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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 13 Chutzpah 14 Thrifty 15 Young buck 17 High trains 18 Flying high 19 Makeup exam 22 Pay to play 23 "Star Wars" name 25 High point 28 Like some garages 32 Generous virtue 34 Stephen of "The Crying Game" 35 Avarice, e.g. 36 Intensely hot 37 Contact, in a way 40 Zellweger of "Chicago" 41 Keyed up 42 Painter Edgar 43 Blocks up 44 Squeezes (out)

DOWN 1 Place of worship 2 Meal 3 Declare 4 Singer Etheridge 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 20 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 37 Smell awful 39 Belief, in brief

Crossword: Yesterday's answer

Sudoku

Rating: Hard. By Derek Bowman. 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.

Goren Bridge

Sudoku

Weekly Bridge Quiz

Q 1 - Neither vulnerable, as South, you hold: Right-hand opponent opens three spades. What call would you make?

Q 2 - East-West vulnerable, as South, you hold: You are the dealer. What call would you make?

Q 3 - Both vulnerable, as South, you hold: What call would you make?

Answer to today's medium Sudoku

Q 4 - North-South vulnerable, as South, you hold: What call would you make?

Q 5 - East-West vulnerable, as South, you hold: What call would you make?

Q 6 - Neither vulnerable, as South, you hold: What call would you make?

Look for answers on I8.

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Crossword

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 AYLGCE

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

Jumble

Yesterday's Jumbles: SHOWN CRYPT ACCEPT CRISIS

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

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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.

Cryptoquote

10-24 CRYPTOQUOTE

SD KMMJLY KSJL DVL AMBKY ARP OMGLBLY SH R OMZZKLB OBTPD MX ZBMAH PTWRB RHY OSHHRQMH. — PRBRV RYYSPMH RKKLH

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

Answer to today's Cryptoquip

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. Scrabble Grams solution: Rack 1 = 63, Rack 2 = 11, Rack 3 = 76, Rack 4 = 30. Par score 155-165. Total 220.

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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.

ACROSS 1 Neglect to mention 5 "Oh, and ..." 9 Other sock 13 Not much, as of lotion 17 Prefix with technology 18 You'll pay for this! 19 Finishes off 20 Liver's output 21 "10-4" 24 Profiteroles, by another name 27 Fit perfectly 28 Dieter's choice 29 "___ the One" (song on Springsteen's "Born to Run") 30 Tow job, maybe 33 Hurt all over 34 Philippine currency 35 Certain graphical shapes 36 Russian ruler of old 37 One may be teen or false 39 High-powered but lightweight racers 45 Diminutive for "Elizabeth" 48 "Most definitely!," in Mexico City 49 "That's my preference as well" 50 Crushing on 51 "___ there!" 52 "The 12 Days of Christmas" bird 53 Ring 54 Component of wine or vinegar 55 No-nos for many high-profile actors 58 Epoch conclusion 61 Titanic 62 Central 63 ___ Nublar, fictional setting of "Jurassic Park" 64 Pizzicato's opposite, musically 65 Summer cookout dish 71 Classic brand with the slogan "When it rains it pours" 75 Fair 78 Org. created in response to 67-Down 79 Electronic musician Steve 80 Stench 81 Oversupply 82 Takes to task 83 ___ cake 86 Son of Adam and Eve 87 Message about a suspicious login, e.g. 88 Mimicked 89 Hawaiian goose 92 Sections of pre-K days 93 Defense in a snowball fight 95 Wedding vows 96 Doc who might screen for HPV 97 Deets 98 Source of the Mississippi River 103 Behaves as if one were going to fail 109 At sea 110 10/4 celebration ... as suggested by this grid, which is made up entirely of 10- and 4-letter answers 111 Noun-forming suffix 112 "Ammunition" for a bubble gun 113 Lewis who wrote "The Taste of Country Cooking" 114 Morass 115 "Yuck!" 116 Both digits on Groundhog Day 117 Nails will do it, but not teeth 118 Texting button

Scrabble Grams

DOWN 1 Weight to bear 2 Ginóbili in the Basketball Hall of Fame 3 Busy with something else 4 Conform 5 "___ girl!" 6 Pillager's plunder 7 Blackthorn berry 8 Drawback to a brownstone 9 What gets a lot of viral views? 10 About 75% of a football field 11 Angry, with "off" 12 Son of Isaac and Rebekah 13 Resident of a Mideast capital 14 Result of 10 – 4, e.g. 15 ___ Romeo 16 Tops 22 Ways to go: Abbr. 23 OK 25 Seven-plus-hour exam with a lunch break, in brief 26 Neighbors of delts 31 German article 32 Furry friends 37 Library ID 38 Victor Hugo's religious epic poem 39 Oblique look 40 Ring around the doze-y? 41 Wander 42 Egyptian god of the sun disk 43 Reflective post 44 Beyoncé or Harry Styles, now 46 Agitate 47 Scotch's partner 56 Like most Iranians 57 Say "$%&!," say 59 Kind of score between 300 and 850 60 Ever's partner 65 Dowels, e.g. 66 Wheel support 67 Pioneering satellite launched 10/4/57 68 How some duels are fought 69 Home to a majority of people 70 Downloads that pair with your smartphone? 71 Post office post 72 Move like mud 73 Large photovoltaic arrays 74 Maxim about surviving in a rapidly changing world 75 Cause of "that butterfly feeling" 76 Prefix with "wife" for some influencers 83 "Now ___ me down to sleep" 84 Title for Horatio Magellan Crunch 90 Femme-fatale-filled genre 91 Approx. 93 Hall of Fame catcher Carlton 94 Start of a fairy tale 98 Gentle soul 99 Son of Adam and Eve 100 Rank of some profs: Abbr. 101 Spectacle 102 "See ya!" 104 Language written from right to left 105 Sisters 106 Style of singing on Louis Armstrong's "Heebie Jeebies" 107 Make 108 Like denim fabric, typically

Puzzle previously appeared in New York Times edition: 10/18/2026. Online subscriptions: Today's puzzle and more than 4,000 past puzzles, nytimes.com/crosswords ($39.95 a year).

The New York Times Magazine Crossword Puzzle