Answers to the crossword
puzzle and word find appear
on page 64. Puzzles by Joel Kaplow 1 5 6 2 3 4
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2 If you watched the NBC Grand Prix telecasts, the female commentator you heard was 1998 Olympic gold medalist ___ Lipinski.
6 November’s NHK Trophy happened in Osaka, ___. (Hint: Its capital is Tokyo.)
7 The classic novel about a young Dutch skater, Hans Brinker, or the ___ Skates, was published in 1865.
8 After dominating their sport for years, Meryl Davis and Charlie ___ took a break this season, allowing new faces to stand atop the ice dance podium.
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9 At the Rostelecom Cup, Team ___ took the silver medal in all four disci- plines on home soil in Moscow.
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12 At the Cup of ___, Maia and Alex Shibutani (the ShibSibs) of the U.S. grabbed their second ice dance silver of their Grand Prix competitions.
14 Junior Grand Prix ice dancers Lorraine McNamara and Quinn Carpenter, Ra- chel and Michael Parsons, and singles skater Karen Chen each brought how many medals home to the U.S. from their assignments?
15 At Trophée Bompard, ice dancers Madison Hubbell and Zach Donohue of the U.S. took their second ___ med- al of their Grand Prix competitions.
16 Name the edge jump that takes off from a back outside edge and lands on the same back outside edge.
N G C P M U J W O R H T L W L E G M C Z J D N S X T W V R I H R E K W V E Q C O N F X G Q C A C D V U B X E X S N B C S N N Q D Z A H L A D K K U A T A D D S A Y O W H J X D T J N H P H T W O S W I Z Z L E I H T R Z G P P A U F S D B P N Z A I M A X A A R O N H S J N O N X R G B X C X A Z T E Y W V G F U G C K O R E I T I W W E V I G O Z I Y E S A O Q G Q Y T N Q U A D R U P L E J U M P S A M A N T H A C E S A R I O E L H G R E E N S B O R O H N
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!
GRAND PRIX FINAL GREENSBORO MAX AARON NATHAN CHEN QUADRUPLE JUMP
40 JANUARY 2015
SAMANTHA CESARIO SIT SPIN SWIZZLE THROW JUMP TOE LOOP
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1 This month, rinks across the country are promoting lots of fun activities to help more kids learn about, and participate in, this invigorating and exhilarating sport on ice. January is National ___ Month.
3 For the first time, U.S. ice dancers fin- ished with gold and silver podium spots at the same Grand Prix contest. Madison Chock and Evan Bates, and Maia and Alex Shibutani made history at Skate ___ in October.
4 A ladies silver medal was earned at Skate Canada, and a bronze at Tro- phée Bompard by ___ Wagner.
5 A jump or throw jump that is missing more than 1/4 but less than 1/2 revo- lution is designated as ___, and there is a deduction by the judges.
10 In April, the ISU will decide on wheth- er or not synchronized skating will be included in the upcoming 2018 Olym- pics. “ISU” is the International Skating ___.
11 A ___ jump is a toe-pick-assisted jump taken off from the back inside edge of one foot and landed on the back out- side edge of the opposite foot.
13 At the Rostelecom Cup, ice dancers Madison Chock and Evan Bates of the U.S. grabbed their second ___ medal of their Grand Prix assignments.
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