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2 Ross Miner earned his second consecutive ___ medal at the U.S. Championships in San Jose last January.


     telecast on NBC, skaters en-      -     looked into the camera and told the viewers how they thought they did.


6 ___ Zawadzki won the ladies short program in San Jose, but in the end she wound up in still- not-too-shabby third place.


7 2012 U.S. champion Ashley Wagner half-jokingly says if  would like to be a professional 


9 ___ Beth Marley and Rockne Brubaker snagged the pairs sil- ver in San Jose.


10 After years of missing the top spot on the podium and coming close but not quite making the cut for big competitions, Ashley Wagner said she was tired of being the “___” girl. But now she’s the golden girl.


14 Fittingly, ___ Kwan was inducted into the U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame during the U.S. Cham- pionships in San Jose, in the same arena where she won her      15.


     Coughlin grabbed the U.S. pairs gold in January. They’ve both won it before, but with different ___.


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1 SKATING magazine editor Troy Schwindt presented the Read-       Trophy to Meryl and Charlie at the U.S. Championships.


3 How many U.S. Championships gold medals has 14-Across won?


4 Jeremy Abbott really dominat- ed in San Jose, winning the U.S. gold for the ___ time in four years.


6 The men’s silver was secured by ___ Rippon in San Jose.


8 No surprise, ice dancers ___ and Alex Shibutani were solid silver next to Meryl and Char- lie’s gold in San Jose.


11 In the past, Alissa Czisny has won U.S. gold and bronze, and in January she added a ___ medal to her collection.


12 In January, NBC aired “Improv- Ice” featuring skaters who had only a few ___ to choreograph two routines, instead of a few months as in the regular season.


13 Although 14-Across never won      did have World gold placed around her neck ___ times.”


matchmania 


  


 


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Answers to the Crossword Puzzle, Word Find and Match mania appear on page 72.


Puzzles by Joel Kaplow


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        


  


  


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WORDS ON ICE – Hi skaters! Try       below hidden in the “rink” full of letters. The words will appear in   down, forward, backward or diag- - lap and share letters. Find them all and you’ll be on top of the medals podium!


 have most recently hosted the U.S. Figure Skating Championships on the left across the rink to the 


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