Games World of Puzzles

Games World of Puzzles is loaded with all kinds of puzzles by top constructors as well as fascinating articles, game reviews, upcoming events, a contest in every issue, and much more. It’s the perfect magazine for all puzzle fans and gamers! The puzzles, while not interactive, can be attained via screen grab. Get yours today!

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Games World of Puzzles

MIXED DOUBLES

52-SKIDDOO

PENCIL POINTERS 1 • In this crossword puzzle, the clues appear in the grid itself. Enter the answers in the direction of the pointers.

MATCHBOXES • Here’s your big chance to play with matches. Enter words relating to each puzzle’s theme, one letter per box, so that the boxes with connecting lines have matching letters. We’ve shown a couple of S’s to start you off.

WHAT’S FOR DINNER?

EVERYTHING THAT GLITTERS • Here’s your chance to go for the gold! In this puzzle, answer to each clue is a word, name, or phrase containing the word GOLD. For example, the clue “Freda Payne’s pop hit” would lead to the answer BAND OF GOLD, while “2019 drama about a famous painting” would be “THE GOLDFINCH.” If the answers aren’t coming, you’ll find a gold mine of information on page 71.

KID STUFF

GARBAGE GARAGE

QUOTE BOXES • To solve Quote Boxes, drop the letters from each vertical column—not necessarily in the order in which they appear—into the empty squares below them to spell a quotation reading from left to right, line by line. Words may continue from one line to the next; black squares indicate ends of words. The author of each quote is given above its grid.

HASHI • In these puzzles, you are given an arrangement of numbered islands. Your goal is to add bridges (lines) between islands so that the islands form a single connected group. When adding bridges, you must follow these rules:

ST. PA-TRICK’S DAY • Here’s your own P-A system! All of the words and phrases listed below contain at least one P and one A. Fit them into the grid so that they intersect in standard crossword fashion. When the puzzle is solved correctly, each will have been used exactly once. STARTING HINT, PAGE 71 ANSWER, PAGE 72

WABBIT SEASON! • “Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears.” Well, this rabbit has donated two. Find all the listed words and phrases in the left rabbit ear. Then find them again in the right… but please don’t accuse us of putting words in your ears! All words appear horizontally, vertically, and diagonally, always in a straight line. ANSWER, PAGE 73

SOLITAIRE HANGMAN

PENCIL POINTERS 2 • In this crossword puzzle, the clues appear in the grid itself. Enter the answers in the direction of the pointers.

THE SPIRAL • This puzzle turns in two directions. The spiral’s Inward clues yield a sequence of words to be entered counterclockwise in the spaces from 1 to 100. The Outward clues yield a different set of words to be entered clockwise from 100 to 1. Keep track of which way you’re going, and have many happy returns. ANSWER, PAGE 72

CRYPTOLISTS • Below are four lists of related words and phrases that have been translated into simple cipher alphabets. The letter substitutions remain constant within any one group of words (for instance, if V represents G in one word, it will represent G in all the words in that list), but change from one list to the next. A tip to new solvers: Start by thinking of answers that might fit one of the categories; then see if any enciphered words in the list have the same letter pattern. The fourth list has been left untitled. Solve the code to determine what the items have in common. ANSWERS, PAGE 72

IN A GALAXY FAR, FAR AWAY

SNAKE CHARMER • The charm of this puzzle is that each letter in the grid is used in exactly two answers. To solve, enter the answer to each clue (one letter per space) starting in...