14 GROUNDCOVER NEWS PUZZLES BUILDING a BUSINESS Peter Collins 1 14 18 21 24 28 33 37 41 44 52 58 62 65 68 42 45 53 59 63 66 69 46 47 54 55 60 64 67 70 43 48 56 57 61 49 50 51 SUDOKU The aim is to complete the entire grid using the numbers 1-9. Each number can only be used once in each row, once in each column, and once in each of the 3×3 boxes. 2 3 4 5 6 7 15 19 22 25 29 26 30 34 35 38 39 40 31 32 36 23 27 8 9 16 10 17 20 11 12 13 OCTOBER 16, 2026 ACROSS 1. Totals 7. "Abbott Elementary" airer 10. Martial ___ 14. Like some photos 15. Madras garment 17. Cruise destination 18. * Shady business? 20. Tusked beast 21. Big atlas section 22. * Shaky business? 24. They make a case for drinking? 26. GM car safety tracker 27. Make the cut? 28. Booze buyers' requirements 29. Reward for waiting? 31. Show signs of an allergy 33. Autocrat 36. "Tobacco" or "Thunder" of song 37. 1969 Rolling Stones hit (and a hint as to what is found at the ends of the answers to the starred clues) 41. Closing costs, e.g. 43. "Brave New World" author 44. Breakfast flatbread 48. Mac alternatives 49. "Spring forward" letters 52. Amtrak and B&O, e.g. 53. Electronic music genre 56. Out-and-out 58. * Battery business? 61. Part of YOLO 62. Farm field unit 63. * Dishy business? 65. Ostrichlike bird 66. Observes 67. Fancy wineglass 68. Animal on the Michigan state flag 69. Clever 70. Opposite of remote DOWN 1. Sushi condiment 2. Got extra mileage from 3. Baseball's Banks and Harwell 4. Humidor item 5. ___ Kan (pet food) 6. Barbecue side dish 7. Guilty ___ 8. Bangkok bills 9. Oil and vinegar holders 10. Police radio messages, for short 11. Cheers on 12. Happy-go-lucky syllables 13. Spread 16. "....___ happen to you, if you're young at heart" 19. Ye Olde ___ (quaint emporium) 23. Shapiro of NPR 25. Rose part 30. Suffix with Marx 32. Glenn of the Eagles 33. Kind of brakes 34. ___Kosh B'Gosh 35. Calendar abbr. 37. Breaks loose 38. Bring to light 39. Inc. cousin 40. "___ of the D'Urbervilles" 41. Basketball position 42. Swimmer's woe 45. The Falcons, on a scoreboard 46. Retains 47. Bounces off the walls? 49. National park in Alaska 50. Covert 51. Number of "jours" in "Novembre" 54. Monopoly purchase 55. Bonkers 57. Roy ___ (1984 role for Robert Redford) 59. Apprehension 60. Therefore 64. Hither and ___ Originally published in the November 2022 edition of Groundcover News. Sudoku puzzles are provided by www.sudokuoftheday.com – visit them and get a new Sudoku every day! PUZZLE SOLUTIONS October 2, 2026 edition
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