THE REC ROOM Crossword
“NOSE TO NOZZE”
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.
A I R
C H U T E S
The highlighted letters read left to right and top to bottom will complete the quote:
“_________, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.” —Josh Billings
ANSWER TO LAST WEEK'S PUZZLES
ACROSS
DOWN
1. Paschal ___
1. City of central Poland
5. Redbox contents
2. Kyrsten Sinema’s st.
9. With 66-Across, operatic singer with the hots?
3. 4-Down ingredient
14. Doughnut variety with a cookie flavor 15. Thinness measurement
5. New Orleans pianist with the 1974 album “Desitively Bonnaroo”
16. Faster than light speed traveler, probably
6. Self-obsessed
17. Soap brand
7. Star who is 6-Down
18. “Oh, stewardess! I speak ___” (“Airplane!” joke)
8. Toy that only goes in one direction
19. Forest space
10. Comic Cleghorne
20. Texas rock trio commemorative coin? 23. Exasperated cry
11. Muhammad ___ ul-Haq, Pakistani President 1978-88
24. Kinky stuff
12. Letter after wye, in Wolverhampton
27. With 39- and 46-Across, massive slice stack that’s about to topple?
13. & 21. Weak poker hand
31. Low naval rank: Abbr.
25. The Monkees’ drummer
32. “Color me intrigued” 34. Mammal with webbed feet
26. Gabriella ___ (Vanessa Hudgens’s “High School Musical” character)
35. Dog with exactly two black dots
27. Kinda crazy
37. Humerus neighbor
28. And others, in a bibliography
38. “Little strokes fell great ___”
29. No-carb-loading diet
39. See 27-Across
30. Like hot fudge and caramel
40. Locks in
31. Refrain from children’s songs
41. Bend at the barre
33. “I’m outta here”
42. Bank adjustment?
36. She’s ISO love a second time
43. Treasury secretary Yellen 44. Female principle
37. 2008 & 2009 Track & Field News Athlete of the Year
45. Swallow completely
39. Cease-fire
46. See 27-Across
43. Computer graphic file format
48. ___ McAdoo (team captain on “Ted Lasso”)
45. “The Girl with the Pierced Eardrum” street artist
50. Poetic time 51. Astronaut Aldrin getting ready to propose? 58. Two-in-one utensil 61. Paul of Marvel Cinematic Universe 62. See 49-Down 63. Major disruption 64. It goes for a spin in a car 65. Not thinking clearly 66. See 9-Across 67. Good predictor 68. Fashion designer Browne
4. Popular spaghetti sauce
9. Hot rocks
22. Fast-serving tennis star John
47. Les Paul rival 49. With 62-Across, city on the Cuyahoga river 52. Bullpen figures 53. Top quality 54. Wait to drive, say 55. [“This isn’t good”] 56. Big name in coconut water 57. ___ fatigue (online meeting burnout) 58. .edu user: Abbr. 59. Vietnamese bowlful 60. Punt blade
“On one very special weekend in Autumn -- the only such time in the calendar year -- the clocks go back, giving us all an extra 60 minutes of much-needed rest. Autumn is a comforting, kindly lie-in -- not like that dastardly time-thief Spring.” —Mark Butler
35 VOLUME 25 ISSUE 45 / NOVEMBER 11, 2021 / THE SOURCE WEEKLY
©2021 Brendan Emmett Quigley (www.brendanemmettquigley.com)
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