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Puzzle solutions for Tuesday, April 12


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.)

Los Angeles Times crossword

Today’s crossword (McMeel)

Daily Commuter crossword

SUDOKU

JUMBLE

Jumbles: YIELD    HURRY    IGUANA    HYPHEN

Answer: The unemployment rate drops when the number of people getting jobs goes – "HIRE" AND "HIRE"

(Distributed by Tribune Content Agency)

CRYPTOGRAPHY PUZZLES 

Celebrity Cipher

"I've never really felt like I was a child actor. Just an actor who happened to be quite young." – Saorise Ronan

(Distributed by Andrews McMeel)

Cryptoquote

ALTHOUGH I CANNOT LAY AN EGG, I AM A VERY GOOD JUDGE OF OMELETTES. – GEORGE BERNARD SHAW

(Distributed by King Features)

Cryptoquip 

IF HORSES MOVE FROM BARN TO BARN SAMPLING ALL THE AVAILABLE HAY, ARE THEY STABLE-HOPPING?

(Distributed by King Features)

OTHER PUZZLES

Boggle

ITALY    NORWAY    TURKEY    GERMANY

(Distributed by Tribune Content Agency)

Lexigo

EXPEL, LAPELS, STRAP, PROPER, REPORTS

(Distributed by Andrews McMeel)

KenKen

Scrabblegrams

7 Little Words

1. SOCKET

2. TRUER

3. DENSITY

4. DESPITE

5. SCHNAUZER

6. OBJECTIFY

7. LINEBACKERS

(Distributed by Andrews McMeel)

Find the Words

Companion planting

(Distributed by Creators Syndicate)

Kubok