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SUDOKU is a number-placing puzzle based on a 9x9
grid with several given numbers. The object is to place the
numbers 1 to 9 in the empty squares so that each row, each
column and each 3x3 box contains the same number only
once. King Features
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PUZZLE BY TRACY GRAY
21 Michael of
“Weekend
Update” on
“S.N.L.”
26 Banda ___ (2004
Indonesian
tsunami site)
27 Blue-bottled
vodka brand
30 Abandon
32 Colorful aquarium
swimmer
35 Sister of Helios
and Selene
37 Aids in getting
drunk fast
38 Brit’s afternoon
refreshment
40 Long-running
series whose
lead role was Lt.
Horatio Caine
41 Beauty supply
chain
42 Down Under
jumpers,
informally
46 Long Island
community
bordering Oyster
Bay
48 Certain
leathercrafter
49 CPR givers
51 Parent company
of Athleta and Old
Navy
52 Master, in Hindi
53 Singly
54 Gnats, rats and
brats
56 Bring home, as a
runner
61 “Let’s get ___!”
63 Mango’s center
64 Shawn Corey
Carter ___ Jay-Z
65 “Indeedy”
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FRESHMAN LEVEL
1. To examine things that are too small to see
normally.
2. It detects and measures the intensity of
radiation.
3. Used to measure body temperatures.
GRADUATE LEVEL
4. It measures atmospheric pressure.
5. Used by doctors for listening to someone’s
heart or breathing.
6. Used by surveyors to measure angles.
Last Week’s Answers:
PH.D. LEVEL
7. It rotates at a very high speed in order to
separate liquids from solids.
8. What does an anemometer measure?
9. Used to maintain a reference direction in
navigation systems and automatic pilots.
ANSWERS: 1. Microscope. 2. Geiger counter. 3. Thermometer. 4. Barometer. 5. Stethoscope. 6. Transit. 7. Centrifuge. 8. Wind speed. 9. Gyroscope.
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1 Sound system?
2 Opposite of
builders
3 Aid for
prospective
homeowners
4 Berth place
5 Relations
6 Cry of horror,
quaintly
7 Cuzco residents
8 Online shopping
icon
9 Sellers on Etsy,
e.g.
10 Jane or John, in
unsolved cases
11 Like scenes in
Grant Wood
paintings
12 Last two words
of John Lennon’s
“Imagine”
13 Pummels with
paintballs, say
19 Metaphor for
indebtedness
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31 Conseil d’___
(adviser to un
président)
8 Unjustified
33 One of two for
criticism, in slang
four
34 Lasik target
14 Make well
36 Birds’ bills
15 Part of the
Nativity story
39 “Tread carefully!”
… or a hint to
16 Light a fire under
four dangers in
this puzzle
17 Luxury hotel
43 Jiffies
brand
44 ___ Poke
18 What margarine
(caramel candy)
has, unlike butter
45 Old cars with
20 Potentially
wings in their
logo
offensive
47 Sexologist Shere
22 World Golf Hall-
of-Famer Isao
50 Classic “Animal
House” scene
23 Morsel for a toad
52 Fool
24 It’s here, on the
55 Kenya’s second-
Champs-Élysées
largest city
25 Hounds
57 “Are you blind,
ref?!”
28 Paul in the Rock
58 Part of I.P.A.
and Roll Hall of
59 Speck
Fame
5 Fish in a
Japanese pond
60 Authors of many
sch. textbooks
62 Requirement
after a surgery,
perhaps
66 Apnea-treating
M.D.s
67 Before it’s too
late
68 Nickname in
1950s politics
69 Pulitzer-winning
James
70 Get moving
71 Suede feature
72 Exam with two
logical reasoning
sects.
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29 Part of a tenant
screening report
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ACROSS
No. 1010
Difficulty Level
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