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CROSSWORD

AFTER YOU SAY ‘HIGH’

IF YOU FILL IN THE CROSSWORD PLEASE TAKE THE MAGAZINE WITH YOU SO IT’S REPLACED. // ANSWERS FOUND ON P. 47

ACROSS 1. Son of Willy Loman 5. Some are for trading 10. Fleur-de-lis 14. Austrian peak 17. Elder 19. Loathing 20. Risqué 21. Sri Lanka export 22. Main course 23. Molten rock 24. Large unrestricted rooms 26. 4,840 square yards 27. China problem 29. Little pancakes 31. Reunion group 32. Movie 33. Righthand page 35. Canadian dollar feature 36. Grayish 37. Kind of rug 39. Egg cells 41. Pact 44. Trick 47. Marley’s music 49. VW vehicle 53. Leopard-like cat 54. Caviar 55. Marked by anxiety 56. Hide-hair link 57. Church bench 59. Flowing tresses 61. and cheese 62. Human limb 63. Scoundrel 65. Friendship 67. Way up the mountain 69. “If all fails...” 70. Catch fi re 72. Unfulfi lled or frustrated in realizing an ambition 74. Sage 77. Naysayer 78. To the point 79. Church part 83. Big fuss 84. Australian runner 85. A waterproof fi ller and sealant 87. Casting requirement? 89. Go a-courting 90. Let in again 92. Laid up 93. Eye part 95. Earn 96. Aimless 99. Intolerant toward others 100. Goalkeeper’s line 102. annum 103. Big name in kids construction 104. Move upward 107. Blacken 109. Exorcist’s target 111. Clobber 115. Up to, before the time 117. Camp craft 119. It’s the truth 120. Field of work 121. Heavy precious metallic element 123. Role player 125. “To do” list 127. Canal site 128. Trick 129. Committee head 130. Ease up 131. Ram’s ma’am 132. Not up yet 133. In a heated manner 134. Active one

DOWN 1. Place to sit outside of the principal’s offi ce 2. Opening 3. Computer security feature 4. Enemy 5. Comedian 6. Type of connector 7. 18-wheeler 8. Slow 9. Wee 10. Magnetite, e.g. 11. The seizure of one’s property by force 12. Put away 13. In (harmonious) 14. Replaced by a GPS maybe? 15. Tether 16. A Midsummer Night’s love potion 17. Caribbean and others 18. Play 25. Cast member 28. Nail part 30. Itty bit 34. Stuffed oneself 38. Go back into business 40. Violent struggle 42. On the train 43. School session 44. Brother 45. It’s clicked on a computer 46. Hospital supplies

ALL THEME CLUES ARE IN BOLD

48. “Holy cow!” 50. Cash register part 51. Bruce and Robert E. 52. Fringe or border 55. Boston 58. Tree valued for nuts and wood 59. Copycat 60. Baby bird? 64. Fight (for) 66. “Welcome” site 68. Commuting option 69. It can be shocking 71. Severe food shortage 72. Properly nourished 73. Good-for-nothing 74. Dermatologist’s concern 75. Brainstorm 76. Long bath 78. Garden bulb 80. Nincompoop 81. Super-duper 82. Throughway 84. Arab ruler 86. Put on TV 88. Monopoly avenue 91. Trickery 94. “Bye!” 96. Red-faced 97. Student overseer 98. Clover 99. Alliance 101. Charge 104. Unit of money in India 105. Acquired relative 106. Goggle 108. Kind of motel 110. Get hitched 112. Dentist’s directive 113. Below 114. Legume 116. Old Italian bread 118. Sound in a cave 122. A small piece 124. Sylvester, to Tweety 126. Word on all U.S. coins

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SUDOKU

THE NUMBERS GAME // BY REIKO MCLAUGHLIN

LEAD BY EXAMPLE

SOMETIMES IT REALLY IS WHAT YOU KNOW. // BY NOAH TARNOW

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1. TRIVIAL PALINDROMES

Name the palindrome (a phrase that reads the same forward and backward) indicated by the clue. For example: “The largest city in Poland had yet to be cooked” gives you “Warsaw was raw.”

A. One single car by the largest Japanese automaker.

B. Coagulated soybean milk that comes from a fl ying saucer.

C. The brand-name pain reliever containing acetaminophen is without companionship. D. Edible seaweed, made out of the metal that steel is alloyed from.

E. Sandler or Lambert formally introduces himself to a woman.

F. A question of whether water birds related to ducks and swans view the monotheistic deity.

2. HAIL TO THE FACTOID

In honor of Presidents Day, a few trivia questions about our past chief executives.

A. During the 20th century, President ’s grandson married

President ’s daughter.

B. What building toy was invented in 1916 and named for the 16th president?

C. Who was the only president born in Connecticut?

D. Who gave away the bride at the 1905 wedding of Franklin and

Eleanor Roosevelt?

E. Who was older: Republican nominee John McCain on Election Day 2008, or Republican nominee Bob Dole on Election Day 1996?

F. William McKinley was the only president between 1870 and 1912 who didn’t wear what?

G. Which two U.S. vice presidents shot a man during their terms in offi ce?

H. In 1884, Grover Cleveland’s fi rst campaign for president was threatened when he publicly admitted to committing what scandalous act?

ANSWERS

FATHERING AN ILLEGITIMATE CHILD.

H.

DICK CHENEY

AARON BURR, F. FACIAL HAIR G. DOLE (BY ONE YEAR) PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT E.

D.

DO GEESE SEE GOD? 2. A. EISENHOWER, NIXON B. LINCOLN LOGS C. GEORGE W. BUSH ADAM F.

MADAM, I’M D. IRON NORI E. LONELY TYLENOL

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B. UFO TOFU ANSWERS: 1. A. A TOYOTA

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