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CLUES ACROSS1. Unpleasant substance5. Oil group10. One-time Yankees rookiesensation14. Ireland15. Less easily found16. Southeast Nigeria people17. Bridgeline Digital stockdesignation18. Play loudly19. Elegantly fashionable20. Open sore22. Frozen water23. Sacred Islamic site24. “Kokomo” rockers27. Follows sigma30. Cease to exist31. Cool32. Doctors’ group35. Less attractive37. Swiss river38. Greek sophist39. Grandmothers40. Afflict41. Russian pancake of buckwheatflour and yeast42. Actress __ Rachel Wood43. Not bright44. Western Asia peninsula45. Baseball speedster Gordon46. Golf score47. Transmits genetic informationfrom DNA to the cytoplasm48. Diego, Francisco, Anselmo49. Songs to one’s lover52. Cattle’s mammary gland55. Having ten

56. Fencing sword60. Scarlett’s home61. Hold valuables63. Italian Seaport64. Cain and __65. Bad places to live66. Large, wading bird67. Witches68. Cover with drops69. Props up the head

CLUES DOWN1. Philippine province2. Shallow channel3. Type of acid4. Cygnus’ brightest star5. One who buys and sellssecurities (abbr.)6. Ill will7. Plant of the goosefoot family8. Intellectual9. Mineral10. Shiny silicate minerals11. Ottoman civilian title12. What you wear wheneating BBQ (2 words)13. Soul and calypso song21. Advises23. “The Spanish Tragedy”playwright25. Surrounds the earth26. Paddle 27. Adjusted28. Succulent plant29. Forearm bones32. Belonging to Egyptianascetic Apollo’s colleague33. Type of mental illness

34. One from Asia36. 007’s creator37. Direct toward38. Pie _ __ mode40. Large terrier41. Hillsides43. Patriotic women (abbr.)44. Connects words46. For each47. Flower cluster49. Closes a deal50. Arabian desert51. Vaccine against poliomyelitis52. American state53. Religion practiced in China54. Type of sediment57. Hall of Famer Ruth58. “Layla” singer Clapton59. Gamble61. Sino-Soviet block (abbr.)62. Midway between south andsouthwest

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Fun By The Numbers

Like puzzles? Then you’ll love sudoku. Thismind-bending puzzle will have you hookedfrom the moment you square off, so sharpenyour pencil and put your sudoku savvy to thetest!

Here’s How It Works:

Sudoku puzzles are formatted as a 9x9 grid,broken down into nine 3x3 boxes. To solve asudoku, the numbers 1 through 9 must fill eachrow, column and box. Each number can appearonly once in each row, column and box. Youcan figure out the order in which the numberswill appear by using the numeric clues alreadyprovided in the boxes. The more numbers youname, the easier it gets to solve the puzzle!

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