Games & Puzzles – September 2026
Crossword
By Susan Helton
Across
1. Ever
6. Eyes’ jump while reading
13. Red Sea peninsula
14. Frog, for one
15. Express displeasure
16. Excellent, in England
17. Blind alleys
19. Look ___ (study)
20. Functions
21. ___ four
23. Fraternity letters
24. Principled
28. Book before Job
30. Instruments for Rostropovich
31. Front runners?
33. Away
34. Marley sang the “___man Chant”
35. Fancy-schmancy
36. Fungal spore sacs
39. Attractive one
41. Dr. Scholl’s product
43. ___ shooting
44. Bedroom furniture
45. Like Eric the Red
46. Keep in check
47. Exams
Down
1. Gave out
2. Chickadee relative
3. Metrical feet
4. Priests of the East
5. Romeo’s “two blushing pilgrims”
6. Filter
7. House of Lords member
8. One with a beat
9. Lincoln, Madison or Jackson
10. Like
11. Fender blemish
12. It follows that
18. Mid-life crisis comforts
22. Angers
24. Bickerer in the “Iliad”
25. Recorded gaffes
26. The worst
27. Art lovers
29. One that inherits
32. Chopin pieces
35. Black tea
36. Way, way off
37. Achy
38. Provide for free, informally
40. “___ It Romantic?”
42. Chart type
Sudoku
By Susan Helton
Fill in the blank squares with numbers 1 – 9, so that each number is used only once in each row, column and 3×3 sub-grid.
Solutions below.
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Solutions:
