Answers to the crossword


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on page 48. Puzzles by Joel Kaplow 1 2 3


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1 Ashley Wagner is only the second U.S. singles lady to make it to the Grand Prix Final three years in a row. The first was ___ Kwan. (Hint: The Readers’ Choice Trophy is named after her.)


4 At the ___ skating level and below, skaters are not referred to as ladies and men, but as girls and boys.


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6 The U.S. is divided into nine geo- graphic areas in which skaters com- pete to try to get to the next stage on their way to the U.S. Championships. What are competitions in each area called?


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9 At the end of December, ABC aired the Peanuts special about Pepper- mint Patty competing on the ice in “She’s a Good ___, Charlie Brown.”


11 The U.S. Figure Skating Champion- ships happened last month in Greens- boro, ___ Carolina.


13 In 9-Across, who was Peppermint Pat- ty’s furry, four-footed coach?


14 At the Junior Grand Prix Final in Barce- lona, Spain, ice dancers from ___ took the gold, silver and bronze.


16 When a country accomplishes what happened at 14-Across, it’s called a ___ of the medal stand.


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2 The World Figure Skating Champi- onships will happen next month in Shanghai, the largest city in ___.


H T H Q U Q X A V E N O H D S I N A B A U E R G L I D E Y H


H N K B R D C U I E A T W U S E B L A D E G U A R D S Z Z N L K D D A Z Z S G N D T I U O B T I K B I G H X S U O R R W C U Z S I N J A Y L C Y W U P P I L F E O L N F O B Z J H L A W T P L R D G E P G H F A O X S Z Q L H S H Q X S J Y N W C I Q K M C W A M P S I H Y S N M L U A N H I Y E S I T U A I G R F N Y X S J Y Y A P R M K A G V N S S T A R Q Z K D Q I L L U S I O N S P I N J F K


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!


BIELLMANN BLADE GUARDS FLIP FLUTZ ILLUSION SPIN


34 FEBRUARY 2015


INA BAUER GLIDE SHANGHAI SNOWPLOW SAM SYNCHRONIZED YUZURU HANYU


3 What is an edge jump that takes off from the back outside edge called?


5 For the last competition on the way to the U.S. Championships, the U.S. is divided into three large geograph- ical areas where the competitions are called sectionals: Pacific Coast, Mid- western and ___.


7 A figure skating program can be bro- ken down into individual required maneuvers such as spins, footwork, glides and jumps. What is the general term for these components?


8 The European Championships are for Europeans only. The rest of the world has a counterpart competition, the ___ Continents Championships, which are scheduled for this month in Seoul, South Korea.


10 At the end of this month, the U.S. Syn- chronized Figure Skating Champion- ships will take place in Providence, ___ Island, the capital of our smallest state.


12 In pairs skating, you will see the man toss the woman in the air in a horizon- tal position, where she spins one, two or three times (four times on very rare occasions) before he catches her and lowers her gently back to the ice. This is a ___ lift.


15 For the Grand Prix Final, only the top ___ performers in each of the four disciplines, based on their rankings in the pre-Final events, are chosen to compete.


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