By Dave Green
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Subject: AMERICANA
(e.g., Who was Barack Obama’s vice
president? Answer: Joe Biden.)
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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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Difficulty Level
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PUZZLE BY EMILY CARROLL
29 Work station
44 Mob man
31 Book after Ezra:
Abbr.
49 Spa amenities
34 Mr. Met, for one
51 Sister in a
Brothers Grimm
tale
36 “Gangsta’s
Paradise” rapper
59 Official of ancient
Rome
61 Grows fond of
38 Call off
53 1998 Olympics
host city
40 Post-blizzard
need
54 Positive particle
63 Traditional
remedy for a sore
throat
65 Chum
66 One may be
bronze or golden
41 A long way to go? 55 Shout before
entering a
42 Part of a church
gunfight
chorus
67 Oil worker’s locale
43 Like some cellars
70 Campaigned
58 Ill will
68 Term of
endearment
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FRESHMAN LEVEL
1. What historic event took place Dec. 7, 1941?
2. Who played the title role in the fi lm “Mr. Smith
Goes to Washington”?
3. For what novel is Margaret Mitchell famous?
GRADUATE LEVEL
4. Jack Nicholson, Heath Ledger and Joaquin
Phoenix all played this character in fi lms.
5. Former beauty queen Lynda Carter portrayed
this superhero on TV.
6. For what do the letters stand in the federal
agency DOD?
Last Week’s Answers:
PH.D. LEVEL
7. The men of which Indian tribe shaved their
head except for a central ridge of hair?
8. Who played Mr. Rogers in the 2019 fi lm “A
Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood”?
9. Who famously said, “Mr. Watson, come here,
I want to see you”?
ANSWERS: 1. Attack on Pearl Harbor. 2. James Stewart. 3. “Gone With the Wind.” 4. The Joker. 5. Wonder Woman. 6. Department of Defense. 7.
Mohawk. 8. Tom Hanks. 9. Alexander Graham Bell.
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SUPER QUIZ
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1 “Whatever pays
22 Dark period for
50 GQ or T
the bills”
poets
2 Arrow poison
52 Like much
23 Not written
stand-up comedy
3 “Star Wars” Jedi,
familiarly
25 Stinging plant
56 Lira : Turkey ::
4 Competitor of
___ : Korea
27 It’s often the fish
Ruffles
in fish and chips 57 Have high hopes
5 Tread slowly
30 Country
60 Starchy tuber
6 St. Petersburg
bordering Togo
was once named
61 Practice before a
32 “Seize the ___!”
after him
game
7 Wiped
33 Chimney output
62 Crazy popular, as
8 Disappear, as a
35 “Don’t freak out”
a product
trail
37 Uno tripled
64 Ending to a White 9 Adams with a
39 Dollar alternative
House address
camera
10 Snickers
ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE
11 Entrepreneur
Musk
B F F
G A S C A P
L I M B
E L I
I D E A L S
A R I A 12 Bowl over
L O N G F O R N I A
B A N K 13 Michigan, in
Chicago: Abbr.
L E E R
R I D
T O Q U E
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“Get
___ Ya-Ya’s
P I N E F O R C H R I S
Out!”
S O L E S
I O U
P H I L S
P O O L
G R A B 21 Place to find corn
dogs and funnel
J O N E S F O R J A N U A R Y
cakes
S O T S
I K E A
A M I G A
24 Tripoli native
O D E
I A M S O
26 Banks of
Y E N F O R D O N N I E
“America’s Next
T A R O T
E P A
E A S T
Top Model”
O H I O
H O P E F O R B O B
27 Quiet fishing spot
M O C K
U L T R O N
E F S
28 “The Grapes of
B O A S
H A S A G O
T A P
Wrath” figure
20 Insult, slangily
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47 One of a Disney
septet
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19 Shoot the breeze
46 Buffoon
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18 It may bring one
back to reality
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17 Site of Saguaro
National Park
45 Home of the
oldest university
in the Americas
(founded 1551)
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16 Classic Bob
Marley song
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8 Means of access
65 Root that’s
roasted and
eaten
69 Test the strength
of, chemically
71 Rabble-rouse
72 Noted Roosevelt
73 Gift that comes
in pieces
74 Classic Bill
Withers song
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1 High-profile pair
40 Participate
in a common
children’s game,
as illustrated in
this puzzle
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ACROSS
No. 0130
Difficulty Level
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Edited by Will Shortz