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ACROSS

1. Nudge 4. Punching tools 8. Grouchy person 12. 21, e.g. 13. Gather 14. Like suntan lotion 15. Off one’s feed 16. Showroom model 17. Not working 18. Diminish 20. Bird that gives a hoot 22. “____ Can

Play” 24. Round vegetable 27. Shrub 30. Former soldier 32. Talk wildly 33. United in marriage 34. Largest amount 35. Eight-sided figure 37. Presents 38. Apply henna to 39. Interject 41. Conjunction 42. Whipped 46. Part of CD 49. Fix copy 51. Hatchet 52. Throb painfully

DOWN

1. Slammer 2. Stare rudely 3. Hair tamers 4. Eager 5. Tiny 6. Robber’s run 7. Ladled 8. Wind up 9. Get ____ of 10. Completely FALLS CHURCH NEWS-PRESS | FCNP.COM

PUZZLE NO. 87

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22. Drama divisions 23. Go away! 25. Perfect 27. Permissible 29. Lunch hour 30. Fuss: hyph. 31. Pour forth 34. Sacred 37. Produces 39. Type of snake 41. Shell dweller 43. Large quantity 44. Parable 45. Stare at 47. Unpaid 50. ____ lodge 52. Pie pan 53. Farm pen

ACROSS

1. Overly curious 5. Contend (with) 9. Car fuel 12. Initial stake 13. Healthy 14. Mouth edge 15. Ring 16. A long way off 17. Verse type 18. Ship’s pole 20. Barked shrilly 22. Fire residue 24. Showy flowers 26. Iced 28. Talks wildly

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32. Manner 33. Society miss 35. Coil 36. Damp 38. Pie ____: 3 wds. 40. Wedding routes 42. Presently 43. Taken wrongfully 46. Blemish 48. Loiter 49. Miss 51. Comedians 54. Building section 55. Levee 56. Exude 57. Little 58. Slipped 59. Declare untrue

DOWN

1. Catch 40 winks 2. Dollar 3. Hiding 4. Dog’s cry 5. Scorched 6. Blockhead 7. Stage dramas 8. Spookier 9. Gooey stuff 10. Camp worker 11. Hastened 19. Become sick 21. Biblical song

ANSWER TO PUZZLE NO. 87

CROSSWORD PUZZLE ANSWERS USE AMERICAN SPELLING

SPORTS QUIZ By Ryan A. Berenz

1. What member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2021 was named general manager of the San Francisco 49ers in 2017?

2. How old was NASCAR driver Morgan Shepherd when he started in the 2014 Camping World RV Sales 301?

3. Iga Swiatek, 2020 French Open women’s singles tennis champion, hails from what country?

4. In 2001, six-time Olympic gold-medalist swimmer Amy Van Dyken married Denver Broncos player Tom Rouen. What position did he play?

5. What sports nutrition center, founded by Victor Conte, became the focal point of a performanceenhancing drug scandal in the early 2000s?

6. Bobby Winkles compiled a 524-173 record and won three national titles as head coach of what college baseball team?

7. What team snapped the Los Angeles Lakers’ NBA-record 33-game winning streak in January 1972? STRANGE BREW JOHN DEERING

Last Weeks answers!

Last Week’s Answers

1. McKayla Maroney • 2. The Baltimore Orioles. 3. Panama • 4. Babette March • 5. Steve Garvey. 6. Jack Dempsey • 7. The Denver Broncos

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