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CROSSWORD BY THOMAS JOSEPH

ACROSS 1 Exec's note 5 Packs down 10 Impulse conductors 12 Left on a liner 13 Tyler Perry persona 14 Knot anew 15 Serving feat 16 Links org. 18 Water cooler 19 Rank indicator 21 Iditarod need 22 Marks up, in a way 24 Game setting 25 Gets creative 29 Clarinet's kin 30 Craps natural 32 Dog doc 33 Whichever one 34 Part of college email addresses 35 "The Tempest" sprite 37 Valued violin 39 Boosts 40 Critical asset 41 Authority 42 Departs

DOWN 1 Papas' partners 2 Track bet 3 New 4 Binary digit 5 Scarlett's home 6 Gibbon, e.g. 7 Able to move 8 Catalog info 9 Spirited horse 11 1972 Winter Games setting 17 Avenge oneself 20 Goofy 21 Declare 23 Market watcher 25 Lisbon setting 26 Inform 27 Extremely 28 Calm 29 Squashed circles 31 Some sculptures 33 To boot 36 UFO fliers 38 Luggage ID

Yesterday's answer MAGMA CRIBS ALLEN RENAL SPENT EAGLE TIN SCARRED END YET IRS REAM LORDS JUG RUB SADAT NERD PEC FOE REO ASKSFOR GNU PASTE ROMES AMOUR OSAGE LENDS RUNES

SUDOKU BY DEREK BOWMAN

Sudoku

How to play Fill in the grid so that each row of nine squares, each column of nine and each section of nine (three squares by three) contains the numbers 1 through 9 in any order. There is only one solution to each puzzle.

ANSWER TO TODAY'S MEDIUM SUDOKU: 7 8 3 5 1 9 4 6 2 4 9 5 6 2 3 1 8 7 1 6 2 4 8 7 3 5 9 5 4 8 7 6 2 9 1 3 9 1 6 3 4 8 7 2 5 2 3 7 1 9 5 8 4 6 6 5 9 8 7 4 2 3 1 3 7 4 2 5 1 6 9 8 8 2 1 9 3 6 5 7 4

GOREN BRIDGE WEEKLY BRIDGE QUIZ

Q 1 - Both vulnerable, as South, you hold: ♠ A Q 7 6 5 3 ♥ Void ♦ J 8 4 ♣ 9 8 6 2 NORTH EAST SOUTH WEST 1♥ Pass 1♠ Pass 3♥ Pass ? What call would you make?

Q 2 - North-South vulnerable, as South, you hold: ♠ A K Q 6 3 ♥ 6 5 ♦ 10 8 3 ♣ 9 8 5 NORTH EAST SOUTH WEST 1♣ Pass 1♠ Pass 2♥ Pass ? What call would you make?

Jumble

Q 3 - East-West vulnerable, as South, you hold: ♠ Q 6 5 ♥ 3 ♦ Q J 5 4 3 2 ♣ 10 7 2 WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH 1♣ 1♠ 2♥ ? What call would you make?

Q 4 - Both vulnerable, as South, you hold: ♠ A 4 ♥ Q 10 2 ♦ A 7 5 3 ♣ J 6 4 3 NORTH EAST SOUTH WEST 1♣ Pass 1♦ Pass 1NT Pass ? What call would you make?

Q 5 - Neither vulnerable, as South, you hold: ♠ J 9 8 7 ♥ A K J 9 4 3 ♦ 3 ♣ A SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST 1♥ Dbl Pass 2♣ ? What call would you make?

Q 6 - Both vulnerable, as South, you hold: ♠ 5 ♥ A 8 6 5 3 2 ♦ Q 7 ♣ Q 10 7 6 Right-hand opponent opens one no trump. What call would you make?

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CRYPTOQUOTE AXYDLBAAXR is LONGFELLOW

Premier Crossword Answer

One letter stands for another. In this sample, A is used for the three L's, X for the two O's, etc. Single letters, apostrophes, the length and formation of the words are all hints. Each day the code letters are different.

MKX LPHBX-FXZ BNNY, MKX K H F R X E M BNNY, FNPPE HPNYT MKX KJPPE, TXYMPG CNDYIJYT, H RHEM CHPPNY. — MX Z KDTKXE

Yesterday's Cryptoquote: WHEN YOU HAVE MADE AS MANY MISTAKES AS I HAVE THEN YOU CAN BE AS GOOD AS ME. — WOLFGANG PUCK

ANSWER TO TODAY'S CRYPTOQUIP: IF CIVIL WAR GENERAL WILLIAM WERE AT THE SUMMIT OF EVEREST, WHAT MIGHT ONE CALL HIM? SHERMAN ON THE MOUNT.

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.

Scrabble Grams Solution

TYLAL LPIUP BLEHSU GENGTU

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

Yesterday's Jumbles: WITTY RIVER EMBARK EXPEND Answer: The math whiz liked odd numbers but thought those divisible by two were — EVEN BETTER

The New York Times Magazine Crossword Puzzle THE FULL 12 ROUNDS BY ADAM WAGNER / EDITED BY WILL SHORTZ

Adam Wagner, of Oakland, Calif., is a creative lead at Patreon, a monetization platform for content creators. He's the creator of the online games Shuffalo and Catalogues on The New Yorker's website. Adam says it's "crossword kismet" that the six theme examples in this puzzle worked out perfectly in length, interlock and symmetry. Sometimes a crossword is just meant to be. — W.S.

ACROSS 1 Bad association 7 Shoot for dinner? 12 Jeweler's wares 19 ... in global commerce)(Conflict 20 Emerge 21 DeVore who co-founded one of the first U.S. agencies for nonwhite models in 1946 22 Potential benefit 23 Was almost out of supplies 25 That's saying something! 26 Turned into an internet gag 27 Japanese graphic novels 28 ... outdoor festivals)(Bathrooms at ... 30 Dukes, countesses, etc. 32 Put down in writing 37 Actress Sink of "Stranger Things" 39 Baby who's up all night? 40 Where many papyrus plants grow 41 Frenzied locale at a rock concert 44 Press a case? 45 "Spring forward" hrs. 47 Test room 48 Cut back on 49 Kind of effect that can manifest as a counterclockwise motion in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise motion in the Southern Hemisphere [with a hint to this puzzle's shaded squares] 53 Carnivore whose vocalization sounds like giggling 55 Google's domain 58 Hindu festival of colors 59 Auto brand whose logo is meant to evoke the precision of a caliper 62 Instant 63 Challenge to a potential investor 66 ... transport)(Bigwig's ... 68 Straightaway driving contests 70 Philadelphia-area university that's a powerhouse in men's hoops 73 ... park an auto)(Narrow space in which to ... 74 Marvelous 77 One in 100: Abbr. 78 "It ___ Me" (2000 Shaggy hit) 79 Word with dish or drag 80 Locale for many a commercial logo 82 German brewery since 1873 85 Return to an earlier topic of conversation ... or what six answers in this puzzle literally do 89 Cause of some red cheeks 90 Entertainment source for general audiences, in brief? 91 Bub 94 ___ Lanka 95 Custom-tailored 98 One of Cuba's Castros 100 Lose it 102 Best-case 103 Crafts used in NASA's Galileo and Juno missions 107 Good position to be in? 112 ... clarify or explain)(Seeking to ... 113 Hide-outs 115 Itsy-bitsy 116 Disk-flipping strategy game 119 Like wheat beers 121 Certain factory machine 122 Chaperones 123 Many a John Williams composition 124 ... of hindsight)(With the benefit ... 125 Clear coat 126 Oafs 127 Deal made on the spot?

The New York Times Magazine Crossword Puzzle

DOWN 1 Bewilder 2 Conical accommodations 3 Unhelpful way to respond to "Hello?" 4 "Jackie Brown" star Pam 5 Unruly rush 6 Commercial suffix with Power 7 Singer Bareilles 8 Have a spring in one's step 9 One of the Beatles 10 Faith with five pillars 11 Prefix with cache 12 Assumed ownership over 13 Pulls out, as weeds 14 Choreographer Twyla 15 Achieve a sunbather's goal 16 ___ rating (chess stat) 17 Old space station 18 Perhaps 24 Chinese artist Ai 27 Triage provider 29 The Cardinals, on scoreboards 31 Clothing brand named for perceived generational differences in the '60s 33 "___ Rouge" 34 It's driven into the ground 35 Flair 36 Redheaded "Queen of Country" 38 Diminutive Spanish suffix 41 Bill of HBO's "Real Time" 42 Mine craft? 43 Do some garment-making 44 Performances for one 46 Competitor of Bluesky and X 48 Affliction for some vets, in brief 50 Greek PPP 51 Promise of payback 52 Chef Nosrat who wrote the best seller "Salt Fat Acid Heat" 54 Tall tale 56 Sonic euphoria, colloquially 57 Scottish hillsides 60 Far from the target, in a guessing game 61 Illuminated from below 64 Univ. course that's in demand? 65 Streisand musical 67 "That's freaking epic!" 69 Rubberneck 70 ___ cava (major blood vessel) 71 Sci-fi pioneer Jules 72 It gets you a hand 74 Portmanteau sandwich cookie with a layer of marshmallow 75 Big ___, nickname for M.L.B.'s David Ortiz 76 Lefty, to a righty 81 "Ni ___" (Chinese "hello") 82 ___ Khalifa, tower scaled by Tom Cruise in "Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol" 83 Heir with much hair in the Bible 84 Great success 86 Fish hawk 87 Purportedly calming compound in some gummies, in brief 88 Play for ___ 92 Shaders of gray? 93 Cultural group of SW Britain 96 ___ soda 97 Astronomically demoted, per a 2006 Word of the Year 99 Persist 101 Fitting 102 "Am I crazy ... ?" 104 Twin sister of Sherri on "The Simpsons" 105 Malaise, with "the" 106 Lets up 108 Violently eliminates, in gamer-speak 109 Volkswagen sedan 110 Buck enshrined in Cooperstown 111 David who fronted Talking Heads 114 Some loaves or liquors 116 Something gas cars do noisily that electric vehicles don't 117 That, in Spanish 118 Forerunner of the DVD player 120 "when r u coming?" 121 Relaxing getaway