ArizonaRealCountry.com 25 December 2017 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 Crossword Sudoku Sponsored by The Buffalo Chip in Cave Creek Across Dot follower 1 Flat-screen type (Abbr.) 4 Winter malady 7 Government consumption advice 10 Iridescent gem 11 Enfold 13 Broadcast 14 Those completing a race 15 Damp 17 First Marxist Chilean President 19 Feeble 20 Surgeon's knife 21 Male heirs 22 Louse egg 24 Slugger's stat. 25 Army snack bar 26 Torpedo vessel (Abbr.) 29 Scrooge's expression of disdain 32 Worn clothes 33 In the slightest 36 Political top dog (Abbr.) 38 "--- and old lace" 40 Take over illegally 42 Tidal measures 43 Wharton product 45 President and Chief Justice 46 Love god 47 Needed to use an ATM 48 Lyric poem 49 Rocky crag 50 Tibetan ox 51 Down E.g. charley horse 1 Detestable 2 Dolphins quarterback Dan --- 3 Barn upper level 4 Cost-of-living yardstick 5 SNL comic --- Carvey 6 Like fries or leave 7 Pantry 8 Discombobulates 9 Actress --- Langtry 12 As soon as 13 Roofer 16 Coordinate 18 Californian pine 23 Ultimate degree 24 Indigenous 27 Siestas 28 Therefore regarding 29 Ill-informed 30 Take care of yourself! 31 Irritable 34 Novak Djokovic's homeland 35 Slack support 37 Slap on the bottom 39 Breath mint 41 A k a C C C P 42 Old card game 44 Crossword Answers on page 50 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 Answers on page 50 Cowboy Comics & Jokes