Puzzle solutions for Tuesday, March 4, 2025

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: LASSO      PANDA      GUILTY      HERMIT     

Answer: The carpenter was willing to pay a little more for a hammer that would be — TOUGH AS NAILS

(Distributed by Tribune Content Agency)

CRYPTOGRAPHY PUZZLES 

Celebrity Cipher

"I got to be friends with David Lynch when we were both at Universal years ago. ... I'm going to miss him. R.I.P. David." − John Carpenter

(Distributed by Andrews McMeel)

Cryptoquote

AN AMERICAN HAS NOT SEEN THE UNITED STATES UNTIL HE HAS SEEN MARDI GRAS IN NEW ORLEANS. − MARK TWAIN

(Distributed by King Features)

Cryptoquip

IF A WAREHOUSE PLATFORM WERE MADE OUT OF BALSA WOOD, WHAT WOULD IT BE? A SOFT PALLET.

(Distributed by King Features)

OTHER PUZZLES

Boggle

EGRET      EAGLE      GOOSE      ROBIN      RAVEN      

(Distributed by Tribune Content Agency)

Lexigo

OSASIS, SANTA, ASININE, ENTITY, YEARN

(Distributed by Andrews McMeel)

KenKen

Scrabblegrams

7 Little Words

1. KICKED
2. SHOOT
3. SHADIER
4. HORSESHOES
5. PERSISTED
6. TITANS
7. COMMA

(Distributed by Andrews McMeel)

Find the Words

Late for a lecture

(Distributed by Creators Syndicate)

Kubok