ArizonaRealCountry.com 21 October 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 Osaka fish dish 1 Was a prelude 6 Vocalist 11 Discovered by Herschel 12 Hershey rival 14 Agile 15 100 square meters 16 Locate 17 Plump 19 Quarrelsome grouch 20 Expression of relief 22 Chest bone 23 Devastating 2005 hurricane 24 British WWII general 26 Of no political party (Abbr.) 28 Old Russian space station 29 Usual standards 30 First man to sign the Declaration of Independence 33 Beer made with a top fermenting yeast 37 Small powerful harbor vessel 38 Author unknown 39 Former name of Psiloritis, Cretan mountain 40 Bright 41 Expected 43 --- thought (somewhere else) 44 --- O'Neill, playwright 46 Nod off 48 Areas of land 49 Go in 50 Jockey's attire 51 Down Jagged mountain range 1 Vote out of office 2 Noncom 3 Aid 4 Erin 5 Middle meal 6 4th largest Great Lake 7 Retains a reservoir 8 Still in the womb 9 Elevated preaching platform 10 Nibble 11 Reserved 13 Small cell 18 Upper edge 21 Ft. divisions 25 Short for the least 26 Killer whale 27 They have attractive poles 29 Hammered fixings 30 Oft-repeated joke 31 Explanation 32 Attila, e.g. 33 Ready for action 34 Enumerates 35 Leg joints 36 Radio receiver 38 Dimensions 41 Cosmonaut --- Gagarin 42 Little one 45 4 qts. 47 Crossword Answers on Page 44 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 44 Cowboy Comics & Jokes Acowboy appeared before St. Peter at the Pearly Gates. “Have you ever done anything of particular merit?” St. Peter asked. “Well, I can think of one thing,” the cowboy offered. “On a trip to the Big Horn Mountains out in Wyoming, I came upon a gang of bikers who were threatening a young woman. I told them to leave her alone, but they wouldn’t listen. So, I approached the largest and most tattooed biker and smacked him in the face, kicked his bike over, ripped out his nose ring, and threw it on the ground. Then I yelled, ‘Now, back off or I’ll beat you all unconscious.” Saint Peter was impressed, “When did this happen?” “Couple of minutes ago.”