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In some squares of the grid, Across

and Down answers will not match;

in fact, a total of five different

letters will fall into each of those

squares. These five letters can be

arranged to form a word. Simply

draw this word in each affected

square; when you’re done, the

central Across entry will show you

(unless your eyes have glazed

over) how many items are in the

set, including its own contribution.

Across

1 Mean, heartless bowler’s

capacity? (6)

6 Get back on tour men

rearranged (7)

9 Hebrew priest turned to

poet (5)

10 One gain in standard

baseball dugout supply

(4,3)

11 Wavered after the start

changed (7)

12 Overact scene’s last bit (5)

14 To stop in like flatterers (7)

15 Split stick (6)

17 Ruby flipped about beer

merchant (6)

18 Harry drinks fifth of booze

(5)

22 True interpretation,

something leaving an

impression (5)

24 X, a New Testament letter?

(6)

28 Worship one of the French

after hours (7)

29 Small vehicle traveling to

Auburn (8)

31 Land back in Canaries (4)

32 Caught in showers, alien

doesn’t give up (7)

33 Learned tire due for

changing? (7)

34 Sand pile sheltering cold

jackass (5)

35 Keep first of animals in pen

(4)

36 In decay, deuterons

deteriorate (3,2,4)

Down

1 Tally of people touched an

alien (4,5)

2 A Fifties auto having the

French safety signal (3,5)

3 Sink with no ring supporter

(6)

4 Purer IV fluid going against

the flow (7)

5 Tricky play otherwise

unadorned (3,6)

6 Thin and frail, like Midas

losing face? (5)

7 Stray unarmed bum (7)

8 German city doctor needs

shot (7)

13 Pointed article inside gym

sneaker (6)

14 Get sudden rant set

straight (10)

16 Auditor’s weird market

(6)

19 Term Scene Ten “muddled”

(8)

20 Spring sign limits (10)

21 Old fences English school

blew up (9)

23 Mister Sack brought back

trash (6)

25 Cuckoo nested tight (6)

26 University railroad in solid

circle (8)

27 Exchange blue and yellow

(5)

30 Crazy about running race

props (6)

Across

1 Facebook’s

proposed

cryptocurrency

6 Tooth trouble

10 Inconsiderate

fellow

13 Pound pick

17 Dulling drug

19 Inconsiderate

fellow

20 Fall off

21 Singer from

County Donegal

22 Cheesy line from

Tony’s wife on

“The Sopranos”?

24 God with a bow

25 Weightlifter’s

prides

26 Peculiar

27 Grunts of pain

28 Queenly

trappings

30 Pointer

31 Smarted

33 Description of a

Canadian clod

pushing a

stroller?

35 Kriegsmarine

vessel

37 Comfy places to

sit

39 Brews often

mixed with honey

40 Insignia

indication

41 Subject of

reminiscence

42 Counterparts of

cones

89 Gps. moms and

dads get involved

with

90 Bay Area

research sch.

91 Easy bucket

92 Turquoise kin

94 Share quarters

97 Cousin in a 1992

film

98 Bookkeeping for

the smartest 2%?

102 Bellini pieces

104 Villainous count

in the Lemony

Snicket books

105 It may be

retrograde or

anterograde

106 Senses of

grandiosity

107 Number of weeks

per annum

110 Brawny rival

111 Language of

New Mexico

112 Plan to fix an

infestation of

cobras?

115 Target d’un coup

116 Entertainer’s

milestone

117 Sharp flavor

118 Rummy cocktail

119 Indicator that a

sentence is too

wordy, perhaps

120 Tigers, on

scoreboards

121 Identifiers broken

into three parts

122 Forgo frugality

Down

1 Crackers

2 Checkout device

at some stores

3 Result of

tweeting

4 Crash into

5 Gave the

waitstaff work

6 Rudimentary

stuff

7 Murmur sweet

nothings

8 Nightmarish

genre

9 Chemistry

Nobelist

Rutherford

10 “Cheers”

barmaid

11 Chooses as a

successor

12 Writer

imprisoned for

cruelty and

debauchery

13 Biblical

embodiment

of longevity

14 Strip, as a ship

15 Making a bow

16 Delectable

18 Musk of SpaceX

20 Irritates

23 Kabul crowds

29 First major

league player to

have his number

retired

32 They accept

bets

33 Can’t bear

34 Farmer

Hoggett’s prize

pig

35 Link that can’t

have any spaces

36 Ovine utterance

38 Ballpark fig.

41 Ballpark figures

43 Symbolize

45 Peak of power

46 Menu choice

47 Holt of NBC

News

49 Raid target

50 Expose to

intense heat

51 “This guy gets

it!”

52 Got over

56 “Green Book”

Oscar winner

58 High-tech auto

option

59 Meredith of NBC

News

60 Hosts often

make them

61 Unable to look

away

62 “I’ve been

wondering...”

63 Best Buy buys

64 Inquisitive sort

67 It may be

positive or

negative

68 Best in class

71 Tries something

risky

74 Google’s cloud

gaming service

77 Layers of rocks?

78 Way you

probably don’t

want to be held

80 Out on the ocean

82 Most frilly

83 Meat

applications

84 H.S. dept.

85 Is behind

86 Bed-and-

breakfast

87 Astronomer’s

study

89 Peacock’s pride

93 Cooled down

95 Some get-rich-

quick schemes

96 Poses for

meditators

97 Peak offerings

98 Brought to tears

99 Select group

100 Fleet-based

101 Arrogant sort

103 Wander

106 Tests that may

find arrhythmia

108 Positive thinker’s

motto

109 “Just messing

with you!”

113 “Raggedy” doll

114 Pointer

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moon chariot

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maybe

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THE JOURNAL WEEKEND PUZZLESedited byMIKE SHENK

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NEWS QUIZ DANIEL AKST From this week’s
Wall Street Journal

Answersto News Quiz 1.B, 2.A, 3.A, 4.C, 5.C, 6.C, 7.B, 8.C

1.Famed quarter-
back Tom Brady
left the New Eng-
land Patriots.
Where is he
headed?

A.The New York
Giants

B.The Tampa Bay
Buccaneers

C.The Tennessee Titans

D.The Montreal Alouettes

2.Marie Newman beat eight-
term Rep. Dan Lipinski in the Illi-
nois primary—in which heavily
Democratic district?

A.The 3rd, near Chicago

B.The 12th, in the southwest

C.The 15th, in the southeast

D.The 17th, in the northeast

3.Who was the first member of
Congress to test positive for
Covid-19?

A.Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart

B.Rep. Ben McAdams

C.Sen. Lisa Murkowski

D.Sen. Joe Cantwell

4.Many people rely on brine and
beet juice—for what?

A.Warding off coronavirus

B.A popular cocktail called a
Red Herring

C.A smelly but effective road
deicer

D.All of the above

5.What’s the coming thing in

men’s suits this spring?

A.Matching N95 masks


B.Sensors that trigger a

warning when someone comes

within six feet


C.Brilliant hues like tomato-

sauce red


D.A return to pleated pants

6.Russia’s top court lifted a hur-

dle to Vladimir Putin’s remaining

in power until 2036, setting him

up to become Russia’s longest

serving modern ruler. Who has

the title now?

A.Nikita Khrushchev


B.Leonid Brezhnev


C.Joseph Stalin


D.Msistlav Rostropovich

7.Israel’s president asked opposi-

tion leader Benny Gantz to form

a government after another in-

conclusive election. What else

did he ask?

A.That Gantz and Prime Min-

ister Benjamin Netanyahu resort

to rock, paper, scissors


B.That the two form a unity

government


C.That both remain open to

teaming with Arab parties


D.That Mr. Netanyahu resign

8.Deutsche Bank said that the

coronavirus could slash second

quarter eurozone GDP—by how

much, on an annualized basis?

A.4%


B.14%


C.24%


D.54%

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