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Did you know? You can use your Andover library card to enjoy games and puzzles from the New York Times, including the iconic Crossword. Visit https://mhl.org/nyt-games to get started!
All of the sudoku (and crossword) puzzles we publish on this website are created by two of our reference librarians. But are hand-created sudoku superior to computer-generated ones? This...
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Celebrity biographies are the theme of this month's puzzle. All of the titles featured in this month's puzzle are available from the library--though you'll have to solve to figure out what they are! If you've already read the books mentioned in this puzzle, you may also enjoy ...
Read moreApril showers bring May flowers--and in the meantime, they bring a good time to work on a puzzle! If it's a rainy spring, though, this Sudoku won't be the only indoor entertainment you need. If you like jigsaw puzzles as well as math puzzles, you might be interested to know that MHL has...
Read moreThe theme of this month's crossword is Former Library Workers—famous people who, at one point in their lives, used to work in a library!
If you've ever wondered what it's like to work in a library, check out our new podcast, Shelf Help. MHL staff...
Read moreDid you know there's a Dewey Decimal number for Sudoku? Well, technically it's for "mathematical games and recreations," which includes Sudoku. The next time you visit the library, check it out at 793.74, on the ground floor (one flight up from the children's room). Happy puzzling!
... Read moreIf you've already checked out The Library Book by Susan Orlean--MHL's 2021 Andover Reads book--you'll have a leg up on this Dewey Decimal-themed puzzle. If you haven't taken a look, there's still time to...
Read moreWorking on puzzles like sudoku might be good for your brain--and for your...
Read moreThe theme of this month's puzzle is newspapers! Did you know you can access all the newspapers featured in this crossword from home with your Andover library card? You can also get the text from The Andover Townsman, the Eagle Tribune, Boston Globe, Boston Herarld...
Read moreWe've decided to continue MHL's mid-month sudoku series into 2021. Enjoy the new puzzle below, and look for another puzzle to be posted on the 15th of each month.
While sudoku involves numbers, it's a game not of math but of logic--similar, in that way, to chess, which has been getting...
Read moreWe've decided to continue our MHL crossword series into 2021! While we can't predict what 2021 will bring us, we can look back at what past years have brought with our online resource Famous First Facts. Do...
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