Answers to the cross-
word puzzle and word find appear on page 84.
Puzzles by Joel Kaplow
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3 He was the “old man” of the competition at age 26. Who grabbed his first U.S. Champi- onships gold medal in Saint Paul? (2 wds.)
4 Nathan Chen destroyed the record books in Saint Paul by landing a total of ___ quads between his short and free skates on his way to the bronze medal.
5 Noticeably absent from the U.S. Cham- pionships was 2015 men’s champ Jason ___, due to a back injury.
7 Despite missing out on a gold medal in Saint Paul, Ashley Wagner proved she was still happy she reached her goal of making the U.S. World Team when she said, “___ accomplished.” (See the Senior Ladies article for help.)
8 Mirai Nagasu had an unexpected equipment glitch halfway through her short program; her right ___ split open. She managed to finish as gracefully as possible, and with the help of an emer- gency repair crew, all was well for her pewter-winning free skate.
10 In April, a new international skating com- petition called the KOSÉ Team Challenge Cup will happen in Spokane, Washing- ton. Participants will be Team Asia, Team Europe and Team ___ America.
12 In Saint Paul, four accomplished figure skaters and a coach were inducted into the U.S. Figure Skating ___ of Fame.
13 Five levels of skaters were represented at the U.S. Championships: senior, junior, novice, intermediate and ___.
DOWN 1 With his podium finish in Saint Paul, ___
NH A I RCU T T E R S P I N O M A I AA N D A L EX H Z E PJ P R A N Z Z SJ J D Y J O PAE O Y C H H M I PX R S W I QZ R L T A RA HK A Y NE
R G V NV I N RX C Z U RE L M RI O D A NI E L O S H E A AA I R G M N A F PBB D Q R D C J A G PX I E O U PK N C A I Q A O PKES D BV W XB F EXX C AP T Q F M G U AE F G L AE Y O F C J X U SA L W O B M CN X U I Z L HNR F O L G J U N I OR W OR L D S U D VLB D LS Y X Z L Z W S
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!
ADAM RIPPON BOSTON DANIEL OSHEA GRACIE GOLD HAIRCUTTER SPIN
68 MARCH 2016
JUNIOR WORLDS MAIA AND ALEX MAX AARON POLINA EDMUNDS TARAH KAYNE
Aaron completed his “grand slam” medal collection. He now has a U.S. Champion- ships gold, silver, bronze and pewter.
2 After her record-breaking come-from-be- hind win, Gracie Gold bubbled, “I am just over the ___.” (For help, see the Senior Ladies article.)
4 Among the many surprises at Saint Paul, Tarah Kayne and Daniel O’Shea landed on top of the pairs podium. The defending champs, Alexa Scimeca and Chris Knierim, ended up with the ___ medal.
5 At the end of this month, the U.S. is host- ing the World Figure Skating Champion- ships for the 13th time. The action will take place in the capital of Massachu- setts. Can you name it?
6 For her free skate music, Polina Edmunds performed to the soundtrack of the 1939 classic film Gone with the ___.
8 Mariah ___ came to Saint Paul minus her two training mates who were nursing in- juries, so she took a rhinestone from each of their costumes and attached them to her short and free skate outfits. That way they were still “together.” (See the Nuggets page for help.)
9 Due to Nathan Chen’s unfortunate, ill-timed injury, Grant Hochstein will be taking his place at Worlds, and ___ Hiwatashi will fill in for him at World Juniors. (See the Juniors article for help.)
11 Maia and Alex Shibutani have finished just behind Madison Chock and Evan Bates for the previous ___ U.S. Champi- onships in a row. This year, they finally ice danced their way to the gold, leaving Madsion and Evan to settle for silver.
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