Front Runners
The legendary Will Shortz, crossword editor for The New York Times & puzzle master for NPR, is now a Connect To contributor. His fourth puzzle is Front Runners. Each of these puzzles contains five pairs of clues and a corresponding grid to write the answers. To solve, answer the first clue in each pair by entering your answer in the matching numbered space on the right side of the grid. Next, complete the second clue by adding one, two or three letters to the unnumbered box on the left side. For example, for the clues “Have supper” and “Medicine for a cut” in puzzle #1, you would write DINE in the numbered space in the grid and the letters IO in front of it to complete the word IODINE. When each grid is complete, rearrange the five sets of boxed letters on the left in alphabetical order by first letter—rearrange the set only, not the letters within the set. The result will spell a bonus word related to the puzzle’s title.
When you’re done:
Submit your answer to win a prize. We will randomly select winners and reach out if you’ve been chosen. Good luck!
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Cross Anagrams
The legendary Will Shortz, crossword editor for The New York Times & puzzle master for NPR, is now a Connect To contributor. His third puzzle is Cross Anagrams. Each clue has a six-letter word answer. Enter your answers horizontally across in the grid directly above the clues. Each word in grid A is an anagram of the word on the same row in grid B. One letter in each word is already in place.
When you’re done:
Submit your answer to win a prize. We will randomly select winners and reach out if you’ve been chosen. Good luck!
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Link-Letters
The answer to each clue in the left column goes in the squares to the left of the first black bar, and the answer to each clue in the right column goes in the squares to the right of the second black bar. Then, one letter, the “Link-Letter,” goes in the square in the middle to complete a new single word across the line. For example, the Link-Letter for “elect” and “ode” would be “r” to create “electrode.” When the puzzle is complete, the Link-Letters will form a seven-letter word reading down.
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Bullseye 20 Questions
The legendary Will Shortz, crossword editor for The New York Times & puzzle master for NPR, is now a Connect To contributor. His first puzzle is a wordplay featuring Westchester cities and towns. The answer to each question is written in the bullseye. Cross them off as you solve them, and when the puzzle is complete, one historic Westchester town will remain.
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