Answers to the
crossword puzzle and word find appear
on the inside back cover. Puzzles by Joel Kaplow
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5 At the 1988 Olympics, Debi Thomas of the U.S. and Katarina Witt of Germany had both chosen the same music for their long programs, an opera by Bizet. This was hyped as “The Battle of the ___” as they vied for the gold.
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7 Meryl Davis triumphed off the ice for a change, and danced her way to the mirror ___ trophy with partner Maks Chmerkovskiy on “Dancing with the Stars.”
8 2006 ladies Olympic silver medalist ___ Cohen of the U.S. is quoted as say- ing, “I’d like to cause a little riot in skat- ing.”
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9 U.S. Figure Skating elected Sam Auxier as its 31st ___ in May, replacing Patri- cia St. Peter. (Hint: Same title as George Washington)
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12 The Charlie White Award is bestowed, in fun, by icenetwork to a competitor considered to have the best ___ at an event. Ironically, Charlie was recently shorn of his famous, flowing attribute for his summer vacation!
13 One way hockey skate blades differ from figure skating blades is they have no ___ picks.
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14 These stiff thingies at the ends of skate laces make it easy to push them through the eyelets of the boot. What are they?
15 “Work hard, be yourself, and have fun” are words of advice to young skaters
K A I T L I N H A W A Y E K O W Z X X S E V E F B S F J M H R E G A L T T E S X A M Z S C E T K E J A E M S I E E U L P K V U G G Y G L Z X L M K Q J A P C H G U H L E J T I Y B Y B G E H I S Q W E Y R R D K M C M H M W C W B Z T E R R N K U V R R A M J Y B S S O O J J L J U D A F N D Q G F R F Z I N N E L G R E B M A F B V J H A S N S D T Y W U C K A U Q O E C M O E D O U B L E L U T Z J N A T H A N C H E N L T D M M A D E L I N E A A R O N S B
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!
AGLETS AMBER GLENN DOUBLE LUTZ EYELETS JEAN-LUC BAKER
KAITLIN HAWAYEK MADELINE AARON MAX SETTLAGE MIRROR BALL NATHAN CHEN
52 AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2014
spoken by U.S. skating legend ___ Kwan.
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1 At the 1988 Olympics, Mr. Boitano of the U.S. and Mr. Orser of Canada went head-to-head competing for the gold in Calgary. This was touted as “The Bat- tle of the ___.”
2 In June, Charlie White tweeted “Hashtag she said yes!!!” and is now officially ___ to Tanith Belbin, Olympic ice dance silver medalist of 2006.
3 After the Sochi Olympics, Meryl and Charlie never got a chance to rest, as they were dancing on TV and skating in the ___ on Ice tour at the same time.
4 The inaugural U.S. Adult Champion- ships was held in Wilmington in 1995. Its catchphrase, “The First Skate in the First State,” should clue you in on where Wilmington is.
6 For various reasons, Caydee Denney, John Coughlin, Agnes Zawadzki, Car- olina Kostner, Mao Asada, Meryl Davis and Charlie White are taking a rest, and won’t be ___ this season.
10 ___ blades are shorter than regular fig- ure skating blades. This helps to keep partners from tripping over each oth- er. (2 wds)
11 ___ on Ice (TOI) is a discipline that merges technical jumps and spins with unique choreography, ice danc- ing, pairs moves, synchronized skating and acting to tell a story.
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