Puzzle solutions for Friday, May 6, 2022

Note: Most subscribers have some, but not all, of the puzzles that correspond to the following set of solutions for their local newspaper.

CROSSWORDS

USA TODAY crossword

(Available to play digitally at puzzles.usatoday.com.)

Los Angeles Times crossword

Today’s crossword (McMeel)

Daily Commuter crossword

SUDOKU

JUMBLE

Jumbles: KNACK    GLOAT    NOTARY    LEVITY

Answer: For the Marshall Islands, the rising sea level was – TAKING "ATOLL"

(Distributed by Tribune Content Agency)

CRYPTOGRAPHY PUZZLES 

Celebrity Cipher

"The doctors may be mapping out the war games, but it is the nurses who make the conflict bearable." – Jodi Picault

(Distributed by Andrews McMeel)

Cryptoquote

I REFUSE TO JOIN ANY CLUB THAT WOULD HAVE ME AS A MEMBER. – GROUCHO MARX

(Distributed by King Features)

Cryptoquip

CARVED CUCUMBER THAT SOMEBODY HAS SHAPED TO LOOK LIKE A VERY POPULAR MUPPET: PICKLE ME ELMO.

(Distributed by King Features)

OTHER PUZZLES

Boggle

LUTE    OBOE    HARP    BANJO    BUGLE

(Distributed by Tribune Content Agency)

Lexigo

AIDED, DEFENDANT, TAIWAN, NATIVE, EMAIL

(Distributed by Andrews McMeel)

KenKen

Scrabblegrams

7 Little Words

1.  CRINGES
2.  OBSTRUCTED
3.  PERSON
4.  HYPERBOLE
5.  MERCENARY
6.  PROPENSITY
7.  HIBACHI

(Distributed by Andrews McMeel)

Find the Words

Lazy summer days

(Distributed by Creators)

Kubok