Answers to the crossword
puzzle and word find appear
on page 72. Puzzles by Joel Kaplow
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4 U.S. men’s champ Jason Brown’s free skate music for this season is “The Scent of Love” from the movie The ___, which also just happens to be an instrument he plays.
5 A ___ is a turn going either forward to backward, or backward to forward, from one foot to the other, with each edge forming part of the same curve.
8 At the Kids’ Choice Sports Awards in July, U.S. ladies champ Ashley Wagner was nominated for the “___ Moves” award. Unfortunately, she lost to a basketball player! (Hint: See the arti- cle in this issue.)
11 The third leg of the ISU Grand Prix competition, the ___ of China, hap- pens next month in Beijing.
12 Fifth in the Grand Prix Series is the Rostelecom Cup, taking place in November in Moscow, ___.
14 The site for Skate ___, the second installment of the Grand Prix, is Leth- bridge, Alberta, from Oct. 30 to Nov. 1.
15 Ashley Wagner grabbed the ladies gold medal at the 2012, 2013 and 2015 U.S. Championships. Who snuck in and got the gold in 2014? (2 wds.)
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1 Synchronized skating is rapidly grow- ing in popularity. One change you may have noticed lately is that more and more ___ are participating. There is no rule against it, and they just
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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!
ASHLEY WAGNER CAMEL SPIN CUP OF CHINA DEATH SPIRAL GRAND PRIX FINAL
52 OCTOBER 2015
JASON BROWN READERS CHOICE SKATE AMERICA SOAKERS VOCAL MUSIC
need a somewhat different costume.
2 SKATING magazine readers have vot- ed. The Readers’ ___ Award will be presented to pairs skaters Alexa Sci- meca and Chris Knierim at the U.S. Championships in January.
3 Skate America took place last month in Milwaukee, ___. (Hint: The state license plate says “America’s Dairy- land.”)
6 ___ Paulsen of Norway came up with this jump that bears his name. It takes off from a forward outside edge, and is landed on the back outside edge of the opposite foot.
7 During her skating career, Michelle Kwan won dozens of gold medals at major national and international competitions. The only big one that’s not in her collection is an ___ gold.
9 The sixth and last event leading up to the Grand Prix Final is November’s NHK ___, in Nagano, Japan.
10 The fourth installment of the Grand Prix Series is Trophée Eric Bompard next month in Bordeaux, ___.
11 This spin is done on one leg, with the free leg extending backward with the knee at or above hip level. It has the same name as a “humpy” zoo critter. What is it?
13 There are ___ Junior Grand Prix events leading up to the Final, which will take place in December.
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