THE REC ROOM Crossword
“A SHOW OF HANDS”
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.
G H O S T
M I N E
The highlighted letters read left to right and top to bottom will complete the quote:
“Parents were invented to make children happy by giving them ______re.” —Ogden Nash
ANSWER TO LAST WEEK'S PUZZLES
ACROSS 1. Systemic Equality org. 5. Wave off the coast of Rio? 8. Spit (out) 13. Lane out of Smallville 14. Up to the minute 15. Piece of cake, for a dieter 16. Scarlet Witch, for Wanda Maximoff 18. Down to earth 19. Motherfucking problem 21. “Anybody seen my hoodie?” 22. Comic routine 23. Tee-___ 24. “___ Année Sans Lumiére” (Arcade Fire song) 25. Human rights attorney Clooney 27. Response to a slow server, say 29. Wagers 30. Ledecky who stays in her lane! 32. First route of attack 34. Where an Anglican might worship 40. Carlo who produced Fellini’s “La Strada” 41. Vowel-heavy papal name 42. They’re found under layers 45. “It’s not a tumor!” speaker, fondly 48. Make like those in “Nomadland” 49. Jemison in space 50. Rock genre possibly named after the sound the guitar makes 51. Great leveler 53. Small pill? 54. Trying location? 58. Needing no introduction 59. Return fire on social media, or this puzzle’s theme 61. “You dig it?” 62. Some Bandcamp purchases 63. Floride, e.g. 64. Mortise fitter 65. ___ jam 66. Macerates flax
DOWN 1. Copying 2. Bright way to see the world? 3. Book club? 4. Secondhand 5. Target of many a strike 6. Smoothly, on the keyboard 7. Man not on a mission 8. “Deenie” author 9. Not firm 10. Vodka brand with a raspberry flavor 11. Show mercy 12. Scary dinos 15. Heavy waterproof boot 17. BBQ morsel 20. Take a personal day, say 21. Smoke a bowl 26. Vocal coach challenges 28. Rapper who runs the Nappy Boy record label 29. Eddie ___ (outdoor brand) 31. Zero-waste pref. 33. Coyotes’ domain, in short 35. Currently passionate (about) 36. Letter-shaped plumbers part 37. Number on a hotel door 38. Animal whose poop is used in gourmet coffee beans 39. Went like mad 42. Cowboy Smith 43. Lacking social graces 44. Like some salami 46. “Seems fine” 47. Box up 50. Son 52. Put cheese on, say 55. Passionate about 56. Chase no. 57. App with a “Where to?” bar 60. Chess pieces with L-shaped moves: Abbr.
“Gardening is a kind of disease. It infects you, you cannot escape it. When you go visiting, your eyes rove about the garden; you interrupt the serious cocktail drinking because of an irresistible impulse to get up and pull a weed.” —Lewis Gannett
27 VOLUME 25 ISSUE 19 / MAY 13, 2021 / THE SOURCE WEEKLY
©2021 Brendan Emmett Quigley (www.brendanemmettquigley.com)
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