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Family Time Crosswordby Tim Parker

Imagine getting a whole family of yourreaders to spend quality time together withyour newspaper. It can happen with FA M I LYTIME CROSSWORD!

FA M I LY TIME CROSSWORD combinesstandard crossword clues and kids’ clues, so adults and children can work together to solve the puzzle.

This feature is available as a composed page intwo sizes — tab and broadsheet. Both sizes areavailable in either color or black & white.

Frequency: 2x weekly

Universal Crossword andUniversal Diagramless Crosswordby Tim ParkerNamed the “Wo r l d ’s Most Syndicated Puzzle Compiler” by Guinness World Records, Ti m o t h yParker creates some of the hottest puzzles on the Web and in print. Parker receives more than10,000 e-mails a week from his UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD puzzlers. Players appreciate that mostpeople can actually complete the UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD — owing to Parker’s philosophy that“no educated person should be made to feel stupid by a puzzle.”


IS SOMEBODY MAKING YOU CHANGEYOUR CROSSWORD PUZZLE?

YOU HAVE A CHOICE!

The Universal Crossword by Timothy Parker Available in print, daily and Sunday. Online too!

Named the “World’s Most Syndicated

Puzzle Compiler” by Guinness World Records!

Universal Crossword Sundayby Tim Parker

Timothy Parker is also senior crossword puzzle editor of USA Today Crosswords, founder of ThePuzzle Society, one of North America's largest paid subscriber puzzle clubs, and creator and senioreditor of the Universal Crossword, one of the Internet's most popular crossword feature since1998.


Te l e w o r dby David Ouellet

David Ouellet produces more than 500 puzzles a year and considers each a labor of love. Eachpuzzle is built manually, without computer-assisted shortcuts. Each uses every letter in the grid,and all of the words in the clue list are related to the puzzle’s theme title. The millions of peoplewho have tried their hand at Teleword over the years find them a true test of their “word power. ”


W h a t z i t ?by Paul Sellers

Mind-boggling, sometimes frustrating and always fun, WHATZIT? appeals to people of all ages.The zany phrase-and-word puzzles can be solved by one person or can be played with others.Either way, WHATZIT? will provide your readers with brain-teasing enjoyment.


Wo n d e rw o r dby David Ouellet

David Ouellet produces more than 500puzzles a year and considers each a labor oflove. Each puzzle is built manually, withoutcomputer-assisted shortcuts. And all of thewords in the clue list are related to thep u z z l e ’s theme title. The unused/leftoverletters spell the solution. The millions ofpeople who have tried their hand atWONDERWORD over the years find them atrue test of their “word power. ”


Universal Sudoku Wo r dby David Bodycombe

UNIVERSAL SUDOKU Word now gives you Sudoku-solving pleasure with letters instead ofnumbers. Instructions will tell players to complete the grid so that every row, column and 3x3box contains certain letters. One row or column will contain a word that players can guess at theend of the exerc i s e .


Logic Puzzles for Print Editions

H i d a t oby Dr. Gyora Benedek

Star Tr e k ’s Mr. Spock would have loved "Hidato" because it’s based totally on logic—noguesswork is needed. Each Hidato puzzle starts with a grid partially filled with numbers. The goalis to fill the grid with consecutive numbers that connect horizontally, vertically or diagonally. Eachpuzzle has only one possible solution. The first and last numbers of a puzzle will be in circ l emarkers.

Frequency: 7x weeklyAlso available in Spanish (También disponible en Español)

S u n d a yD a i l y

Universal Sudokuby David Bodycombe

UNIVERSAL SUDOKU is the hottest new worldwide puzzle. It is a puzzle that uses numbersinstead of words. It’s a grid of 81 squares, divided into nine blocks of nine squares each. Some ofthe squares contain a digit. The goal is to fill in the empty squares so that the digits 1 through 9appear just once in every row, column and individual block.

The aficionados of modern-day Sudoku are keen to point out that it is not a mathematicalproblem. Logic is what’s required.


Universal Sudoku Classic Universal Sudoku Classic Color

Frequency: 1x weeklyAlso available in Spanish ( También disponible en Español)


Universal Sudoku Graphic




Sudoku X (9x9)T h i s p u z z l e i s a v a r i a t i o n o n c l a s s i c S u d o k u w h e r e e a c h s h a d e d d i a g o n a l m u s t a l s oc o n t a i n e a c h d i g i t e x a c t l y o n c e . T h e e x t r a c o n s t r a i n t s p r o v i d e d b y t h e d i a g o n a l s a l l o wSudoku X p u z z l e s t o h a v e d r a m a t i c a l l y f e w e r g i v e n s t o s t a r t . E x p e r i e n c e d s o l v e r s f i n d t h i sv a r i a t i o n f u n a n d r e f r e s h i n g .

O b j e c t i v e : F i l l r e m a i n i n g c e l l s w i t h d i g i t s 1 t h r o u g h 9 s o t h a t e a c h d i g i t o c c u r s e x a c t l yo n c e i n e a c h r o w, c o l u m n , h e a v i l y o u t l i n e d 3 x 3 b l o c k , a n d e a c h s h a d e d d i a g o n a l .

Ti p s : S t a r t w i t h c e l l s o n t h e d i a g o n a l s , s i n c e t h e y h a v e t h e m o s t c o n s t r a i n t s . Av o i dg u e s s i n g ; u n l e s s y o u c a n r e m e m b e r e v e ry m o v e y o u m a d e s i n c e t h e g u e s s , a n i n c o r r e c tg u e s s i s h a r d t o u n d o . Yo u c a n k e e p t r a c k o f p o s s i b l e a n s w e r s u s i n g “ p e n c i l m a r k s ”( s m a l l d i g i t s d r a w n l i g h t l y i n t h e c o r n e r s o f a c e l l ) b u t i f y o u n e e d m o r e t h a n 3 p e n c i lm a r k s i n a c e l l , i t i s g e n e r a l l y n o t w o r t h i t .

P u z z l e s a r e available 7x weekly. Daily p u z z l e s s c a l e f r o m e a s i e s t o n M o n d a y t o h a r d e s t b y S u n d a y. F o rt i p s a n d t u t o r i a l s , v i s i t u s a t h t t p : / / n u m b e r p u z z l e s . c o m / S u d o k u X

Sudoku X Mini (6x6)This puzzle is a variation on 6x6 Sudoku where each shaded diagonal must also contain eachdigit exactly once. The extra constraints provided by the diagonals allow Sudoku X Minipuzzles to have dramatically fewer givens to start. Experienced solvers find this variation funand refreshing.

Objective: Fill remaining cells with digits 1 through 6 so that each digit occurs exactly oncein each row, column, heavily outlined 3x2 block, and each shaded diagonal.

Tips: Start with cells on the diagonals, since they have the most constraints. Avoid guessing;unless you can remember every move you made since the guess, an incorrect guess is hard toundo. You can keep track of possible answers using “pencil marks” (small digits drawn lightlyin the corners of a cell) but if you need more than 3 pencil marks in a cell, it is generally notworth it.

The cells near the center are particularly powerful.Consider the digit 3 shown in the example to the right.The red lines show how it projects into neighboring 3x2blocks. As a result, the block above it can contain thedigit 3 only in cells A or B, and the block beside it canhave its 3 only in cells C or D. (In this case, C.)

Magic, Mazes & Morefor Print Editions

Baker Street PuzzleBAKER STREET PUZZLE brings a new word or logic puzzle each week.

Frequency: 1x weekly (Sunday)

Magic Eyeby Cheri Smith and Dawn Zimiles

MAGIC EYE® 3D illusions will challenge and entertain your readers. Embedded within eachMAGIC EYE puzzle is an enchanting 3D image that materializes before the viewer’s eyes! Simpleviewing instructions and a "clue" are provided with each image, along with a Web address to"view" the 3D hidden solution (cheat). MAGIC EYE images ignited the worldwide 3D explosion,breaking bestseller lists around the world. MAGIC EYE has universal appeal to millions in all ageg r o u p s .


s o l u t i o n

Minute MazeI t ’s a fact: Newspaper readers love puzzles.Satisfy (and entertain) your readers withMINUTE MAZE!


Also available in Spanish ( También disponible en Español)

I t ’s a fact: Newspaper readers lovepuzzles. Satisfy (and entertain) yourreaders with SUPERMAZE!


Also available in Spanish ( También disponible en Español)

Super Maze

Puzzles in Spanish

Sopa de Letraspor Angel Freire

A traditional word search, with a twist. Every puzzle has a different theme, and words can befound in any order and at any angle.

La famosa sopa de letras, un juego muy fácil y entretenido. Es una búsqueda tradicional depalabras pero con un giro distinto. Cada sopa de letras trata de un tema diferente, y las palabrasse pueden encontrar fácilmente.


P a s a t i e m p o spor Angel Freire

An always-changing variety of games that offer unique entertainment to a wide audience. Gamesinclude spot-the-difference games, codebreakers, number and word puzzles, card games and not-so-simple math problems.

Es una página que consta de seis juegos, todos muy entretenidos. Es una buena herramienta parae j e rcitar el cerebro.

Frequency: 1x weekly with 6 different games

Crucigramas Diariospor Angel Freire

A traditional crossword puzzle in Spanish. An excellent tool to attract and maintain new and loyalreaders, this puzzle is created by one of Latin America’s leading puzzlemasters, Angel Freire.

El crucigrama es un arma excelente para aumentar el número de los lectores. Muchos de ellosesperan con ansias diariamente por el periódico, simplemente para hacer el crucigrama.


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