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PUZZLE NO. 98 PUZZLE NO. 99

STRANGE BREW JOHN DEERING

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1. Fades away 5. Foreign agent 8. Gentle 12. Dancer’s jump 13. Sock part 14. Amiss 15. “Cape ____” 16. Over there, poetically 17. Seep 18. Froster 20. Sew loosely 21. Rocks 24. Fruit spread 25. Cuban line dance 26. Entered in a ledger 30. Circle segment 31. Like a chimney 33. “No ____

Out” 34. Requiring 36. Nutmeg, e.g. 38. ____ and outs 39. Origins 40. Sway to and fro 43. President’s no 44. ____ Curtain 45. Pine tree 46. Sweetheart 50. At any ____ 51. One-spot card 52. Blunders 53. Sail pole 54. Fish snare 55. Noblewoman

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1. Gremlin’s kin 2. Spelling ____ 3. Lamb’s call 4. Bed coil 5. Eye ailments 6. Meager 7. Itch 8. Sandwich sausage 9. Has bills 10. Campus gp. 11. Tot 19. Halting 20. Watch a tot 21. Thumb through 22. Ripped apart 23. Previously 24. 707, e.g. 26. Hound 27. Tease 28. Every one 29. Stains 32. Not offs 35. Banquet 37. Explored 39. Pierre’s headwear 40. Galahad and

Gawain 41. Cloak 42. Tiny particle 43. Weakness 45. Groupie 47. Distinct period 48. Coat sleeve 49. Put to work

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SPORTS QUIZ By Ryan A. Berenz

1. What Philadelphia Flyers goaltender was killed in a car accident in 1985 and posthumously selected to the NHL All-Star Game the following year? PUZZLE NO. 100 2. Name “The Fight Doctor” who served as Muhammad Ali’s physician and cornerman from 1962-77. 3. The Carolina Courage, Philadelphia Charge and San Diego CyberRays were teams in what women’s soccer league that played three seasons from 2001-03? 4. What is the bowling term for a ball that crosses over to the other side of the head pin opposite the side it was thrown? 5. Name the journalist/sportswriter whose column “Hey, Rube” appeared on ESPN.com from 200005? 6. What sanctioning body for the motorsport of drag racing was founded by Wally Parks in 1951? 7. Remington Products CEO and spokesman Victor Kiam was principal owner of what NFL team from 1988-91?

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ACROSS Last Week’s Answers

1. Stick around 5. 8. That girl Final 1. All Elite Wrestling (AEW) •2. The Stoke Mandeville Games. 3. The Detroit Pistons (1989-90), Chicago Bulls (1996) and Los Angeles Lakers (2000). 12. Confederate 13. King Kong, 4. Pancake • 5. Dominique Moceanu. 14. e.g. Yodeling 6. Darren Pang • 7. Kimi Raikkonen sound (c) 2021 King Features Syndicate, Inc. 15. Howl 16. ____ service 17. Track competition 18. Notable period 20. Chances 21. Mexican sauce 24. Baseball’s

Swoboda 26. Deadlock 27. Small piece 30. Also 33. Lyric poem 34. The ones there 35. Admit for a visit 36. Part of mph 37. Devoured 38. Elongated fish 39. Swiss peak 40. Avoid 42. Elated 45. Baseball-card deal 48. Dilly 49. Tin ____ 50. Royal garment 54. ____ tradition 55. Cup part 56. Soft light 57. Choicest 58. Sneaky 59. “Jagged ____”

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1. Manner 2. Foamy brew 3. Unwell 4. Kinds 5. Crown of light 6. Saga 7. Word another way 8. Defective auto 9. Did better than a B 10. Discard 11. Tykes 19. Soft hue 21. Eight-sided sign 22. Deputy 23. Impolite look 25. Unlocked 28. Book divisions 29. Decay 30. On a voyage 31. Shortcoming 32. Remove from print 39. Mature 41. Brink 42. Droplet 43. Bait 44. Oh, woe! 46. Amtrak travel 47. Military force 51. Not young 52. Marsh 53. Lamb’s mother

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1. Pairs 5. Casual greetings 8. Gourmet cook 12. British noble 13. Drama part 14. Pay attention to 15. Preacher 17. Lessen 18. Put 19. Kitchen alcovew 21. Buffet 23. Touch lightly 24. Stone or

Bronze 26. Moreover 28. Winter jacket 32. Charged particles 34. Kitty’s foot 36. Beard material 37. Game of chance 39. TKO caller 41. Squid squirt 42. Have creditors 44. Source of fiber 46. Hungry one’s request 50. Direct 53. Excited 54. Carefully 56. High wind 57. Distinct time 58. Organ of smell 59. Does arithmetic 60. Society miss 61. Gibbons and gorillas

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1. Sub, for one 2. Lament 3. Decoration 4. Pizza piece 5. Stetson, e.g. 6. Froze 7. Peel 8. Blackspotted cat 9. Make warm 10. Toward the rising sun 11. Liberate 16. ____ belt 20. Snooze 22. Cut 24. Feel poorly 25. Thick stuff 27. Rowboat propeller 29. Sky water 30. Relatives 31. Noah’s transport 33. Larry, Curly, and Moe 35. Spider’s handiwork 38. Hold title to 40. Kermit the

____ 43. Sharpened 45. Sports building 46. Long narrative 47. Darn! 48. Very chilly 49. Father 51. Otherwise 52. Bread grains 55. Apprehend

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PUZZLE NO. 101

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1. Trade 5. Gator’s kin 9. Butter square 12. Andes nation 13. Hawaiian party 14. Strong anger 15. Skipper’s command 16. Opening 18. Marble slice 19. Valuable item 20. Mr. Chaney 22. Forerunner 26. “The Jazz

Singer” star: 2 wds. 31. Pine 32. Thick stuff 33. Tough fabric 35. Above, to bards 36. Final notice 38. Fixed 40. Actress

Rowlands 41. Favored person 42. Cantor’s kin 46. Very dry 50. Blue Hen

State 53. Ms. Bonet 54. Byron’s before 55. Stages 56. Lazily 57. Half of a bikini 58. Fender flaw 59. Mediocre grades

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1. Reducing camps 2. Satisfactory 3. Locale 4. Indian village 5. Detergent 6. Races 7. Stable grains 8. Heal 9. Needle’s kin 10. Rainbow shape 11. Golf peg 17. Molecule part 21. “____

Yeller” 23. Othello, e.g. 24. Fencing equipment 25. Geek 26. Eagerly expectant 27. Ear part 28. Unite 29. Individual 30. Coldest 34. Actress

Clarke 37. Scarlett’s abode 39. Type of type 43. Stunned 44. Uncovered 45. Source of fiber 47. Be a passenger 48. Capri, e.g. 49. Year portions 50. Society girl 51. Botch 52. Actress

Thompson

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