PUZZLES Crossword


ACROSS 1. English dramatist Christopher 8. “____ as a wet hen” 13. South Pacific region 14. Zinfandel or merlot 16. Diluted 17. Biofuel choice 18. Sunday school messages 19. Terrier type, informally 20. They, in Venice 21. Private eye, briefly 22. Bank earnings, in brief 23. Robin of baseball 25. Mae of film 27. Parisian season 28. Manages to get through 31. Serbian dinar currency symbol


32. Make like new 33. Deface 36. Inadequate ability 40. Mined matter 41. Wee ones 42. When to stop 44. Viet follower 45. With “E”, a cable channel 46. Rise to great heights 47. Hunks


Word search


49. Contaminated 52. Italian cheese or meat dish 53. Just right for the occasion 54. Take to task 55. Straightens up 56. Copses 57. Adventurous trip


DOWN 1. ____ Crüe 2. Truman Cabinet member 3. Publish once again 4. Midwest capital 5. ____ account 6. Austrian capital, locally 7. Engineer James B. 8. Latin for “for this” 9. Whack, as a fly 10. Word in a toothpaste ad, maybe


11. Applies oils 12. Edited out 14. They break up long trips 15. “The King and I” repeated phrase


24. Aaron’s daughter 25. Madison’s place


26. ___ Joe’s (classic sign) 29. Camper’s stake 30. Dry, like Spanish wine 33. Butterfly type 34. Wyoming Indian 35. Dismissal 37. Hip places 38. Stomp, et al.


Sudoku


39. 2009 comedy with Jack Black and Michael Cera


43. Like upscale parties 45. Atlantic City attractions 48. Santa checks his twice 49. “Billionth” prefix 50. Pundit’s page 51. Couch potato’s aid


Absorb Amoeba Bluffs Bolds Books


Copes Cowboy


Chronologically Clasping Cleverness Contractors


Fried


Disembarkation Ditch Dopey Drying Earshot Expansive Feuded


Gingham Graves Hobnob Latter Liberal Loiters Maddest Plush


Porch


Recessed Redhead Sanding Singed Slews Slinks Sonnet Sours


Stout Suitor Sundry Tartars Temples Thump Wrists


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