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23 SS ___, onetime
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29 Actress
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numbers 1 to 9 in the empty squares so that each row, each
column and each 3x3 box contains the same number only
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22 Ear covering
23 Moby Dick, for
one
24 Some casino
personnel
25 Launch time
26 Arcade fixtures
28 Horseshoe Falls
setting
31 Hosp. locale
33 Radio shortcut
35 Gunpowder
alternative, for
short
37 Super Mario
Galaxy console
39 Terrific time, in
slang
40 Spare part,
perhaps
42 Rendered pork
fat
43 Clothing
45 Altered
dishonestly
46 “The nerve!”
49 Nook
51 And the
following: Abbr.
53 Those, in Segovia
55 Diner order that
often comes with
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56 Bar code?
58 Pop subgenre
59 Web address
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60 Santa ___ winds
61 Perhaps
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1. Bacardi rum uses this mammal as its logo.
2. A skull and crossbones on a bottle indicates
______.
3. What does the symbol © indicate?
GRADUATE LEVEL
4. What astrological sign has an archer as a
zodiac symbol?
5. The symbol of a running man is widely used
to indicate an _____.
6. Which element has the symbol He.
Last Week’s Answers:
PH.D. LEVEL
7. What does the symbol ? (sigma) denote?
8. What does the musical symbol ? indicate?
9. The symbol nicknamed a “lazy eight”
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2 Hornets are in it,
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3 Anthem
contraction
4 Cousins of crepes
5 Stiff and
mechanical
6 Promoting peace
7 ___ Tour
8 Adjust to match,
informally
9 Contents of many
an index card
10 Like soliloquy
deliverers,
typically
11 Moving targets
for waves
12 Third Greek vowel
13 Dover’s home:
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18 ___ Babies
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20 It’s a gas
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55 Hugo ___,
longtime
Supreme Court
justice
57 Result of
connecting the
circled letters in
a certain way, in
a punny manner
of speaking
62 Woodworker’s
shaper
63 Halley’s comet,
to William the
Conqueror
64 Poet ___ St.
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65 Suit material for
Mr. Toad
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drinker who
might remark
“I’m getting hints
of unripened
banana”
30 Kind of salad
with tomatoes,
eggs, olives and
anchovies
32 It’s often left on
the table
34 Second
Monopoly avenue
36 “Grody!”
37 Put on
38 Actress Graff of
“Mr. Belvedere”
39 Bearded beast
40 Stain
41 Having
everything in its
proper place
42 Language akin to
Thai
43 Spanish queens
44 Hosp. locales
45 Prince of Narnia
47 Art nouveau?
48 Monsieur, across
the Pyrenees
50 Criticizes pettily
52 Part of a crystal
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No. 0122
Difficulty Level
C rossword
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