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“Music Festival or World Cup”

By Brendan Emmett Quigley

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

ACROSS 1. RPM part 4. "That's the best you can do?" 7. With 59-Across, "Is this where all the bands are going to play?" ("No it's the first part of the World Cup") 12. They have it 14. "Yo, Nero" 15. "The Terminator" protagonist Kyle 16. Divided, like a pie chart 18. Running currently 19. "Is this first day's lineup?" ("No, it's the A-Team in the World Cup") 21. Four-time World Cup-winning nat. 22. Broadcasting legend Howard 23. Ghost's Wu-Tang co-hort 24. Snakes in the Nile 26. "What do we have here?" 27. Fuse, as metals 28. ___ Artois (Belgian beer) 31. Colorful deep-water fish 33. "Is this when the festival ends?" ("No, it's a little extra period in the World Cup") 37. Certain alkene compound 38. Try very hard 40. Workout tops 43. Attorney's honorary deg. 45. Fell down, as in standings 46. "Catch-22" fighter pilot 47. "Hang On ___" (The McCoys hit) 50. Inspired by, in the kitchen 51. "Are these an order of some 10%ABV beers?" ("No, it's the win-or-go-home part of the World Cup") 54. ___ George (Sean Penn's ex) 55. Start boozing heavily 56. Chichi scarf 57. Light switches 58. "Makes sense to me" 59. See 7-Across 60. Three-pt. plays 61. Go wrong DOWN 1. Pollute the air 2. They'll improve your focus 3. Change the runner, e.g. 4. He gets big eating mushrooms 5. "Despite that" 6. Sonic, famously 7. Tailgating need 8. Court legend Lacoste 9. Life work 10. It has an eagle holding arrows and an olive branch 11. Hit with certain type of hammer 13. Bering or Hormuz: Abbr. 17. Like Robitussin: Abbr. 20. Brings your Boo to City Hall, perhaps 25. Some bitter plums 27. Smoothie maker's sound 29. IV preparer, at times 30. Greek god who helped build Troy's walls 32. Stat for Josh Allen: Abbr. 34. No longer carrying 35. Pasta topping named after an Italian city 36. He's a bad guy (duh) 39. Actor who played Sid Weinberg in "Cobra Kai" 40. "The Autobiography of Alice B. ___" (Gertrude Stein work) 41. Country singer Tubb 42. Beethoven's 3rd 44. Like an overly affectionate grandma 47. Ray in the water 48. Make a panini, say 49. "___-hoo!" 52. Plumber's job 53. Lateral opening Pearl’s Puzzle Difficulty Level ★ ★ ★Puzzle for the week of November 14, 2022 Difficulty Level: ●●●○

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

Y O U T H L A N E exactly once.

The highlighted letters read left to right and top to bottom will complete the quote: “Thanksgiving. It's like we didn't even try to come up with a tradition. The tradition is, we overeat. 'Hey, how about at Thanksgiving we just eat a lot?' 'But we do that every day!' 'Oh. What if we eat a lot with people that _________

of us?' - Jim Gaffigan

Answer for the week November 7, 2022

“The house was very quiet, and the fog—we are in November now windows like an excluded ghost.” ― E.M. Forster, Howards End

U O T We’re Local! Questions, comments or suggestions for our local Puzzle for Y the week A Hof November 14, 2022 U puzzle guru? Email Pearl Stark at 35

LA U E Y A L E U N Y T Difficulty Level: ●●●○ pearl@bendsource.com © Pearl Stark mathpuzzlesgames.com/quodoku VOLUME 26 ISSUE 46 Fill in every row, column, and 3x3 box with each of the letters exactly once. N U Y H T E O A H Fill in every row, column, and 3x3 box with each of the letters Y O U T H L A N E exactly once. / NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Y O U T H L A N E The highlighted letters read left to right and top to bottom will complete the quote: “Thanksgiving. It's like we didn't even try to come up with a tradition. The tradition is, we overeat. 'Hey, how about at Thanksgiving we just eat a lot?' 'But we do that every day!' 'Oh What if we eat a lot with people that _________ of us?'” —Jim Gaffigan / THE SOURCE WEEKLY

ANSWER TO LAST WEEK'S PUZZLES

G T U S R H E O F “The house was very quiet, and the fog—we are in November now—pressed against the windows like an excluded ghost.” H O E F T G R U S R S —E.M. Forster, Howards EndF U E O T H G O R G H F U S E T F E S O G T U R H U H T E S R G F O S F R T O E H G U T G H R U F O S E E U O G H S F T R

The highlighted letters read left to right and top to bottom will complete the quote: “Thanksgiving. It's like we didn't even try to come up with a tradition. The tradition is, we overeat. 'Hey, how about at Thanksgiving we just eat a lot?' 'But we do that every day!' 'Oh. What if we eat a lot with people that _________ of us?'” - Jim Gaffigan

Answer for the week November 7, 2022

“The house was very quiet, and the fog—we are in November now—pressed against the windows like an excluded ghost.” ― E.M. Forster, Howards End © Pearl Stark www.mathpuzzlesgames.com/quodoku

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