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FALLS CHURCH NEWS-PRESS | FCNP.COM ARTS&ENTERTAINMENT NOVEMBER 25 - DECEMBER 1, 2021 | PAGE 21

PUZZLE NO. 111

ACROSS

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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SPORTS QUIZ By Ryan A. Berenz

1. Which Ismail brother had more NFL career receiving yards: Raghib “The Rocket” or Qadry “The Missile”?PUZZLE NO. 113 2. In what U.S. city would you find the historic Blue Horizon boxing venue? 3. Georgia Bulldogs Heisman Trophy winner Herschel Walker played for what USFL team from 198385? 4. “Bad As I Wanna Be” is a 1996 autobiography by what five-time NBA champion? 5. The Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup is presented to the women’s singles champion of what tennis tournament? 6. Name the standout wide receiver for the University of Richmond Spiders and 1986 NFL draft pick by the Detroit Lions who flew two missions onboard Space Shuttle Atlantis? 7. A metatarsophalangeal joint sprain is an athletic injury commonly known as what?

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ACROSS Answers 1. 5. 9. Thin opening Grandmother Delight 1. Tide • 2. Ken Burns • 3. Wally Szczerbiak. 4. The Drake Relays • 5. David Justice • 6. Bill Barilko. 12. Sit for a 7. The Ryder Cup. portrait 13. Huge quiz 14. Shepherd’s charge (c) 2021 King Features Syndicate, Inc 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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