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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
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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. Wooden nail 4. Palo ____,
California 8. Is mistaken 12. The whole amount 13. Dog’s bark 14. Bucket 15. Glide over snow 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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Sunshine” 54. Discontinue
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1. How many points did Ernie Nevers score in the Chicago Cardinals’ 40-6 victory over the Chicago Bears in November 1929?
2. After refusing a trade to the Philadelphia Phillies, what St. Louis Cardinals outfielder filed a lawsuit against Major League Baseball that was decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1972?
3. What Hockey Hall of Fame goaltender, who won two Stanley Cups for the Montreal Canadiens from 1910-25, had his career -- and eventually his life -- cut short by tuberculosis?
4. What West German tennis player stunned Martina Navratilova in the 1982 Avon Championships WTA finals match at New York City’s Madison Square Garden?
5. In 1985, Lynette Woodard became the first female player in the history of what famous basketball team?
6. In how many consecutive matches did Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy score to set the English Premier League record during the 2015-16 season?
7. A football trick play in which the quarterback fakes a pass while handing the ball off to a runner is named after what national landmark?
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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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____ 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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