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Puzzle solutions for Thursday, March 17


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: AFOOT    KIOSK    RITUAL    COARSE

Answer: When his golf ball bounced off the rock and went in the hole, it was a – STROKE OF LUCK

(Distributed by Tribune Content Agency)

CRYPTOGRAPHY PUZZLES 

Celebrity Cipher

"My core beliefs revolve around the idea that we should live to the best of our abilities – we should live and let live." – Enya

(Distributed by Andrews McMeel)

Cryptoquote

FOR THE WHOLE WORLD IS IRISH ON THE SEVENTEENTH O' MARCH! – THOMAS AUGUSTINE DALY

(Distributed by King Features)

Cryptoquip 

DO YOU SUPPOSE THAT WHEN MAFIA MEMBERS WANT SOUP, THEY ARE QUITE FOND OF MOBSTER BISQUE?

(Distributed by King Features)

OTHER PUZZLES

Boggle

SEA    BAY    LAKE    COVE    INLET

(Distributed by Tribune Content Agency)

Lexigo

GARAGE, ESTATES, STEAM, MERGER, REGISTER

(Distributed by Andrews McMeel)

KenKen

Scrabblegrams

7 Little Words

1. GLOSSY

2. JUMBLED

3. SUNDANCE

4. DEVO

5. RINSING

6. PARENTHESES

7. CONSUMMATE

(Distributed by Andrews McMeel)

Find the Words

Need some cool relief

(Distributed by Creator's Syndicate)

Kubok