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OSU celebrates seniors for artistic accomplishments “Each person is exploring concepts related to the complexities of their multifaceted identities,” said Jessica Teckemeyer, assistant professor of sculpture.

“Thematically, this is the most cohesive BFA exhibition I have Kennedy Thomason seen in my four years at OSU. Assistant News & We are extremely proud of the Lifestyle Editor accomplishments of these three students.”

The collection has many Years of artistic work are forms of art including photograbeing celebrated. phy, sculpture and painting, all On Thursday, the Gardiner Gallery of Art in the Bartlett Cen- aimed at sharing each students’ ter opened its senior art capstone identity.

“I came upon figuration exhibit, featuring pieces from three graduating seniors. The col- through painting self-portraits in lection is composed of work from an attempt to examine, and even alter, my self-perception,” Dawes their time at OSU. The seniors, Austin Dawes, said. “The act of putting myself Emily Singleton and Echo Smith, outside of my body, of self-objeccompiled pieces that demonstrate tifying, provided clarity. their growth.

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File Photo Many pieces of artwork from OSU seniors are on display at the Gardiner Gallery of Art.

‘There’s going to be a lot of fluidity’

Boynton examining transfer portal, anticipating roster turnover

“Each situation is a little different in regards to whether they are even capable of being back, or whether it’s in their best interest or the interest of the program to be back next season,” Boynton said. “Not Sam Hutchens all of those decisions are necessarily mine or theirs.”

Staff Reporter The Cowboys finished 20-16, earning the No. 1 overAfter their season ended all seed in the NIT after being with a 65-59 loss to North Tex- the first team out of the NCAA as in the NIT, Cowboy basket- tournament. The team will look different next season. ball players met individually “There’s going to be a lot with coach Mike Boynton. of fluidity in the roster, honNo conversation went estly,” Boynton said. exactly the same.

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via @brando2wavvyyy on Instagram OSU basketball coach Mike Boynton said incoming freshman Brandon Garrison could have a “Cade Cunningham similar kind of impact” when it comes to winning.

What Mike Boynton said about each 2023 signee and the future of OSU basketball

File Photo The Cowboys just missed the NCAA Tournament in 2023, instead earning the No. 1 seed in the NIT.

players mentioned and four-star power forward Eric Dailey who is committed to OSU. Boynton, at his season wrap up press conference Monday, dampened expectations, but praised the future of OSU basketball.

Boynton started with Garrison, the 6-foot-9 center and No. 43 prospect in the nation, the highest in the class.

Ben Hutchens “I think Brandon can have a similar Staff Reporter type of impact (as Cunningham did) in terms of impacting winning, but the game will Mike Boynton tries to be fair to incom- look totally different,” Boynton said. “He’s ing freshmen. physically capable of stepping on campus Boynton, OSU’s basketball coach, said and, with a good summer, getting to a place he tries to lower expectations for them, but where he’s going to make a difference on sometimes he fails. Cade Cunningham, the the court. His game isn’t such that he has nation’s No. 1 recruit in 2020, carried too to have a ball to impact it. He’s going to be much hype into Stillwater for Boynton to a really good defender; he’s going to be a slow down. great rebounder. But the best thing Brandon Center Brandon Garrison, power forGarrison does is he’s an unbelievable passer ward Justin McBride, combo guard Jamyron for a guy his size, at his age, which is good Keller and small forward Connor Dow make for both him and for us because that means up part of OSU’s No. 11 ranked recruiting he can be trusted with the ball and also help class. It is the No. 3 class in the Big 12, beus offensively, a team that struggled with hind Kansas and Iowa State, per 247 Sports. playmaking and decision making.

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Mia Ledbetter Tyler Zink pumps his fist after a point during OSU’s match against Tulane on Sunday morning in Stillwater.

Cowboys show their endurance in tightly contested doubles point Baylor Bryant Staff Reporter

across the board in singles.

The Cowboys’ new double pairings of the last couple months have proven their chemistry and compleThe Cowboys have not been home mentary tennis skills in their matches, in more than two weeks, and in their and against Tulane their endurance was return they gave fans a treat in one of tested. the most exciting doubles points of the Tulane’s Billy Suarez and Benji season.

Jacobson took Court 2 over OSU’s No. 36 OSU hosted No. 43 Tulane Alessio Basile and Carl Roothman, 6-2. on Sunday morning and won 4-3. In With the Cowboys needing to take both the match, a key deciding factor was remaining courts the trial could not securing the doubles point to build mo- seem more challenging, but their endurmentum into what was a close matchup ance was tested when both matches

went into tiebreaker sets.

On Court 3, Cowboys Alex Garcia and Francisco Pini fought back and forth with Tulane; trading scores in the tiebreaker bringing in a close 7-6 (5) victory tying up the score 1-1 with Tulane. All eyes went to Tyler Zink and Chase Ferguson on Court 1 as the duo’s tightly contested match was suddenly dominated by the two in the tiebreaker winning 7-6 (1).

Heading into singles play of six matches with just a one point advantage might not seem like much, however it

is not just about the extra one on the scoreboard. Heading into singles with serious momentum, coach Dustin Taylor emphasized how the doubles point impacts the flow of the match.

“We’ve been on the side where we’ve won the doubles point and they come out because it helps with your sense of urgency when you go into singles if you lost the doubles point, “Taylor said. “It’s always nice to have a point on the board. I think that our doubles has really shown its strength since we switched the teams up.” sports.ed@ocolly.com

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Continued from 1 “But there’ll be a learning curve. There will be an older, big guy here, I don’t know who, maybe one of the guys coming back, maybe one of the guys we recruit from the portal that will be pushing him around in June and July and that’s OK. But hopefully by the time November, December rolls around he’ll be ready to take those blows and deliver some back.”

Boynton said everyone in the recruiting class is a “basketball junkie,” something that appeals to him. Keller, a 6-foot-1 three-star combo guard from Killeen, Texas, showed Boynton his toughness playing on a broken foot all the way to the state championship game. “(Keller) has been in a boot since the day after the state championship game,” Boynton said. “He’s healing now, he’s going to be fine. But he’s a competitor, tough, can shoot it, can score, can get downhill drive into the lane, and create offense.”

Dow is a 6-foot-5 small forward from Broken Arrow.

OSU fans might get flashbacks to a former Cowboy when watching Dow this season.

“Connor Dow is going to bring some (Thomas) Dziagwa memories back,” Boynton said.

“I mean, he shoots the ball really well from 3, and because he comes from Broken Arrow maybe he brings the arrow back.

“But I’ll say this without reservation, he’s a much better athlete than Dziagwa was. He’s a great kid, comes from a family that really loves basketball.

He’s a competitor, he’s been well-coached by coach (Beau) Wallace over there and they were right there to win a state Courtesy of OSU Athletics championship.”

McBride is another OSU Eric Dailey Jr. is the fifth recruit in the class of 2023 to commit to OSU. Dailey Jr. is a 6-foot-7 power forward from IMG Academy and ranked No. 60 in his class. He recruit who nearly won a state turned down offers from Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan and Memphis. championship. From Plano, ton called him maybe the most the ball,” Boynton said. “He’s talking about five freshmen here in June with an opportuTexas, he is a four-star recruit versatile player in the class. another guy who’s going to having an impact in the Big 12, nity to compete, I know that.” and No. 23 nationally at his “(McBride) can play have a chance to impact (the it’s not trending that way in the power forward position. Boyn- inside and outside, can handle team). But truth is when you’re country, but those guys will get sports.ed@ocolly.com

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Continued from 1 Guard Caleb Asberry and forward Bernard Kouma are the only two Cowboys who have exhausted their eligibility. And to be clear, Boynton said none of the players who can return to OSU said they did not want to in their meeting with Boynton.

And yet, Boynton and his staff aren’t naive about college basketball’s current landscape.

“I don’t expect everyone that’s eligible (to return) to be back, in all candor,” Boynton said.

It’s why Boynton took his laptop to Wichita when traveling to watch his son play basketball.

Between games, he sat in the corner, put headphones on and watched film on players in the transfer portal. He had the laptop out when eating dinner recently, evaluating potential Cowboys while a women’s game played in the background.

“We’re going to continue to make sure we are aggressive in the recruiting space,” Boynton said. “A lot of it will be through the transfer portal.

We’ve already made a lot of contacts.”

Still dealing with NCAA-imposed scholarship reductions, Bonyton said he has more flexibility when assigning scholarships for next year. He may use all 13 if the right player mandates it, or he could stick to using just 12.

It is all about the fit, as his team evolves.

“What’s glaring, from my perspective, we need more playmakers,” Boynton said. “We’ve got to get deeper. We’ve got to get probably more dynamic in terms of playmaking front court, obviously, we got to get more skilled there.” sports.ed@ocolly.com

OSU’s Caleb Asberry is one of two Cowboys who exhausted their eligibility and cannot return for another season.

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Courtesy of Phil Shockley/OSU Three seniors have their art displayed at the Gardiner Gallery of Art.

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Through sculpture, it became clearer that objects, non-subjects, help humans see ourselves. By identifying with objects, we find a perspective beyond our bodies from which to look at ourselves.”

Singleton’s work, titled “On My Own,” examines her reflection and interaction in relationships. She was inspired by the photographic manipulation of other artists.

“In this series, I use compositing to create multiples of myself within scenes of impossible realism,” Singleton said. “Both fictional and autobiographical, these orchestrated tableaus depict the nuances of self-perception and employ a sense of the uncanny. With

photographic manipulation, I can document a space in time that never actually existed.”

Smith’s collection shares everyday struggles as they parallel to his life.

“I examine anxiety, frustration, burnout and dread,” Smith said. “Many of my artworks feature multiples of myself interacting with each other in a shared space. The figures work together to solve mundane but stressful problems such as doing the dishes, getting

ready in the morning, or dealing with car trouble. The use of the repeated self represents the interior conversations that occur as I work through my anxiety.”

The free exhibit is open until Friday, April 7. The Gardiner Gallery of Arts is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

For more information, visit the Gardiner Gallery of Arts’ website. news.ed@ocolly.com

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News Public Utility Commission appeals winter storm pricing ruling to Texas Supreme Court Philip Jankowski The Dallas Morning News AUSTIN — The Texas commission that regulates the state’s power grid has appealed a court ruling to the Texas Supreme Court that has the potential to upend billions of dollars spent and made on energy during the deadly 2021 winter storm.

The appeal from the Public Utility Commission was expected but notable for indicating that the regulator of the state’s self-contained electricity grid intends to fight on behalf of companies that made billions selling electricity while nearly half of Texas was plunged in darkness.

The Texas 3rd Court of Appeals made a blockbuster ruling on March 17 that opened the door for so-called repricing — an effort to change the cost of electricity sold during the disastrous winter freeze that killed more than 200 people.

That court ruled the PUC exceeded its authority by pegging the electricity price at an artificial cap and keeping the price there long after power began to be restored to Texans.

The state’s independent market monitor for the Texas electric grid has said the PUC order cost Texans $16 billion in overcharges. Sky high electricity and natural gas prices during the storm sent several power providers into steep debt and has led to numerous bankruptcies and lawsuits.

The appeal headed to the Texas Supreme Court is in a case filed by a subsidiary of Irving-based Vistra Energy.

Power provider Calpine has already signaled its wishes to participate in the suit, and several other electric companies likely will follow their lead in the high-stakes legal battle.

“Given the magnitude of issues that are on the table, it’s

absolutely expected that this will be appealed to the Supreme Court,” said attorney Michael Jewell, who represented a wind energy company that intervened in the 3rd Court of Appeals.

The possibility of forcing the PUC and the grid’s operator ERCOT to reset the prices of electricity bought and sold more than two years ago recalls efforts from Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick to achieve something similar through legislation during 2021′s legislative session that ultimately died in the House.

Patrick had declared a victory of sorts after the 3rd Court of Appeals issued the ruling, issuing a statement that he, “couldn’t be more pleased.”

“We were right,” Patrick said. “Texas electric utility customers got the short end of the stick.”

Patrick did not respond to messages seeking comment on the appeal. A PUC spokeswoman declined to comment on pending litigation.

The PUC voted to appeal the ruling on March 23 and is seeking to reinstate two orders that set the price of electricity at $9,000 per megawatthour during the storm, a price hundreds of times greater than typical electricity prices.

In a legal petition filed last week, the grid regulator said the appeals court injected its opinion into the state’s electric code, which outlines how Texas’ electricity market functions. The brief states that the court’s interpretation that competitive pricing trumps grid reliability was wrong.

“For good reason: courts are not institutionally suited Courtesy of Tribune to determine — sometimes Road near White Rock Lake covered in snow as a winter storm brings snow and freezing temperatures to North Texas years after the fact — whether Garland on Monday, February 15, 2021, in Dallas. Emergency power prices charged during the storm’s widespread blackouts are subject a certain policy would actually of a lawsuit that the Public Utility Commission recently appealed to the Texas Supreme Court. (Lola Gomez/The Dallas Morning have had the ‘least impact’ on the storm, and Texans will be to Vistra at the Texas Supreme portion of the state’s budget competition,” the PUC’s attoron the hook for an estimated $7 Court would likely lead to surplus to pay off $3.9 billion in neys wrote. billion in government-backed changes in electric prices, it natural gas utility debt, but that The effect on Texans’ debt issued to soften the blow does nothing for natural gas provision was recently stripped electric bills is unclear. Several of the spike in electric prices prices, which also spiked durfrom the spending bill under power providers have raised during the storm. ing the winter storm.

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Courtesy of Tribune A dead humpback whale washed ashore at the L Street Beach in Seaside Park. The dead whale is one of at least 11 that have landed on beaches in New York or New Jersey since Dec. 5. Seaside Park. March 2, 2023

Whale death info needed faster as speculation grows rampant, N.J. Democrats tell feds Steven Rodas nj.com

our partners in Congress to respond to risk of striking ships or boats. any inquiries they may have.”

The rule, which would also Democratic lawmakers on require additional and smaller vessels Tuesday provided NOAA an April 18 to follow the directive, would benefit So far, mostly Republicans have deadline to answer the following: humpback whales as well, state offipressed for more transparency folHow does NOAA intend to use cials said. lowing the death of at least 29 whales funds received from the Consolidated “We know that NOAA’s prelimion the Atlantic Coast since DecemAppropriations Act to address whale nary findings for many of the whales ber. They’ve done so while pointing injuries and deaths from gear entangle- that have washed up along the Atlantic to offshore wind development as the ment and vessel collisions, particularly coast this year have shown evidence of suspected cause, despite federal agen- as related to the ongoing Unusual Mor- a vessel strike,” Booker said in a statecies saying no evidence supports that tality Events for humpback whales, ment to NJ Advance Media. “I want claim. right whales and gray whales? to make sure NOAA has the resources On Tuesday, several Democratic What is the timeline and proto fully investigate these deaths, share lawmakers — acknowledging vessel cess for NOAA sharing information information promptly with the public, strikes have been linked to many of with the public when a whale is found and, ultimately, take action to protect the marine mammal beachings — dead and when necropsy results are marine mammals from preventable joined a call for the release of more complete? Does NOAA have plans to injury and death.” information on the federal investigastrengthen its data-sharing practices READ MORE: Dead whales tion into the deaths. with non-profit and government partprompt offshore wind meeting but “We appreciate (the National ners and the public? What is NOAA’s crowd claims many other worries, Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra- progress on the design and implemen- theories tion’s) ongoing commitment to marine tation of the Marine Mammal Health Various Republicans, namely mammal conservation and your efforts Monitoring and Analysis Platform?

Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-2nd Dist. and to keep our offices and the public What are challenges or barriers NOAA Rep. Chris Smith, R-4th Dist., have informed about these ongoing strand- faces with efficiently determining a called for a moratorium of survey ings,” reads a letter sent Tuesday to whale’s cause of death? What recwork and federal intervention during NOAA by lawmakers, including New ommendations for congressional or an investigation of the whale deaths.

Jersey Democrats Sen. Cory Booker administrative action may be needed Federal science agencies — inand Sen. Bob Menendez. “We encour- to reduce these barriers? cluding NOAA, the Bureau of Ocean age additional outreach and transparWhat additional resources might Energy Management and the Marine ency in light of the public reporting on NOAA need to strengthen its efforts to Mammal Commission — have reiterand speculation around the potential protect and conserve marine mammals ated they have yet to find evidence the causes of these deaths.” and prevent their deaths? two are connected.

The letter — which did not make Booker additionally said he This past winter, the whale mention of offshore wind pre-construc- supports a rule change first outlined strandings — 29 on the Atlantic Coast tion — was also signed by Democratic by NOAA that would expand areas as of March 17 including at least 8 on senators outside of the state: Connecti- covered by slow zones meant to proNew Jersey beaches — have largely cut Sen. Richard Blumenthal, Oregon tect endangered North Atlantic right become an issue split by partisan lines.

Sen. Jeffrey A. Merkley and Rhode whales. Experts say, like other whales, Calls to halt offshore wind preIsland Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse. the marine mammals may be migratconstruction survey work were reIn response to the letter, Lauren ing into new areas to follow prey newed last week after a mass stranding Gaches, a NOAA spokeswoman, said — a result of warming waters due to ended in the death of eight dolphins.

Tuesday “we will work directly with climate change — which puts them at But Gov. Phil Murphy, a Demo-

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crat, said Monday on News12′s “Ask Gov. Murphy” that there was no proof to justify that decision.

“The feds are taking the lead,” Murphy said during the show.

“They’re professionals with this. We’re concerned. Both whales and ... in Sea Isle City, ... the eight dolphins. But as we sit here, for this conversation, up until this point, there’s no evidence that shows causality between any of the offshore activity in these tragic deaths.”

The governor, echoing some environmentalists, added that some have used the whale deaths as part of a larger effort to oppose offshore wind development in New Jersey.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has noted that it will continue to investigate the whale deaths. However, officials there have said the final cause of death results can take months or remain inconclusive due to how necropsies, or post-death exams, are carried out and the state of decomposition of animals.

The agency is in the seventh year of an investigation of what NOAA calls an “unusual mortality event,” with at least 190 stranded humpback whales reported on the Atlantic Coast in that span.

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News Migrants fearing deportation set fire that killed at least 39, Mexico’s president says Kate Linthicum, Leila Miller and Gabriela Minjares Los Angeles Times CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — At least 39 migrants were killed and dozens more were injured Monday night when a fire broke out in an immigrant detention center in Mexico, just south of the U.S. border, authorities said Tuesday.

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said the blaze in Ciudad Juarez began when migrants ignited mattresses after they found out they were going to be deported to their home countries. He said most of the dead were from Central and South America.

“They never imagined that it would cause this terrible misfortune,” López Obrador said.

A Mexican federal official with Courtesy of Tribune knowledge of the case who spoke on Viangly, a Venezuelan migrant, cries next to an ambulance in which her husband, who was injured in a fire, is being transported after a fire at the immigration the condition of anonymity said the migrants were protesting because 68 of station in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua state, Mexico, on March 28, 2023. At least 39 people were killed and dozens injured after a fire at the immigration station. them were packed into a cell meant for (Herika Martinez/AFP/Getty Images/TNS) some of the migrants had been previno more than 50 people and they had no said his network’s 15 shelters have been like Juarez are expected to grow this completely full for the last six months. summer as the Biden administration ously deported from the United States. access to drinking water.

City officials have been vocally prepares to implement a new policy that Migrant advocates say policies The fire, which erupted at a Nawould further restrict access to asylum that criminalize asylum seekers were to tional Migration Institute lockup about critical of the migrants, who beg for blame.

400 feet south of the Rio Bravo, which alms at major intersections and sleep on at the border.

Throughout the COVID-19 “This was not an accident, this separates Juarez from El Paso, was one the ground near border bridges that lead pandemic, federal officials have used a could have been avoided,” the advocacy of the deadliest incidents ever recorded to El Paso.

Juarez Mayor Cruz Peréz Cuéllar public health measure called Title 42 to group Sin Fronteras wrote on Twitter. It at an immigration holding center in recently implored residents not to give prevent migrants from seeking asylum blamed the government for not having Mexico.

It triggered an immediate outcry migrants money, insisting that they can at the border and to quickly expel those proper protocols and evacuation routes find work. who attempt to enter the U.S. in case of fires, citing a fire at a migrant from migrant advocates, who blamed In a March 9 letter, several dozen With that border policy set to facility in the southern Mexican city the deaths on a series of ever-more migrant advocacy groups urged the city expire in May, the Biden administraof Tenosique in 2020 that killed one stringent immigration policies in both to investigate abuses of migrants by tion last month unveiled a new plan migrant and injured 10 others. the United States and Mexico. police and immigration officials. They that would make migrants ineligible for Felipe Gonzalez Morales, U.N. It also raised questions about asylum if they enter the U.S. without Special Rapporteur Human Rights of Mexico’s ability to care for and manage said that during arbitrary detentions, migrants as the U.S. prepares to roll out officials have questioned migrants about permission and fail to apply for protec- Migrants, also blamed government their legal status, extorted and stolen tion in another country on their way. policies. a new policy that would turn back an money from them and destroyed their Under the new plan, some could “The extensive use of immigraeven larger number of asylum seekers documents. still request asylum at an official port of tion detention leads to tragedies like this summer.

The letter described an incident in entry but would largely be required to this,” he wrote on Twitter. “The imAlready, northern Mexican cities migration detention of adults, in accorhave been overwhelmed with migrants early March when it said police violent- do so using a smartphone app that mily and arbitrarily detained migrants in a grants complain has been riddled with dance with International Law, should because of recent Biden administradowntown cathedral as well as another technical glitches and offers limited ap- be an exceptional measure and not a tion policies that limit the ability of migrants from four countries to to seek incident the following week when mem- pointments that fill up within minutes. general one.” bers of the army, the national guard and On Monday night and early Tues——— asylum at the border. the city police swarmed a hotel where day morning, authorities pulled remains (Los Angeles Times staff writers Tensions have been particularly migrants were staying, sending “a clear from the still smoldering building, Linthicum reported from Todos Santos, high in Ciudad Juarez, where shelters message of intimidation.” lining up their bodies, wrapped in shiny Mexico, and Miller from Mexico City. housing people hoping to cross into Tensions bubbled over a few silver blankets, on the ground.

Special correspondent Minjares rethe United States are overflowing and weeks ago when hundreds of people — According to the Mexican atported from Ciudad Juarez. Times staff stranded migrants have been begging mostly from Venezuela — tried to force torney general’s office, the dead and writers Patrick McDonnell and Cecilia for food and money in the streets. their way across an international bridge injured included 28 Guatemalans, 13 Sánchez Vidal in Mexico City and An“We have exceeded our capacto El Paso before they were stopped by Hondurans, 12 Salvadorans, 12 Venezu- drea Castillo in Washington contributed ity to provide attention,” said Miguel elans and one citizen each from Colom- to this report.)

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Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Patti Varol and Joyce Lewis

ACROSS 1 Wet dirt 4 Biblical saying 11 Fave pal 14 Sushi-grade tuna 15 Pen with bright ink 16 Hoppy brew 17 Like an amazing and fortuitous circumstance that can’t possibly exist, despite an initial promising appearance [67-Across: Suspiciously awesome] 20 Pulsate 21 Junior 22 Gave a leg up to 23 Actress Vardalos 25 24/7 cash source 26 Metaphor for the legal system that implies a criminal cannot hide or escape from that system’s

By Chase Dittrich & Jeff Chen 3/29/23 vast resources and unparalleled 65 WCs Tuesday’s Puzzle Solved authority 66 Stands [67-Across: 67 “I lost interest” Police jurisdiction] acronym spelled 35 Unlock, poetically out by the starts 36 Director Kubrick of four answers 37 Wall St. debut in this puzzle 38 Plot portion 40 Feel bad about DOWN 41 Successor 1 Actor Damon 42 Was as successful 2 “Yikes!” and enjoyable as 3 Designer early conjecture Christian and predictions 4 Fears suggested it would 5 Kia sedan be [67-Across: Met expectations] 6 Cutlass sedan, e.g.

47 Mogul 7 Corleone 48 South Seas wrap patriarch 49 WC 8 Henry VI’s school 50 “i” topper 9 Hoops stat ©2023 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 3/29/23 51 Declaration from 10 Whispery in tone a person playing 30 Obligation 45 Ping-Pong and poker in a situation 11 Poet 31 Canine pests canoeing needs 12 Fireplace shaft where the opponents think 13 Farm store bagful 32 Occupy, as a bed 46 Boat’s front 33 Copying 51 Ctrl+Y action they have it in the 18 Large flat bell bag [67-Across: “I 19 Proctor’s shout 34 Saint-John’s-__: 52 “By that logic ... ” herbal remedy 53 __-pedi 24 Graffiti, e.g. win!”]

39 Closed-off 54 Requests 25 Dined 58 Game show districts 55 Giza’s river 26 Laundry batch creator Griffin 41 Derided from the 56 __ Grey tea 27 Footnote kin of 59 Pesto herb stands 57 Implored ibid.

60 Broad valley 43 Pond critter 58 Country singer 28 Geeky 62 Brink 44 Option for soap Tillis 63 Joint above a foot 29 Cheech of 64 Bailiwick Cheech & Chong or ice cream 61 Musician’s gift

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Solution to Tuesday’s puzzle

Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit, 1 to 9.

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