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Puzzle solutions for Wednesday, May 4, 2022


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: RIVER    SHOWN    NATIVE    FATHOM

Answer: A tennis match begins when the first serve is – SET IN MOTION

(Distributed by Tribune Content Agency)

CRYPTOGRAPHY PUZZLES 

Celebrity Cipher

"The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised." – George Will

(Distributed by Andrews McMeel)

Cryptoquote

REMEMBER, THE FORCE WILL BE WITH YOU. ALWAYS. – OBI-WAN KENOBI (FROM YOUR PUZZLE FRIENDS: MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH YOU.)

(Distributed by King Features)

Cryptoquip

ROME'S REPUBLIC MAKES ME EXTREMELY HAPPY AND EXCITED. I RELISH TALKING ABOUT ITALY GIDDILY.

(Distributed by King Features)

OTHER PUZZLES

Boggle

 EMU    EAGLE    ROBIN    HERON    EGRET

(Distributed by Tribune Content Agency)

Lexigo

COSTS, SCOOP, PASTA, ASININE, ELEMENT

(Distributed by Andrews McMeel)

KenKen

Scrabblegrams

7 Little Words

  1. FREUD
  2. DETROIT
  3. SENTRIES
  4. TOYOTAS
  5. WRENCH
  6. PARKING
  7. BEYONCE

(Distributed by Andrews McMeel)

Find the Words

No office for me

(Distributed by Creators)

Kubok