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GAMES
FRIDAY'S SOLUTIONACROSS
1 Through the efforts of
9 Crystals used for dishes
14 Sputnik launch time
16 Meter reading
17 Didn't rely just on
memory
18 Tearful
19 Pooch in panels
20 Not comprehending at all
21 Track speedster beginning
in 2000
22 Unburdened
23 Of the seafloor
25 Underworld goddess
26 Tough to resolve
28 It's a real stretch
29 Drift
30 Gorges (on)
33 One making a good
impression?
34 Unlike seawater
37 Piece keeper?
39 "Rocky IV" villain ___
Drago
40 It may have clawed feet
42 Soon to be up
43 "Do they not ___ that
devise evil?": Proverbs
14:22
44 Minute
48 Municipal reg.
49 Bows out
52 Cast
53 Went with
55 Bit of ing�niosit�
56 Moravian capital
57 Lacked
58 Get some quick lodging
60 Sen. Bayh's senior
counterpart
61 Guard against drifting
62 Passing lines?
63 Rat out
DOWN
1 Brief weather
phenomenon?
2 Hip-hop top
3 Bypasses
4 Brand that
may be worn with a
2-Down
5 The New Yorker writer
Auletta
6 Pirated
7 County in Idaho, Montana
or Wyoming
8 Matricidal figure of myth
9 Cause of a rash
response?
10 Natl. athletics supporter
11 Offered a way out
12 What pupils are
separated by
13 Klaxon-sounding
occasion
15 Like
23 Invitation notation
24 Keypad's function
27 Editorial feature
29 Literally, "my master"
31 He said "If Attila the Hun
were alive today, he'd be a
drama critic"
32 Fusty greeting
34 Double-decker?
35 Remake
36 Bit of trickery on the
schedule
38 Lumps
41 Fishing weapon
45 It's definitely a reserved
seat
46 BP competitor
47 Tower of London figures
49 Second shot
50 Piazza de Ferrari setting
51 Wrapper stat.
54 It might result in a run
56 Belgian balladeer
59 Tailward
Puzzle by Chuck Deodene/Edited by Will Shortz
No. 1017
Complete the grid
so that every row
column and box
contains 1-9
Complete the grid
so that every row
column and box
contains 1-9
Q: My husband and I are having an ongoing
discussion about a quote from President
John F. Kennedy. My husband claims JFK
said "There were never more brains in the
White House than when Ben Franklin dined
alone." I say JFK. was referring to Thomas
Jefferson. Can you please clear this up for
us? -- J.M., Holbrook, Mass.
A: During a dinner honoring Nobel prize
winners of the Western hemisphere on
April 29, 1962, President Kennedy made
the following remarks: "I think this is the
most extraordinary collection of talent,
of human knowledge, that has ever been
gathered at the White House -- with
the possible exception of when Thomas
Jefferson dined alone." I hope you had
a nice dinner riding on the outcome of
this.
Q: What was the name given to gladiators
who carried a net and trident? -- V.L.,
Plainview, Texas
A: A retiarius (plural retiarii; literally
meaning "net-man" or "net-fighter").
Along with the net and trident, the
retiarius usually carried a dagger. He
wore little armor, maybe an arm and
shoulder guard. Usually, the retiarius
fought a heavily armed secutor. While
the net-fighter lacked protective gear, he
had speed and agility in his favor.
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