Answers to the
crossword puzzle and word find appear on page 72.
Puzzles by Joel Kaplow 1 4 6 7 2 5 3
ACROSS 4 The PSA annually presents many awards, such as Coach of the Year, to deserving recipients. PSA stands for Professional ___ Association.
6 Name the type of edge jump in which the skater takes off from and lands on the same back outside edge.
7 In August, a unique act called Aerial Ice per- formed on “America’s Got ___.” Two mem- bers dangled and twirled from silk straps hung from the ceiling, while four skaters maneuvered on plastic “ice.”
8 The U.S. claims the youngest man and woman ever to win Olympic figure skat- ing gold medals. Dick Button grabbed his in 1948 when he was 18, and ___ Lipinski triumphed in 1998 when she was 15.
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9 Colorado’s Broadmoor Figure Skating Club celebrated its 75th anniversary last August. It has produced ___ of the 13 Olympic fig- ure skating gold medalists from the U.S.
11 Next month, the Rostelecom Cup, the sixth leg of the ISU Grand Prix, will be held in Rus- sia’s capital city. Can you name it?
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14 The U.S. must have a bazillion ice skating rinks. Last June, ___, a tropical country in southeast Asia found between Vietnam and Thailand, opened its first one.
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15 The third stop on the Grand Prix is the Cup of China, happening in the capital city of ___.
DOWN 1 Skaters don elaborate costumes and enter- tain the audience by performing theatrical- ly in skits, plays and musicals such as those seen on Broadway — but on ice — in an annual event called the National ___.
2 France’s capital city will host the Trophée Eric Bompard in November. Can you name it?
3 Barbara Roles Williams of the U.S. lost the medal she won at the 1960 Olympics when her car was stolen. Amazingly, it found its way back to her 20 years later. What color was it?
4 One element that pairs skaters are required to do, but ice dancers may not, is the death ___.
5 Named for the Swedish figure skater who invented it, the ___ is an edge jump in which the skater takes off from the back in- side edge of one foot and lands on the back outside edge of the other.
10 The fourth installment on the Grand Prix circuit, the NHK Trophy, happens in Japan’s capital. What’s its name?
12 The SKATING magazine’s Readers’ ___ Award for the 2012–13 season has been voted on, and will be presented to Meryl and Charlie at the U.S. Championships in January.
13 Senior skaters will compete in six ISU Grand Prix events before heading to the Final. How many will the juniors participate in?
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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!
CHOREOGRAPHY FLUTZ KRISTI YAMAGUCHI MOVES IN THE FIELD NANCY KERRIGAN
56 OCTOBER 2013
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