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Crossword No. 543: Lofty Praise by Matt Gaffney
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The Week Contest
This week’s question: Country singer Garth Brooks was
deluged with online vitriol for wearing a jersey with the
name “Sanders” on the back during a concert in Detroit.
The jersey honored former Detroit Lions running back
Barry Sanders, but some fans thought he was showing
support for Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders. If a
country singer were to write a song about Sanders’ now
faltering campaign, what should it be titled?
Last week’s contest: 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.
THE WINNER: Roylex —Mark Youngs, Granada Hills, Calif.
SECOND PLACE: The Windsor Nots
C. Tom Howes, Havertown, Pa.
THIRD PLACE: Re-gal & guy —Laurel Rose, Pittsburgh
For runners-up and complete contest rules, please go to
theweek.com/contest.
How to enter: Submissions should be emailed to contest
@theweek.com. Please include your name, address, and
daytime telephone number for verification; this week,
type “Sanders country” in the subject line. Entries are
due by noon, Eastern Time, Tuesday, March 17. Winners
will appear on the Puzzle Page next issue and at theweek
.com/puzzles on Friday, March 20. In the
case of identical or similar entries, the
first one received gets credit.
ACROSS
1 Improvises with other
musicians
5 President from
Tennessee
9 Highest points
14 Super Tuesday win
for Bernie
15 Stage honor
16 Chapman who sings
“She’s Got Her Ticket”
17 U.K. kickers
18 Travel hither and yon
19 Dangerous element
20 On March 3, Yvonne
Farrell and Shelley
McNamara of Ireland
were announced as
the 2020 winners of
this award, considered
architecture’s highest
honor
23 “Not my error”
24 CPAs interact
with them
25 Refugee’s claim
28 AFP and AP rival
29 Flu-stricken, e.g.
31 Gloved champ
32 Toyo Ito of Japan
received his 2013
award in this Boston
building—which
happens to have been
designed by 1983’s
winner, I.M. Pei
36 Diver’s position
37 Fall short of being
38 Before now
39 “I never thought
of that!”
40 Granny’s boy
41 1989’s winner,
best known for the
Guggenheim in Bilbao,
is the world’s most
famous living architect
43 Total (abbr.)
44 “Average” guys
45 “I’m impressed!”
46 More organized
48 Prior to, to poets
49 Route traveler
52 The first 20-Across
went in 1979 to Philip
Johnson, who was
known for this style
56 Stylish, as an outfit
58 Domain of Gov. Kim
Reynolds
59 Speaker for Jeff Bezos
60 Break down, as a
statement
61 Go around
62 Like wallflowers
63 Phoenix or
Washington, e.g.
64 IDs with two hyphens
65 Nashville attraction
DOWN
1 Checkers captures
2 Brand beloved by
Gen Xers
3 A little too high-energy
4 Not even ajar
5 Piece at a BBQ joint
6 Some orchestra chairs
7 Fabulist
8 Dole’s running mate
in 1996
9 In danger
10 Totally illogical
11 Got a chuckle out of
12 Prefix for Greta
Thunberg
13 Thesaurus entry
(abbr.)
21 “Be quiet!”
22 Suggestive
26 Stomach sore
27 Life cereal enjoyer, in
old ads
28 Bone in a bird’s wing
29 Epic tales
30 Spinach is rich in it
32 Nintendo’s nation
33 Painting holder
34 Isolated from one
another
35 Few in number
36 You, long ago
39 Person who’s just
spotted a celebrity on
the street, maybe
41 Bragg or Benning
42 Bong Joon-ho and
compatriots
44 King’s comedian
47 Trunk
48 Buzz Aldrin’s real first
name
49 Arm muscle, informally
50 Bring (in)
51 Like some barbecue
sauce
53 Airball, e.g.
54 “My bad!”
55 Pixar swimmer
56 Weekend getaway,
often
57 Popular pasta,
for short
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14 15 16
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 64 65
Fill in all the
boxes so that
each row, column,
and outlined
square includes
all the numbers
from 1 through 9.
Difficulty:
medium
Sudoku
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subscription to The Week.
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