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PUZZLE NO. 115

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1. Fine sand 5. Donate 9. Offbeat 12. Smell 13. Generations 14. Very small 15. Be overly fond 16. Clears, as profit 17. Type of wood 18. Proclaim 20. Video’s partner 22. Side streets 25. Toward the back, matey 28. Some toothpastes 29. Imprint with acid 33. Depict 35. Wrestler’s surface 36. Chance 37. Nitwit 38. Send forth 40. Bodybuilder’s place 41. Change the title of 43. Defame in print 46. Hinted 51. Verse poem 52. Work on copy 55. Acclaim 56. Bar order 57. Road marker 58. Applies frosting to 59. Animal’s shelter 60. Lean 61. ____ up (make lively)

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1. Fizzy beverage 2. Wedding vows: 2 wds. 3. House sites 4. Birch or willow 5. Wellmannered guys 6. Ill temper 7. Large tank 8. Short composition 9. Was in debt 10. Salami seller 11. Salesman’s model 19. Cloth shred 21. Employed 23. Pack animal 24. Guessed roughly 25. State further 26. To’s counterpart 27. Knock 30. Price mark 31. Blubber 32. Sewn edge 34. No longer are 39. Bo Derek’s number 42. Vote into office 43. Pack 44. Do nothing 45. Has-____ (one-time star) 47. Clasp 48. Fancy fabric 49. At any time 50. Student’s need 53. John ____ (everyman) 54. Stopover spot

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1. In 1999, Ray Rhodes compiled a record of 8-8 in his only season as head coach of what NFL team?PUZZLE NO. 117 2. Name the NHL player from Sweden who served as captain of the Ottawa Senators from 19992013? 3. What punch -- illegal in most combat sports -- is a blow to the back of the head or neck, or the base of the skull? 4. Who scored 47 points to lead the Texas Tech Lady Raiders to an 84-82 win versus Ohio State in the 1993 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament championship game? 5. What university’s basketball arena has an unoccupied seat reserved in honor of coaching legend Henry Iba? 6. What is the name of the slow, high-arcing, off-speed pitch developed in the 1940s by Pittsburgh Pirates righthander Rip Sewell? 7. Name the Basketball Hall of Famer from Serbia who had his No. 21 jersey retired by the Sacramento Kings? Copyright © 2022, Penny Press

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California Answers 8. 12. 1. The Great Outdoor Games • 2. The Aztecs • 3. The Unified Team. 4. “Happy Gilmore” • 5. David Akers • 6. Austria. Is mistaken The whole amount 13. Dog’s bark 7. The Montreal Expos. 14. Bucket 15. Glide over snow (c) 2021 King Features Syndicate, Inc 16. Housetop 17. Land amid water 18. Dolls and yo-yos, e.g. 20. Yearned 22. Be overly fond 24. Imprint firmly 26. Met musical 28. Female pronoun 29. Cooling device 32. Fuel guzzler 33. Beast of burden 35. Work by Shelley 36. Stallone’s moniker 37. Smallest bill 38. City divisions 40. Great Barrier ____ 42. Take a breather 43. Fiesta decor 47. Foot part 49. Stink 50. Galloped 52. Sailor’s response 55. Bard 56. Tall, woody plant 57. Negative prefix 58. Room extensions 59. Contained 60. Flop

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1. Mas’ mates 2. Lodge member 3. Sparkling 4. Cockeyed 5. At liberty 6. Moreover 7. Policeman 8. Saga 9. Poison-ivy result 10. Annoy 11. Husky’s load 19. Above, in verse 21. Toss 22. Physicians, shortly 23. Milky jewel 25. Strikeout number 27. Cancel a space launch 29. Tennis stroke 30. Finds a total 31. Eagle’s dwelling 34. Dig up 39. Part of a circle 41. Cuban Castro 43. Catholic leader 44. Worshiped object 45. Christmas 46. Music and literature, e.g. 48. Shortcoming 51. Mine rock 53. “____ Are My Sunshine” 54. Discontinue

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PUZZLE NO. 116

STRANGE BREW JOHN DEERING

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1. Real 5. High point 8. Medicine 12. Charged atoms 13. Hooter 14. Luxury 15. Long narrative 16. “____ More

Night” 17. Wineglass part 18. Reattach a label 20. Fearful admiration 22. Dad 25. Bert’s friend on “Sesame

Street” 29. Provided food 32. Yarn 33. Hearth residue 34. Unwanted breeze 36. Foot digit 37. “War and ____” 39. Fake 41. Moth-____ 42. Ripped 43. Solicit 45. Full of gossip 49. Woeful word 52. ____ a boy! 55. Yarn 56. Foolish person 57. Brief sleep 58. Constant 59. Drove very fast 60. Towel off 61. Ruby and cerise

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1. Cake layer 2. Strong cord 3. Group of soldiers 4. Run away 5. Also 6. ____ up (confess) 7. Not guilty, e.g. 8. Arid land 9. Hamelin pest 10. Put into service 11. Topaz or opal 19. Agricultural plots 21. John Wayne film 23. Part of mpg 24. Modify 26. Brief message 27. Hard metal 28. Spotted 29. Canaveral or

Horn 30. Floating 31. “____ Darn

Cat!” 35. To’s counterpart 38. Laid off 40. Wobble 44. Considerate 46. Gesture of greeting 47. Santa’s ride 48. Strong desires 49. Some are personal 50. Chop 51. Copy 53. Paver’s goo 54. Snoop

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PUZZLE NO. 118

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1. Night hooter 4. Apiece 7. Sailing vessel 12. Big hairdo 13. “Where the

Boys ____” 14. Royal headwear 15. Blow upon 16. Disappointed 17. Transform 18. Tired 20. Anxious 22. ____ space 24. Riot crowd 27. Scenic view 30. Shade of green 31. Roused 32. Complainer 34. Wooden pins 35. Snatching 37. Newspaper spots 38. Lariat 39. Bakery worker 41. Morsel 45. Fine dishes 48. December 31, e.g. 50. Briny expanse 51. Cousins’ moms 52. Moral crime 53. Hazardous curve 54. Type of tea 55. Golf gadget 56. College cheer

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1. Not ons 2. Covering 3. Sole 4. Meadow 5. Memorable time 6. Exchange for cash 7. For men only 8. Easter flower 9. Cookie grain 10. Prospector’s find 11. Accepted standard 19. Cozy corners 21. Serious plays 23. Snarl 24. Skirt style 25. Bird of ill

____ 26. Titanic’s foe 27. Mama’s fellow 28. Amazed 29. Egg beverages 30. Toil 33. Vulgar 36. Least common 39. Involved with 40. Crate 42. Client 43. Flat hill 44. Pound 45. Beret 46. Tint 47. Pen and ____ 49. Contend

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