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ENTERTAINMENT
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2007
SUDOKU
Sudoku is a number-placement puzzle based on a 9x9 grid with several given numbers. The object is to place the numbers 1 to 9 in the empty squares so that each row, each column and each 3x3 box contains the same number only once. The difficulty level of the Concepts Sudoku increases from Monday to Sunday.
Conceptis Sudoku
Conceptis Sudoku by Dave Green
| | | | | | 2 | 5 | | |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| | 6 | | | | 7 | 1 | | |
| | | | | | | | 9 | |
| | | 7 | | | 4 | 9 | 8 | |
| 8 | 5 | | | | | | 4 | 2 |
| | 1 | 3 | 9 | | | 7 | | |
| | 3 | | | | | | | |
| | | 5 | 8 | | | | 2 | |
| | | 1 | 5 | | | | | |
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Answer to previous puzzle
9 5 3 7 8 1 4 2 6
6 8 4 5 2 9 7 3 1
7 2 1 4 6 3 9 8 5
4 9 2 6 1 8 5 7 3
8 1 5 3 9 7 6 4 2
3 6 7 2 4 5 8 1 9
5 7 8 1 3 6 2 9 4
1 4 6 9 7 2 3 5 8
2 3 9 8 5 4 1 6 7
Difficulty Level ★★★
PARENTHESES
WILL & THE BEAR
CHRIS DICKINSON
WILL MACADO
» SEARCH FOR THE AGGRO CRAG
RANDOM THOUGHTS
JAYMES AND SARAH LOGAN
ANTOHER CHICKEN
To get the advantage, check the day's rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.
HOROSCOPES
ARIES (March 21-April 19)
Today is a 7
For the next several weeks, it's best to keep your cards close to your chest. Don't let anybody know what you have, or what you intend to do with it.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
Today is a 5
TONIA BLAIR
You don't have to say a thing, but make very sure the person who's speaking for you has your best interests at heart. You'll be able to tell.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21)
Today is an 8
Devote more time to planning for the next several weeks. You'll be able to see what parts of your routine are inefficient. Get rid of the stuff that's slowing you down.
CANCER (June 22-July 22)
Today is a F.
Don't carry the burden all by yourself. Confide in a person you trust. You don't have to tell everybody your woes, but it's sure good to share with a friend.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
Today is an 8
Don't tell everybody about your great ideas yet. There are still quite a few bugs to work out. Better wait until the product's finished. Avoid unwanted criticism.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
You've been plagued by distractions lately, as you may have noticed. That condition is starting to pass. It's becoming easier to stay on track.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Today is an 8
You'll think of new ways to make money in the next few weeks. You'll be thinking about it in your sleep, which increases your study time.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Today is a 6
You're entering a phase that will last for several weeks, wherein you have super-human cogitative powers. That means you'll be extra smart. Use these talents to benefit others, as well as yourself, of course.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
Today is an 8
You're not the best person in the world to trust with a secret. Your mission in life is to disperse information, but you could try. That's one of your lessons to learn in the next two weeks. Practice discretion.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Today is a 6
You're in a difficult situation. You may not know quite what to do. Consult your friends and family. They'll set you on the right path.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
Today is an 8
Today is an 8
The material you're studying now is the sort that makes dreams come true. You have the picture in your mind. Learn how to draw it on paper.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)
Todav is a 5
The check comes in, just in the nick of time. Now you can fix that thing at home that's just about to fall apart. Don't know what? Look around.
ACROSS
1 Memo acronym
5 Tear
8 Campus area
12 Creche trio
13 Blond shade
14 Loosen
15 Hydrox competitor
16 Privy
17 Doctrines
18 Abduct
20 Singer Fitzgerald
22 Colonial hero whose name uses only six different letters
26 Bouton-niere locale
34 Bobby of hockey
35 It may be faux
36 Factions
37 Colonial hero with the same six letters as 22-Across
40 Land-lord's due
41 Poet Plath
45 Read bar codes
47 Curved line
49 Noises
50 Grand-scale story
51 Ultra-modernist
52 Being, to Brutus
Solution time: 25 mins.
T A M A H S
T A C O A D U L T
B R U I N N O M O R E
R A N D O M D R A W I N G
A P T L O R E N E V E A
P O P E D R O P
B U L G E D A I S Y
P O N Y R U B E
H O C M A I M S O I L
D R A W I N G B O A R D S
S P O N G E R U L E D
S K I L L B R O S
S S E S A N
DOWN
1 Uncontrolled
2 Ganges garment
3 On in years
4 Trail-blazer
5 "Honey-mooners" role
6 Equi-lane
7 Western state capital
8 Old-fashioned pen
9 Like some crackers
10 (P)
11 T
12 T
19 F
21
23
24 Pac-
25 Loony
26 "The — King"
27 Taj Mahal city
28 "Whister's Mother," for one
32 "Black Magic Woman" musician
33 Used with effect
35 Skillet
36 Crafty
38 Therefore
39 English racetrack
42 Master-Card rival
43 "Meet Me — Louis"
44 On the briny
45 Brief time
46 Acct.
48 Ump
Yesterday's answer 9-27
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FX'Y SEQQ MUJV E RNNJ. Yesterday's Cryptoquip; WHEN YOU GREET SOMEONE, BUT YOUR HEART'S NOT REALLY IN IT, THAT MIGHT BE A HOLLOW HELLO.
Today's Cryptoquip Clue: X equals E
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