February 2018 38 Crossword Sudoku Sponsored by The Buffalo Chip in Cave Creek Cowboy Comics & Jokes 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 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 52 Across Engines 1 Tableware company 7 Support 13 Attach by fusion 14 "The Third Man" writer Graham --- 15 Sell abroad 16 Skin 17 Converses 19 Pros and cons 20 Critical shouts 24 Fluid 25 Central 28 Flee 29 Triumphant cry 30 Rabble 32 Set of three 35 European grand duchy 36 Hue 39 States 42 Burger toppers 43 Gruesome 45 Begin to like 49 She started as Mortenson 50 Remain a little longer 51 Chest pain 52 Down Auto efficiency measure 1 Ice hockey player Bobby --- 2 The very end of a golf club 3 Musical dramas 4 Scrap 5 Use up 6 Be in debt 7 Alongside 8 Texas border city 9 Superstar 10 Jerk 11 Pismires 12 Measured portions of medicine 18 Big Blue 20 Film genre 21 Scotch companion 22 Er ... let me think now 23 Via 26 Whisker 27 Permissive 29 Harley, often 31 Miserable 33 Become 34 "Everyone listens when I start ---" (Abba: "Thank you for the Music") 35 Liquid rock 37 Poet who was "mad, bad and dangerous to know" 38 Intimidates 39 Go --- (harass) 40 Turkish currency 41 Male offspring 44 Indian mister 46 Wolf Man --- Chaney 47 Affirmative response 48 Crossword Answers on page 52