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PUZZLE NO. 85

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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 11. Short farewell 19. Kriss Kringle 21. Sopping 23. Baking chambers 24. College teacher, shortly 25. Opposite of west 26. Hill dwellers 27. Spur 28. Frilly 29. Poker opener 31. Gives forth 33. Marvels 36. Alcoholic liquor 37. Scraped 40. Upper class 41. Scored on the serve 43. Bonnets 44. Leave 45. Withhold 46. Papa 47. Decorate a cake 48. That woman 50. Chip enhancer

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1. What national team dominated the Fed Cup women’s tennis competition from 2011-18, winning six PUZZLE NO. 87 championships during that span? 2. What Utah Jazz player broke the NBA single-season slam dunk record with 306 in 2019? 3. Name the former college football coach who won Alabama’s U.S. senate election in 2020. 4. In what sport do the Adelaide Strikers, Hobart Hurricanes and Perth Scorchers of the Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL) compete?

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6. What National Baseball Hall of Famer -- and his various conspiracy theories -- was profiled in a 1994 “Philadelphia” magazine article by Pat Jordan?

7. Name the ESPN baseball analyst who also wrote the book “I’m Fascinated by Sacrifice Flies: Inside the Game We All Love.”

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