Answers to the
Crossword Puzzle and Word Find appear on page 80.
Puzzles by Joel Kaplow
Across
1 Max Aaron said he knew his free skate at the U.S. Championships was really good because it was followed by his first-ever ___ ovation.
5 In January, NBC aired a special that com- bined summer and winter sports called “Pandora Skating & ___ Spectacular.”
6 At the 2013 European Championships, Javier Fernández became the first Span- iard to win gold there. His free skate in- cluded ___ quads!
8 Doing well, especially since they’ve been partners for less than one year, which medal did pairs skaters Alexa Sci- meca and Chris Knierim grab at the U.S. Championships?
9 The 2013 U.S. Figure Skating Champi- onships happened last January in ___, Nebraska.
11 ___ Miner grabbed the men’s silver in 9-Across, one step higher on the podi- um than his 2011 and 2012 bronze fin- ishes.
14 When a skater has only one foot touch- ing the ice, the one not touching is part of the ___ leg.
15 In January, Jeremy Abbott lost his U.S. crown and took the ___ medal home.
Down 2 At the U.S. Championships, skaters who
had just finished their routine faced the NBC camera and commented on how they thought they had done in a seg- ment called the “___ Booth.”
3 Despite finishing in ninth place in the ladies short, ___ had a super free skate and battled back to snag the U.S. silver. (2 wds.)
4 Started by Naomi Lang and Peter Tcher- nyshev in 1999, then followed by Tanith Belbin and Ben Agosto, Meryl and Char- lie kept the streak alive by becoming the third consecutive ice dancing team to win the U.S. gold ___ years in a row!
6 How many quads did the surprise men’s winner Max Aaron land in his free skate in 9-Across?
7 The newly coupled ice dancing team of Madison Chock and ___ Bates snatched the silver at the U.S. Championships.
10 Despite a not-so-clean free skate, ___ Wagner was still the U.S. golden girl in the end due to her large lead in the short program.
12 There were eight new faces on the pairs podium at the U.S. Championships this year. At the top were ___ Shnapir, who is 6’4’’ tall, and Marissa Castelli, who is 5’ nothing.
13 Due to “problems” at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics, the IJS was put in place in 2004. “IJS” stands for Interna- tional Judging ___.
Hi skaters! Try to find and circle the words listed below hid- den in the box of letters. The words will appear in a straight line in any direction (up, down, forward, backward or diag- onally), and some words may overlap and share letters. Find them all and you’ll be on top of the medal podium!
COURTNEY HICKS EVAN BATES MADISON CHOCK MARISSA CASTELLI MAX AARON
68 MARCH 2013
QUAD SALCHOW ROSS MINER SHORT PROGRAM SIMON SHNAPIR TRIPLE AXEL
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