Puzzle Page Answers for December 31, 2019

This Daily Page contains 8 recorded puzzles. Choose the puzzle type and number shown in your game to open its complete answer. The other solutions remain available without filling the screen.

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Snippet Puzzle 359 Answers

Completed Solution

What three words make up the Olympic motto?

Answer: Fairness, Fast, Equality =Faster, Higher, Stronger Fast, First, Best Faith, Fortitude, Fidelity

Crossword Puzzle 18627 Answers

11×11 grid · 20 clues

Completed Solution

Solved crossword grid 11 by 11. Full answers are listed in the clue lists.
	1E		2G		3O		4P		5A
6I	N	T	A	C	T		7E	A	R	N
	R		G		H		E		C
8T	I	E	S		9E	A	R	T	H	Y
	C				R		E
10C	H	I	11D	E		12A	D	L	13I	B
			O		14S				M
15R	16E	C	O	U	P		17B	O	B	S
	V		D		A		O		I
18Z	E	A	L		19S	C	R	I	B	E
	N		E		M		N		E

Clues and Answers

Across

6Still in one piece (6)INTACT
7Work for money (4)EARN
8Affiliations (4)TIES
9Bawdy, coarse (6)EARTHY
10Scold (5)CHIDE
12Improvise (a performance) (2,3)AD LIB
15Get back, be reimbursed (6)RECOUP
17Moves up and down (4)BOBS
18Dedication (4)ZEAL
19Writer (arch) (6)SCRIBE

Down

1Improve the quality (6)ENRICH
2Jokes (4)GAGS
3Not this one (5)OTHER
4Looked at closely (6)PEERED
5Curved gateway (4)ARCH
11Scribble (6)DOODLE
13Drink in (6)IMBIBE
14Sudden fit of pain (5)SPASM
16Opposite of odd (4)EVEN
17Hatched! (4)BORN

Kakuro Puzzle 2441 Answers

9×9 grid

Completed Solution

Solved Kakuro grid. Clue cells show the across sum at the top right and the down sum at the bottom left.
	4	16				16	40
12	3	9	16		15	9	6
17	1	7	9	14	1616	7	9	16
		24	7	8	9	1029	3	7
			34	6	7	8	4	9
			12	24	9	7	2
	16	1611	9	7	1611	9	7	16
39	9	2	3	8	4	5	1	7
16	7	9	16	9	7	17	8	9

Picture Cross Puzzle 4654 Answers

Butterfly · 12×12 grid

Completed Solution

Solved colour picture 12 by 12. Clue numbers are coloured to match the cells they describe.
	1311	311122	321311	122321	11223	11	11	11223	122321	321311	311122	1311
22
323
13231
14241
14241
13231
12221
13231
31213
32223
23232
323

colour 1
colour 2
colour 3
colour 4
colour 5

Row clues as text (count/colour)

row 1: 2/c1 2/c1 · row 2: 3/c5 2/c1 3/c5 · row 3: 1/c1 3/c5 2/c1 3/c5 1/c1 · row 4: 1/c1 4/c5 2/c1 4/c5 1/c1 · row 5: 1/c1 4/c3 2/c1 4/c3 1/c1 · row 6: 1/c1 3/c3 2/c1 3/c3 1/c1 · row 7: 1/c1 2/c2 2/c1 2/c2 1/c1 · row 8: 1/c1 3/c2 2/c1 3/c2 1/c1 · row 9: 3/c2 1/c4 2/c1 1/c4 3/c2 · row 10: 3/c2 2/c4 2/c1 2/c4 3/c2 · row 11: 2/c1 3/c4 2/c1 3/c4 2/c1 · row 12: 3/c1 2/c1 3/c1

Sudoku Puzzle 951 Answers

9×9 grid

Completed Solution

Completed 9 by 9 grid with 3 by 3 boxes; every row, column and box holds each number once.
9	8	6	2	1	4	5	7	3
5	2	4	3	7	9	6	8	1
1	7	3	8	5	6	2	4	9
3	1	2	5	4	7	8	9	6
4	6	5	9	8	3	7	1	2
7	9	8	6	2	1	4	3	5
8	3	7	1	6	2	9	5	4
6	4	1	7	9	5	3	2	8
2	5	9	4	3	8	1	6	7

Word Search Puzzle 6824 Answers

All tucked up · 11×11 grid · 12 words

Completed Solution

Word search grid 11 by 11. Found words are marked and listed with their start cell and direction.
C	O	S	H	E	L	T	E	R	E	D
G	O	D	E	H	T	O	O	S	U	W
E	T	M	Q	U	V	E	E	U	K	A
A	S	T	F	J	Q	R	F	P	C	R
D	O	N	H	O	E	X	S	A	R	M
E	F	G	U	N	R	B	A	E	S	E
R	T	D	E	G	Y	T	S	J	Q	N
E	H	O	M	E	Y	T	A	R	P	R
V	C	S	E	V	F	D	O	B	R	K
O	Z	E	R	U	C	E	S	F	L	H
C	V	G	L	U	O	F	U	E	J	E

Answer Words

Words and positions

SAFErow 6, column 10, up-left
WARMrow 2, column 11, down
SNUGrow 4, column 2, down-right
SOFTrow 4, column 2, down
HOMEYrow 8, column 2, right
SECURErow 10, column 8, left
SERENErow 2, column 9, down-left
RESTFULrow 5, column 10, down-left
SOOTHEDrow 2, column 9, left
COVEREDrow 11, column 1, up
SHELTEREDrow 1, column 3, right
COMFORTABLErow 1, column 1, down-right

Futoshiki Puzzle 540 Answers

4×4 grid

Completed Solution

Completed 4 by 4 number grid; every row and column holds each number once.
3	4	1	2
1	2	3	4
4	1	2	3
2	3	4	1

Picture Sweep Puzzle 420 Answers

Ice Skaters · 15×15 grid

Completed Solution

Solved picture. Painted cells show their colour; each number counts the painted cells in the 3 by 3 area around it.

										7		1

					6		3					5	2
		3							9		9
	3					7		6
	2			6							9		5
				4	7			4				7
					6	9				8	8		3
			1	4				6					1
							4					1
		4		6	6					6
1			4		4	5			5
	3		1				5	3	3
	1					4		1			5

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	1E		2G		3O		4P		5A
6I	N	T	A	C	T		7E	A	R	N
	R		G		H		E		C
8T	I	E	S		9E	A	R	T	H	Y
	C				R		E
10C	H	I	11D	E		12A	D	L	13I	B
			O		14S				M
15R	16E	C	O	U	P		17B	O	B	S
	V		D		A		O		I
18Z	E	A	L		19S	C	R	I	B	E
	N		E		M		N		E

9	8	6	2	1	4	5	7	3
5	2	4	3	7	9	6	8	1
1	7	3	8	5	6	2	4	9
3	1	2	5	4	7	8	9	6
4	6	5	9	8	3	7	1	2
7	9	8	6	2	1	4	3	5
8	3	7	1	6	2	9	5	4
6	4	1	7	9	5	3	2	8
2	5	9	4	3	8	1	6	7

C	O	S	H	E	L	T	E	R	E	D
G	O	D	E	H	T	O	O	S	U	W
E	T	M	Q	U	V	E	E	U	K	A
A	S	T	F	J	Q	R	F	P	C	R
D	O	N	H	O	E	X	S	A	R	M
E	F	G	U	N	R	B	A	E	S	E
R	T	D	E	G	Y	T	S	J	Q	N
E	H	O	M	E	Y	T	A	R	P	R
V	C	S	E	V	F	D	O	B	R	K
O	Z	E	R	U	C	E	S	F	L	H
C	V	G	L	U	O	F	U	E	J	E

	1E		2G		3O		4P		5A
6I	N	T	A	C	T		7E	A	R	N
	R		G		H		E		C
8T	I	E	S		9E	A	R	T	H	Y
	C				R		E
10C	H	I	11D	E		12A	D	L	13I	B
			O		14S				M
15R	16E	C	O	U	P		17B	O	B	S
	V		D		A		O		I
18Z	E	A	L		19S	C	R	I	B	E
	N		E		M		N		E

9	8	6	2	1	4	5	7	3
5	2	4	3	7	9	6	8	1
1	7	3	8	5	6	2	4	9
3	1	2	5	4	7	8	9	6
4	6	5	9	8	3	7	1	2
7	9	8	6	2	1	4	3	5
8	3	7	1	6	2	9	5	4
6	4	1	7	9	5	3	2	8
2	5	9	4	3	8	1	6	7

C	O	S	H	E	L	T	E	R	E	D
G	O	D	E	H	T	O	O	S	U	W
E	T	M	Q	U	V	E	E	U	K	A
A	S	T	F	J	Q	R	F	P	C	R
D	O	N	H	O	E	X	S	A	R	M
E	F	G	U	N	R	B	A	E	S	E
R	T	D	E	G	Y	T	S	J	Q	N
E	H	O	M	E	Y	T	A	R	P	R
V	C	S	E	V	F	D	O	B	R	K
O	Z	E	R	U	C	E	S	F	L	H
C	V	G	L	U	O	F	U	E	J	E

	1E		2G		3O		4P		5A
6I	N	T	A	C	T		7E	A	R	N
	R		G		H		E		C
8T	I	E	S		9E	A	R	T	H	Y
	C				R		E
10C	H	I	11D	E		12A	D	L	13I	B
			O		14S				M
15R	16E	C	O	U	P		17B	O	B	S
	V		D		A		O		I
18Z	E	A	L		19S	C	R	I	B	E
	N		E		M		N		E

9	8	6	2	1	4	5	7	3
5	2	4	3	7	9	6	8	1
1	7	3	8	5	6	2	4	9
3	1	2	5	4	7	8	9	6
4	6	5	9	8	3	7	1	2
7	9	8	6	2	1	4	3	5
8	3	7	1	6	2	9	5	4
6	4	1	7	9	5	3	2	8
2	5	9	4	3	8	1	6	7

C	O	S	H	E	L	T	E	R	E	D
G	O	D	E	H	T	O	O	S	U	W
E	T	M	Q	U	V	E	E	U	K	A
A	S	T	F	J	Q	R	F	P	C	R
D	O	N	H	O	E	X	S	A	R	M
E	F	G	U	N	R	B	A	E	S	E
R	T	D	E	G	Y	T	S	J	Q	N
E	H	O	M	E	Y	T	A	R	P	R
V	C	S	E	V	F	D	O	B	R	K
O	Z	E	R	U	C	E	S	F	L	H
C	V	G	L	U	O	F	U	E	J	E