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76 San Diego Reader February 25, 2016
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RULES OF THE GAME
1) Submit your completed puzzle to the Reader each week for our ongoing contest! We keep track of each puzzle you successfully complete, and the results and ranking are posted online each week to
SDReader.com/puzzle. But your submission will only be counted when you suc- cessfully complete a puzzle AND get it to us by 7:00 a.m. Monday. 2) Submit the correct answers to the puzzle along with your name. 3) The puzzle-contest ranking, shown online and in the paper, will begin anew every three months. Complete the journey four times a year! 4) Entries must be faxed to 619-231-0489; or mailed to Reader Puzzle, 2323 Broadway Suite 200, San Diego, CA 92102; or scanned and e-mailed to
puzzles@sdreader.com. Submissions by e-mail must be attached in JPG format, maximum file size of 1MB. Submissions that don’t fit the format will not be counted or viewed. And now for the really small print:
1) All answers must be legible and entered in the spaces provided. 2) Late entries will not be considered. 3) We will draw 10 names from weekly puzzle winners; no clever words or limericks required. 4) One entry per person per week or you will be disqualified. 5) Employees of the Reader and their immediate families are not eligible.
Across 1. Chuck 5. Best Picture of 2005
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14. It is, in Ibiza 15. Batting average, e.g. 16. Singer Bareilles 17. “Cheers” actress Perlman 18. Red-wrapped imports 19. Name of three Giants outfielders in 1963
20. Soprano Nellie and others 22. Hooter named for its small size 24. “Blueberries for ____” (classic children’s book)
25. Relating to the cover of the eyeball 29. Carry-____ (airplane totes) 30. Actor Vigoda with a 2016 obit that read he “outlived by about 34 years an erroneous report of his death that made him a cult figure”
32. Just get (by) 33. Co. led by Baryshnikov in the 1980s 35. Sheriff’s badges, often 38. Substituting for, in poetry 41. One way to wish 45. It may elicit a “ur welcome” 46. ____ canvas (art exhibit designation)
48. World Cup cry 49. Bay window 52. “Dig in!” 53. “Ha! That’s ____ one!” 55. Julius who developed a container in the 1870s to culture bacteria
56. Hwys. 57. On a farm team? 58. Glacial formations 60. Many a flea market transaction 61. Lupino and Tarbell
62. iPad reading 66. ____ empty stomach 67. With 69-Across, something an athlete is said to put on before competing (see the grid’s circles)
68. Prefix with -holic 69. See 67-Across 70. “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” org. 71. Sweetie pie 72. Played a prank on using bathroom tissue, informally
Down 1. Times spent in prison or in office 2. Milo of “The Verdict” 3. Designer McCartney 4. Car company once owned by G.M.
5. Musical opposite of dimin. 6. “Sick!” 7. “I’m ____ loss” 8. Customizable character in a computer game
9. Old Testament prophet
10. Letters on a B-52 11. Palooka 12. Unlike a child 13. Bellow and Steinberg 21. “But with every deed you are sowing ____ / Though the harvest you may not see”: Ella Wheeler Wilcox
23. Wool source 26. More verdant 27. Heart test letters 28. Establishes a new foothold 31. Food preservative, briefly 34. Some four-year degs. 36. Losing line in tic-tac-toe 37. ____ Arbor, Michigan
38. Reason to hit the brakes 39. Like many holiday weekends 40. It can be a major turnoff 42. Grabbed some Z’s 43. Fragile fabric made from a plant fiber
44. Blushed 47. Boy 50. Wiped the slate clean 51. Driver’s ID: Abbr. 53. Matey’s yes 54. Become lenient (on) 59. Topic in a world religions course
60. Old theaters once owned by Howard Hughes
63. GWB’s successor 64. New pedometer reading 65. Mo. for campaign surprises
SEE YOUR RANKING ONLINE! Now you can go online to check your ranking and communicate with each other! Simply visit:
www.SDReader.com/ puzzle. The new ranking is posted each Wednesday. To use the “comments” feature, you must be a registered site member.
THIS WEEK’S WINNERS: Prizes will be available for pickup at the Reader offices front desk from the Thursday your name appears in print to the following Thursday at 5 p.m.
☛ Chris Byzewski, San Diego, 4. ☛ Leslie Chase, Campo, 4. ☛ George Jackson, Oceanside, 4. ☛ Elaine Marume, Oceanside, 4. ☛ Susan Williams, North Park, 4.
SOLUTION TO LAST WEEK’S PUZZLE:
Name: City: _________________ State:_____ Zip Code: ______
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