Love & Letters: Puzzles #286

CROSSWORD: GODS OF LOVE

By Julia Emery and Iris Hubbard

ACROSS 1. Lowest part 5. + Z to undo 9. Greek baby celeberated on 14/2 14. Mukbang sound 15. “Up, up and ___” 16. Carmen, for example 17. Greek goddess celebrated on 14/2 19. Way up or down 20. Lyrical poet 21. Symbolic wreath 22. Piece of glass 25. Performer on wood stage 28. Malibu or Bacardi 29. “ ___ upon a time” 30. Curvy letter 31. Like a writer for The Saint 35. Uni. degree of Jane Austen 38. Classification of 9A, 17A, 61A, 67A, and 68A 43. Sailor, without the usual sounds? 44. Pep talk purpose 46. Machine outside of Tesco 49. Go out with 52. “Who ___ you?” 53. 2008 economic decline 56. “Prime Time” NFL player Sanders 58. Old romance, figuratively 59. After an A-Lister 61. 1966 Michael Caine rom-com 62. Roman Saint celebrated on 14/2 66. Where you might find Chopped Chin 67. “__ it,” confirmation 68. Roman deity celebrated on 14/2 69. Norse goddess celebrated on 14/2 70. Love __ 71. University of St Andrews accom.

DOWN 1. Sheep sound 2. Egyptian snake 3. Acronym of dismay 4. “404: ___ occurred” 5. U.S. car abbrv. 6. Bottle cap type 7. Wicker plant material 8. Soap making ingredient 9. Market Street coffee company 10. Sport’s Illustrated model, Kate 11. West Ham United manager 12. Colored parts of eyes 13. Challengers 18. Like 3, 13, or 9 22. Tix. for back of the theatre 23. Suspended on a hook 24. “Are not!” response 26. Not a Mac 27. Makes unacceptable 32. Superbowl pts. 33. Language for the deaf in Massachussets or Texas 34. F150 and F450 36. Vote against 37. Supplement store 40. Appointment availability 41. Common Taste order 42. Currency in France or Italy 45. Ink jotter 46. Barking onomatopoeia 47. Bank employee 48. Antivirus software company 50. Like ChatGPT 51. Trinidad counterpart 54. Girl in Paris 55. _____ ghost: when one has a spiritual sighting 56. ___dadan, Yukinobu Tatsu manga 57. Pea plant classification 60. Head, to Descartes 62. Hotel du ___, St Andrews lodging 63. Rage 64. Boozy egg drink 65. Letter after Arr

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

By Jay Martin

ACROSS 1. Country leads legal proceeding amidst chaos 3. Herds seen in a tunnel, keeping safe primarily 6. Produced for a bit of dough, but not baked 9. They give a hoot as MPs 11. No hair: the new alternative style for seamen 13. Big in America, a vast city 14. Instagram videos? That’ll sure cut the head off my fishing YouTube channel! 15. Exploited, I’d sue badly! 17. Raced away, leaving everyone on the sidewalk suddenly behind 20. Buses reverse, yes, a thing unspoken to begin with 21. Homer works from beginning to end in a rather ectopic manner

DOWN 1. Take much from conservative circles? Quite the opposite! 2. Keats works in a middling humble abode 4. Fail in a game, patently you must attack the winner first 5. Roguish elites assume some alternate strategy 7. Protests, as a result of being laid off 8. Technocracy, decided oaf, geeks made economy decline 9. Circles around a political organisers group chat, for some of it 10. Boy takes in a French article for a scoop 12. Be in a state of confusion about reality for starters 15. Scrumming for a resting place? A bit backwards before noon 16. Stretched your neck for a copycat? Hm, no. Less feline, less punctual 18. Manchester City won, as per 19. Haddock in the north, then what in London? This is all backwards

SUDOKU

By Alex Le Sage

WORD SEARCH

By Iris Hubbard

ALLMINE	HEARTU	SUGARSUGAR
ANGEL	LOVEBUG	SUPERSTAR
BEARHUG	LOVELETTER	SWEETPEA
BESTIE	MAGIC	TEDDYBEAR
CRUSHIT	MYTREAT	YOUFLIRT
DREAM	PERFECT	YOUROCK
DREAMTEAM	PUPPYLOVE

SPELLING BEE

By Greta Shope

Nice - 105  

Great - 168  

Amazing - 210

Genius - 294  

Perfect! - 420

ANAGRAMS: ROMANCE MOVIES

By Greta Shope

HET OKONETOB

GONTINT LHIL

THOCALCO

YAHOLID

LSEPSSELE NI ETTSALE

EHT SPOLAPRO

YITDR GNCNADI

OLEV SIERO

CISNAMORT YOMONSUNA

TEPRTY ONAMW

KEBKOCRBA IAMTUNON

SENPIRCS IDBRE

ITGEVRO

TEH TRAPATNEM

CONNECTIONS

By Julia Emery

Emmy	Rose	Chocolate	Flowers
Orchid	Elle	Sally	Grammy
Oscar	Jewelry	Lily	Tulip
Bridget	Kat	Nobel	Card