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Sudoku and crossword puzzle solutions can be found on Page 16.
Brain
Games
Sudoku
directions
Here’s how it works:
Sudoku puzzles are
formatted as a 9x9 grid,
broken down into nine 3x3
boxes.
To solve a sudoku, the
numbers 1 through 9 must
fill each row, column and
box. Each number can
appear only once in each
row, column and box.
You can figure out the
order in which the numbers
will appear by using the
numeric clues already
provided in the boxes.
The more numbers you
name, the easier it gets to
solve the puzzle!
CROSSWORD CLUES
ACROSS
1. Small deer
4. Khoikhoi peoples
9. South African statesman
14. Keyboard key
15. Remove
16. A conspicuous constellation
17. Data executive
18. Retired NASCAR driver
20. Tightens
22. A picture of the Virgin Mary
23. “The Mission” actor Jeremy
24. Confidently
28. More (Spanish)
29. Sports highlight show (abbr.)
30. Hand out cards
31. Distinctive Asian antelope
33. Arabic greeting
37. Of I
38. Hip hop trio
39. Meat roll
DOWN
41. One’s mother (Brit.)
42. __-GYN
43. Belgian city
44. Plucks
46. Leak slowly
49. Denotes a particular region
50. General’s assistant (abbr.)
51. Divides
55. Kid
58. Inland Empire Expanded Learning
Symposium
59. Engaged in conflict
60. Former CBS sportscaster
64. Characterized by unity
65. Working-class
66. Corners
67. __ de plume
68. Influential French artist
69. “Very” in musical terms
70. Financial account
1. Long, flat abdominal muscles
2. Small Eurasian willow
3. Justified in terms of profitability
4. Required
5. River that starts in Turkey
6. Disfigure
7. A way of communicating (abbr.)
8. Leaks slowly
9. Shady place under trees
10. Made a speech
11. Long, angry speech
12. Mortar trough
13. Autonomic nervous system
19. Southern India island
21. Grab quickly
24. Ancient Mesopotamian city
25. With three uneven sides
26. Football visionary Hunt
27. Primordial matters
31. Facing towards the flow of a glacier
32. “A Delicate Balance” writer
34. Emits coherent radiation
35. Commercial
36. Groups of foot bones
40. Out of print
41. Partner to cheese
45. German river
47. Concluding speech
48. Spanish dish
52. Prominent California cape Point __
53. Any high mountain
54. Ethiopian lake
56. Mr.
57. Excessive fluid accumulation in
tissues
59. Large, flightless bird
60. Oil industry term (abbr.)
61. Something one can draw
62. Officers in charge
63. Greek island