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Difficulty Level
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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 BARBARA LIN
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Comaneci of
gymnastics
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Early people of
the Great Lakes
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Speculate
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Puts coins into
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One side of
New York/
New Jersey’s
G.W. Bridge
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King or queen,
e.g.
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Perform an
operation
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On the straight
and narrow now
Book after Joel
Original
occupation
for Rachel on
“Friends”
Early PC
software
“Aladdin” villain
Cute calendar
subject
To whom the
Parthenon is
dedicated
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Seafood server
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Isn’t square
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Like royal
flushes
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Pay to play
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Long hike
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Museum on the
Thames
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Graze
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Rio greeting
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Mr., abroad
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FRESHMAN LEVEL
1. What musical was set in the fi ctional River
City of Iowa?
2. In which fi lm did Hattie McDaniel become the
fi rst African-American to win an Oscar?
3. In which 1962 fi lm did Robert Duvall play a
role with no dialogue?
GRADUATE LEVEL
4. For which fi lm did Cher win the Best Actress
Oscar?
5. What musical fi lm used the tagline “The
Loverliest Motion Picture of Them All”?
6. In which movie was the Oscar-winning song
“Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darling” featured?
Last Week’s Answers:
PH.D. LEVEL
7. In which fi lm did Roberto Benigni direct
himself as Guido and win the Best Actor Oscar?
8. This fi lm noir was the basis for the plot of
“Body Heat” (1981).
9. This fi lm from South Korea won the Best Film
Oscar in 2020.
Answer________
ANSWERS: 1. “The Music Man.” 2. “Gone With the Wind.” 3. “To Kill a Mockingbird.” 4. “Moonstruck.” 5. “My Fair Lady” (1964). 6. “High Noon” (1952).
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Subject: MOVIE TITLES
(e.g., In which fi lm did you hear, “Greed, for
lack of a better word, is good”? Answer: “Wall
Street.”)
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much-debated
pronunciation
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Augustus
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3 Scourge
4 Not appropriate
5 Broadcasting
aids
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6 Title woman of
a 1965 Beach
Boys hit
7 Part of a
TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE
Mickey Mouse
costume
A T O M
P A T S Y
8 Torah holder
L I P O
A B A T E
9 Casually try
L E T O
S O F I A
V E S I N A H U F F
10 Triangular
snack item
A L U M
L A T E L Y
S E P U F F
T E E 11 Zealous
C
M O I
V A S T 12 Shoe designer
O N E
G E R E
Caovilla
I D A
E R O D E 13 There are 10
K U R T I S B L O W
million in a
joule
O K
A O N E
D A W
B I G B A D W O L F
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A I M E
M A L I 19 Tennis star
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S C A N
A C I D
Naomi
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P A N T
R E P S 23 Spanish kiss
SUPER QUIZ
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E T T A
P A W S
A L E E
L E A
A Y N
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T O R I
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A S K
S A Y S
T H E
S L I D
S A G G
A S H E
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Foils
The unhappy
orthopedic
surgeon …
Art Deco artist
First name on
the Supreme
Court
Mix up
Recognized
Westernmost
capital in
mainland Africa
Freeway hauler
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ANSWER
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The unhappy
calendar maker
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They’re raised
on farms
___-Pacific
RR station info
Polish, in a way
Tease
Join together, in
a way
Something
blown on for
good luck
Low-effort
internet joke
World-weary
The unhappy
elevator
operator …
Wedding pair
President who
also served
as provisional
governor of
Cuba
Frederick
Douglass, for
one
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Where the first
velociraptor
fossil was
discovered
(1923)
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10 Take a chance
14 ___ Drago,
foe of Rocky
Balboa
15 “Schitt’s
Creek” actress
Catherine
16 Not loving
anymore
17 The unhappy
drill press
operator ...
20 Increases in
intensity
21 “I Am the
Walrus” and
“Revolution,” for
two
22 Cottage cheese
morsel
23 Beginner’s
trumpet sound
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ACROSS
No. 0604
Difficulty Level
C rossword
Edited by Will Shortz