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FALLS CHURCH NEWS-PRESS | FCNP.COM ARTS&ENTERTAINMENT OCTOBER 21 - 27 , 2021 | PAGE 21

PUZZLE NO. 106 PUZZLE NO. 107

STRANGE BREW JOHN DEERING

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1. Epic 5. Fellow 9. Carpenter’s tool 12. Milky gem 13. Wallet items 14. Hawaiian gift 15. Valley 16. Minerals 17. Sun-bronzed 18. Monsters 20. Cover with cement 21. Gives 24. More achy 25. Provoke 26. Armed conflict 28. Gruesome 30. Treatment 34. Imitated a serpent 36. Anguish 37. Bricklayer 40. Baby birds of prey 42. Choir voice 43. Artist’s stand 44. Infant’s sound 45. Angel’s headdress 46. Remotely 50. Country hotel 51. Constant 52. Burrowing animal 53. So-so grade 54. Joins 55. Fired

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1. Lay turf 2. Act like 3. Maiden 4. Deal out 5. Entrances 6. Turmoil 7. Poor grades 8. Superhero’s chest letter 9. Sacred table 10. Zigzag 11. Ocean cruiser 19. Halloween creature 20. Verse 21. Tom Hanks film 22. Bungle 23. Schuss 24. Heavy hammer 27. Betrayals 29. Scat! 31. Sheep’s ma 32. Spot 33. Correct! 35. Airtight 37. Wizardry 38. Isolated from others 39. Pebble 41. Andes animal 43. Roof projection 45. Chop down 47. Sly animal 48. British brew 49. Santa’s suit color

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SPORTS QUIZ By Ryan A. Berenz

1. “The Malice at the Palace” was a 2004 brawl involving players (and a few fans) of what two NBA PUZZLE NO. 108 teams? 2. What syndicated TV highlight show did New York Yankees broadcaster Mel Allen host from its start in 1977 until his death in 1996? 3. What Pro Football Hall of Fame running back had his No. 20 jersey retired by the University of Texas Longhorns in 1979? 4. What event, traditionally held on the first Saturday in August, is the first race of the Triple Crown of Harness Racing for Trotters? 5. What pontiff, an avid sportsman, was nicknamed “Lolek the Goalie” during his days playing youth soccer?

6. Name the U.S. duo who won the gold medal in ice dancing at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics.

7. What Texas Rangers pitcher threw a perfect game aginst the California Angels on July 28, 1994? (Hint: He shares a name with a country music legend.)

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ACROSS Last Week’s Answers

1. Vintage 4. 8. 12. Switch Trademark Very small Answers 1. Dale Murphy • 2. Roger Maltbie • 3. The Seattle Kraken. 13. 4. John “Frenchy” Fuqua • 5. The Charlotte Sting • 6. Rush Limbaugh.Caesar’s garment 7. ASICS (anima sana in corpore sano). 14. Sleeping 15. 17. Dawdled Curved roof (c) 2021 King Features Syndicate, Inc 18. Olive ____ 19. Make holy 20. Marzipan flavoring 23. Slapstick prop 24. Juvenile 25. Collection of clothes 30. Rowboat necessity 31. Farm towers 32. Is allowed to 33. Comes before 35. Mud 36. Head of a suit 37. Corrected text 39. Separate 42. Camp bunk 43. Flag site 44. Stammers 49. Alternative word 50. Dislike intensely 51. Posed, as for a portrait 52. Gateway 53. 24th letters 54. Have a look-see

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1. Night bird 2. Luau welcome 3. Bear cave 4. Beer mug 5. Global 6. Vital statistic 7. Shoulder enhancer 8. Soup server 9. Clarinet’s cousin 10. Valued minerals 11. Keats poems 16. Thug 19. Auction calls 20. On the summit 21. Shakespeare’s “King ____” 22. Nothing more than 23. Bring to trial 26. Brewery beverage 27. Forget 28. Unadorned 29. Saw 31. Religious faction 34. Calling 35. Catcher’s catcher 38. Loves excessively 39. Copied 40. Game played on horseback 41. Likewise 44. “____ Done Him Wrong” 45. Impose a tariff 46. 19th letter 47. Sharp knock 48. Barnyard pen

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1. What it takes to tango 4. Lather 8. Poems 12. Torn cloth 13. Again 14. Phooey’s kin 15. Feel sick 16. Grand party 17. Plunged 18. Court response 20. Glass part 21. Gusto 22. Diamond or pearl 24. Cram 27. Painters’ stands 30. Interlace 33. Mix thoroughly 34. Happen again 35. Razors 37. One who drenches 38. Trim rind from 39. Social insect 40. Puncturing tool 42. Mischievous creature 44. Not bad: hyph. 48. Wander 50. Kind of duck 52. Succeed 53. Pitch 54. Jack rabbit 55. House addition 56. Large number 57. Correct 58. Asian sauce

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1. Catch 2. Lament 3. Stare rudely at 4. Hang loosely 5. Disables 6. Sandwich mart 7. Bogs 8. Weird 9. Punter’s action: 2 wds. 10. Roof extension 11. Dance component 19. Plan 23. Born first 25. Cook’s shield 26. Golf shoe grippers 27. Subside 28. Entire 29. Specialized aircraft 31. Actor’s hint 32. Be wrong 36. Boil 37. African adventure 40. Humanities 41. Sheep’s coat 43. Pencil’s middle 45. Has a mortgage 46. Farm building 47. Solely 49. Cat’s sound 51. Allow

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PUZZLE NO. 109

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1. Fashionable 5. Bring up 9. To’s mate 12. Painful comment 13. Lazily 14. Glass edge 15. Appeal 16. Representative 18. Merit 19. Type of antelope 20. Draft animals 21. Pool shark’s need 23. Mountain

____ 25. More mature 28. Tapering flag 32. How ____ you? 33. Part of a knife 35. Whack! 36. “The Little ____” 38. Slogan 40. Squid’s defense 41. Basketball site 42. Reach 45. ____ of

Reason 47. Observer 51. Nectar gatherer 53. Cherish 54. Pub brew 55. Woe is me! 56. ____ out (barely makes) 57. Chop 58. Pierre’s mom 59. Exam

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1. Contend (with) 2. Grass-skirt dance 3. Bakery worker 4. Luck 5. Chain of hills 6. First garden 7. Referred 8. Grain 9. Linen source 10. Church ceremony 11. Cafe sign 17. Hospital garb 22. Metropolitan 24. Competitor 25. Thrust 26. Fury 27. For every 28. Dwelling 29. Appropriate 30. Negative word 31. Couple 34. Pleasing 37. Coal source 39. Breakfast fare 41. Honking birds 42. Iranian ruler, once 43. Post 44. Freshly 46. Baggage 48. Ox’s harness 49. Nights before holidays 50. Snooze 52. Sweet root

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