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Puzzle Solutions for Wednesday, March 16


Note: Most subscribers have some, but not all, of the puzzles that correspond to the following set of solutions for their local newspaper.

CROSSWORDS

Paste BN crossword 

(Available to play digitally at puzzles.usatoday.com.)

LA Times crossword

Today’s crossword (McMeel)

Daily Commuter crossword

SUDOKU

JUMBLE

Jumbles: KAZOO    DRINK    WIGGLE    PREFER

Answer: They knew to stay away from the rim of the canyon because they had – PRIOR KNOWLEDGE

(Distributed by Tribune Content Agency)

CRYPTOGRAPHY PUZZLES 

Celebrity Cipher

"You might as well like yourself; just think about all the time you're gonna have to spend with you." – Jerry Lewis

(Distributed by Andrews McMeel)

Cryptoquote

I AM NOT THE ARCHETYPAL LEADING MAN. THIS IS MAINLY FOR ONE REASON: AS YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED, I HAVE NO HAIR. – PATRICK STEWART 

(Distributed by King Features)

Cryptoquip 

WHAT WERE SOME LAWS HANDED DOWN TO MOSES FOR ADOLESCENTS TO FOLLOW? THE TEEN COMMANDMENTS.

(Distributed by King Features)

OTHER PUZZLES

Boggle

ROOK    PAWN    KING    BISHOP

(Distributed by Tribune Content Agency)

Lexigo

DODGE    EYEING    GOLDEN    NEARER    RODEO

(Distributed by Andrews McMeel)

KenKen

Scrabblegrams

7 Little Words

1. PRIDE

2. PHILIP

3. KOMODO

4. BILE

5. DISBAND

6. ARMSTRONG

7. RESEMBLES

(Distributed by Andrews McMeel)

Find the Words

Best part of a meal

(Distributed by Creator's Syndicate)

Kubok