July 2019 40 Sponsored by The Buffalo Chip in Cave Creek Fill in the blank squares so that each row, each column and each 3-by-3 block contain all of the digits 1 thru 9. If you use logic you can solve the puzzle without guesswork. Sudoku Solution on page 56 Crossword Sudoku Hooves & Horns® by A.W. Erwin Cowboy Comics Across Electronic helper just for you 1 "Big Brother" host Julie --- 4 Key 8 Alliance of some former Soviet countries 12 "Battle Hymn of the Republic" writer 13 Diamond or Armstrong 14 Some foreign Government heads 15 Assist 16 Consider 17 Software menu option 18 Headcase 20 Presentations to potential customers 22 Rabbles 24 Are you out ---? (Poker) 25 Uncivilized 26 Pie containers 30 Noah's boat 31 Mathematician --- Descartes 32 Sections 33 South African currency 35 Fine 36 Untrue 37 Half a dime 38 "Della and the Dealer" singer --- Axton 41 Connecticut university 42 "Prince ---", Borodin opera 43 Possess 45 Tree with a partridge at Christmas 48 Drawn tight 49 Sports official 50 Boulder and Hoover 51 Yesteryear 52 Moderately dry 53 Down Angel dust 1 Slow-witted 2 Taking on 3 Punched-out bits of card 4 Drifter 5 Ram's dam 6 E.g. N B C and C B S 7 Dishevelled 8 Sybil 9 Made up a story 10 Tickle Me toy 11 Those who have successfully given up 19 Drain away 21 Seen over i and j 22 4th largest Great Lake 23 Oscar-winning Borgnine film of 1955 24 Bromide 26 Property salesmen 27 Overnight stops 28 Surrender 29 Scrape 34 Strong suit 37 Big Apple cops 38 UN nuclear watchdog 39 Buck 40 Time of day 41 Federal fiscal watchdog 44 The --- small hours 46 N Y Giants' division 47 Crossword Solution on page 56