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Crossword

by Margie E. Burke

The Weekly Crossword

by Margie E. Burke

ACROSS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 1 Parade entry 14 15 16 5 Idina Menzel's "Frozen" role 17 18 19 9 Prefix with manage or wave 20 21 22 14 Safe, at sea 23 24 25 15 It's out on a limb 16 Open, as a 26 27 28 29 30 31 jacket 32 33 34 35 36 17 Unwavering 19 Far from fresh 37 38 39 40 41 20 Huge crowd 42 43 44 45 46 21 Protected 23 Certain believer 47 48 49 50 25 Hitchcock film, 51 52 "____ Window" 26 Kitchen cleaner 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 28 Parsley, e.g. 32 Fido's foot 60 61 62 33 Kind of spray 63 64 65 36 "The Divine

Comedy" author 66 67 68 37 Doohickey Copyright 2021 by The Puzzle Syndicate 39 Big commotions 41 Hold on property 2 High in the 40 Dried up 53 Picnic dish 42 Paparazzi target, Andes 43 Puppy supplier 54 Yellowfin, e.g. briefly 3 Useless type 45 Pie cuts, 55 Like Death 44 Yard machine 4 Make numb essentially Valley 46 Recurrent twitch 5 Little toymaker 48 Lots of fun, 56 Unhip sort 47 Supersize, say 6 Smallest in slangily 58 Commuter line 49 Forcible seizure degree 50 Lobster feature 59 Nothing but 51 Straight, at the 7 Scout's uniform 52 Combine 62 Kind of truck bar item 52 TV, radio, etc. 8 Lingering light 53 Home, to Amer- 9 Frank topper icans abroad 10 Part of I.R.S. 57 Opening words 11 Captain of 60 Like some tabloid industry headlines 12 Anger, with "up" 61 Occupation 13 Pundit's page featured in "Six 18 Lower oneself

Feet Under" 22 Grassy meadow 63 Japanese 24 Usher's offering cartoons 26 Nutmeg, e.g. 64 It follows that 27 Eucharistic plate 65 Axis of ___ 29 Tagalong's lack 66 Heron, eg. 30 Ale holder 67 Distort, in a way 31 Consequently 68 Depend (on) 34 Now and then 35 Big deal DOWN 38 In the _____.. 1 Quite a party (for now)

Answers to Last Week's Crossword:

C O A C H A C E S A B E D E X I L E L A N E R U L E D I M I N U T I V E A B L E E D E N S O S O U R B A N D E R I V E S I G N A L C A R G O A T T E N D S T R A P A N D R E J O E E R E L O N G O B S C E N E R A T R E S E T T O T E M A M I G O S L E V E L C A U S A L A D O B E S B L E S S D I B S S L A M O I N K I M P R E S S I V E O N C E R I S E P A N E L M E E T K N E E A L I S T

Sudoku By The Mepham Group

STRANGE BREW JOHN DEERING

Level 1 2 3 4

Solution to last Sunday’s puzzle

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Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit 1 to 9. For strategies on how to solve Sudoku, visit sudoku.org.uk.

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1. On May 6, 2019, what caused an 18-minute delay in the start of a game between the San Francisco Giants and the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ball Park? 1. What African soccer great was the first player to score goals in four different FA Cup final matches? 2. Attorney/politician Joe Robbie and actor/comedian Danny Thomas were 2. The Billiken — a charm doll described as “The God of Things as They Ought to Be” — is the mascot for what Jesuit university’s athletic the founders of what NFL franchise?programs? 3. What University of Florida Gators 3. What horse beat Triple Crown offensive tackle did the Detroit Lions winner War Admiral in a head-toselect in the first round of the 1985 head match at Pimlico Race Course NFL Draft?in 1938? 4. With his bronze medal in the 4. Goodison Park in Liverpool is the 100-meter dash at the 2002 Sydney Olympic Games, Obadele Thompson won the first Olympic medal in the history of what Caribbean nation? 5. “Saturday Night Live’s” Kenan Thompson made his motion-picture home stadium of what English Premier League football club? 5. Billy Johnson, an NFL wide receiver and return specialist who was famous for his touchdown dances, was debut in what 1994 Disney sports known by what popular nickname? comedy sequel? 6. Michael Jordan, Wayne Gretzky 6. What 1964 U.S. Open winner and Bo Jackson were animated superretired from competitive golf in 1967 heroes in what Saturday-morning carand went on to a 35-year career as a toon series that aired on NBC in 1991? lead analyst for CBS Sports? 7. What all-female professional 7. What team won the first three National Collegiate Women’s Ice Hockey Championships from 2001-03? baseball team, sponsored by Coors Brewing Company, barnstormed across America from 1994-97?

Answers 1. Didier Drogba. Answers LAST WEEKS ANSWERS 2. The Miami Dolphins. 1. A swarm of bees. 3. Lomas Brown. 2. Saint Louis University. 4. Barbados. 3. Seabiscuit. 5. D2: The Mighty Ducks. 4. Everton F.C. 6. Ken Venturi. 5. “White Shoes.” 7. The Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs.6. ProStars. © 2021 King Features Syndicate, Inc. 7. The Colorado Silver Bullets. © 2021 King Features Syndicate, Inc.