FiFty ShadeS oF Green
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Break Away
DUB
Fifty Shades of Green The author heads to Ireland to hike the ancient hills.
i’m exactly one-fourth irish but finally in order. Besides, it would never had an urge to find the origibe fun to try something different ©2016 KenKen Puzzle LLC. All rights reserved. Dist. by Universal Uclick for UFS www.kenken.com nal homestead in the Old Country. KenKen is a registered trademark of Nextoy, LLC.from my usual summertime go-to, Easy Sudoku 8-2-16 “Probably a shack, no plumbing,” aka the glorious English country● Each row and each column produce the target numbers Granny had always told me, shakside. Whycorners. not sample something a must contain the numbers 1 in the top-left through 4 (easy) or 1 through 6 ● Freebies: Fill in single-box ing her head. “Thatched. No heat.” (challenging) without repeating. bit more active? So I signed up for a cages with the number in numbers within the heavily the top-left corner. I eventually explored the Greek ● The walking and hiking tour of western outlined boxes, called cages, must combine using the given side of my heritage, visiting sunIreland with Backroads. operation (in any order) to kissed isles such as Mykonos and The Emerald Isle adventures KenKen is a registered trademark of Nextoy, LLC. ©2016 KenKen Puzzle LLC. All rights reserved. Dist. by Universal Uclick for UFS www.kenken.com Santorini. But then I began reading kicked off in Dublin with a few 8-2-16 books on architecture and interior days at the Westbury Hotel (great row and each column ● Each produce the target numbers contain the numbers 1 in the top-left corners. design and fell in lovemust with iconic dining and shopping, heaps of through 4 (easy) or 1 through 6 ● Freebies: Fill in single-box (challenging) without repeating. Irish piles such as Lismore Castle walking) followed by tours of the cages with the number in ● The numbers within the heavily the top-left corner. outlinedPerhaps boxes, called cages, and Russborough House. aforementioned 18th-century must combine using the given operation (in anywas order) to a visit to the Irish motherland country estates. Wow—the sprawling interiors! The gardens! I headed south to Cork to meet the Backroads folks, a mix of 20 Americans and Canadians ranging in age from mid-40s to late-60s. We made introductions and set off to Caragh Lake in the Ring of Kerry for a warm-up hike in the rain. Be forewarned: Ireland isn’t sun-kissed Provence; it rained torrentially at least daily on my trip. But that’s why the country is so impossibly lush and verdant. Despite the inclement weather, we persevered, walking up mountains, ogling endless just-shorn sheep, wandering through candycolored villages and savoring tales recounted by our occasional local guide, Mike Murphy. We also enjoyed the massive national park that envelops hikercentric Killarney, traipsed through moss-covered bogs and concocted limericks with bawdy punch lines. I sat out a walk or two to read and take stock, and that was absolutely fine—Backroads caters to every whim. Luggage travels miraculously from one country house hotel to another. Communal dinners are sumptuous, multicourse affairs (Irish cooking is innovative and inspired!), and picnics in the hills are worthy of Martha Stewart. After five days, I had hiked 40-odd miles and had had a few personal epiphanies while clomping about in the mud. And Walking the trails of County Cork. I resolved to return to this magical isle, rain be damned. ®
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Dav i d R . G l u n s
BY jason oli v er nixon
Easy KENKEN
32 d e l t a s k y / o c t o b e r 2 0 1 6
Hard KENKEN
Hard Sudoku
P E G S
A B I T
N O N O
H E M I N
O V I N E
F O U R
L I P O
W O R K A H O L I C
A L A R M
M A N M A D K E E Y T A A W R A K E N
E T D T O U R A T R B E O A N D K S
M B E D O I L E O N I C T K A L I E N E A N D T I M S E G O T U H U S P T R I M M O T E V I L E I S S A N D T V I A N E R E X U S R A
J A Z Z S I N G E R
O H I O
N A N O
M I L N E
E D I T S
Y E A R
E L S E
S L E D
Break Away
DUB
Fifty Shades of Green The author heads to Ireland to hike the ancient hills.
i’m exactly one-fourth irish but finally in order. Besides, it would never had an urge to find the origibe fun to try something different ©2016 KenKen Puzzle LLC. All rights reserved. Dist. by Universal Uclick for UFS www.kenken.com nal homestead in the Old Country. KenKen is a registered trademark of Nextoy, LLC.from my usual summertime go-to, Easy Sudoku 8-2-16 “Probably a shack, no plumbing,” aka the glorious English country● Each row and each column produce the target numbers Granny had always told me, shakside. Whycorners. not sample something a must contain the numbers 1 in the top-left through 4 (easy) or 1 through 6 ● Freebies: Fill in single-box ing her head. “Thatched. No heat.” (challenging) without repeating. bit more active? So I signed up for a cages with the number in numbers within the heavily the top-left corner. I eventually explored the Greek ● The walking and hiking tour of western outlined boxes, called cages, must combine using the given side of my heritage, visiting sunIreland with Backroads. operation (in any order) to kissed isles such as Mykonos and The Emerald Isle adventures KenKen is a registered trademark of Nextoy, LLC. ©2016 KenKen Puzzle LLC. All rights reserved. Dist. by Universal Uclick for UFS www.kenken.com Santorini. But then I began reading kicked off in Dublin with a few 8-2-16 books on architecture and interior days at the Westbury Hotel (great row and each column ● Each produce the target numbers contain the numbers 1 in the top-left corners. design and fell in lovemust with iconic dining and shopping, heaps of through 4 (easy) or 1 through 6 ● Freebies: Fill in single-box (challenging) without repeating. Irish piles such as Lismore Castle walking) followed by tours of the cages with the number in ● The numbers within the heavily the top-left corner. outlinedPerhaps boxes, called cages, and Russborough House. aforementioned 18th-century must combine using the given operation (in anywas order) to a visit to the Irish motherland country estates. Wow—the sprawling interiors! The gardens! I headed south to Cork to meet the Backroads folks, a mix of 20 Americans and Canadians ranging in age from mid-40s to late-60s. We made introductions and set off to Caragh Lake in the Ring of Kerry for a warm-up hike in the rain. Be forewarned: Ireland isn’t sun-kissed Provence; it rained torrentially at least daily on my trip. But that’s why the country is so impossibly lush and verdant. Despite the inclement weather, we persevered, walking up mountains, ogling endless just-shorn sheep, wandering through candycolored villages and savoring tales recounted by our occasional local guide, Mike Murphy. We also enjoyed the massive national park that envelops hikercentric Killarney, traipsed through moss-covered bogs and concocted limericks with bawdy punch lines. I sat out a walk or two to read and take stock, and that was absolutely fine—Backroads caters to every whim. Luggage travels miraculously from one country house hotel to another. Communal dinners are sumptuous, multicourse affairs (Irish cooking is innovative and inspired!), and picnics in the hills are worthy of Martha Stewart. After five days, I had hiked 40-odd miles and had had a few personal epiphanies while clomping about in the mud. And Walking the trails of County Cork. I resolved to return to this magical isle, rain be damned. ®
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Dav i d R . G l u n s
BY jason oli v er nixon
Easy KENKEN
32 d e l t a s k y / o c t o b e r 2 0 1 6
Hard KENKEN
Hard Sudoku
P E G S
A B I T
N O N O
H E M I N
O V I N E
F O U R
L I P O
W O R K A H O L I C
A L A R M
M A N M A D K E E Y T A A W R A K E N
E T D T O U R A T R B E O A N D K S
M B E D O I L E O N I C T K A L I E N E A N D T I M S E G O T U H U S P T R I M M O T E V I L E I S S A N D T V I A N E R E X U S R A
J A Z Z S I N G E R
O H I O
N A N O
M I L N E
E D I T S
Y E A R
E L S E
S L E D
