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Place Your Chips 10 10 40
Easy You have a stack of poker chips 50
that are each worth $5, $10 or $25. You
need to place them on the squares of 25 65
this grid—but no more than one chip 90
per square—so their value totals the
amount of dollars shown for each row, 5 10 35
column and long diagonal. Not every 15 40 90 60 75
square needs to have a chip on it. Sev-
eral chips and one blank space (desig-
nated by a star) have been placed to get
you started. Can you finish the grid?

(PLACE YOUR CHIPS) FRASER SIMPSON; (FILL IN THE BLOCK; 3-2-1 CONTACT) DARREN RIGBY 15

3-2-1 Contact

Difficult Enter the 3 11
numbers from 1 to

16 into the grid

(some of them have 16 6
been given). No

two numbers that

Fill in the Block share a common factor may be in horizontally or
Moderately difficult Here
are two identical shapes. vertically adjacent boxes. For example, 4 and 6
How many more of them
do you need to make the can’t be in adjacent boxes because they share a
smallest possible rectangle
with no holes in it? You factor of 2. We’re not counting 1 as a factor, so
can’t move the two shapes
already in place. 1 may be adjacent to anything. Every pair of

adjacent boxes that contain adjacent numbers

(4 and 5, for example) is marked with a dot.

With these rules, there’s only one solution.

Can you find it?

For answers, turn to PAGE 103

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TRIVIA 11. In which city can
you ski down the sloped
BY Beth Shillibeer roof of an electricity-
producing incinerator?
1. BBC sports commenta- 6. The international cos-
tor Andrew Cotter has metics retailer Lush sells 12. NASA has tested
made popular home “naked” products, which equipment in Chile’s Ata-
videos featuring contests don’t include what? cama Desert, because it’s
between whom? similar to which planet?
7. After a hiatus in gospel,
2. The 2020 winner of the who returned to rock ’n’ 13. Which poses a
Oscar for Best Documen- roll in the early 1960s, greater threat to under-
tary (Short Subject) fea- with The Beatles as his sea fibre-optic cables:
tures Afghan girls per- opening act? sharks or fishing boats?
forming what sport?
8. Which Canadian 14. Which country called
3. What geographic fea- province or territory its 2019 national budget
tures does IKEA usually has the highest propor- “The Wellbeing Budget”
name its bathroom prod- tion of elected female because it focused on
ucts after? legislators? areas such as mental
health?

4. According to a 2013 9. Where did South Korea
survey, what demo- recently send coronavirus-
graphic asks nearly 300 protection gear, out of
questions per day? gratitude to Korean
War veterans?
5. What board game is
purportedly not played 10. Who said: “A man 15. What cartoon charac- ESSANAY STUDIOS/PUBLIC DOMAIN
by the British royal family dies when he refuses to ter drew inspiration from
because it makes the take a stand for that Charlie Chaplin and turns
players too vicious? which is true”? 92 this November?

Answers: 1. His two dogs, Olive and Mabel. 2. Skateboarding. 3. Scandinavian bodies of water.
4. Young children. 5. Monopoly. 6. Packaging. 7. Little Richard. 8. The Northwest Territories.
9. The Navajo Nation. 10. Martin Luther King Jr. 11. Copenhagen. 12. Mars. 13. Fishing boats.
14. New Zealand. 15. Mickey Mouse.

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WORD POWER

A strong grasp of election terminology 10. dark horse—A: little-
gives power to the people. See if you can known candidate achiev-
ing surprising success.
pick out the winning definitions. B: controversial legisla-
tion. C: black limousine.

BY Linda Besner 11. canvass—A: sup-
press votes. B: compare
1. barnstorm—A: tour votes wins. B: survey political platforms.
an area for a campaign. taken as voters leave the C: solicit votes.
B: dominate the rural polling station. C: open-
vote. C: speak at length ing debate question. 12. proportional repre-
on tangential topics. sentation—A: designat-
6. incumbent—A: income ing seats for members of
2. manifesto—A: hand- distribution within a riding minority groups. B: sys-
shake photo op. B: public or district. B: person hold- tem where parties gain
declaration of aims. ing an office. C: debate seats in proportion to
C: figurehead. moderator. their votes. C: giving
shorter speaking times
to smaller parties.

3. muckraker—A: poli- 7. psephology—study of 13. suffrage—A: perse-
tician who purposely A: voting-machine cution. B: tax hike.
sows division. B: official design. B: elections. C: right to vote.
opposition. C: someone C: persuasion.
who seeks and publi- 14. acclamation—A: vic-
cizes scandals. 8. caucus—A: rowdy tory because there is only
discussion. B: a party’s one candidate. B: voting
4. grassroots—A: of elected members. by calling out “Aye” or
ordinary people. B: fun- C: coalition government. “Nay.” C: voter apathy.
damentalist. C: prioritiz-
ing the environment. 9. turnout—A: exposé. 15. sortition—A: select-
B: politician who switches ing public officials by
5. first past the post— party allegiance. C: per- lottery. B: making a vot-
A: system in which the centage of registered vot- ing decision. C: spoiling
candidate with the most ers who cast ballots. a ballot.

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WORD POWER 6. incumbent—B: person proportion to their votes;
ANSWERS holding an office; as, The as, British Columbia has
Canadian House of Com- rejected proportional rep-
1. barnstorm—A: tour mons has a transition resentation three times.
an area for a campaign; program to help defeated
as, The party leader barn- incumbents find other jobs. 13. suffrage—C: right to
stormed the province’s vote; as, Although the
northern towns. 7. psephology—B: study Inuit gained federal suf-
of elections; as, After frage in 1950, few ballot
2. manifesto—B: public founding a psephology boxes were placed in Inuit
declaration of aims; as, website, Éric Grenier was communities before 1962.
Lord Buckethead, a satiri- hired by the CBC.
cal candidate in Britain, 14. acclamation—A: vic-
published a manifesto 8. caucus—B: a party’s tory because there is only
proposing to nationalize elected members; as, The one candidate; as, In
the singer Adele. MP voiced her concerns 2012, six of Saskatche-
at a caucus meeting wan’s mayors won by
behind closed doors. acclamation.

3. muckraker—C: some- 9. turnout—C: amount 15. sortition—A: select-
one who seeks and publi- of registered voters who ing politicians by lottery;
cizes scandals; as, A cast ballots; as, Turnout at as, Practiced in Ancient
muckraker discovered Quebec’s 1995 referen- Athens, sortition has
the leading candidate’s dum was 93.5 per cent. present-day supporters.
marriage was in trouble.
10. dark horse—A: little- CROSSWORD
4. grassroots—A: of known candidate achiev- ANSWERS
ordinary people; as, Black ing surprising success;
Lives Matter is a grass- as, Stéphane Dion was FROM PAGE 104
roots movement with no a dark horse for the Lib-
formal hierarchy. eral leadership. RCAF EL I DED

5. first past the post— 11. canvass—C: solicit THA I REO I L S
A: system in which the votes; as, The campaign
candidate with the most office organized teams to SEAL EDADEAL
votes wins; as, If there are canvass each street.
more than two options, TROVE S
first past the post can result 12. proportional repre-
in leadership supported sentation—B: system WI TH I CE OLD
by a minority of voters. where parties gain seats in
ACHY MFOR

SK I ATR I FLE

REG I NA

K I S S ANDT E L L

GE T S I T ADEE

B R Y A N S SWA K

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BRAINTEASERS SUDOKU
ANSWERS
BY Jeff Widderich
FROM PAGE 98

Star Search

7918

81

5 28 9

A Friendly 86 4
Neighbourhood

Erikson Basuri 49
orange purple

Derringer Cruz 7 26
yellow blue

Astor Feng
green Brown

Place Your Chips 4 97 1

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10 25 10 5
5 25 10 25 2564
5 10 25 25 25
5 10 5 5 10 To Solve This Puzzle

Fill in the Block Put a number from 1 to 9 in 374961582SOLUTION
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vertical column contains all 465738129
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repeating any of them; 543897216
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13 4 5 12 ) each of the outlined 3 x 3 729516843
10 3 14 11 boxes has all nine numbers,
9 16 1 6 none repeated.

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CROSSWORD

Word of Mouth 38 Love letter letters based
on the first words of 13-,
BY Barbara Olson 16-, 25- and 30-Across

1 234 5 6 7 8 9 10 DOWN
1 Some CFL positions
11 12 2 Revolutionary Guevara
3 Skinny battery size
13 14 4 Like a pigsty
5 Brian Goldman at Mount
15 Sinai Hosp.
6 Soldier’s sabbatical
16 17 18 19 20 21 7 Women’s charity org.
8 Peters out
22 23 9 It might be the end
for Pam?
24 25 26 27
10 Alternative to cable
28 29 or fibre

30 31 32 33 34 14 Verdi’s “Eri ___”
16 Follower of “Fuzzy
35 36
Wuzzy”?
37 38 17 “Eww!”
18 Needing a drink
ACROSS 23 Dial ___ Murder 20 Digital chuckle
1 The Snowbirds mil. org. 24 Go cross-country, say 21 Dr. of rap
5 Omitted, as a syllable 25 The merest amount 23 Sporty Mazdas whose
28 Saskatchewan’s capital
11 Pad ___ (noodle dish) 30 Blab about one’s love life name means “reward”
12 Tends to a squeak again 35 Doesn’t need the joke 25 From the top
13 Had fruitful business 26 Colourist’s array
explained 27 Sphere-shaped: Abbr.
talks, say 36 “Bump bump ___” (The 29 Fem. “it”, in Italy
15 Treasure collections 30 Soviet spy agcy.
16 On the rocks, at the bar Wiggles song lyric) 31 Suffix with cloth or cash
19 Like yesterday’s news 37 Hockey player Hextall 32 Part of P.E.I.: Abbr.
22 Feeling a workout 33 Perrins’s partner in
and singer Ferry
the sauce
34 Albanian coin

For answers, turn to PAGE 102

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