Puzzles

Goren Bridge: Weekly Bridge Quiz

Crossword

By THOMAS JOSEPH

ACROSS

1 Trolley's kin

5 May honorees

9 "Superman" star

10 Districts

12 Urge forward

Crossword: Yesterday's answer

13 Chutzpah

14 Thrifty

16 Young buck

17 High trains

18 Flying high

20 Makeup exam

22 Pay to play

23 "Star Wars" name

Sudoku

25 High point

28 Like some garages

32 Generous virtue

34 Stephen of "The Crying Game"

35 Avarice, e.g.

36 Intensely hot

38 Contact, in a way

40 Zellweger of "Chicago"

Sudoku: How to play and answer to today's medium sudoku

41 Keyed up

42 Painter Edgar

43 Blocks up

44 Squeezes (out)

DOWN

1 Place of worship

2 Meal

3 Declare

4 Singer Etheridge

Crossword

5 Japanese comic books

6 Valuable rock

7 Arthur's aide

8 Wise one

9 Stair part

11 Marshy grass

15 Contrary to good manners

19 Exceptionally

Jumble

21 Continually

24 Fencing cry

25 Useful ability

26 Sounded the hour

27 Tomorrow, in Tijuana

29 Cower

30 Virgil hero

31 Storms

33 Resort spots

Cryptoquote

37 Smell awful

39 Belief, in brief

Yesterday's answer

Sudoku

By DEREK BOWMAN

Rating: Hard. Answers Monday.

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

Premier Crossword answer

Goren Bridge

Weekly Bridge Quiz

Look for answers on I8.

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.

ETUSQ

OLPTI

OLNEPL

Cryptoquip

AYLGCE

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

Yesterday's Jumbles: SHOWN CRYPT ACCEPT CRISIS

Answer: After all the passengers left, the ocean liner was the — "CREW'S" SHIP

Cryptoquote

AXYDLBAAXR is LONGFELLOW. 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.

10-24

Yesterday's Cryptoquote: YOU MEET SAINTS EVERYWHERE. THEY CAN BE ANYWHERE. THEY ARE PEOPLE BEHAVING DECENTLY IN AN INDECENT SOCIETY. — KURT VONNEGUT

King Features Syndicate. Answers Monday.

Cryptoquip

Scrabble Grams

IF SOME CARGO ON A SHIP IS SO NICE THAT YOU'RE ENTICED TO STEAL IT, WHAT WOULD YOU CALL IT? TEMPTING FREIGHT.

Answers to today's Scrabble Grams

Premier Crossword answer

The New York Times Magazine Crossword Puzzle

10-4

By KATHRYN BALE / Edited by WILL SHORTZ

Kathryn Bale, of Walnut Grove, British Columbia, is a postdoctoral researcher on graph theory at the École Normale Supérieure, in Paris. This is her first published crossword. She says: "I wanted to build a crossword with just two entry lengths. '10-4' was a lucky and beautiful justification for the grid." — W.S.

Puzzle previously appeared in New York Times edition: 10/18/2026. Answers on I8.

The New York Times Magazine Crossword Puzzle