Rows and Call-’ems

Ah, bingo! The singsong sound of the rhyming calls; the rhythmic thumping of dabbers; the mesmerizing sight of those tumbling balls, each with its own number; the repeating arrays of rows and columns on the cards. It’s an unexpectedly hypnotic experience, playing bingo, which makes a bingo hall the perfect place for you and a fellow spy to pass messages without their being parsed by civilians or enemies. Now, step up to the caller’s table and give that ball cage handle a hard clockwise pull…the pattern to win is “coverall.”

B	I	N	G	O
1	16	31	46	61	Celibate sign
2	17	32	47	62	Imbibe too much wine
3	18	33	48	63	Glitch-plagued in design
4	19	34	49	64	Minnesota crime show
5	20	35	50	65	Last Street Fighter II foe
6	21	36	51	66	Blue muppet, a weirdo
7	22	37	52	67	“N” of TMNT
8	23	38	53	68	Braxton's fort in NC
9	24	39	54	69	NATO’s stand-in for B
10	25	40	55	70	Montoya, right-handed
11	26	41	56	71	Stallone, when headbanded
12	27	42	57	72	Star drummer, left-handed
13	28	43	58	73	Raymond (Cash’s cohort)
14	29	44	59	74	A long seat for a sport
15	30	45	60	75	Hippie sandals, for short

Player Card 1

B	I	N	G	O
1	18	32	46	61
4	19	36	51	63
7	23	free	52	67
11	24	42	54	68
13	29	44	57	73

Player Card 2

B	I	N	G	O
2	19	31	52	69
3	21	34	54	70
5	27	free	55	71
8	28	39	59	72
15	29	45	60	73

Player Card 3

B	I	N	G	O
3	16	32	50	62
5	18	33	51	63
8	22	free	52	67
9	26	41	54	68
14	30	43	59	75

Player Card 4

B	I	N	G	O
5	19	33	50	61
8	20	38	53	64
9	25	free	54	66
14	26	39	59	70
15	29	41	60	73

Player Card 5

B	I	N	G	O
1	16	32	47	64
5	17	37	48	69
6	22	free	49	70
7	27	43	57	74
14	30	44	58	75