Games

Games

BOYS OF SUMMER

IF YOU FILL IN THE CROSSWORD PLEASE TAKE THE MAGAZINE WITH YOU SO IT’S REPLACED.

BY GREG BRUCE

ACROSS

1. Old gold coin
6. Main web page
10. Massage locale
13. Support, with “up”
17. Broadcasting
18. Start a business
20. Mechanical man
22. Refer
23. Still
24. Willow twig
25. An impressive and stylish person
27. Drool
28. Like some cuts of meat
29. Diplomat’s forte
30. Food additive
31. Road map abbr.
32. Part of BYO
34. Bridle strap
36. Split—or not
39. Hitchcock classic
43. Prison compartment
45. Handle effectively
47. Meet with
48. Biddy
49. Some jazz
52. “A Boy Named ”
53. Be mistaken
54. Destroy
56. Formal dance
57. Depth charge targets
59. An object with a spherical shape
60. Improve
61. Musty
62. Valentine flower
63. Call on
65. Canned tomatoes necessity
66. Wise one
67. So out it’s in
69. Commotion
71. Kind of admiral
72. Remove offensive language
75. Hee
76. Canned
77. Baglike structure
79. Turns you green
80. Let up
82. Memorization method
83. Snoop
85. Ship worker
87. Corner of a diamond
88. Narrow street
89. Australian flightless bird
90. A thick flat pad used as a floor covering
91. Bard’s “before”
92. English
93. Neighbor of Ger.
94. Palace dweller
96. Like a fine wine or cheese
98. Ryan Zimmerman’s ID
100. Bowling spare target often
102. Netting
105. Roman holiday
107. 18-wheeler
108. “As if!”
110. Dregs
112. Calabash (Afr.)
115. Support
118. Hot and humid
120. Foolish month
121. Asian condiment
123. Fix
124. Military caller
125. Simple and unpretentious
126. Type of show
127. Palm reader, e.g.
128. Fury
129. Sow
130. Playful animal

DOWN

1. Just a buck
2. Loosen, in a way
3. Corrosive
4. Assists
5. Tire pattern
6. Student lodging
7. Select
8. Honey drink
9. Inscriber
10. Morning cut
11. Corn bread
12. In a fitting way
13. Lush
14. Prayer beads
15. Death notice, for short
16. Type of author
19. Whine
21. Taste
22. Make a scene?
26. Pedal
33. Dentist’s order
35. Hatchling’s home
37. Still-life subject
38. Like a well hit home run
40. Raise a formal objection in a court of law
41. Grasped
42. One’s partner
44. Craving
46. Hum
47. A range of mountains
49. Perry Mason, Ironside
50. A woodwind instrument
51. Quickly
55. On pins and needles
56. Tibia vara
58. Ventilate
59. Choice
60. A cowboy maybe?
61. Unruly crowd
64. Stellar
68. Be in the red
70. Lay to rest
73. “… happily after”
74. Combustible heap
78. Mountaineer’s challenge
80. Competent
81. Get-out-of-jail money
84. Crushed wood for paper
86. Big-ticket
88. The Ranger
89. Spectacles
90. Country estate
93. A pitchman
95. Purposeless or pointless
97. Set the boundaries of
99. Manly characteristics of energy and vigor
101. Mean
103. Break away
104. A double would be great!
106. Bar offering
107. Nursery verse
109. Body
111. Like a fox
112. Chitchat
113. Musical composition
114. Encourage
116. Needy
117. Fool
119. Hide
122. Prompt

SUDOKU

THE NUMBERS GAME

BY REIKO MCLAUGHLIN

DRAWING BLANKS

SOMETIMES IT REALLY IS WHAT YOU KNOW

BY NOAH TARNOW

1. SLANG DICTIONARY SILLINESS Name the term represented by the following amusing definition found in a standard slang dictionary.

A. Ten letters, (noun): “A devotee of heavy metal rock music, a style dating to the middle 1960s [taken from the frenetic reactions of such persons to the music]”
B. Three letters (interjection): “What has just been stated is emphatically not true.”
C. Two letters, two letters (interjection): “An exclamation announcing one’s arrival or some revelation [originally a two-note musical phrase introducing a performer]”
D. Sentence: “This cannot happen or have happened without more than one person; cooperation or connivance is indicated [name of a 1950s song].”

2. MOVIE MONSTER PERSONAL ADS Name the horror flick featuring these antagonists, who might search for companionship with the following heartfelt missives. To help, we’ve provided the date the film was released.

A. Mama’s boy in a house on a hill in search of a woman for ominous conversation. Let’s take an unforgettable shower. (1960)
B. Living representation of mankind’s destructive hubris seeks same. Long hair with streaks of white a plus. (1931)
C. Looking for that girl I met in the cemetery who said her name was Barbra. I don’t care about your looks—I’m interested in your brains. Sit tight in the abandoned farmhouse and I’ll find you sooner or later. (1968)
D. If you’re a special girl who recently moved to a former Indian burial ground in the suburbs, guess what? I’m here. Let’s watch some TV. (1982)
E. Searching for adventurous young filmmakers who enjoy long walks in the woods. Make me your project. No professional actors, please. (1999)

3. NAME ALL FIVE Can you name all five members of each exclusive group? We remove key words from the question and the answer.

A. Q: Which characters die onstage in _____? A: _____ , Gertrude, Claudius, _____ and _____ .

B. Q: Which actors made up The _____ Club? A: _____ Nelson, Ally _____, Anthony _____ Hall, _____ _____ and _____ _____

C. Q: What are the best-known marshmallow shapes of _____ cereal? A: Pink _____, _____ moons, orange stars, green _____, blue _____.

D. Q: Which baseball players have hit _____ or more home runs in one season?
A: Babe Ruth, _____ _____, Mark McGwire, _____ _____ Barry Bonds.

ANSWERS

1. A. HEADBANGER B. NOT! C. TA-DA D. IT TAKES TWO TO TANGO. 2. A. PSYCHO B. FRANKENSTEIN C. NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD D. POLTERGEIST E. THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT 3. A. HAMLET; POLONIUS; LAERTES; HAMLET B. BREAKFAST; JUDD; SHEEDY; MICHAEL; EMILIO ESTEVEZ; MOLLY RINGWALD C. LUCKY CHARMS; HEARTS; YELLOW; CLOVERS; DIAMONDS D. 60; ROGER MARIS; SAMMY SOSA

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