THE REC ROOM Crossword
“MESS WITH TX”
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.
S A U T E
F O R K
The highlighted letters read left to right and top to bottom will complete the quote:
“Before I _________ your questions, I have an opening statement.” —Ronald Reagan
ANSWER TO LAST WEEK'S PUZZLES
ACROSS 1 Regarding 5 Ranch laborer 9 One with a sheepskin 13 Gastropub selection 15 Surrounded by 16 Social faux pas 17 “Sesame Street” actress Manzano 18 Not as uptight feller? 20 Comedian Hassan 21 Pontoon, e.g. 23 Mintaka’s constellation 24 Teeny tiny orgasms? 28 “Checks ___” 29 Unfriendly 30 Sports league restarting in 2023 33 Bad beyond all infinite levels of badness 36 Phrase said with an eye roll 38 Busted person’s promise 39 Communist takeover? 43 Inits. on a rubber tire 44 Some first responders 45 Best of the best 46 21-Across’s pronoun 47 Poem designed to be sung 48 Grand ___ wine 49 Hot stuff on the table? 56 Illustrator maker 58 Lake snakes 59 Sneakily funny 60 Turns someone over to the playfully seductive side? 63 NBA legend who hosts “The Big Podcast” 65 “Dancing With the Stars” dancer Sosa 66 Disapproving “guy” 67 ___ in judgment 68 Slack thread? 69 Arendelle queen 70 Wineglass part
DOWN 1 Tea selection 2 Vodka selection, in brief 3 Mixer selection 4 Yes, to Omar Sy 5 Haram’s opposite 6 Valuable instrument 7 Cancel 8 Operation Torch gen. 9 Conductor Rieu 10 Rémy Martin cognac named after a 17th century French king 11 Ctrl-Z action 12 Faucet brand 14 Cold Lebanese salad 19 Nightclub name 22 Canadian Thanksgiving mo. 25 Floury mixture used as thickener 26 Appearances 27 When Hamlet says “Alas, poor Yorick” 31 Here’s the kicker 32 “Clair de ___” 33 Marshall gear 34 Clean things up 35 Southern side dish 36 How confident solvers solve on paper 37 Trash collector 40 Grocery store chain 41 Spray 42 Rough neighborhood 47 Apartment near the doorman, say 48 Jessup’s rank in “A Few Good Men,” briefly 50 Construction site girder 51 Taxonomic division between family and species 52 Pop singer Bebe 53 Won all the games in a series 54 Drop a line? 55 Plant tissue 56 Iowa city 57 Stupefaction 61 Brit. award 62 Not on-screen, initially 64 Lil ___ X
“You can drag my body to school but my spirit refuses to go.” —Bill Watterson, The Essential Calvin and Hobbes
27 VOLUME 25 ISSUE 37 / SEPTEMBER 16, 2021 / THE SOURCE WEEKLY
©2021 Brendan Emmett Quigley (www.brendanemmettquigley.com)
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