Puzzle Page Answers for December 14, 2023

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Crossword Puzzle 24160 Answers

11×11 grid · 20 clues

Completed Solution

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

Clues and Answers

Across

1Greedy type of grasshopper! (6)LOCUST
6Strong desire for (8)YEARNING
7Decoratively net-like (4)LACY
10Caught breath (6)GASPED
16Sort through (4)SIFT
15Wakefulness (8)INSOMNIA
8Large vulture (6)CONDOR
4Reverberate (4)BOOM
12Swarming insect (4)WASP
17Measure of temperature (6)DEGREE

Down

1Trusty (5)LOYAL
2Opportunities (7)CHANCES
3Put in transit (4)SEND
10Bacteria (5)GERMS
11Decorate walls (5)PAINT
9Colander (7)DRAINER
4Got under way (5)BEGAN
5Notable, significant (5)MAJOR
13Serenity (5)PEACE
14Sector (4)ZONE

Picture Cross Puzzle 20310 Answers

Skiing · 12×12 grid

Completed Solution

Solved colour picture 12 by 12. Clue numbers are coloured to match the cells they describe.
	21	1141	111	1111	111121	111111	14321	14211	111	311	111	11
222
111
24
161
121
1212
14
112
21
412
2
9

colour 1
colour 2
colour 3
colour 4
colour 5

Row clues as text (count/colour)

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

Sudoku Puzzle 2907 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.
8	4	3	7	6	5	9	2	1
9	1	7	8	3	2	6	5	4
6	2	5	4	1	9	8	7	3
7	5	4	6	2	1	3	8	9
2	9	8	5	4	3	7	1	6
3	6	1	9	8	7	2	4	5
4	8	2	3	5	6	1	9	7
1	3	9	2	7	4	5	6	8
5	7	6	1	9	8	4	3	2

Os & Xs Puzzle 1782 Answers

7×7 grid

Completed Solution

Solved grid. Gold tiles were given at the start; dark squares stay empty. No three identical symbols form a line.
O	X	X	O	O	X
X	O	O	X	X		O
O	X	X	O	O		O
X	O	O	X	X		X
O		X	X	O	X	O
X		O		O	X	O
X	O		X	X	O

Picture Sweep Puzzle 1477 Answers

Megaphone · 12×12 grid

Completed Solution

Solved picture. Painted cells show their colour; each number counts the painted cells in the 3 by 3 area around it.
		3
			4			1
	9
		7		8	6	7			5	2
2		6		8	8			9
						7
					4				9
			8	8	5
				8	7		9		9
		2	5		9				7

					6		6

Word Slide Puzzle 2276 Answers

6×6 grid

Completed Solution

Solved 6 by 6 grid; dark squares are blank.
S	H	E	E	R
E		G		E
W		G	R	E	W
S		I		L
	O	N	E
		G

Answer Words

Words

SHEERacross, row 1, column 1
GREWacross, row 3, column 3
ONEacross, row 5, column 2
SEWSdown, row 1, column 1
EGGINGdown, row 1, column 3
REELdown, row 1, column 5

Quote Slide Puzzle 1177 Answers

15×5 grid

Completed Solution

SOMETIMES YOU TRY TO MAKE IT HAPPEN INSTEAD OF JUST LETTING IT HAPPEN
— Ken Venturi

Completed quote grid; read left to right, top to bottom.
S	O	M	E	T	I	M	E	S		Y	O	U
T	R	Y		T	O		M	A	K	E		I	T
	H	A	P	P	E	N		I	N	S	T	E	A	D
O	F		J	U	S	T		L	E	T	T	I	N	G
I	T		H	A	P	P	E	N

Armada Puzzle 1346 Answers

8×8 grid

Completed Solution

Armada solution. Ship cells are marked; the numbers on the edges count ship cells in each row and column.
	5	0	5	0	3	2	3	2
2
3
3
1
4
3
2
2

Fleet: 10 ships of length 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4.

Wordle Puzzle 1026 Answers

Completed Solution

RAKED

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

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

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

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

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

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