Puzzle solutions for Thursday, June 2, 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: RHYME    FROND    GAMBIT    LETTER

Answer: To create the Traveling Wilbury’s, the individual artists needed to – BAND TOGETHER

(Distributed by Tribune Content Agency)

CRYPTOGRAPHY PUZZLES 

Celebrity Cipher

“To watch people push themselves further than they think they can, it’s a beautiful thing. It’s really human.” Abby Wambach

(Distributed by Andrews McMeel)

Cryptoquote

AND WHAT IS SO RARE AS A DAY IN JUNE? THEN, IF EVER, COME PERFECT DAYS. – JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL 

(Distributed by King Features)

Cryptoquip

WHAT COULD YOU GET IF YOU’RE PUSHING A HEAVY CARPET CLEANER AROUND FOR HOURS? LOWER VAC PAIN.

(Distributed by King Features)

OTHER PUZZLES

Boggle

SEA    BAY    COVE    POND    INLET

(Distributed by Tribune Content Agency)

Lexigo

TARTAR, RATIO, OUTPUT, TUTORIAL, LEASES

(Distributed by Andrews McMeel)

KenKen

Scrabblegrams

7 Little Words

1.  BRUSQUENESS
2.  MANTELPIECE
3.  SMELTED
4.  FLEET
5.  MORSEL
6.  REVOLT
7.  TENSELY

(Distributed by Andrews McMeel)

Find the Words

Can’t believe I won

(Distributed by Creators)

Kubok