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Week of August 31, 2026 · 2026-W36

The Park Weekly Puzzles

A new Buena Park crossword is set every Monday — clues pulled from city hall, the schools, the boulevard and the neighborhoods The Park covers — followed by a fresh sudoku every Tuesday and a hometown word search every Wednesday.

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Weekly crossword

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Tuesday edition · September 1, 2026

Weekly sudoku

A brand-new sudoku is generated every Tuesday — same grid for every reader in town, so you can compare times over coffee.

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Fill every row, column and 3×3 box with the digits 1 through 9. Arrow keys move between open squares; a wrong entry turns red once you check your work.

Wednesday edition · September 2, 2026 · 2026-09-02

Weekly word search

Every Wednesday brings a new grid of Buena Park names, places and newsroom words hidden in every direction.

Find these words

  • BOYSENBERRY
  • BUENAPARK
  • COYOTE
  • EDITOR
  • FULCRUM
  • KNOTTS
  • LIBRARY
  • MARKET
  • METRO
  • PARADE
  • PERMIT
  • REPORTER
  • TRUCK
  • VOLUNTEER

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Click the first letter of a word, then its last letter — words run in any direction, including backwards and diagonally.

Meta puzzle · Week of August 31, 2026

The Location Hunt

Solve the crossword and word search first, then pull the letters listed below out of your answers. Together they spell a public place right here in Buena Park.

  1. 19th letter of 8 Down
  2. 27th letter of 7 Down
  3. 34th letter of 12 Across
  4. 41st letter of the word search word PARADE
  5. 55th letter of 5 Down
  6. 61st letter of the word search word BUENAPARK
  7. 71st letter of 4 Across
  8. 81st letter of the word search word LIBRARY
  9. 93rd letter of 2 Down
  10. 109th letter of the word search word VOLUNTEER
  11. 115th letter of the word search word TRUCK
  12. 121st letter of the word search word PERMIT
  13. 134th letter of 13 Across
  14. 145th letter of the word search word REPORTER
  15. 151st letter of the word search word KNOTTS

Answer pattern: 5, 1, 5, 4 letters

Hint: A regional park on the north edge of town, known for its fossil-rich hillside and interpretive center.

Solve it to see this week's stop, presented by The Park.

The funnies · Friday, September 4, 2026

Bad Luck Charlie

Our Buena Park neighbor whose luck runs out one panel early. A new strip every Friday.

Bad Luck CharlieThe Raffle

Friday, September 4, 2026

Charlie finally wins something at the Buena Park street fair.

Charlie holding a raffle ticket at a Buena Park street fair with booths and bunting behind him.

1“Ticket 41. I have a feeling about this one.”

Charlie throwing both arms up in celebration in front of a street fair prize booth while neighbors applaud.

2“Forty-one! Twenty-two years of tickets, neighbors. Twenty-two.”

Charlie carrying his prize, a giant bag of ice that is already melting onto his shoes on a sunny sidewalk.

3“Grand prize: forty pounds of ice. It is ninety-four degrees.”

Charlie, 1 — August in Buena Park, 1.