ACROSS 1. Picniccrashing insect 4. By means of 7. Fire 12. Life story, for short 13. “____ Got Sixpence” 14. Reduce 15. Machines 17. Edmonton player 18. University official 19. Branding ____ 21. Ducked 24. Paving liquid
27. Dozing 30. Operatic highlight 31. West Pointers 32. Curving 34. Spirited 35. Peachlike fruits 37. Vampire, at times 38. Overpass 39. Rounded roof 40. Acapulco money 44. Boom box 47. Ahab of “Moby Dick,” e.g. 50. Smells 51. Organ of sight
52. Sob 53. Father 54. Darn 55. Curse DOWN 1. In the sack 2. Cat-o’-____tails 3. Dress for Caesar 4. Safety ____ 5. “All About ____” 6. Quit 7. Vital fluid 8. Meat cut 9. Hole-making tool 10. Final letter
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36. Lock opener 37. Soft drink 38. Ump’s relative 39. “Chicago” star 40. Hideous 41. Louisiana marsh 43. Mock 45. Troublesome tyke 47. Villain 51. October stone 54. On the cutting ____ 57. Adam’s wife 58. Official helper 59. Food fish 60. Male or female
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ACROSS 1. Mom’s fellow 4. Strait-laced 8. Quote 12. Wintry 13. Talk wildly 14. Opera tune 15. “Look ____ ye leap” 16. Forewarning 17. Lincoln coin 18. Conditions 20. Morse code symbol 22. Long fish 24. Records 28. Creeps 31. Copied 34. Assembled 35. Avails
26. Attack! 27. “____ Alibi” 29. Charged particle 30. Duo number 31. Certain evergreen 33. Toothpaste option 36. Waning 37. Metalworkers
39. “____ to a Nightingale” 40. Terminate 41. Volcanic fluid 42. Farm animals 44. Three musicians 45. Battery 46. Clutched 48. Fitness center 49. Owned 50. Dated
61. Bassoon, e.g. 62. James Brown’s music 63. Gallery offering
DOWN 1. Say no to seconds 2. Land measurement 3. One who colors 4. Not poetry 5. Barnyard animal 6. “____ Got Sixpence” 7. Heal
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JULY 15 - 21, 2021 | PAGE 21
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20. Shipment 21. Not early 22. Above 23. Curved roof 26. Strait-laced 27. Shack 28. Bugle call 29. Write text 30. Derby 32. Posed 36. Slurp 37. Lives
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ACROSS 1. Choir singer 5. Yak 8. Detail 12. Hired thug 13. She-sheep 14. Bright star 15. Revered 17. Competed 18. Hearty soups 19. Different 20. Headache cure 25. Pale 28. Self 32. Craps cube 33. Storm winds 34. Have bills 35. Shielded
37. Blizzard stuff 38. Flower 40. Messy type 43. Trench 47. Cab 48. Device for wingtips 51. Baker’s box 52. Buddy 53. Sledder’s delight 54. Sharp pain 55. Tack on 56. Auctioneer’s word
DOWN 1. Eons 2. Did not win 3. Haul
4. Like some streets: hyph. 5. Sparkler 6. Astonish 7. Bunk 8. Coin 9. Work hard 10. 12/24 and 12/31 11. Manufactured 16. Curvy turn 21. Baby grand, e.g. 22. Lazes around 23. Woodwind instruments 24. Outs’ opposites 25. Commercials
41. Burnt wood 42. Downy 43. Three voices 44. Count 45. Seltzer 46. Holler 48. Bakery purchase 49. Piercing tool 50. Island garland 51. Guided
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ACROSS 1. Bungle 4. Steak, e.g. 8. Regard 12. Farewell, for short 13. Beg 14. Conform to 15. Drink 17. Shoe part 18. Smaller amount 19. Road sign 20. Pack animal 23. Appropriate 24. Cookie grain 25. Cover, as a couch 31. Potent particle
33. Molasses spirit 34. Voila! 35. Put in the bank 38. Flick 39. Fade 40. Trash 42. Soak, as tea 45. Does, e.g. 47. Verbal 48. Billiard parlor: 2 wds. 52. Discharge 53. Fan’s hero 54. Little 55. Related 56. Munches 57. Cap
DOWN 1. Subside 2. Bread type 3. Gun a motor 4. Dresser 5. Notable periods 6. Caviar 7. Admission price 8. Most curious 9. Clarinet’s cousin 10. Reveal 11. Saw 16. Shade provider 19. Actor Brynner
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SPORTS QUIZ By Ryan A. Berenz 1. Who was guest host of “Jeopardy!” when contestant Scott Shewfelt gave “Who wanted to kick that field goal?” as his Final Jeopardy answer? 2. Name the Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball player whose glass-shattering slam dunk in the NCAA Tournament appeared on the March 25, 1996, issue of Sports Illustrated. 3. What St. Louis Blues defenseman suffered a cardiac arrest and collapsed on the bench during a February 2020 game vs. the Anaheim Ducks? 4. What NASCAR driver finished sixth in the 2014 Indianapolis 500 and won Indy 500 Rookie of the Year honors? 5. What Oscar-winning film from 1981 depicted the true story of British sprinters Eric Liddell and Harold Abrahams, who both won gold medals at the 1924 Paris Summer Olympics? 6. At what stadium did the New York Giants’ Willie Mays make his famous over-the-shoulder catch of a fly ball hit by the Cleveland Indians’ Vic Wertz in Game 1 of the 1954 World Series? 7. What two brothers combined for 93 goals during the 1999-2000 NHL regular season?
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