Press Start: Puzzles #289

CROSSWORD: WILD WORDS

By Greta Shope

ACROSS 1 Pds. of 60 mins. 4 Analysis that might be done in MT2508 9 Non-verbal UK lang. 12 Informal debts 14  'Nor land ________' (nowhere on Earth) 15  Silly, in Seville* 16  Dad 17  Took 18-across again, for one 18  Exam common in ModLangs 19  Winner 21  Texas landmark you won't forget 22  Crew member 23  Waiting for a page, maybe 25  Cable box (abbr.) 26  Former Majority leader Tom 28 Winged member of European folklore 31 Bearman's 2025 teammate 33  Outback runner 34  Flubs 35 British King deposed by Richard III 38 Symbolic objects 40  Insane, in Istanbul* 41  Mens ____ (legal mental state) 43  Common lunch hour 44  St. Andrews submitting system 45 Tailed creature that might be pals with 28-across 47 Won't bother, in text-speak 50 Berber group Mdou Moctar belongs to 51 American Sara Lee snack 53 "______ of One's Own" (Virginia Woolfe classic) 56 Without dissent, as a floor vote 58  Actual 59  ________ fool (goofs off) 60 Bitter in Bourdeaux 61 Ancient Roman senator (elder or younger) 62 Reward for bringing flowers, if you're lucky 63 Johnathan Larson's musical magnum opus 64 'i can't even' 65 One of a flight 66 Former 8-bit console

DOWN 1 Safari creatures 2 Get one's attention, as a lion might 3 The Philadelphia Eagles have two 4 Singer-songwriter Amos 5 Gaga, in Greece* 6 Ultimate nature 7 "I have no idea" 8 Tit for ____ 9 When repeated, island in Polynesia 10 Screw over 11 Lost it, in Lanai* 13 Not spend 15 Roll back, like your head 20 Passion 21 It can be hazy or bitter 24 Graduates 27  Tenor Bocelli 28  Grand Slam event contested in June 29  Limb 30  Snakelike shape 32 Egy. airport code 34  Mr. Blue Sky band 35  Club music abbr. 36  Party 26-across 37  Mad, in Munich* 39 Enlightenment in Hindu tradition 42 Severe disability 45  16-across's partner, perhaps 46  28-down's 1999 winner (where he finished off his Golden Slam) 48  Movie hero played by Damon 49  Advantages 50  Lost it, in Lugo* 52  Dr. Zhivago star Sharif 53  Rainbow shapes 54  Batter 55  Promise 57 Former F1 Brazilian Felipe 59 Batteries that may not be included

SUDOKU

By Alex Le Sage

WORD SEARCH

By Julia Emery

MARIO	LINK	MASTER CHIEF
GERALT	PIKACHU	SONIC
LARA CROFT	KRATOS	SOLID SNAKE
CLOUD STRIFE	SAMUS	ARTHUR MORGAN
STEVE	PACMAN	KIRBY

SPELLING BEE

By Alex Le Sage

Nice - 70

Great - 112

Amazing - 140

Genius - 196

Perfect! - 279

ANAGRAMS: FAMOUS VIDEO GAMES

By Julia Emery

RCMANIFET

ARTEG NTUHO FADT

RIKSMY

KMONEOP

TROVAALN

NFIETTOR

CVATWEORH

LOHA

SEH MIST

DOLT YC LAUF

RITSET

PMOSR BAHER USSS

DELTARUNE

SKUL OSRDA

SWS ITRIOP

KRIOM ATRA

CONNECTIONS

By Iris Hubbard

Bedrock	Nether	Wither	Diamonds
Ire	Sag	Core	Ice
Work	Stay	Shrivel	Root
Droop	Basis	Scot	Umbrella