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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
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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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Cold” 2. Fill tightly 3. Crocodile’s relative 4. Trickier 5. Stubborn animal 6. Eating plan 7. Start 8. Brass instrument
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PUZZLE NO. 112
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1. Radio promos 4. Exchange 8. “Of ____ I
Sing” 12. Church bench 13. Operatic highlight 14. Repair 15. 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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SPORTS QUIZ By Ryan A. Berenz
1. What member of the Polynesian Football Hall of Fame played 12 NFL seasons from 1987-98 as a defensive lineman for the Detroit Lions, Kansas City Chiefs and Seattle Seahawks?
2. A rooster named Footix was the official mascot for the 1998 FIFA World Cup soccer tournament hosted by what country?
3. Name the U.S. track and field Olympian who won gold medals in the men’s 400-meter hurdles at the 1976 Montreal and 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games?
4. What traveling football team, established in 1922 by dog breeder Walter Lingo, played two seasons in the NFL and had Jim Thorpe as a player and coach?
5. When British commentator Rob Walker says his catchphrase, “Let’s get the boys on the baize!,” what sport is he covering?
6. Ebonite, Brunswick, 900 Global and Motiv are manufacturers of equipment for what sport?
7. What long-running TV game show often includes a golf putting challenge called Hole in One (or Two)?
Last Week’s Answers
Answers 1. Raghib with 5,295 yards (Qadry had 5,137) • 2. Philadelphia. 3. The New Jersey Generals • 4. Dennis Rodman. 5. The Australian Open • 6. Leland D. Melvin.
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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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