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S U N DAY, J U N E 30, 2019
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Sunday, June 30, 2019
Premier Crossword
Sunday, June 30, 2019
By Frank A. Longo
The Record
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Word Sleuth Find the listed words in the diagram. They run in all directions - forward, backward, up, down and diagonally.
CLUE LIST Baseball Bathing Bottle Coonskin Distributor Drop Dunce Hub Ice Knee Night Percussion Radiator Snow Stocking
Ag worker Athlete Construction Electrician Fireman Fisher Ironworker Logger Miner Pilot Police Roofer Taxi driver Truck driver Welder
CLUE LIST Cabrera Campbell Furyk Glover Goosen Hogan Kite McDowell McIlroy Nicklaus Ogilvy Palmer Simpson Watson Woods
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CLUE LIST
CLUE LIST Aruba Bolivia Brazil Denmark England Greece Haiti India Mexico Norway Peru Poland Russia Sweden U.S.A.
GAMEBOOK
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CROSSWORD
CROSSWORD
THOMAS JOSEPH
ACROSS 1 Wrath 6 Become narrower 11 Act the waiter 12 Last letter 13 Chimney cleaner 14 Odorless gas 15 Friend of Porthos 17 Skin art, for short 19 Scathing review 20 Student’s avg. 23 Released 25 Asia’s — Sea 26 Ali nickname 28 Remini of “The King of Queens” 29 Prison resident 30 Immigrant’s subj. 31 Skill 32 La Brea goo 33 Rang 35 Pays to play 38 Some messages 41 Because of 42 Washer cycle 43 Exorbitant 44 Place
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THOMAS JOSEPH
DOWN 1 Wagon puller 2 Original 3 Dollar bill feature 4 At any time 5 Give the walls a new look 6 Poison 7 Iowa State setting 8 Signing need 9 Sense of self 10 Sought office 16 Amber wine 17 Spine words 18 Grill waste 20 Large dog 21 Some bow ties 22 Modify 24 “Gross!” 25 Money machine 27 Stag’s pride 31 Man with a moral 33 Sampras of tennis 34 Throw off 35 TV spots 36 Kook 37 Kicker’s aid 39 “Rose — rose ...” 40 Was ahead
ACROSS 1 Prepares to travel 6 R&B singer Lou 11 Have — on one’s shoulder 12 “Adam Bede” author 13 Play part 14 Brainy group 15 That girl 16 Cherbourg chum 18 Frat party item 19 Spring mo. 20 Young fox 21 Fiction 22 Fashions 24 Jazz club units 25 Carrot’s cousin 27 Enjoy the pool 29 Subjects 32 Snapshot 33 Parrot or puppy 34 Friend of Fidel 35 Invite 36 MPG-rating grp. 37 Colo. neighbor 38 “Deathtrap” co-star 40 Mix 42 2006 Olympics site
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43 Slowly, in scores 44 Church parts 45 “Barnaby Jones” star DOWN 1 Turkish rulers 2 Agree to 3 Telephone truck part 4 Family 5 House head 6 Mail in 7 Saloon supply 8 Shows with pointed toes 9 Blow one’s top 10 Rocket sections 17 Blunder 23 Hurried flight 24 Try the tea 26 Famous person 27 Rival of Athens 28 Get smart 30 Modify 31 Forward, as a message 33 Hammer parts 39 Compete 41 Research site
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Word Sleuth Find the listed words in the diagram. They run in all directions - forward, backward, up, down and diagonally.
CLUE LIST Ask your Bachelor Biological City Fore Foster Grand Honor thy House Loving Nurturing Pilgrim Proud Single Step
Anka Cezanne Gauguin Harvey Hogan Hornung Lynde McCartney Newman Revere Robeson Shaffer Simon Williams Winchell
CLUE LIST Cab Chains Driver Flaps Freightliner Kenworth Load Mack Mirrors Navistar Peterbilt Semi Sleeper Trailer Volvo
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CLUE LIST
CLUE LIST Antioxidant Bonbon Cancan Entailment Entrapment Hotshot Ingesting Ingoing Mesdames Murmur Muumuu Respires Restores Tartar Tormentor
GAMEBOOK
Sunday, June 30, 2019
CROSSWORD
CROSSWORD
THOMAS JOSEPH
ACROSS 1 Arm art 7 Yard divisions 11 Acropolis setting 12 Car bar 13 Ethics concern 14 Like a dime 15 Rival 16 Trounces 17 Puts in stitches 18 Caron of “Gigi” 19 Hover crafts? 21 Twisty turn 22 Warhol, for one 25 Take the title 26 Sweeping 27 Fridge, formerly 29 Organ part 33 Nymph chaser 34 Masked hero 35 Do magazine work 36 Musical handicap 37 Big book 38 Cell resident 39 Mineral sources 40 Ranked, in tennis
Sunday, June 30, 2019
THOMAS JOSEPH
DOWN 1 Breaks, perhaps 2 Make amends 3 Deliberately lost 4 Joins forces 5 Just 6 CIA forerunner 7 Trio of myth 8 Breathes out 9 Snobby sort 10 Past, present and future 16 Outdoes 18 Dr. Seuss’ environmental hero 20 Smile upon 22 Bullfighter with a lance 23 Former 24 Treater’s words 25 Aware of 28 Memory units 30 Sneaker feature 31 Make speeches 32 Studied (over) 34 Fan publication 36 Frank McCourt book
ACROSS 1 Chorus voice 5 Word separator 10 Caution 11 Adds up 13 Surrounded by 14 Natural in craps 15 Magazine extension 17 Freud topic 18 Seriocomic show 19 Disfigure 20 Horace’s “— Poetica” 21 Crazy talk 22 Be penitent 25 Searches 26 Manor head 27 Was inactive 28 Pot part 29 Like much of Africa 33 Quarterback Manning 34 Crimson Tide’s home 35 Swiss city 37 Birds, to biologists 38 Made blank 39 Nice fellow 40 Winter gliders 41 Opie’s dad
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DOWN 1 Tony or Oscar 2 Debussy work 3 “I Remember Mama” aunt 4 Like some cable movie viewing 5 Places 6 Common parrot name 7 Had lunch 8 Early hunter 9 Posh 12 Derisive sounds 16 Used to be 21 Yellow vegetable 22 State without proof 23 Hard workers 24 Number type 25 Joke response 27 Light lunches 29 Rescued 30 Black bird 31 Improve, in a way 32 Mean 36 Jargon suffix
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Word Sleuth Find the listed words in the diagram. They run in all directions - forward, backward, up, down and diagonally.
CLUE LIST Avalanche Blackhawks Bruins Canadiens Devils Ducks Flames Hurricanes Kings Lightning Oilers Penguins Rangers Red Wings Stars
Atlanta 72 Austin 80 Dallas 77 Detroit 59 Houston 80 KC 66 LA 75 Miami 84 NY 62 Orlando 83 Philly 65 San Jose 71 Seattle 61 St. Louis 66 Tampa 82
CLUE LIST Buckle Cackle Chuckle Crackle Fickle Freckle Heckle Honeysuckle Knuckle Shackle Sickle Spackle Speckle Tickle Trickle
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CLUE LIST
CLUE LIST Dagger Designer Dignifies Lair Latches Lear Males Meat Read Recanted Rusted Sinew Sued Swindled What
GAMEBOOK
Sunday, June 30, 2019
CROSSWORD
CROSSWORD
THOMAS JOSEPH
ACROSS 1 Field yield 5 Wave peak 10 Green fruits 12 Circle spokes 13 Past one’s prime 15 Toothpaste type 16 Regret 17 Tycoon Turner 18 Tyler of Aerosmith 20 Volcano shape 21 Spirited horse 22 Liberal study 23 Purse part 25 Publisher Henry 28 Wear away 31 Pub pints 32 Restaurant activity 34 Equip 35 “— your loss!” 36 Place down 37 Proceeding smoothly, finally 40 Script makeup 41 Appeases 42 Pop 43 Depend
Sunday, June 30, 2019
THOMAS JOSEPH
DOWN 1 Plumbing problems 2 Metal fasteners 3 Eggy dish 4 For each 5 Ontario tribe 6 Bleachers cry 7 Magazine worker 8 Hushed 9 Spanish squiggles 11 Parade site 14 Centenarian’s birthday 19 Suit pieces 20 Poultry buy 24 Occurs 25 Playwright Pinter 26 “Twelfth Night” heroine 27 Map key 29 Water down 30 Tooth layer 33 Ethel Merman show 35 Minuscule 38 Warning color 39 Laugh sound
ACROSS 1 Foolish 5 Forgivable 11 Opera highlight 12 Show clearly 13 Field cover 14 Fit an arrow to a bow 15 Crunch targets 16 Gag 17 Motif 19 Flowed into 22 Man of many words 24 Sycophantic 26 District 27 Buffalo’s county 28 Muffler’s kin 30 Bulletproof apparel 31 Hole number 32 Wield 34 TV’s Trebek 35 To date 38 Granola bit 41 Soccer great 42 Climate-affecting current 43 Comfort 44 Stun with noise 45 Small songbird
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DOWN 1 Poll numbers 2 Swift horse 3 It’s needed for the uphill climb 4 Spigot 5 Malice 6 Conjures up 7 Pleasant 8 Tattoos, slangily 9 King topper 10 Was in front 16 Airport sight 18 Get news of 19 Freshman 20 Give off 21 Colors 22 Rough voice 23 Killer whale 25 Lusty look 29 Cat 30 Puzzle 33 Colorless gas 34 “Like that’ll happen!” 36 Otherwise 37 Freshman, usually 38 Roulette bet 39 Heady drink 40 — tizzy 41 Flock holder
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Sudoku Sudoku is a number-placing puzzle based on a 9x9 grid with several given numbers. The object is to place the numbers 1 to 9 in the empty squares so that each row, column and 3x3 box contains the same number only once
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GAMEBOOK
Sunday, June 30, 2019
Point & Solve In this crossword puzzle variety, the clues appear in the diagram itself. Simply enter the answers in the directions indicated by the arrows.
Sunday, June 30, 2019
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Multi-Sudoku Each puzzle consists of two or more Sudoku grids overlapping each other in various configurations. The grids may be Classic Sudoku or a mix of different Sudoku variants. The object is to solve all grids according to their variant rules. Note that overlapping areas comply with the rules of more than one grid.
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GAMEBOOK
Sunday, June 30, 2019
Wuzzles Each Wuzzles is a word riddle which creates a disguised word, phrase, name, place, saying, etc. For Example, NOON GOOD = GOOD AFTERNOON
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GAMEBOOK
Sunday, June 30, 2019
Cryptoquip The Cryptoquip is a substitution cipher in which one letter stands for another. If you think that X equals O, it will equal O throughout the puzzle. Single letters, short words and words using an apostrophe give you clues to locating vowels. Solution is by trial and error.
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Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: F equals A
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Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: C equals T
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Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: Y equals P
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Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: X equals W
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Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: S equals F
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Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: F equals P
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Wuzzles Each Wuzzles is a word riddle which creates a disguised word, phrase, name, place, saying, etc. For Example, NOON GOOD = GOOD AFTERNOON
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GAMEBOOK
Sunday, June 30, 2019
Cryptoquip The Cryptoquip is a substitution cipher in which one letter stands for another. If you think that X equals O, it will equal O throughout the puzzle. Single letters, short words and words using an apostrophe give you clues to locating vowels. Solution is by trial and error.
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Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: N equals O
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Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: I equals T
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Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: S equals T
Sunday, June 30, 2019
GWGACNXG
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Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: D equals L
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Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: R equals S
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Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: U equals F
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Wuzzles Each Wuzzles is a word riddle which creates a disguised word, phrase, name, place, saying, etc. For Example, NOON GOOD = GOOD AFTERNOON
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GAMEBOOK
Sunday, June 30, 2019
Cryptoquip The Cryptoquip is a substitution cipher in which one letter stands for another. If you think that X equals O, it will equal O throughout the puzzle. Single letters, short words and words using an apostrophe give you clues to locating vowels. Solution is by trial and error.
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Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: Q equals M
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Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: W equals N
Sunday, June 30, 2019
C X O D K
Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: B equals O
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Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: L equals I
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Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: I equals F
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Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: L equals T
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GAMEBOOK
Sunday, June 30, 2019
Super Quiz
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Hocus Focus
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GAMEBOOK
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Super Quiz
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Hocus Focus
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GAMEBOOK
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Super Quiz
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Cryptoquote
AXYDLBAAXR is L O N G F E L L O W
One letter stands for another. In this sample, A is used for three L’s, X for the two O’s, etc. Single letters, apostrophes, and length and formation of words are all hints. The code letters are different for each puzzle.
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Sunday, June 30, 2019
CROSSWORD
CROSSWORD
EUGENE SHEFFER
ACROSS 1 Beavers’ structure 4 Second letter 8 Wild and crazy 12 Indivisible 13 Mideast airline 14 Sheltered 15 Gin, e.g. 17 Grad rags? 18 First murderer 19 Iron 20 Suitor 22 Paddock parent 24 Long-running Broadway musical 25 Pheasant or grouse 29 Fuss 30 Dental filling 31 Ultramodern (Pref.) 32 Backyard attraction 34 Somewhere out there 35 Feedbag fodder
Sunday, June 30, 2019
EUGENE SHEFFER
36 Surprise big-time 37 Engine 40 Unwanted email 41 On in years 42 Morning garb 46 Entreaty 47 “Super-food” berry 48 Grecian vessel 49 Transmit 50 Group of cattle 51 Despondent
10 Information 11 Longings 16 Speaker’s spot 19 Quarry 20 Wound cover 21 Gully 22 Soda shop orders 23 Asian nurse 25 Summertime pest 26 Notorious 27 Caboose’s place 28 Collegian quarters DOWN 30 Construction 1 “What’s up, —?” piece 2 Literary 33 Gizmo collection 34 Winged 3 16th-century 36 Garden intruder cartographer 37 3-Down’s 4 Start creations 5 Verve 38 Leering look 6 Highland hat 39 Adolescent 7 Brewery product 40 Luminary 8 Capital of 42 “Humbug!” Croatia 43 Expert 9 Shaving cream 44 Lingerie item additive 45 Conclusion
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ACROSS 1 Banner 5 Ayes’ opponents 9 Water barrier 12 Continental coin 13 Squashed circle 14 “— Got a Secret” 15 First victim 16 Stage statuary 17 Still, in verse 18 Peruse 19 Squid squirt 20 Mentor 21 Will Ferrell Christmas movie 23 Swelled head 25 PBS dinosaur 28 Intertwine 32 Underwater gear 33 Hatred 34 Swear (to) 36 Refines, as ore 37 Devoured 38 Coop denizen
39 Rude one 42 Expert 44 Birthday party essential 48 Clumsy boat 49 Start a garden 50 One side of the Urals 51 Tavern 52 Be in charge of 53 Dregs 54 — carte 55 Catch sight of 56 Top pick, slangily DOWN 1 Dread 2 Garage job 3 Vicinity 4 Nicklaus nickname, with “The” 5 Inform 6 Shakespeare’s river 7 Northerner 8 Crafty
9 God, in Grenoble 10 State 11 Waiter’s handout 20 Aaron’s idol 22 Minimum 24 Travelocity mascot 25 Merit-badge org. 26 Performance 27 Trench 29 Have a bug 30 Snip 31 Type measures 35 Reservation residences 36 Cheaply imitative 39 Ali — 40 Exam format 41 Gumbo need 43 Harvest 45 On the briny 46 Ukraine’s capital 47 Facility 49 The girl
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Cryptoquote
AXYDLBAAXR is L O N G F E L L O W
One letter stands for another. In this sample, A is used for three L’s, X for the two O’s, etc. Single letters, apostrophes, and length and formation of words are all hints. The code letters are different for each puzzle.
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GAMEBOOK
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CROSSWORD
CROSSWORD
EUGENE SHEFFER
ACROSS 1 Final bio 5 Enervate 8 Venomous vipers 12 Hawaii’s capital 14 Onetime head of Iran 15 “What Not to Wear” specialty 16 Greek vowel 17 “— the season to be jolly” 18 Improvised musically 20 Pacific or Atlantic 23 Presidential “no” 24 Drink all at once 25 Time between connecting flights 28 Pitch 29 Lively dance 30 Spot on a domino 32 Hollow pastry 34 Grown-up nits 35 Rewrite, maybe
Sunday, June 30, 2019
EUGENE SHEFFER
36 Luxury boat 37 Forcible restraint 40 A billion years 41 Acknowledge 42 Morning-after ailment 47 Viral video, e.g. 48 Imagine in detail 49 Scruff 50 24 hours 51 Grandson of Eve DOWN 1 Resistance unit 2 Squeezy snake 3 Pen pal? 4 ID on “CSI,” maybe 5 Yukon and Tahoe, for ex. 6 Beer cousin 7 Seller of food, often 8 “I, Robot” author 9 Buy stuff 10 — de foie gras 11 Roe provider
13 19 20 21 22 23 25 26 27 29 31 33 34 36 37 38 39 40 43 44 45 46
Pork cut On Tenth mo. Fellow Franc replacement Man’s man Bestowed profusely Grand tale Opulent Pantheon group Favorite Paul Reubens’ character Herman Woolly Boo-Boo’s buddy Rhett’s shocking word Eye layer Cavort A deadly sin Literary collection Moving truck Id counterpart Notes between dos and mis
ACROSS 1 Hindu prince 5 Persian leader 9 Bigshot, for short 12 Verve 13 Horseback game 14 Tokyo’s old name 15 Chamber of the heart 17 Born 18 Good-looking guy 19 Bandleader Xavier 21 Lucky roll of the dice 24 Arrived 25 Thing 26 Pots and pans and such 30 Chignon 31 Yours 32 Neither mate 33 Pavement 35 Cicatrix 36 Always 37 Swerves
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38 “Monopoly” buy 40 Desert-like 42 Superlative ending 43 South American nation 48 Chicken — king 49 Cupid’s alias 50 Family 51 — and don’ts 52 Transmitted 53 TV award
16 Scoot 20 Coal diggers’ org. 21 Bro and sis 22 Needle case 23 Feuds 24 Hit on the head 26 Burn somewhat 27 Lubricant 28 Bellow 29 Blunders 31 Dozens 34 First lady DOWN 35 Lead astray 1 Cleric’s address 37 Namely (Abbr.) (Abbr.) 38 — over heels 2 Brewery product 39 Norway’s capital 3 One of the Brady 40 Unsigned Bunch (Abbr.) 4 Country song? 41 Leftovers 5 Rotate 44 Before 6 Pawn 45 Shade tree 7 Every last bit 46 Felon’s flight 8 Cornmeal 47 Whatever creation number 9 With a — (forcefully) 10 Concept 11 Bard
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Cryptoquote
AXYDLBAAXR is L O N G F E L L O W
One letter stands for another. In this sample, A is used for three L’s, X for the two O’s, etc. Single letters, apostrophes, and length and formation of words are all hints. The code letters are different for each puzzle.
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CROSSWORD
EUGENE SHEFFER
ACROSS 1 Long sandwich 4 Loathe 8 Den 12 Web address 13 Pianist Gilels 14 Competent 15 Swelled head 16 India’s movie industry 18 Happen again 20 Thanksgiving veggie 21 “Show Boat” composer 24 Club used in sand traps 28 Robin Hood’s forest 32 Night light 33 Tin container 34 Japanese wrestlers 36 Movie trickery, for short 37 Declare 39 Actor Clint 41 Archaeologist’s find 43 Approach 44 Chow down
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46 Actress Winona 50 “American Gothic” painter 55 Hearty quaff 56 Top-notch 57 Spherical do 58 Work with 59 Bosc or Bartlett 60 Goblet feature 61 Foundation
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DOWN 1 Litigious one 2 Incite 3 United nations 4 New Testament book 5 I love (Lat.) 6 Up to 7 — May Clampett 8 Marshals et al. 9 Blood-group letters 10 Dockworkers’ org. 11 Roulette bet 17 Deviate off course 19 Kiev’s country (Abbr.)
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ACROSS 1 Jewel 4 Appointment 8 Con job 12 Boxing legend 13 Big story 14 — Major 15 Medieval entertainer 17 Anger 18 “— lazy river ...” 19 Extreme 21 Assault 24 Heavy weight 25 Hawaiian neckwear 26 With it 28 Complete range 32 Exam format 34 Illustrations 36 Soybean paste 37 Eastern potentate (Var.) 39 Lummox 41 Profit 42 Needlefish 44 Aplenty
Libertine “— is an island” Erté’s style Full of energy Oklahoma city “The Lion King” villain Own Organic compound Amount of medicine Fame Hot dog Like some humor Feline “— the night before ...” Smear Otherwise Clarinetist’s need Space Fish eggs Santa — winds Frequently, in verse Raw rock
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46 Graham of “Monty Python” 50 Bay State sch. 51 Humdinger 52 Alternatives to station wagons 56 Israeli airline 57 Carbon compound 58 Where (Lat.) 59 Roll up 60 Almost black 61 Knock DOWN 1 Leg, slangily 2 Yale student 3 Little details 4 Break off 5 Spring mo. 6 Layer 7 Brilliance 8 Older spelling for a South American country 9 Gator’s cousin 10 Largest continent
11 Shoppers’ mecca 16 Hot tub 20 Pooch 21 Lotion additive 22 Expression 23 Sedona automaker 27 Expert 29 Labyrinth beast 30 Addict 31 Carry 33 Humorous hoax 35 Playground game 38 Aries 40 Kin 43 Japanese noodles 45 Actress Ullmann 46 Staff leader? 47 Streaming video giant 48 Winged 49 1492 craft 53 Penultimate mo. 54 Cagers’ org. 55 Try the tea
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AWFUL MONSTER VARIETY THAT TYPICALLY MAKES MEALS OUT OF AMUSEMENT SHOW WORKERS: A CARNIE-VORE.
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AS A PERSON WHO OWNS MANY PAIRS OF CONTACTS, ONE MIGHT ASSUME THAT GUY OFTEN CLEANSES LENSES.
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SINCE MY HUGE PET DOG USES UP SO MUCH OF MY ENERGY, I LIKE TO TELL FOLKS IT’S A GREAT DRAIN.
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OUTFITS BEING DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY FOR MEN AND BOYS REHEARSING THINGS: MALE PRACTICE SUITS.
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EACH TIME THAT LARGE GROUP OF FRIENDLY PHOTOGRAPHERS MEET, THEY SHARE A GENUINE CAMERA-DERIE.
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WHEN PEOPLE PUT THEIR PENS TO PAPER, I WOULD SAY THEY ARE SURELY DOING THE WRITE THING.
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BECAUSE THE CITY THAT EVIL HYPNOTIST LIVES IN IS CALCUTTA, I SUPPOSE HE’S A BENGALI SVENGALI.
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IF A CERTAIN BIRD HAS TROUBLE INGESTING FOOD, COULD A VET HAVE TO WATCH THE SWALLOW SWALLOW?
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NO ONE CAN HAVE A HIGHER OPINION OF HIM THAN I HAVE — AND I THINK HE IS A DIRTY LITTLE BEAST. — W.S. GILBERT
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OHIO CITY WHERE EVERYONE COMPLETELY LOVES TO WATCH A CERTAIN TELEVISION CARTOON: SIMPSONATI.
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DO YOU REALIZE THAT IN SPANISH AMERICA PRACTICALLY EVERY NATIVE ADULT MALE IS A SENOR CITIZEN?
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MY ILLNESS IS DUE TO MY DOCTOR’S INSISTENCE THAT I DRINK MILK, A WHITISH FLUID THEY FORCE DOWN HELPLESS BABIES. — W.C. FIELDS
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WHEN THE SIXTIES WAR VETERAN REVEALS ALL IN HIS MEMOIR, I EXPECT HE COULD USE A ’NAM DE PLUME.
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SINCE I LIKE TO DROP AN OSTRICH PLUME IN CAFFEINE DRINKS, I’M REGULARLY FEATHERING MY NESTEA.
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MIRACLES SOMETIMES OCCUR, BUT ONE HAS TO WORK TERRIBLY HARD FOR THEM. — CHAIM WEIZMANN
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AFTER REALIZING THE NATURE OF THE AILMENT, DOCTORS IN THE CZECH CAPITAL MADE A PRAGUE-NOSIS.
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WHEN PARCHED FOLKS ARE SWEATING OVER STOVES MAKING FOOD, I’D HAVE TO CALL THEM HOT PREPPERS.
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LAUGHING AT OUR MISTAKES CAN LENGTHEN OUR OWN LIFE. LAUGHING AT SOMEONE ELSE’S CAN SHORTEN IT. — CULLEN HIGHTOWER
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GROWING VERY CLOSELY FROM THE SAME STEM, ONE COULD SAY THOSE FLOWERS-TO-BE ARE BUD RELATIVES.
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LIKELY NICKNAME FOR ANY WORLD REPUBLIC ABUNDANT IN A RED-BROWN METAL: LAND OF COPPER-TUNITY.
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YOU WILL BECOME AS SMALL AS YOUR CONTROLLING DESIRE; AS GREAT AS YOUR DOMINANT ASPIRATION. — JAMES ALLEN
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RABBIT THAT HIDES MANY BASKETS FULL OF EDIBLE MOLLUSKS ONCE EACH YEAR: THE OYSTER BUNNY.
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COMIC JERRY’S SON IS BEING MUSCLED INTO A STRAITJACKET. THAT REALLY OUGHT TO MAKE BEN STILLER.
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THE GREATEST MISTAKE YOU CAN MAKE IN LIFE IS TO BE CONTINUALLY FEARING YOU WILL MAKE ONE. — ELBERT HUBBARD
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WHAT OTHER PEOPLE MAY FIND IN POETRY OR ART MUSEUMS, I FIND IN THE FLIGHT OF A GOOD DRIVE. — ARNOLD PALMER
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ONLY THOSE WHO WILL RISK GOING TOO FAR CAN POSSIBLY FIND OUT HOW FAR ONE CAN GO. — T.S. ELIOT
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WHEN YOU WALK INTO A ROOM, A HEALTHY, BEAUTIFUL SMILE IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. — SUSAN ANTON
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I COULDN’T FIND THE SPORTS CAR OF MY DREAMS, SO I BUILT IT MYSELF. — FERDINAND PORSCHE
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I’M NOT BUDDY-BUDDY WITH THE PLAYERS. IF THEY NEED A BUDDY, LET THEM BUY A DOG. — WHITEY HERZOG
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WHEN THE GOING GETS WEIRD, THE WEIRD TURN PRO. — HUNTER S. THOMPSON
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INFLATION IS WHEN YOU PAY FIFTEEN DOLLARS FOR THE TEN-DOLLAR HAIRCUT YOU USED TO GET FOR FIVE DOLLARS WHEN YOU HAD HAIR. — SAM EWING
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TRYING TO SNEAK A FASTBALL PAST HANK AARON IS LIKE TRYING TO SNEAK THE SUNRISE PAST A ROOSTER. — JOE ADCOCK
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GETTIN’ GOOD PLAYERS IS EASY. GETTIN’ ’EM TO PLAY TOGETHER IS THE HARD PART. — CASEY STENGEL
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THE TROUBLE WITH RETIREMENT IS THAT YOU NEVER GET A DAY OFF. — ABE LEMONS
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THE HUNGER FOR LOVE IS MUCH MORE DIFFICULT TO REMOVE THAN THE HUNGER FOR BREAD. — MOTHER TERESA
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