The Independent-Record from Helena, Montana (2025)

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Brain BUSTERS PAGE 7 wiriLsi INSTRUCTIONS: Find as many words as you can by linking letters up. down, side-to-side and diagonally, writing words on a blank sheet of paper. You may only use each letter box once within a single wordplay with a friend and compare word finds, crossing out common By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek words." A nIoItIyI PH 13 14 20 21 22 HH24 mm rt HI 28 M29 30 31 32 33 34 35 37 38 33 40 42 43 48 49 50B 51 52 BH53 54 55 58 Hs9 BOGGLE POINT SCALE Boggle' BrainBusters Bonus We put special brain-busting words into the grid of letters. Can you tind them? Find FOUR CANADIAN CITIES in the grid of letters.

Write your answers below. 3 letters 1 point 4 letters 2 points) 5 letters 3 points 6 letters A points C7 letters 6 points) 8 letters 1 0 points) 9 letters 15 points YOUR BOGGLE RATING 151 Champ 1 01 -1 50 Expert 61 -100 Pro 31-60 Gamer 21-30 Rookie 1 1 20 Amateur 0-10 Try again ACROSS DOWN Sudoku Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit, 1 to 9. The Mepham Group 1 Opposite of 27 2011 Masters 29-Across champ 2 TheUAEhas Schwartzel been a member 30 Like an etcher's of it since 1967 acid 3 Cavalry carriers 31 38-Across 4 George's mom spouse on "Seinfeld" 32 Emmy winner 5 Make public KaY 6 Dessert 34 Aloe targets preceder 35 With a smile on 7 How backroom one's face deals are 38 Speed Wagons, conducted e.g. 8 Desert dangers 39 Stable 9 Ed of 40 Lawsuits "Apollo 13" 41 Fr0jC 10 den 42 Vehicle pulled 11 Drink in a belt bybovines 12 Chose 43 72 for 18, often 14 "Don't throw 44 Passing grade that away" that won't 21 "Apollo 13" please parents director 45 Words of defeat Howard 46 Sordid 22 Sounds near the 49 Seine summers ears 50 North Carolina 25 of invincibility school 26 Song-holding 54 Pink Floyd gadget guitarist Barrett 36 Mineral in a wall, perhaps 37 Super Bowl highlights, for many 38 Dortmund's region 39 It's a wrap 41 "Vanilla Sky" actress 44 Prepare for a bath 47 Hobbyist's cutting brand 48 Ocean holiday 51 Student aid 52 Beatles meter maid 53 Stirs up 55 DOD branch 56 D'back, for one 57 Diplomat 58 Eyelid concern 59 Part of CBS: Abbr. 60 Email button Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis 1 Former Astros, As and Mets manager Art 5 Arabian Peninsula title 9 Nonpaying rail rider 13 "Skip me this time, thanks" 15 Princess once allied with Hercules 16 Each 17 Mattress brand 18 Finished 19 Laugh-a-minute type 20 GM compact that replaced the Cobalt 23 Soft spreads 24 Asserted 25 Teams of fliers 28 Loss by 1, say 29 Opposite of 1-Down 30 B.C.

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