Hemispheres Magazine

AFTER YOU SAY ‘HIGH’

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

BY GREG BRUCE

ACROSS

1. Son of Willy Loman
5. Some are for trading
10. Fleur-de-lis
14. Austrian peak
17. Elder
19. Loathing
20. Risqué
21. Sri Lanka export
22. Main course
23. Molten rock
24. Large unrestricted rooms
26. 4,840 square yards
27. China problem
29. Little pancakes
31. Reunion group
32. Movie
33. Righthand page
35. Canadian dollar feature
36. Grayish
37. Kind of rug
39. Egg cells
41. Pact
44. Trick
47. Marley’s music
49. VW vehicle
53. Leopard-like cat
54. Caviar
55. Marked by anxiety
56. Hide-hair link
57. Church bench
59. Flowing tresses
61. and cheese
62. Human limb
63. Scoundrel
65. Friendship
67. Way up the mountain
69. “If all fails…”
70. Catch fire
72. Unfulfilled or frustrated in realizing an ambition
74. Sage
77. Naysayer
78. To the point
79. Church part
83. Big fuss
84. Australian runner
85. A waterproof filler and sealant
87. Casting requirement?
89. Go a-courting
90. Let in again
92. Laid up
93. Eye part
95. Earn
96. Aimless
99. Intolerant toward others
100. Goalkeeper’s line
102. annum
103. Big name in kids construction
104. Move upward
107. Blacken
109. Exorcist’s target
111. Clobber
115. Up to, before the time
117. Camp craft
119. It’s the truth
120. Field of work
121. Heavy precious metallic element
123. Role player
125. “To do” list
127. Canal site
128. Trick
129. Committee head
130. Ease up
131. Ram’s ma’am
132. Not up yet
133. In a heated manner
134. Active one

DOWN

1. Place to sit outside of the principal’s office
2. Opening
3. Computer security feature
4. Enemy
5. Comedian
6. Type of connector
7. 18-wheeler
8. Slow
9. Wee
10. Magnetite, e.g.
11. The seizure of one’s property by force
12. Put away
13. In (harmonious)
14. Replaced by a GPS maybe?
15. Tether
16. A Midsummer Night’s love potion
17. Caribbean and others
18. Play
25. Cast member
28. Nail part
30. Itty bit
34. Stuffed oneself
38. Go back into business
40. Violent struggle
42. On the train
43. School session
44. Brother
45. It’s clicked on a computer
46. Hospital supplies
48. “Holy cow!”
50. Cash register part
51. Bruce and Robert E.
52. Fringe or border
55. Boston
58. Tree valued for nuts and wood
59. Copycat
60. Baby bird?
64. Fight (for)
66. “Welcome” site
68. Commuting option
69. It can be shocking
71. Severe food shortage
72. Properly nourished
73. Good-for-nothing
74. Dermatologist’s concern
75. Brainstorm
76. Long bath
78. Garden bulb
80. Nincompoop
81. Super-duper
82. Throughway
84. Arab ruler
86. Put on TV
88. Monopoly avenue
91. Trickery
94. “Bye!”
96. Red-faced
97. Student overseer
98. Clover
99. Alliance
101. Charge
104. Unit of money in India
105. Acquired relative
106. Goggle
108. Kind of motel
110. Get hitched
112. Dentist’s directive
113. Below
114. Legume
116. Old Italian bread
118. Sound in a cave
122. A small piece
124. Sylvester, to Tweety
126. Word on all U.S. coins

SUDOKU

THE NUMBERS GAME

BY REIKO MCLAUGHLIN

LEAD BY EXAMPLE

SOMETIMES IT REALLY IS WHAT YOU KNOW.

BY NOAH TARNOW

1. TRIVIAL PALINDROMES

Name the palindrome (a phrase that reads the same forward and backward) indicated by the clue. For example: “The largest city in Poland had yet to be cooked” gives you “Warsaw was raw.”

A. One single car by the largest Japanese automaker.
B. Coagulated soybean milk that comes from a flying saucer.
C. The brand-name pain reliever containing acetaminophen is without companionship.
D. Edible seaweed, made out of the metal that steel is alloyed from.
E. Sandler or Lambert formally introduces himself to a woman.
F. A question of whether water birds related to ducks and swans view the monotheistic deity.

2. HAIL TO THE FACTOID

In honor of Presidents Day, a few trivia questions about our past chief executives.

A. During the 20th century, President’s grandson married President ’s daughter.
B. What building toy was invented in 1916 and named for the 16th president?
C. Who was the only president born in Connecticut?
D. Who gave away the bride at the 1905 wedding of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt?
E. Who was older: Republican nominee John McCain on Election Day 2008, or Republican nominee Bob Dole on Election Day 1996?
F. William McKinley was the only president between 1870 and 1912 who didn’t wear what?
G. Which two U.S. vice presidents shot a man during their terms in office?
H. In 1884, Grover Cleveland’s first campaign for president was threatened when he publicly admitted to committing what scandalous act?

ANSWERS

1. A. A TOYOTA B. UFO TOFU C. LONELY TYLENOL D. IRON NORI E. MADAM, I’M ADAM F. DO GEESE SEE GOD? 2. A. EISENHOWER, NIXON B. LINCOLN LOGS C. GEORGE W. BUSH D. PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT E. DOLE (BY ONE YEAR) F. FACIAL HAIR G. AARON BURR, DICK CHENEY H. FATHERING AN ILLEGITIMATE CHILD.

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