THE REC ROOM Crossword “K-RATIONS”
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.
T U N A
L I M B O
The highlighted letters read left to right and top to bottom will complete the quote:
“March isn’t the only thing that’s ____ like ____ and ____ like _____.” —Mae West
ANSWER TO LAST WEEK'S PUZZLES
ACROSS 1. Symbols on a staff 6. Simply the best 10. Picks up 14. Set one’s sights on 15. Moon protector 16. Glow from a star? 17. Place where you can drink beers and play a mallet game? 19. All tucked up 20. Front of an Indian mausoleum 21. Early deg. for those evaluating the price of certain oils 22. Chemistry test you look forward to 24. Egyptian goddess seen wearing cow horns 26. Pepsi alternatives 28. Something comedians fall back on? 29. Catch sight of what the bridesmaid’s carrying? 34. Genie played by Shaquille O’Neal 37. Small shots 38. Corcovado’s city, in short 39. Neck lines? 40. Do the math, maybe 41. “Where I’m pointing” 43. “Cosmo’s Factory” band, briefly 44. Ivy League university originally called the Collegiate School 46. Has a laugh 47. Blast a hole in the TD Garden surface? 50. “Never have I ___ ...” 51. Don’t settle, say 52. Looking for ice, maybe 56. Green light in Granada 59. They work InStyle: Abbr. 61. Put a curse on 62. Bloodhound’s track 63. Adhesive strip used in a 32-card game? 66. Fight for years 67. With 35-Down, Gothic architecture feature 68. It’s not a feature, it’s a bug 69. Regarding 70. The ___ (depression) 71. Comic Cenac
DOWN 1. Plants that look sharp? 2. Turkish coins 3. Graphic language? 4. It’s got all the answers 5. Hard-to-hold pencil 6. Battle command 7. Sphere of power 8. Dictionary creator Webster 9. ABBA’s genre 10. Where you’ll find NFLX, PYPL, and TSLA 11. Wearing nothing 12. Wine specification 13. Sausage flavoring 18. Violinist Zimbalist 23. “I’ve got this” 25. Minor fight 27. Senator wearing mittens in a meme 30. 4-6 roll in craps 31. “No trump,” e.g. 32. Limerick’s land 33. What mules transport? 34. Extra Crispy Tenders franchises 35. See 67-Across 36. Resets, as the odometer 40. Phrase in cooking 42. “And the ___ keep coming” 45. Pertinently 46. Purse material 48. Run into the ground 49. They’re just one thing after another 53. Catherine of “Schitt’s Creek” 54. Change beds in the nursery? 55. Use some elbow grease 56. Place to catch the big game 57. Two days before St. Patrick’s Day 58. Latvia’s capital 60. Let one’s anger fester 64. Math class mic drop 65. Give it a whack
“I think remorse ought to stop biting the consciences that feed it.” —Ogden Nash
35 VOLUME 25 ISSUE 09 / MARCH 4, 2021 / THE SOURCE WEEKLY
©2021 Brendan Emmett Quigley (www.brendanemmettquigley.com)
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