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Crossword No. 517: Lost and Found by Matt Gaffney
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The Week Contest
This week’s question: A 65-year-old Chinese man was
hospitalized with a collapsed lung following a marathon
karaoke session in which he emphatically hit some very
high notes. Please come up with a medical term to
describe a karaoke-induced injury.
Last week’s contest: Procter & Gamble has blamed
extravagantly bearded Millennials for an $8 billion write-
down of its struggling Gillette shaving brand. In seven
words or fewer, please come up with an advertising slo-
gan that Gillette might use to encourage hirsute dudes to
shave off their facial hair.
THE WINNER: Because it wasn’t hairy who met Sally
Robyn Kupferman, Culver City, Calif.
SECOND PLACE: From hair to maturity
John Blumenthal, Rye, N.Y.
THIRD PLACE: Your choice: The fox, or the hair?
Dick Gaskill, Los Gatos, Calif.
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In the case of identical or similar entries,
the first one received gets credit.
ACROSS
1 Falls back
5 Found plausible, as an
excuse
11 Runner’s identification
14 Aquatic bird
15 Fencing sword
16 Beto wants to run it
17 Words a baby often
hears
19 Bear’s home
20 Final letter
21 In a state of
puzzlement
23 Triage performer, for
short
27 The French rejection?
28 Lose tautness
31 Features of many
English Gothic
buildings
36 Black bird
38 “You leave choice”
39 /
40 Tortilla’s cousin
41 Regarding
43 Idina voiced her in
Frozen
44 Like Kelly McGillis’
character in Witness
46 Sport played on a
mixture of sand
and clay
47 Poetry event
48 Potential sea of
troubles
51 Watch
52 “Nicely played!”
53 Picky (tough
person to cook for)
55 They may catch pols
making gaffes
59 Evenings, in
entertainment ads
63 “Finally got it!”
64 Phrase on Wild West
posters
68 Tease
69 Wish you could be
more like
70 Daring Knievel
71 Advisable actions
72 Smithers on The
Simpsons, et al.
73 Explorer looking for
a “Lost City of Gold”
in a movie released
earlier this month; you
can find her in the four
theme entries
DOWN
1 Rebounding sound
2 Sudden increase in
economic activity
3 He defeated Holyfield
to become world
champion
4 Thespian’s milieu
5 Address for a guy
6 Item for the crew team
7 creek (in trouble)
8 Barry, Andy, or Robin
9 State capital founded
during a gold rush
10 Aftershocks
11 Chums
12 “Interesting...”
13 Chumbawamba,
Kajagoogoo, or
Jamiroquai, for
example
18 Item tossed in a pub
22 Some godfathers
24 Russia’s parliament
25 City on the Black Sea
26 Mix up
28 Cancel, as plans
29 It floats in a restaurant
30 Was admitted
32 Tireless cleaner
33 Berry of John Wick:
Chapter 3
34 Piece with a thesis
35 Wag a finger at
37 One of Athena’s
attributes
42 Cheer
45 Time to celebrate
49 Subside
50 Leather-clad TV
character
54 Stirred up
55 Trick y
56 Louisville’s river
57 Keep on (monitor)
58 ___ Club
60 Record for another
time
61 At any time
62 Actress Ward of
CSI: NY
65 Lower, like lights
66 Rock to be smelted
67 Stimpy’s cartoon pal
1234 5678910 111213
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 66 67
68 69 70
71 72 73
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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subscription to The Week.
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