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Train Tracks

Lay down tracks to allow a train to travel from A to B. Only use straight and curved rails and the track cannot cross itself. The numbers indicate how many sections of rail go in each column and row. — Crosswords Ltd.

Jumble

Jumble 5

Jumble 7

Jumble 6

Jumble 8

The Commuter Crossword

Betty __ of old cartoons

Feast with a roast pig

Wise man

Cuban dance

1996 GOP candidate

Sends away

Teary-__; emotional 23 Held on to

“Elvis __ left the building!”

26 Speak highly of

Hewlett-Packard machines

Hits the ceiling

$1,000

Almost ready for a refill

__-the-top; outrageous

or Rudolph

Franklin or Savage

Coming into

Fights off

Take a load off

Pence, for short

Tourette’s symptoms

Backsliding

Circle dance

Banishment 58 Time when both hands are straight up

“__ in a Manger”

Pago Pago’s land

Actress Lollobrigida

Captures

At the head of the class

Cartoon dog

The Commuter Crossword

ABC competitor

Beatles’ “The Long and Winding __”

Barber pole feature

Have confidence in

Prepares to shoot

Cutting prices

First among siblings

Life __; circular floating device

Sought legal action

Military meal

“…O’er the land of the free __ the home…”

Thorough investigation

Bird in a Poe poem

Athlete’s negotiator

Fork part

Make joyous

Smile 38 One who takes orders

__ out; planning a

41 Thanksgiving’s follower: abbr.

Notices 44 Prose writings

Say again

Bravery

48 “Easier said __ done” 49 Ottumwa’s state

50 __ Louie; “King of Salads” 52 School test

53 __ beans

54 Pinot __; red wine

55 “__, but not forgotten”

59 Girl’s nickname

The Commuter Crossword

“FLIP THE SWITCH”

By KEVIN SALAT

ACROSS

1 Expert’s nugget

7 Seaside eatery

14 Relative challenge for some

19 Stand-up sort

20 Filmmaker for whom a Golden Globe award is named

21 Part of TNT

22 Lectured about links?

24 Got out of the pen

26 1974 Peace Nobelist from Japan

27 Gram opening

28 Word on a towel

29 Icky stuff

30 __-cone

33 Portable preparedness kit

35 Rang

37 2019 NCAA hoops champ

38 Start of a few choice words?

40 World Golf Hall of Famer Lorena

42 Big discount events

45 Fabric flaws

46 Govt. health org.

47 “We have that in stock,” e.g.?

49 Uniformed “O Canada” singer

51 Prom coif

52 Maple syrup base

53 Oktoberfest vessel

54 Balaam’s mount

55 “In memoriam” piece

59 Adjust the length of

63 Peach center

64 “Cabaret” film director

66 Spanning

68 Foo Fighters frontman Grohl

69 “__ dreaming?”

70 Extra-base hit, likely?

73 Guys

74 Frog hangout

76 Like many awards

77 Similarly named rival of a video game plumber

78 PDX : Portland :: __ : Chicago

79 Heavenly body?

81 Sentence structure?

82 Wetland

Sunday Crossword Puzzle

83 Tips politely

85 Complainer who won’t quit

87 Dressed 89 Fundraiser 91 Fake modeling material?

97 Round number? 98 Obama Education secretary Duncan 99 Specialized market segment

100 Big name in grills

102 Utah’s __ Canyon

103 Do brunch, say 104 Maze navigator

106 Cara of “Fame”

108 Yet, in poetry

109 “That was ages __”

110 Law firm fig.

111 Brief affair

113 XL, for one

115 Work intermittently (in)

117 Let go of a factory workers unit?

122 Intel-gathering mission

123 Premier League powerhouse

124 Syrian city

125 Rainbow-shaped

126 Has no wrong answers, say 127 Academy bestowals

1 Downing St. VIPs

Union __ 3 “Blueprint for a Sunrise” artist 4 Chiding sounds 5 Frigid time 6 ID card feature 7 New Orleans summer hrs. 8 Bethlehem university 9 “Absolutely!” 10 Prop for an emcee 11 Olive pursuer of comics 12 Sprouts source 13 Call the game 14 First to hear the news 15 Little bites 16 P.O. delivery 17 Peppery salad green 18 Convinced 23 Twerp 25 “Find out”

__ mentality 30 NBA’s Nikola Jokic, e.g.

31 “Lost in Yonkers” playwright

32 Guidebook for throwing a shot? 34 37-Across conf. 36 “Hamilton” creator __-Manuel Miranda 39 “Aha!” 41 “I’m such a klutz!”

Char

Energetically excited

Cooking oil option

Poor spirits?

Sec 51 Good to have around

All together 56 Prepared, as beer

Waterloo resident 58 Ruler until

Edie of “The Sopranos”

93 Red __: fictional sub

__ party

American Heart Mo., aptly

Armed conflict

What “/” may mean

Ardent enthusiast

Frames around smartphone displays

Top-tier

Mandarin hello

Lotion ingredient 112 Hendryx of the “Lady Marmalade” trio Labelle 114 Util. supply 116 Include covertly, briefly

Online gaming annoyance 118 St. Pete’s place

Beer choice 120 “Code Switch” airer 121 Dawn goddess

GARY LARSON

Sunday Crossword Puzzle

“WHAT ABOUT BOB?”

By ROBIN STEARS

1 Narratives of deeds

5 Dental alloys

13 Hamlet relative

20 Bubbly name

21 Attacked aggressively

22 It’s usually taken in twos

23 Flop

25 He plays Armstrong in “First Man”

26 Cub : bear :: cria :

27 Not quite cuatro

28 Relative of tsk

29 Silent letters?

30 Article in Die Zeit

31 English class assignment

34 Colorful Bobby Vinton album (and hit song)

38 Certain flower cultivator

40 Town __

42 Eur. land on the Atlantic

43 Gravlax herb

44 Perform at the Improv, say

45 Blows

49 1936 Edward G. Robinson gangster film

55 Troon turndowns

56 It borders three oceans

57 Carpet layer’s concern

58 Entirely fill

59 Fine-tunes

60 Baseball’s “Stan the Man”

63 Gillian’s role on “The X-Files”

65 Justification

67 Finesse

68 Sun metaphor

73 Like sashimi

75 Currency replaced by the euro

77 Two-master

78 Search for provisions

80 Waiter’s handouts

81 Medication container

85 Usher

87 Sign sometimes upsetting

88 Clobber

89 Make extreme efforts

Sunday Crossword Puzzle

93 Shoot for, with “to”

95 Use a password, say

96 1985 movie with three possible endings

97 Asian holiday

98 Something in the air

99 Lemonade-andlager drinks

103 1998 Stephen King “haunted love story”

107 Mike __, “Glee” character

108 “United Shades of America” channel

109 “Xanadu” gp.

110 Pub pal

111 “Lucky Guy” playwright Ephron

113 “Band of Gold” singer Payne

115 Help

118 “You’re in my space, pal!”

122 Like many a covered bridge

123 Selfish

124 Saltimbocca meat

125 Time frames

126 Property tax payer, e.g.

127 Links numbers

1 “Epitaph for a Spy” author Eric

2 “Gangsta’s Paradise” rapper

3 AFC South team

4 Elementary particle

5 DOJ division

6 Miss Piggy tagline

7 Trig function

8 Suspicious 9 Taunt 10 Muchos meses

11 “Newhart” production co.

12 Audible sign of distress

13 Hard to pin down

14 U-235 and C-14

15 Records in a collection

16 Rapper __ Nas X

17 Sans-serif typeface

18 Infomercial cutlery brand

19 Author Madeleine L’__ 24 Spenser’s “The __ Queene”

28 Round-bodied flatfish

32 Bank deposit

33 Huevos rancheros condiment

34 Collector’s items?

35 Girl in Byron’s “Don Juan”

36 Postal creed word

37 Former Alabamabased grocery chain

39 He lost to Ike twice

40 Pool room

41 Nutritional amt.

46 Broad view

47 Many a “Stranger Things” character

48 Old draft org.

49 Ole Miss rival 50 Ones taking things the wrong way

“I’m only going to say this once” 52 Great Seal word

Giga- x 1,000

Angels baseball cap feature

Whatever or whichever

Polar worker 69 Yielded 70 Ore that’s a source of silver 71 Piece in a still-life 72 Tell all

Make (one’s way) 76 Suddenly, in music

79 Crossed the lake, in a way

80 “Jerry’s Kids” telethon org.

82 Not near the coast 83 Cherish 84 Apple’s apple and Target’s target 86 Russian cottage 89 Wager without looking at one’s cards

90 Energetic spirit

91 Close-knit group 92 Panda’s skill, in a 2008 film 94 Foul caller 99 Vertical mine accesses

100 Summer cooler 101 Win the love of

Corgi complaints

103 Name probably derived from scat singing 104 Coeur d’__ 105 Hopeless case 106 “them” author 107 Snappish

111 Barracks bosses, briefly

112 “The Grapes of Wrath” figure

114 Invitation letters

116 Peyton’s quarterback brother

117 __ Schwarz

118 Actress Arthur

119 Reno and others: Abbr.

120 Shakespearean cry of disgust

121 Pre-A.D.

ArrowWords

Fill in the grid using the clues provided in the direction of the arrows. When complete, unscramble the letters in the circles to reveal the mystery word.

Sudoku

Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit, 1 to 9. — The Mepham Group

Sudoku 3

Sudoku 4

Sudoku

More or Less

Each digit can appear only once in each row and column but still follow the > or < signs. — Knight Features

Daily Crossword Puzzle

ACROSS 1 Rene of “Ransom” (1996)

Not as expensive

A bit loopy

Part of “the works” on a burger

Old man, in German

Needle case

1950 Gloria Swanson film

Peanut butter choice

Like wax fruit

Note from one who’s shy?

Laser pointer chaser

1979 Jim Henson film

Get out of bed

Jazz instruments

Peruvian singer Sumac

Squirrel’s hoard

Credited in an endnote

Place to tie up a boat

“That’s __!”: “Piece of cake!”

1988 Demi Moore film

News initials

__ bunt: productive MLB out

Looks at closely

“John Wick” star Keanu

2002 Woody Allen film ... or what each of the last words of 17-, 25- and

Daily Crossword Puzzle

Roll and bind, as a

Laundry soap brand

Commandment

Positive aspect

“The __ is out there”: “The X-Files” catchphrase

Handy Scrabble tile

Eucharistic plate

Competing (for)

“Know what __?”

Wyatt of the Old West

Future MD’s class 37 1860s North-South conflict

Letter before omega

Settle, as a debt

Climbs

Rental from a renter

Tortoise racer

Website with stepby-step instructions

“Star Wars” sentence inverter

Tiger Woods’ ex

1970 Kinks hit

Chimney residue 53 Actress Falco

Vague feeling 55 The “E” in DOE: Abbr.

Some NCOs

Deserving

1 Commerce pact to be replaced by USMCA when it’s ratified

__ circus

Cook quickly

Fluffed-up dos

Apple music players 16 Actress Longoria

*Top brass

Outlaw 20 Iraq War concern: Abbr. 21 New beginning?

Spine-tingling

Farm female 25 *Response to wild applause

28 Almost on “E” 29 Biblical mount

Attend 31 “The Art of Loving” author Erich 33 Cubs’ home 34 Fort Collins sch. 37 *Political metaphor about dealing with bureaucracy 41 Wild blue yonder 42 Unagi, e.g. 43 Beyond angry

Membership fees 47 “Help!” at sea 49 P-like letter 50 *Market-based pollution-control policy 54 “__ Explain Things to Me”: 2014 Rebecca Solnit essay anthology 55 Yellow-and-white daisy

56 “Otoh, what will you pay?” 57 Long of “Empire” 58 A-lister

59 Classic “Psycho” segment where one

Daily Crossword Puzzle

might see the starts of the answers to starred clues 64 Canon SLR 65 Programmer 66 Certain Jamaican, religiously 67 Brief reaction to oversharing 68 Newspaper essays 69 Wild West movie

“Don’t think so” 2 Brief thing to say

Basic structure 4 Lincoln in-law 5 Shade of gray 6 Ones who dig hard rock? 7 Florida theme park

8 Play-__: kids’ clay 9 Wedding promise 10 Agreement 11 Striped equine 12 To no __: useless 13 Group of judges 18 Weight on one’s shoulders 23 Tesla Model X, for one

24 “The Hobbit” being 25 Sleeveless top, for short

26 “A Death in the Family” author 27 + or - particles

32 “Help!” at sea 33 UPS rival

35 Most ingratiatingly earnest

36 Get serious,

gambler-style

38 Can’t live without

39 Push to the limit 40 Sage

44 Seemingly forever 46 World Heritage Site org.

47 Civil War swords

48 Baking soda target

50 Tenth Commandment verb

51 Universal principle

52 One side in the “cola wars”

53 Crewed in a shell

57 College Football Playoff org.

60 Sock __

61 Lyrical tribute

62 “No seats” sign

63 Cup handle

Word Wheel

Scrabble Grams 1

Scrabble Grams 2

Scrabble Grams

Word Search

Kubok 9

Enter the missing numbers from 1 to 9 without repetitions so that the sum of the three numbers in each row and column is the same as the corresponding circled number.

Kubok 16

Enter the missing numbers from 1 to 16 without repetitions so that the sum of the four numbers ineach row and column is the same as the corresponding circled number.

Kubok 1

Kubok 2

Kubok 3

Kubok 4

Kubok 12

• In each of the 18 rows formed by the alignment of 12 squares all of the numbers from 1 to 12 must be present, without any repetition.

• In each of the 6 zones made up of 6 x 2 squares, both horizontal and vertical, identifiable on each face of the cube, all of the numbers from 1 to 12 must be present, without any repetition.

• All of the numbers from 1 to 12 must be present without any repetition in the shape formed by the cube’s three faces that form the central corner of 2 x 2 x 2.

• In the shape formed by two visible faces of the six 2 x 2 x 2 cubes on the edges of the large cube, there must be only 8 of the 12 numbers from 1 to 12 present, without any repetition.

Kubok 9

Kubok

Boggle

Boggle BrainBusters 1

Boggle BrainBusters 2

Boggle BrainBusters 3

Boggle BrainBusters 5

Boggle BrainBusters 4

Boggle BrainBusters 6

Kakuro

• To solve Kakuro, you must enter a number between 1 and 9 in the empty squares.

• The clues are the numbers in the white circles that give the sum of the solution numbers: above the line are across clues and below the line are down clues.

• Thus, a clue of 3 will produce a solution of 2 and 1 and a 5 will produce 4 and 1, or 2 and 3, but, of course, which squares they go in will depend on the solution of a clue in the other direction.

• No digit can be repeated in a solution, so a 4 can only produce 1 and 3, never 2 and 2.

Kakuro 1

Kakuro 3

Kakuro 2

Kakuro 4

ACROSS

1 Sharif or Epps

5 “Avengers: __ of Ultron”; Robert Downey Jr. film

8 Corned beef concoction

9 Actress Greta

12 One of the Marx Brothers 13 Actress Hedy

14 Aggravates 15 “__ Night with Seth Meyers” 16 Cereal grain

18 Role on “Cheers”

19 “Cold __” (2003-10)

20 “…__ creature was stirring, not even a mouse…”

21 Lump of dirt

23 Simon of “The Mentalist”

24 Husband on “Sister Wives”

25 One Monopoly board corner

26 Actor Kevin 28 Greasy

29 “Whose __ Is It Anyway?”

30 Late singer Sonny

32 Natalie Cole’s dad

35 “__ with a Plan”

36 Miscalculates

37 Actress Heche

38 Actor Keanu

40 Dwayne __; Scott Bakula’s role

41 Neighbor of Iraq

42 Dow or Danza

43 Antlered animal

44 Fills with wonder

The (Classic) TV CROSSWORD

DOWN

1 Actress Maureen

2 Actor on “Superstore”

3 Deadly vipers

4 Letter from Greece

5 Colorful gemstone

6 “__ of Thrones”

7 Historical period

10 “__-Nine”

11 Give a speech

12 “A Boy and __ Dog”; Don Johnson film

13 “__ Vegas”

15 “__ and the Tramp”

17 Street paver’s goo

19 “__ Black” (2015-18)

20 Metal fastener

22 “The __ Ranger”

23 Actor Scott

25 Voight & Gosselin

26 File drawer, perhaps

27 “Pretty Little __”

30 “Gimme a __!”; Nell Carter sitcom

31 Conjunctions

33 Griffith & Garcia

34 Brian __ of “Chicago Med”

36 “Resident __: Apocalypse”; horror movie

37 “Pretty Maids All in __”; Rock Hudson film

39 Before, in poetry

40 “Harper Valley __”

ACROSS

1 Wallace & Myers

6 Mantegna of “Criminal Minds”

9 Stadium

10 Narrow waterway

12 “__ by the Bell”

13 Frasier & Niles

14 Ted Danson series

15 Popular Broadway musical

16 “Tomorrow __ Dies”; 007 movie

19 Thompson or Samms

23 “Woe is me!”

24 Aswan and Hoover

25 Charlie Sheen’s dad

28 “At the __”; Siskel & Ebert program

30 In __; all lined up

31 Ramirez of “Grey’s Anatomy”

32 Singer Horne

33 Beth of “2 Broke Girls”

34 “One __ Hill”

36 Status __; existing state of affairs

39 Spinach lover

42 Abdul or Zahn

44 “Hearts __” (1992-95)

45 “__ You Glad You’re You?”; song for Big Bird

46 “Last __ Standing”

47 Minnelli’s namesakes

1 Gender: abbr.

2 Retirement accts.

3 Role on “Chicago P.D.”

4 180 degrees from WSW

5 Depressed

6 Provost or Cryer

7 Miner’s discovery

8 Sullivan & Bradley

10 Night we watch “The Blacklist”: abbr.

11 Role on “Manifest”

13 “__ 54, Where Are You?”

15 “__ Just Not That Into You”; 2009 film

17 Actor Marienthal

18 Johnson or Morrison

20 __ tai; rum cocktail

21 Sra. in Paris

22 Beast of burden

25 Prefix for function or nutrition

26 “The Kids __ Alright”

27 Howard, for one

28 __-jongg

29 Bobby the Bruin

31 “On a Clear Day You Can __ Forever”

33 Mayberry resident

35 Deli loaf

37 Arm bone

38 Dinner for Mister Ed

39 __ Beesly; role on “The Office”

40 “Men __ Certain Age”

41 “__ Up Girl”; Betty Grable film

42 Buddy

43 Onassis, to friends

Killer Sudoku

Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit 1 to 9. Digits inside the dotted cages must add up to the number in the corner of each cage, and digits can’t repeat inside a cage.

Killer Sudoku 1

Killer Sudoku 3

Killer Sudoku 2

Killer Sudoku 4