Puzzle Page Answers for January 3, 2020

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Snippet Puzzle 389 Answers

Completed Solution

J R R Tolkien, author of The Hobbit and The Lord of The Rings, was born in 1892 in South Africa.

Crossword Puzzle 18677 Answers

11×11 grid · 20 clues

Completed Solution

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

Clues and Answers

Across

6Happy-faced (6)SMILEY
7Used to row boat (4)OARS
8Thrust pointed weapon (4)STAB
9From Delhi perhaps (6)INDIAN
10Outside area (4)YARD
12Emblems on shields (4)ARMS
15Unimportant details (6)TRIVIA
17Glass containers (4)JARS
18Sovereign (4)KING
19Monotony (6)TEDIUM

Down

1Blacksmith's forge (6)SMITHY
2Block of stone (4)SLAB
3Middle Eastern country (5)SYRIA
4At a distance (arch) (6)YONDER
5Operatic big number (4)ARIA
11Lay waste (6)RAVAGE
13Young shoot (6)SPROUT
14Religious belief (5)FAITH
16Horse's controlling strap (4)REIN
17Unarmed combat sport (4)JUDO

Crossword Challenger Puzzle 18320 Answers

13×13 grid · 26 clues

Completed Solution

Solved crossword grid 13 by 13. Full answers are listed in the clue lists.
		1D	I	2S	O	3R	D	4E	R	5L	Y
6B		O		K		E		X		I		7S
8L	O	D	G	I	N	G		9C	U	S	H	Y
A		G		D		A		E		T		M
10M	A	I	N		11S	L	O	P		12S	O	P
E		N		13B		E		T				T
14W	A	G	N	E	R		15M	E	R	16I	N	O
O				C		17S		D		M		M
18R	E	19F		20H	A	T	S		21G	A	Z	A
T		O		A		U		22C		G		T
23H	A	R	E	M		24M	A	R	T	I	N	I
Y		U		E		P		I		N		C
	25E	M	P	L	O	Y	A	B	L	E

Clues and Answers

Across

1Unruly (10)DISORDERLY
8Accommodation for rent (7)LODGING
9Easy, untaxing (inf) (5)CUSHY
10The most significant (4)MAIN
11Dish out messily (4)SLOP
12Bribe, concession (3)SOP
14Composer of Ring cycle of operas (6)WAGNER
15Sheep with fine, long wool (6)MERINO
18Line judge (abbr) (3)REF
20Stetsons (4)HATS
21Strip of land on eastern Mediterranean (4)GAZA
23Oriental home for wives (5)HAREM
24Gin and vermouth cocktail (7)MARTINI
25Fit for work (10)EMPLOYABLE

Down

1Side-stepping, swerving (7)DODGING
2Brake, veer (4)SKID
3Have fun, divert (6)REGALE
4Not included (8)EXCEPTED
5Memory aids (5)LISTS
6Disreputable, offending (11)BLAMEWORTHY
7Characteristic, typical of (11)SYMPTOMATIC
13Thick white sauce (8)BECHAMEL
16Picture in one's mind (7)IMAGINE
17Short and squat (6)STUMPY
19Formal discussion (5)FORUM
22Copy another person's work (4)CRIB

Picture Cross Puzzle 4724 Answers

Rubber Duck · 12×12 grid

Completed Solution

Solved picture 12 by 12. Filled cells are marked; the number clues for each row and column are shown on the edges.
	2	4	5	4 3 2	9 2	1 6 2	2 6 2	8 2	7 3	2 7	1 6	3
4
2 5
2 3
6
8
7
11
12
7 3
2 3
8
6

Row clues as text

row 1: 4 · row 2: 2 5 · row 3: 2 3 · row 4: 6 · row 5: 8 · row 6: 7 · row 7: 11 · row 8: 12 · row 9: 7 3 · row 10: 2 3 · row 11: 8 · row 12: 6

Sudoku Puzzle 998 Answers

6×6 grid

Completed Solution

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

Word Search Puzzle 6830 Answers

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

Answer Words

Words and positions

DIMrow 9, column 9, down-left
DUSKrow 11, column 8, right
COOLrow 1, column 11, left
GLOOMrow 2, column 8, down-left
MURKYrow 6, column 11, up-left
EVENINGrow 1, column 4, down-right
SHADOWSrow 5, column 4, down-right
BEDTIMErow 2, column 10, down-left
DARKNESSrow 9, column 3, up
TWILIGHTrow 3, column 4, down-right
MIDNIGHTrow 2, column 2, down
NIGHTFALLrow 11, column 3, up-right

Cross Sum Puzzle 85 Answers

3×3 grid

Completed Solution

9+8×4=68+++7+2×5=45−÷+6+1×3=21===101012

Equations as text (left to right)

9 + 8 × 4 = 68
7 + 2 × 5 = 45
6 + 1 × 3 = 21
9 + 7 - 6 = 10
8 + 2 ÷ 1 = 10
4 + 5 + 3 = 12

Futoshiki Puzzle 2910 Answers

6×6 grid

Completed Solution

Completed 6 by 6 number grid; every row and column holds each number once.
5	2	1	3	4	6
1	4	3	5	6	2
2	5	4	6	1	3
3	6	5	1	2	4
4	1	6	2	3	5
6	3	2	4	5	1

Bridges Puzzle 2713 Answers

9×13 grid · 35 islands

Completed Solution

Completed Puzzle Page Bridges puzzle 2713 solution

Bridges as text (36)

row 1, column 2 to row 1, column 4: single bridge
row 1, column 2 to row 4, column 2: double bridge
row 1, column 4 to row 1, column 6: double bridge
row 1, column 4 to row 3, column 4: single bridge
row 1, column 6 to row 1, column 8: double bridge
row 1, column 6 to row 3, column 6: single bridge
row 1, column 8 to row 6, column 8: double bridge
row 2, column 5 to row 5, column 5: double bridge
row 3, column 1 to row 6, column 1: single bridge
row 3, column 4 to row 6, column 4: double bridge
row 3, column 6 to row 6, column 6: single bridge
row 3, column 9 to row 5, column 9: double bridge
row 5, column 5 to row 7, column 5: single bridge
row 5, column 9 to row 7, column 9: single bridge
row 6, column 1 to row 6, column 4: single bridge
row 6, column 1 to row 8, column 1: double bridge
row 6, column 4 to row 8, column 4: double bridge
row 6, column 6 to row 6, column 8: single bridge
row 7, column 2 to row 9, column 2: single bridge
row 7, column 5 to row 7, column 9: single bridge
row 7, column 5 to row 9, column 5: single bridge
row 7, column 9 to row 10, column 9: double bridge
row 8, column 1 to row 11, column 1: double bridge
row 9, column 2 to row 9, column 5: single bridge
row 9, column 2 to row 12, column 2: double bridge
row 9, column 5 to row 9, column 8: single bridge
row 10, column 3 to row 10, column 7: double bridge
row 10, column 7 to row 10, column 9: single bridge
row 10, column 7 to row 12, column 7: single bridge
row 10, column 9 to row 13, column 9: double bridge
row 11, column 1 to row 13, column 1: single bridge
row 12, column 2 to row 12, column 4: single bridge
row 12, column 4 to row 12, column 7: double bridge
row 13, column 1 to row 13, column 3: single bridge
row 13, column 3 to row 13, column 6: double bridge
row 13, column 6 to row 13, column 9: double bridge

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

		1D	I	2S	O	3R	D	4E	R	5L	Y
6B		O		K		E		X		I		7S
8L	O	D	G	I	N	G		9C	U	S	H	Y
A		G		D		A		E		T		M
10M	A	I	N		11S	L	O	P		12S	O	P
E		N		13B		E		T				T
14W	A	G	N	E	R		15M	E	R	16I	N	O
O				C		17S		D		M		M
18R	E	19F		20H	A	T	S		21G	A	Z	A
T		O		A		U		22C		G		T
23H	A	R	E	M		24M	A	R	T	I	N	I
Y		U		E		P		I		N		C
	25E	M	P	L	O	Y	A	B	L	E

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

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

		1D	I	2S	O	3R	D	4E	R	5L	Y
6B		O		K		E		X		I		7S
8L	O	D	G	I	N	G		9C	U	S	H	Y
A		G		D		A		E		T		M
10M	A	I	N		11S	L	O	P		12S	O	P
E		N		13B		E		T				T
14W	A	G	N	E	R		15M	E	R	16I	N	O
O				C		17S		D		M		M
18R	E	19F		20H	A	T	S		21G	A	Z	A
T		O		A		U		22C		G		T
23H	A	R	E	M		24M	A	R	T	I	N	I
Y		U		E		P		I		N		C
	25E	M	P	L	O	Y	A	B	L	E

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

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

		1D	I	2S	O	3R	D	4E	R	5L	Y
6B		O		K		E		X		I		7S
8L	O	D	G	I	N	G		9C	U	S	H	Y
A		G		D		A		E		T		M
10M	A	I	N		11S	L	O	P		12S	O	P
E		N		13B		E		T				T
14W	A	G	N	E	R		15M	E	R	16I	N	O
O				C		17S		D		M		M
18R	E	19F		20H	A	T	S		21G	A	Z	A
T		O		A		U		22C		G		T
23H	A	R	E	M		24M	A	R	T	I	N	I
Y		U		E		P		I		N		C
	25E	M	P	L	O	Y	A	B	L	E

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