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Solve the puzzle and win a set of Xavier coasters!

Send us a copy of your puzzle filled with the correct answers by December 15, 2022, and you’ll be entered to win a set of 175th anniversary coasters. Five winners will be chosen at random on December 16, 2022, and notified by email and/or phone. We can be reached by email at news@xavierhs.org or by mail at Communications Office, 30 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011.

Across

2. Ronald Reagan named this 1953 graduate to the U.S. Supreme

Court in 1986

4. Xavier’s 10th president and first alumnus to hold the position

5. Lifestyle entrepreneur crowned queen of the 1959 Military Ball

7. Former English teacher and Class of 1985 alumnus who later became head coach of USA Rugby

9. Founded in 1976, this Union

Square event has grown into a neighborhood staple that fills the square four days a week

11. Oft-used term for detention at

Xavier and Jesuit high schools nationwide 14. Theologian and 1920 graduate who appeared on the cover of

Time in 1960

16. Xavier football’s last mascot before becoming the Knights

17. In 2002, these Xavier musicians performed at a peace concert in the newly restored Pentagon

19. Xavier Hall of Famer credited with introducing more than 1,000 students to New York’s vibrant performing arts scene during his 43 years of teaching

20. This 1952 graduate and Medal of

Honor recipient has a Xavier library named in his honor 24. The six-story, 33,000 square-foot addition that opened in 2016 is partially named for this former headmaster and Secretary of

Education for the Jesuits

25. Precursor to Maroon and Blue Day during which students walked to popular landmarks to raise funds for important causes

Down

1. English teacher and author of the bestselling novel, We Are Not

Ourselves

3. Today co-host and 1972 graduate who was an accomplished cartoonist on 16th Street

6. A rug store once stood at the site of this popular diner on the corner of 16th and Sixth 8. Xavier’s longtime school colors

10. Founder of the Jesuits

12. 1945 graduate who led Holy Cross to an NCAA basketball title and later played for the NBA

13. Archbishopof New York who gave

Xavier its permanent name

15. Stalwart deli on the corner of 16th and Sixth that has fed generations of Xavier students

18. Xavier’s 29th president and 46th headmaster

21. Birthplace of Xavier’s namesake saint

NOW

When students arrived in the fall of 1965, a new academic building and an accessible 16th Street entrance welcomed them. In the ensuing 57 years, the essential structure of 30 West 16th Street (seen here in April 2022) has endured.

Sons of Xavier Keep marching On to victory With colors flying Guidons high Stand so all the world can see We’re with you! Onward to glory Loyal sons and true Maroon and blue We’ll see you through We’ll fight for you!