Crossword/Brainteasers

PUZZLES By Tom Riches

CROSSWORD

United Nations

ACROSS

1 College grads, for short
6 Shocked responses
11 Hard throws, in baseball
15 Assume, as fact
16 Do a second lube job
17 Snare
18 Two united nations
20 Partner of dangerous
22 Auction or rocket ending
23 Noisy quarrel
24 Formerly known as
26 Listen to
27 Two united nations
31 Proof of innocence, perhaps
34 Common soccer score
35 Small amount
36 Actor Philip of “Kung Fu”
37 Incorrectly total
39 Make “It”
41 Spot for tennis
43 Hearing organ
44 Shed a tear
46 Hem but not haw
48 Person of great wealth
51 Tart-tongued tyke
53 Sheathlike carrying case
56 Bean paste
57 “Have ___” (“Relax”)
59 November veggie
60 ____ o’ shanter
62 Curtain support
63 Circuitous trip
65 Taxi
67 Tusked marine mammal
69 Kimono closer
71 Uneaten morsel
73 Eavesdrop, electronically
75 Boot-shaped country
76 Two united nations
80 ___ out (barely manages)
81 Madhouse, so to speak
82 Ability to hit a target
83 Work by Keats
86 Goosebump-raising
88 Two united nations
92 Nothing, in Nantes
93 Really annoyed
94 Bewhiskered animals
95 Croquet area, often
96 Warty-skinned critters
97 Score

DOWN

1 Cathedral area
2 “St. Elmo’s Fire” actor Rob
3 ___-friendly
4 ___-cap stocks
5 Controversial “muscle enhancement” subject
6 Become more liked by, gradually
7 Irish air
8 Farm mother
9 Symphony instrument
10 Most cunning
11 K-12 gp.
12 Miscue
13 Two united nations
14 Political convention highlight
19 Neither here ___ there
21 Actress Cannon
25 Bibliography abbr.
27 Deg. for execs.
28 Op ___
29 School pal
30 Actor Sandler
31 One-celled protozoa
32 Polygraph flunkers
33 Two united nations
38 Play-___
40 Pick up
42 Talent for banter
45 “Atta ___!”
47 Damp
49 Tangled
50 Producing lather
52 Chinese code of ethics
54 Varnish ingredient
55 Rarer than rare
58 Boo Boo or Scooby-Doo, e.g.
61 Sail’s support on some vessels
64 Exec. title, briefly
66 Ovine utterance
68 Bygone Ford model
69 Double curve
70 Napoleon locale?
72 Small time
74 Certain fabrics of Scotland
77 Basketry twig
78 Two-time role for Banderas
79 Have a malady
83 Face shape
84 Particular pickle
85 ___ street
87 Conclusion
89 Pseudonym letters
90 Last letter in London
91 Iced or hot beverage

BRAINTEASERS

Two-way Street

When completed, this grid will contain two series of words: one reading from #1 through #50 and the other from #50 through #1. Work from both sets of clues to complete the puzzle.

OUTWARD

1-5 Stuck in mud
6-12 Small chapel
13-17 Burton of “Star Trek”
18-24 Embarrassing mistake
25-28 ____ dixit
29-35 Met accidentally (two words)
36-41 Kind of jar in lab experiments
42-45 Portent
46-50 Passageway between buildings

INWARD

50-47 Shout
46-40 Showy sea plant
39-34 Wool specification (two words)
33-30 1492 sailing ship
29-23 Inhale and exhale air
22-19 Bettor bunch
18-12 In a dauntless fashion
11-8 List of people
7-4 Persistently harassed
3-1 Edge

Like Starters

Each string of letters below becomes a two-word name in which the same letter starts each of the two words, as in ANOUK AIMÉE and SUSAN SARANDON. The first letter of each word has been removed and the remaining letters have been joined together. See if you can determine the names.

SUDOKU

Fill in the grid so that every row, column and 2×3 box contains the digits 1 through 6.

PUZZLE ANSWERS


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