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Vol. CXXIX — No. 33  •  Misquah, Minnesota  •  The Chain of Lakes
Tuesday, August 18, 2026  •  Archive Edition
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Puzzle Page Misquah Mini CrosswordThe Reveal Mini1234Across1. The flagship’s color, and half its description (5)4. What Dorothy Knutson was owed, and got, at the bar (5)Down1. Stake, as in a wager — though there was no prize (4)2. Structural timber, of the sort holding up a creamery roof (4)3. A ceremony, e.g. one march and eleven seconds of thanks (4)Chain Word SearchOpening WeekendMUDLAKE · CANVAS · POCKETKNIFE · AMBER · ENVELOPE · PERSEIDS · SENIORS · WEIGHIN · STAGING · LIGHTTOWERGEWEPSXJUKLXGQYSUEGSEGADKRZHZEBEDGHRMYOVPCWSLIMNKEQQACGLNEVIGYHIDDNULNEZRAWBRVROTEWVDANRMKCILEMRLFHQEDQKMFDABWJSWIRIALXQMFSMPNYOENMISZOZPUAWCGMZIKTYXDQPNMDEWLBGGTXFRKIKEMKLTJDNHEJJLLYEGFYUAJSIIKBMZQHHSQVQCKYGNCHRFUQRQRIVYYEAJOLIGHTTOWERSHZTFPAUMSZLMTFPTNLSAny direction. POCKETKNIFE is in there somewhere, as it was on Saturday.Lake TriviaThis Week’s QuestionMud Lake got its name from a surveyor out of Duluth who wrote one word on a map after standing on the one soft shore in the basin. In what year?Answer1889. The Mud Lake Association notes the lake is 214 acres, spring-fed, has the best bass fishing on the Chain, and has been living with that man’s afternoon for a hundred and thirty-seven years. The renaming question remains tabled to 2027, and its president is, as of Saturday, no longer certain it is needed.