THE REC ROOM Crossword
“ON THE GRILLE”
By Brendan Emmett Quigley
Pearl’s Puzzle
Difficulty Level
★★★
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Fill in every row, column, and 3x3 box with each of the letters exactly once.
R O B I N S
L U V
The highlighted letters read left to right and top to bottom will complete the quote:
“The heat of a million suns shimmered from the ground and bounced off the triple canopy that loomed above and created undulating waves that ______ed a man’s ______.” —Joseph M. Puglia
ANSWER TO LAST WEEK'S PUZZLES
ACROSS 1. St. that produces the most sweet potatoes in the US 5. Final point? 11. Bread at the barbecue 14. “Lordy, Lordy” 15. Coastal city of Pernambuco, Brazil 16. Wear and tear cause 17. Teases a coward, mercilessly? 19. Café beverage 20. Bit of potpourri 21. Put forth as fact 23. Item driven in shop class 24. Straightforward schmaltz? 26. Beaming from ear to ear 27. Notebook brand 28. The I of NIH: Abbr. 29. “___ It’s Over” (2018 Anderson .Paak single) 30. Cake near a sink 31. 2021 U.S. Open winner Rahm 33. Hits Justice Warren repeatedly with BBs? 38. Urging at the barbecue 39. Chemist Wichterle who invented the soft contact lens 40. ___ Erso (Felicity Jones’s “Rogue One” role) 42. 0 personality, for short 45. Heavy burden 46. Flaming ___ (mixed drinks sold in Springfield) 47. Features a prankster angel wears? 50. Man of marches 51. Bento box order 52. Snoop Dogg’s mentor 53. Potato part 54. Emasculates? 58. Alphabet chunk 59. ___ code (up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A) 60. Put on the hold 61. Soak (up) 62. Apple Pencil, e.g. 63. “While I’ve got you here”
DOWN 1. Word that appeared thrice in the United States Postal Service creed 2. It’ll keep your Lays fresh 3. Colorful beer selection 4. Ready for action, maybe 5. “The Age of the Pussyfoot” author Frederik 6. Horror director Roth 7. Flair of wrestling 8. Stamping ground? 9. Old school theater 10. Dinnerware brand with a Scandinavian name 11. Push it! 12. They’ve got programs 13. “You ___ worry” 18. Crow response 22. Piping bag contents 23. One in a mil.? 24. It may be paralyzing or irrational 25. Future music 27. Bubbly name 30. Mani-pedi spot 31. Sticks (out) 32. Argentine Olympic quest 34. City in Australia’s Swan Coastal Plain 35. Mini-split’s specs 36. Academic PDF, e.g. 37. Feed bag grains 41. Grp. that runs a cryptologic museum 42. Dwell (on), past the point of normalcy 43. Worship, as a god 44. Pull back a little 45. Like Lyonnaise potatoes 46. First Ford auto 48. Burning points? 49. “Should we turn on a fan?” 50. Indian honorific 52. Sots’ infractions, for short 55. Friend to the end 56. Dallas sch. 57. Flying Cloud or Gold Comet, for one
“Gardens are simultaneously real places and representations. They bring together, in one place, nature and our ideas about nature.” —Michael Pollan
57 VOLUME 25 ISSUE 26 / JULY 1, 2021 / THE SOURCE WEEKLY
©2021 Brendan Emmett Quigley (www.brendanemmettquigley.com)
Questions, comments or suggestions for our local puzzle guru? Email Pearl Stark at pearl@bendsource.com
