y T T A N O I T A R U G I L B A

K P G R A M E R C Y E M A R G O B

The extra word is RESEARCH.

The extra words are GEMS, PLUMP, LUCKY, and UNUSUAL.

Puzzle 42

Puzzle 43

E L T T Y S S E R D J Y T

T O P N Y U Y E Y O L S D

I V E E L O N M L E E B D

L E D C R R O L M B F A N

O L A E E E Y I M U I F I

P Y Y D T N T T T O Y D K

P R A I S E W O R T H Y E

R A E D A G P N S U G T C

S W A R M N N O B L E I O

R E A S O N A B L E O L G

L U F T H G U O H T O A E

E X C E P T I O N A L U N

Hidden answer: SYNONYMS OF GOOD

Y H T R O W T S U R T Q T

I N K R O L O C R E T A W

R T N I A P E G M A N G A

S C H E S R T N N T S A C

N H M G A T N I G I E N G

E A L M I K I K P L W G N

P R I R C L R R D E A E I

C C F O D O P O D U S S S

S O R O W O O W E S K C S

U A L D I D N D S S E I O

N L A L L A O O I I T M B

I E S O A M M O G T C O M

Hidden answer: RUBBER-STAMPING

B S M U D G E W N I H C E

S B B A I D E M D E X I M

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Puzzle 44 N S S O R E B A C K W D N

I E R D E B R E W O L F G

B B G A Y S H A R V E S T

T I N G L E U R L D E R S

S R I A I L A N A I E R L

O D K R L B I H L E O O I

Puzzle 45 P B A D L F S P S I E S A

M A R E E N I T R O G E N

O T E N W H S B R E H H S

C H C S O C N S W E T I T

W E D H R N W N E C T A R

S N L E T E A S I T C A C

S E E D S B L W I L L O W

P R S R A L U C O N I B C

A K E E P I C N I C S L G

R E P L V T A O C N I A R

K R E X A A H I O M B I X

R T A A C X C W B G A E I

N E M W O N S G N I K A M

Y A C N S P T I A I S R L

R C U C O E P U H T T E I

E R A R O E T Y O R A M A

H P T M E S A I N K H A R

C S L L P D S I K S O C T

Hidden answer: ENDLESS WEEDING

Hidden answer: APPALACHIAN TRAIL

Puzzle 46

Puzzle 47

Y A W Y K L I M G H B S A

D P C M L P R L A T R T V

E R E S A A U L L I A A O

N E D R U P A E U N H N N

E F S R I E T W B E E A A

B E O R S H N O E Z H G R

C R R E E R E L N A E A R

A M A D K E C L L V S S A

S I M S R L A E I A N L P

O N O H E P H R U O T R O

M O L I Y E P Q I A N A G

I O A F U K L E G I R C E

Hidden answer: RED SUPERGIANT STAR

M M P T B L A C K H O L E

G C R E C R E M K C I R B

A L E N N Y D R A Z Z I E

B I L L Y C O N N O L L Y

E C I F L R R A B L E R E

P K S R X E N E C K R T L

O A T A R S W O C D E O I

H N R N A O S I L L L M A

B D A K M B H E S E L L B

O C S O Y C N I L F I I L

B L S Z S O K L O N D N L

J A M Y I A N S W I S S I

Hidden answer: GARRISON KEILLOR

R P S W A L K T H E D O G

A G N I H C A C O E G L C

R C A T T U B T N E R B B

R K N T R A W E T S N O J


Puzzle 48 A H E L I C O P T E R A E

C I N O S R E P U S E G Y

S N O R E L I A E R A S A

L A P I T C H A O G C P W

C T L C E A T D G R O E P

Puzzle 49

S O E T J A Y U S O C E O

G L U N I N L L P F K D R

N I O R A T D A A F P T P

I P B M S L U N L O I H O

W U I O T E P D F E T G B

S C L K R N B I E K R I R

S R E D I L G N B A W L U

C R E B M A C G C T N F T

O R E R B M O S T U T E R E P A N A N R O C

G A R O D E F I S O B M I

R K C B A Y R H H M Q A R

U U Z R O Y A E E A E U T

B B E F O N I R L T H T E

M R F B K W N P M W C O N

O A W A S C N E E U O R O

Hidden answer: ALCOCK AND BROWN

Hidden answer: FASCINATOR

Puzzle 50

Puzzle 51

A N U A F P T B C A G I A T Y F R

E E R T R M O O R S E P O T O I B

T G E H E A M L F U N G I T S S I

A Y S E D M N A A L S N S K E T O

M X I A U Y E T A R I E E R I A M

I O L N T N G I R L R G L R C T E

L I I N I A O V A O Y E H O E I L

321

C T E A T T R S F R I G G T P B A

Y P N V L O T N A M U H O I S A I

I O C A A B I H P L I O S L O H R

T L E S L A N D S C A P E G O N T

O L D G R O W T H F O R E S T C S

N U S I S A T S O E M O H E E W E

I T T R E S E D L A L F L O R A R

C I T A U Q A O R O U R B A N T R

H O R A R E H S G E N O T Y P E E

E N S G E W H Y S W O D A E M R T

Hidden answer: IT IS THE GREAT BARRIER REEF.

H S I N I M I D L I M P I D D B G

K O O H E H T F F O T E L E E R A

Y N U T E N R A E N O H C C L A I

L I Y P N W C U E V N L O E B E N

L A T E D O L C E N A M S I I P O

O L P C O L U R O R E N D N G P I

H P M C R L T I E S E Y I D I A S

W A E A S A T I U C T S C I L S S

D H B N E C N N I C M A U S L I I

W E A S N N N L D L A E L P E D M

C R K A O Y A W A E K A T U T Y R

T L S C U L O D O A E E N T N P E

H O N A B R U T T K L B S

I H E I O D V I L R L U A A I U P

C E I P K R O P N A C O W L K P A C T E T S

T N G A M L I E N C D Q T B E Y E

T O T I N P B B U U R A A L S D V

C A L M R A L N L T U P L E A I I

P A S S A B L E U Y H O B F K T G

Hidden answer: WITHOUT A CLOUD IN THE SKY

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Puzzle 52

L O B S T E R B

P R R L Y V O H C N A

L A C U R N I H P L O D S

E Y A E H C L O W N F I S H S

K S B W O C T O P U S N H S G D

R L H E P G N O G U D E I M N E

A A N S L E I S S R L F S U I P

Puzzle 53 L E A T A U U E E L R B A S R I

E L S R E N D G D S A A M I S R N

G O R W P K I N A T R W E A E E N

N D O H M T U E S C I O E S L H I

O D B A I O Q P E A R L H E R C P

P N R L L N S E L A O H S A D U E

S A A F A H S I F D R O W S E I F

S H C O R A L R E E F S A R S

A L L I R K E S L L U G W D

U H A K E D R S L L O T A

K S K R A H S A C G

A S E I D A L D E K A N E R A B E

L U K N I N E I N C H N A I L S E

L S A E D A N K O J O N E S E O L

A R C S E D E U S T F E M B O T S

W E R U C E H T K N H E L O H E T

H V E M G E G N O P S G D T V N S

S R E T H G I F O O F D I A S O I

I S R U R R S K K S O A L N M E O

D D O E I I Q Y E G O S E A D C M

A A M N S F U U H D O V I L R I A

N E A A I G A S T I I R R E Y N M

A H O L D C E S D L O D E U N L G

V O V E E I Y U E T F D O O L A F

R I R T A S A O T H O R D H T B E

I D N H S I H P U P E A R L J A M

N A G A R B A G E T M Y E L S I E

M R G O R I L L A Z H I A W G O M

Hidden answer: A HERRING AID

Hidden answer: ERA VULGARIS, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE

Puzzle 54

Puzzle 55

A G W O H S S E U Q I T N A I G A

L N I U D U P N Y T F Q P S N T E

L A T L W N M I T A U A R I A E G

E I R I T I A W E E T O T M P L N

H G P E Q Q T T E I N A O Y E U I

S R R M D U S N N I L T T R D C H

E O O E I E A A A P U O A E Y K S

S E V A H N F R D A E R G H O Y I

I G E C N I G L I R R A D O B F L

O Y N E H D E D R A D E E L H I O

T L A N N I R E Y O N G K D G N P

R R N E F O U U V N R B B A I D H

O A C F C G L E F E A E O U H S C

Hidden answer: BLUE AND WHITE STAFFORDSHIRE

T E E O A O T A B S F S L O R S N

B H C D M A K A S A I K T A K L E

S O L R I E F B R A S S A Y E S R

K C O L C Y R E T S Y M A O R D F

R R N C

O T O K

U A E O B O

B E A I N O

H D C C L I O M

D I F D G E B B U R H O I O L N S B

K I L U G A K R O A O R N D O A E A

O F N A D W U D H Y D L D O N I I N B

B E L L U Y Y C T B E H E M A V P O M

O O Z A K G I P H U T N R R M S E H I

V A C O U S T I C G U I T A R A T P R

I E K R P N E C N L L L A H N X H O A

L N D R A A N C O E F L A S O O E L M

I Y A G V Y R O C S O N L S L P R Y R

H R P E A O L O I D I N A L H E X A

O N E M B C O V S Z E R L I O M T G

O D A I K O

A B U T

S O O G R N I O

A H C A E N

Hidden answer: VIENNA VEGETABLE ORCHESTRA

B H C G

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Puzzle 56 S K S T E R I P M U K M S L B Y F

R H S U S M A L O N E R S D S L E

E A A O R T E M U R E H R U A Y I

Y L P E E M R D C T A A O E E N H

E F E M K I M U T Q U C T S M X C

M T C I A A R O O G B S P T I S W

N I N T L Y R D S C K D A E T D E

Puzzle 57 N M U S R T R S R P T C R N R W R

A E O A E I E S S I O N I A E O C

N N B B B S K W A A M O O P V R L

U I O B S K C I N K P B H R O H L

G L L T F R I S H E K S F J F T A

G E A O E A R H E C K U O A B E B

E S B O V P B R A Y D N U O B E R

T A N H E S H B T B U L L S A R I

S B W S R T O H S S U C R I C F A

G N I K L A W S H O T C L O C K R

N E N D M O U N T A I N G O A T R

O S I Y A R G N I T S K I A T R U

M U U O A U D R A G O N F L Y O M

L O G H O N E Y B E E C D A W O E

A M N R O T A G I L L A A O E S L

S R E I S G E U L T O R O K O T R

K O P Y T I A I G W A D T O E E N

N D O Y O O R P L I C I G D G R W

U A C O C K R O A C H N P I T A M

K C O C A E P L S D O A T A C I T

S E A R W I G L I M N L R A N O C

F L O W C O F A Q Z G A M K S I L

W T O O H C E C P U A E P T C L L

H R B T A V R S I U A R R A U T A

C R R L L I R D N A M I D B W K M

A A F G U B E N U J C A L E I E A

W N U T H A T C H H C B N P M L S

Hidden answer: KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR

Hidden answer: WHAT DO YOU GIVE A SICK BIRD? TWEETMENT!

Puzzle 58

Puzzle 59

A G O U D A A M E K A H S K L I M

H K U I I F B S I R T O L F E G G

C Y L O L E S H C N I S A D O S H

O L L A E U H U O C E N A H U I S

M I F F O W P T A R D S D O H N I

A L R M H C U F T R I E T G T B N

A A C L A O F E O N K L U R A N R

H E H K R E T B S O A O Y S O O A

C R E C L B S C O S D N A I J N G

M E I A I A N C H H N W A U D G E

U C T S G O E W I O N H I E A I G

Y T Q R T M A E F R C C I P E P R

E U O N O R C A O D E O O S N M A

E M O H M I E D U P S M L B K A S

S W I D A A E T F A E L R A Y H H

F A O L T A E M T L E A N U T C E

S O P Y O S T N O O R B U T T E R

Hidden answer: ASK YOUR CHILD WHAT HE WANTS FOR DINNER ONLY IF HE’S BUYING.

T N O M L A S E E S S W E R V E I

S O S A C H E T I K R A L Y K S S

C I N O S C L S S T S R S H W P C

R L S A U E Y L H U S T H A I K N

I L X A V T U A O O E S Y R A I S

B A S S E G H I M R R H I E R S P

E T R I S H T T A P I T U A T I A

H S C U Y P O N E S F Q H A D S C

W O L S M S L E R S S C T A P O E

S E I U B A S U T E C U S E N S S

E E R I O S S Q S A T A F S H D H

E C N A L B M E S E I S F L S O I

S S D N A S H S K N I N I O I O P

U S Y N C O P A T E D A N S N F A

O E X L L E H S H C X K S H A A W

P W S O P R A N O S T E S E P E S

S S T P I H S R A L O H C S S S K

Hidden answer: THE SIXTH SHEIKH’S SIXTH SHEEP IS SICK.

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Puzzle 60 C H I L I C O N C A R N E F E N B

I A N A U J I T E C N O P T R A M

L M X G T O M A T O D O A C A B A

I E J C U O W S B R A L L O D L R

B S I A L A C U I E O H A Z I A I

I O O E G E N B T C W A N U R E A

P B C L M U G A O O O K Q M E T C

Puzzle 61 A E T L E N A H J P R E U E M N H

T A O L I R C R Z U T T E L O O I

I N O M A M O E A E A D I P S M O

N S M O C X I M I B C T A L L C Z

I U J C O H C H D L O L O E L O A

H F I E S T A A C A R R O U C A I

C N C H E P V Y L O R N P A U H S

O R A C M U A H O A X A L O S I T

C O M A I M U A H T C O O K C E G

N C A P L A G C V A E S O N O R A

T T P E K N I T T Y M S P U R L Y

A E A L P O M P O M I O E D E F R

T X R B Y L O O W T R L H D D L L

A T O E T E H C O R C H R A N A E

R U G R B P E P K Y L O P G I X V

R R N T E N A I C A C O R I W R A

E E A Y O L T E C I S K C O L B R

N E D E C C R E P E T S N I L S E

E R K L H F I N I S H I N G A O E

S A A E O S E I T O O B N S B L C

M O N Y W H C T A W S O I P B G S

Y E C Y O N H R C K L I S A D N E

R O P K R S A C S A A M C R S I L

O E I N S T W H T H S M R W H K D

Hidden answer IN MEXICO WE HAVE A WORD FOR SUSHI: BAIT.

Hidden answer: EYE OF PARTRIDGE

Puzzle 62

Puzzle 63

N C A M D O O W T E E L F G E C L A Y L A

S A T I S F A C T I O N O S U E E M A F E

S E L O H W E H T T M O R P K G N I K B B

T I N Y D A N C E R D O I N E O O E G E A

T D M A D O N N A V Y D U B I D D G E L B

Y N W O A B I J I O D F A T L U I I T R R

A O A H A G O B R R R I I V J A S R U I E

W L Y B A L R B D A R T Q Y I U C C P G M

A B B M E A I R G O S T E S N D E K T Y M

L A I N T S E D L R O H U E D S B N D M U

I E E I O H N G E L A W V L P A L O L O S

A N O N V A E P N E C Y N R G E Y L W U G

S N W J N L U B I G D E I A N Y A R D I H

S A A O Y S O E E N C N S H I A D I I M E

N E M M R L T V S A G O E C H G R G O O A

S I G E O B L I E S T M O Y T N E N N O V

S S R N P N S I T S O L R A E I T W A B E

I I I V A L A E B A H R E R M V S O R M N

V R T K A H E I M H E A H S O R E T A O S

L Q U E E N C H P A S B C T S A Y P P O N

E E M N O N A E L E J E E K S M N U H B A

Hidden answer: “STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN” IS THE MOST REQUESTED SONG IN THE USA.

O O A A C T R O P I C S L L A F L E G N A

E B U N P E R U F T I A R A U G A J R T Y

D I H D C S V C U M B I A T S O H C U A G

O R C E A A I I O O M B U O Y T O R U G A

R A E S A I P N C H I M U G U H P G O C S

I M U M Z N B Y N H F O A O C I A L N E H

T A Q O E O V E B E E L N B A R D I S A W

O R A H L E S I A A T O I L A L A P A Z T

C A I I A A D F C N R C T P A P I S C O A

S P V G T T O E P U S A N A D N O C A N A

A A I G R A N A R O N H E C U A D O R M S

R M L I O C T I G E T A G U R U G U A Y U

R A O N F A E A A C H O R I Z O F Z C L R

U N B S G M P S E H E T A L O C O H C L I

H A N O E A A L L A M A T S R N A A I A N

C P N R L D O R I N O C O S N M N Z E B A

C I C A O E B A H I A E S E I A A O N T M

S S K U T E A I G I T T A A A N E

A U G T A S U N C I O N E L Y R C Y I O E

S A S H E E N T P F T O O L W I E

S O U T H E R N C O N E P U B S H U W O T

O R E V I R A N E L A D G A M U R C O F E

P E F C D K A R A N A S M N L T N

Z U R C A T N A S O A L E U Z E N E V T R

Hidden answer: IT CONTAINS ONE-FIFTH OF THE EARTH’S FRESH WATER.

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Puzzle 64 M U N G M

R E I U A K D O V

A L E G I R H O N E D

E Y I B E N G G O L G A

H I C O H O N A T M E Y E

T Y E O H N L E R E E Y D M

N A F Z A A E S S I D R R N

K S

H R S I H O P S E

E N I E N I T O A S T E L T A M I N T J U L E P S

M N T N G L T U R B V A A O A R R I O N T O N I P

E O I I O L B R N I G A S L T R B R U R O S E O P

Puzzle 65 D D R W V A A A R E C C I R

E R E D E G T D R O O U O R

M A P E R T W C V T Q P E

E H A R A E I D C E E E

R C T H R D A H T N B

C S N C E K A S W

H M A S R

O O C I H G U O L S I B A U H A U H I H C

D T

E Z U O A N H C S

R E I R R E T X O F O N A I T A M L A D Y

E G T I A E G P T R G M S H I H T Z U K H

Z O I T O L S E D N N C U W F F I T S A M

U L R O A Z P E R A I N H E A O S U L K R

A D O S Y P R I T M D A S V D I H S E E E

N E I A I C S O N L A B I E E N Z E V E X

H N M H O S A E B E A N K F A I S E S F O

C G W L K O O L I E D M S K V H R E O R B

S L L E T I A C E K K A S P O D G E E U E

U I C P L E C K A U U A C N I N K T D C N

E S H U O G R O I I L L D H I T T U N F A

R H P S N M A V O A R B A K S E Z M U A D

G S W I U O E E U N L N E S S B E A H L T

O H O O O P L R B R H P T L P T R L S O A

D E H N H E O L A B E O E E E U I A H P E

L E C E Y I A O I N I N U I R I G M C E R

L P W K B G I O D P I L E N P R N T A K G

U D O E A R D P E L A A L H D L I A D I E

B O H A T O I L O B E P N Y T A E E P S I

D G C L S C E S I R F N O H C I B K R S M

Hidden answer: HEY, IS THE BAR TENDER HERE?

Hidden answer: OUR DOG CHASES PEOPLE ON A BIKE. WE’VE HAD TO TAKE IT OFF HIM.

Puzzle 66

Puzzle 67

S E L P M I D E S L I C E G L A R E W G B

G E B S D N U O B F O T U O N L I L H A L

G R E E N S K E E P E R A N H A A A C H L

M I A H T I M S N N Y L I R A M F K T O I

Y E G O B E L B U O D K S R N A S E I S K

E E Y H G I M M E H A T D S D P I E P E S

P L D I V O T H C S F A O K I G T B U L C

O G D R I V E A O A R J O N C O A A L M R

L A A H G U O R D E P U W I A L H O P O S

S E C C S C E E L U E N R L P F W H U U S

S E L O H N E E T H G I E S P C O N O N C

S N R T S A A T S E S O G W O A D L O O S

G P E T S S M B Y E I R I E P R R R O T K

A M A T E U R P I T G S T R A T I F L F E

L M E C H I P T I E N I N D R A W N I R T

F E L D O G L E G O F R U N T U R F O V T

L O U T W A R D N I N E A A D Y M F S I E

J A C K N I C K L A U S L T N N E P O S U

T S R E K N U B L L S A H S A B I R D I E

E L P G A T O U R A A P H I S D R A Z A H

N A M R O N G E R G W B R A P R E D N U R

Hidden answer: THE UGLIER A MAN’S LEGS ARE, THE BETTER HE PLAYS GOLF — IT’S ALMOST A LAW.

A L L I T A M U T Y R Y M E Z L E G A S O

C S H O S H O N E A N A T U E Y H A I D A

F R C H E Y E N N E H U N U S I K S I K A

T I U L K A L T C D I I T R O S I T E M A

A C R N A V A J O A A R A P A H O E A H T

S A H S M N C O P Q P I E G A N K K I E O

S M H E T A O N O O U E A W N O A O T O K

I C O T M N R A H P E I A P R Y W T R I A

N I P N O E A I T U A T N E A A S C E M D

I M I H H U H T C U T K H A A L A B A M A

B T O T A G Q U I O S C C D U W A P A U Q

O T R T E K P O E O P C P I E L E U Y L A

I O A T H E A I Y V N A A S K L T A H A T

N G A H N A N M M A I S L R S H A W N E E

E A T O I M C W C A L A L O O E T W O L L

E B S A L I S H A N E C I L M R V P A U S

I E A M A A O W X P H O R B I T A A K R I

N N H U H M C O U O C M A E K H H A H B E

U N S Y A I R R O N A A C U S O T T U O T

I I I W M S E C I C P B I P E O A U R R M

Hidden answer: CERTAIN THINGS CATCH YOUR EYE, BUT PURSUE ONLY THOSE THAT CAPTURE YOUR HEART.

T W I N O T E T S A A U J U W I C H I T A

326


Puzzle 68 S E L K N I R W L T U L I C T A E L P C N

R B R I D A L W E A R S H C E S A E A O C

A A H C T I T S P O T R S U C E N T R X H

D R I N S T O I A S I O U R T I W I A G I

A E M N R A L U L S R C E I P A R L S U F

B D E A C A R E T O P I D R L M F A M C F

S A A W N O D I B A T L E K N G I F N C O

L M R R T I A E T L C A L V I N K L E I N

L A A O P N U T U O A C X E B I S W A T N

Puzzle 69 A S L X D G E A O T E C U I B N L R N N A

C K L I O R G B W O O L K L O I E S I R R

C O O V N B M T C H I C C D B L E A D E Y

M R C S H A U T E C O U T U R E V T R P T

E A U O B E O V E R L O C K O E E I A P I

A F L A C R O I X I H E T Y L B S N C I C

G R F A S H I O N W E E K V A A I S E Z I

N P M E Z U A G T C M L E O A R N R R S L

I L A S T F E N M R L T O C Y O N R R I P

W A Y R C R F C E I I O S T O G A O E L M

E I A C I Y T U A L N K T H O N O M I K I

S D Y E M S E O C L E I S H L A Y E P E S

G R A F F I T I H P A R A V I O N N E D B

E U O I C I F F O X E S I U M K E C A E O

X O T T D R A M A T I S P E R S O N A E R

C J C O M A N Q U E A O I A T V K U N H U

A U A M E R T U O V R D U C O E G E E E C

R D F T R M S E I T R R E T V E J N E F S

R A E I C E S S E E O P T L S U I T A A O

I L D E I R S D P R A O A T G E K I A B R

V O T L E Z A M A S S S E C N R T I W K A

I H K P I E D B P R O F O R M A A A A D I

S R L E U U O T F O R R A Z C H N C R H H

T U U I O R P O I E R I D C A A N U I A C

E E T Z E E P M O R M T O Y S H L E P A K

E S Z A C K E N G E C M I S O U P C O N S

S S L R I A L O R R P R E V N O Y E P S R

I I S G A M G B E L E A E F N O O T A U U

S O R A O I A K I T S C H I A I B T C B E

E N Y B L I N T E L L I G E N T S I A R T

M N C V U C G T A L A M O D E R A B D O A

E O T U E H E N O M D E P L U M E L R S M

N C E S E Y R D E R O V A F R E P D E A A

Hidden answer: LUXURY MUST BE COMFORTABLE; OTHERWISE, IT IS NOT LUXURY.

The extra word is SALUT. Hidden answer: EXCUSE ME, MISS, THERE’S A DUCK ON YOUR HEAD!

Puzzle 70

Puzzle 71

N A I N I S S Y B A Y B B A T F U R E C M

D T N Y O A N R O J O S A Z U L E S H T T

L A A A K R A R T O E X O T I C E A A A U

O T V B O O I S A S W A L C C N R C C O A

F O H M R G R R C G D F N I I T Y Y R X M

H N S O A N E I N S A R R L R A N R A E N

S K I B T A B A A N F M A E W A U L M U A

I I K I N H I H E T Y B U G F P E A P L I

T N R K A S S G G C N X N F O R T T I B T

T E U I I I W N E S H I I S F N E N X N P

O S T T S K O O A I M T O X H I L E I A Y

C E R T R R E L M E X U A P E O N I E I G

S C G E E U M A H E S X N L R R O R B S E

J H O N P T L A R E N H S C L O N O O S O

E A S S U A I H I Y O O O I H I L O B U R

N S V I Y L S T H N K H A R M K M O V R A

A E E A A I E P A O E T S R T F I R C E G

M C N M N M S B K C B C E W X H L N U C D

R R O R R E E E E O I P O N O E A U A B O

I S O S A U S S B N A C A O A N E I F P L

B C K C I L B E E L T M O P N U S C R F L

Hidden answer: CATS ARE CONNOISSEURS OF COMFORT.

R T C G P I K S D L E L K C I T H K R R R

E C N U O N N A U E I U O V I S I T M E E

F E W R U B I S S E N N D E E S C A P E V

E N O H P E L E T F C E O U S R N M H H O

R N L S I O B A A E C L T C D A U T D C H

P O L A N G I S N O E V A S G J O T N S Q

C C O T U C T T R E M B L E E O N O A E U

E O F S E E R A D I A T E R S U S U T R A

Z R M R N A T R S H I D E H O S Q R S A L

Y E P M T E A S L R S U C C E E D E N P I

L P T E U W E L T E S T I R E T M R R M F

A S F E A N I Z E H I A P P L A U D E O Y

N I R X G P I M E T G M N N K T O D D C H

A H E I S N O C S A I I E E E F D T S S N

P W E S K C O L A G A T F R F L I E I I E

R R Z T L L A F O T H R A E E U T L A H C

E E E E R A C E R G E T R P Q S O L W C I

E V W V B A T E I P I D I S A P P E A R O

The extra word is PAUSE. Hidden answer: ACTIONS LIE LOUDER THAN WORDS.

A K O S E O T R E A E Z D T A M A W T A J

R D A M N N F A W L O B E Y O I N O C E E

N A D B E A T S S E U G U C W O L G H S R

327


Puzzle 72 S O D A B R A B B A G E L S T B P T Z S B

E T Y C A R C U A E R U B I I E I Z S U P

V Y E I C B L U R B B L L O E S U A F A A

E H N M K B A N J O R K L L Y B P F L B N

I P O A G E B D U E C O S B R Y A R L O S

L A L S A C E R M A G Y A R B L U E J A Y

E R A L M N G H B I T B B D O B A L L A D

B G B A M E I T C U N O N B C L E B I B N

E O B B O L N A A B U T U O O A E Y N R A

Puzzle 73 I I Y I N O L E G T S O O B T H S H B I R

N B S S K V B U I B A N A N A T E T C D B

A I E B E E B Q B U I L D S E Z U M K A B

E H A G R N U E L I B L R L B B N B I L B

B N D B K E B B N A S A E O U A D A A A S

K U E O S B A E L B L C L K C R S N N B N

B T B L A Z E D R U A D O I K B K I O O O

B E I T B W E O C R O R E T E E A B T T B

A L R B T A W O B R Y I B A T R E E S A R

C L B E G N N U R S U B I B B I R R O N U

O A B L I I O U U N E M U T I B B E B I O

N B E E B Y B B U B U B B L E B A T H C B

O P E S G H B A C I N R E U G N N E R C H

T E E E I S C L L A G A H C I I F E N S J

S F L H S A S N U O E L Z E E F N A A O Y

I I K S E Y W I U E D O T B E D S L H U O

L L I A C E R T K M P S L E N H P N F L X

L F A O A N E D H E N O K I O S S A C I P

A O S C S K M U I E H O L W R T I D O T I

C Y I E S C O C T N S T E E A A A R F W E

D O L R A O H H T O O C G N S H C R I H T

N J A G T H C A E C N G R U N A T I U E A

A E N L T I H M N A I W K E L A L H N E U

A H O E L S E P O B T O W E A R Z O G E S

N T M T D Y N R A U H H D T E M M E M I D

A D O R A T I O N O F T H E M A G I C E N

I A Y R E R A U Q S E H T O T E G A M O H

D A O X R I I S W H G O G N A V Y T L N O

D L I I O P P S E A N U R B E L E E G I V

F D N N T T M E I S R O B V A N I A N E L

T S R I H Y Y A V I I H U Y A B Y K R O G

T M I L K C L U A R K R O M L R E N O I R

M I R O O H O Y L G N G I L D A V I N C I

The extra word is BLACK. Hidden answer: THE BLUE BLUEBIRD BLINKS.

The extra words are DEGAS, MAGRITTE, TURNER, and WHISTLER. Hidden answer: PAINTING IS EASY WHEN YOU DON’T KNOW HOW, BUT VERY DIFFICULT WHEN YOU DO.

Puzzle 74

Puzzle 75

E Z I L E B A N A A T I N W M H C H T O R

Z A G R E B U Y I E S I G A I A A A O H U

J H N N I S N L G R A E N U A R S R K T S

A E I D P E A U A P F I O A A H A S Y O S

P N J A K R C E S E L E N R K T O H O S I

A A R F T I L E U A E S E E A N E D E E A

N I E S G A S I L N B B N Q T F A M N L F

S J U A O S N D M I I T A I W A N L A F E

T A L G N O K G N O H T I A W U K P I L N

H P A C I N I M O D I C E I L A M D T R A

A O V A N E T H E R L A N D S A R I N V S

I U U S A U D I A R A B I A K A J A E A S

L R T T A B H A M I L T O N C I B D I M A

A E N I U G W E N A U P A P F O N U V O U

N R F H H A X O T V A L L E T T A G C L Y

D O Y A T I D V B S S U C S A M A D D D N

S D N T C E I S I A L E W O C S O M C O A

O A O O C A A I L M J A M A I C A A A V M

A U O A K U U N I O N G S N E P A L I A R

L C M A S E R U S A L I B E R I A T R N E

T E M A U R I T I U S I Q A R I A A O C G

The extra word is FINLAND. Hidden answer: THE JOURNEY OF A THOUSAND MILES BEGINS WITH A CASH ADVANCE.

C D E P U Z Z L I N G A S

I I O N I N E W O L L I P

KEY

F S B U G J A V E L I N I

I C O B E Z A G I Y H S L

R O A Z E R O N O T A B U

R K A I P E A N U T S L T

E C M Y N V T L O C Z E P

T E U E U Y A H V S A K F

Y Q G K F H A T R C M Y H

R O U I L A C E A O T A S

O E U Q A P O T N O P R I

S A C T I V I T Y P B M W

E S E E H C H S Y R O V I

328


Puzzle 76 N A R W H A L G N I R T S

G E K A N S U A Y C N A F

A E L Y I R V M O S A I C

Z V O T E D A I S I E S T

E I S A F Q T P U M A E N

Puzzle 77

L T J U U L E W O V C Q A

L A C T E L S R E N U K H

E E E W O O L N E O S E P

T R L M R A U S T S K S E

H C P B D E S E N W O T L

C W M D B E T I B R O R E

A O E I G U A N A I B E T

Y R T S E L B R A M A L L

I D E A L O O K C U C H R

E Q I A T L E D L T P W E

T U D L A K E A O M A N T

A I R A A E E O U G O E W

R V U E R V B I O O X A E

I E O S E O R N H T L R P

P R G R M T T P R K E O B

A L I V E I Y A O F A V U

I K A H K T W E R U I A T

V E I K Y E Y S I R R E T

C E W O R R A N A A A D O

K B J A C K E T H U S N N

U J K I G C A A X C Q E S

I G I W M G R I C R L T R

H U E F A V H E R O A E C

G W K E E E U E I O D D E

N U S Y X O T H G I N K S

O U L T D F S A C I N O T

B U R O S F O A R I S K Y

L E A F D U R U E T A M A

E B L U E B E R R Y X A W

ELEPHANT

BOOT

Puzzle 78

Puzzle 79

R G W I G P F B K C A U Q

E I A Z T R Z C E S R Y W

FLAG

K N S M R O E N E U A O E

C S E C O L S P F R L P E

O E U A F I O U F L L T R

L N Q K F A T S O A O I H

I G I E E T F H T W C C T

A K S E F O U A K A L U E

R A E N I H C A M B E A R

Y Y B G A L F E R U T A N

D A B O G A R L A N D E W

A W P U D D L E K I T A B

L N I K R E H G O C E A N

Y A R D S S I S E M E N Y

O V O R T S E A M S T A R

O A Y A O R E G A N O P A

L L A Z I L E N N E F A T

STAR / SUN

G Y L I N E B W K A G S E

329


Puzzle 80 O I T A R G J D Q R O O D

L T R K U T S U P T H A W

O H A A A L E R O R C E O

S E E L C U V N B L L P R

B A H H E A O S I S E J C

H T A M E V L M U D A P Y

Puzzle 81 T E E M F A B S N C L X X

A R K I X N H A K A A E X

D I N H M I A P N L U B Y

N A W L A P O C A G Q L N

L T I E J T E G S U L U O

Z E F R A H U G I O P E N

E V E R Y O A R H N E W T

O C I X E M E N I M R E E

W R E S T L E R A A F C M

L P F E A E D J G H A I A

A I R Y D G L T D R V T G

T N W H N Z E X E A J O A

HEART

SEAHORSE

Puzzle 82

Puzzle 83

E N A M O S E U Q I T N A

K M R E M O S Q U I T O H

K I O T I H H D E L S C E

CANDLE

W N T O T C E T U N T R S

G O O T A A L T E A U T N

Y A R T Y O A T W S F A I

S B T M V C H S T I I O R

E A A I U G X Y G L G G B

V A O B I E E G P A Y L R

E W S L M L U H X R D V E

E M Q T F B W U P O A Y T

L A O U L O C A N D L E M

S P I D O L X E G D E L P

L E G E N D T N A R U A T S E R N

O G O U L A S H D A L M A T I A N

R A T I U G N A G B T Q U O S L I

GUITAR

A D E L G N A T W I K S Y S A G L

C O V R Z O N E Z K N I F E I K Y

S A T Y V U S A E A B C L P M C E

T S O A T S C T G N I D Z

H Y P O H Q L C C S M U B L A A T

I T D A U E A A S K E G O O R B Z

I S E O N I L M E R G A I

C T R A Z T E C S N C K N

N I I A R F R N C L R J E L W F G

D K I I F A E E E I S F H H N S U

E C K E H C I U Q H R L E

U N P E R F C Y S E T R T S E H B

T M I E L H O H Q R U E I U N E Y

H I A U T O I N E M I O S

T P Z E S T R R G N A P H

U N P C E T M D U E D Q R R I L D

E O A A A G M W I T Y U W O L V A

A E O E D O R S Y L I X O

I L G P F N E I N L E E C O E E L

B D O L L Y D I E L E W E

D E E S Y E N R T A W N J K O H L

A M G A M L D E A M E T H Y S T T

330


Puzzle 84 O R E S O M E R S A U L T N A L P

B E Y Y T I C A P O J A S M I N E

E D D A E N T R Y L W I X S R E C

C D Y S N E A K U D N A H E E U N

A A A Y F D V Q G R E P I A B R A

L B F F N K A U R O C M N V M E D

P L A I L S L I A C I A I S E K M

Puzzle 85 Y T F L I S K T I E D R H M V A I

T M F M O E A U N R O I C O O S N

A E I I N N B E I I B M C D N E U

R D E L S D E N L J B B U I C R T

P E L W K L R R E A Y A Z R A U E

U R T O S I E L L I H L C C R S L

F A E R B W U A T D G W R Z A A Z

F L C B A Y V I R Z A H T L V E Z

I F O R M U I B E X S T O I A R U

N N D G E A Q O U Q O T R L N T P

E W W O R L D S S U O I C I L E D

T R A Q W D T T H A A A N A N A B

A E G C U C I K E T F I C T I O N

I M R E A V F E F S L I N G G O L

V M I T R M L N T H G I L W R E N

E A F A E Y L L Q A T Q N A P R A

R H F C D G M U M B E P U A N E S

WHALE

TRUMPET

Puzzle 86

Puzzle 87

D E L T Y P E D W E N E M S K S N

T N A S E V R E N H O S E T R P U

N I U R R A O X Y O O E S N A E J

YACHT

A T T H P N H A H R G L S E L C A

L U R Y S E C L S S A U A R Y T C

P O I T O H A E U E L K G R K R G

G R V H T V C R L Q M C E O S A E

G N I M A O R A B F U L R T U K S

E E L B M I H T D Z L T M Z A L T

N C I R B E Q S A R E S E U I G R

A O E I I U A X E C D O Q A R R I

M P I Z A I K V U U E L S L E E K

E I I T A U K U Q R N T T I C E S

R E A C A V N G I T D A I C I N G

I R W J K I O F N R G E G N F E R

F S A O A L V B U A E O E E F R E

Y O H A B W E A R I L R R P O Y B

Y N A M R H A N D L E R G D E C K

P C R O O E C I P O T A E K L I S

P O G C A B P A C I M T E M E N D

U B U A D I E I E E I A R O M A P

HAMMER

G R E T S A E Y V B Y E N O M A N

R A I N B O W N A I L S E E R O H

R C I T A M E H C S L I G W Z S E

B T I I N E F E D O H R L O L T Y

B N N L I J Y U B P C E I A R S L

A Y I E L M N V C H A H S P Y U U

G L S D Y L B S B E S T A E A E M

Y N A I C O M E A A I E F R R K R

E S O O A U F O F C D T E U N A O

T A S L K D G O N O E G I P S Y L

S U N O B E E N O R E V E R S A L

A Q T E L O I V T E P M U R T K E

W A P R O G E N Y Y R A U N A J C

N A E T T E N R U R A L A A K H B

R I J O C I I N I T R A M U T O U

O F B O N Y S W O R D A N I Q P C

I A S W K R T B A B E K L H A F K

R C P C O O E A N P D M E R O D S

E T L W A E W O G W P U A A U Q P

T O K C K A Y R E C O R G I G H E

N R I E C O L O N I A L L I R O G

A Y L E W T N E N A M R E P E S T

S K Y L L F E J A N I T O R R U B


Puzzle 88 S N O C I H S A N G L E Y A R N S

N W G S S C E P S U C S I B I H I

O E I P U A L K Y H A J U M B O X

I I D I R E O C U S O O E L E A A

T V N R O C P O P A T C A B D O T

O E I A H B D M G I A F I L T C N

V R L L C O A M O L T S U Y E A M

Puzzle 89 E E P U N A T A D O O V F Z N R A

D L L T M R C H A R P K B E R T Y

G B A I I A E D S R N E L E O B N

R A S A B M S T B U T Y A P N A S

A T M B A T Y A N Z I V V E A L O

D E A L O R L E V A A S O L C C C

I G F O O L E E K I L P C D L O K

E E L M E T E O R C D E A O O N E

N V E T R U D D E R O E D O V Y T

T M E L P U R D A U Q J O N I H R

D E R D N U H D D N A L Y R A M E

G A T E A O S I E Q U A T O R Y U

Y F F G V H U G H C S T I K L A S

T L A R A R L I U S C I S S O R S

A E R O R V E T E N Y M P H U N I

D C P U A A L S I H H C A M E R A

C O D P C S L I B U C M R O O L F

DOG

SCISSORS

Puzzle 90

Puzzle 91

Y R E T S Y M M E S R E G I M E K

S A F A R I L L N I T E L L U B S

G O N G G E J B I G E E I B I C O

S H A R K A U M P N E Y A T R H I

AIRPLANE

N N A C E P S U W H I T E H A A K

O N O V A R E F W E L B Y I U I M

T N F A C V A I O O C X L V Q R T

331

T O G E I A U M N S C F R U A E N

O O D U J S U A L A V O B O J S L

C B T A R C G Q R V I E H C N E T

L A S R L I S A O E N N W O R N P

O B E O O I E L Z R E A L A I U A

C E U F N P M C A S T L P R M S C

U D Q S L E I E R E A P P P O G T

S I E E A I R C R G A R K A T U U

T C R M I L E V A G N I K I H R A

T T A U D I O S E L N A T U R A L

D I C A K A Y P P N R U H Y G I J

J A Z Z C R A B S I N D U U A R L

E G A I D L O F A I M I B L A H K

D A Y U R Z K H T K E K O W O N E

O D D Q A X I O V S N G R K I L D

FACE / GRIN

E C A F L M O E G P U G M E D E I

P E A R T Z R U D A P T Y I Q E L

C H N T U E E O J O G U P E D A L

I A O U E P B C R E L Q R O M A N

T P O P Q Y U T R I A N G L E E S

S P A N I U N E D A N O M E L U E

U Y E V U T K N A L I V F G C E I

R S A B E A Y U K E G E A A F Z D

T T B L E A B O O W T M B Y R U O

E O L N M U G O S N W A L V O F L

O E S S H O U L D E R L E A G U E

P U E K A M R P S E U D O N Y M M

B P E A O B H Q E O S H G W U A L

I I R A E E Z A M E I E A F E C U

N R K V C Y E K T O A P T U F T G

G D E P I S A C K H D M O N A I S

O E A T A E L O Z S O A M I F G B

R Z M U R J B E U M T J E I E R I

F A R N U C F B T C U E I P X I G

X C V E U L G Y I W H D G E B N O

E O O O D O W L K K O H C E U A R

E L F B N X N A F S E W A Y C V P

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Puzzle 92 F E N C E P O S T O O C A M P K P

L A O E F M S S K S X K N M C C L

E R L L Y Y I A A S O F A A D A E

S T A S R L Y O R K H D T E R J K

Y H T A K K G L E I I S U V E P H

M I I W N D N U A H B Y H E K A E

C V O G U E O P C V E S C O S L L

Puzzle 93 A R O E V O W A F X W B H T L F I

M L T A L F R S B L S G A O L O X

D A L E W D E W P G S G L C W F E

R V G A S O D A E R A A I I O E E

E A F S K I N N Y M I T C R H G R

B E B O L G R S E R Y N E P P A G

R B O B J E C T F I E S T A L L I

E D U T I T L A T I T U D E Y L D

M R A L A T E S N E S N O N S O E

I M P A C T C I R T E M M Y S N P

P E N I C I L L I N E D D I H F W

S L I T N E L L U F I T N E L P O

E G E N E R E C E L E H E A G A R

Z N H A M V I M V A M G M K O W B

E U C P O S Y O L S A I Y B A R E

P J A N U H S D A K N L A T E M Y

P H T M R A W N V G T E N P T Z E

CARDS / CLUB

MUSIC / NOTE

Puzzle 94

Puzzle 95

M A C H I N E S S O M M A N W O G

A E G D O Z E N A M U H K A E R S

E L U C A E A H S I E G L T G T U

L F R L Z K L E N T I L G I A E P

A I B R E H S A R V I T P V M M Y

SNOWMAN

Z F T U T O R V K D A E A E U N T

A P E M A E Z S L L E Y G J L A A

E S F O G E A O C R E N T O P M L

M I N O N P C U G U A V A H N W P

C A W H O S M L L V L L E A R O R

G Z A O E A E A L L K P R Z O N A

J I D I N S V G O I I I T A C S C

P E B T O E P I D V C T O U I S C

A F S G N O S A M E K Z N E R K O

I E G D I R O I D A U O U O P E O

N E E D K Y D L E M U R W H A I N

T R A K E O I N I K I B U S C N C

E T N O I T A N E A R L O E O N A C S Y Y

K S R H I L L T O P O B E P O R I R M R I

A R S U N L I G H T L L A Y O L N S L A E

R I A F L L C U R I O S I T Y M I S I U L

K H J D L E E U Q R E D I R A L E E E R D

L T O E N S N U F N E B C L L W H R E B E

C A T C T L E V O N O A T I I O C C N E D

I A U A N U R A O S S J A N A H A R O F I

S Q H T U G N I R P S P A E X S P E J A T

E E S T E E M A O E A D U A E I E

L L U G A E S R I I T S A P R O U

I A O R A N G U T A N O S D Y P R

U U T H Q L M C R A Y O N S E N A T F E I

M R C E V P Z A H N I O U Q W V U A O L N

P G A L I S U C R I C A T U C O E W U R E

PALM TREE / ISLAND

N G M L I U Q N A R T O N T R F B

O A C I Q Q U W S A E P P I I W L K U E R

V G V L L A M U P P P C I U Q E K

P A L U H U I L E T E O R R Y L A E R V A

I S A M R S A B A O R T E R R K H T M O N

Y E S A T E L L I T E G L U D N I

H T R E N O L C Y C Z U B D U S T

L L L G T N A L O O U I C E A F Q C I L T

L A E E D R P L I Y T O X L V A Q H T C E

S T S D A A C T A B N M U B L A Z

O B R Y R T E O P F S N E S U O H U E A G

U A A I D I E I U C U V E R B A L

L I R S P I D E R S I T I D A L R R I B D

A L A T N E M A N R O E E P I W S G P L A

G R O O M P G Q H N A K I R P A P

T A B L E W A R E E M I D R A Z A H L E G

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Puzzle 96 S E S S A L O M N H K N A A P O L E V E D

E R E S U L T A T E I D E B E H A V E N P

G A B L E A E O E H A D E I G O P I I M E

A U E H I B O L T P I I E M I T E R E L Y

D Q G G B T H A T U G Y L O S A U H T W R

R S A I O E K T E S R B B Y S V Q T A S O

A C R H M K B A N T E B U L B U E V M Q T

Y A A T B S I N G H V O A T N K E A I U I

C L G Q U A U N I O E H B I T T H I K E R

Puzzle 97 J L A O F B B O V A F S I O N E R S S E R

R E M I C L U D H S P E M I L U R A T Z E

I H R E V A O B Q I L B T U E M O F U E T

A S E B T I N U G F T A E W H W A T L Q U

F O I J O L T U F G Z U S C A R L E T Y M

I G S O D A P H L M U M E R L N E L H E B

A H U A O B H G A E V O B U U C E T Y E R

Q U P T D A O B C T P L F M I M E O G R E

A T E P Z R R U S I E T B D O M B M I C L

Z E I L G Y M O N O C E D N O M L A E A L

A T F A R C R I A A R N I C I C L E N N A

G E N C H A N T T M R E T E M O M R E H T

E U Q I L P P A O D I H P A R A C S R C D

T A W K W A R D M T O A P E S W I A D I I

A N R E B M A C A R N E V A R E T L A S R

N R E N A C I R F A E E A B R L A T E E A

T A D M O N O A L L I P M E A G M A H G E

L T I V E G E A S H P A S T E R O C A L H

E A A S N Z T A C L A U R O R A R T S A P

R V R A U A A A E A J A A T I A A O U N O

S A F A T L C M U S S Y B A I G P R R A R

BUTTERFLY

APPLE

Puzzle 98

Puzzle 99

Q U A L I T Y A B A C C A R A T A S S A C

E S A H P R T A L L X E I Z I N D O O R S

N S N M E T W O O E I L M L Z F I G G O Q

I O I G E R R Y O U N G L D A I F G U T U

OMEGA

H T R R H S H R S S I H R F D T P C X C A

T O E G S Y A E O E M E H T F I I E C I R

F P L P G D G T E R H T C N D E U Q S V R

O A L M A D G T C T R T R I D E O L O G Y

C L A M T A L A E H R O A M I S S W N N C

X O B E T D E H E I Y E H O Q I G G I I O

R E C N U E W S R N M S F U O U R H T S B

S E V O A Q T Y G G O F G O I O N D T S B

S U I D A R S A L L C I T T R O I L L A L

E P A N L R C X M M A C A U O E A E N R E

N H T U I R A I Y M F R J C E D D A O A R

D O A G A E N B S U I A Y T D D I W V H E

N R R G H A A P E S F T C R E Y S M O I L

I I T E E L D I T S U R E T M P O P I O D

K C S T L M R L S Y Q S O M I O O L D T D

E L B U O D O O A L S U U C R O E M I T I

W O L L I W J T H A R Y E B L D N E I R F

X U P D R A F T L A S A N E H C T I K Y C

E A N S G Y U O A M E C H A N I C S T R R

L E U E L D I V O P R G M I F W U I O E I

F P N O I G E L A R I A A G N I L H T H N

SCROLL

L E M A D R A S R E P R U H O I N I O C G

D Z N S Q U N A W X M R P E G D R H F R E

Z A V F S D L N Y P U X E A A W O L A A E

A M K M T E C O T I Q R Z T R E A C H L N

A A U A A B W S E P V U O E A D O L B Y E

N U A Y T G O U A R T Y M R A D N A U A T

O R C E A A V A E N I L A K L A Y A A C S

I D O A J E D S U A L L S P I C E E S A O

T I R D B K A A A K R A V D R A A Y O C P

A R E N A A A X A A Q U I L I N E Q L I A

I C A F D P E A O A A T M R A K M U L A A

V A W A A A L O R P P C M L O A P A A D A

E V O Q S X B Z A R T A C W I A A P A L E

R I A U V L A T J I I O A N C G E M L H A

B X Z A A E F A A L H V U A A D R U C G A

B I A P R A F A M O A V E R T A D A R A B

A B N E P S A W L A I C A T O E D A C R A

P T I R G M T S N R T T O D P W P I L B T

E N M F S O B E I O V U L I B O L E R O T

T A F F O R D L N N E T O S T L A I O N I

A E V I T O V A E G O O G F A E O W E C K

L Y A W L I A R R N Y E Y F S T N M E E O

N O I V I L B O M O D C I O A V R Y F F T

N A I C I T U A E B L I J L N A A R L T P

E G A M I S S R H L M O G E G E V I L O N

T I B G R C O W O I N E C I K U P I Z M N

F F H O A V O R A U B K C I T S Q Y V R Y

O T C R A N C M O R T G A G E A S H O A L

S K A F K S I N A P I G N A R F L H M E G

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Puzzle 100 E T A E M R E P N U M B E R S A L I N E E

S A L I O T U X I F T U V H L E V R A M S

P O I D I A O Y D M H U M E T R O L L K P

P B U U P N U U E A O H W I R I U N N N M

A M Q B A B H H C O A V J E X B L I I E I

N A E F T T K C O L F E A S E A S H E L L

H E T J E T E N R A G Q S N N C M S V T G

C T H C Y U S U R P U C O R I G I N A T E

S S M C U Q Y A J L O U E X B E A R A I C

K C A R I A L H U D E T M D O Y A R C S I

Puzzle 101 A N N U A L A B E F E C N I I B R M C L T

H C N E R W W A W P W A N E S A E I A A E

F L O A T U U Y B I A X O R G T M K F N N

T S N U V I Y T S E O E I O I O L O U D G

E C N U W O R I G R C X N T C A R E N J A

H A I W A I A N I E A L O A H T M T T D M

C L T G X N I I N Y N I U L Y E N H I O A

O L A T V K P F G W U E J A H E O V E N E

C O R R I A A N E A D I O C C R I R O L R

I P E W V N D I R L M I S S N N I S Y I D

R E K O J A E N Y A K C H E E S E C A K E

G L U E Y S P Y G E L G R E G A R I O U S

E E L G N S G G L U G P O L L A G N I A G

E G L O W O O N F F O U I L O I D A L G H

Y N G G O L T E G L D B A G A R B A N Z O

A H E O G G C S A O S A E G O I G G U Y S

H S P G H A T N M G O C G Z G A L L A N T

S U A A R D G I E E N I S G Z E E G G B N

I G G G R A N G S A G L G E G T L U O H G

E S E E G G Z U D D T R G C Y P F G N A T

G G U R U L O I O I N A A G U S L L I R G

INFINITY

GIRAFFE

Puzzle 102

Puzzle 103

E Y R R E B W A R T S T E K C O L S E M N

A P R I N T E R H A P S O D I C R D A U R

S U O T I U T A R G N I K O J E A R A L O

Y Y N D V A Q A E M W E U A S J S T N Y C

H T E O A N Q U A R T E T U S R Y A T H A

MENORAH

C P X M R O R S A U Q F O H R E N R I P M

T M U I T R U T S A N R X C P B T A Q G T

A E S N S T N A Z M T A A I T M A K U H Q

W E P O C S I R E P A B T F I U X M E U S

T R I V I A W O R V O Z A I B T K I E Z U

S L O R D A H L I A Z T C A S B P D O P T

I E T I R W Q U E I C E X P I E O A F Y K

R L E M A L O D N O G A A H V C L M F E X

W B C L H A B E B Y Z J N I X A A O B T I

K A N G A R O O O B M A B D T M R N E A X

S U E H R O U P B G B X E T L S Y N A R Y

T L L A O L P M U I N F A H Y E E R T B L

E A U M N F E I I N V E R T E B R A T E E

M V P P E D V Y Z A R C H K U I A M B L N

A L O E M A A S I Z E I O L E N R E K E E

T S E R O F N I A R A Y A N O I P R O C S

E U G I R T N I T B A C K D R O P R A P L

C N G N D I O R A M A H S S O R T A B L A

N O S A I E I Y F I L A U Q E S S E U U I

DRESS

E C M T R K K E Y H O L E V E H K T T M C

I A I E S N C L P A I K I U R S R Z O E A

D B L R M E I O A D V E U U Y E D A Z M F

U L E Y E M N S T W W G O R E I C E A I P

A V A D S Q E M H S V H I E A D R P J Y P

O X O B E E U T Y W D A L S R A E S P R A

T E L B A T H H A I F R Y A N L E Y M E R

G U I T A R U E N R E G O C Y A U G Y R O

T G P I G G N A G G G G I O S G G B A R G

S R N A V O U G D I R I E G P W I U O G A

I E G C O E W G I G P Y T E G R G G O S H

G E S H G G G D G G O G G U G E T U S G D

O N U G I O N O N B I O A G R I F S S A R

L A I Y G A U O E L V R M O A C A S A T U

O O N M R L B Z D E D G A O V A R E L E O

E R E G A B A E R I O R E F Y L G T G S G

G G G S I G D N A N A E L G F G O S P E L

M A H G N I G N G G E W G A W E S A E R G

T N O R F O S L W U O B E L I S K I O K M

L N M E X I M I H P S N O S R E P O I A E

Y S A M A C D U O E W A E T S A T H I B S

N U G M T N E C D L M E T Y N A A E G W A

I T N A U K K E U A I I D O E I S U N H N

V C O S A E S R N W E R S N V O R I I I O

S A L T T I T O C R C I P P E U P P K S I

R C I S G E F N L A L S N A H S U R C T T

A L A N G U A G E N A E R E M E D I A L I

G D E R E M M I L G I N V I G O R A T E D

S R S A F F L O W E R H T W O R G E Y S E

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Puzzle 104 Y Q E R R W P I N E A P P L E L B A T S Y

G U L E R E R U T A I N I M C A V I A R R

O A B E R I V U L E T V I X E N P B B U A

L N A N D G L O S S A R Y S E O N I M O D

O T R E E F O D H N P O R C H L I T O Y N

H I U V P C I Q O B E E V U L L I Z W E E

T T D F Y D L O U L D D M O J W O X N P G

Y Y S C E D E W A O O A T Y O E C H R Y E

M E E X Q A O T L O I L I A G Y A E O G L

H R L I U U Q E F M D O X Q A M E U E H B

Puzzle 105 W U U O Q P A P O J G N A O N F L A P R O

E Z M T I C A N X R E T S O O R C H I D S

H A I A A N A S I A L T I G H T R O P E T

P X S M N R E R T I W T E N C R C I L E R

E A E I C I O C U U A C L O T H E S N Q I

N R N H L N T Q K L R W C R E G M L O U C

A O E I G I E Y I T O E Y W F U U M I E H

G C V D H V C B C H I N C H I L L A L S O

E K E Y O C U O Y R T E M O T P O P L T H

A E L L S J A T N E G A M R E F V L I E C

R R E H T I Z K C E L L O P H A N E Z D E

C E H K E P E R C E N T L A I R O T R A S

I L C A E S E W O L L E Y J U B I L A N T

T F A W L L U P H E N O M E N O N Y O U R

C I E U T V A O F Y E L L O R T D I N G O

E N P S T E E D M E Y C J N D O I A J O E

H M O R D Y H D U M T I U P E R D T U W P

I E I Z I U T A P Y S A B Q I U O S L I P

L A H B O N S A I N I A I U T C I A R C A

O Q U A L D I L Z A O T C H U N L E F K R

D E C A C H E M U H J H E K E I Y F K E F

E T A G I V A N Y Q U I L U I G I M I R E

S I G M A D P K Y M E D A C A D E H C T E

HOPI / KACHINA

BOTTLE / GLASS / WINE

Puzzle 106

Puzzle 107

D P H S U R B T N I A P P I N P O I N T R

I A E K A C N A P P R O P E L L E R T P E

M L P A R A M E C I U M E C N A H C R E P

A L R O S S E C E D E R P E D I R P O D O

PALACE

R I A T U P R P A M P H L E T D P A P E R

Y D A P P E P Y D D E M P I L L P I Y S P

P P M U U S P P S E L P P A E N I P R T N

I L P R P O H A P A U P I P A N D A B R O

P P Y T H U I W E N I C I T S A L P Y I T

O A U P A H U P I M S E P F E H P K M A K

T O R R A P P P O M P R P Y T H O N P N N

O P S K E R A L P O P I O Y S N A P P S A

H L Y T I R A L U P O P L T A G U P W H L

P E A P A P U D D L E S F I G B I M B P P

C A P L A Z R K E M P Y P R I N W O I A P

W I L P O D Z A C S U L I U P P E O C R O

O E F A I S L A M I R P Z P O W E R M G S

L P O I C R A O I R P E Z E R A E P U A T

L L O R C E A R C P L O M G P A S T E R A

I U R E P A R T A K E P E B H O S H K A G

P M P D N O P R E P P E P T P M O R P P E

A T I W Z A D H E R E L B I G E L L I S X

R E E R W E U A N I N E T E E N I G M A N

K A F T A N L U R S I S A H P M E Y D L O

O P A D A E W G S T A C C A T O R D E L R

MOOSE

E O C V H I Y B T V I N O D A R A W G E T

M T Y L H T A P U I U Q R Y H P E Z D R C

N L I I U R B I E P K E Y A T J T R I B E

P O A N E X M P T A Y D C W K O I J M M L

N U I U A L Y A A R U E L T S I H W D U E

T O R S Q R D R R O S H E B A D G E O S E

N S C Y A I G T O V A S F I M T I T B E S

A W A L S R X Y E I U Y G U N W Z E B U O

T N D L R U R E A S Y K I K W I N E Y T R

O G E I H I L E D M G L N A R G A B K E U

N I G C U B S L R L S W I V E I O U A R T

E A T Q M R O I O A O O O H R Y E W C R S

L E S I S D N T I U J L L Z O F D C O A E

K K N S A A A A T Q S W O D A E M I N R G

I N A L H C R L L L U N E N D I N G C I K

N L A E C Y P O R C E L A I N H O L D U M

G G I B Y C A V I R P E T S K C I U Q M L

G E K O A A B O O R E W N O C I A L E M O

A D W A R F R A Y L L L Q N L L U G O C M

V L A T S P A M L I O U A C E L P P A B F

A I U O I J G I J B A V H M E V O M E O T

R M Q H T O T Y U R E X O T B L A A I U R

T O S R R B X R T A L Y G R K E B R R Q U

X I E O I N E Z O R F H A A O J N A B U Y

E X O D O H T R O Y I B O E G L I T T E R

H A I R C U T B M U R C H H L I S N E T U

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Puzzle 108 S S B I D G Y E A V S M T

T V T I O B A C I X A T E

G A E K C R A I T K E N R

A S A W E Y V S E A L C A

S R E I N M C O A U K Y C

T E O I I O S L S T P D Y

P I A E O T W I E O D Y E

O R M T C L K E L M E O L

T K E A E B A A Q O E X L

N R C P E U J Y H B N I O

I I E U M S O S W I T B R

E H S E R L B U C L Y A T

U O O E O T C E I E T J T

E N C A I U B P A S C I O

N O R E U P A R O T D N F

U D F I O P T E I O E W D

A S I S A Y O B R U L P H

C O H T Y Y E I G D U B E

G I P A E N I U G H D O G

I S L R F T O S A E E B U

AUTOMOBILE BICYCLE BUS GO-KART JALOPY SCOOTER TAXICAB TRAIN TROLLEY CAR TRUCK

Puzzle 109 O S K T B I E L T R U T N

C O A E L E K T C S S D I

Y C I L N I A O S I I I T

I O T G T K L R I P H I Z

M D Y T P I O R I H B E U

E I E D Z P I A R B S A S

BUDGIE CAT DOG FISH GUINEA PIG KITTEN LIZARD MICE PARROT PUPPY RABBIT RATS TURTLE


Puzzle 110 W T N Y I T O B A L E Y F

E L O S T A Y R Y L K D R

T A I N E E S E A P E S A

I B L G U I L U N N Y I N

G O I S P L R O F E G L A

D C M I O C A A I D E E R

A P R W E O A T T V M R O

O T E L R A C S W M I O G

B Y V I I Y S E T I L F N

L G E P A L A V E N D E R

A R E U W T A K E A N M U

C S E T L O G I D N I A V

K I H E D B S A C E L T O

BLACK BLUE COBALT ECRU GREEN INDIGO LAVENDER LIME ORANGE SCARLET SEPIA VERMILION VIOLET YELLOW

S E T B P A O N A L E A P

B T U R S E S Y U A N F T

E I J U A R S R U Y K H I

O S R S H H I R E S A R E

L S H H T T C U K W W L S

O U H E S L S P A P E R C

G E S S O R Y M T N I A P

BEADS BRUSHES CLAY CROCHET HOOK ERASER FABRIC GESSO NEEDLE PAINT PALETTE PAPER PENCIL PENS RULER SCISSORS THREAD TISSUE YARN

Puzzle 111 K O O H T E H C O R C Y C

U T B T N A S L E G B G I

E L D E E N P N I M E D R

U E S S S A T T E C O H B

S A K D L D S F F P N R A

Y H A E I D R S M R E E F

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Puzzle 112 A T O R R E N T G W F S E

E D A C S A C E A O G D L

R L L E G I Y T U Y S U D

E S A E K S S N R N J O D

F M K F E U T A O L D L U

I A E R Q A U W O N M C P

U E N O I T A R O P A V E

Q T S N S O I P I F E A N

A S I E W E S G N I R P S

G R E B E C I E T M T I W

A D G G L A C I E R S R E

U L I O B D E L U G E D D

P W H E F K T E O C E A N

N U T E X I F N T E G A G

I I R R I E S I U E D K E

G S E M T I M Q O A X S R

R I B O N H O R V T C A O

I A L N A H G E L I V L S

V N A T I I N A W O I A U

U A U O A M A N I T O B A

AQUIFER BOIL CASCADE CLOUDS DELUGE DEW DRIP ESTUARY EVAPORATION FOG FOUNTAIN GEYSER GLACIER

ICEBERG LAKE MELT OASIS OCEAN POND PUDDLE SNOW SPRINGS STEAM STREAM TORRENT

Puzzle 113 A T H G O D A R O L O C T

E D W A S H I N G T O N W

U N I S A S N A K H O I L

K O I R A T N O A K S Q C

A L T A O P Y W U C U E N

I O A V M L A Y O A B S O

ALASKA ALBERTA COLORADO FLORIDA GEORGIA HAWAII IOWA KANSAS LOUISIANA MAINE MANITOBA NEVADA

OHIO ONTARIO OREGON QUEBEC TEXAS UTAH VERMONT VIRGINIA WASHINGTON WISCONSIN YUKON


Puzzle 114 N A O I C K L W P L F T L

I D A O C O T E A I A U U

B O E A F C N I A X P D C

A P H T E T N D P E M O U

C S N B H O M T O I U R B

G C F O L T R N E B O D A

O F U O T R E E H O U S E

L S C A T N E M E N E T M

E B R O W N S T O N E K A

D O C E P A C R U O S O R

T I F I S U O A D O L R F

R D U P L E X P N E X G A

A G I I T E L A H C P T I

Y O T A T O P T S Y E I T

R S D C L S T U T T P K U

T S U F A D C M O E E A N

L P N G I A L I A I R B A

U I Y A A E A L H E G G S

O C I O E R S K S B R E H

P E T G A B S Y O E D C I

ADOBE A-FRAME APARTMENT BROWNSTONE CAPE COD CHALET COLONIAL CONDO DUPLEX

IGLOO LOFT LOG CABIN PENTHOUSE SHACK TENEMENT TIPI TREEHOUSE TUDOR

Puzzle 115 L A E R E C P A O M E A H

T I T L W A L N U T S D U

S S P B R C O C O A R O A

U P A S M R R C H E E S E

A Y L E F B M R P E P G P

A E E N Y L U O E N P N U

APPLE BAKING SODA BEANS BREAD BUTTER CEREAL CHEESE COCOA CREAM EGGS FLOUR HERBS

MILK PARSLEY PEPPER PESTO POTATO POULTRY SPICE SUGAR TUNA WALNUTS YEAST

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Puzzle 116 O I E S W I T Z E R L A N D G A K

S D N A L R E H T E N D O R I R M

E C N A R F L D O L N T U R A R U

V R D R S I E N N A U O A M S O I

S O N U A R U T L A B G N Y P D G

Y A A N N I S E I M L E E V I N L

A T L A M I R Z E U D O K O A A E

M I N J Y I T X B K O S P A I N B

A A I I A S U E L I T H U A N I A

I P F A W L L H D A M O L D O V A

N H T B R O E O U K Y E S V D B C

A I G R O E G S V L I G R E E C E

M I A E N P T L A A A N I M C Z I

O L A Z E R W T E T K T G V A I F

R I O A I A I U O V U I V D M A J

U K R A I N E G R A M T A I O E P

A I S S U R A H U N G A R Y A M I

ANDORRA AUSTRIA AZERBAIJAN BELGIUM BULGARIA CROATIA DENMARK FINLAND FRANCE GEORGIA GREECE HUNGARY IRELAND ITALY LATVIA

N I D A N E A A P W O A I J Z U O

Z N C J T O T N H T R R A A A K N

A M E E U H S O S C B M A Y C E A

N A D R O J A I V A I E S H H T I

N E V E T S R N G N J K T T A O R

B A Y M A H U H I O W E N O R G B

O S M I C H A E L E R I C M Y E V

A O V A Y D A N I E L E W I O I E

T J A H E X A T A E S H E T U D K

AARON ALEXANDER ANDREW BENJAMIN BRANDON BRIAN CARLOS CHARLES CHRISTOPHER CODY DANIEL DIEGO ERIC GABRIEL JAMES JEREMIAH

LITHUANIA LUXEMBOURG MACEDONIA MALTA MOLDOVA NETHERLANDS NORWAY POLAND ROMANIA RUSSIA SLOVAKIA SPAIN SWITZERLAND UKRAINE UNITED KINGDOM

Puzzle 117 I B U K A A B A W S N N S C O D Y

L B R S A L O H C I N E E E O V E

J E S A G E P E V M B W S K M U Z

S R E D N A X E L A L I A A I A S

U N A S A D K S S I T C M N R W J

M O E A E W O T O L R A O E A F B

E H R C E L I N T L E Z H W L E O

W O N R R A R M O I B P T E N L S

JORDAN KEVIN LUKE MICHAEL NATHANIEL NICHOLAS OWEN ROBERT SEAN SEBASTIAN STEVEN THOMAS TIMOTHY WILLIAM ZACHARY


Puzzle 118 S K C A R T E K A M E T V F S O O

E C N E U Q E S E G I T I L P S G

U Y T Z B J U T A T P M J E E O F

F T F I L A E N O E M O S E V I G

S T T S G T A O C G U R Q E N I E

A N H E O M F H E R I U R T G T T

Q I G C J T A R N P L N C K C O A

D R I E O U K E C A R E E R R Z L

E P L H F N Y U V F F A S T H A S

C S F F C O T O S F S P A T E K S

P D E T H A K I E O S E H B E R D

E U K I S T R N N N I C C D O E T

R Y A U I K I R T U O V A U E L O

F R T C L E G H Y R E D T M E N T

O R N R B E U S N O D E O P P Y O

R U E I U N S A M L U O E I O E N

M H W C P M H D E S Z T A L Z R R

BE IN EFFECT BOLT CAREER CARRY OUT CHASE CHAUFFEUR CIRCUIT CONTINUE DASH FLEE GIVE SOMEONE A LIFT GOVERN GUSH HOTFOOT IT HURRY JOG JOURNEY

MAKE TRACKS MANAGE PELT PERFORM PUBLISH RIP ROUTE RUN OFF SCAMPER SEQUENCE SKEDADDLE SPATE SPLIT SPRINT TAKE FLIGHT TROT ZOOM

L S R P U U N E N O E K T N E A R

L A N I I I B I T U L I P S D F P

O P N P R I T L S Z P O C R U A S

W O E P W A I Z R S E Y C H I A Y

X S S A R L E U E E B L S D I H V

S E O O I G R O W T H M S A O C C

T D C E A R E W O L F Y A M N O K

Y E S W A R M T H A I C K L S K F

D R A E S N U B S S O R C T O H Y

BONNETS BUNNIES CHICK CHIRP DECORATING EGGS DOGWOOD EASTER SUNDAY EGG HUNT FEAST FOOD COLORING GROWTH HOT CROSS BUNS IRIS LAMBS LILAC LILIES

MAYFLOWER PALM SUNDAY PASSOVER PENTECOST PRETZELS PUSSY WILLOW PYSANKY REBIRTH SEDER SHOWERS SPRING HOLIDAY SPROUT TULIPS VERNAL EQUINOX WARMTH

Puzzle 119 T E U T D E C Y I R I S V A Y I O

P D L S O A A S A O N E A A R B H

U I H O O Z L S B D R F D E I O T

S R T C W O I O T N N I V S Y N U

S E R E G G L T A E L U G O U N F

Y V I T O V N L S O R G S H Y E T

W O B N D P E I H G E S G M A T U

I S E E N Q R G R G D G U S L S O

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Puzzle 120 S U R X Y A N K E E S S G I R R E

K E O E O R E T T A B N H Y E U O

F C V A H B I H I W I C O T G N A

L L E O M C S C C N S S M A G N K

N L Y H L E T H N N W I E G U E S

A I A O C G R I C Y E L R O L R F

T O C B U N H I P A R B U U S L S

A U D A Y T I N C O O Y N T Y E N

R S O E N A A A J A I C P B T F R

T D C E S Y L A R E N D A A S S O

O L V O K H M P O D R L R A S Y C

A E R S U I R U I S L I E U I A P

S I E E V T R A K R P M P A M J O

B F D S A S M T E E S I E M G E P

U T S A J O W S S G H A P N U U V

I U O B N O P E N I N G D A Y L E

K O X D N G S I L T S O P X E B W

AMERICAN LEAGUE BASES BATTER BENCH BLUE JAYS COACH’S BOX DIAMOND EXPOS FLY BALL FLY OUT GLOVES HOME RUN MAJOR LEAGUE MISS OPENING DAY OUTFIELD

PIRATES PITCHER PLAY BALL POPCORN RAIN CHECK RED SOX RUNNER SCOUT SEVENTH INNING SLUGGER STRIKE OUT TAG OUT TIGERS UMPIRE YANKEES

R J A A E B O A M T R N B C S Z N

U P P W T R N L N S O F Y M M A A

F E N O B D G A L M U D L A U B C

F A O O Y R C R A I N D L R G R N

L R S C U P E N E A P E E Z T I O

E G A Y S G N A C T B O J I I T T

S N I P N I A A K U N I P P U T T

E T A H C E J T K E R I Y A R L O

E R O C K C A N D Y R T W N F E C

BRITTLE CANDY CANE CANDY CORN CHERRY CINNAMON COTTON CANDY FRUIT GUMS FUDGE GRAPE GUMDROP HONEY JAWBREAKER JELLYBEANS LEMON

LOLLIPOP MAPLE CANDY MARSHMALLOW MARZIPAN MINTS NOUGAT PEANUTS ROCK CANDY ROOT BEER TAFFY TRUFFLES WATERMELON WINTERGREEN

Puzzle 121 N C H K A U G N O L E M R E T A W

E O O A P U M A P L E C A N D Y E

S T N I M C H Y N P U Y Y E N O H

I T E D A O F U D P E R L L E J F

A N R N O F N O M E L R S T A U M

W O L L A M H S R A M E N S D M N

P H N T Z G K E D N I H A G T R Y

T J E E R L E Y C U Z C E M O I D


Puzzle 122 F T N O T G N I D D A W N R R P N

T A R A R A Y M G W S L I E Y D O

Y A A Y M G F E S Y H T A H E M B

J A W V A I E R E B U S T T A C E

M U M O U N T H O O D R N A H K R

A O G U L A B A N I E A U E N I E

T N U Y Q G E E M A K K O W O N C

G R J N U O Y K N E I M M R T L N

M O Y L T L C R U R L O H I B E A

A H O E V K U P E M I U C A E Y L

U R R O N P I I P N M N R F N D B

N E D R A T N N B O A T A U N A T

A T A N W I I M A S N D N E E H N

K T N I A C J H U B J X O H V E O

E A R R F O D U W O A Z M U I E M

A M F A Y N E K F R R L N E S W Y

T S E R E V E F T A O T U O M C U

ANNAPURNA ARARAT BEN NEVIS EREBUS ETNA EVEREST FAIRWEATHER FUJI KENYA KILIMANJARO LOGAN MATTERHORN

MAUNA KEA MCKINLEY MONARCH MOUNTAIN MONT BLANC MOUNT HOOD MOUNT KINABALU RAINIER ROBSON WADDINGTON WHITNEY

D C O Q L R A I L K B T A H M E P

K O T U L Z W N L G E V K I T I P

A F C E Y A Y D I P I B V C N O B

L L A T L N E B Z R A M A O I F A

L A M I O M R A D J A U C R R D M

I D M L M R A D O S T C Q K N S B

A N E M A Z W H G O H L K E A E I

A A E I N E A H K I N G K O N G S

E G H G J E K Y O O D Y S S E U S

ALADDIN BAMBI BIG BROTHER DICK TRACY DOCTOR WHO DONALD DUCK DR JEKYLL DUMBO EEYORE EMMA FRODO GANDALF GIMLI GODZILLA HAMLET

IVANHOE JAKE BARNES KING KONG ODYSSEUS OTHELLO PERRY MASON PETER PAN PINOCCHIO QUASIMODO SAM VIMES SINDBAD TARZAN TOM SAWYER VENUS WILLY LOMAN

Puzzle 123 S A I R I O E N B D E E E V I L D

N I D D A L A R O L L Y K E J R D

K T G W A A U N O S J Y A N L I R

O D O M I S A U Q Y A I Z U L E N

B E S I U L T Y L O E M R S H A E

M F R O D O O O C L L E Y T P O I

U W F D W T M J H A I L O R H A S

D I U O I A S S A V R R E N R E W

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Puzzle 124 L F A M M M T T E M A M E M Y I M

A M E W O M P N H M A L O M I N P

Z S M T A S I M Y G C N S N M O M

I W E T S Z R T I S S L E M E R I

O L C P A H C C U O M T S Q R A G

M H M G M T S M O O R H S U M C S

S Y A I W Y U N I I Z E A R A A S

I M S H Z M N A M B S I L M I M O

H M Y T M P A S O I D M O M D H D

C O I M I E M S N E G S M E C I M

A N L H M Q M E M H M R U R S M M

M U M A I R U O S S I M A N M A E

O M O N A S T E R Y M I F T R U O

M E N N M S M F A I R M Q B I S A

A N D O H T E M H T Z I L W M O S

T T A O M T H I A A F E Y M D Y N

M U Y M A B E M M S N M S U K O M

MACARONI MACHISMO MAGAZINE MAGIC MANUSCRIPT MARBLE MATCH MATRIARCH MEDIA MEMORIZES MERMAID METHOD MICE

MIGRATION MISSOURI MOLASSES MONASTERY MONDAY MONSOON MONUMENT MOON MOTEL MUSCLE MUSHROOM MYSTIQUE MYTH

L E R R N E L A H N A V R I R L G

L G M A A I S A L R A G R U E P M

I A B M A F W C T O A P L D N P A

B L B A N H V O M B V T O K G U D

O F O O A E N I R D R E S S I S O

F D N M V M A I P A N I R H E R N

Y E E A R S E O V N K U F B R I N

X R Y O I L C O G E P W R J O A A

S K M J N O X I V O J N O B F Y M

AIR SUPPLY ASIA BANANARAMA BILLY JOEL BONEY M BON JOVI CHER DOLLY PARTON FOREIGNER HEART JOAN JETT KIM WILDE LOVERBOY MADONNA MR MISTER

NIRVANA PETER GABRIEL PET SHOP BOYS PRINCE PUBLIC ENEMY RED FLAG RUN DMC SALT N PEPA THE CARS THE CLASH TOTO ULTRAVOX VAN HALEN WHAM! YES

Puzzle 125 Y M E N E C I L B U P H K R O B J

P E T S H O P B O Y S I H S A O D

U O R B T S H F E A M O R P A A D

L W E A R E H C L W X A E N L O C

E J T N A Y S C I J C P J O L T P

O S S A E E E L E E N E T L U E E

J A I N H H D T H T T O Y E T C T

Y C M A T E H T L T T P E E N Y E


Puzzle 126 A E I U I A N A E O Z E C A R G N

I G L B R I A N A S J C I B Y A Y

A N A I L U J I A E L S A N I N A

P R O P Z R E R N L S I A L I I Z

N E E A K A A E A E V F L T S O E

A M M J E H B D E I F I S S N E R

G M J M R S N E N I L E U Q C A J

E U E A O E E I T I D I G E Y T A

M S S Z K S F E C H I A A M E N I

A S S I L E M I R O R A B M L Y R

I U T R B I C I L E M E S A B T A E Y I M

L N O E D R R N L O S I Z E A U H D N A E

T P I A S U N P N D L H R G L A O

F A C M A I Q I N N A E I R E I T

B I A I I N E A L N E S E S B M C

A G J T V C X R N O E J L A A O I

O T A L D U I G C I G A A R U N D B C B H

L U R M O G S R T C E L O V E B O A O U Y

Z O E S D A S O L F A P S E D M I O N I F

N E E A I E L A R L R E L I S A V

A A N F L O H A L A H A E F I N K

B Z M A O M M E I C J O C E L Y N

ALEXANDRA BRIANA CAROLINE CHELSEA DESTINY ELIZABETH EMMA ERIN FATIMA GABRIELLE GISELLE GRACE HANNAH ISABELLE JACQUELINE JENNIFER JESSICA

JOCELYN JULIANA KENDALL LILLIAN MEGAN MELISSA NAOMI NICOLE OLIVIA PAIGE REESE SARAH SIERRA SUMMER TIFFANY VICTORIA ZOE

ALFA ROMEO ASTON MARTIN AUDI BENTLEY BUICK CADILLAC CHEVROLET CHRYSLER CITROËN DODGE EAGLE FERRARI FORD GENERAL MOTORS HONDA JAGUAR JEEP KIA LAMBORGHINI LAND ROVER

LEXUS LINCOLN LOTUS MASERATI MAZDA MERCEDES-BENZ MERCURY MINI MITSUBISHI NISSAN OLDSMOBILE PLYMOUTH PONTIAC PORSCHE ROLLS ROYCE SAAB SATURN SUZUKI TOYOTA VOLVO

Puzzle 127 O P O R K I S D A K G E E S U T O L I A T

Y V E E E U R L E A B L C C B E N T L E Y

I U J E Z V F A J U G U M Y Z A F Y L P C

U I T U J A O Y R A N Z L N O A L O A A H

E H C S R A W R E R N U E P F R R S Z V R

Y N L O C N I L D E E B X L O V S N O A Y

I A M K E D V O C N S F U U E I R L O Y S

S E S G U A Y V A E A V S H N U V C L L L

O F R A I S R J D R A L C O T O H S I O E

U P O J I S U E I N I T R A M N O T S A R

O Z M E E R E I A R J D T K A C I I N L M

V H L M G A M H C T A Y I S S Z M R I O A

E M N H S J Y B I K U Z U S S T V S V C L

T Y E A E O K M K O N D I D N S A Y H K A

S L G U T L S A P E B M L O V N A S S I N

J P T A H S I L B L I O P M A S E R A T I

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Puzzle 128 O Q S C E T L O T S O Z A P C O L I M A Z

Z U E E L A D A A D X Y N S T K S L F H O

A I N R O F I L A C A J A B O O L I V A C

H S E H N E L C T E J Z A M T M E H O B S

S W A H U I O C A P E V U R E J B C A A I

O I U P T V E Q B A L J E R M D W R T N L

O A L R A T H U A R O U A O C A O I E E A

L C O V Z I A B S A M I L T H A R C U R J

L T A A E O H Y C S A T L C U A R I N O O

R O Q T V R M C O H C A I I G A U E M I E

Q U E S A D I L L A A O N R U Z A H V B C

E A Q G H A E O E U U C A T I K E O Q U A

V U U A C D D L Q L G M V S Y U C A T A N

F H A R A J A L A D A U G N U R E C C O S

H A J I M M B T O A T I N O M A N N I C Q

S U D I A P U A D A L I H C N E C X O C U

I H R T C I R P Q U E T Z A L C O A T L A

N I U U H N R I H Y T I C O C I X E M D S

A H Z O A A I R G N A S A B H A V K V U H

P C A G C T T X A D M U E N A B R E I H Q

S D J A A A O R E F R I E D B E A N S B A

AGOUTI AVOCADO AZTEC BAJA CALIFORNIA BOA CONSTRICTOR BURRITO CHÁVEZ CHIAPAS CHIHUAHUA CHILI CINCO DE MAYO CINNAMON COATI COLIMA DIA DE LOS MUERTOS ENCHILADA GUACAMOLE GUADALAJARA HABANERO JALISCO MACHACA

R A E A A E N G B I P B U N A T L L T T M

G E K I R B N R S R D B E J H W O R L A H

N H M L R A E R T L P A U U G O F M A I C

I T A A I N E T O E S H A E L I Z O H M W

O N N L T Y T G H Y K G R E T A G A R B O

D D L D M I F Y H T N H E N R Y F O N D A

O I N E P F E H G E A E L B A G K R A L C

L E K D E R U A U M H Y E R R A C M I J A

R I A J D J M W H P M A L E M I L Y C A R

M R J U D E L A W L O D Y O R K Y A N A D

B R A D S I V A D E T T E B R S N A S U S

AUDREY HEPBURN BETTE DAVIS BRAD PITT CATE BLANCHETT CLARK GABLE DAN AYKROYD DONALD SUTHERLAND ELIZABETH TAYLOR FAY WRAY GEENA DAVIS GRETA GARBO HALLE BERRY HEATH LEDGER HENRY FONDA INGRID BERGMAN JEFF GOLDBLUM

MARGARITAS MARIMBA MEXICO CITY PIÑATA QUESADILLA QUETZALCOATL REFRIED BEANS SANGRIA SARAPE SILVER SOCCER SOMBRERO SPANISH SQUASH TABASCO TACO TAMALE TAPIR TOLTECS TORTILLAS VANILLA VERACRUZ YUCATAN

Puzzle 129 M O I N H E R T T R G E E N A D A V I S X

N A Y Y A A O L N T I A L Y O R A B S E O

A R E A L N M H A E E T M N A D R O J I F

M E C W L N A M N K D H A E T R P A O T J

G G A T E A V O J S W L C H G H W D H O L

R D P N B S A T J O D M O N A R N Y H P E

E E S I E A T A R S A E D H A Y Y N A R A

B L N L R R R R U R H N C O M L W A R F H

D H I C R B A T L S Z H C U N A B O N O C

I T V Z Y F H O I H A I L R Y O I E R N I

JIM CARREY JOAN CRAWFORD JOHN WAYNE JUDE LAW KEVIN SPACEY LILLIAN GISH MAE WEST MARLON BRANDO MEG RYAN MIA FARROW MICHAEL J. FOX MIKE MYERS RITA HAYWORTH SHIRLEY TEMPLE TOM HANKS WILLIAM HOLDEN


Puzzle 130 S S O H T T R A I I C S A K P O I L D E V

T W T N G M S Y S O P R E T E K A K L K A

Y Y E E A O I T A F E E O P X U R G W R T

L P Y C C E L A T A G O I I T E O L E A E

U I B R S O Y B L A B R A R K O A F B M M

S E A E F A M T H E M U I C G P U O S K S

W S O M K E I P R I B V A S Y E R I I O E

A W I M E M L L U P M H W A T C S B T O M

U O E O E A S R A T E T P V A X O E E B I

H R A C P Y O B V A E Y C A R I P N M L T

I B H E E I K R I P I R F J J E E I A L K

D A L L W O B O E N U O V A D N M G N A C

T R I S I A B U O V A L U I C L H N N W I

T M M U U O D T C B R R A R R A W E I E U

S W O D K U B R R A E E Y I R U E H A R Q

A S O U R C E C O D E P S D D A S C M I T

C B R O O O G S D W T P W Y O U T R O F E

D X T U W W J I C I Y A Y Q X E A A D T V

O S A R T B U T O N R E U K R O J E V H A

P Y H W E I H N D E O B K E S A R S O A A

E T C N N B H H Y B L C Y B E R S P A C E

ACROBAT ALIAS ALPHA GEEK ASCII ART AVATAR BAUD BINARY BLOG BOOKMARK BROWSE CHAT ROOM COMPUTER VIRUS CYBERSPACE DIAL-UP DOMAIN NAME E-BOOK E-COMMERCE E-MAIL ENCRYPTION FIREWALL GOOGLE

HACKER HARDWARE JAVASCRIPT KEYWORD PAYPAL PIRACY PODCAST PROXY SERVER QUICKTIME REAL TIME CHAT REBOOT SEARCH ENGINE SKYPE SMILEYS SOURCE CODE STYLUS SYSOP VIRTUAL WEBCAM WEB SITE

H C L Y K L U C S C N S D A A M J B T U B

I I I O C O N B O E A Y E N D Y S S A D A

N U S N C A G I I R R K N C T I O R T E D

A F T N G L S L L P O I A H A T H E N S T

E K A L N A U A A B E M A E J I S T O J R

S V N O O E R O B P U U E S W A S E C A A

Y T B N K R G E I L G D O T O O A P N P K

T O U D G T H A I M A I M E W N C T A W A

N K L Y N N T A M I T N E R A W E S V A J

O Y S S O O K S O E L T C E E A L U O E S

M O Y H H M I A U B E C R A M A I M B M U

ADDIS ABABA ANTWERP ATHENS BERLIN BRUSSELS BUENOS AIRES CAIRO CASABLANCA DETROIT DUBLIN DÜSSELDORF EDINBURGH FRANKFURT GLASGOW HELSINKI HONG KONG ISTANBUL JAKARTA

LISBON LONDON MANCHESTER MIAMI MONTREAL MOSCOW OSLO RIO DE JANEIRO ROME SAN FRANCISCO SEOUL SHANGHAI ST. PETERSBURG SYDNEY TAIPEI TOKYO VANCOUVER

Puzzle 131 F B I D F E N O B C P B A N T W E R P S I

Y R K T R U F K N A R F W A A E E R A P S

I U N S S O D O E U I O T N B I S N C F P

A S I N E I B D S M G H O C A U F S G R I

H E S H A S I S O S E D Y W B R A M U O Y

G U L F I N E R A L N T T I A W T O I D A

N C E L B L I L O O S N E N S A R E T L D

A P H U S B G E L R A O C T I C A G I E I

H O R I E N A J E D O I R H D S K R O S S

S G S R R O N V L H S G K M D O A U R S A

The extra word is CAIRO.

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Puzzle 132 I W U X E S S E W N S R E N O X F O R D D

I N R E V E S M O E A E O E W H C T E E N

A F A S D F F R E U D V M G Y I A L R X A

I G D S R E F O B N E S W A N S E A I E L

X L N U C O E P U D L W O B H A A K H T T

S A A S L E D D G W Y N E D D T B S S E O

F A L K L A N D I S L A N D S I S D K R C

T D G C Y B A S D N A L S I Y E N K R O S

S U N W M B L E I I N C O L N A O A O E S

A M E O D I E G O O T X O H L R A T Y N P

F R P N N R R D K O N N T R E A M E A E S

L E O C Y M I I S S D I E T C W V I F B F

E B O S R I N R U O A H S K R A P O A I C

B L N P U N R B N C T E G L N M R T N D F

N E E E B G E M F U C P L R A O H D Y E C

K X E N R H H A S R O U R R U N E K I H M

I Y D N E A T C O W H H G I P B D K E F W

C A R I T M R W Y W O G S A L G N S O A F

N M E N N A O S S B R I S T O L T I L T Y

N A B E A V N E T S E R O F W E N E D E S

D O A S C S I V E N N E B R R H S O I E I

E O U V L K L A F I N G E R T A B O P N G

F W Q R I S M E L R O M X E U A H C G A D

A Y R E H C R A T E G R A T B N L N I R G

S E F C P Y R D G L C I I L I O I M A S N

S R I U O A E N R E S R S B U R I U I I I

A N T R X J K A X A A R O T T N G M N M H

Y S A V O N C T O S U R O S G T I H D B C

O A X E T I I S T E L G W I S U L B O D T

I Y M O R P L W W A P O M E N B K U O P E

S I G H T O C O W I B A H R D U O Q R R L

B U P L T P K B C D Z C Y D A K J W S I F

ABERDEEN ASCENSION ISLANDS AVON BANGOR BATH BELFAST BEN NEVIS BERMUDA BIRMINGHAM BRISTOL CAITHNESS CAMBRIDGE CANTERBURY CARDIFF CHESTER DEVON DUNDEE EDINBURGH ENGLAND EXETER FALKLAND ISLANDS FIFE GLASGOW

GRAMPIANS GWYNEDD HULL LINCOLN LONDON NEW FOREST NORFOLK NORTHERN IRELAND ORKNEY ISLANDS OXFORD PENNINES POWYS SCOTLAND SEVERN STOKE-ON-KENT SUSSEX SUTHERLAND SWANSEA THAMES WALES WESSEX WORCESTER YORKSHIRE

AIMING ARM GUARD ARROW BAREBOW BOW HUNTING BOW STAND BOW STRING BOWYER BUTTS CHEST GUARD CLICKER CLOUT COMPOUND CROSSBOW ENDS FIBERGLASS FINGER TAB FITA FLETCHING FLU-FLUS GOLD INDOORS

JUNIORS KOREANS LIMBS LONGBOW NOCKS OLYMPICS POPINJAY QUIVER RECURVE RELEASE AID ROBIN HOOD ROUNDS SAFETY SCORING SENIORS SIGHT TARGET ARCHERY TOURNAMENT TOXOPHILITE VANE X-RING YEW

Puzzle 133 I A K B G Y A D U T A B X K G N I R O C S

H D Q A A N N S O I A S R O I N E S L W S

B S U K L U I U H R I V I B K S A T Y O A

I D S I O V R T E C S L N U A Y B A M E L

J N K P U N W B N T R U G E W Y D M P S G

A U M O A P O Q E U S A L A E A L W I O R

F O R M Y W B G U D H D L F Y J O O C L E

C R E E E N G D N E C W L I U N G R S S B

Y N V N T O N E T N P E O O S L S R I D I

T B I A I C O J A Y F K T B T B F A O N F


Puzzle 134 S W S K P A O L O A K K K K K K K A Y A K

K K A E L U O J O L I K I N N Y I Y T Z P

E A W C K L H S O E E N I O A N T A K L C

Y T F I L H L C U K D T W G O P E S A I K

K O A T A O E K T E T L E N D O S T D I P

A C V R A K G D R E E L U I A K I A T A O

A L E K A N A G R D K P D D N E E C C I I

Z T I B I K A J G C E Y N D I N H E R K K

R Z N S I R I E U K T Z Y I K E E O T N P

J E S E T K A N G A R O O K N N Q C O A T

L I N E P K K K K E K A K Y K C U T N E K

K U N I E O U Q E K M E K O R I P D A T P

G N L R S A C K K U L Y Y E K Y I R N K T

L E N N E K K S R N C S I B R K A L A O K

L E R T S E K D O K O I W K O O K B Y S S

L K E I Y C E F K D E T E S O A S A Y B S

K W I H E L H T I I I R H Z A H R E T A T

C O O A T A U Q M U K E A O K S N D N B L

D L P T I O E E O O M K L T L D N L Y E I

E U E A A S S E N D N I K A I E U A I K K

C K A K K Y T T O N K T F K K N K W K K O

KAFTAN KALEIDOSCOPE KANGAROO KANSAS KAPOK KARATE KATYDID KAYAK KAZOO KEBAB KENNEL KENTUCKY KERATIN KERNEL KEROSENE KESTREL KETCHUP KETTLEDRUM KEYBOARD KEYHOLE KIBITZ KIDDING KIDNAP

KIDNEYS KILN KILOJOULE KILT KIMONO KINDERGARTEN KINDNESS KINK KISSING KITCHEN KITTEN KNAPSACK KNEAD KNEECAP KNITTER KNOTHOLE KNOTTY KNOWLEDGE KNUCKLE KOALA KOHL KRYPTON KUMQUAT

C I T B Z U A E I C N U P Z G S O L L O D

B U K A L H Q D Y A Z T I E I L U S A K A

L Q W B G X R N C R C H R U D M Y L T A A

A S U A R W I U T O K I O O B A B E O M J

G A E Q U A T O R I A L G U I N E A R A O

E I B W D Z U A C N T P R R O A Y A B B N

N R E C A N O Y C R E U O L U Y V E Z W M

E E E M H A B N O W N T W O B B K I A B E

S G B H C D I P Y D E R I O V I D E T O C

T I O A H U J I I R I H E Y T L H Y S E D

A N J H K S D A P E U Q I B M A Z O M B V

ABIDJAN ACCRA ADDIS ABABA ALGERIA BAMAKO BISSAU BURUNDI CAIRO CANARY ISLANDS CHAD CÔTE D’IVOIRE DAKAR DJIBOUTI EGYPT EQUATORIAL GUINEA GAMBIA GHANA KENYA KINSHASA LIBYA LUSAKA

MADAGASCAR MADEIRA MAURITANIA MOZAMBIQUE NAMIBIA NIGERIA PORT LOUIS PRETORIA SENEGAL SEYCHELLES SOUTH AFRICA SUDAN SWAZILAND TANZANIA TUNISIA UGANDA YAOUNDÉ ZAMBIA ZIMBABWE

Puzzle 135 L A F U P C T M A D E I R A C U D A E E S

U F I B W I U D S O U T H A F R I C A D E

G A L N K I N S H A S A I S E B A H N I L

A I O O A I I P O M N R E I M B D A A C L

N N O A E T S E Z A O V C A I T L U C P E

D A R D K Z I R I D K E G D G S E U C C H

A Z M D U U A R N A L E J R I P R N R I C

O N F I A Y U A U G E A N Y W E D A A K Y

O A G S B O L E A A N Q R Y G B A N K P E

B T S A X I A N A S M A A Y A L M E Y A S

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Puzzle 136 W U Y A R D O T R F H E K Y R S U C S I D

W Y O S C A R W E O S S B R L O N A I S I

C H T S C O W A I E Z I I C I A S I R T E

A S J A H I T Q O E H V S F M B T E E U A

H I O J L H U O A O C A T C R A E Y T T B

O F P I E P Y N U G S U T F A E R N T I M

C O B R C A G P U I B S X C D S H E S A T

S T F I W E P P L R A O T O H I B C U I E

I I J S L Y P V I I U A I I A E L R R L S

N U C F V L E S L H L H I N A E T H W A B

N Q I E E R T F H I S S U A A Y L F C N M

D S S O S L I L S M N I W D K D E U I I Q

H O Y H E N I X I I E F F N C S A T Q S C

U M A N M Q T O F A O T O E D W U R Y E H

Y R O O S U I F W U N A V E S A A P B A K

K S L A C E F G O O T C N U I I P E D E I

E L Z E I I M N B G E S E Q U U D T L B Z

Y F W K S K D I N A T S X D G I X A U B O

B A A A U S O Y I B R A B R E G I T R R P

G O U R A M I L A W A L K R A H S A L A S

P A R A I B I F R S E G O L D F I S H F P

CICHLID SILVER SHARK ARCHERFISH CLOWN LOACH FEATHERFIN GLASS CATFISH ANGELFISH BRISTLENOSE GOLDFISH SAILFIN MOLLY GUPPY HATCHETFISH ZEBRA DANIO BETTA

DISCUS KRIBENSIS TIGER BARB MOSQUITO FISH BLUE RAM NEON TETRA OSCAR PARADISE FISH FLYINGFOX PLATY QUEEN DANIO RAINBOWFISH GOURAMI

1. BABE 2. BAGHEERA 3. CHEE-CHEE 4. CUJO 5. FLICKA 6. GRAY-MALKIN 7. GREEBO 8. JIP 9. KERMIT 10. LADY 11. MACAVITY

12. MINNIE 13. MISTY 14. MOBY-DICK 15. MR. POPPER 16. PUSSYCAT 17. ROO 18. SCABBERS 19. SHADOWFAX 20. SIMPKIN 21. TEMPLETON

The extra word is CLOWN LOACH.

Puzzle 137 E E B N I K L A M Y A R G

E R O O V A C U J O B H L

H Y S T J A O I A P T A F

C T C E A I E E D A D I N

E I A L F C P I S Y T T I

E V B P L C Y H N I B L K

H A B M O X A S M N J O P

C C E E Y D O R S B I V M

A A R T O B E J E U A M I

I M S W E K J C Y Q P B S

A I F E A K C I L F U A E

M A R N B A G H E E R A E

X G T E Y R E P P O P R M


Puzzle 138 S U I C H A R L E S T O N

V W F R E D A S T A I R E

E Y A A F E O T E I R O C

Y Q X N C O I L U L E C X

E A Z P L M E E G E Z S W

R M S T E A N I O O U I V

U O O W L I K N V T A D E

N O A O K A B E P A B M D

F R U O R N W W A R M U P

P P F V O L N U E D U S U

P R A H T A L Y W T R E T

Y Y M M I H S A O Y M Y U

H C T E R T S R B O U E T

R G G O M S M L H O W U P

E U C B R O C C O L I Z R

S I H U N E T I L W O S I

C C I C L O U Y R R E H C

E U O P A I M D L E C R O

Z R P R S E A E P A R G T

H A I W N E P I L B A B O

1. BALLROOM 2. CHARLESTON 3. DISCO 4. FOKINE 5. FOOTLOOSE 6. FRED ASTAIRE 7. LEOTARD 8. NUREYEV 9. RUMBA

10. SHIMMY 11. STRETCH 12. SWAN LAKE 13. TIME WARP 14. TUTU 15. TWYLA THARP 16. VOGUE 17. WALTZ 18. WARM-UP

1. APPLE 2. APRICOT 3. ASPARAGUS 4. BROCCOLI 5. CAULIFLOWER 6. CHERRY 7. CORN 8. EGGPLANT 9. GRAPE

10. LEMON 11. PEACH 12. PEAR 13. PLUM 14. POTATO 15. RHUBARB 16. SQUASH 17. TOMATO 18. ZUCCHINI

Puzzle 139 B C R H Z S D T A Y M I W

R Q A Q Q U N S Q P A N E

A U A U U A P U M O U I T

B O A E L A M U P T P H P

U S T P R I L P E A R C W

H T G A D P F M L T D C A

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Puzzle 140 O G N A V A K O O S G Y M

E L I N B C Z E A N U Y I

E N A W E H C T A K S A S

A X G E Z I A I O U J N S

Z I A E E G J N D T E G I

R H R N L I N N E D M T S

Y S A O X L I O A M Z Z S

A E V H T S I J N A S E I

L M E R A I K M M N B U P

I A A R N C G B P U A L P

G H A Z A X E R N O K H I

B T A L O Z E A I A P Z S

I I B A I N D O E S F O S

1. AMAZON 2. BLACK JADE 3. DANUBE 4. GILA 5. INDUS 6. LIMPOPO 7. MISSISSIPPI 8. NIAGARA 9. NILE 10. OKAVANGO

11. RHÔNE 12. SASKATCHEWAN 13. SHANNON 14. THAMES 15. TIGRIS 16. VOLGA 17. XIJIANG 18. YANGTZE 19. YUKON 20. ZAMBEZI

O D T N E Q R N N L R M C

A E C K L O A E N I U I B

R H A H M D T W E N E J Y

E H D W E U U T K C T U K

S Z E D G O M O A O S H U

P L I E U E P N H L A P S

L W A T T B F S O N P I V

1. BUDDHA 2. CAESAR 3. CHEOPS 4. COLUMBUS 5. CROMWELL 6. EDISON 7. EUCLID 8. GANDHI 9. GUTENBERG 10. HOMER

11. KENNEDY 12. KHAN 13. LENIN 14. LINCOLN 15. LISTER 16. NEWTON 17. PASTEUR 18. SHAKESPEARE 19. WATT

Puzzle 141 R E Y H U O I G K O E E D

A E N O S I D E A R O E A

S U B M U L O C A N T S G

E C Y E N L P E Y Z D R T

A L K R I B P F D I E H I

C I O S N S U C E B H L I

N


Puzzle 142 A H N T A B P C S L N X C

O S S E G E A T A T I E L

T A U M L E N E U T L T M

O W Q P X I S R V N O A A

E D R E T H P W I E E L C

D U R R C E N R R M R D R

P R T A N A E E I G U I Y

T T Y T W C N O D I A U L

U T I B Y I A V I P F Q I

B N O L R X N A A L A I C

E Y G Q U U N G N S S L S

S N E U V O S T R E T C H

S O R A N G E H U Q I L Y

C O A K Z C O D I R D S U

E O M F R R L E G T N U D

N T R A N N S O N O N S E

T I E I E Z P K P I D A M

A M M R S P J V D S X G M

U R I Y I I A E I P L E K

R S A H X I V I S I S P V

1. ACRYLICS 2. AUREOLIN 3. CANVAS 4. DRAWING 5. DRYBRUSH 6. GESSO 7. GLYCERIN 8. LIQUID LATEX 9. OILS 10. ORANGE

11. PANS 12. PIGMENT 13. PURPLE 14. STRETCH 15. TEMPERA 16. TINTS 17. TUBES 18. TURPENTINE 19. VIRIDIAN 20. WASH

1. BIGFOOT 2. CENTAUR 3. CYCLOPS 4. DRAGON 5. DRYAD 6. FAIRY 7. GHOST 8. HIPPOGRIFF 9. IMP 10. ISIS 11. KELPIE

12. LEPRECHAUN 13. MANTICORE 14. MEDUSA 15. MERMAID 16. NAIAD 17. PEGASUS 18. PHOENIX 19. SIREN 20. TROLL 21. UNICORN

Puzzle 143 E O L L O R T E T S O H G

D U S L E P R E C H A U N

A B I R E S N M O A U O B

Y I E N I R E A Y N G K F

R G D C P M O T I A F F A

D F I I Y H P C R A I A S

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Puzzle 144 A U A W O M D R I B B L E

B N A I S M I T H W B O P

I S O H T I M S E I T A K

F R S S K W O E D W Z U I

M O P L M A E T M A E R D

O I O L R I A B N R K R O

N R T U E R I K E O Y E O

Y R H B F B A A E K R B W

M E O O T L S C O S M I C R A Y S

O L M H B S A U V V E K S R S D I

N A G F E A R V I N U O O

W W I Y R L T J K I C U T

A V H Z E L A D O C R N O

R W A O E L U M Z T A A A A V A S

T I B I H U X A S L S S S E F I M

E S A U E Z T Y O K E D G

O E R T Z U J O R S M M D

1. AIR BALL 2. BULLS 3. DREAM TEAM 4. DRIBBLE 5. EARVIN 6. FIBA 7. FIVE 8. HIGH-TOPS 9. JAZZ 10. KATIE SMITH

11. KNICKS 12. MERCURY 13. NAISMITH 14. NBA 15. REBOUND 16. REFEREE 17. ROOKIE 18. TORONTO 19. WARRIORS 20. WOOD

1. ANDROMEDA 2. ASTEROID BELT 3. ASTRONOMER 4. BIG BANG 5. BLACK HOLE 6. CERN 7. COMET 8. COSMIC RAYS 9. DARK 10. GALAXY 11. KELVIN 12. LIGHT YEAR 13. MARS 14. NASA

15. PHOTON 16. PLANETS 17. PLUTO 18. PULSAR 19. QUASAR 20. RADIO 21. ROCKET SCIENCE 22. SOLAR SYSTEM 23. STAR 24. TELESCOPE 25. URANUS 26. VACUUM 27. VENUS

Puzzle 145 C E R N S U H O A N D R O M E D A

U Y E U J E L I G H T Y E A R E Q

E C N E I C S T E K C O R Y T U M

T E C T L E B D I O R E T S A X N

V P I E L O H K C A L B K I N A A

H O E N E N A O K T F I P E S B I

R C X O U O M E T S Y S R A L O S

E S F T P E Y U S B T D A R K C Z

N E G P E S U N A R U Y E S A R U

O T N P N P Q C E S I G R L R T A

S A G D M T E I A E Y A L Q D L N

A U I A O O B X U A U U U O C P A

H A B R C O Y O U Q B D P H A D H

E


Puzzle 146 R A N R Q U S C O B O F L O K U D

E H S O I D A L I N M E R U J U A

I C O T I K E B T E A A S E Z O J

C A I R E U E I K I T J M X N A R

R R V O B R G I X B O I F O E T O

A A E A O R O A L Y P R B C L L E

C C I N E E L I O U O A L F C A K

H U N N K A J E D M P F J I A Z P

A C T B G U W R A E I A C F G E N

I F I V E S T I D O H I U H R R A

N S O L O O R E J A R T C T A E X

V Y C H E D Z X M T S A G A C C M

I A H O C C A B U E N O S D I A S

E J O P I A H E R B M E I V O N O

R A O J X J C U L T P B J T S U Q

N V E R A N O L G O O E O Y O M E

O S J E D U C H A A S O I A C A V

1. ABUELO 2. ADIÓS 3. ALCACHOFA 4. ASTEROIDE 5. AZUL 6. BIBERÓN 7. ¡BUENOS DÍAS! 8. CEREZA 9. CUCARACHA 10. DUCHA 11. ESTUFA 12. FRENTE 13. GALAXIA 14. GRACIOSO 15. HIPOPÓTAMO

16. INVIERNO 17. JIRAFA 18. LECHUGA 19. ¡MUY BIEN! 20. NOVIEMBRE 21. OREJA 22. PALOMA 23. ROJO 24. SOLEADO 25. TIGRE 26. TRICICLO 27. VACA 28. VEINTIOCHO 29. VERANO 30. VESTIDO

C R E R B D Y O A Z E T K R I P I

U O S E C N I L N N B E S T E O K

H R R D U A N R N O E C A T V R N

B R E A C D T I U L T N H A U D C

Y G S A U C A E A P I N R U T Y U

T H A U M L C H L M S Q U A S H C

U S A M B E V E R M I C U L I T E

G L O V E S K E U Q R M F R O I R

L E W O R T G W T N I T R O G E N

1. ANNUAL 2. BLACK SPOT 3. BLUEBERRY 4. BONSAI 5. CITRUS 6. CUCUMBER 7. DANDELION 8. DERRIS DUST 9. FORK 10. FROST 11. GERMINATION 12. GLOVES 13. HEIRLOOM 14. HOE 15. HYDROPONICS

16. IRIS 17. LEEK 18. MINT 19. NITROGEN 20. PARSLEY 21. PERENNIAL 22. PERMACULTURE 23. RAKING 24. RHUBARB 25. SALINITY 26. SQUASH 27. TROWEL 28. TURNIP 29. UREA 30. VERMICULITE

Puzzle 147 A K Y B T X E I T A O C I T R U S

E R U T L U C A M R E P R M H U C

P N E S I A R B O N S A I I S G I

K A G U T N C E R R A K I N G S B

E N R D E O I K B A D A C T I C I

K E E S O I E L S F B O O P C I B

I B S I L L U M A P O U E A R N N

T S O R F E E O R S O R H H U O Y

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Puzzle 148 N U I J D B A Y E R I S C H E S E

E U T A R L O H O C L A T Y O A I

R W A S A I D Y K A Y N N U R P U

B I R S G R D A L R N I T C R N I

P N E C S A O U T F G H M H K B S

L A S E T R Y E A E A M O N A C O

A M A O E R M B L M P O U N S E R

G N M X R E W M E D A A S W C O V

G R N F L F A R P I T S T O P S T

N C A E R N I S E E R O M Y B E K

A A T H S C F I N N I S H A F E A

T D N E A N D R E H C A M U H C S

S I L S A M O I S J K O V A L O Z

U L U T F N H T U A E H C S R O P

M L P A R I S I R R A E Y I N K E

W A I T I Z E A L Y E B T D B T S

E C N A R U D N E L A P A D K E C

1. ABS 2. ALCOHOL 3. AUDI 4. AYRTON SENNA 5. BAYERISCHE 6. CADILLAC 7. DRAGSTER 8. ENDURANCE 9. FERRARI 10. FINNISH 11. GRAHAM HILL 12. MASERATI 13. MCRAE 14. MONACO 15. MUSTANG

16. NIGEL MANSELL 17. OVAL 18. PARIS 19. PATRICK 20. PIT STOP 21. PORSCHE 22. SAAB 23. SCHUMACHER 24. SOUTH AMERICA 25. TELEMETRY 26. TURBO 27. UNSER 28. WRC 29. ZONDA

D M H R S E L H Z S H E K E L E E

I A H T L A A A K I T I T E Z E H

Y N P Y Z K U R O R N C F D A P O

C A S T Y Q O P A A D I L L I U M

E T E V R N A N H E I O R U E R Q

E U E Z A U I G P L R E G A N E Y

Q A O N I D F E I A H T O G R O G

Y I E O R A S W W E A M P E U G I

W A L W A V O I K R M H U T A L A

1. AFGHANI 2. ARIARY 3. BAHT 4. BOLIVIANO 5. DINAR 6. DIRHAM 7. EURO 8. FLORIN 9. FRANC 10. HRYVNIA 11. KRONA 12. KWANZA 13. LEMPIRA 14. LEV 15. LIRA

16. MANAT 17. NAIRA 18. PESO 19. QUETZAL 20. REAL 21. RINGGIT 22. RUBLE 23. RUFIYAA 24. RUPEE 25. SHILLING 26. SHEKEL 27. TALA 28. TÖGRÖG 29. WON 30. YEN

Puzzle 149 I F A R I P M E L N D V A I X E R

A T L S Y K R H A M A Y S C I U A

K O I O F S G N I L L I H S F Z E

W U F G R Y E M A R I L R I N P D

Q W R E G I S I E G K P Y A P E E

Z C A L I N N E O U Q A W R O S O

B E N B L V I T M O A K I A G O Z

U A C U Y Y V R B O L I V I A N O


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Puzzle 150 T E K C I R C Y N I M I J A R D E

L E M A R G E S I M P S O N M L W

T E L R A H U A D P L U T O I N O

J N A B O P A R T H C O W Z W R L

H A Y F E B A O H A A G A S M O R

E D Y R D C I D A D L B S E O G A

G E M G U A P N T I E M Y L T A M

O A A L A P C A S T T E D U E R P

N D A G I T P P H O I A N C L A I

O H N J A A S B I N N N E R C R L

D A N A G I E B S T A C W E N O I

K A D N O N V I Y F N N R H U M H

P P T E N K E L W A O S N U I E P

R P H E D I E Y M I N O C Y S O E

A I T Y U R J T R O B I N H O O D

G T E R N K A N A E J L A V L G E

J A M E S B O N D X O F R E R B G

1. ARAGORN 2. BATMAN 3. BR’ER FOX 4. CADFAEL 5. CAPTAIN KIRK 6. DRACULA 7. ELIZABETH BENNETT 8. GARP 9. HERCULES 10. IAGO 11. JAMES BOND 12. JANE EYRE 13. JAY GATSBY 14. JEEVES 15. JIMINY CRICKET

H P R R E U Y A A U Q O N M A C E

C S E A L N D B I V A L V E N H M

I E W M L I D O A E S A R C T I C

1. ARCTIC 2. BIVALVE 3. BOX JELLYFISH 4. CETACEANS 5. COD 6. CORAL 7. CUTTLEFISH 8. DIATOMS 9. GANNET 10. HAMMERHEAD 11. HUMPBACK 12. KRILL 13. LAMPREY 14. MACKEREL 15. NAUTILUS

16. KANGA 17. MARGE SIMPSON 18. MOWGLI 19. NANNY OGG 20. PANDORA 21. PHILIP MARLOWE 22. PLUTO 23. ROBIN HOOD 24. ROBINSON CRUSOE 25. ROMEO 26. SUPERMAN 27. TOAD 28. UNCLE TOM 29. VALJEAN 30. WENDY

Hidden answer: THE GOOD ENDED HAPPILY, AND THE BAD UNHAPPILY. THAT IS WHAT FICTION MEANS. —OSCAR WILDE

Puzzle 151 F B L A U Q R O R E C M O M A E S

C E T A C E A N S U A G S D L M S

N L A M P R E Y T C U D Y X O I U

I I E D U B O T K R O M O T O G Q

H S I F Y L L E J X O B A C H J R

C P I I Y E R A R K R I L L C T O

R M M O F E U T E S D L E J S H U

U X S I L Q D U T H U M P B A C K

A O S E R E F N T X S W R M S T J

E H S U E H T A O H O H M E U O Y

S S K W A E S Y A C H E E T L T A

L S A E J Y S A E G R L K S I R E

C E T H I T A E S H A K E U T E J

S O E S E A A N E M O N E S U N M

16. ORCA 17. OYSTER 18. RORQUAL 19. SCHOOL 20. SEA ANEMONES 21. SEAL 22. SEA OTTER 23. SEA URCHIN 24. SEAWEED 25. SHRIMP 26. SKATE 27. TRENCH 28. TUNA 29. WHELK

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Puzzle 152 Y B Z N E T S I X E N F E F E V H

A Y O T H E F L Y E T K Y O L O A

M L O L I V E N U G R C N A N N T

Y F I I B G E R N A A I Z D R N N

U E C E U E O I L Y W R A E I E E

E R L I N M H C O O E B L N S G M

I I N X A S C T W V T U E U A U E

B F W N U R A Y U C S K Z D G T L

O O C C U H N E V I N Y R R A L E

I E X H R D C X C T N A U Q N O H

R B T L H E T O N S D I F F I R T

A R K A E E D I N A D S K H T A F

A N M S T I U D J T O A E S S N I

J U E N U Q T K W N A X L I A A F

C R I C H T O N O A U C M E G H E

R U M E T E O R E F R O T E K O H

Q C K Z E L K S I R V F B L O S T

1. ALIEN 2. ARTHUR C. CLARKE 3. ASIMOV 4. BOXLEITNER 5. CONTACT 6. CRICHTON 7. CUSHING 8. DALEKS 9. DUNE 10. EXISTENZ 11. FANTASTIC VOYAGE 12. FIREFLY 13. HASKIN 14. HONDA 15. HUXLEY 16. KRONOS 17. KUBRICK

18. LARRY NIVEN 19. LEGUIN 20. METEOR 21. NEUROMANCER 22. QUINTET 23. RED DWARF 24. SAGAN 25. STEWART 26. THE BLOB 27. THE FIFTH ELEMENT 28. THE FLY 29. TRIFFIDS 30. VONNEGUT 31. WYNDHAM 32. ZELAZNY

S A U E O L G A M S N U U E V C T

O Y L U C B R S P H B I L A B H O

D E V H A T L A N T I C O C E A N

H E N O S W A M S E O K C X W S E

R M V U U B N I N A L L E G A M Q

E D P A O Z T H E S I L K R O A D

M U Z C C N O L O P O C R A M R C

O K U L R A K B A F F I N N Y G E

N A E B B I R A C A G A I B U Q R

1. AMUNDSEN 2. ARMSTRONG 3. ATLANTIC OCEAN 4. BAFFIN 5. BERING 6. BYRD 7. CABOT 8. CARIBBEAN 9. CARTIER 10. CLARK 11. COLUMBUS 12. COOK 13. COUSTEAU 14. DAMPIER

15. DE VACA 16. DRAKE 17. EVEREST 18. HELEN THAYER 19. INDIA 20. KARLUK 21. LIVINGSTONE 22. MAGELLAN 23. MARCO POLO 24. MAWSON 25. RALEIGH 26. SOPER 27. THE SILK ROAD 28. VANCOUVER

Puzzle 153 O G R T P Y O N E S D N U M A F A

S N E S V U M E B C R C G B L H L

O O I E U D E A O E A F O M T R I

O R P R X H R U Y A O B H O K E V

K T M E M D S A V S E G S D K I I

I S A V R T H A K R I N U L S T N

D M D E E T N R I E C A B O T R G

N R E A N C A N L D S T M Y I A S


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Puzzle 154 W B Y E L I T S A C A G C W W F I

H O T W A T E R E F N O S J O V T

I C R E X O N R T I F H Y B R I D

J B A M B O O E L F S I L D L S R

W E P G U G R O E A G O E E D E K

N U O W L E O E E D K V L P P L L

E F C A A P I V B M O B A A A O B

D O E T R T I T C L A O P W R K H

R U I A U T E A E W R I F A S E D

A N C Y A Q R R E F D S L W M W N

G T E N S B P N T A R W N P O M I

E A B I O D E G R A D A B L E L W

M I T N U R Y Z G B N P Y I S G S

O N R U T F O O R P V K M O P E D

H P I A S B I K E I T S O P M O C

B E P T U P E N C I L S A V E R U

A N O Y B L O C A V O R E U P A O

1. AFTER EATING 2. AL GORE 3. BAMBOO 4. BIKE 5. BIODEGRADABLE 6. BUS 7. CARBON 8. CARPOOLING 9. CASTILE 10. COFFEE 11. COMPOST 12. ECO-PARTY 13. EMAIL 14. FOUNTAIN PEN 15. HEMP 16. HOME GARDEN 17. HOT WATER

18. HYBRID 19. LOCAVORE 20. MOPED 21. NATIVE 22. PAPER 23. PENCILS 24. PRELOVED 25. RENEWABLE 26. ROOF 27. SLOW FOOD 28. SOLAR 29. SWAP 30. TAP 31. WALK 32. WATER TANK 33. WIND 34. WORLD

O W T E F H T O N P M L Y D R N U

W C L T W S C I E A H S L A Y O W

E H E S I A U A D I S A C L X S E

R R V E L Q R I Z E N K R T C R R

R E E H S S S S S O O L T R A E G

O T S C O O T S D B Y R E H Y F E

F I O N N X S C A M P B E L L F T

N E O P R I A M R V O O S L W E F

Y N R C F M A S O N I H S A W J O

1. ABBOTT 2. ABRAHAM LINCOLN 3. BARACK OBAMA 4. CAMPBELL 5. CHESTER 6. CHRÉTIEN 7. EISENHOWER 8. HARRY 9. HOOVER 10. JEFFERSON 11. LAURIER 12. LOUIS 13. MACDONALD

14. MADISON 15. MULRONEY 16. NIXON 17. PEARSON 18. QUINCY 19. ROBERT BORDEN 20. ROOSEVELT 21. TAFT 22. TRUDEAU 23. ULYSSES 24. WILSON 25. ZACHARY

Puzzle 155 R H W I S V U Y E Y Y W A S H I N

U B O O N N A O H C E T T O B B A

E K Y O O H E H N P W N A S O Y S

I Y H X V U D I I S I U O L U J T

S W I O W E U Y T A R E I R U A L

E N Y N Y Q R Z I T E S U B L N Y

N E D R O B T R E B O R O A U U B

H A B R A H A M L I N C O L N A M

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Puzzle 156 F Y E H C U A G E T O C V A B M I P C B S

O I D E R O N R O N N E R O G Y Q E U A D

S E N I S I U C A Q E U N E L U M E E S N

J N I A U R E V O I R A N U Y A O U E O E

U O D U Y I U G U O N E A Q T U E T M U W

V L N R L L U A E N I O M I G U I Q S S N

C L O K E P T W I H O S N H Q G Z B E S D

R I H H A R A V C B C E S T T R E S B O N

L P C O E P E R U Z G S R A F E U I L L E

I A O V I R R Z A U H U E P R N B U F M O

G P C C S I L E O P O I R M Y M O Q V E I

O T R A E D L R N J K T V Y F I C S L N S

S E I T S J H F N D E T I S R A S D I I B

M R Y T N E A O A A R I L U E U E O E A E

E U X E E D B N O I O E N A N L H B T M M

N T O E I P Q S V S T A U U Q E A C T E U

O W H U B A P U I I O F E N G R N A E S S

A R I O S E C A D R E Y R E B I A N U J E

B O A E E Z E V N G O R I O O A S W O Q M

V E N D R E D I U O H I L W I V I N R B A

R K E X T B S F L R B A O H S D H N B E I

T T A R A U E I O G M E K D H O E M A E I

S N X K E C S W F E E A H V N H L O N R A

E R I I A E H S K A D T O I T A W Z D A T

S D U N S N C A O S A H M D R A L A E F N

A E T O I R L O T N C C N B M J A N L Q U

Y U V L H N A H R U A A E V I F M Y I U O

S W O E A E T Z T N R J O F F M G E C F F

H I I W N I H H O E E I Y R E T I P U J E

V P S R Y T C T T M H R A R R E N G A W H

B I L L Y T H E K I D K E N A S E Z I M T

T H R E E S P S A W E H T D T H F I F T H

1. AU REVOIR 2. BON ANNIVERSAIRE! 3. BON APPÉTIT! 4. BONJOUR 5. BONNE NUIT 6. BROUETTE 7. CE MATIN 8. CE SOIR 9. C’EST TRÈS BON 10. CHIEN 11. COCHON D’INDE 12. CÔTÉ GAUCHE 13. CUISINE 14. FEUILLE 15. GRIS 16. IL FAIT FROID 17. JANVIER 18. LIRE UN LIVRE

19. LUNDI 20. MAISON 21. MERCI 22. MIAULER 23. MOINEAU 24. PAPILLON 25. PARAPLUIE 26. PRENDRE UN BAIN 27. QUEUE 28. RONRONNER 29. ROUGE 30. SEMAINE 31. SOUS-SOL 32. SYMPATHIQUE 33. TRÈS BIEN 34. VENDREDI 35. VERT

Puzzle 157 H A R I T K A E R T L H U E N H G Z O D I

I B N H O C N U H K A O I N T S R I F T P

M I I D I I O E G L V F E I O I U A H K E

N R A O D F S H R A I F M E Z T B E O S M

D L R O W W E N E H T M O R F T M D T O O

Y E R A A E N O A C S A L H C O A T R S R

P O S N H V O R T S E N A M L C H O S L F

B H E B A R B E R T F N S D S S J E I L O

H T K T T S O T R T C A A P I A N O O E S

H A H H I E N N U O I U I E M A R W H W N

1. ACADEMIC FESTIVAL 2. BARBER 3. BILLY THE KID 4. BORODIN 5. CANTUS 6. C MINOR 7. D MAJOR 8. ENIGMA 9. EROICA 10. FAREWELL 11. FINLANDIA 12. FIRST 13. FROM THE NEW WORLD 14. GOTTSCHALK 15. GREAT 16. HAMBURG 17. HANDEL 18. HÁRY JÁNOS SUITE 19. HOFFMANN 20. HOVHANESS 21. JUPITER

22. KHACHATURIAN 23. KODALY 24. NINTH 25. PETER AND THE WOLF 26. PIANO 27. SALOME 28. SCOTTISH 29. SEVENTH 30. SWAN LAKE 31. THE FOUNTAINS OF ROME 32. THE HOURS 33. THE MOLDAU 34. THE SWAN 35. THE WASPS 36. THIRD 37. THREE-CORNERED 38. VIOLIN 39. WAGNER 40. WINTER

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Puzzle 158 T B H C N E R F Y G C Y A A A E O R N C E

R R A Q R I C A N A R H R L C A E S A R E

I U I R S S B I N A V C B R C B F E E E M

I X O V E N T A G I T E S E M Y R I R M Y

B I A S I N D L D I R S B I T O T H G U E

C V R F A A A P C T O E T P S R T L N V B

F H F B G C L K A T U V A N U N I S U F E

A A A O I U I P E Q C N T O W E R E O A U

B E O T C B Q I U D F J T C L Q N C Y E Q

W S I X E Y A O A R L F P O U E I O L L V

E O L P H A L A V U S A S E L N N N I E I

A T Z O O S U U M B P U D L U E O D E L O

Q A A U C S I F A E D L I I M N V E N P V

Y E W T K A T Y R E U V T T E O A M M A O

F S A I E X O B U O D U Q A A S S I N M Z

W M T N Y F I Q G I N U O C V I C C S I T

R O T E F R R N E R I T R B O B O C N X E

E R O U C I N Y U T C T E T I U T C H S I

E F N H C E S S O R C A L N V R I I O Z M

M D A R L D H Q A L A E K E A O A O P K A

Y N O G N O I T A N T S R I F C M C A S X

1. LACROSSE 2. BAY OF FUNDY 3. ARCTIC 4. CN TOWER 5. BANTING 6. CARIBOU 7. THREE 8. BISON 9. CANADA GOOSE 10. ALBERTA 11. FIRST NATION 12. ZINC 13. VILLENEUVE 14. FRENCH 15. IQALUIT 16. BAFFIN BAY 17. CAESAR 18. FROM SEA TO SEA 19. INUIT 20. BARENAKED LADIES 21. GLENN GOULD

22. ICE HOCKEY 23. CHÂTEAU FRONTENAC 24. IMAX 25. POUTINE 26. MOOSE 27. NEIL YOUNG 28. TOURTIÈRE 29. NUNAVUT 30. OTTAWA 31. PAPER BIRCH 32. QUEBEC 33. VANCOUVER 34. TRIVIAL PURSUIT 35. RUSH 36. NOVA SCOTIA 37. SECOND 38. CALGARY 39. TIMBER 40. MAPLE LEAF 41. TRUDEAU 42. CIRQUE DU SOLEIL

I H A A L K A E U U E P S H S P A M M K I

U I S I C R S C H A E T I U R F D A E R B

B P Y H O O A H L A P D N A L S I G I B O

K I A Y K U F E K O O I I K D T U I L K U

L A L Y A P K F P U V L G O A L B H U A A

O P U K O O C S E M A J N I A T P A C I U

I L A A I A H U B E K O S U R F I N G L L

H A H V O L H I H E H T L L O T A E R U K

U N I A E K I O N U S A H L K U I H H A E

P T I L U O O P L R U T U N E L D N A C K

I H N Y P G H A U A I B L A C K C O R A L

1. LAYSAN 2. ANINI BEACH 3. BLACK CORAL 4. PO‘OULI 5. KURE ATOLL 6. CAPTAIN JAMES COOK 7. HALEAKALA 8. O‘AHU 9. HILO 10. CANDLENUT 11. OKOLEHAO 12. LUAU 13. PEARL CITY 14. HULA 15. ALOHA 16. ‘IOLANI PALACE 17. BIG ISLAND 18. JAPANESE 19. KALUA PIG 20. HONOLULU 21. LAULAU

22. VOLCANOES 23. KAVA 24. IMU 25. KONA COFFEE 26. LIHUE 27. LOCO MOCO 28. MAI TAI 29. MELE 30. MOUNT WAI‘ALE‘ALE 31. NA PALI COAST 32. KAILUA 33. NI’IHAU 34. SUGAR CANE 35. PIA PLANT 36. PUEO 37. MAUI 38. SPAM 39. LEI 40. BREADFRUIT 41. SURFING 42. NIHOA

Puzzle 159 H I F E A L A K A E L A H T O I K N I H M

A M K I H B K S V A S J A P A N E S E O E

D A M H O N O L U L U O A U H I S L U K U

P H E U N U L I H O H H C A E B I N I N A

E C A L A P I N A L O I H I L O T M L S I

O O K P E U W C D U O H S K O W L B O V H

Y U S O K M V O M M I L E N A C R A G U S

K T L E K K L I A A H U L I K B U H R H T

L O I O O O A I O U T S A O C I L A P A N

B K N C L N L L H I N L O C O M O C O O S

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Puzzle 160 O L S E D S T L C A F Y H Y K S E U L B I

A I I Z T S I M H E M I G T I B R E E Z E

E L I A H R D S I L I M U H S U L U M U C

U D T S T O O K N X E D O G U C L U R S I

V O E S U S I D O O L F R U A A A P U U R

L G O M B B E S O X G M T O M J E B Y T R

E I I D L E L R K J O I I R G L M G X A U

E L A G A S G I A K F N E D A I O G S R S

Z E U B C N H D M M R H H C N L E D A T A

I C R Q K R R I I A T E S O O T E E L S E

S I E T I E X O M R T T T R A E D N O O L

L R R R C W O U T S R E O E U R L I A B U

G R A E E O W E R O E E T Z M V F N I M M

O O O B T H D U F S T O H E U O E R I I U

E S G F O S P U Y E A L B E D O M X O N C

R T H A O S A S M Y W H T H U N D E R S O

O R E Z E E I E O R U O P N W O D D N W T

R A I N B O W E R P P T S N O G T N I A T

E T N I O P W E D O O W I N D C H I L L O

L U I O O A Y S U B N R X C O L S V I E X

V S A Y K T U O P S R E T A W W D U M E P

A L N R L M L D A I N O T S E C M S D B K

L A I O K B T G R E Y K J A V I K I U N A

T V V S U E U N I E P I A T N W P A R A J

O U E F L M Y J I E N A T S I K A P U C S

C T L Y E M E N L A R T K D E M O R A O S

S R I A H G N A H S S S N E H T A N N N N

1. GALE 2. ALBEDO 3. MIST 4. THERMAL 5. BEAUFORT SCALE 6. TROUGH 7. BLACK ICE 8. ANEMOMETER 9. SQUALL 10. DEW POINT 11. DROUGHT 12. EL NIÑO 13. UV INDEX 14. METEOROLOGY 15. FLOOD 16. CIRROSTRATUS 17. HAIL 18. BREEZE 19. ISOBARS 20. MARE’S TAIL

21. SLEET 22. TROPOSPHERE 23. NIMBOSTRATUS 24. FOG 25. TORNADO 26. BLUE SKY 27. NOR’EASTER 28. RAINBOW 29. RIDGE 30. SUBLIMATE 31. CUMULUS HUMILIS 32. HOAR FROST 33. SNOW 34. DOWNPOUR 35. WIND CHILL 36. THUNDER 37. NIMBUS 38. CHINOOK 39. WATERSPOUT 40. SHOWER

1. ACCRA 2. ALGIERS 3. ANTANANARIVO 4. ANTIGUA 5. ASMARA 6. ATHENS 7. BANGKOK 8. BERN 9. CANBERRA 10. COPENHAGEN 11. CZECH REPUBLIC 12. DELHI 13. DUSHANBE 14. ESTONIA 15. ETHIOPIA 16. GENEVA 17. GIBRALTAR 18. GREENLAND 19. HANOI 20. INDIA 21. ISLE OF MAN 22. JAKARTA 23. LIECHTENSTEIN 24. LJUBLJANA 25. MINSK 26. MONTENEGRO 27. MYANMAR 28. NAIROBI 29. NAURU 30. NEPAL 31. NORTHERN CYPRUS

32. NORWAY 33. NOUAKCHOTT 34. NOUMEA 35. PAKISTAN 36. PHNOM PENH 37. PIERRE 38. PORT OF SPAIN 39. PORTUGAL 40. PRAGUE 41. REYKJAVÍK 42. RIGA 43. ROME 44. SAINT MARTIN 45. SÃO TOMÉ 46. SCOTLAND 47. SERBIA 48. SHANGHAI 49. SUCRE 50. TAIPEI 51. TEHRAN 52. THE HAGUE 53. TIMOR 54. TOGO 55. TURKEY 56. TUVALU 57. VALLETTA 58. VINCENT 59. WINDHOEK 60. YEMEN

The extra word is SQUALL (#9).

Puzzle 161 N E G A H N E P O C N M N K O K G N A B K

T L H A N O I R E T H I O P I A O R U E E

I D A T T E L L A V E O A N N R A N G M O

Y N A P A L A G U T R O P P T M R A I Y H

I A D I E T P J S O L H N H S E M R T A D

B L W I T N R N M S N A E A B F N H N N N

O N A R A O E I A E M R R Y E O O E A M I

R E V S O T T O P F N A R B A E T T G A W

I E E U H N T M O C N T N A I U H N R R E

A R N C A O O E Y T A A O N R G E E I O O

N G E R M N L P A E H C A G R A H C H D P

A I G E H S R N I S I T C I O R A N L A A

L N T P I U A U U B G E T R B P G I E R T

D T A R S N E D C A G I R O A R U V D R R

N U U J A A C I L B U P E R H C E Z C E A

Hidden answer: TRAVEL IS FATAL TO PREJUDICE, BIGOTRY, AND NARROW-MINDEDNESS. (—Mark Twain)


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Puzzle 162 Y E U R D E T A G V F G W T G D N U M D V

B E Z E K K E O G E P H P S I I E F O N R

S O I T P C I E N A A T F B Z O Z B A E O

A U G L A Y E S T T T A A K N W S N D B S

C R Z U I K T T T S O S R R A T A U U A I

T T T H P E R I H A L Z R W W F R E G E E

E I E C R A M N P C F C E E Z B F B I T N

O F Z S K E O E I B E F R T N E A E Z U E

H G F T I E M E L I T R A I O N L U E E R

P H I S W E L R F R B U T A G O O T G H D

U V I O Z P R G D K G C K U G M F D U T B

E T A B E N T E U E R L U S T I G N F Y E

C S E A S K O H N S E E J G H L H K O P E

E D O T R D C B V C H N F E R N S E H E R

I I R K T S R N E H S A A F A I O C H R E

O E E H I A T O R W A N W L L E F P A Z Y

I N T T U R W D W A W A Z I P K S U O T I

R S H E D N P A I R H B U P E B R O E K E

T T C S I O D A R Z S D U P L B C A C J F

Z A O A P R I I R K I S E T E W Z R N K X

O G T E T I H W T S D S E F S T H A D K E

I Q N Y I W E C W A K A A T A O E I E G T

U E H T S N E O E M S N U K E N C N S N S

Z T E E C L T A F A C K L T U J E T Y A I

O E C E C A T G G E R O E R O E E S L R R

X K U R T U E N I R P M V E T B E R E G U

E Q A H U T S I S T I I S R W G U A S S O

J C U C D O U P A S R T I T A E Y S P E T

K E T E A E M O I P I H U T R T E E M D Y

V O S G E S P D U I T Q S B B O K R A A T

I L E X A N G L Q L W C D E E O N I H I E

E T J X B Y E S A S F R A M E L A G C T S

1. DIENSTAG 2. ATTRAKTIV 3. TISCH 4. AUGENBRAUE 5. BRUDER 6. KRAWATTE 7. BANANE 8. OBST 9. VERWIRRT 10. DONNERSTAG 11. ERDBEERE 12. DISHWASHER 13. FEBRUAR 14. GREEN 15. ABENTEUERLUSTIG 16. HEUTE ABEND 17. HUND 18. KATZE 19. KRANK 20. LIMONE

21. FERNSEHER 22. NEUNZIG 23. AUSGEFLIPPT 24. TOCHTER 25. ON FOOT 26. PFARRER 27. REIS 28. WHAT TIME IS IT 29. KAFFEE 30. MUND 31. SCHULTER 32. FENSTER 33. SCHWARZ 34. APRIKOSE 35. ZWANZIG 36. SUPPE 37. RECHTECK 38. SOCKE 39. WHITE 40. APFEL

Puzzle 163 I I M A S S S T A R T X M S T H N I T G N

X K C R E M Y D D E K A B I Z I I E U T S

N P E L D I A B L O I C K O A V M S C H R

O E A W E Y K P P L K T U P E P I P I R E

T T H Z T N C E L D D A S R O U E R F E I

O S A E O X U O T N E V T N O M R I N D T

L K S N I A T N U O M E H T F O G N I K U

E C G A L J E S D C W O K P Y B O T K I O

P I A U A A U A A M S H A K F I O P S T R

F U K U S Y N D B T D C I R T D S O E E E

1. CHAMPS-ÉLYSÉES 2. FRANCE 3. WHITE JERSEY 4. CRACK 5. DESGRANGE 6. KING OF THE MOUNTAINS 7. U.C.I. 8. EDDY MERCKX 9. MUSETTE 10. ALPE D’HUEZ 11. PELOTON 12. QUICK STEP 13. EL DIABLO 14. FIGNON 15. CADENCE 16. FRAME 17. LANCE ARMSTRONG 18. MAILLOT JAUNE 19. AXEL 20. MASS-START 21. DOPING

22. POLKA DOT 23. VOSGES 24. QUEEN 25. SPRINT POINTS 26. THYS 27. AGRITUBEL 28. SADDLE 29. L’AUTO 30. SLIPSTREAM 31. BIDON 32. STAGES 33. TOURISTE-ROUTIERS 34. THIRTEEN 35. MONT VENTOUX 36. SPAIN 37. THREE WEEKS 38. TWO 39. AUTOBUS 40. VERT 41. RED KITE 42. TEMPO

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Puzzle 164 V I O L A A L L E B A S I V M V I O L Y S

A F J T S E R S M D A N E L E H A C R K E

N U S E H T E K I L G N I H T O N A S K F

F O L I O E D V G O U R H H L S M I W I V

M A H H T E L A T S R E T N I W E H T U A

C C L N H O J L A O N E S T E I L U J I A

A Z O S L A K N O L B T E T I U Q A T E K

O S E R T U D O E A A H I T R T A R B A A

U S U A I A H Y Z I N E D A N R O O T U E

Q O O M D O F I T L N G E D O P T H R L C

N G E O M N L F N U E L M N S T E N N O S

A A N A K E A A K J G O O A O R P E H I A

B I G C N D R R N N L B C N I M C T I I I

S K U E A R M S I U S E R N C A E S A R N

I P E W M O O K D M S O A O Y B E E U Q A

J U L I E F I B A A E M E R C U T I O O T

Q H O R A T I O Z B Y S I A G A H T A K I

Y D O D N A L R O U F V M I V Y R N E H T

Y D E G A R T T Q O N E M S G N I K E H T

N K I S M T H E T E M P E S T F T I M O N

E V O L I S E Y E E N I H T E W O H E U Q

1. ANNE 2. OTHELLO 3. THINE EYES I LOVE 4. PORTIA 5. QUEEN ELIZABETH 6. SONNETS 7. THE GLOBE 8. THE WINTER’S TALE 9. TIMON 10. TRAGEDY 11. VENUS AND ADONIS 12. ORLANDO 13. A SUMMER’S DAY 14. MERCUTIO 15. THE KING’S MEN 16. PERICLES 17. COMEDIES 18. FALSTAFF 19. BANQUO 20. HELENA 21. MARY

22. HENRY VI 23. PUCK 24. AARON 25. CAESAR 26. CORIOLANUS 27. IAGO 28. STRATFORD 29. JULIET 30. VIOLA 31. THE TEMPEST 32. TITANIA 33. KING LEAR 34. HORATIO 35. MACBETH 36. HENLEY 37. TO BE, OR NOT TO BE 38. JOHN 39. MIRANDA 40. NOTHING LIKE THE SUN 41. KATHERINA 42. ISABELLA

1. AUBERGINE 2. BEARD 3. BÉARNAISE SAUCE 4. BEL PAESE 5. BLANCH 6. BLEND 7. BOUILLABAISSE 8. BOUQUET GARNI 9. CABERNET SAUVIGNON 10. CHALLAH 11. CHILD 12. CHINOISE 13. CIABATTA 14. COULIS 15. CSABAI 16. DELIA SMITH 17. DICES 18. DILL 19. DINE 20. EN BROCHETTE 21. ESCOFFIER 22. FETA 23. GANACHE 24. GNOCCHI 25. GOULASH 26. GREENGAGE 27. GROUSE 28. GRUYÈRE 29. HOLLANDAISE 30. KUMQUAT 31. MERINGUE 32. MOOSEWOOD 33. MOULI 34. MUSCAT

35. NASHI 36. NAVY 37. NOUGAT 38. NUTMEG 39. OCTOPUS 40. OYSTER 41. PAELLA 42. PAUL BOCUSE 43. PESTLE 44. PILAU 45. POACH 46. PORCELAIN 47. QUARK 48. RAGOÛT 49. RAMBUTAN 50. RAMEKIN 51. ROUX 52. SABAYON 53. SAMOSA 54. SHIITAKE 55. SNOW PEAS 56. STEAK TARTARE 57. SUKIYAKI 58. SUMMER PUDDING 59. TABOULI 60. TAGINE 61. TARO 62. THYME 63. TUNA 64. TWO FAT LADIES 65. VACHERIN 66. VIOGNIER 67. WOK

The extra word is PERICLES (#16).

Puzzle 165 R F D E L I A S M I T H I H S A N I A A D

E S S I A B A L L I U O B S E O N S T T O

I G U C E E R E I N G O I V N R O T M E O

F N N H S T G A N A C H E G A M A H E F W

F I S A U T G E M T U N I G A B T Y R I E

O D N L C E T P R B R V T S A T F M I L S

C D O L O H P A O O U E E I R G A E N U O

S U W A B C G E U A U T C Y V A N G G O O

E P P H L O E X S Q C T A C S U M E U M M

E R E Y U R G T U T M H E N I G A T E O S

B E A T A B E O S I L U O C O Y S T E R N

L M S E P N B A R A M E K I N Y T A R O G

A M C R R E G T D T W O F A T L A D I E S

N U B E A R N A I S E S A U C E R B S U A

C S B S G R O U S E I L U O B A T U A N T

H A I E T I C H I N O I S E E K K L U S D

C E B A R O C T O P U S S B O I I T Q I L

L I L P B G H S A L U O G W Y P I U L R I

P A E L L A I D I C E S I A D N A L L O H

D I N E A N S N S T E A K T A R T A R E C

The extra word is VACHERIN (#65). Hidden answer: LIFE IS UNCERTAIN; EAT DESSERT FIRST.

I S D B P O R C E L A I N E K A T I I H S

BE

UN


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Puzzle 166 S S L A E S E U R T D H E D G E H O G S Y

D U S D A O T D N A S G O R F L O O X Z S

R A A E D R A V E C H I N O D E R M S U A

I E S D I I L O N G A M M D L P S K U R O

B N H B L S O G D S F T E A E H U Q E T Y

G N S S L O C H I R O P T E R A E F A S U

N I E E I F R U V E O D O B E N I D A E E

I L H O C F Q V I T A L E S A T N K T A L

H E T I A S S P S T E L A T O S A B D M D

C Y N T T T U U I O A D A R S H G I O O E

R H I N O C E R O T I D A E I R L S G R R

E Z M A M U S T N N R U I U N E D F K A B

P Y L I R E C I R O I L T A F W I I N C E

B G E T V T T A H A I G E C O S A E I E A

L O H A R S H C A L S W A O H Z O S G A A

N M Y X E N B R R C U C U L I F O R M E S

B Y T O D E A E O J I S B C I N H Y A I O

R C A N R V T U S P O L E L Y T A I R E D

E O L O O A O H O U O L E P U S R D S B M

M T P M W R F O S X A D U N G U L A T E S

O A O Y A I R A D I N C A T Y E W S C P A

1. MOTACILLIDAE 2. PLATYHELMINTHES 3. BRYOZOA 4. DANIO 5. EQUUS 6. ARTHROPODA 7. CARTILAGINOUS FISH 8. ECHINODERMS 9. CNIDARIA 10. ELEPHANT SHREWS 11. MORACEAE 12. CHIROPTERA 13. YEWS 14. FROGS AND TOADS 15. CUCULIFORMES 16. HEDGEHOGS 17. LEPUS 18. ORDER 19. MAGNOLIIDS 20. RHINOCEROTIDAE

21. CHORDATA 22. PERCHING BIRDS 23. FELIDAE 24. DIVISION 25. ODOBENIDAE 26. ZYGOMYCOTA 27. OTTERS 28. VITALES 29. DOGFISH 30. RAVENS 31. LINNEAUS 32. ROTIFERA 33. SOUSA 34. TAXONOMY 35. TRUE SEALS 36. UNGULATES 37. AVES 38. WATER LILIES 39. GINKGO 40. TETRAS

Puzzle 167 W H I T E A O M E T A E C

S A A D C R Y C E P A Y C

M T A Y A R G E K C A L B

A F F N E A I G V N L C L

Y R G R N E P R R U P O U

P E G W P L T H W E M A H

A I O O E P U E O A E B W

K R N L C R S I L H B N S

B I Y K T U E O L O U E B

I L S D S P Y D E I I L N

O Y P U N R H I Y B U V E

M A G E N T A W S E E I N

F Y I I T C L I S F K L M

BLACK BLUE BROWN CYAN GRAY GREEN MAGENTA

ORANGE PINK PURPLE RED VIOLET WHITE YELLOW

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Puzzle 168 S S A C H E E T A H S K E

A U O I B T A L L I R O G

E M O E S O O M D K S I K

G T U N U U Y O F E L U T

C O O P U O T T E R K E I

U I A S T U J A K E S U A

L K E M I J E I L R I N H

E B F E G W Y I O H E U E

C T F Y E A E H U Y N R E

E E A E R H K A H T A L N

F T R P D K N L S E E A V

A I I O R E O U R E H E S

P K G U P T M F M P L S E

CHEETAH GIRAFFE GORILLA HORSE HYENA LION MONKEY MOOSE OTTER PUMA SEAL TIGER WEASEL

V N M P H B E H H A Y F O

E L N Y E L C L I D O A O

E L E L P R I U C A B S W

A P P C I D T Q K Q N S N

H A S B E M N N O U I A V

M R A L P O P W R C Y S A

M K E R O M A C Y S J N O

ASPEN BEECH BIRCH BLACK CHERRY COTTONWOOD DOGWOOD ELM HICKORY MAGNOLIA MAPLE OAK POPLAR SASSAFRAS SYCAMORE WILLOW

Puzzle 169 Y D O O W N O T T O C U I

E S O I M Y A W O L L I W

B O M A G N O L I A U E U

T E A A S U C N A Y I S F

O S E D O O W G O D L A E

B L A C K C H E R R Y R E


Puzzle 170 I T E K C A J W N M A U I

I S K D O H S T R O H S T

Z L R T R O J T H A S U Q

I L T F A E R H S S B U I

H A S F N I S R M T C O O

I R E N K T E S S S U I T

V E B S A S E H N U H R T

P V I G U E I B E K C T Z

G O U O Z R J C H O O S U

N Q R W T A E P A K T E D

Y T R N R N S T U N S V E

T M V O K E S U O L B R F

J Y S W E A T E R E A I S

I A U G I A N Z I W S I Y

H Y F C I A V D U O R O Y

C K J F S R R E Q I S Y R

R L O Y O I A S N R C L A

O Y R A S D B M O D H I I

A H A A O E I I J D E L X

C T E L O I V L H A A R Y

BLOUSE COAT DRESS GOWN JACKET JEANS OVERALLS SHORTS SKIRT SUIT SWEATER TROUSERS T-SHIRT VEST

Puzzle 171 H T N I C A Y H I B K B M

I C A R N A T I O N S U C

D Z E I A Z A L E A M A P

D A I Y N T Y U H E L F A

O L H M B N Q K H I N A N

D S O L L Y I T L E P E S

AZALEA CARNATION CHRYSANTHEMUM DAFFODIL DAHLIA HIBISCUS HYACINTH IRIS JONQUIL LAVENDER LILAC LILY MARIGOLD ORCHID PANSY ROSE VIOLET ZINNIA

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Puzzle 172 I S F I T O M E P E S T T

T V O L L E Y B A L L E R

L L A B E S A B P W E N S

A K C V Y I U E R U L N S

B D R R O B Q A S E L I E

F G W E O G G L E S A S B

C O T P C Q W U U S B K O

U L O C E C U F R O T R W

B F S T O P O E O R E I L

R A O L B O I S T C K A I

T S O G E A O U S A S D N

S P Y T U O L Y E L A N G

L L A B T E N L P W B C B

P S M D O E T Y P E O O F

S Y T I A O O M B E I W M

I D O S R V O U E A T V U

F W P K D C N F E T G P J

B D D E S K T O P M C I O

W K S E D V D N N S O E G

Q Y L P P U S R E W O P I

BASEBALL BASKETBALL BOWLING CROQUET FOOTBALL GOLF LACROSSE NETBALL POLO RUGBY SOCCER TENNIS VOLLEYBALL

Puzzle 173 R S F U E M O W M O D E M

E I Y I E V I R D D R A H

T Y R G K R I L T D M I R

N R O J E W C O E O S E U

I O M L Y E O R N S T O E

R O E H B H T I U U U G A

COMPUTER CPU DESKTOP DISK DVD GIGABYTE HARD DRIVE KEYBOARD MEMORY MODEM MONITOR MOUSE POWER SUPPLY PRINTER WIRELESS


Puzzle 174 M O H O N N O H S C C K A

E R F A O R A I T O O S U

Y S G N O T D P L D C I O

R Y S K P O S A E A S H D

W C K U S E N L W C G W R

A A I Q N D S O T O U E A

N S L U E E F I N K N A I

R S L R D E P B I E U K S

A B A N Y L O C N E I N L H A

M N R B A E T A W A S O E S I

M E E N O H S E P N R A L

T R T L O K C O E O O S A

O O D A W O N T F L T N D

Y L A C R A S C A L E S L

S E K S C G D E E R Y R E

CAN OPENER CASSEROLE COLANDER FORK GRATER KNIFE LADLE PEELER SAUCEPAN SCALES SKILLET TONGS WHISK WOODEN SPOON

W U W A H X Y U E E A N O C P

Y R R U R H T T L L O D G A R

ABYSSINIAN BURMESE CORNISH REX HIMALAYAN LONGHAIR MAINE COON MANX PERSIAN RAGDOLL RUSSIAN BLUE SHORTHAIR SIAMESE SOMALI SPHYNX TONKINESE

Puzzle 175 X E R H S I N R O C S N T R I

N O O C E N I A M O A W E I Z

C A B U A O T N I I Y R R A N

A E A M U U P O N C I I L H E

C E U A A E X I N Z N A X T S

I U Y N N A S N C K A H E R E

L L O X A S Y A Z E I G U O M

O A A O L L A K I P I L R S S

S I K P A E B I H Y I S S N E

I S E G M A M Y E S E M R U B

T S F R I T N R H M W P X E R

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Puzzle 176 E D A P I H D A M P U O M A A

I N I J H P U E R T O R I C O

S A D X K I X I M K P D A T Y

D L N M U I L R O D A U C E J

B N I O C C F I N A S C A Y N

Z E A O S R U I P T H Z I I O

S E C L A A N A R P V D A O Z

B R B N E E I A W P I P Y M I

D G C B D R L X J M S N A A M

J E I L A I I A E A A S E I B

H A N G A T L I N M P Z W S A

N W L M B A O E R I E A U S B

M U D A A M T E A C H R N U W

B A O E A R G G R E E C E R E

Y E K R U T K W A P T E K Y R

AUSTRALIA BULGARIA CHINA DENMARK ECUADOR FRANCE GERMANY GREECE GREENLAND INDIA

IRELAND JAPAN MEXICO PERU PHILIPPINES PUERTO RICO RUSSIA SPAIN TURKEY ZIMBABWE

E N I R A M A U Q A D M M A A

D J E D F R G T F L E I D X D

F E R O Y Z N O M T O E T I L

A T E H N P U E H Z I P H J A

E M M L E A A Y T A S J A X R

Z T B A E M S O N P L E Y L E

O R R E S T K Z E O L N D S M

I L W C R O A S E T O N K G E

AMBER AMETHYST AQUAMARINE CORAL DIAMOND EMERALD GARNET JADE JASPER

JET ONYX OPAL PEARL QUARTZ RUBY SAPPHIRE TOPAZ ZIRCON

Puzzle 177 Z Q U R Z J Y S X N U S X N Y

G T H S E I A D I R D F S B D

M O R Y S P R D Z C N E U Y A

T N B A P C S C H O O R M Y G

O S I H U P A A O B M R U G A

G U I F E Q S R J N A E A G V

Q R T G T A U O U K I K A L J


Puzzle 178 I A K E A M H F Y H E M S T D

X S I W C S I K H I S M E Y T

X Y T I N A I T S I R H C M I

Z S H I B O P K N I H T O S D

S W S O M C I A H A B S P I R

P M E S Y P I F M H E W E N F

H A S I H C S O F S E S S I T

C I R H U U E R M F I M U A D

E P N F I M E M S A M A W J T

O D N D A N A O I R S L D J I

S O A I U N T I H U I S A U E

C E I E S I O O D O F I I T J

M D B I W M S D D Y U S E L F

M S I O A T I M U F S S E Z R

N A E A W B M S B E F A U H A

BAHÁ’Í BUDDHISM CHRISTIANITY CONFUCIANISM HINDUISM ISLAM

JAINISM JUDAISM SHINTO SIKHISM SUFISM TAOISM

E A E S Q C N O B O N D T D H

S I A U P G H E D A X U O A I

S T G I E A R S D L E O R R H

A A L S V N N T H N L D O B C

B M E U A F A I E U E U B A W

N L D R O E P W E G N U B L E

I A D G R Y U T I L Y D B H V

F D I G V I R E I R R E T S O

BASSET HOUND BEAGLE BOXER BULLDOG CHIHUAHUA COLLIE CORGI DACHSHUND DALMATIAN ENGLISH SETTER

GREAT DANE HUSKY LABRADOR PEKINGESE POODLE ROTTWEILER SALUKI SPANIEL ST. BERNARD TERRIER

Puzzle 179 E T S I U C H U S K Y K R P P

D E L D O O P C O L L I E O A

N H S U L R E X O B T A L I A

U A S T R G K L N Y P I I W U

O E N G L I S H S E T T E R H

H E I D S A L U K I S S W R A

T N B L A E G I B T E E T O U

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Puzzle 180 B A I M O M P A A D I R O L F

E C I I D S A E T Q U E B E C

P H A N A K E N N R T S A I G

A A W A R R O C I X E M W E N

T T A W O O I C G T A B O U O

E U H O L Y F T C B O R L I B

I L C I O W Q I A E G B R A E

E Q U I C E U L L I N A A X V

S A X E T N A I A A T O U I A

K E N T U C K Y G N C M R N K

I N N C C O E I O I A G A E A

W O X E H T H N D I I T O V N

A K N I T C E A N N N M N A S

K U O M I N H E I O S R E D A

K Y C M I O O A M O C M K A S

ALABAMA ALBERTA CALIFORNIA COLORADO CONNECTICUT FLORIDA GEORGIA HAWAII IDAHO IOWA KANSAS KENTUCKY MAINE

MANITOBA MICHIGAN MONTANA NEVADA NEW MEXICO NEW YORK OHIO ONTARIO QUEBEC TEXAS UTAH VIRGINIA YUKON

T P E Z G P U O L S I E U E W

O R G E T U L F C A A D H K S

C A D H O O Y E S P R T U S E

S H U R C R L E C C I I B S I

E C C C O L G E I Z T A N E E

A C I N O M R A H X O B O E S

S P A G R D M E N O B M O R T

R I M K T I N S M U R D E L S

BASSOON CELLO CLARINET DRUMS FLUTE GUITAR HARMONICA HARPSICHORD HORN OBOE

ORGAN PIANO PICCOLO TROMBONE TRUMPET VIOLA VIOLIN ZITHER

Puzzle 181 T D M N E E Z Y Y S V S P L Y

F R B I O W I T E I L I A L Y

I O E T R O V H O R N N I U O

E H N R A I S L I C H H O E D

M C T A T N A S T E P M U R T

N I L O I V S A A P I A N O V

V S A D U M A C E B Z M T I R


Puzzle 182 E I K R A L Y K S E N Q O N I

H S U R H T W O V Q U A I L O

I O W I C I D O W T A B Q K O

A E O E E A D U N I O U T G Y

K U R U L E N Y C R H C N I F

A P C Q L G O A T K A I U K I

L E R T E P A I D A M B B E O

W U R B I N P E T A N A L N V

U U B W J I R C L V G O O B K

T Y U K P L I F O E I O L R L

R E N N U R D A O R L U O R W

K R T A S E B A O C E T G S U

E P I U I M O J T J S I D G E

T S N O B S H E A R W A T E R

P O G Z I G P Y L N W R E N D

BARN OWL BLUE JAY BUNTING CANADA GOOSE CROW DUCK EAGLE FINCH FLAMINGO IBIS LOON MERLIN ORIOLE

OSPREY PETREL PIPIT PUEO QUAIL ROADRUNNER ROBIN SHEARWATER SKYLARK STORK THRUSH TURTLEDOVE WREN

B C M S B E S C X L E Z E A E

E I H S N A D T Z D F W T A S

H H T X C C B R Z O H K G O W

T C Y S X N I B O O T L N W P

S U R V I V O R A W E O F I Q

I A U S I Z I V A S E K T E P

R W E O Y N E D I A M N O R I

T H E M O O D Y B L U E S E D

ABBA AC/DC BLONDIE CHICAGO DEVO DIRE STRAITS EAGLES EURYTHMICS INXS IRON MAIDEN KISS MADNESS

NEW ORDER PINK FLOYD POISON QUEEN SURVIVOR THE BEE GEES THE MOODY BLUES THE POLICE THE WHO TOTO ZZ TOP

Puzzle 183 N N C S T I A R T S E R I D S

S O E K Y A B H P S E G O S O

E U S E V T E F Y I I P I F A

E O W I U P A C D C P K D U U

G O S E O Q D N S S E N D A M

E G C L C P O Y G U I E O A T

E A I D R L U O O A Z V K H I

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Puzzle 184 D O Y P A P E G N I K S S E R

S E H C T I T S S S O R C C G

P A P I E R M A C H E D I N G

B E A D W O R K G N I W I B Y

G A R K R L T O Y M A K I N G

S N G C N A L S U M O D E N O

C M I S R I W Q S O L O G T G

I I L S C O P I B W G L A P T

M L L L S I C P N E N L P A N

A L A U T O A H S G I M U I I

R I C O A R B S E S T A O N L

E N I C C I K M O T T K C T I

C E U S L I N G E M I I E I U

E R Q U I L T I N G N N D N Q

N Y G N I E Y L L H K G G G T

BEADWORK CALLIGRAPHY CERAMICS CROCHETING CROSS-STITCH DECOUPAGE DOLL MAKING DRAWING EMBOSSING

KNITTING MILLINERY MOSAICS PAINTING PAPIER MÂCHÉ QUILTING SCRAPBOOKING SEWING TOY MAKING

S S T R O R E C E W G N P E E

N I T B R C S L N P U C C A B

N U B A L B I W C U J E O P A

A L R T K O C C O Y O P A A R

E A R W I G R A C E C D I O G

I S T I C U E S T W D S X K X

F D N S K J X P I L Y E L P S

E O W T I H E G E P D R I V E

ARRIVE BOUNCE CHASE CYCLE DANCE DRIVE EXERCISE FLOAT GRAB HOP JUGGLE JUMP KICK

MOVE PADDLE PEDAL PERFORM PLAY RACE ROLL RUN SKIP SWIM TWIST VISIT WOBBLE

Puzzle 185 F S E Y J L E E C D T A O L F

G W C O Y U L O C T T I V K U

H I N M P I M O R V I S I T E

E M A E R Q U P R Y E S A H C

R V D D N O S O E A E B N T P

C A O G I C F V A L L O X K H

L O A M A W I R S P G U E O O


Puzzle 186 N E N F J Y R U B D A R B V E C T

E I A Q D A D W I H W P N I A W T

A C M L U E L L I V L E M Y B U F

A Y T A O O A A D S Y T S O R F S

C S I E L E R R V U L T Q U T I G

A M H I E M E E I O G N I K L W N

E S W W G E G S M E N U B V Q I I

F Y I B N O Z L L J Y N E R H R M

R O K M A V T C I A E R E J D C M

E R C C O H I D W H S O Y G U H U

B E Y O E V F G U T O W G I U A C

R N Y I D B N O E O D F E N B T D

U K K B E I N I G H R Z O S U U H

H L A J M S N I P O U N D B U E I

T U O E F B O N E U J E Z E C S B

A A H E L G N E L T C C M R H A A

T F S A L I N G E R S W W G A S L

ANGELOU ASIMOV BRADBURY CUMMINGS FAULKNER FITZGERALD FROST GINSBERG HEMINGWAY KING

L’ENGLE MELVILLE POUND SALINGER SILVERSTEIN STEINBECK THURBER TWAIN VONNEGUT WHITMAN

E J M E G B P H G K O K G N A B G

N C L E X M Z A E F I M A D R E D

R H O R Y I H U H N T S A F L E B

U I H U E N C E R O S D A D P N S

O S K Z E S L O P I L V N D R N B

B L C P A K P P C O C M N C R I A

L Y O V O N E H T I B H E E N V D

E C T T E U G A R P T M I L A N O

M D S L U N D O N O N Y V O O A K

ATHENS BAGHDAD BANGKOK BEIJING BELFAST CAIRO COPENHAGEN LONDON MADRID MELBOURNE MEXICO CITY

MILAN MINSK MONACO PARIS PRAGUE RIGA SINGAPORE STOCKHOLM VIENNA ZURICH

Puzzle 187 Z N N H A G E N S O R E A C B G U

E A U N S A A I D Y P V K S N O N

O H E I B X N T A V M A G I R O H

H T R I I G M I D R I D J S D Y D

R A O C A N O M H G H I K N O L E

P O O P J E I I G T E I O H C G F

B N O H A A I R A B N L O R I A C

I R M C N W T A B E N I N L X Y P

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Puzzle 188 Y M P C H T I B B P A R S E N I C

N U Y R U C R E M N S S A Y C Y L

O I U E M D R A O Z I N U C N I Z

K C I R A Y E B S I L I C O N P Y

N L S E L D R E V L I S M T U F M

I A L L P A K W M U N I T A L P U

Z C I I C H N O R I T O D I U M I

M U I R A B O T V N E L X N E T S

M I X M I D U S A F O U E N U U E

R O E U Z N L C P G N M I N L N L

O D L I G T F N H H C R E F S E O

T I I S U O E R B R O G U A O G X

N N T S I O E O E U O R E X D O Y

O E H A N U R P L R A M U R I R G

N V I T I O P F T I U M I S U D E

E H U O N O C I T H E L I U M Y N

X N M P C I N F M U I A B T M H I

ANTIMONY ARSENIC BARIUM BERYLLIUM BORON CALCIUM CARBON CHROMIUM COPPER FLUORINE GOLD HELIUM HYDROGEN IODINE IRON LEAD

LITHIUM MERCURY NEON NITROGEN OXYGEN PHOSPHORUS PLATINUM POTASSIUM SILICON SILVER SODIUM SULFUR TUNGSTEN XENON ZINC

U H A P I A W A E I K E I Y A H I

H I M I F K L R K U K A T N I I I

I U E K I A R H L A A I U Y H N N

U U A U C U A A N I C L B A I S F

A K L I A H T E H L K U I E I D X

K M U U P U O Y R M O L O K A I P

W A A A H H M A M L H U K O U C W

M E W A E A E K U R E A T O L L H

I S O U A P K M C P I A T K H K A

BIG ISLAND HALEAKALA HAWAII HILO HONOLULU KAHULUI KANEOHE KAUAI KILAUEA KURE ATOLL LAHAINA LIHUE

MANOA FALLS MAUI MAUNA KEA MOLOKAI NIHOA NI’IHAU O’AHU PACIFIC OCEAN PEARL CITY WAIKIKI BEACH WAIPAHU

Puzzle 189 I A W A M S L L A F A O N A M T K

H N N I K U S I H K W D A R U I R

E K A A N I A H A L O O A H H O U

G I E E A K S W G G H D A L I W E

I I K H E W B I G I S L A N D U I

K A A O C W A W N E E A K A H T U

I W N W O O L I H A H P F I L W A

A A U A C I K A K U L U L O N O H


Puzzle 190 A F E W S T S E Y V M A A P A T L

K V T V N V E R M O U T H I S Y E

D E T A G E I R A V U U G A S L V

O U C V E U G O V C C V V O B V A

V A V Z O R A V N L A E O A V L V

V N Y V D I V Q U A V E T W L I I

E T A N I C C A V E C E Y I S V E

O I V R V N R E R V G L N I A L V

Y R E V E V A V U E V A O E A E L

C X B N C T O I V I V N U V E T T

N N R O W L E Y G V A K V R F N V

M V E I A E V V A R A O H V A O U

G E V T S U E S Y G E L K L H M L

U I I A V G S W O A E T I A M R T

E L V C E A S V A V J G T A I E U

E H S A I V E V M W I X E E N V R

V P A V Y O L I T V I O L I N T E

VACANT VACATION VACCINATE VACUUM VAGUE VALE VALIANT VANILLA VARIEGATED VASE VAST VEAL VEER VEGETABLE VEIL VERB VERMONT

VERMOUTH VERY VESSEL VETERAN VIGILANT VINAIGRETTE VIOLIN VISIONARY VODKA VOGUE VOICE VOLATILE VOLCANO VOWS VOYAGE VULTURE

S A U O T O S A T I E T A B Y A D

H G V Q R A U G I D N A L P O C L

W L N O C F K B R I T T E N Y H A

I E D Z O A F O A I I L M P S A V

N I T A R R E S V Y E A M T S Y I

N T E L E M A N N I H G S B U D V

M G Z A L H C A B L C L T L B N B

S V I V L S H N E V O H T E E B T

E K B T I S A R L H N E M Y D F M

BACH BARTÓK BEETHOVEN BERLIOZ BIZET BORODIN BRAHMS BRITTEN CHOPIN COPLAND CORELLI DEBUSSY ELGAR FAURÉ GERSHWIN GLASS GRIEG HAYDN

HOLST LISZT MAHLER MOZART MUSSORGSKY ORFF PURCELL RAVEL SAINT-SAËNS SATIE SHOSTAKOVICH SIBELIUS STRAUSS TELEMANN VERDI VIVALDI WAGNER

Puzzle 191 L L E C R U P Z K E S S U A R T S

A Y K S G R O S S U M Y T O S U C

K T T Z S I L B A S B P E S I R V

T O M R L T M V R C A R B L O E S

S L T R A C U O Y A U L E M R N C

G H E R S V H B Z A H B G D E G M

E B O U A O E O F A I M I A A A Z

R R B S O B B L P S R K S Z S W I

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Puzzle 192 S I S E H O O X L F L T S E I T E

B H A L U M U A T R A P S D L E F

L R U B B E O R D L S B E S I A A

A J S R F A S O C A M E T H Y S T

N S A A K G L B P Z E T A E X I X

P O R M Y O K E C C E V L A C I M

T X R P M W U Y I T R W S B O N X

E T S I R Z E M I E M U I R T T Y

C U T T D W U T T T L A S A B S P

M E K A F P A S I S J A D E I A O

T R E H C L A B M L H N Z L T G B

S L T C G B I P A T R A V M E L S

J C O C A O O N U O P E L A H E S

U A H L H P L S T O R I P E I K H

L S A I A A B D T C O P P E R C A

O O G L S R L I M E S T O N E I L

B E X I A T V K S T O N Y E G N O

ALABASTER ALUM AMETHYST BASALT BORAX CHALK CHERT COAL COPPER DOLOMITE FELDSPAR FLINT GOLD GYPSUM IRON JADE

LEAD LIMESTONE MARBLE MICA NICKEL OPAL PERLITE PUMICE SCHIST SHALE SILVER SLATE TALC TOPAZ YTTRIUM

C E E K E E R N K O N I N E T O O

N B L U I G R P O L N H I M R E F

E A K Z R B R N L R E C E E A U R

S R R U U B D H I A K R T L C K E

U A E S C A B L O C T A S B S I H

I N B P R M A L N B U O N B E Z T

L N S W M G E A E U S S I U D U U

L I I S I A L E C O G V E H B P R

I N H O B P F A H R E N H E I T E

AMPÈRE ARCHIMEDES ARISTOTLE BERNOULLI BOHR COPERNICUS CRICK CURIE DARWIN DAWSON DESCARTES EINSTEIN FAHRENHEIT FERMI FREUD

GALILEO HEISENBERG HUBBLE KREBS LINNAEUS MENDEL NEWTON PLANCK PLATO RÖNTGEN RUTHERFORD SAGAN SALK SUZUKI VOLTA

Puzzle 193 I S V L B Y A S A G A N N R H L C

J I O N S U E A N N I L O E E R J

I L L A R T A P M A N N I D I G E

E L T O T S I R A O T S N C B A D

A U A N N D G A T O E E K Y P L O

V O C E E I A W H N M D E S E I H

I N W O E G E W B F R E U D S L D

K R F I P N T E S E K M Z I E E R


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Puzzle 194 Q S Z Q U E E N D T S E K C I U Q

U C U U O T S Q U P I U Q Z U Q Q

S A S N O I T S E U Q C I R U U R

E A Y E N L O C E K A U Q A A E A

U Q U I L T I N G M Q W R S T Y U

Q L K I K R Q U Y U S T A T O U Q

O U U R D U U Q T Q Z R I S I E P

I Q A A I Q A U I T U U W K Q T U

U U U D U N R E T Y Q I C D U O Q

Q Q W E R I A U N Q R A N Q U U K

A U N Y U A N E A U U A J C A Q E

X C L F Q R T N U Q S O D R E Q H

H U I I U T I I Q K O Y R N U S C

G Q A L A A N N C P A E A U A Q I

O F U A I U E I T O L E U U M U U

B N Q U N Q U U U A E J Q J X U Q

S E U Q T Q U Q R E T R A U Q R Q

QUACK QUADRATIC QUADRICEPS QUAIL QUAINT QUAKE QUALIFY QUANDARY QUANTITY QUARANTINE QUARK QUARREL QUARTER QUARTZ QUASAR QUASH QUATRAIN QUEEN

V Y I L E A I S U N B B I S U A A

K G G E T V T I Q C D A W G O D M

E R O T A V O R T L I I M I N T D

E O R R S L S I A H T G S A S O E

I P T N E M E H O B A L S O D O D

B A N I G E N O E N E G U E L A C

L D A C O S I F A N T U T T E D M

D I E F L E D E R M A U S I U S E

N A G N U R E M M A D R E T T O G

AIDA (Verdi) BILLY BUDD (Britten) CARMEN (Bizet) COSÌ FAN TUTTE (Mozart) DIE FLEDERMAUS (Strauss II) DON GIOVANNI (Mozart) ELEKTRA (Strauss) EUGENE ONEGIN (Tchaikovsky) FAUST (Gounod) GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG (Wagner) IL TROVATORE (Verdi) LA BOHÈME (Puccini) LAKMÈ (Delibes)

QUENCH QUESTIONS QUEUE QUICHE QUICKEST QUICKSAND QUID QUILL QUILTING QUINCE QUININE QUIP QUITTER QUIZ QUORUM QUOTA QUOTE

Puzzle 195 K T Y T O T T E L O G I R R P E A

R S R L W O D I W Y R R E M E H T

W S P I F L I S B B K S I N T N O

O E R A S R A N H I U O L L E T O

E B I R L T E O N A L S E M E L E

H D N T A E A T H A F L R H K Y N

I N C K K I H N T A V A Y T Y I O

E A E E M O N A U U C O C B Y L N

LA TRAVIATA (Verdi) MADAMA BUTTERFLY (Puccini) MANON (Massenet) OTELLO (Rossini) PORGY AND BESS (Gershwin) PRINCE IGOR (Borodin) RIGOLETTO (Verdi) SEMELE (Handel) TANNHÄUSER (Wagner) THAÏS (Massenet) THE MERRY WIDOW (Lahár) TOSCA (Puccini) TRISTAN UND ISOLDE (Wagner)

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Puzzle 196 A H E R R L E M O

P C A D Y G E C N

R I C O F I P A N

A V O M A C O G N

Puzzle 197 G A T G T O N U A

N N A R R C B T M

O Q P E Y A A N A

L U E B W S L P N

B I N C E H E P A

Puzzle 198 S A R I D N I C A

A A G A P I F A R

V S S N A C U L C

A J O G E A S U A

S S P A A H E T S

R B O M M T N O E

A E C R I F R T N

N G K E T P O Z E

I B P G H M F I R

P A S I S A L T S

E G S L H C I A E

E S M O F E D O V

L S E R I N K T S

E I O C E S N I E

E B R S E F E C K

I A I R A F K R R

P N M O B O A O A

N A C E P C C T C

Puzzle 199 N A A E I T B I R

S M N O C N B N D

A L A R L A E A A

T I C A T N A B D

L A B C I T A I R

D R E S E L B M U

A B G U O H L T J

E R N I G E L O D

S N W A K E D O R


Puzzle 200 Y T E S E V N E F

I R V I N E I U O

H W T F U H N R T

T E T W N T N N E

Puzzle 201 V L S O D Y E N E

E X I E R E W T V

F I F D T E R L E

T N D O H T H E O

Y A S U G I E E N

Puzzle 202 S S T H R F W R E

E P P G I J O N D

N I A H E D Y S T

R E G R E D O U B

S E H S S T E K C

I R O D N A L C I

U R T I S I V R T

K C E L T E R O O

O I U G H F O P X

O D R I A E S S E

B E P S T E A L I

T R O F A B P E A

H G I L G G A G S

O R F M D N I S H

G A M A N H O P H

B R L B S O P E S

L J U M P R Y G I

E S F F I S P O F

Puzzle 203 V E N N V Y S O N

O T A E L A T L A

L L I U G Y S E E

E G R E I M T N J

R Y H T A P Y O H

A S N O M I C A J

Y S N C S S K G A

L D A R T A B O T

E A P I G C L C C

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Puzzle 204 Y N N S H K C A P A B

I V A C R N O E V I L

T E U T E W W U I T E

P P T W E D L T G I R

E E S I L D E N H T B

Puzzle 205 C R A R B G T I W R A

R B I G A E T E K C M

I Y N E S D F D N I S

L L A T E G I C T U Q

A I C U D V E L E L L

N T E D R E T N E G I

Puzzle 206 I E D P E R A Z N U P

P U P I F A L E L T A

S S G O R D E R E T R

I R P N I D L L D I L

N C S N O I N A N E H

T A P I Q U E S A I E

R B U T T I T T N D B

O L N E K N I E D R I

S A P P S G L N W E D

S R N O F A D E E R G

D A C E V I R F S U E

D B O R W R U O S L P

Y E G R A S S L T C K

L A Y L Y E R B B A S

P M A E S K N U A G W

H C T S O C S L L N I

L E T S C N S C O T Y

L O R N O C R O C O A

O N E A J A G T C N C

U A S R O P A N H A T

C B E R L S C I B L E

H A I K O A I P O N N

Puzzle 207 B E T E W H G C I U T

O O I H W O D Y L G O

C T S C D O U B M U L

H I W C O K C M T H D

L I B A N L T O K S I

A B A P I I N G C O L

E H A V O C S A T S D

I A N I L P P B Y E R

M U G A L E O A E B I

J A N U E J C S E N O

I P I O H A L A P N E

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Puzzle 208 G O U S G E G A T E T

N E G R O L E N N C U

I H S I V A R T E C I

S E N L E P R E T T F

T U I Y B E M O S Y I

Puzzle 209 N N V I D A G L D N N

I N G I T U H A M A G

M E U F L U C R O H S

O A L C E F I M R O U

S N L A R G T I N G A

W I U R I N E H T S E

Puzzle 210 N I H A T A L L G E I

I M C M V A N I R B O

K A H I H A G S A M F

C N K L I C G I L O O

H Y P R A U Q R L Z U

L I E B E S P I R O F

A L L H S O R M P D F

C S R C W E I N N I A

G E U E A S G G U L D

R C H S R T E S B E T

E L I P M E R N A K A

B U O O R D W O C O L

A T N M A I N H L M I

F U L L E T S C E N S

K H C O R O R O L F P

C I V I M S E W P E E

C E E G T I M O N N I

I R A N R R Y P Y S D

L A E I A O B A H E I

H I T D H A K U M I T

W P A D D L N I T N R

B E H L F R A B A B A

Puzzle 211 O V E E G E T O O I N

M I P P B L A A V A L

E L Y A R T Y T U C K

C A D N E G R I D E A

U M E M B N U A L C B

S H R O O M H F R A P

N N I W G N S R D E L

I E T E L U E U I W S

P E H B W J S S S T C

O K O O O F L T E E K

O H B N O S E T R A C

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Puzzle 212 I B U U C K E T N E Y

L E J Z A N O U R J E

C E E Z J U J I N J R

I U L I J U N T A O B

J J G G J A R O J D H

Puzzle 213 U N I T L U F Y I N P

V E L J I A V E L J U

N Y E C E J A R N I R

N I M I T S E G G O J

E R S A J U N O L U S

J E K O J J U J E J T

Puzzle 214 R I G A M I N N O M I C A

O A W A N Y O Y K E R E E

L K O N I K K K O N D O T

L N T E T O A E H R A K A

A I H S N D I K O A M A N

B E S O A I N I J U W A G

I S H E D F T P D W I

L O P Y S O P A N Y R

R R U P L E E K A B E

Y K F M U B R Y S B U

Y L I Y L O W F L F R

R D S M L O Y F U O R

L Y O O V E R H G A R

I P P I D E E P L I P P E

D Y N N I R F E F C K R A

T S T Z Z L I A C O S

R I H U Y V E T L B E

B A C F L K C Y Y B O

Y L S L I C I R P K N

Puzzle 215 O W A J K P C H E F U O M

A N B U N P O N R T N S S

K E O D I H S E R Y B L O

Hidden answer: KONNICHIWA

O Y R A K E I I M U O A Y

S A W S O O B O S S N I O

A M I H S A M C I A K J G

B I R O N S A B M H A N A

A S W E T S S O G P A D D

L H S T S U I D O L D E L

P S A O T G T E E E Y M A

B R E W R O G G P S C U B

L H C E L K E L E S V E S

O R I N G T T U B K A W R

The extra word is GAMES.

P E N O K E L N D O B P L

I E Y T S E Y G R A D G U

E C L I S O L N I V I S B

U G E F P O N I M M I W I

A R D L A P G K S A N I K


Puzzle 216 T I G R E M M E R O I D C

A L I D G S I S O N C R I

N K R I N T R Y L E U O A

I D E B F O E T T A I B R

S L X U L R E A O B T D D

T O S R N T S R D I S A E

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Puzzle 217 A D N O C F U S N S T O R

E U C M I I T R A M A P B

H O T E S N G E E P D I A

C R C I T C H T D O I C T

A P A R O O I E Y P H O L

W O M I C R P S A R D T O

E R C O R D S T L E A O V

N S U R D S H T M S E I L

A W B E A R U S I H U R G

N E A F Y A M S T E N B L

C R L E N R P L T W O D A

Y D C X U L P E I O L F E

L A O T M P H A N R E M L

L E M I V E C S H E N E O

E S D A M T O O O R L S H

Y E W L A S O D I L O C K

N L O Z I E B Y E R A H T

T R A M C L E S C O I R O

E R G L A D O R H P U C H

M A I E A F M N A E L R E

C O N C N E R Y H P E T S

I O G L O M A U Q A T H E

M N A C V A K X N M I C B

U P O T S R E E N O L A S

The extra word is COLUMBO.

Puzzle 218 E M D N A R N Y O R O T H

D I L Y I N G A D E D L Y

J U N B A R U L L S W I P

A B A R O N A N I N S E A

R N H O P T L A Y A I K R

S E C N I E C V I M A E N

Puzzle 219 A T E V O F O R R A N R R

K N S S D A T I G S I U O

F N I E L S T D I M A A L

Hidden answer: FANNY FERN

A G A U Y I R O N N Y A I

R J E S T E N A I G N A C

E A N A L L I W L E R N E

H T A C F L O O O U O U M

E N G C K D S S I L L A A

O U I O R B O Y C S R A T

G S U Q D E F A L S T E S

S R A S E D A G M A A N I

A T H E T I M E O M C I L

N Z C R H L W N L O R A N

D E N T O S E T A G Y K L

S T O E H P T A H C C H A

E S U R E E A R T O S O D

Hidden answer: GONDWANALAND

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Puzzle 220 E R N S M A R P P N U M U

T M U T E C L A A A B R I

S I P A T A S E T M U R R

C N E S T A R L L A A C A

U A N L U A S C O C S S D

S I N A L L Y C I U M U I

Puzzle 221 S P A M C O X N N A R C A

S L L B U L U M A N I B I

U E F I R A B I R D T E P

C L N G U M S L B I V L S

I L A E S E F E S K I R U

V A L A V E R L L U C E M

P H C R B E T D R I G H U

T A A V Y S U A H C S I V

E R C U P E O L C A N I H

L O P R I R M L I H C R C

O O L E N O D O O M U E T

M V P H T A R A W P N K S

T N O D H N A C H I U A M

D O G N O G P A I R T H E

O M O U A R A E V A E U S

K A R A P Y B R A M B O A

The extra word is SCAPULA.

The extra word is LEMMING.

Puzzle 222

Puzzle 223

L A R G A R Y C R A G A T

C G K E L L E O B R G R E

H A B L Y S K O P E H E D

C R U A V I E C G A N T Y

I E U H A D E A R R M A L

R N M B E T T R E G A L E

T B P E Y L A U N Y R N I

E A H R B O G R D R R E G

I C A A M R A E N A C I H

D L L R N T R E C G A V A

E N E I N E I L E O L I V

The extra word is GINGER ROGERS.

O L F L Y C A R A H C F I

R R E P A H T S A D E R E

V O E H C O V S R O B O M

E H K T O L S C K A C S K

L B U R A G T H D W O M S

A K I A U S O Y O V F A R

A V E B R B L E S N A T A

S I L E K A E A R A I P S

S H G G S L T E P S G U A

D I A L A I N T P T A S C

The extra word is SBITEN.

S K N I M O U S E S L H A

G U G C R Q S M O D E M O

E I R I A U I R T I E R B

D U I A P G E R B T G A R

O G N E I G L L I U O J E

L A C H A S R E T U E K N

U R Y K G B U R D N N A P

K O V S A L I G R K I N I

I A H C T L N I A H Z O R


Puzzle 224 The 9-letter word is ELEPHANTS ALE ALP ANT ANTE ANTS APE APT ELAN ELEPHANT

ELEPHANTS ENS HALE HALT HALTS LANE LAP LEAN LEANS

LEAP LEAPT LENS LENT LET LETS NAP NAPE NEAP

PAL PALE PALS PAN PANE PANEL PANELS PANS PANT

PANTS PELT PELTS PET PETS PLAN PLANE PLANS PLANT

PLANTS PLEA SLANT SLAP SLEPT SNAP STEP

LONGED LOW NEE NEW NOEL NOW ONE OWE

OWED OWL WED WEDGE WEED WEEK WEND WOE

WOK WOKE WOKEN WON

Puzzle 225 The 9-letter word is KNOWLEDGE DEE DEN DEW EDGE EEL END EON EWE

GEEK GEL KEDGE KEG KEN KNEE KNEW KNOW

KNOWLEDGE LED LEDGE LEE LEG LEND LONE LONG

Puzzle 226 Number 1: The 7-letter word is GARLAND AGAR ALAR AND DANG

DARN DRAG GAD GAL

GALA GAR GARLAND GLAD

GLAND GNARL GRAD GRAN

GRAND LAD LAG LAND

LARD RAD RAG RAGLAN

RAN RANG

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Part IV: Hints and Answers Number 2: HEN HIE HINT

HIT NEE NET

NIT TEE TEEN

TEN THE THEE

THEN THIN THINE

TIE TIN TINE

Number 3: AEON AERO AIR ANT ANTE ANTI ARE ART ATE ATONE EAR EARN EAT

EON ERA ERN INERT INTER INTO INTRO ION IOTA IRATE IRE IRON NEAR

NEAT NET NIT NITE NOR NORI NOT NOTE OAR OAT OATEN ONE ORATE

ORE ORIENT ORNATE ORT RAIN RAN RANI RANT RAT RATE RATIO RATION REIN

RENT RETAIN RETINA RIOT RITE ROAN ROE ROT ROTA ROTE ROTI TAN TAO

TAR TARE TARN TARO TEA TEAR TEN TENOR TERN TIE TIER TIN TINE

TINEA TIRE TOE TON TONE TONER TOR TORE TORN TRAIN TRIO

OUT OWN ROT ROUT ROW RUN

RUNT RUNTY RUT TON TOR TORN

TOUR TOW TOWN TOY TRY TUN

TURN TWO TYRO UNTO URN WON

WONT WORN WORT WRY YON YOU

YOUR YURT

Number 4: NOR NOT NOW NUT ORT OUR Number 5: ACE ACME AIL AIM ALE CALM

CAM CAME CAMEL CLAIM CLAM CLIME

ELM E-MAIL ICE ILEAC JAIL JAM

LACE LAME LEA LEI LICE LIE

LIME MAC MACE MAIL MALE MALICE

MEAL MICA MICE MILE


Puzzle 227 Number 1: AFT ATOM AUTO FAT

FOAM MAT MATT MOA

MOAT MUTT OAT OFT

OUT TAM TAO TAT

TAU TAUT TOFU TOT

TOUT TUFT TUM TUT

Number 2: The 7-letter word is HACKSAW AHA ASH ASK AWASH

CASH CASK CAW CAWS

CHAW CHAWS HACK HACKS

HACKSAW HAS HAWK HAWKS

SAC SACK SAW SCHWA

SHACK SKA WAS WASH

WHACK WHACKS

Number 3: The 7-letter word is VIOLATE AIL ALE ALIVE ALOE ALTO ATE EAT EVIL IOTA LATE

LEI LET LIE LIT LITE LIVE LOT LOVAT LOVE OAT

OIL OLIVE OVA OVAL TAIL TALE TAO TEA TEAL TIE

TIL TILE TOE TOIL TOILE TOLE VALE VALET VAT VEAL

VEIL VET VETO VIA VIAL VIE VILE VIOL VIOLA VIOLATE

VIOLET VITA VITAE VITAL VITE VOILA VOILE VOLE VOLT VOTE

EAR ERA IRE IRK

KIR QUA QUAKE QUAKER

QUARK QUIRE QUIRK RAKE

RAKI RAKU RIA RUE

UKE UREA

Number 4: AIR ARE ARK AUK

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Part IV: Hints and Answers Number 5: ABED AHA AHEAD AYAH

AYE BAA BAD BADE

BAH BAY BAYED BEAD

BEADY BED BYE DAB

DAY DEB DYE HAD

HAY HEAD HEADY HEY

YEA YEAH

Puzzle 228 1. PINCH HITTER 2. TOUCH BASE 3. LEFT FIELD

4. RAIN DELAY 5. HOME RUN

Puzzle 229 1. NAP TIME 2. PARENTHOOD 3. CHANGING DIAPERS

4. SWEET KISSES 5. STICKY FINGERS

Puzzle 230 The two 5 letter words are HEADS and SHADE ADS ASH DASH HAD

HAS HEAD HEADS SAD

SEA SHADE SHEA

Puzzle 231 The three 5 letter words are EARTH, HATER, and HEART ARE ATE EAR EARTH

EAT ERA HARE HATE

HATER HEAR HEART HEAT

HER RATE RHEA TARE

TEA TEAR THE


Puzzle 232 The 9-letter word is WHIRLPOOL HOOP HOW HOWL LOOP LOP

LOW OIL OWL PLOW POLIO

POLO POOH POOL POW WHIR

WHIRL WHIRLPOOL WHO WHOOP

WOO WOOL

Puzzle 233 The two 7-letter words are MALTOSE and MANTELS ADO ADS ALE ALOE ALOES ALOUD ALSO ALTO ALTOS ANT ANTE ATE AYE AYES DALE DAM DAMN DAN DATE DAY DAYS

DOE DOES DOLE DOLT DOS DUE DUES DUO DUOS EAT ELAN ELSE EYE EYES LAD LADS LAM LATE LAY LAYS LEA

LEAD LEADS LEAN LEANT LET LOAD LOADS LOAM LOAN LOSE LOT LOUD LYE MAD MALE MALT MALTOSE MAN MANTEL MANTELS MANTLE

MAT MATE MAY MAYO MOA MOAS MOAN MOAT MOD MODAL MODUS MOLE MOLT NAE NAY NAYS OAT OLEO SEE SLAM SLANT

SLAT SLATE SLAY SLOE SLOT SLY SOD SODA SOL SOLE SOLO SOLOS SOMA SOU SOY SOYA SUE SUES TAD TADS TALE

TAM TAN TEA TEAL TEALS TEAM TEAT TOE TOLE TOY TOYS YAM YEOMAN YES YOD YOU

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Puzzle 234 The two 5-letter words are AFOOT and TAUNT AFOOT AFT ATE AUNT BAT BUN BUNT EFT

EON ETA FAB FAT FATE FAUN FAZE FEN

FEZ FOE FOOT FUN NET NOT NOTE NUB

OFT ONE OOZE OOZY OVEN TAB TABU TAU

TAUNT TEN TIE TOE TON TONE TOO UNTO

VENT VET VETO VOTE ZETA ZOO

DUPE DUPES EQUID EQUIDS EQUIP EQUIPS IDES

PIE PIED PIES PIQUE PIQUED PISE PSI

QUID QUIDS QUIP QUIPS SIDE SIP SPED

SPIED SPUD SQUID SUE SUED SUP SUQ

UPS UPSIDE USE USED

DAME DAMP DEMO DOE DOME DOPE

JADE JAM JAPE JAPED JOE MAD

MADE MAP MEAD MED MOA MOD

MODE MOP MOPE MOPED ODE PAD

PEA POD POEM POMADE POME

Puzzle 235 Number 1: DIE DIES DIP DIPS DIS DUE DUES Number 2: ADO AMP AMPED APE APED DAM

Chapter 13: The Answers You Seek Number 3: DEN DENT DUE DUEL DUET DUG DUN DUNE

DUNG END GEL GENT GET GLEN GLUE GLUED

GLUT GLUTE GLUTEN GNU GUN GUT LED LEG

LEND LENT LET LUG LUGE LUNE LUNG LUNGE

LUNGED LUTE NET NUDE NUDGE NUT TEN TEND

TUG TULE TUN TUNE TUNED UTE

Number 4: COIN CON CONE COVE

COVEN EON EVE EVEN

EVINCE ICE ICON ION

NEE NICE NIECE NOVICE

ONCE ONE OVEN OVINE

VEIN VICE VIE VINE

VINO VOICE

Number 5: AFT AHEM ATE EAT EFT ETA

FAME FAT FATE FAZE FEAT FETA

FEZ HAFT HAM HAT HATE HAZE

HEAT HEFT HEM MAT MATE MATH

MAZE MEAT MET META TAM TAME

TEA TEAM THE THEM ZETA

Puzzle 236 Number 1: The 7-letter word is ORIGAMI AGO AIM AIR

AMIGO ARM GAR

GRAM GRIM MAG

MAGI MAR MARG

MOA OAR ORIGAMI

RAG RAM RIG

RIM ROAM

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Part IV: Hints and Answers Number 2: The 7-letter word is THIMBLE BELT BET BILE BIT BITE BLITHE

ELHI ELM EMIT HELM HEM HIE

HILT HIM HIT ITEM LEI LET

LIE LIMB LIME LITE LITH LITHE

MELT MET MILE MITE THE THEM

THIMBLE TIE TILE TIME

Number 3: The 7-letter word is KETTLES EEL EELS EKE EKES ELK ELKS ELSE

KEEL KEELS KETTLE KETTLES LEE LEEK LEEKS

LEES LEST LET LETS SEE SEEK SET

SETTLE SKEET SLEEK SLEET STEEK STEEL STET

TEE TEES TEST

Number 4: The 7-letter words is FACTORY (And yes, I know you can find a rude word or two, but I’m not going to put them in!) ACT ACTOR AFRO AFT ARC ARCO ARF ART ARTY

CAR CART CAT CAY COAT COT COY CRAFT CRAFTY

CROFT CRY FACT FACTOR FACTORY FAR FARO FAT FAY

FOR FORAY FORT FORTY FRAT FRAY FRO FRY OAF

OAR OAT OCA OFT ORC ORCA ORT RACY RAFT

RAT RAY ROC ROT ROTA TACO TAO TAR TARO

TOR TORC TOY TRAY TROY TRY TYRO

Chapter 13: The Answers You Seek Number 5: The 7-letter word is AWKWARD ARK AWARD AWKWARD

DARK DAW DRAW

RAD RAW WAD

WAR WARD

Puzzle 237 1. WATER FEATURE 2. CREEPY CRAWLIES 3. ROSE PETALS

4. RIPE TOMATOES 5. COMPOST HEAP

Puzzle 238 1. CLAM CHOWDER 2. APPLE PIE 3. SHRIMP GUMBO

4. POUTINE 5. SALTWATER TAFFY

Puzzle 239 The two 7-letter words are FLOWERS and FOWLERS FEW FLEW FLOW FLOWER

FLOWERS FLOWS FOWL FOWLER

FOWLERS FOWLS LOW LOWER

LOWERS LOWS OWE OWL

OWLS ROW ROWS SEW

SLEW SLOW SLOWER SOW

SOWER SWORE WOE WOES

WOLF WORE WORSE

Puzzle 240 The 7-letter word is COMFORT COMFORT CORM CROFT FOR

FORM FORT FRO FROM

MOOR MOTOR ORC ORT

ROC ROO ROOF ROOM

ROOT ROT TOR TORC

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Puzzle 241 The 6-letter words are GROANS, MORGEN, NEGATE, ORANGE, and ORGANS The 7-letter words are GRANTEE and MORGENS AFT AGAR AGATE AGE AGENT AGO ANT ANTE ARM ATE AXE EAT EFT

EGO ENS ETA FAT FATE FAX FEAT FEE FEET FEN FENS FETE GAR

GAS GATE GENT GET GOAT GRAN GRANS GRANT GRANTEE GROAN GROANS GROAT MOA

MOAS MOAN MOANS MOAT MORGEN MORGENS NAG NAGS NEAT NEE NEGATE NET OAF

OAR OAT OGEE ORANGE ORGAN ORGANS RAG RAGA RAGE RAGS RAN RANG RANGE

RANT ROAN ROANS ROE SAG SAGA SAGE SAGO SANE SANG SARGE SNAG TAG

TAGS TAO TAU TAX TEA TEAT TEE TEEN TEENS TEN TENS TUFT

Puzzle 242 The 7-letter word is BASENJI ABASE ABLAZE ABLE ABS ALAS ALB ALE ALL ALLAY ALSO ANY

AYE BALE BALL BALLS BALSA BAN BANE BANJO BASE BASENJI BAY

BLASE BLAZE EASE ELAN ELL ELSE ENABLE EYRIE INLAY JEAN JELL

LAB LABS LANE LANES LAY LAZE LEA LEAN LEASE LEI NAB

NABS NAE NAY RYE SABLE SALE SANE SAY SEA SEAL SEN

SLAB SLAY YEA YEAS YEN YES ZEAL ZOEA


Puzzle 243 The 9-letter word is HICKORIES CHI CHIP CHLORINE CLOSE CLOWN CLOWNS COIN COINS COIR COL CORK CORKS COS COSINE COW COWS

ENS HICK HICKORIES HICKS HIP ICY ION IONS IRK IRKS KRIS LOCH LOCI LOCK LOCKS LOIN

LOINS LOSE LOW LOWS NOS NOSE NOW ONE ONES ORISON OWN OWNS PICK PICKS PION PIONS

POI PONIES POSE POW RINSE RISE RISEN ROC ROCS ROCK ROCKS ROSE ROSIN ROW ROWS SCION

SCOW SENIOR SENIORS SIN SINE SIR SIRS SNOW SOCK SOCKS SON SOP SOW SOWN SOWS SWOP

Puzzle 244 Number 1: ADO AGO DOG DOOR DOUR DRAG DRUG DUG

DUO GAD GAR GAUR GOAD GOD GOO GOOD

GOURD GRAD GUAR GUARD OAR ODOR (and ODOUR) OUD OUR

RAD RAG ROAD ROD ROO ROOD RUG

WHIP WHY WICK WICKS WOK WOKS WON WORK WORKS WORSE WORSEN

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Part IV: Hints and Answers Number 2: ERG GREY (Canadian spelling) GYP GYRE

HER HEY HYPE HYPER PEG

PEP PER PREP PREY PRY

PYRE REP RYE YEP

Number 3: ADO AID AIL ALOOF DIAL

FAD FAIL FILO FLOOD FOAL

FOIL FOLD FOLIO FOOD FOOL

IDOL LAD LAID LID LIDO

LOAD LOAF LOO LOOFA OAF

OIL OLD OLIO

BET NEB

NET PEN

PENT PET

TEN TENT

VENT VET

FIN FINE FIT FIX HEFT

HEN HEX HIE HINT HIT

NET NEXT NIT NITE NIX

TEN THE THEN THIEF THIN

THINE TIE TIN TINE

LET LID LIE LIED LIEU LIT LITE

LUTE QUID QUIET QUILT QUILTED QUIT QUITE

TIDE TIE TIED TIL TILDE TILE TILED

TULE UTE UTILE

Number 4: BEN BENT Number 5: EFT EXIT FEINT FEN FIE

Puzzle 245 Number 1: DELI DIE DIET DILUTE DUE DUEL DUET

EDIT EQUID ETUI IDE IDLE LED LEI

Chapter 13: The Answers You Seek Number 2: BECK BYE ENS

KEN KEY KEYS

NEB NEBS NECK

NECKS SCYE SEC

SKY SYNC YEN

YENS YES

EAU EMU ERA MAN MANE MANURE MAR

MARE MAZE MEAN MEN MENU NAE NAME

NAMER NEAR RAM RAMEN RAN RAZE REAM

RUE RUM RUMEN RUN RUNE UNARM

UNMAN UREA URN

BOD BOG BRIG BRIO BRO

DIB DIG DOG GIB GIRD

GOB GOD GRID JIB JIG

JOB JOG OBI ORB RIB

RID RIG ROB ROD

CHA CHAP CHAT HAT HAW

PACT PAH PAT PATCH PATH

PAW TACH TACT TAP TAT

TAW THAT THAW WAT WATCH

WATT WHAT

Number 3: AMEN ARE ARM ARUM AZURE EAR EARN Number 4: BID BIG BIO BIRD BIRO Number 5: ACT APT CAP CAT CAW

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Puzzle 246 1. ANDORRA LA VELLA (Andorra) 2. MONTEVIDEO (Uruguay) 3. GEORGETOWN (Guyana) 4. BUCHAREST (Romania) 5. BUENOS AIRES (Argentina)

6. COPENHAGEN (Denmark) 7. WELLINGTON (New Zealand) 8. MOGADISHU (Somalia) 9. TASHKENT (Uzbekistan) 10. PORT-AU-PRINCE (Haiti)

Puzzle 247 1. IGOR STRAVINSKY 2. CHARLES IVES 3. FRANZ SCHUBERT 4. CLAUDE DEBUSSY 5. RICHARD STRAUSS

6. ANTONIN DVORAK 7. EDWARD ELGAR 8. NICCOLO PAGANINI 9. ANTONIO VIVALDI 10. GEORGE GERSHWIN

Puzzle 248 The 9 letter word is LABYRINTH ABLY ALB BAHT BAIL BAIRN BAIT BAN

BAR BARN BAT BATH BAY BIN BINAL

BINARY BIRTH BIT BLAH BLINY BRA BRAIN

BRAINY BRAN BRAT BRAY BRINY BRIT HABIT

LAB LABYRINTH LIB LIBRA NAB NIB RIB

TAB TRIBAL TRILBY


Puzzle 249 The 9 letter word is EQUIVOCAL CAIQUE CAUL CLAQUE CLIQUE

CLOQUÉ CLUE COEQUAL CUE

EQUAL EQUIVOCAL LEU LIEU

LUCE LUV OCULI OVULE

QUA QUAIL QUALE UVEA

VACUOLE VALUE

LED LOUSY MAR MARE MAX MEAD MUD MUDHOLE MUSH MUSHED MUSHIER NUB OHM OHS RAM REAM REBUS SHE

SHEAF SHED SHIM SHOE SHOED SHUN SNUB SOLE SOLED SOLVE SOLVED SOU SUB SUM SUN UNSOLVED YUM

Puzzle 250 The two 8-letter words are ACADEMIA and UNSOLVED ABLE ACADEMIA AIM AIMED AMEBA ARE AXE BACK BAD BADE BAR BARE BAUD BEAD BEAM BEAR BEAU BEAUX

BED BEE BEER BIER BLED BUM BUN BUNS BUS BUSH BUSHED BUSHEL BUSHIER BUSY BUY BUYS CAB CABLE

CABLED CAD DAB DEAF DEMI DHOLE DUE EAR EMU EMUS ERA ERE EXAM EXUDE FABLE FABLED FACADE FAD

FADE FAUX FAX FUME FUMED HEAD HEM HIE HIM HOE HOED HOLE HOLED HUB HUM LEA LEAD LEAF

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Part V

The Part of Tens

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In this part . . .

here’s an unwritten — no, actually, it’s a written rule — that every For Dummies book has a Part of Tens, and this book is no different. In this part, you can discover the letter patterns that frequently occur in English, how solving word searches can benefit you, and even how to write your own word search puzzles!

Chapter 14

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eople have been writing codes and ciphers for as long as writing (and hiding secret messages) has been around — thousands of years. The science of encoding and decoding codes and ciphers is called cryptography (or cryptology), from the Greek for “hidden writing.” In this chapter, I introduce you to ten different aspects of English that can help in puzzle solving. Although you can certainly get by without knowing about letter patterns, this information can take your puzzle solving and word game skills to a new level.

Understanding cryptography To better understand cryptography, you first need some very brief definitions: ✓ A cipher encodes a message by mixing up or replacing its letters. In a substitution cipher, each letter in the alphabet is encoded by one symbol. For example, the letter E may be encoded by an S, an 8, or a ♣. ✓ A code is effectively a language. Whole words are encoded, often by a single

symbol, word, or signal. So the word cupcake may be encoded as 314, blue, or ♦ (because, you know, there are all those secret messages flying around out there about baked goods). As you can see, cracking a code is much more difficult than solving a cipher — you’ve really got to steal the codebook to figure it out.

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Letters by Frequency Letter frequency analysis is a statistical method that provides an effective way to crack substitution ciphers. When you use letter frequency analysis to crack a cipher, you simply count how many of each symbol appear in a section of encoded text. If it’s English, you can be fairly certain that the four most commonly occurring symbols are E, T, O, and A and that E is your most frequently seen letter. Then you look at things like commonly occurring pairs of letters (digraphs) and short words. The process is very involved if you’re a professional cryptographer, of course, but you don’t need to worry about the complicated version for your puzzle solving needs. If you can remember even some of this information, you can bring it into play when searching for words within word search grids, solving anagrams, and looking for words in word games. No one can compile the definitive list of the frequency of letters in English (or any language) because this list changes depending on which texts a person has pulled apart and analyzed. I’ve chosen one list for you, to keep things less confusing, but if you’re interested in finding out more, you can discover more online or in a book on cryptography. You read the list from left to right, from most frequently used letters to the least. I’ve broken it into five-letter groups (and six at the end) just to make it a bit easier for you to read. So here it is — the frequency of letters in English: ETAON RISHD LFCMU GYPWB VKXJQZ This information is crucial when you solve cryptogram puzzles, crosswords with no clues, and other ciphers. It is also helpful when you’re looking for solutions to anagrams and playing word-based games like Scrabble, Boggle, and Hangman. You can also use letter frequency knowledge when solving word searches. A good strategy is to search for the less frequently used letters within a word rather than a more common initial letter. For example, search for NIRVANA in a letter grid by looking for the rare V rather than the more common initial letter N. You can also expect that words consisting of the most common letters, such as TENANT, NEATEN, ANTENNA, and ENTREAT, will be harder to find in letter grids because these letter occur so frequently in the grid.

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Eh-tay-oh-in shird-loo and other tales of letter frequency ETAOIN SHRDLU is a famous frequency distribution of the most popular 12 letters in English, associated with the first Linotype machines (and with the mnemonic device in this sidebar’s title), but it’s not the only ranking uncovered by people who probably had far too much time on their hands. The Brown Corpus (one million words carefully chosen in the 1960s) gives the top ten letters in American English as ETAOI NSRHL. If you break down the literary classics, you get results such as ETAOI NHSRD (Pride and Prejudice) and ETAOI HNSRD (Alice in Wonderland) — very similar! In more recent times, others have sampled several gigabytes of Usenet traffic (ETAOIN SRHLDC), or the word list (including hyphenated words and phrases) from Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (EAIRON TSLCUD). Another popular listing (and the one I’ve always remembered) is ETAON RISHD — it’s the one I use in this book.

Different writers and subjects yield different letter frequencies. These discrepancies can even help figure out whether someone is really the author of a piece or not! Different languages have a different spread of letters, as you may expect, so if you’re practicing your French vocabulary in Hangman, the top 10 letters to focus on are ESAIT NRULO. According to various analyses, German’s letter distribution comes in as ENRIS TUDAH and Italian has AEIOL NRTSC; all languages have different letter frequencies. As you can see this topic gets incredibly complicated very rapidly! E is clearly English’s most common letter, but the finer details of letter frequencies are the realm of the cryptologist.

Common First Letters The 12 most common starting letters in English text (in descending order) are TAI SOW CMB PHD. This order isn’t a reflection of how many words in the dictionary start with T — S is the leader there. Being the most common starting letter means that more words start with T than with other letters in any given piece of English writing. A letter’s popularity has to do with repeated usage; to, that, this, the, there, and so on are very popular words! This information about first letters is very handy when you’re playing games such as Boggle or Scrabble, looking for words in a Secret List Word Search, or cracking a cryptogram. When you’re searching for new words in anagramtype puzzles and games (such as the ones in Chapter 11), look through the letters in play — on tiles, on the board, or written down — for these common starting letters. You can also test the encoded words in cryptograms against this list.

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Common Last Letters The 12 most common ending letters in English are EST NDR YOL AFG. If you’re very good at anagram-based games, you can work backward from a last letter to the start of the word! This information is also helpful when solving cryptograms. When solving anagrams and scrambled word puzzles, try putting some of these letters (especially E, S, and T) in the end positions, to see if that helps solve the puzzles. For cryptograms, look for patterns in the encoded symbols that appear as final letters, and see if these common ending letters fit the bill.

Follow Me: Common Letter Sequences If you can remember which letters are most likely to follow others, you’ll be faster at playing games like Boggle and Scrabble and cracking anagrams and ciphers. Knowing which letter patterns to follow in a grid and which ones you can safely ignore can also speed up your word search play. Keep the following patterns in mind: ✓ Q is always followed by U — well, almost always; a few Arabic and Chinese words such as qanat and qigong are slowly entering the English language. ✓ If you have a vowel, the consonant that most often follows it is N; AN, EN, IN, ON, UN — they’re all popular! ✓ E is most likely to be followed by R, S, N, D, or another E. ✓ T is most likely to be followed by H, E, I, O, or another T. ✓ O is most likely to be followed by N, F, R, or another O. ✓ N is most likely to be followed by D or another N. ✓ R is most likely to be followed by E or another R. ✓ I is most likely to be followed by N. ✓ S is most likely to be followed by T or S. ✓ H is most likely to be followed by E or I.

Two’s Company: Digraphs Pairs of letters that form one sound are called digraphs (or bigrams). If you can remember the more common ones, they can give you a boost when cracking ciphers, solving anagrams, and playing many word games, from word searches and crosswords to board games.

Chapter 14: Ten Letter-Pattern Tips Here is a list of the more common ones (roughly) by frequency: TH, HE, AN, RE, ER, IN, ON, AT, ND, ST, ES, EN, OF, TE, ED, OR, TI, AS, and TO Other digraphs to keep in mind are AE, AU, BL, BR, BY, CH, CK, CL, CR, DL, DR, EU, FR, FL, GH, GL, KN, LM, MP, NC, NG, NS, OU, PH, PR, PY, RD, RF, RV, SH, SW, TW, US, VR, WN, WR, ZY, and a whole lot more!

Make That Three: Trigraphs Trigraphs, or sets of three letters that make one sound, are common in English words. Knowing some of these trigraphs (also known as trigrams) can help you find better anagrams, tricky words in Boggle, and great moves in Scrabble! The following are the top ten most frequent trigraphs: THE, ING, AND, ION, ENT, FOR, TIO, ERE, HER, and ATE A few (of many more) trigraphs to remember: ANT, ART, AST, EDT, NCE, NCY, NDE, NGL, OFT, SCH, SCR, SHR, SPR, SQU, STH, THA, THR, TIS, and TRY

Double the Fun: Double Letters Double letters are a great way into word searches — they’re usually easy to spot in the grid. They’re also very helpful when solving cryptograms and anagrams! The most commonly occurring double letters in English, from most to least common, are LL, EE, SS, OO, TT, FF, RR, NN, PP, and CC.

Common Prefixes These prefixes are handy to remember as good word-starters when playing any anagram game. They’re very useful for extending words, so they’re perfect when you’re playing games like Boggle, Upwords, and Scrabble. Here’s a list of some common English prefixes:

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Common Suffixes Use suffixes to extend words, especially in games like Boggle, Upwords, and Scrabble. If you have a base word such as hand, you can make handful, handier, and handy. Some common English suffixes include the following: TION, AL, ENT, IVE, LY, ITY, ER, OUS, NESS, DOM, IZE, FUL, FY, EN, IC, MENT, ISM, ATE, SION, ABLE, Y, ANCE, SHIP, ENCE, AGE, LESS, ERY, OR, EST, IST, ACY, and BLE

Common Consonant Patterns at the Beginnings of Words These vowel-free digraphs often appear at the beginnings of words. They can help you find words in Secret List Word Searches, solve cryptograms, and beat your opponents in various word games. Common consonant combos (say that three times fast) include ST, SH, STR, SP, TR, TH, PR, CH, and CHR.

Everyday cryptography You may think that the information in this chapter doesn’t have much impact on you, apart from improving your puzzling skills. However, millions of people rely on high quality encryption every day, not just secret agents and governments. Cryptography is a thriving field of research and development. Every time you make an online payment, very complicated and advanced digital encryption is used to ensure your transaction is secure. The SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) protocol is currently widely used. If the Web site has https as the

prefix rather than http, you’re protected by SSL security. Also look for the little lock symbol in the corner of your browser’s menu bar. Make sure it’s closed (not open) before sending any personal or credit card details! And while I’m talking about online security, please, never ever send your personal, credit card, or online account details to anyone (not even your mom) in an e-mail. Sending an e-mail is like sending a postcard; the mailman, the government, or someone unscrupulous (or all three) can read it along the way.

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Ten Benefits of Doing Word Searches In This Chapter ▶ Improving your word power ▶ Having fun and relaxing

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They’re Portable Boredom-Busters Word searches are one of the best portable puzzles. You don’t need a dictionary, a thesaurus, or online resources, and you can probably even get away without needing an eraser! Pop a book of word searches and a pen into your bag or briefcase. Any time you’re kicking your heels or the kids are acting up, you’re ready to entertain yourself or them.

They Keep Your Brain Active A lot of evidence suggests that staying mentally active helps to stave off dementia. If nothing else, doing word searches helps you stay interested in and involved with the world around you. See Chapter 1 for more information.

They Increase Your Vocabulary Vocabulary-building is one of the biggest benefits of solving word searches. Didn’t know urad was a type of bean until you saw it in a bean-themed word

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They Help You Learn New Languages If you’re learning a second, third, or seventh language, word searches are a great way to practice your spelling and add to the lists of words you know. Try making a word search puzzle (using the directions in Chapter 16) of your weekly vocabulary goals. Word searches are also a very valuable tool for the brave souls faced with the almost impossible task of learning to speak and read English as a second language. It is one of the most confusing languages of all time with so many spelling variants, unusual pronunciations, and irregular forms.

They Help You Gather Knowledge in a Way that Makes Sense to You A popular educational theory (sometimes called multiple intelligences) states that different people learn in different ways. This theory outlines eight different types of learners; three of these learning types are particularly well suited to word searches: ✓ Linguistic or verbal learners are word smart — they learn best by reading and listening. ✓ Visual-spatial learners are picture smart, thinking in pictures. ✓ Logical-mathematical learners are number and reasoning smart and are very good at pattern-seeking and logic. Word searches are particularly well suited to these learning styles, because they focus on words, letter shapes, patterns, and systematic grid-scanning.

They Let You Relax and Have Fun No doubt about it — having fun is good for you! If the troubles of life are becoming too much, break out the puzzle book and take your mind somewhere else for a few minutes. Word searches are great for this because they’re easier than other word puzzles. They aren’t too demanding if you’re

Chapter 15: Ten Benefits of Doing Word Searches not up to something hard, but they’re still a mental challenge. If you’re in the 10 percent of people who struggle with dyslexia or another literacy challenge, this nonthreatening test is especially nice. Even if you’re a bad speller, you don’t have to give up word searches. Life has many problems to solve, both large and small, from what to cook for dinner to how to live more lightly on Earth — and they don’t always have clear-cut answers. Solving something, even just a word search, and being confident that you can solve it is satisfying.

They Sharpen Your Spelling Skills Word searches are a great way to improve your spelling. You need to know how to spell to do a crossword, but a word search can actually help you learn to spell better by actively looking for the set of letters in order. Looking at the search words in close detail in the list and then searching for them letter by letter in the puzzle helps to cement their spelling in your brain. You don’t do this kind of deconstruction when reading normally, and it really helps in remembering details of spelling. Word searches don’t feel like work, so they’re especially good for encouraging children to practice spelling without feeling like it’s hard work.

They Train Your Brain to Recognize Patterns Pattern recognition — the ability to identify letters, faces, and all manner of objects — is a basic cognitive skill (the others include such useful gems as decision-making, focus and concentration, memory, problem solving, and categorization). It’s the process of matching your memory to what you’re seeing and is a vital skill in reading, among many other things. Humans can recognize any letter, whether it’s a different size, strange typeface, color, handwritten, or drawn at an angle, which is pretty remarkable when you stop to think about it. In Figure 15-1, you probably recognize each of the characters as being the letter K even though they all look different. Although these recognition processes happen quickly, achieving accurate recognition without having to even think about it takes a huge amount of practice. Solving word search puzzles can be a fun part of this practicing. The benefit is in having to focus on finding a particular shape (say, an M) within the confusing grid of shapes (the letters, that is). Scanning up and down the columns of letters searching for that particular letter pattern

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Figure 15-1: Pattern recognition tells you these letters are Ks despite their visual differences.

They Help You Overcome Insomnia You know what it’s like. You can’t drop off to sleep in the first place, and then when you finally do, you wake up in the middle of the night. Your brain keeps going over and over all those problems, which seem so much worse at 3 a.m. In these dire circumstances, reach for your word search puzzles. Solve a simple word search puzzle or two at bedtime, or in the middle of the night when insomnia is plaguing you. This gentle mental activity pulls your thoughts away from those worries. It doesn’t matter if you drop off to sleep in the middle of the puzzle. There’s no plot or exciting story to be drawn into, and no complex concepts to come to grips with. The puzzle distracts your mind, helps you relax, and slip into longed-for sleep. Keep a volume of puzzles and a pencil by your bed — no doctor’s prescription required.

They’re a Way to Spend Quality Time with the Family Word searches are one of the few puzzles that kids and adults can easily do together on an equal footing. So when the grandkids are visiting, or you’re all stuck in a tent while the rain keeps pouring, get out a book of word searches (oh look, you’ve got one in your hands already!), and settle down to solve the puzzles together. It’s always nice to be able to do something so satisfying and simple together!

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Ten Steps to Help You Design Your Own Word Search In This Chapter ▶ Picking up puzzle writing skills ▶ Improving your vocabulary and spelling effortlessly

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You can find free word search generators online, and you can purchase inexpensive software programs that create word searches for you. Although these programs create the puzzles quickly, the puzzles are often predictable, mediocre, and poorly designed. And, face it, you aren’t getting a mental workout by plugging words into the software program. You can come up with a better puzzle — and exercise your brain — by creating one yourself. Writing a word search is also a very good educational exercise for kids, but don’t tell them that! Using the steps outlined here, you may be surprised at how quickly you can create a puzzle of your very own. And you may find doing something without a computer for a change to be very satisfying.

Step 1: Choose a Theme Your first task is to decide what purpose and/or theme you want for your puzzle. You don’t have to have a reason or a theme, of course, but it does make the word selection more interesting. Some ideas: ✓ Helping your kids learn their spelling lists or supplementing a homeschooling project ✓ Practicing vocabulary for a new language

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Step 2: Gather Your Words I admit it, this step is my favorite part of writing word searches, but then I am a bit weird. You have to keep only a couple of points in mind here: ✓ Gather a lot more words than you think you need — at least twice as many. A 13 x 13 word search generally has about 15 to 20 words in it, so collect 30 to 40 words for a puzzle this size, if possible. ✓ Avoid three-letter words as much as possible. Aim to have your shortest words four letters long. Lots of three-letter words are accidentally created in any letter grid, and you’ll end up with unintended duplicates if you use many short words. If some high quality words (important on-topic words) are three letters long, include them by all means, but make sure you check the grid carefully to ensure these short words haven’t been accidentally duplicated. The later section “Check and Recheck the Puzzle” has more detail on how to search for duplicates. Let’s say you’re writing a word search for your dad’s birthday. Make a long list of any words relating to his family, career, and life: favorite hobbies, sporting teams, music, books, foods and drinks, pets, and so on. Include variations on key words, such as shortened versions of names and nicknames (JENNIFER, JENNY, JEN, JAY RAY) and different forms of nouns and verbs (SONG, SONGS, SING, SINGS, SINGING, SANG, SINGER, SINGERS). Also use made-up family words if you’re going for the silly option. (I thought everyone said “killerpillers,” but apparently it’s actually “caterpillars.” Who knew?) Write the master word list as you go, either handwriting the words on a piece of graph paper or typing them in a monospaced typeface such as Lucida Console or Monaco (head to “Make It Pretty” later in this chapter to find out more about monospaced typefaces). Make sure the words in your master list are all lined up so you can easily see the letter patterns. This trick helps you quickly see which letters come first, second, third, and so on in each word and how long each word is. It makes your task of filling in the letter grid much easier. This strategy highlights words

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Figure 16-1: Write out your working word list in a grid or monospaced typeface.

Step 3: Make the Big Grid Decisions Decide on your grid size and rough difficulty level. You can make your grid any size, really, but a very small grid is harder to fill because you don’t have as much wiggle room to fit all your words in. I recommend trying a 13 x 13 grid for starters, and then creating smaller and larger grids as you get more experienced. An easier word search (for the solver) has a smaller grid, shorter word list, and not so many backward or diagonal words. If you’re writing the puzzle for children, adjust the word list to be age-appropriate.

Step 4: Assemble the Tools of the Trade Word searches are quite straightforward to write as well as solve. Your equipment list is small: ✓ Graph paper (quarter inch grid is a good choice) ✓ Nice paper (for your finished copy) ✓ Ruler ✓ Pen, pencil, and eraser ✓ Highlighter (optional)

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Step 5: Just Add Words Now the fun starts — time to put those words into the grid! Place your longest and highest-quality words first. Progress from long words to shorter words as you put the puzzle together. Place diagonal words and words in the puzzle corners early on and gradually fill in the spaces around them. Bunches of words that run in the same direction are easiest to place. It’s harder to put a mix of word directions within the grid. Scan through your master word list (see Figure 16-2 for an example) to find letter patterns that can overlap in the grid. An easy way to get some overlap is to have a word start on top of a letter within another word. Try to avoid crossing over letters in the grid more than twice in an easy-level puzzle. If you’re writing a really tricky puzzle, overlapping a letter three times is okay.

Figure 16-2: Scan this sample master word list before you start adding words to the grid.

Make a special note of the three- and four-letter words you place. You can mark the positions of the placed words in highlighter if you like. This strategy can help you keep track of which words you’ve placed and where they are (trust me, it gets confusing pretty quickly). The downside of this technique is that any marks you make aren’t easy to erase if you remove a word from the grid.

Chapter 16: Ten Steps to Help You Design Your Own Word Search If you need to fill a position but don’t have a word from your master word list that fits, check out an online resource such as www.onelook.com. If one pattern doesn’t yield a good word, delete one letter at a time from the search parameters until you do get a good match (for instance, start with _ _ C_ _ _ T_, and then go to _ _C_ _ _T, and then _ _C_ _ _, and so on). If you add extra words to your puzzle from such sources, make sure you add them to your master word list so the final word list is accurate. You don’t want to have words in the letter grid that aren’t in your word list, or — even worse — words in the word list that aren’t in the letter grid! Figures 16-3 and 16-4 show an example of placing words in an Italian Foods word search. Start with PANCETTA — it’s a long word, so place it on the diagonal. Time for the second word. ANTIPASTI, a nine-letter word that has T as the third letter ( _ _T _ _ _ _ _ _ ), fills in nicely. A

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Step 6: Ponder the Punctuation Don’t include punctuation, spaces, or accents in the letter grid. The only exception to this rule is if you were writing a word search in a foreign language that uses additional characters. For example, a Danish word search would include the additional characters Æ, Ø, and Å.

Chapter 16: Ten Steps to Help You Design Your Own Word Search However, include any punctuation, spaces, and accents in your word list. For example, if you were doing a word search of Beatles song titles, you would put BABYYOUREARICHMAN in the letter grid, but you’d write it as BABY YOU’RE A RICH MAN in the word list.

Step 7: Erase and Change as Needed Be prepared to remove words, and change the grid if things don’t fit as well as you want. The eraser is your friend! If you remove a word from the grid, be sure to check for words it overlapped. Don’t remove the overlapping letters, or you’ll screw up the other word as well. Also, reinstate the deleted word on your master word list to make it available again. Sometimes you have words that you really want to include in the puzzle but that screw up the pattern and prevent other words from going in smoothly. Either be brave and restart the whole puzzle, putting these cherished words in first, or remove the words from the puzzle altogether. When you’re happy with the placement of your words, write over them in ink (or make a copy of the puzzle in ink). In the master word list, highlight or otherwise mark the words you used.

Step 8: Fill in the Grid After you get your words into the letter grid, it probably has some gaps. That’s when you complete your grid with fill, the mostly random letters that complete the puzzle. To add random letters, refer to the letter pattern lists in Chapter 14 for the most common letters in English or just repeatedly write the alphabet randomly into the blank squares until you fill them all in. If you want to make the puzzle harder, avoid adding fill letters that you haven’t used in the word list. In other words (no pun intended), if you don’t have any words containing a Q in the puzzle grid, don’t put a Q in the fill. Generally, this strategy means you just have to keep tabs on J, V, X, Q, and Z.

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Step 9: Check and Recheck the Puzzle Check the grid for duplicates and rude words. I’m not going to sully these lilywhite (okay, beige-ish) pages with the list of common swear words and other offensive terms, but you know the ones I mean. Search through your finished word search letter grid for any three- or fourletter words you want to avoid and for duplicates of the short words from your word list. Scan the grid twice, row by row and then column by column. Your three-letter words are the biggest repetition hazard, followed by the four-letter words. Although you can get duplicates of longer words (or find longer rude words), that scenario is very unlikely. If you do come across a problem — a duplicate, or a (gasp) rude word — you can nearly always correct the grid by changing just one or two of your random fill letters.

Step 10: Make It Pretty After you compile and test your puzzle, you’re ready to prepare the artwork! You can create your final puzzle in one of two ways: using a computer or drawing it up by hand. The following sections give you information on both of these methods. The main thing to be aware of with either technique is making sure that the letters all line up.

Using a computer Here’s how to draw the puzzle in a word processing program, such as Microsoft Word: Open a new document and transcribe your word search into the file row by row. Use your ruler as a guide to read along your handwritten copy. To get a good grid layout, you need a bit of space around the letters. One space between each letter and 1.5 line spacing can work well. You may want to muck around with tab settings, too.

Chapter 16: Ten Steps to Help You Design Your Own Word Search Monospaced typefaces make the layout job much easier. Monospaced typefaces, also called fixed-width or nonproportional typefaces, fit every letter into the same amount of space. So an I takes up the same room as an M — which isn’t the case in other fonts! The two grids in Figure 16-5 use two different monospaced typefaces (Geneva and Andale Mono).

Figure 16-5: Using a monospaced typeface helps with grid layout.

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Andale Mono, Courier, Consolas, Lucida Console, Monaco, and Prestige Elite are all widely available monospaced typefaces, which you should be able to find on your Mac or PC. The letters in the grid must all line up, both by rows and by column, and be roughly equidistant from each other. Using all capital letters for list words is the convention, although a lower-case puzzle may be good for kids learning to recognize the alphabet.

Writing it out by hand If you prefer to handwrite your finished puzzle, here’s how to go about it: 1. Draw up a grid the size of your finished puzzle, with one vertical line per column of letters, and one horizontal line per row of letters. You can go about this process in two ways: A. Make your grid in ink or create it in a drawing program on your computer, and print it out. The inked grid goes under the piece of paper you’re working on (lightly tape the two pieces of paper together and lean up against a sunny window). B. Draw your grid in light pencil lines on your paper. You can erase the lines later.

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Part V: The Part of Tens 2. Using your best and clearest handwriting, write the letter grid out, line by line, with each letter sitting directly on the intersecting lines. Figure 16-6 shows an example. This method ensures that the letters all line up properly. You may want to use calligraphy pens or a good black pen.

Figure 16-6: When drawing a grid by hand, use a pencil grid to guide placement.

3. Erase the pencil lines when the ink is thoroughly dry. I mean it — leave it to dry for at least half an hour, even if you’ve used a felt-tipped pen. Trust me; I’ve made enough smudgy mistakes for the both of us. 4. Write out the words in the word list in alphabetical order next to or underneath the puzzle. Keep the case the same — if you’ve written the puzzle in all capital letters, write the list in all capitals as well. 5. Decorate the page however you like, and then enjoy the delight of your recipient when he or she receives your hand-crafted puzzle! That’s all, folks! The end! Go forth and puzzle!

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Are you wild about word searches? This fun, go-anywhere guide is packed with puzzles to stretch your skills and strengthen your mind. Inside you’ll find eight different kinds of word searches — including one invented by the author! — as well as extensive tips and tricks to improve your puzzle-solving abilities. You’ll have a great time mastering increasingly difficult searches while you reap the brain-boosting benefits. • Working with word searches — get familiar with the eight word search varieties in the book and the strategies for solving each collection • Start with straightforward puzzles — try simple and story word searches, find hidden words, and solve secret-shape puzzles • Conquer more complex searches — gather your wits for scrambles, quiz questions, and secret-list and winding word searches

Open the book and find: • 250 brand-new, handcrafted puzzles • The brain-boosting benefits of doing word searches • A chapter with hints for every puzzle • Ten letter-pattern tips • Extra or “Ultra” challenging puzzles • Secrets to designing your own word searches • Web addresses for online resources • Fascinating word puzzle facts

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Denise Sutherland is a syndicated Australian puzzle author. Her crosswords, word searches, and other puzzles appear in a wide range of Australian and international publications, and she has written five themed puzzle books. Sutherland runs her own graphic design business, Sutherland Studios, where she concentrates on creating handcrafted puzzles.

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