Puzzle solutions for Friday, Aug. 5, 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:     RIGID    TRICK    ENGINE    AMBUSH

Answer: The mosquitoes' comments about the humans were – BITING REMARKS

(Distributed by Tribune Content Agency)

CRYPTOGRAPHY PUZZLES 

Celebrity Cipher

"I don't think through anything I do. I just do it, and it's oftentimes landed me in huge amounts of trouble." – James Gunn

(Distributed by Andrews McMeel)

Cryptoquote

IF YOU DO NOT CHANGE DIRECTION, YOU MAY END UP WHERE YOU ARE HEADING. – LAO TZU

(Distributed by King Features)

Cryptoquip

WHAT DECLARATION COULD YOU MAKE AFTER SOMEBODY WAKES UP FROM A NAP? "THE REST IS HISTORY."

(Distributed by King Features)

OTHER PUZZLES

Boggle

OHIO    IOWA    MAINE    KANSAS    MONTANA

(Distributed by Tribune Content Agency)

Lexigo

TOYOTA, ATOMS, SOLOMON, NOTEPAD, DONATE

(Distributed by Andrews McMeel)

KenKen

Scrabblegrams

7 Little Words

1.  EPHEMERAL
2.  ZEPPELIN
3.  MICHIGAN
4.  SUCCINCT
5.  CANADA
6.  FUSSILY
7.  MUNDANE

(Distributed by Andrews McMeel)

Find the Words

A whole new world

(Distributed by Creators Syndicate)

Kubok