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By Dave Green G E O R G E E N R Y N I T S Z E E S 19 20 23 26 28 34 35 40 45 49 4 7 30 36 37 52 55 56 1 2 1 4 3 5 6 3 7 2 3 9 33 2 6 4 Difficulty Level 9 10/17 SUDOKU is a number-placing puzzle based on a 9x9 grid with several given numbers. The object is to place the numbers 1 to 9 in the empty squares so that each row, each column and each 3x3 box contains the same number only once. King Features 43 48 53 57 61 66 32 38 47 60 31 42 51 69 71 29 41 50 59 3 22 46 54 58 13 25 27 44 12 16 21 24 39 11 62 67 63 64 68 70 72 73 PUZZLE BY EMILY CARROLL 24 Quick smoke? 25 Simple step 26 Use goo-goo eyes and make small talk, say 27 Neighbor of the gallbladder 29 One crying “Uncle!,” maybe 31 Converse 32 Get out of bed 33 Admit to office, with “in” 35 Halloween decoration letters 37 Actor Mineo 41 What soda and snack machines do 42 Start of a fight 45 Mail man? 48 N.C.A.A. hoops powerhouse 50 Has on 52 Campus extension? 55 Be crazy about 57 Jill ___, winning 2019 Women’s World Cup coach 58 Overlook 59 Creative influence 60 Goddess depicted with horns 61 NASA’s ___ Research Center 63 Nintendo rival 64 Brag 66 Opposite of closeted 68 Sophocles’ “___ to Man” Online subscriptions: Today’s puzzle 7,000 For answers, call 1-900-285-5656, $1.20 and per more minute; than or, with credit past card, 1-800- 814-5554. just wait for next week’s TODAY.) puzzles, (Or, nytimes.com/crosswords ($39.95 a year). Read about comment on each Crosswords puzzle: nytimes.com/wordplay. Share tips: and nytimes.com/puzzleforum. for young solvers: nytimes.com/ learning/xwords. FRESHMAN LEVEL 1. Which famous American singer married country singer Tim McGraw in 1996? 2. What character sang “It’s Not Easy Bein’ Green”? 3. “Thank Heaven for Little Girls” is from which 1958 film? GRADUATE LEVEL 4. Who was nicknamed “Lady Day”? 5. Who composed “Der Ring des Nibelungen”? 6. In “The Music Man,” how many trombones led the big parade? Last Week’s Answers: PH.D. LEVEL 7. What is the term for the words of an opera? 8. What concert took place on Saturday, July 13, 1985? 9. The modern pedal harp (concert harp) typically has how many strings? ANSWERS: 1. Faith Hill. 2. Kermit the Frog. 3. “Gigi.” 4. Billie Holiday. 5. Richard Wagner. 6. 76. 7. Libretto. 8. Live Aid. 9. 47. 20 • oregoncoastTODAY.com • facebook.com/oregoncoasttoday • September 13, 2019 10/17 A S N E A R 18 10 7 3 1 4 2 9 5 6 8 Take this Super Quiz to a Ph.D. Score 1 point for each correct answer on the Freshman Level, 2 points on the Graduate Level and 3 points on the Ph.D. Level. Subject: MUSIC (e.g., What nationality was Mozart? Answer: Austrian.) B U S T L E 17 9 2019 Conceptis Puzzles, Dist. by King Features Syndicate, Inc. SUPER QUIZ C A S U L A R E T 15 8 6 9 2 5 7 8 3 4 1 S O R H P A E S E C C E N E A T F E T I N X F R E C E L E T O D E N T E R H C O O E D E S B E N I N R A T O O S A B 14 65 DOWN 1 Dirty Harry’s grp. 2 It flows past Memphis 3 Locale for much of the world’s oil shipping 4 Responds to on WhatsApp, say 5 Proceeded heavily and awkwardly 6 Elbow room 7 Hardly Michelin- star fare 8 Order in target practice 9 Brew 10 Pirate’s prop 11 Up for it 12 Latin catchall 13 Certain skirt 16 Employee incentives 21 2019 Women’s World Cup winner 7 4 5 8 1 3 6 2 9 7 O C H S 6 9 1 5 6 4 7 8 3 2 S E A W G E K E N S O T T E D T C S H E O O R E N E S A E R A M E R C N T E D E S D 5 2 4 3 8 5 1 6 7 9 E V E N I F L I T E F R M E F E U R E N L M V E A R N E 4 8 6 7 2 9 3 1 5 4 T E R E S A A N A L 3 3 2 4 7 1 5 9 8 6 H A R E 2 5 7 6 9 8 2 4 1 3 C R E D 1 1 8 9 3 6 4 7 2 5 ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE 56 Oscar winner for “Shakespeare in Love” 58 Often-abbreviated outburst 61 “Should ___ acquaintance …” 62 Something to hold money in 65 Grow quickly 67 More relaxed 69 “For real?” 70 Shade on the visible spectrum 71 Versatile offensive football positions, for short 72 Hardens 73 Vacillate wildly 2 6 4 9 4 8 Difficulty Level 30 What a shift shifts 1 Extremely slow 34 Stick around speed 36 Apple platform 7 Have a sudden inspiration? 38 Word with cap or crab 11 Sign of spring 39 E.R. inserts 14 Finalize, as plans 40 Seedy hangout 15 Scholarly sorts … or a hint to finishing four 17 Blood component Across answers 18 1971 title role for in this puzzle Charlton Heston, 43 When “Roseanne” with “the” aired for most of 19 Cotillion V.I.P. its original run: Abbr. 20 Victoria’s Secret spec 44 What junkyards do 22 Hebrew song whose title 46 Something means “My God! a push-up My God!” strengthens, for short 23 They’re served 47 Mrs. John Quincy with spoon Adams straws 49 Conveys 25 Outdoor section of a zoo 51 Born, in Bordeaux 26 Pizazz 53 Beneath: Ger. 28 “Look to the ___, 54 Device that runs thou sluggard” (Proverbs 6:6) 36-Across ACROSS No. 0822 2019 Conceptis Puzzles, Dist. by King Features Syndicate, Inc. Edited by Will Shortz C rossword