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ACROSS 1. Shadowbox 5. Drinks with a straw 9. Flap 12. Desire 13. Publicize 14. Tooth-fixer’s group: abbr. 15. Functions 16. Not deserved 18. Hurled 20. Women’s undergarment 21. “____ Eagles” 23. Word from the crib 27. Student’s mark
30. Cut 32. Jazz instrument 33. Nothing 34. Ordinary language 36. Mr. Linden 37. Take steps 38. Craving 39. Reason’s partner 41. Rider’s command 43. Newspapers and radio 45. 1 + 1 47. Excuses 51. Jam knife 55. Chinese staple
56. Forage grass 57. Alert 58. Detective Nancy ____ 59. Needle aperture 60. House annexes 61. Gambling term DOWN 1. Slam 2. Stylishly elegant 3. Mimic 4. Marketed again 5. Bit 6. Electrified atom
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27. Shrub 30. Former soldier 32. Talk wildly 33. United in marriage 34. Largest amount 35. Eight-sided figure 37. Presents 38. Apply henna to 39. Interject 41. Conjunction 42. Whipped 46. Part of CD 49. Fix copy 51. Hatchet 52. Throb painfully
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PUZZLE NO. 86
ACROSS 1. Nudge 4. Punching tools 8. Grouchy person 12. 21, e.g. 13. Gather 14. Like suntan lotion 15. Off one’s feed 16. Showroom model 17. Not working 18. Diminish 20. Bird that gives a hoot 22. “____ Can Play” 24. Round vegetable
24. Pout 25. Forest filler 26. Barbecue stick 27. Stash away 28. Skin opening 29. Kimono, e.g. 30. Kind of room 34. Bedroom piece 37. Fools 39. Lump
41. Snow White’s pal 44. Bossa ____ 46. Plunge 47. See no ____ 48. Edge line 49. Insect 50. ____-man band 51. Aglow 53. Motel
53. Ceremony 54. Badge material 55. Real-estate document 56. Went rapidly 57. Eye ailment DOWN 1. Slammer 2. Stare rudely 3. Hair tamers 4. Eager 5. Tiny 6. Robber’s run 7. Ladled 8. Wind up 9. Get ____ of 10. Completely
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PUZZLE NO. 87
22. Drama divisions 23. Go away! 25. Perfect 27. Permissible 29. Lunch hour 30. Fuss: hyph. 31. Pour forth 34. Sacred 37. Produces
STRANGE BREW
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ACROSS 1. Naught 4. “Green ____ and Ham” 8. Trim 12. Fruit cooler 13. Uh-huh 14. Thought 15. Foolishness 17. Plushy 18. Singing voice 19. Robbery 21. Bambi’s mom, e.g. 23. Perches 27. Misting device 31. Lap 32. Moreover
33. Snow vehicles 35. Hawaiian keepsake 36. Flight path 38. British sport 40. Hoed 42. Building wing 43. Golf clubs 45. Poems 49. ____ tie 52. Optimistic 54. Squadron 55. Parallel 56. Passing through 57. Receives 58. Tall tale 59. Nightmare street
DOWN 1. Grandmother 2. Adored person 3. Advanced, as money 4. Look at 5. Refined 6. Long cut 7. Transparent 8. Revolver 9. Fuss 10. TKO caller 11. Wolf down 16. Cream or baking 20. Dinosaur bone, e.g. 22. Pearl’s place
39. Type of snake 41. Shell dweller 43. Large quantity 44. Parable 45. Stare at 47. Unpaid 50. ____ lodge 52. Pie pan 53. Farm pen
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ACROSS 1. Overly curious 5. Contend (with) 9. Car fuel 12. Initial stake 13. Healthy 14. Mouth edge 15. Ring 16. A long way off 17. Verse type 18. Ship’s pole 20. Barked shrilly 22. Fire residue 24. Showy flowers 26. Iced 28. Talks wildly
32. Manner 33. Society miss 35. Coil 36. Damp 38. Pie ____: 3 wds. 40. Wedding routes 42. Presently 43. Taken wrongfully 46. Blemish 48. Loiter 49. Miss 51. Comedians 54. Building section 55. Levee 56. Exude 57. Little 58. Slipped
59. Declare untrue DOWN 1. Catch 40 winks 2. Dollar 3. Hiding 4. Dog’s cry 5. Scorched 6. Blockhead 7. Stage dramas 8. Spookier 9. Gooey stuff 10. Camp worker 11. Hastened 19. Become sick 21. Biblical song
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SPORTS QUIZ By Ryan A. Berenz 1. At the 2012 London Summer Olympics, what American female gymnast became an internet sensation after being photographed on the medal podium with a “not impressed” expression on her face? 2. In the “Seinfeld” season 3 episode “The Letter,” Elaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) is ejected from the owner’s box at Yankee Stadium for refusing to remove her baseball cap with what team’s logo? 3. A multipurpose sports stadium named in honor of soccer star Rommel Fernandez Gutierrez is located in what Central American country? 4. Name the German model who appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated’s inaugural swimsuit issue in January 1964? 5. What Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres great holds the National League record for consecutive games played with 1,207? 6. Name the boxer who, following a 1926 upset loss to Gene Tunney, told his wife, “Honey, I forgot to duck.” 7. What team selected troubled Ohio State Buckeyes running back Maurice Clarett in the third round of the 2005 NFL Draft?
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