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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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40 See 11-Down
52 Org. for W.W. II
Hurricane pilots
53 Slaughterhouse
scraps
41 College town
WSW of Albany
55 It goes with the
flow
43 Hack job?
56 Cantankerous
sort
44 Club that few
golfers carry
60 Curious
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FRESHMAN LEVEL
1. A Christmas song.
2. His version of “White Christmas” is the best-
selling single record.
3. The traditional entry into a house for Santa.
GRADUATE LEVEL
4. A representation of Christ’s nativity in the
stable at Bethlehem.
5. A paper roll with a favor inside that pops
when the ends are pulled sharply.
6. Many people credit this company’s ads with
creating the image of Santa Claus.
Last Week’s Answers:
PH.D. LEVEL
7. Feb. 2; a Christian holy day.
8. Term for a small bed for a baby.
9. Title of a 1945 fi lm: “Christmas in _____.”
ANSWERS: 1. Carol. 2. Crosby (Bing). 3. Chimney. 4. Creche. 5. Cracker. 6. Coca-Cola. 7. Candlemas. 8. Cradle. 9. Connecticut.
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39 Dessert drink
made with frozen
grapes
48 Cantankerous
sort
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enthusiast, e.g.
45 Theme in
“Hamlet”
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contingent at a
cotillion
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12 Chilean dictator
Pinochet
13 Moralizer’s
comment
18 Inexperienced
27 Agitator seeking
radical change
28 Big name in tires
29 National park NE
of Las Vegas
31 Zap, in a way
32 Clockmaker ___
Terry
34 “Ray Donovan”
channel, briefly
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Subject: “C” IS FOR CHRISTMAS
Each answer is a Christmas word that begins
with “C.” (e.g., Santa’s surname. Answer:
Claus.)
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Take this Super Quiz to a Ph.D. Score 1 point for each
correct answer on the Freshman Level, 2 points on
the Graduate Level and 3 points on the Ph.D. Level.
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SUPER QUIZ
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27 Candies that
make your mouth 56 Oaf
10 California city
burn
57 Popular nasal
whose name
spray
29 Baked dish often
sounds like a
served with
58 Done: Fr.
surprised two-
tomato sauce
word greeting
59 17-Across hit
… or a hint to
30 Merchant
14 Film pooch
four connected
33 Reveals to, as a
answers in this
15 Supermarket
secret
puzzle
checkout choices
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blue
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“We
gave
it
a
16 Oaf
shot”
62 Threw in a chip,
17 The Man in Black
say
37 “I met her in a
19 Comedy bits
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Fusses
club down in old
___”
(“Lola”
lyric)
20 Difficult to
64 On deck
differentiate
38 Excoriates
65 Common wizard
feature
21 Decidedly not
42 Sarge, e.g.
lowbrow
66 What keeps
46 Feel the burn
things in focus?
22 Light blue
47 Performance with
23 Tropical
twirling torches
DOWN
squawker
1 Place that’s
49 Santa ___
24 ___ milk
orange on a
50 Top suit
Monopoly board
25 Inits. before
some presidents’ 51 Cable TV’s Nat
2 “Missed your
chance!”
names
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3 Fair
ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE
4 Chocolatier
of children’s
S P A S
S U N
C A M P
literature
H E L P
C O L O N
P L E A
5 Cool-looking, in
A C M E
L O T T E
U P S Y
slang
S C O W
A T R I A
S I S I
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The house of
T A N
A S H A N T I
N A N
Felipe VI?
A D D E R S
E M U E G G
I P E C A C
T R I F L E
7 Hot, hot, hot!
S L A S H
H A H
N O O B S
8 Gives a makeover
A L S
I H A V E I T
D O E
9 Visibly aghast
C O T
V A N G O G H
G A G
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First saint of the
K E E N E N
N E W E R A
Russian Orthodox
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S S N S
D O Z E
D
Church
F I A T
E R O S
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With
40-Down,
G R O W T H P O T E N T I A L
Oscar-nominated
A H A
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A D O
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M B A
player of
P O T
T E X
P E W
17-Across
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monks
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for short
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