“Fun Stop,” New Era, Apr. 2019, 26–27.
Fun Stop
The Extra Smile
Let me tell you of the wrestle I had before the Lord …
Who won?
Illustration by Summer Bird
I think you got Grandpa’s nose.
Eric Leach
Should we use my ball this time?
Jon Clark
Easter Sudoku
In regular Sudoku, the goal is to fill the 9×9 grid so that each column, row, and 3×3 box contains the digits 1 through 9 only once. This time, to complete the puzzle, use the nine bolded words from Luke 24:5–6:
“Why seek ye the living among the dead? He is not here, but is risen” (Luke 24:5–6).
Mary Had a Little Music
Pretend that all 21,000 people attending an Easter concert at the Conference Center were given 30 seconds to play a favorite song on the organ afterward. Without a calculator, can you guess about how long it would take the entire audience to play?
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24 hours
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seven days
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three weeks
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three months
Easter Crossword
Across
1.Animal couples’ cruise ship?
4.“Yes ___!”
7.“More than I needed to know” (abbr.)
10.With 50-down, what lilies do not do (see Matthew 6:28)
12.12 inches
14.President Oaks: “Young women, our world needs your ________” (Oct. 2018 general conference)
18.Vie for office
19.The Savior was given this to drink on the cross
20.In binary code, you can use zeroes _________
21.“Who ____ you?”
22.Alright, but not great
23.When doubled, a small, round wheat semolina
24.Pow!
25.Just so you know (abbr.)
26.This life is a ______
27.“I gave unto [Adam] that he should be an _____ unto himself” (Doctrine and Covenants 29:35)
29.“As Christ was raised up from the dead, … we also should walk in _________ life” (Romans 6:4)
34.A tithe is one-_____
35.The soldiers cast _____ for the Savior’s clothing
36.“My favorite magazine is the New _____”
37.“____ more to it than that”
40.Small amount
41.______ of Arimathea had the Savior’s body wrapped and placed in a tomb (see Matthew 27:57–60)
44.Aids, as in a crime
46.Peter cut off someone’s ___, and the Savior healed it (see John 18:10; Luke 22:50–51)
48.Promos
51.The Savior told Peter, “Before the cock ____, thou shalt deny me thrice” (Matthew 26:34)
52.Destiny
53.Word after treasure or road
54.Savior’s utterance on the cross, in Hebrew, meaning “Why hast thou forsaken me?” (Matthew 27:46)
58.“Aha! _____ it!”
59.Word after genetic or computer
60.“Christ the Lord Is _______ Today” (Hymns, no. 200)
61.Apiece
62.Tester of water temperature
63.“I agree”
Down
1.“Through the _____ of Christ, all mankind may be saved” (Articles of Faith 1:3)
2.Hold fast to the iron ____
3.Words over the cross: “This is Jesus the _____” (Matthew 27:37)
4.“As a dog returneth to his vomit, ____ fool returneth to his folly” (Proverbs 26:11)
5.Judas said, “I have betrayed the _______ blood” (Matthew 27:4)
6.Romantic gift of a dozen
7.Animated characters, briefly
8.“Slide over”
9.“There were no … ____; but they were in one” (4 Nephi 1:17)
11.Not holding water
13.Refuses to obey
14.Reach for
15.“You’re too old; we’d rather play with someone ______”
16.Jesus Christ is “the Lamb _____ from the foundation of the world” (Revelation 13:8)
17.Wily
26.There were ___ thieves crucified with the Savior (see Matthew 27:38).
28.An extreme degree
30.“Or _____” (vague threat)
31.____ in stone
32.“Is it a boy ____ girl?”
33.A fleetingly popular thing
38.Decay
39.It comes before tee
42.“_____ I leave with you” (John 14:27)
43.“As the Father ____ loved me, so have I loved you” (John 15:9)
44.Sir Gawain’s suit (American spelling)
45.Small floating vessel
47.Do over
48.Accumulate
49.Copenhagen resident
50.See 10-across
51.Canary’s enclosure
52.Slowly disappear
54.Edge
55.“Ye are free to ___ for yourselves” (2 Nephi 10:23)
56.Opposite of “rah, rah”
57.“If You Could ____ to Kolob” (Hymns, no. 284)
And Emojis Came to Pass
Can you figure out which scripture stories are told by these emojis?
Answers
Easter Sudoku
Mary Had a Little Music
7 days (or, 7.29 days to be precise)
Easter Crossword
Across 1. ark 4. sir 7. TMI 10. toil 12. one foot 14. goodness and love 18. run 19. gall 20. or ones 21. are 22. okay 23. cous 24. bam 25. FYI 26. test 27. agent 29. newness of 34. tenth 35. lots 36. Era 37. there’s 40. tad 41. Joseph 44. abets 46. ear 48. ads 51. crow 52. fate 53. map 54. lama sabachthani 58. I got 59. code 60. Risen 61. per 62. toe 63. Yes
Down 1. Atonement 2. rod 3. King of the Jews 4. so a 5. innocent 6. red roses 7. toons 8. move 9. ites 11. leaky 13. flouts 14. grab at 15. our age 16. slain 17. sly 26. two 28. nth 30. else 31. set 32. or a 33. fad 38. rot 39. ess 42. peace 43. hath 44. armor 45. boat 47. retry 48. amass 49. Dane 50. spin 51. cage 52. fade 54. lip 55. act 56. boo 57. Hie
And Emojis Came to Pass
1. Moses parts the Red Sea (Exodus 14); 2. Jesus turns water to wine (John 2:1–11); 3. Nephi returns to get the brass plates (1 Nephi 3); 4. Ammon protects the king’s flocks (Alma 17:25–39); 5. Jonah is swallowed by the whale (Jonah 1–2); 6. Noah’s ark (Genesis 6–8)