The New York Times Magazine - USA (2022-02-27)

A. Flat-bodied marine specimen such
as an opah

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42 101 129 60 16 113 158 77
B. Dramatically collapse

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161 114 94 73 46 138 178
C. Sound of a hit in Gotham

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91 57 115 135 70
D. Expense for a sci-fi movie’s budget

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74 170 150 131 34 88 49
E. Carrier in the legal profession

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97 110 51 157 69 144 171 5 32
F. Systems that require training

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96 4 167 133 47 20 117 151
G. Pair of socks (hyph.)

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84 165 98 22 3 147

H. Bon mot

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

29 146 2 83 164 105 43 126 58

I. People who haven’t a chance of

winning (hyph.)

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

168 37 63 134 80 95 24 112

J. Parking place near a strip

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

18 175 86 56 72 132

K. Topless at the lunch table? (hyph.)

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

66 119 30 156 41 169 6 143 87

L. Words of woeful wondering (3 wds.)

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108 12 128 68 35 160 89 176

M. Verb in a model-building kit

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155 55 33 121 172 17

N. Titular urging in a Porter musical

(2 wds.)

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136 54 75 21 163 111

O. Not of high character

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

26 166 45 124 102 142 8

P. Moving and bending with supple

ease

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116 1 100 71 19

Q. Bawdy language or behavior

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

127 78 50 27 148 64 107 159

R. Encryption “machine” of W.W. II

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

137 44 15 61 162 179

S. Deny any responsibility for

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

67 93 39 9 130 149 174

T. Where we may observe our place in

the universe

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65 38 152 79 23 106 173 10 123

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92 53

U. Apollo 13 mate of Haise and Swigert

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

7 36 122 109 141 81

V. Depiction on the flag of Alaska

(2 wds.)

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

125 31 177 13 52 85 103 140 153

W. Trial for you and your buds (2 wds.)

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

14 118 48 62 104 145 90 28 76

X. The solar system’s farthest-flung

neighborhood (2 wds.)

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25 59 120 11 139 99 40 82 154

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22 G 23 T 24 I 25 X 26 O 27 Q 28 W 29 H 30 K 31 V 32 E 33 M 34 D 35 L 36 U 37 I 38 T 39 S 40 X 41 K 42 A 43 H 44 R

45 O 46 B 47 F 48 W 49 D 50 Q 51 E 52 V 53 T 54 N 55 M 56 J 57 C 58 H 59 X 60 A 61 R 62 W 63 I 64 Q 65 T 66 K 67 S

68 L 69 E 70 C 71 P 72 J 73 B 74 D 75 N 76 W 77 A 78 Q 79 T 80 I 81 U 82 X 83 H 84 G 85 V 86 J 87 K 88 D

89 L 90 W 91 C 92 T 93 S 94 B 95 I 96 F 97 E 98 G 99 X 100 P 101 A 102 O 103 V 104 W 105 H 106 T 107 Q 108 L 109 U 110 E 111 N

112 I 113 A 114 B 115 C 116 P 117 F 118 W 119 K 120 X 121 M 122 U 123 T 124 O 125 V 126 H 127 Q 128 L 129 A 130 S 131 D 132 J 133 F 134 I

135 C 136 N 137 R 138 B 139 X 140 V 141 U 142 O 143 K 144 E 145 W 146 H 147 G 148 Q 149 S 150 D 151 F 152 T 153 V 154 X 155 M 156 K 157 E 158 A

159 Q 160 L 161 B 162 R 163 N 164 H 165 G 166 O 167 F 168 I 169 K 170 D 171 E 172 M 173 T 174 S 175 J 176 L 177 V 178 B 179 R

Guess the words defined below
and write them over their numbered
dashes. Then transfer each letter to
the correspondingly numbered square
in the pattern. Black squares indicate
word endings. The filled pattern will
contain a quotation reading from left to
right. The first letters of the guessed
words will form an acrostic giving the
author’s name and the title of the work.

ACROSTIC

By Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon

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SPELLING BEE

By Frank Longo

How many common words of 5 or more letters can

you spell using the letters in the hive? Every answer

must use the center letter at least once. Letters may

be reused in a word. At least one word will use all 7

letters. Proper names and hyphenated words are not

allowed. Score 1 point for each answer, and 3 points

for a word that uses all 7 letters.

Rating: 6 = good; 12 = excellent; 18 = genius

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Our list of words, worth 22 points, appears with last week’s answers.

CRAZY EIGHTS

By Patrick Berry

NORINORI

By Prasanna Seshadri

Shade certain cells so that every outlined region has

exactly two shaded cells. Every shaded cell must share

an edge with exactly one other shaded cell, like a

domino. Dominoes cannot touch, except at their corners.

Ex.

Fill the empty spaces to form eight-letter words reading

Across and Down.

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