Hemispheres Magazine

ACROSS

By Greg Bruce

1. Mouse action
6. Aberdeen native
10. Hair or tooth maybe?
15. Bookie’s quote
19. Marsh wader
20. Make lower or quieter
21. Indian coin
22. Gratis
23. Spin doctor’s concern
24. Farm measure
25. None of the above
26. Diplomat’s asset
27. A fruitcake or screwball
28. Impress on paper or metal
30. Bright thought
32. Acquire
33. Carpet layer’s calculation
35. Provide
39. Teatime treat
41. Flax fabric
44. Target
45. Thin out
46. Heavy fabric that resembles velvet
48. Coarse file
49. Bathroom cleaner?
50. Chipping choice
51. Not present
53. Nonwinner
54. Musical chairs goal
55. Not budging
57. Smooch
61. “___ magic!”
62. Priest of the East
65. Kuala Lumpur’s homeland
67. “ a chance”
68. African antelope
69. Honor thieves
71. Gave out
72. Rocks, to a bartender
73. Spoil
74. Country that borders Thailand, Laos and Vietnam
78. Game piece
79. 20-20, e.g.
80. Call from the flock
82. British midafternoon meal
83. Told a whopper
84. Beside
86. Mouthed
88. Italian car
89. Begin
90. Advance
91. For all to see
93. Ill health or ail
95. Cry like a baby
96. Stopped in one’s tracks
97. Lagoon surrounder
98. French brandy
100. Computer info
104. Café alternative
105. Ardour
107. Big to-do
111. A.T.M. need
112. Forum wear
114. Not quite right
117. Dead against
118. Country with more than 6,000 islands
120. Arabic for “commander”
121. Arrangement
122. Increase, with “up”
123. Cognizant
124. Cost of living?
125. Bunk
126. “Encore!”
127. “Calm down”

DOWN

1. 2008 Olympic site
2. Madagascar primate
3. Boiling mad
4. Minor player
5. “Trick” joint
6. Concrete section
7. 1985 sci-fi movie
8. Not theirs
9. Head lock
10. Sis’s sib
11. Same old, same old
12. Type of battle
13. Squalid
14. “Try this!”
15. Frequently, in verse
16. Make last too long
17. Adequate
18. Couch
29. Computer offering
31. “All kidding …”
34. Apportion
36. Land on Lake Victoria
37. Type of government service
38. Soft diet
40. Court employee
42. Charge carrier
43. Victorian, for one
45. Remove impurities from
46. Battle of Hamburger Hill site
47. Wipeout?
48. 500 sheets
49. Miniature trees
52. Type of filled chair
53. Complete outfit for a new baby
54. Greek letter
56. “Spy vs. Spy” magazine
58. First
59. A formal association of people with similar interests
60. Knight mare?
62. Varnish ingredient
63. Passionate
64. Instant
66. Absorbed, as a cost
70. Caught
75. Renounce
76. Lion’s lunch or maybe a Chevy
77. Long, long time
81. Area of South Africa
83. Like composition paper
85. Big dipper
87. ’easter
88. Casbah headgear
89. Sweet liqueur
90. Delay
92. Betting group
93. “Is anything the ?”
94. Not out
95. Dried and flaked fish used in Japanese dishes
96. A printed note placed below the text on a printed page
98. Tiny part
99. Great divide
101. Dismay
102. It may be fit for a queen
103. Add on
106. Mascara site
108. “I’m you!”
109. Snowman prop
110. Like some doors
113. “A jealous mistress”: Emerson
115. Institute legal proceedings against
116. Operative
119. Amazement

SUDOKU

PLAYING THE NUMBERS

SUMMER SCHOOL

ACTUALLY, YES, IT IS WHAT YOU KNOW

BY NOAH TARNOW

1. THE MIXOLOGY MINDBENDER

Name the mixed drink, based on the ingredients and the cryptic clue.

A. Shake vodka and triple sec with lime juice and cranberry juice, and you can take a quiz to find out how spontaneous you are in the bedroom.
B. Blend several kinds of rum with apricot brandy, orange juice, lime juice, pineapple juice, passion fruit syrup, powdered sugar and ice, and you’ll be eating brains in no time.
C. Mix vodka, triple sec and lime juice with ice; strain, and die for the glory of the emperor.
D. Combine brandy with orange-flavored liqueur and lemon juice; shake with ice and strain, and you’ll be tagging along with the two-wheeler.
E. Float Galliano liqueur on top of vodka and OJ, and the imaginary rabbit will be pounding on the room divider.

2. INITIALLY KNOWN

Name the famous people who are primarily known by their initials—without the initials. For example, “Oanne Athleen, extremely popular fantasy writer” indicates Joanne Kathleen Rowling, a.k.a. J.K. Rowling.

A. Ohn Ierpont, iconic businessman
B. Hineas Aylor, huckster supreme and circus showman
C. Renthal Ames, decidedly controversial retired athlete
D. Olly Ean, English indie-rock musician
E. Eon Eonwood, Maine mail-order magnate

3. MOVIE + MOVIE + MOVIE = TV

Take one star from each film. Put them together, and you get the partial cast of what TV show?

A. Ace Ventura + Along Came Polly + Madagascar = ?
B. Revenge of the Nerds + 8 Mile + Good Night and Good Luck = ?
C. Die Hard + Taxi Driver + Better Off Dead = ?
D. American Pie + Harriet the Spy + Austin Powers = ?
E. Christmas Vacation + Coneheads + Pretty Woman = ?
F. Dodgeball + Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) + Are We There Yet? = ?

ANSWERS

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