September 2018 48 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 52 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 Cowboy Comics & Jokes Cowpokes® by Ace Reid Crossword Sudoku Across Kind of pond bloom 1 Locates 6 Relating to the nervous system 12 Top-of-the-line 14 Prius maker 15 Cloth 16 Small lake 17 Blowgun missile 19 Workplace regulation agency 20 Plant from above the timber line 23 Half a Latin dance 25 Inner protective covering 26 "Get going!" 28 Provides input for an amp. 30 Speck 31 Mistakes 33 2,000 to a ton 35 Expurgator 36 Abnormal body sac 38 Small winning margin 39 Cataclysmic stellar explosion 40 The --- states, between Poland and Russia 42 More morose 44 Moonshot program 48 Remington ---, Pierce Brosnan role 49 Not often 50 Corpse 51 Down Source of formic acid 1 Fifth sign of the zodiac 2 Fellow 3 Odor 4 Deceased 5 Widely-used computer file type 6 Preamble 7 Republic east of the Adriatic 8 At the moment 9 Way out 10 Dry wine 11 Tomb Raider --- Croft 13 "A Boy and his Dog" author Harlan --- 18 Adrian Monk's disorder 20 Card dispenser 21 Tint up top? 22 Photo 24 Sailors 27 Kind of bridge 29 E.g. Robinson, Doubtfire 30 Tucson time 32 Former Speaker "Tip" --- 34 Antarctic sea 37 Office in training 38 Wine valley 39 Tubs 41 Except 42 Overmodest 43 Agnus --- 45 Below 3 kilohertz 46 Sports official 47 Crossword Solution on page 52