Puzzle Page Answers for December 15, 2021

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Snippet Puzzle 1143 Answers

Completed Solution

Where does today come before yesterday?

Answer: In the dictionary

Codeword Puzzle 5664 Answers

5×5 grid · 10 letters keyed

Completed Solution

Solved codeword grid 5 by 5; each cell shows its code number and letter.
	8K	6N	3E	7W
9I		10A		10A
5B	10A	8K	3E	1R
9I		3E		2S
2S	9I	4D	3E

Code key

1 = R
2 = S
3 = E
4 = D
5 = B
6 = N
7 = W
8 = K
9 = I
10 = A

Crossword Puzzle 21535 Answers

11×11 grid · 20 clues

Completed Solution

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

Clues and Answers

Across

6Informal (6)CASUAL
7Short witty remark (4)QUIP
8Trek (4)HIKE
9Artfully dishonest (6)CRAFTY
10A present (4)GIFT
12Strip off skin (4)FLAY
15Continent south of Europe (6)AFRICA
17Lion's neck hair (4)MANE
18Urban shopping complex (4)MALL
19Fixed like a door (6)HINGED

Down

1Competing at speed (6)RACING
2British nobleman (4)DUKE
3Tiny mark, spot (5)FLECK
4Short windy shower (6)SQUALL
5Clenched hand (4)FIST
11Decorative, fussy (6)FRILLY
13Farther away (arch) (6)YONDER
14Very masculine (5)MACHO
16Baby horse (4)FOAL
17Animal with soft thick coat (4)MINK

Crossword Diamond Puzzle 21331 Answers

9×9 grid · 6 clues

Completed Solution

Solved crossword grid 9 by 9. Full answers are listed in the clue lists.
				1R
				E
		2L	O	S	E
		E		I		3J
4O	V	E	R	D	R	A	W	N
		K		E		Z
			5A	N	T	Z
				C
				Y

Clues and Answers

Across

2Be deprived of, miss-out (4)LOSE
4In the red (9)OVERDRAWN
5Animated film about insects (1998) (4)ANTZ

Down

1Official dwelling (9)RESIDENCY
2Pungent green and white vegetable (4)LEEK
3Type of music (4)JAZZ

Picture Cross Puzzle 11580 Answers

Newspaper · 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 3 1	1 1 3 3	11	1 2 2 1 1	2 6	5 2	1 2 2 4	2 7	1 2 4 1	3 5	2
1 1
3 3
1 2 2 1
7 2
1 1 2 2
3 3
8
3 2 3
1 3 4
3 1 4
1 2 4 2
8 3

Row clues as text

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

Picture Path Puzzle 1795 Answers

Water Polo · 15×15 grid · 38 paths (layout A)

Completed Solution

Completed Puzzle Page Picture Path puzzle 1795 solution

Layout A — 38 paths (numbers mark where each path starts and ends)

Layout B — 38 paths (numbers mark where each path starts and ends)

Layout C — 34 paths (numbers mark where each path starts and ends)

Cross Sum Puzzle 1417 Answers

3×3 grid

Completed Solution

7−3−2=2+++8+9+5=22×××4+6+1=11===60727

Equations as text (left to right)

7 - 3 - 2 = 2
8 + 9 + 5 = 22
4 + 6 + 1 = 11
7 + 8 × 4 = 60
3 + 9 × 6 = 72
2 + 5 × 1 = 7

Killer Sudoku Puzzle 1012 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	2	1	3	6
3	1	6	4	2	5
4	5	3	2	6	1
2	6	1	5	4	3
6	2	5	3	1	4
1	3	4	6	5	2

Word Snake Puzzle 1660 Answers

Ancient Egypt · 9×9 grid · 13 words

Completed Solution

Solved grid; one snake covers every cell and each word is a section of it, tinted per word.
S	P	H	D	G	O	D	M	Y
X	N	I	I	M	A	S	M	U
S	T	A	E	O	R	E	X	M
E	U	T	L	B	Y	P	C	B
P	H	A	I	E	L	E	A	M
O	A	R	N	E	I	L	V	O
H	L	Y	P	V	S	P	A	T
H	G	O	H	A	K	M	T	N
I	E	R	S	L	T	E	I	O

Answer Words

Words in snake order

SPHINXfrom row 1, column 1 →→↓←←
STATUEfrom row 3, column 1 →→↓←←
PHARAOHfrom row 5, column 1 →→↓←←↓
HIEROGLYPHfrom row 8, column 1 ↓→→↑←↑→→↓
SLAVEfrom row 9, column 4 →↑↑↑
NILEfrom row 6, column 4 ↑↑↑
OBELISKfrom row 3, column 5 ↓↓→↓↓↓
TEMPLEfrom row 9, column 6 →↑↑↑↑
PYRAMIDfrom row 4, column 7 ←↑↑←←↑
GODSfrom row 1, column 5 →→↓
EXCAVATIONfrom row 3, column 7 →↓↓↓↓↓↓→↑
TOMBfrom row 7, column 9 ↑↑↑
MUMMYfrom row 3, column 9 ↑←↑→

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

S	P	H	D	G	O	D	M	Y
X	N	I	I	M	A	S	M	U
S	T	A	E	O	R	E	X	M
E	U	T	L	B	Y	P	C	B
P	H	A	I	E	L	E	A	M
O	A	R	N	E	I	L	V	O
H	L	Y	P	V	S	P	A	T
H	G	O	H	A	K	M	T	N
I	E	R	S	L	T	E	I	O

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

S	P	H	D	G	O	D	M	Y
X	N	I	I	M	A	S	M	U
S	T	A	E	O	R	E	X	M
E	U	T	L	B	Y	P	C	B
P	H	A	I	E	L	E	A	M
O	A	R	N	E	I	L	V	O
H	L	Y	P	V	S	P	A	T
H	G	O	H	A	K	M	T	N
I	E	R	S	L	T	E	I	O

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

S	P	H	D	G	O	D	M	Y
X	N	I	I	M	A	S	M	U
S	T	A	E	O	R	E	X	M
E	U	T	L	B	Y	P	C	B
P	H	A	I	E	L	E	A	M
O	A	R	N	E	I	L	V	O
H	L	Y	P	V	S	P	A	T
H	G	O	H	A	K	M	T	N
I	E	R	S	L	T	E	I	O