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PUZZLE NO. 123

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1. Aerosol spray 5. Tricky 8. Marble slice 12. At a standstill 13. Stick for billiards 14. Wear down 15. Sports group 16. Exit’s opposite 18. Packing down 20. VIII 21. Eden dweller 22. Mentally healthy 23. Pushy 26. Broom’s relative 27. Hurried 30. Litter’s littlest 31. Title 32. Folder 33. “You ____

Sixteen” 34. Grasscovered ground 35. Moved slowly 36. Heroic poem 38. Rightful 39. Shaving need 41. Got slimmer 45. Oversight 47. Dam 48. Clamors 49. In fashion 50. Unzip 51. Brink 52. Tissue layer 53. Disarray

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1. Catcher’s catcher 2. What’s the big ____? 3. Close with force 4. Violent storm 5. View 6. Breathing organ 7. Nonetheless 8. Blot 9. Undies 10. Building curve 11. Garden produce 17. Gather in 19. Climbing plant 22. Tearful moan 23. Half of a bikini 24. “____ Day

Will Come” 25. Sniffling’s partner 26. Wet dirt 28. Swiss peak 29. High-wire precaution 31. Physician, briefly 32. Liberation 34. Knights’ titles 35. Mug 37. Sheriff’s helpers 38. Fine 39. Went by carriage 40. In a group of 41. Hammer or chisel 42. Ready to be picked 43. ____ out (barely makes) 44. Comfortable rooms 46. Little devil

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SPORTS QUIZ By Ryan A. Berenz

1. Which of the placekicking Zendejas brothers had the most career NFL regular-season field goals made: Max, Joaquin or Luis? PUZZLE NO. 125

17. Corrects copy 2. Name the Baseball Hall of Famer and five-time World Series champion who pitched a perfect 19. Timespan game on May 8, 1968, while a member of the Oakland A’s? 21. Heavenly body 22. Famed 3. In what 1984 fantasy film did Basketball Hall of Famer Wilt Chamberlain play a warrior named diamond Bombaata? 24. Mistreat 25. Convent 4. What Buffalo Sabres player won the Vezina Trophy for best goaltender six times from 1993-2001? 5. Since 1977, what sporting goods manufacturer has supplied the official baseball used by Major League Baseball? denizen 28. Intensify 29. Behind 30. Tug 32. Unnerve 6. Name the soccer legend from the Netherlands who is credited with saying, “If you can’t win, make 33. “The ____ sure you don’t lose”? Commandments” 36. Flips over 7. What team defeated Stanford 49-0 in the inaugural Rose Bowl game held in 1902?

37. That lady 39. Pelts 41. Fairy-tale giant 42. Combat of honor 43. Radio knob 45. Hens’ output 47. Puncturing tool 48. Ms. Zadora 50. Term of respect 51. The girl

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1. Birthday 4. number Walking rhythm 1. Vitas Gerulaitis • 2. Marv Levy. 3. Goaltenders on the team with the fewest goals against 8. Some vipers 4. Chicago’s Soldier Field • 5. The Sheffield Shield 12. Cured salmon 6. One • 7. Vuvuzelas 13. Female singer 14. Dog’s pest 15. Prune 16. Tacky (c) 2022 King Features Syndicate, Inc 18. Impolite look 20. Extinct birds 21. Scram! 23. Craze 26. Shredded 27. Like some popcorn 31. Sight in a

Tarzan flick 32. Dazes 34. Dead ____ Scrolls 35. Marks down 37. Examine 38. Window components 40. Listen! 41. More strange 44. Ship bottom 46. Common pet: 2 wds. 49. Fire residue 52. Pore over 53. Aircraft part 54. Make a knot 55. Room extensions 56. Young woman 57. Make a mistake

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1. Every 2. Moo ____ gai pan 3. Searched 4. Entry 5. Siren 6. “____ Not Unusual” 7. Kindergartner 8. Cruising 9. Snow vehicle 10. Mexican coin 11. Back talk

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PUZZLE NO. 124

STRANGE BREW JOHN DEERING

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ACROSS

1. Ship defector 4. Herring’s kin 8. Graceful bird 12. Past 13. Music system: hyph. 14. Evergreen 15. Hair cream 16. Carney et al. 17. Tiny pests 18. Border 20. Admission slip 22. Savior 24. Gravy 26. Portrayal 28. Brush part 32. Orchestra 33. Brick house 35. Balloon input 36. Navigated 38. More mature 40. Fend off 42. GI’s supper 43. Covered passageway 46. Licks 48. Oceans 49. Orderly 51. “Tea for ____” 54. Plate of glass 55. Dealer’s vehicle 56. Line of seats 57. Ran 58. Hit 59. Mate of hither

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1. Scrap of cloth 2. Iron or Stone 3. Put up with 4. Kind of carpet 5. Takes on 6. Foreand-____ 7. Bother 8. Gaps 9. Blink of one eye 10. Add a share 11. Robin’s roost 19. Pug or collie 21. Frostier 22. Hula-Hoop’s site 23. Release 25. Dwelling 27. Like a jug, e.g. 29. Wall hanging 30. Is situated 31. Botches 34. Relies 37. Rubbed out 39. Naughty child 41. Andean animal 43. Serpents 44. Gather 45. Sugar source 47. Sitting above 50. Long fish 52. Flirt with 53. Have title to

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PUZZLE NO. 126

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1. Derby, e.g. 4. “____ a

Wonderful

World” 8. Long narrative 12. Spud bud 13. Long-eared animal 14. Heroic poem 15. Harbors 17. Egg holder 18. Acorn bearer 19. Browns bread 21. Roger Moore role 24. Fast 26. Iron or Stone 27. Surrounds 31. Santa’s vehicle 33. Relay portion 34. Gather a crop 35. Won over 37. Time division 38. Harsh sound 40. Mine products 41. Straightens 44. Each part 46. Mine deposit 47. Current: hyph. 52. Song for one 53. Film segment 54. Currently 55. Diner sign 56. British noble 57. Hair tint

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1. Males 2. Pirate’s yes 3. Afternoon gathering 4. Halt! 5. Listens 6. Painting or photography 7. Sampling 8. Member of

Congress 9. Copycats 10. Meaning 11. Behaves 16. Legume holder 20. ____-thewall 21. Deep tone 22. Rude look 23. Require 25. Undesirable plants 28. Rude glance 29. Chance 30. Some resorts 32. Underground prison 33. Free time 36. Not pro 39. Restaurant customer 40. Young’s opposite 41. “The Sun ____ Rises” 42. Coil 43. Loafing 45. Laze around 48. Green veggie 49. As well 50. Squirt gun, e.g. 51. Shepherd’s charge

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