Puzzle solutions for Friday, Dec. 13, 2024

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: ABACK      AUDIT      NUANCE      SCORCH      

Answer: The line to buy tickets for the movie was so long that they didn't − STAND A CHANCE

(Distributed by Tribune Content Agency)

CRYPTOGRAPHY PUZZLES 

Celebrity Cipher

"I would sooner play in a good British picture than in the majority of American pictures I have seen." − Glynis Johns

(Distributed by Andrews McMeel)

Cryptoquote

NEVER LET SUCCESS GET TO YOUR HEAD AND NEVER LET FAILURE GET TO YOUR HEART. − VENUS WILLIAMS

(Distributed by King Features)

Cryptoquip

WHAT DID THE MAN WHO WORKED AS A COW MILKER SAY EACH MORNING? "AN UDDER DAY, AN UDDER DOLLAR."

(Distributed by King Features)

OTHER PUZZLES

Boggle

ONE      TEN      NINE      SEVEN      NINETY      SEVENTY

(Distributed by Tribune Content Agency)

Lexigo

TACTIC, CITED, DELEGATE, ELEGANT, TWISTER

(Distributed by Andrews McMeel)

KenKen

Scrabblegrams

7 Little Words

1. AFORE
2. CRESTS
3. PIQUING
4. SUNDIALS
5. ABDUL
6. OPULENTLY
7. PRECISION

(Distributed by Andrews McMeel)

Find the Words

We slept in again

(Distributed by Creators Syndicate)

Kubok