Games World of Puzzles

Welcome to the August issue of GAMES WORLD OF PUZZLES! Whether you’ll be traveling this summer or simply enjoying a staycation, this magazine is the perfect companion for all of your leisure activities. Informative articles and cerebral challenges alike abound in these pages. Let’s start with Todd Kresiman’s “Only a Pawn in Her Game” (page 36), an interview with chess Grandmaster, poker player, and author Jennifer Shahade. This wide-ranging Q&A session covers topics such as Shahade’s accomplishments in chess and poker; her newest book, Chess Queens; and the challenges faced by women and LGBTQ+ people in professional chess. Whether you’re a chess aficionado or you have only the most superficial knowledge of the game, check it out; it’s an interesting read. Next, continue on to “As I Understand It,” an entertaining riff…

Each answer in this crossword variation has two clues leading to it, using different meanings of the word. The clues are separated into Across and Down, but are otherwise ordered randomly. When you find two Across or two Down clues that seem to have the same answer, add up their clue numbers to determine the place in the grid at which the answer should be entered. For example, if the clue for 1-Across were “Metallic element” and the clue for 17-Across read “Starring role,” the answer would be LEAD, which would go in 18-Across (1 + 17). Tags such as “Hyph.” and “2 wds.” have been omitted. ANSWER, PAGE 70 ACROSS 1 Leadoff hitter, e.g.2 What spoiled food may have3 Emperor of the French in the early 1800s4 Completely wears out5 Itty-bitty6 Spreadsheet segment7…

There is one place for each letter of the alphabet in the 26 empty squares of each blank column in the diagram below. Fill in each letter so that a word of at least five letters is formed reading across only. Not all of the letters to the left and right of the empty box are used; it’s up to you to determine which ones are needed to complete familiar words. Some letters may fit in more than one of the empty squares to complete words, but we only came up with one arrangement that would complete a word in each row. Proper names are not allowed. ANSWER, PAGE 71…

The answer to each Syllables clue is a word or words made up of some of the syllables listed above the clues. The number of syllables in each answer is in parentheses following the clue. The dashes indicate the number of letters in the answer. After you use a syllable, cross it off; each syllable will be used only once and every syllable will be used in one of the answers. When you are through, read down the first letters of the answer words and then the last letters and you will discover the name of a person followed by a quotation by that person. ANSWERS, PAGE 70 1. Over there (2) Y O N D E R 2. La Paz’s locale (4) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 3. Dürer’s art (3)…

ACROSS 1 Fashion designer Hugo5 Email command9 Turkish official14 Border15 Unquestionable16 Sacrifice spot17 Han of Star Wars18 Went by bus19 Prepare chestnuts20 Why the baker robbed the bank?: 3 wds.23 Buffalo’s waterfront24 Obsolete25 Affirmative answer28 Catch in a net31 Recipe amount: Abbr.34 Certain storage space36 The Misfits actor Wallach37 Rational38 What the woodcarver needed?: 2 wds.42 Zilch43 Holiday forerunner44 Parachute fabric45 Speedy aircraft grounded in 2003: Abbr.46 Hollywood hopeful49 007, for one50 ___ Claire, Wisconsin51 Roman poet53 Like a workaholic pilot?: 3 wds.60 Pint-sized61 Kiln, e.g.62 Out of the wind63 Subordinate to64 River deposit65 Woman of the future66 Anchors a ship67 Simon ___68 “Enough already!” DOWN 1 Party-hearty party2 Hautboy3 Be petulant4 Pebble5 Use a filter6 Eats into7 Hosiery hue8 Monopoly card9 Con’s request10 How a bedtime story is read11 For men only12…

August is National Golf Month, and to observe it, we present this puzzle that is full of holes. Eighteen holes, of “course”! Each clue leads to a word that ends in-HOLE. Being a pro won’t help, so anyone can take a whack at it. ANSWERS, PAGE 70 1. Road hazard 2. Contractual escape clause 3. Whale’s “nostril” 4. Trench for a soldier 5. Tiny puncture 6. Front-door safety feature 7. Compartmentalize 8. Window on a cruise ship 9. Mouth, slangily 10. Small storage space 11. Tunnel through space and time 12. Lumber flaw 13. Drainage depression 14. Sewer entrance 15. Door lock opening 16. Squalid place 17. Slit in a garment for fastening 18. Beanbag-tossing game…