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PUZZLE BY BRUCE HAIGHT AND PETER A. COLLINS
26 Sch. whose
initials are
the reverse of
32-Down
28 Reason for corp.
damage control
29 Seafood staple of
New England
32 Sch. whose
initials are
the reverse of
26-Down
34 Squelch
35 Nutritionist’s
recommendation
36 Something
indispensable
37 Traps
38 “I mean ... I
guess”
39 Son of Zeus
40 Coral or
aquamarine
44 Maintained
45 College in New
Rochelle, N.Y.
47 Container near a
cash register
48 Temporarily
suspended
49 Traditional
gift for a 30th
anniversary
51 Argus-eyed
55 Ticket part
57 Parisian pal
58 Male swan
59 The Buckeyes of
the Big Ten, in
brief
60 ___ Long, Union
general at the
Battle of Selma
61 Jungfrau, for
one
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FRESHMAN LEVEL
1. Zero points is called “love” and one point is
called “15.”
2. Players hit a shuttlecock across a net.
3. It is also known as Ping-Pong.
GRADUATE LEVEL
4. It is played in a four-walled court with a small,
hollow rubber ball, and points can be won
regardless of who is serving.
5. Players use solid paddles to hit a ball similar
to a Wiffl e ball over a net.
6. It is played on a handball court with short-
handled rackets and a hollow rubber ball.
Last Week’s Answers:
PH.D. LEVEL
7. People of this country often refer to Matkot
as their national beach sport.
8. This Basque or Spanish game is played in a
court with a ball and a wickerwork racket.
9. This game combines elements of tennis and
volleyball and is played on a beach.
ANSWERS: 1. Tennis. 2. Badminton. 3. Table tennis. 4. Squash. 5. Pickleball. 6. Racquetball. 7. Israel. 8. Pelota. 9. Beach tennis.
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2 points on the Graduate Level and 3 points on
the Ph.D. Level.
Subject: RACKET SPORTS
Identify the racket sport. (e.g., This sport is
derived from tennis and is often called “paddle.”
Answer: Platform tennis.)
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1 Baseball statistic
2 One who might
say “Thank God
it’s Friday”?
3 Actress Betty of
old Hollywood
4 Custardy dessert
5 Subdivision
subdivision
6 Bird: Sp.
7 Turn malicious
8 Forever,
poetically
9 Vasco da Gama’s
homeland: Abbr.
10 Dickens clerk
11 Advertising icon
with horns
12 Market woe
13 Luau entree
14 Loan fig.
16 Giving off
19 Garden store
equipment
24 Where Jesus
turned water into
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56 Musical artist
behind the
“War Is Over!
(If You Want It)”
campaign
57 #1 of 24
58 “Would you mind
getting that
officer out of
bed?”
62 Strain, as a
muscle
63 For the most part
64 Closest friend
65 “Jeepers!”
66 Intersection
intersectors:
Abbr.
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28 Ones playing
things low-key?
1 “___ so!”
(German “I see!”) 30 Big box co.
31 “That’s out of the
4 With 22-Across,
question”
common lapel
attachments for
33 ___ Diggory,
presidents
student at
Hogwarts
8 Banned
36 “Just a reminder:
supplement
the golf course
15 One and only
is reserved
for the guys
17 Simple skating
tomorrow,” e.g.?
jump
40 Overly fixated
18 Australian’s
(on)
caution against
entering a
41 Chip away at
battlefield?
42 ___ Arizona
20 Sean of “Stranger 43 Inveighed
Things”
46 Sporty car
21 Clause connector
option
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Italian
mount
22 See 4-Across
52 Lady ___,
23 Blow one’s horn
powerhouse
24 French city that
in college
was an objective
basketball
for recapture on
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Air
freshener
D-Day
scent
25 Some famous
54 Frans ___, “The
last words
Merry Drinker”
painter
27 On the way
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