Puzzle Page
Tuesday, August 18, 2026
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.
