Memorial Hall Library

Puzzles

New York Times gamesDid 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!

September 2020 Puzzle

Our September crossword is extra-tricky!  If you want a leg up, the following articles each contain a clue word somewhere in their text--and it's a chance to see some of the content you can find in our databases.  After all, it's not...

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August 2020 Mid-Month Sudoku

Whether you're a sudoku novice or a seasoned pro, try your hand at MHL's mid-month sudoku!  A new puzzle will be released on the 15th of each remaining month in 2020 as a complement to the crossword released on the 1st of each month as part of our Elect to Connect series.  You can learn more...

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August 2020 Puzzle

Our August puzzle hints at summer reading theme, Imagine Your Story, and summer reading in general.  If you haven't signed up for our summer reading challenge, it's not too late!  It goes all the way until September 1 this year, with prizes for adults, teens, and kids. ...

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July 2020 Mid-Month Sudoku

Enjoy July's mid-month sudoku to complement our release of a new crossword puzzle on the first of each month as part of our Elect to Connect series.  We hope you enjoy this logic puzzle!  If you're new to sudoku, or you want tips to refine your technique,...

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July 2020 puzzle

The theme of this month's puzzle is pen names, aka noms de plume. Did you know that nom de plume in French literally means "name of feather," and that "feather" in that term refers to the quill that people used to write with? (For some reason, the German Schriftstellername...

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June 2020 Mid-Month Sudoku

By popular demand, MHL will now offer a mid-month sudoku to complement our release of a new crossword puzzle on the first of each month as part of our Elect to Connect series.  We hope you enjoy this logic puzzle!  If you're new to sudoku, or you want tips to refine your technique,...

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June 2020 Puzzle

Our June puzzle features several characters from books and movies.  How many are stories you're familiar with?  How many are things you haven't yet tried?  See if you can find them as e-books or e-audiobooks on Hoopla or...

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May 2020 puzzle

May is a fantastic month to get out and do some birding, which is a not-so-subtle hint concerning the theme of this month's puzzle. A couple of great (and free!) apps for identifying the birds you see and hear are Audubon Birds of North America and...

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April 2020 puzzle

This month's puzzle contains a bad music joke. The joke may be bad, but while you're working on the puzzle, you can listen to all kinds of really great music. Services like Freegal Music, Medici.tv,...

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March 2020 puzzle

March makes many of us think of longingly of spring—even though it's probably still a ways off. We hope this puzzle will help celebrate March, or at least help you pass some time while you wait for spring to start in earnest! As always, you can work our puzzle online or in print; we have...

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