Three-R’s Criss-Cross

Below is a set of words, organized by length, that each have a special property. Just like reduce, reuse, and recycle, each of these words has three R’s. Each of these words fits into the grid, and all of the R’s have already been placed in the grid for you. Once all the words are in the grid, there are 14 numbered boxes, and if you copy the letters that appear in those

boxes into the answer spaces below the grid, your final answer will be spelled out, which happens to be a two-word phrase.

5-letter wordsERRORRARER

7-letter wordsBARRIERREMARRYWARRIORWORRIER

8-letter wordsCORRIDORNARRATORREFERRAL

9-letter wordsARBITRARYARROWROOTCORK BORER

FORBEARERFUR TRADERHAIR DRYERIRREGULARORDER FORMRARE EARTHREARWARDSRESERVOIR

ROLLER BARSURPRISERTERRITORYTREASURER

10-letter wordsCHERRY TREEELDERBERRY

PROGRAMMERPROPRIETORRETROVIRUSRIP-ROARINGROUGH RIDERRUTHERFORDSHORT ORDER

11-letter wordsPRAIRIE FIREREAR ADMIRALTERRESTRIAL

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Below is a list of 20 different materials: Five of them are types of stone, five are types of wood, five are types of alloy, and five are kinds of polymer. Below are four grids, one for each type of material. Fit the 20 specific materials into the only box they fit in in the proper category. The red boxes will spell out your final answer in the end, a three-word phrase de-

scribing good materials.

BAKELITE BRASS CHERRY CHESTNUT ELECTRUM GRANITE HICKORY

MAPLE MARBLE NITINOL NYLON OBSIDIAN PINE PLEXIGLAS

QUARTZITE SHIBUICHI SLATE SOLDER TEFLON VECTRAN

FIVE typEs oF stonE

FIVE typEs oF wood

FIVE typEs oF alloy

FIVE typEs oF polymEr

Materials Matter

Materials Word Find

ALLOYDECOMPOSEMIXTUREPLASTICPROPERTIESREUSE

BIODEGRADABLEDURABILITYMONOMERPOLYMERRECYCLERUBBER

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ENVIRONMENT CRYPTOGRAM

T he following is a quotation about the envi-ronment by the founder of Earth Day. Each letter has been replaced by a different

letter of the alphabet, and that replacement code stays the same. For example, if “E” is standing in for the letter “H,” it will stand in for that letter each time. Can you decrypt the text of the quote? Look for common short words and try to figure out what those are. Otherwise, a starting word is given to you at the bottom. Once you have decoded the quotation, use that same code to decode the bonus answer.

Hint: In the code, LPYQKTPJLPH represents the word ENVIRONMENT.

“Tbk oTwg qa pTh dbah wp

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Bonus Encoded Answer: UQTSLOKWSWUGL

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Three-R’s Criss-Cross Solution

Materials Matter

SolutionThe answers in order that they appear in

the grid:

OBSIDIANQUARTZITEGRANITESLATEMARBLEPINEMAPLEHICKORYCHESTNUTCHERRY

BRASSNITINOLSOLDERSHIBUICHIELECTRUMBAKELITETEFLONPLEXIGLASVECTRANNYLON

The red letters spell out: DURABILTY AND UTILITY

Materials Word Find Solution

Solution to the Cryptogram“Our goal is not just an environment of clean air and water and scenic beauty. The objective is an environ-ment of decency, quality, and mutual respect for all other human beings and all other living creatures.”

Gaylord Nelson

Bonus Encoded Answer: BIODEGRADABLE

Answer: Polylactic acid