Puzzles

HOCUS-FOCUS

HOCUS-FOCUS BY HENRY BOLTINOFF Find at least six differences in details between panels.

JUMBLE THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek

Unscramble these Jumbles, one letter to each square, to form four ordinary words.

NCWOR RPEGU ILEKFC OPTRAS

Now arrange the circled letters to form the surprise answer, as suggested by the above cartoon.

(Answers tomorrow) Yesterday's Jumbles: GRIPE BASIC LAWYER GLOSSY Answer: For James Bond, stealing the plans for the secret weapon was — EASY AS "SPY"

Cryptoquote by Derek Bowman One letter stands for another. Single letters, apostrophes, the patterns and length of words are all clues. The code is different for each quote.

MPZYGM GQHJ PYJJM PQHJ

Jumble

V J J K J Y Y Z Z P M . - V Z U U R

K Q Y P Z X

Previous cryptoquote: YOU FIND OUT WHO YOUR REAL FRIENDS ARE WHEN YOU'RE INVOLVED IN A SCANDAL. - ELIZABETH TAYLOR

Build-A-Word by Derek Bowman Find as many three or more letter words as you can from the word shown below. Each letter may be used only once. MB = Master Builder; WS = Wordsmith

Today's word: RAINBOW - MB = 49 words; WS = 35

Previous Solution - SCANDALS

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