Puzzle solutions for Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023

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

Play the Paste BN Crossword Puzzle.

Los Angeles Times crossword

Today’s crossword (McMeel)

Daily Commuter crossword

SUDOKU

Play the Paste BN Sudoku Game.

JUMBLE

Jumbles: PURGE      HARSH      SMOOTH      VANISH      

Answer: They weren't sure if they were going to make it to the summit, but they did have − HIGH HOPES

(Distributed by Tribune Content Agency)

CRYPTOGRAPHY PUZZLES 

Celebrity Cipher

"You don't go into anything contemplating failure, because if you did, you wouldn't make it." − Simon Cowell

(Distributed by Andrews McMeel)

Cryptoquote

NEVER JUMP IN A PILE OF LEAVES WITH A WET SUCKER. − LINUS, "IT'S THE GREAT PUMPKIN, CHARLIE BROWN"

(Distributed by King Features)

Cryptoquip

RETRIEVING DOG HAVING CONSIDERABLE EXPERTISE AT DOING SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS: A CHEMISTRY LAB.

(Distributed by King Features)

OTHER PUZZLES

Boggle

POP      SEES      PEEP      LEVEL      REFER      

(Distributed by Tribune Content Agency)

Lexigo

TOTAL, LATITUDE, ELATE, EATING, GANGS

(Distributed by Andrews McMeel)

KenKen

Scrabblegrams

7 Little Words

1. NUMERATOR
2. LONESOME
3. EQUIP
4. PACHYDERMS
5. RHOMBI
6. PALIDROMIC
7. ANGLING

(Distributed by Andrews McMeel)

Find the Words

Irrigation systems

(Distributed by Creators)

Kubok