Games World of Puzzles September 2022

Welcome to the September issue of GAMES WORLD OF PUZZLES! First things first: We’re pleased to announce the return of the cover puzzle. It’s back by popular demand: We’ve been paying attention to readers’ comments on social media and elsewhere, and we saw how much you missed it. This month’s cover puzzle, “State Lines,” will appeal especially to geography buffs. Keep your eyes peeled for more cover puzzles in upcoming issues. You can even send us ideas for puzzles via email at games@kappapublishing.com; drop them on our Twitter account, @theGamesMag; or post them on our Facebook page, www.facebook.com/gamesworldofpuzzles. And there’s more good news, this time for cryptic crossword enthusiasts: These pages contain plenty of cryptic goodness! As an extension of Andrew Parr’s “Cryptic Classroom,” a nine-part instructional series that began in…

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. ACROSS 1 Double entendre, e.g. 2 Remote control button 3 Wimp 4 Personal information, as on Facebook 5 Drunk as a skunk 6 Movie designed to showcase an actor, e.g. 7 Afternoon…

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. 52-SKIDDOO…

All of the bands and musicians listed below have numbers in their names, whether they use the numerals themselves or spell them out instead. In this word search, however, all numbers are hiding in the grid as numerals. Can you find all 30 band and artist names hiding across, down, backwards, and diagonally? The number zero (0) is not the same as the letter O in the grid. Keep count and give it a go! 2 LIVE CREW 2 CHAINZ 3 DOORS DOWN 38 SPECIAL 4 NON BLONDES 50 CENT ALL-4-ONE ANDRE 3000 BEN FOLDS FIVE BLINK-182 DEADMAU5 EIFFEL 65 EVE 6 HAIRCUT 100 HEAVEN 17 LEVEL 42 MAROON 5 MATCHBOX TWENTY NINE INCH NAILS OLD 97’S ONEREPUBLIC SEVEN MARY THREE SUM 41 THE B-52’S THE JACKSON 5 THREE DOG NIGHT TIMBUK 3 TWENTY ONE PILOTS UB40 VANITY 6 MUSIC BY THE NUMBERS…

ACROSS 1 Salt Lake City’s state 5 Teapot feature 10 Apple or pear 14 Thinker Descartes 15 Trophy, e.g. 16 Bloodhound’s trail 17 Bio sonar used in dark caves: 2 wds. 20 Frying pans 21 Cowboy’s domain 22 “___ you serious?” 23 Speaker’s stand 25 Some executive job perks: 2 wds. 33 Ease off: 2 wds. 34 High point 35 “Welcome” site 36 Got older 37 Enjoys the sun 39 Bethlehem wise guys? 40 Knight’s title 41 Religious spin-off 42 Cling wrap name 43 Perform a perfect dismount, in gymnastics: 3 wds. 47 Hydrant attachment 48 Pie ___ mode: 2 wds. 49 Book of maps 52 Get near 57 Studio command to start playing music: 3 wds. 60 Prepare for publication 61 Largest city in Yemen 62 Unit of college credit 63 Resist, as authority 64 Jogging gaits 65 Mimicked DOWN 1 City areas, informally 2 Shipbuilding wood 3 Opposed to 4 Obedience school command 5 Globe’s shape 6 President ___ (acting head): 2 wds. 7 Some paintings 8 Orange Is the…

Each answer below is missing one letter. Your job is to fill it in by using the clue that is given. If you do this correctly, you will discover a quote from Dr. Seuss by reading down the shaded column. 1. Not real 2. Carpet 3. 100 or 5,000 4. Skillet 5. “Fly” and “high,” for example 6. Chewy fruit-flavored candy 7. Huge animal, for short 8. “When You ___ Upon a Star” 9. Mother’s sister 10. Spectacular 11. President George W. ___ 12. Letter mailer’s need 13. Hair cutter B 14. Thought 15. Johnny of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies 16. Bat’s hangout 17. Sleeping spot 18. Frighten 19. Underground train S 20. Sometimes they’re identical 21. Warm up 22. Chime 23. Get bigger 24. Slippery fish A HUMOROUS PUZZLE 1. Fake 2. Rug 3. Number 4. Pan 5. Rhymes 6. Starburst 7. Hippo 8. Wish 9. Aunt 10. Great 11. Bush 12. Stamp 13. Barber 14. Idea 15. Depp 16. Cave 17. Bed 18. Scare 19. Subway 20. Twins 21. Heat 22. Bell 23. Grow 24.…