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Seven Sages|by Patrick Berry
Each answer in this puzzle is seven
letters long and encircles the
correspondingly numbered space,
reading either clockwise (+)or
counterclockwise (–) as indicated.
The starting point of each answer
is for you to determine. When the
grid is correctly filled in, the letters
in the outermost ring (reading
clockwise from answer 1) will
spell a bit of sage wisdom from
Ashleigh Brilliant.s
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+ 1 Crape ___ (ornamental
shrubs)- 2 Police station paperwork
- 3 Grand ___ (orange-
flavored liqueur)
+4 Province that borders the
Great Lakes- 5 Unknowns in their field
(Hyph.)
+6 Craft used to make
friendship bracelets- 7 Like Fritos, Doritos and
Cheetos
+8 Collapses, as a mineshaft
(2 wds.)+9 Astronomical event of
August 21, 2017+10 Pomade alternative
(2 wds.)+11 Roofing crew’s task
+12 Withdrew from
occupancy- 13 Topical ointment made
by Vicks - 14 Hold sway over
+15 Urban ride-share vehicle
- 16 Inventor of a
seismological scale
+17 White sheet in the water
(2 wds.)+18 Company that has
retired many colors+19 Like Tarantino’s “Kill Bill”
saga (Hyph.)+20 Completely flips out
(3 wds.)+21 Stronghold
- 22 Pastors’ addresses
- 23 Cheap, slender cigars
- 24 Enjoying the most
popularity - 25 Including everything
(2 wds.)
+26 Human beings
- 27 Divine epithet, with “the”
+28 Bare-bones
- 29 Dueling weapons
+30 Racer who wasn’t a
factor (Hyph.)- 31 Subject of a series
of Warhol canvases
(2 wds.)
+32 Makes a mess of
(2 wds.)- 33 Breach of friendly
relations - 34 Writing surface for
ancient Egyptians - 35 Head coverings for
Victorian-era maids - 36 Produce flowers
Across
1 “Dawg!”
4 Stephen
Colbert’s
employer
7 Jars
12 Cedar Rapids
college
15 E.T. policers of
film
18 Continental rival
20 Watchful state
21 E-commerce
giant co-founded
by Jack Ma
23 Yield to
24 Craze
25 Asylum seeker
26 Relish
27 Asks for help on
a particular
matter,inaway
30 Mondale
nickname
31 Like an accurate
soccer shot
33 Attacks with a
dagger
35 “My treat”
38 Criterion: Abbr.
41 With no
discernible delay,
in computer
processing
45 Sullen look
46 Exhortation
during intense
exercise
49 President
Rouhani’s nation
50 Categorize102 Predator in a pod
104 Light sparkling
wine
106 Some owls’
homes
107 Help during a
heist
108 Upstage
111 Shake shop
offering
112 Greet vocally
114 Huevos
rancheros
topping
115 Makes a lot of
headway
117 Big name in
ambient music
118 Letter before
upsilon
119 President who
had no vice
president
120 “Moonbeams”
artist
121 LAX checkers
122 Mo. neighbor
123 Country on the
Med.
124 Showing a ’tude
125 “Science Guy” Bill
126 Site of some
squealing
Down
1 Salt container?
2 Contact solution
brand
3 Casino calculation
4 Bee bunch
5 Hefty thing
6 Where to begin7 Crawford who’s
played for eight
NBA teams
8 Moisturizer
brand
9 Camera
component
10 “Jeopardy!”
contestants, e.g.
11 Bombed badly
12 Tiffany rival
13 Cheer that’s a
homophone of
8-Down
14 Engineer who
built the Statue
of Liberty’s
framework
15 Men of myrrh
and more
16 “Yeah, whatever!”
17 Folksy Joan
19 Completely false,
or what the
letters between
the circles are?
22 Overflowing, or
what the words
in the circles are?
28 Wild party
29 First part of a
ski jump
32 Charitable act
34 DraftKings
competitor
35 Short brew?
36 Qtr. components
37 Do some
cafeteria work
38 Figure in many
a New Yorker
cartoon39 Best ever, in
slang
40 Couturier’s
creations
42 Fury
43 Spoil
44 Low USN rank
47 GIF-sharing
response
48 It might come
straight from the
horse’s mouth
51 Hors d’oeuvres
topping
54 Co. abbr.
56 Contemptible
sort
58 Improvises with
nonsense
syllables
59 Move with ease
60 Clueless
61 Greet silently
62 Much of a
waiter’s income
64 “Haven’t gone to
bed yet”
65 Transitional point
66 Page of “Juno”
67 Perennial battlers
70 Sly’s “Rocky IV”
rival
71 101 course
74 Country on the
Mediterranean
76 Flower cluster
with a flat top
82 Place for a “me
day”
84 Sanskrit for
“abode of snow”
85 Santa ___,
California
86 Stalemates
87 H.S. diploma
alternative
89 Hope was often
part of one
90 Waxy area on a
raptor’s beak
91 Staff member?
92 Language spoken
at some
conventions
93 Ric of the Cars
94 Cuban capital,
to natives
95 Victimize
98 Email program
folder
99 At the bottom of
the standings
100 Off course
103 They rotate on
Broadway
105 Causing goose
bumps
108 Canine command
109 “___ right with
the world”
110 Start of a few
choice words
113 “___ De-Lovely”
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122 123 124 125 12652 Recruits with
cajolery
53 Greasy spoons
55 Fencing sword
57 Aboveboard
58 Belted out
59 “Let’s avoid this,
okay?”
63 Deck (out)
64 Glacial features
68 Texter’s
“Alternatively...”
69 Exception to a
“no pets” policy
72 Start to
commute?
73 “Likewise”
75 One for whom
the play’s the
thing
76 Takeout PC key
combo
77 Waterproofs,
perhaps
78 Subj. for some
immigrants
79 Festoons for
Halloween,
informally
80 “Well, golly!”
81 Spuds
83 Rocker Liz
87 Salad stuff
88 Primates named
after friars
93 “Gimme a break!”
96 Subway posting
97 Radio,
newspapers, etc.
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tomed to insiders
rising to the top,
has instead
tapped outsider
Carol Tomé as
CEO?
A.Union Pacific
B.Navistar
C.UPS
D.FedEx
2.It was a big week for T-Rex
Solutions. Why?
A.It makes teleconferencing
software for higher ed.
B.Its dinosaur DNA analytics
could help fight coronavirus.
C.It won a patent for its arti-
ficial meat technology.
D.It’s a key contractor for the
U.S. Census, which just got un-
derway.
3.Former film producer Harvey
Weinstein, convicted of sex
crimes, was sentenced in New
York—to how many years?
A. 3
B. 13
C. 23
D. 33
4.The Coachella Valley music
festival was postponed. In what
California city was it to occur?
A.Indio
B.Palm Springs
C.Thousand Palms
D.Corona5.Who self-quaran-
tined after shaking
hands with someone
infected by coronavi-
rus?A.Ted Cruz
B.Jean Tarrou
C.Ruth Bader Ginsburg
D.LeBron James6.Elon Musk’s SpaceX is hoping
to tap a $16 billion federal fund
for subsidizing what?A.Extending broadband to ru-
ral areas
B.Establishing a colony on
the moon
C.Capturing solar energy
D.Space tourism7.It turns out you can clean
your iPhone. How?A.Throw it in the washing
machine.
B.Run Halo, an app that de-
letes profanity and porn.
C.Use a disinfecting wipe.
D.Sponge lightly using soap
and water.8.Doping charges were filed
against 27 people in horserac-
ing, including the trainer of
which renowned steed?A.Bamboo Harvester
B.Maximum Security
C.Richard III
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YESMAN LSAT EKES TEENFrom this week’s
Wall Street JournalAnswersare listed below the
crossword solutions at right.
Michelle Obama, “Becoming”—“Women en-
dure entire lifetimes of...indignities in the form
of catcalls, groping, assault, oppression.
These...injure us. They sap our strength.
Some...cuts are so small they’re barely visible.
Others are huge and gaping, leaving scars
that never heal. Either way, they accumulate.”
A. Muses; B. Indira Gandhi; C. Cutlasses;
D. House of Tudor; E. Eleanor Roosevelt;
F. “Laura”; G. Light switch; H. Eucalyptus;
I. Ophelia; J. Bethlehem; K. Agatha Christie;
L. “My Sister Eileen”; M. Afghanistan; N. Bear
hug; O. Effervescent; P. Creeping Jenny; Q. Op
artist; R. Meryl Streep; S. Instruments; T. “Now,
Voyager”; U. Gloria SteinemAcrostic
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