Up & Coming Weekly

34 UCW OCTOBER 21-27, 2009 WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM Fun & Games Fun & Games Fun & Games Fun & Games Fill in the blank squares in the grid, making sure that every row, column and 3-by-3 box includes all digits 1 through 9. WIN FREE PRIZES Correctly complete the crossword puzzle and/or sudoku puzzle and send it to Up & Coming Weekly postmarked by Oct. 26, 2009, P.O. Box 53461, Fayetteville, NC 28305 or fax it to 910-484-9218. You could win a prize courtesy of Up & Coming Weekly! Name: __________________________________________________________________ Address _________________________________________________________________ City:_____________________________________State:_______ Zip:______________ Phone: __________________________________________________________________ Where did you pick up your Up & Coming Weekly?_____________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Fun & Games Fun & Games Answers Answers to the 10/14/09 puzzles ACROSS 1. Make dull or stupid 6. It's rarely low on cash 9. Person of French descent 13. Round openings in architecture 14. Captain's turf 15. Irritable, as in baby 16. Relating to ohms 17. *Halloween, pump- kins and ___rides are signs of fall. 18. Gastric problem 19. Foot to a child 21. *Glowing Hallow- een tradition 23. Currently running horror movie series 24. First thing in the seat 25. One ___, as in street 28. It's cold on CBS 30. *Pumpkin's Euro- pean predecessor 35. Fe 37. Bodies, informal 39. *Ghosts make it by moaning and rattling chains 40. T on a test 41. Tina Fey's depiction of Sarah Palin, e.g. 43. One of British Isles 44. Rebound after hit- ting 46. Violent throw 47. Expression of con- tempt or scorn 48. Carrion-eating dogs 50. Boyfriend 52. Possessive of it 53. Credit card balance, e.g. 55. Pen juice 57. *"Halloween" fiend 61. *What some do in haunted houses 64. Loathing 65. Knot-tying vow 67. *Most popular treat 69. _____ Davis or Midler 70. The most recent Testament 71. Sometimes done in relation to taxes 72. "____ who?" 73. It describes someone with H1N1 74. A Greek cheese, pl. DOWN 1. *Ghost's exclamation 2. Not counterfeit 3. Japanese wrestling 4. Mixtures or medleys 5. ___ ___ Toe 6. *Zombie's skin color 7. Green or black drink 8. It doesn't mean yes and it doesn't mean no 9. West of Florida 10. Reproductive struc- tures 11. One who's on drugs 12. Ancient Greeks' harp 15. Race for charity 20. They're used to cleanse wounds 22. Singular food grain popular at breakfast 24. A forbidding strong- hold 25. *Often thought of as wicked 26. Orderly arrangement 27. "___'__ out!" -- espe- cially in baseball 29. A year ahead of a frosh 31. To irritate 32. One born to Japa- nese immigrants 33. Small body of land 34. They often apply pressure 36. Vegas light 38. "Sight for ____ eyes" 42. A natural talent 45. A married French- woman 49. What one does to Spot 51. It helps children around the world 54. Russian crepes 56. Scallywag or rapscal- lion 57. *Frankenstein was pursued by these ugly crowds 58. From the mind 59. *Here they trick- or-treat in apartment buildings 60. Crude shelters 61. Chimney cover 62. Annoying biting fly 63. Cocoyam 66. Ctrl+Alt+___ 68. "Da" in Russian HALLOWEEN Congratulations to IAN ST. CLAIR, the puzzle winner of the Oct. 07 issue , who picked up UP & COMING WEEKLY at Barnes & Noble.

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