Puzzle solutions for Wednesday, Dec. 13, 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: BOOTH      TIDAL      MINNOW      GLITZY    

Answer: Without any other numbers around, the zero had — NOTHING TO DO

(Distributed by Tribune Content Agency)

CRYPTOGRAPHY PUZZLES 

Celebrity Cipher

“I’ve found you don’t have to make anything up. Reality is so complex and fascinating and horrible and beautiful.” − Richard Belzer

(Distributed by Andrews McMeel)

Cryptoquote

SOME PEOPLE ARE WORTH MELTING FOR. − OLAF, “FROZEN”

(Distributed by King Features)

Cryptoquip

I CANNOT BE THAT NICE BLOKE DR. JEKYLL UNTIL LATER, SO I’LL JUST BE MR. HYDE IN THE MEAN TIME.

(Distributed by King Features)

OTHER PUZZLES

Boggle

THAI      LATIN      FRENCH      KOREAN      ITALIAN     

(Distributed by Tribune Content Agency)

Lexigo

ALIAS, SALAMI, ISLAM, MERMAID, DEFLATE

(Distributed by Andrews McMeel)

KenKen

Scrabblegrams

7 Little Words

1. CREAMIEST
2. OKLAHOMAN
3. UNHAPPILY
4. EVANS
5. BATHE
6. SUBSIDE
7. TEXTBOOKS

(Distributed by Andrews McMeel)

Find the Words

Another adventure

(Distributed by Creators Syndicate)

Kubok