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PUZZLE NO. 81

ACROSS

1. Scored on the serve 5. Gun, as an engine 8. Kitties 12. Speaking part 13. Respect 14. Trade 15. Flamenco dancer’s instrument 17. TV’s Alan

____ 18. Overpriced 19. Eternal spirit 21. Hog’s home 23. Break 27. Snarl 30. Sprain result 33. Shad ____ 34. This moment 35. Work dough 36. Blemish 37. Eden inhabitant 38. Just manages to earn 39. Memo error 40. Debris 42. Hem’s partner 44. Atop 47. Intelligence 51. Punch 54. Wherever 56. Took a taxi 57. Decorate a cake 58. Glass container 59. Copied 60. Permit 61. Shade providers

DOWN

1. Circle portions 2. Cloak 3. Otherwise 4. Hate 5. Made a getaway 6. Mas that go baa 7. Presidential refusal 8. Biblical song 9. Nocturnal bird 10. Young boy 11. Luxurious resort 16. Competent 20. Applied 22. Pull suddenly 24. Troops 25. Daytime TV show 26. Courageous person 27. Understood 28. Bossa ____ 29. Is in debt 31. Bee’s follower 32. Meat mixture 35. Sharp 39. Apostle count 41. Hauled 43. Egyptian snake 45. Comet part 46. ____ in a lifetime 48. Fingertip feature 49. Scheme 50. Slippery swimmers 51. Bathing-suit top 52. Crop 53. “____ to Joy” 55. Besides

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ANSWER TO PUZZLE NO. 81

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PUZZLE NO. 820

1. Name the rookie pitcher who won his first four starts -- including a no-hitter on PUZZLE NO. 83 May 5, 1962 -- for the Los Angeles Angels. 2. Evonne Goolagong, a seven-time women’s singles Grand Slam tennis tournament winner from 1971-80, hailed from what country? 3. What Austrian driver posthumously won the 1970 Formula One championship after perishing in a crash during practice at the Italian Grand Prix? 4. Opening in 1900, The Hawthorns stadium has been home to what English Premier League football club? 5. What Tanzanian basketball star played for the University of Connecticut Huskies and was picked No. 2 overall by the Memphis Grizzlies in the 2009 NBA Draft? 6. Gino Cappelletti, American Football League MVP in 1964, had his No. 20 jersey retired by what NFL team? 7. Who founded a company that began manufacturing ice-resurfacing machines for skating rinks in Paramount, California, in 1949?

11. Asked 31. Inhabit urgently 34. Give as a gift 16. 20. 21. 22. Female sib Did farm work Part of CD Repeated sound 35. 37. 38. 39. Stop Blower Soda ____ Garden of 23. Look to be Genesis 24. Become 40. Take a bus ready to pick 41. Stubborn 26. Nectar beast 27. 28. gatherer Silver follower Center of rotation 44. 45. 46. Gun a motor Additionally Sunbather’s color 29. Slangy 47. ____ out affirmative (barely make)

Copyright © 2021, Penny Press ACROSS 26. Secret place 51. Recognized 1. Expression of 30. Not he 52. Christmas 5. regret Heidi’s 31. 32. Ran easily Lumberjack’s ____ 53. Sound pitch Last Week’s Answers mountain tool Answers 8. 12. 13. 14. 15. 17. 18. Splendor Harness piece Gooey stuff Object of adoration Boring Slangy no Get a bead on 33. Mixed 35. Operatic melody 36. Fair 37. Not salty, as water 38. Football shirt 41. Disfigure 42. Rewrite text DOWN 1. Sculpture, e.g. 2. Orchid necklace 3. Breeze 4. Slinks 5. Part of a molecule 6. Felon’s flight ANSWER TO PUZZLE NO. 83 1. Louis Oosthuizen • 2. 300 • 3. The CFL’s Toronto Argonauts. 4. Brazil • 5. Frank Ryan • 6. The Miami Marlins • 7. Pearl Jam (c) 2021 King Features Syndicate, Inc. 19. Divided 43. Hair coloring 7. Acted as equally 48. Decorate chairperson 21. Office tables again 8. Fiesta decor 24. Uproar 49. Wiggly 9. Garlic 25. Applies frosting to 50. creature Saturate 10. feature Sulk CROSSWORD PUZZLE ANSWERS USE AMERICAN SPELLING

LEVEL: ADVANCED

HOW TO PLAY:

Fill in the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains the numbers 1 through 9 only once.

Each 3x3 box is outlined with a darker line. You already have a few numbers to get you started. Remember: you must not repeat the numbers 1 through 9 in the same line, column or 3x3 box.

ANSWER TO PUZZLE NO. 820

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PUZZLE NO. 822