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Crossword No. 537: Lone Dissenter by Matt Gaffney
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The Week Contest
This week’s question: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle
have arrived in Canada, where they hope to start a new
life after quitting Britain’s royal family. If an author were
to write a book explaining the daily challenges the couple
will face without servants or royal funding, what could it
be called?
Last week’s contest: A 100-year-old giant tortoise named
Diego is being allowed to retire from a captive-breeding
program in the Galápagos after helping to save his
endangered species by fathering more than 800 offspring
over four decades. If a movie studio were to make a rom-
com about Diego’s passion-filled life story, what should
the film be titled?
THE WINNER: “The Tortoise and the Harem”
Jon Braunersreuther, Tomball, Texas
SECOND PLACE: “Shellraiser”
Steven David Martin, Healdsburg, Calif.
THIRD PLACE: “When Diego Met Sally, and Maria, and
Sandra, and...” —Joe Valetti, San Leandro, Calif.
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ACROSS gets credit.
1 Last name of two
Chicago mayors
6 Boring
10 Chris Hemsworth role
14 Valentine’s Day candy
phrase
15 Painful block to
walk on
16 Musical McEntire
17 Yankee great elected
to the Hall of Fame
last month on a
396-1 vote
19 Part of, as a plan
20 Beasts of burden
21 Big-eared animal
22 Flew among the
clouds
24 Places for pints
26 In recent times
27 Scary snakes
30 Picks up
33 Steaming mad
34 Corden or Harden
35 “First off...”
36 Takes a load off
37 On a 1994
International Whaling
Commission proposal
to restrict whaling near
Antarctica, this country
was the dissenter in a
23-1 vote
38 Unexpected problem
39 Neighbor of Jor.
40 Beach hills
41 Diameter halves
42 Show with Mandy
Moore
44 Fragrant trees
45 Expels from office
46 Street shout
47 Upstate New York
prison
49 Organ wired for sound
50 Classify
54 Emerge victorious
over
55 Lisa Donahue became
the first woman to win
this reality show in
2002, taking the final
vote 9-1
58 String on a skate
59 Revered one
60 Somewhat, casually
61 Pros in a vehicle with
sirens
62 Lug (around)
63 Journalist’s feat
DOWN
1 One-named “Thank
You” singer
2 Recent TV host of Ken,
James, and Brad
3 Draw in
4 50-50 chances
5 Laughter syllable
6 Consecrate
7 Calls for a net judge
8 Period
9 Roy Rogers et al.
10 Court events
11 His character was
the lone dissenter in
the 11-1 jury vote in
12 Angry Men
12 Orchestra member
13 First name in the
Senate
18 Peanut butter holders
23 Needs to pay
25 “ we there yet?”
26 “Cut it out!” in
Cuernavaca
27 Drop in on
28 Like Liam Neeson
29 Russ Feingold was the
“nay” vote when the
Senate approved this
2001 legislation 98-1
30 “Not all heroes wear
”
31 Broadcasting
32 Pal of Kathie Lee
and Kelly
34 God for whom a
month is named
37 Very slightly
38 Cruel
40 Golf equipment,
sometimes
41 Latin for “king”
43 Big hotel rooms
44 Good surname for an
Uber driver
46 Ikea buy
47 Having the required
skills
48 Squad
49 Four-award
achievement
51 “Say it isn’t so!”
52 Give another go
53 Catch
56 Promise made with
rings
57 Green-lights
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24 25 26
27 28 29 30 31 32
33 34 35
36 37 38
39 40 41
42 43 44
45 46
47 48 49 50 51 52 53
54 55 56 57
58 59 60
61 62 63
Fill in all the
boxes so that
each row, column,
and outlined
square includes
all the numbers
from 1 through 9.
Difficulty:
hard
Sudoku
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