Hemispheres Magazine

EDIBLE CASH

BY GREG BRUCE

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

ACROSS

1. Chances

5. Shuts (up)

10. Unconscious state

14. Hang loosely

17. Codger

18. Authorized

19. Axiom

20. Kind of surgeon

22. Sandwich fish

23. Extreme

24. Quitter’s cry

25. Earring site

26. Self-centered person

28. Assists

30. Go public with

31. Cruise stopover

32. Push forcefully

33. Small cave

34. Santa’s lift

36. Small case into which an object fits

39. Leaves for dinner

41. Poke fun at

44. Consequently

45. Have a bawl?

46. Anticipate

50. Dimwit

52. Icon

55. Smooch

58. Misplace

60. Close

61. “All kidding ______…"

62. Period in history

63. ____ position

64. Braggart

66. Pick up with forceps

68. Quentin Tarantino’s _____ Bill

70. Chair part

71. Hospital unit

73. “Dig in!”

75. Salon supply

76. Beast of burden

79. Secondhand

81. Scotch’s partner

84. Below

89. Old gold coin

91. Clear the tables

93. The Dow, e.g.

95. Circle overhead?

96. Drop behind

97. Perched on

98. Andean animal

99. Believer

100. Displeased look

102. Did lunch

104. High point

106. Malcolm X director

107. Tympanic membrane

110. Entomb

112. Somebody not present

116. Horse of a certain color

118. Tabby’s mate

122. Pull an all-nighter for exams

123. Chance

124. Shoelace problem

125. Coleslaw ingredient

126. “S.O.S.!”

127. Be theatrical

129. Recovery

131. Prayer’s end

132. Toward dawn

133. Festive

134. Fairy tale character

135. A transparent optical device

136. 24-hour interval

137. Creative

138. Perspective

139. Speck

DOWN

1. Square dance group, e.g.

2. Flour and water mixture

3. Philanthropist

4. Position

5. Bunch up

6. Merry-go-round music

7. Pretend

8. Don’t believe it!

9. Step

10. Preserve

11. Bullock wagon

12. Surroundings

13. North, South and Central

14. Sound

15. Sprang up

16. Gone with the Wind Butler

19. Gather or bring together

21. Bad look

27. Cay

29. Gently and sweetly

35. Fresh

37. Mythological shield

38. Throw up

40. Kindergartner

41. “______Around the Rosie”

42. Creative spark

43. Diagonal

47. Ginger ________

48. Teeny bit

49. Ivan or Nicholas

51. Sphere

53. Goings-on

54. Characteristic carrier

56. Provoke

57. Remarked

59. Furniture wood

61. Mellows

63. Run for it

65. Adjoin

67. Kind of station

69. Wildcat

72. It’s outstanding

74. Hard work

76. Put two and two together

77. Ride the waves

78. Mark for life

80. Batman and Robin, e.g.

82. Some forensic evidence

83. Madison Avenue worker

85. Nice hot drink?

86. Hearty hello

87. Otherwise

88. Memorization by repetition

90. In the past

92. Have words (with)

94. Per

97. Curse

98. Citrus fruit

99. To release someone from military service

101. Cyst

103. A complete flop

105. Changeable

108. A drill that is used to shape or enlarge holes

109. Expel from a country

110. Often-unpaid worker

111. Preserve

112. Pain

113. Whole wheat e.g.

114. Mexican condiment

115. Drain

117. Blood line

119. Small part

120. Cut taker

121. Stretched tight

125. Poker action

128. Put to the test

130. Monopolize

SUDOKU

BY REIKO MCLAUGHLIN

THE NUMBERS GAME

TIME BANDIT

BY NOAH TARNOW

SOMETIMES IT REALLY IS WHAT YOU KNOW

1. TRIVIA AROUND THE CLOCK

Fill in the blanks in these time-sensitive trivia factoids.

A. 6 A.M.: The time Bill Murray wakes up every morning in the movie ________.

B. 9:30 A.M.: The time when the bell rings at the New York ________ every day.

C. 11 A.M.: When it’s 8 p.m. in New York City during winter, the time it is on the island of _______ , the earliest place in all of the U.S. and its territories.

D. 4:12 P.M.: The time _______ the massive of August 2003 hit the Eastern Seaboard.

E. 10:10 P.M.: The time _______ was assassinated, which inspired a false urban legend that this is the reason so many watches in commercials are set to this time.

F. 10:30 P.M.: In the song “______ ,” the time when the masculine downpour is expected to start.

2. RHYMES WITH “TRIVIAL”

Identify the rhyming trivia couplet. For example: “One of the leading pasta brands sponsors an ice resurfacer” gives you “Ronzoni Zamboni.”

A. The Carthaginian general who crossed the Alps on elephants could easily become aflame.

B. The world’s greatest escape artist, served in a cream sauce with grated cheese and mushrooms over noodles.

C. A Russian-born titan of 20th century ballet becomes bald and sponsors household cleaning products.

D. Kraft Foods introduces a new flavor of its meat-coating mix, based on a 2005 TV drama set in a correctional facility.

E. Native North American bird meat dried into chewy strips, then served in the largest city of a Southwest state.

F. In 1920s Boston, he ran a notorious financial scam, but in 1950s Milwaukee, he’s the coolest guy in town.

ANSWERS

1. A. GROUNDHOG DAY

B. STOCK EXCHANGE

C. GUAM

D BLACKOUT

E. ABRAHAM LINCOLN

F. IT’S RAINING MEN

2. A. FLAMMABLE HANNIBAL

B. HOUDINI TETRAZZINI

C. MR. CLEAN BALANCHINE

D. PRISON BREAK SHAKE ’N BAKE

E. ALBUQUERQUE TURKEY JERKY

F. PONZI FONZIE

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