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Wearing of the Green

By Brendan Emmett Quigley

©2021 Brendan Emmett Quigley (www.brendanemmettquigley.com)

ACROSS 1 Nervous spasms 5 Vermont jam band 10 Kicker Mia 14 Reply to “Still asleep?” 15 Stress-free course 16 Cyclotron morsel 17 Approximately 19 Chuck of NBC News 20 Rights watchdog, for short 21 Louis, Charles et al. 23 Was a trailblazer 24 S’il vous plaît, across the Rhine 26 Recorded the score 28 “Isn’t that correct,” in snarky memes 30 Opinionated work 31 System.out.println(“Hello world”); e.g. 33 Diamond arbiter 34 Top-rated 35 Indonesian makeup? 37 An old college cry 40 Big O.? 42 1962 Neil Simon musical 45 “Sailor Moon” and “Fullmetal Alchemist” genre 48 Went longer than scheduled 49 Relating to smell 53 Pizzeria needs 54 “Open ___ midnight” 55 Criminals often do it 56 Hip appendage? 57 Power System servers 59 Producing a better result 63 Paper towel brand 64 Musical form 65 Modular component 66 Perceive 67 Cavalry mount 68 Yo in Oz DOWN 1 Commerford of Rage Against The Machine 2 TLA on Reddit forums 3 Medicinal 4 Prism effects 5 Land of the Quechuas 6 AI aboard the United States Spacecraft Discovery One 7 River that flows into the Rhone 8 Online administrator 9 Possesses that je ne sais quoi 10 Bald spot coverage 11 Some South Pacific spots 12 Vintage auto 13 Format for entering some dates 18 ___ acid 22 Stop the flow 24 Alta’s opposite 25 Computer with a Magic Trackpad 26 Adidas rival 27 Slitherer alongside the Nile 29 Elbow grease 32 London’s west end? 33 Org. for Daniil Medvedev 36 Michael D. Higgin’s republic 37 Clerical title 38 Clerical period 39 Towel embroidery word 40 ___ Khan 41 Tastefulness 43 Low-risk govt. debt instrument 44 ___ Starski (hip-hop pioneer) 45 Crime investigation necessity 46 Crime investigation excuses 47 Rodgers, four times 50 Little fights 51 “Gotta bounce” 52 Threshold 56 Cave : man :: __ : woman 58 Put into words 60 Mardi Gras, e.g.: Abbr. 61 “Chandelier” hitmaker 62 Comm. device for the deaf Pearl’s Puzzle Difficulty LevelPuzzle for the week of March 14, 2022 Difficulty Level: ●●○○

Fill in every row, column, and 3x3 box with each of the letters

H I R E L U S T Q exactly once.

The highlighted letters read left to right and top to bottom will complete the quote:

“Up and down' is Irish for anything at all--from crying into the dishes to full psychosis. Though, now that I think about, a psychotic is more usually 'not - Anne Enright, Yesterday's Weather Answer for the week of March 7, 2022

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Fill in every row, column, and 3x3 box with each of the letters exactly once. H I R E L U S T The highlighted letters read left to right and top to bottom will complete the quote: “Up and down’ is Irish for anything at all--from crying into the dishes to full-blown psychosis. Though, now that I think about, a psychotic is more usually ‘not ________f’.” Fill in every row, column, and 3x3 box with each of the letters H I R E L U S T Q exactly once. THE SOURCE WEEKLY

Anne Enright, Yesterday’s Weather

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The highlighted letters read left to right and top to bottom will complete the quote: “Up and down' is Irish for anything at all--from crying into the dishes to full-blown psychosis. Though, now that I think about, a psychotic is more usually 'not ________ f'.”

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“To be Irish is to know that in the end the world will break your heart.” ― Daniel Patrick Moynihan © Pearl Stark www.mathpuzzlesgames.com/quodoku

“To be Irish is to know that in the end the world will break your hear ― Daniel Patrick Moynihan