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NOVEMBER 18 - 24, 2021 | PAGE 21
PUZZLE NO. 110
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1. Barnyard male 4. On’s opposite 7. Single printing 12. Smallest bill 13. Major-league athlete 14. Showery 15. Pigment 16. Roof goo 17. Miss ____ (“Dallas” role) 18. Sample 20. Youngsters 21. Mr. Redding 23. Elephant hue 26. Uncle’s wife 27. Night light 28. Mister 31. Government 33. Regard highly 35. Viper’s sound 36. Surrounded by 38. Pens’ contents 39. Blemish 40. Shopper’s aid 41. At the summit 44. Bumpkins 47. Flutters 49. Chick’s mother 50. Oolong, e.g. 53. Identical 54. Long fish 55. Go wrong 56. Smooth 57. Withered 58. Traitor
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1. Reel’s partner 2. Whatever 3. Office gatherings 4. Chooses 5. Campus group, shortly 6. Precede 7. Fierce anger 8. Like some pretzels 9. Farm building 10. Individual 11. Watches closely 19. Wine region 21. Skiff movers 22. Monday’s follower: abbr. 24. Path 25. Also 27. Business note 28. Menacing 29. Annoys 30. Remains 32. Travel guide 34. Soothing 37. Yearned 39. Very little bit 41. Fills with wonder 42. Cab 43. Almost round 45. Sidelong glance 46. Solely 48. Hog’s haven 51. Important time 52. Painting, e.g.
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SPORTS QUIZ By Ryan A. Berenz
1. NASCAR drivers Darrell Waltrip, Ricky Rudd and Ricky Craven won a combined 20 races driving a colorful car sponsored by what brand of laundry detergent? PUZZLE NO. 112 2. Name the documentary filmmaker who directed “Baseball” (1994), “Jackie Robinson” (2016) and “Muhammad Ali” (2021)? 3. What Miami University RedHawks standout was selected by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the first round of the 1999 NBA Draft? 4. What track and field event is traditionally held in April in Des Moines, Iowa? 5. Who scored the lone run in Game 6 of the 1995 World Series to clinch the championship for the Atlanta Braves? 6. What Toronto Maple Leafs player died in a plane crash in 1951 and was not recovered until 1962?
7. “The War on the Shore,” “Battle of Brookline” and “Meltdown at Medinah” are famous events in the history of what golf competition?
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1. Radio promos Answers 4. Exchange 1. The Detroit Lions • 2. The shot put • 3. Tree Rollins. 4. Moose • 5. Carli Lloyd • 6. The Oregon Ducks and the Oregon State Beavers 7. Darlington Raceway 8. “Of ____ I Sing” 12. Church bench 13. Operatic highlight 14. Repair (c) 2021 King Features Syndicate, Inc15. She-sheep 16. Scot’s skirt 17. Strays 18. In a dead heat 20. Wander 22. Middle
Eastern bread 24. Benefit 26. Fight site 28. Disintegrate 29. Make a choice 32. Clip 33. Garbage 35. By means of 36. Pack animal 37. To’s opposite 38. Used up 40. Jars 42. Neighborhood 43. Bothersome dispute 47. Train parts 49. Pimples 50. Messy fellow 52. Take up a skirt 55. Display 56. Lose interest 57. Valuable mineral 58. Chops 59. Convey 60. Turn brown
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1. Impersonate 2. Mountain moisture 3. Sugarcoats 4. Welfare 5. Twist 6. Feel terrible 7. Revere, for one 8. Not us 9. Seasoning green 10. James ____ Jones 11. Different 19. Moving truck 21. Pays up 22. Mama’s fellow 23. Garden bloomer 25. Fire-setting crime 27. Horrible 29. Passed beyond 30. Evergreen tree 31. So long, in London: 2 wds. 34. Checks 39. Duffer’s goal 41. Detest 43. Jumble 44. Throbbing pain 45. Igloo material 46. Embroiders 48. Still sleeping 51. Mislead 53. Period of time 54. Grown boys
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PUZZLE NO. 111
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1. Baths 5. Busy activity 8. Melt 12. Corridor 13. Do wrong 14. Paper or pudding 15. Solar or lunar events 17. Exploited 18. Slalom competitor 19. Mets, e.g. 21. Get bigger 23. Excellent 27. Scarf 29. Drink 31. Join together 32. Sedan, e.g. 34. Lump or mass 36. Like some tales 37. Make a touchdown 39. Faulty item 41. Circus safeguard 42. Scream 44. Talk back 46. Gooey stuff 48. Warm 51. Stereo: hyph. 54. Part of a phone number: 2 wds. 56. Fifty-fifty 57. ____ an egg 58. Maple, e.g. 59. Whiskeys 60. Positive answer 61. Leading performer
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1. “____ So
Cold” 2. Fill tightly 3. Crocodile’s relative 4. Trickier 5. Stubborn animal 6. Eating plan 7. Start 8. Brass instrument 9. Possessive pronoun 10. Get an “A” on 11. Unite in marriage 16. ____ and cons 20. Point at 22. Toupee 24. Convey 25. Watch 26. Animal skin 27. Lowest male voice 28. Expression of pain 30. Seed container 33. Beginnings 35. Motor coach 38. Elongated fish 40. Statistics 43. Australian
“bear” 45. Factions 47. Speak to God 49. What’s the big ____? 50. Woodland creature 51. “And I Love ____” 52. Kind of league 53. Charge for service 55. Needle hole
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PUZZLE NO. 113
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1. Thin opening 5. Grandmother 9. Delight 12. Sit for a portrait 13. Huge quiz 14. Shepherd’s charge 15. Sound 16. Wood-eating insects 18. Playground item 20. Hither and
____ 21. Voice disapproval 23. Smooch 27. Lemon drink 30. Coffee server 31. Neck scarf 32. Boy 33. Slalom competitor 35. Important age 36. Squabble 38. Solemn lyric poem 39. Society girl 40. Drip 41. Convent inhabitant 42. Out of operation 45. Contact the office: 2 wds. 50. Fragrant shrub 54. White House staffer 55. Dollar 56. Fellow 57. Realize 58. Quick farewell 59. Mentally healthy 60. Wiggly creatures
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1. Baths 2. Earring’s location 3. Land amid water 4. Golf pegs 5. Television company 6. Chopper 7. Not 8. Bullets, for short 9. Kind of plane 10. Be indebted to 11. Naturally! 17. Pens’ contents 19. Mistreat 22. French ____ soup 24. Like some tea 25. Angered 26. Attempt 27. Woeful expression 28. Be bold enough 29. Rim 31. Sporting facility 34. Teach 37. “When You
Wish ____ a
Star” 43. Hazes 44. Dog’s pest 46. Water body 47. Queue 48. Hero 49. Information 50. Unruly crowd 51. Some 52. Wow! 53. Roadside lodging
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