Tuesday, May 1st, 2007
Crossword/Brainteasers
The Little Things
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ACROSS |
DOWN 1 Not more than 2 Colonel Sanders feature 3 “The Joy Luck Club” author 4 Marketing lure 5 Initially 6 “Peg ___ Heart” 7 Message from the pulpit 8 Holds large sums of money 9 Concludes 10 Space program acronym 11 Muse with a lyre 12 Sandwich or salad dressing 13 Initials of urgency 14 Longings 16 Tend to hems 20 Alfalfa was a little one 24 Cassette tape notation 28 J.J. Pershing’s outfit 29 Fortune seeker, in 1849 31 Roller coaster unit 34 Not at home 36 Leader of a sporting “army” 37 Borough boss 38 Near the center 39 ___ pro nobis 41 Goodyear flier 42 Lightens up 43 Baseball Hall of Famer nicknamed the “Say Hey Kid” 44 “Right you ___!” 46 Uncomplimentary review 48 Sweet talk 49 Foreman and Spinks foe 50 Baseball star Ron who wasnicknamed “The Penguin” 52 Doze off 53 Become invisible 55 Sounds of surprise 56 Longoria of “Desperate Housewives” 57 1920 Preakness and Belmont Stakes winner 61 ___ sante (to your health) 62 Daunt 63 Take to the sky 64 Impatient agreement, perhaps 66 Not interfere with 67 Oft-missed humor 69 Actress Rogers 70 Graceful show horse 72 No room to swing ___ 74 ___ Tse-tung 76 Hallow or velvet ending 78 Bag thickness unit 79 Tours summer |
Form 26 seven-letter words in the alphabet chart, using the threeletter
blocks for the beginning and end of each word, and the
A to Z in the middle. Some of the blocks will work with several
combinations.
Sudoku
Fill in the grid so
that every row, every
column, and every 3×3
box contains the digits
1 through 6. Solving
time is typically from
10 to 30 minutes,
depending on skill and
experience.
Like Starters
Each string of letters below becomes a two-word phrase in
which the same letter starts each of the two words, as in HULA
HOOP or ALL ABOARD. However, the first letter of each word
has been removed and the remaining letters have been joined
together. See if you can determine the original phrases.
PUZZLE ANSWERS Flip the page around to find out the answers to this month’s ALPHABLOCKS, LIKE STARTERS, CROSSWORD and SUDOKU.
