THE REC ROOM Crossword
“KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE BALL”
By Brendan Emmett Quigley
Pearl’s Puzzle
Difficulty Level
★
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Fill in every row, column, and 3x3 box with each of the letters exactly once.
B I R C H
L A N E
The highlighted letters read left to right and top to bottom will complete the quote:
“You will never have more energy or enthusiasm, _____, or _____s than you have today.” —Tom & Ray Magliozzi
ANSWER TO LAST WEEK'S PUZZLES
ACROSS 1. Sends an Evite for 7. White on some white meat 10. Animal mouth 13. Most preciously twee 14. “St. Matthew Passion” composer 15. Copying in the kitchen 16. Movie scenes involving dancers in toe shoes 19. Education acronym 20. Subjects in audience research 21. Boozy and bawdy sitcom on the 14-Down 24. Long-winded, angry monologue 25. Brown truck company 28. Kashi ingredient 29. “You’re the Worst” actress Cash 31. Treats like dirt 33. Frozen treat company with a mint leaf in its logo 37. They’re often cast from overseas 40. The general public 41. Dirty clothes basket 42. “___ With Cold Beads of Midnight Dew” (Wordsworth) 43. 5 p.m., in memo lingo 44. Between-album releases 45. Turn droopy 48. Hydrocarbon group 50. “The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars” opener 53. “Duh!” [eye roll] 57. Resting period for some Mariners 60. Org. that offers a “Telehealth Implementation Playbook” 61. Website with a Certified Refurbished section 62. 32-card card game 63. Trevor Lawrence, for short 64. Tierra Whack’s genre 65. Super-hunk
DOWN 1. B-2 Spirit’s homes: Abbr. 2. Parking spot? 3. 49ers head coach Shanahan 4. Alabama city where Bloody Sunday took place 5. Lao-___ 6. Streaming TV option, for short 7. Lists for screened answers, briefly 8. “Mad as ___ snake” (Australian slang for “furious”) 9. Will Shortz’s newspaper’s nickname, at least before they ran color photos 10. Burgundy wine 11. Indigenous person who wears parkas made from seal guts 12. Nasty buzzer 14. Where 21-Across was first shown, with “the” 17. “Time’s a-wasting!,” briefly 18. Org. concerned with magazines? 22. “Total Eclipse of the Heart” singer 23. “Time’s a-wasting!” 25. The world’s largest economy by nominal GDP: Abbr. 26. Banned pollutants 27. Neither bad nor good 29. Certain trader, briefly 30. “Whatever, dude!” 32. Short time off? 33. “Halo” singer, to fans 34. Shade provider 35. Rock climber’s tool 36. Bit of instruction 38. Saison ensoleillée 39. Students who checked out back in Feb. 43. Disney princess who sings “The cold never bothered me anyway” 45. Prehistoric redhead 46. ER drip source 47. Grazing spot 48. Taken to wearing a beret, say 49. Dr. Seuss character who “speaks for the trees,” with “The” 50. Key with one flat: Abbr. 51. “Luther” actor Idris 52. “Time’s a-wasting!,” briefly 54. Ice block 55. Man, in Mexico 56. Plan on it! 58. Legal thing 59. Letters used in ancient dates
“The best advice I can give anybody about going out into the world is this: Don’t do it. I have been out there. It is a mess.” —Russell Baker
27 VOLUME 25 ISSUE 22 / JUNE 3, 2021 / THE SOURCE WEEKLY
©2021 Brendan Emmett Quigley (www.brendanemmettquigley.com)
Questions, comments or suggestions for our local puzzle guru? Email Pearl Stark at pearl@bendsource.com
