T HE VA RSI T Y
Vol. CXLVI, No. 9
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The Varsity acknowledges that our office is built on the traditional territory of several First Nations, including the Huron-Wendat, the Petun First Nations, the Seneca, and most recently, the Mississaugas of the Credit. Journalists have historically harmed Indigenous communities by overlooking their stories, contributing to stereotypes, and telling their stories without their input. Therefore, we make this acknowledgement as a starting point for our responsibility to tell those stories more accurately, critically, and in accordance with the wishes of Indigenous Peoples.
The Weather Girls
DOWN
1. Kiss
2. Alternative to a pad
3. Campfire remnants
4. Grieve
5. “It costs an 30-down and a ______!”
6. Oldest independent state in the Arab world
7. Keep occupied
8. Tehran native
9. Smiles smugly
10. Wedding rental
11. Pay for overnight shipping, say
12. Electric ______
13. Take a stab at
21. Pantheon of Norse gods
25. President Lincoln
27. Catches forty winks
29. Like many “open” signs
30.“It costs an ______ and a 5-down!”
33. Director Kazan of A Streetcar Named Desire
35. Some Christmas entrées
36. Only Black man ever to win the Wimbledon singles title
27. Lodge
38. Fruits in Newton cookies
40. Couple
41. Like some ornamented pillows and blankets, American spelling
42. Coveted object in Monty Python
43. ______ and downs
46. ______ the needle
48. Kitchen gadget
49. “Don’t be such a Debbie ______!”
50. Sports shoes, informally
53. Largest city in Nebraska
54. Piece of asparagus
56. Desktop accessory
58. Poker buy-in
60. Sharpen
62. House of Commons figs.
63. Three, on a grandfather clock
65. Confidentiality contract, in brief
Issue 8 Solutions
ACROSS
1. Part of a fruit that’s thrown away
5. French novelist Pierre
9. Winter driving hazard
14. Extinct Hawaiian bird
15. Islamic ruler
16. Word with stand or concrete
17. South American tree that can have a girth of up to 50 feet
18. Uranus’s mother (and wife!)
19. Hint at
20. The Phantom of the
22. Sister
23. Orange eggs on sushi
24. Part of the eye that Lasik fixes
26. Choose
28. Genetic strands
31. Hazardous and Noxious Substances, Abbr.
32. Compass dir. at approximately five o’clock
34. More pale
36. Transport via helicopter, e.g.
39. Small matter?
40. 1980s gay anthem… or a literal hint to the circled letters?
43. US state nicknamed the “Beehive State”
44. Parking lots for planes
45. Spanish currency replaced by the euro
47. Hot spot?
48. Law enforcement grps.
51. Texting format: Abbr.
52. American med. insurance plans
55. Second son of Jacob and Leah
57. Play it by ______
59. NASCAR stat
61. My Fair Lady and Camelot composer Frederick
62. Children’s author who wrote “Some people care too much. I think it’s called love.”
64. Very long time
66. Forearm bone
67. Michelangelo’s only signed work of art
68. Round of applause
69. Hide’s partner
70. Agreed (with)
71. Base times height divided by two, for a triangle
72. Makes a mistake
Cover: Photo courtesy of Steve Brooks
Ashley Wong Varsity Contributor
Ashley Wong Varsity Contributor