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Pastries, Penumbras & Percussion: Puzzles #275

Crossword

By Ella Bernard

Down

1. What tequila comes from

2. Style of dance requiring impressive upper body strength

3. Seep slowly

4. Wear warm socks, the cold might freeze ‘em off!

5. Quick goodbye

7. Gave out cards

8. Roman name for Hera

11. Old London police headquarters

14. X-ray scan

15. Do penance

16. “Open”, to Shakespeare

17. “She”, in Portuguese

19. Volcano expulsion, type of tree

21. Roman name for 1 across

22. Spanish friend

23. Vice City video game

24. Abbreviation for Athens’ country

25. Roman name for 26 across

26. Brief excursion

27. Santa’s catchphrase when repeated thrice

28. Makes it to the big leagues

33. Minerals where metals are extracted from

34. 2018 movie Beautiful ___, with Steve Carell and Timothee Chalamet

37. What a DJ does at a party

38. Stratovolcano off the coast of Japan

39. This state has the jazziest ball players

43. With 42 across, a yes at the altar

46. Sodium, chemically


Across

1. Greek goddess of beauty and love

6. Descriptive part of speech, abbreviated

9. Monopoly’s “pass ___ and collect $200”

12. European Union

13. Islamic style castle in Seville, Spain

16. Blue part on a map

18. Checked out one’s background

19. Handsome Greek god who went to the moon

20. How high the thermostat is

21. Post-Impressionist painter known for Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers (1888)

27. Greek goddess of fertility and agriculture

28. With “The”, Dutch world court city

30. Canadian folk singer DiFranco

31. Inquire

32. Yoko ___, Japanese multimedia artist

33. Central and southeastern former country including Croatia and Macedonia among others

36. Germany, abbreviated, in German

37. Russian royal

38. Greek god of wine and creativity

41. Fancy

42. Likely to visit a friends flat

43. Bouncer’s request

45. “___, phone home”

46. Scottish Isle

48. Greek god of the sea

49. 2022 World Cup city



Anagrams: Pastries

SACTRIOSN

KALAABV

UTDHUGON

MNJBAO

MLPAIER

URVNOTER

ICALER

UNFMFI

HDIANS

RWEBACAL

ONSEC

AONAMRC



Word Search

Galaxy

Asteroid

Moon

Star

Orbit

Comet

Planet

Sun

Eclipse

Nebula

Meteorite

Cosmos

Gravity

Equinox

Universe

Solstice

Penumbra

Constellation

Interstellar

Spaceship

Quasar

Flare

Ray



Stepdown

  1. Dot your i’s and cross these

  2. Part of our University’s name

  3. To place in position

  4. A nuisance

  5. Awful sickness, often in the throat

  6. To annoy


Connections

By Ella Bernard

​Strike

Hit

Split

Knockout

Percussion

Surplus

Vocals

Spare

Backup

Smash

Double

Keys

Turkey

Leftover

Winner

Bass


Sudoku


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