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Crossword No. 542: East Coasters by Matt Gaffney
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The Week Contest
This week’s question: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle
have reluctantly agreed to drop their plan to market the
“Sussex Royal” brand after the queen forbade them from
using the word “royal.” Please come up with a snappy
new brand name that the couple could use to exploit
their ex-royal status.
Last week’s contest: Astrophysicists are trying to identify
the source of mysterious radio signals that are being
emitted at regular intervals from a galaxy 500 million
light-years away. Please come up with the important
message that an alien civilization far, far away might be
trying to send us.
THE WINNER: AMAZING Opportunity! Send Username and
Password NOW! —Norm Carrier, Flat Rock, N.C.
SECOND PLACE: Oops, did I click “reply all”?
Max Goldstein, Weston, Fla.
THIRD PLACE: Hawking was right. See you soon.
Jason Feltner, Cheyenne, Wyo.
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ACROSS
1 This Is 40 director
Apatow
5 Losing Brexit side
11 Potential maple syrup
14 Indoor Summer
Olympics event
15 Racetrack bet
16 Face on fivers
17 Iconic singer who
appears in the new
documentary Jimmy
Carter Rock & Roll
President
19 Super-fun, as a party
20 A.C. or D.C., for some
people
21 Nick of Affliction
23 Group of tools
24 Like some
horoscopes
26 She’s paid her dues
30 Had as a goal
33 Curvy figures
34 Comes to rest
35 Phrase of acceptance
36 Embarrassing info
37 Each of the first
names in the four
theme entries will
be an Atlantic one of
these in 2020
38 Loud buzzers
39 “The list goes on
and on”
40 Seals the fate of
41 Instruments for
Yo-Yo Ma
42 Neighbors of Thais
44 Spoil
45 Like going all in on a
bluff
46 “ favor” (Peruvian
“please”)
47 Person easily used
49 Putting up posts
54 Massage
55 2019 Emmy nominee
for Ozark
58 Wong or Wentworth
59 Like Liechtenstein
60 Singing Sandler
61 Man on Chinese
money
62 Chuck in the air
63 Preschoolers, e.g.
DOWN
1 Movie knight
2 At the time of
3 Business with slicers
4 Shoulder muscle
5 Make as good
as new
6 Rank above all others
7 It’s about half of
Earth’s size
8 Do something
9 “Who am judge?”
10 Diaper changers, often
11 Oscar-winning actress
in the new AMC series
Dispatches From
Elsewhere
12 Somewhat
13 Mayor (2020
candidate, casually)
18 Worried utterance
22 Time-tested
24 Some expensive
jackets
25 Watch options
26 Runway strutter
27 Title role for Madonna
28 U.S. senator who
recently took flak for
recording a selfie
video while driving
29 Order with strips
30 Molecule parts
31 Wide receiver
Beckham Jr.
32 Funny O’Donnell
34 Unemotional
37 Enjoy the tub
38 Nightmare’s setting
40 Put in a showcase
41 Welsh (adorable
dog)
43 Cook using Apples
44 Igloo product
46 Where points lie, in
geometry
47 Make up for not
studying
48 Molokai movements
49 Naval prison
50 Mini flyer
51 -European
52 “That’s an impressive
trick!”
53 Spots for squats
56 Part of IPA
57 Kick things notch
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17 18 19
20 21 22
23 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
WThe winner gets a one-year
subscription to The Week.
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