FEBRUARY 23, 2017 // 27
THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE CROSSWORD
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By Bruce Haight / Puzzles Edited by Will Shortz
Answers on Page 28
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Bloblike “Star Wars” character
Give over
Great shakes?
Low rolls
Auto feature
Julia of Hollywood
Ham-handed
Enthralled
Office for decoding messages?
The average size of its stores is 300,000
square feet
Had more than an inkling
“Rats!”
Bringing to mind
“Indubitably!”
Anxious condition, briefly
What one might sit in at a Cheech &
Chong movie?
“Puppy Love” singer, 1960
Election Day affirmation
Oomph
Hauled (away)
WikiLeaks associates
Inspiration
Herder’s mantra?
Virtual dog or cat, maybe
Glaciate
Fake news site, with “The”
Sign on a jar at a bar
Mass. neighbor
In a pretentious manner
Series opener
Fall behind
Quality-control problem at Oscar Mayer?
Title of a book about Southern Recon-
struction?
Nav. rank
Word before or after nothing
Doohickeys
Sword handle
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70 Sauce
71 Nickname for a Miami 12-time N.B.A.
All-Star
72 Goddess usually pictured with a helmet
75 Two sights in a yacht’s galley?
79 Prey for a heron or garter snake
80 French pilgrimage site
81 Stranger
82 Off-road transport, informally
83 ____ Johnson, a.k.a. The Rock
85 Sound heard by an exam proctor, say
86 Helpful things for killing time nowa-
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92 Number of French kings named Charles
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96 Prefix with therapy
98 Draw
99 “Sign me up!”
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106 Book of ____ (ancient Jewish text)
107 “Who ____?”
108 Kind of pad
109 Past partners
110 1988 Olympics site
111 Studied
112 Ancient manuscript
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Of poor quality, in modern slang
Set apart
College in Lewiston, Me.
Steep
Big movie-theater chain
Miniature lobster lookalikes
Every
They may be put up before a fight
President-____
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Burma’s first prime minister
Warm welcome at Waikiki
Exams for some H.S. students
Singer/guitarist ____ Ray Vaughan
Early wheels
Rousing
Unsolved crime
Theater backdrop
Clamor
Onetime MGM rival
Trite
Coming up
Canon rival
Hardly ____
Fishing vessel
In the neighborhood
Changing room?
Go-betweens
Fine-tuning
Acrobatic
Be overly sweet
Hip-hop’s ____ Def
Cubbyhole
Performing beneath one’s usual level
Late times, in ads
Bigger than big
The Bee Gees, for much of their
career
Ancient market
Ruth’s 2,214
Circular things that arrive in square
boxes
Lumberjacks
Narcotic
One carrying a torch?
Ending with poly-
Valhalla V.I.P.
Certain vacuum tube
“Actually, come to think of it …”
Egg on
Hiking group, with “the”?
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74 Motor oil brand
75 “The Lord of the Rings” actor Billy
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80 The inside track
83 Narc’s org.
84 Arroyos
87 Spanish kids
88 Cold War flier
89 Glow in the dark?
90 “Say cheese!”
92 Dressed to the nines, with “up”
93 Goddess of peace
94 Canon rival
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Learn how to prune fruit trees, berries Preview award-winning festival wines
Master gardeners
hold workshop
on Saturday
ILWACO, Wash. — Learn
the secrets of pruning. On
Saturday, Feb. 25, Pacific
County master gardeners
will sponsor their first
2017 workshop, Backyard
Pruning for Fruit Trees and
Berries, at the Columbia
Pacific Heritage Museum in
Ilwaco.
Pruning is vital to plant
health and reinvigorates
plants. Now is the time to
effectively prune ahead of
spring.
At this workshop, taking
place from 10 to 11:30 a.m.,
participants will learn to
prune effectively and safely.
Attendees should dress
for the weather. After the
workshop, join master
gardeners as they practice
pruning outdoors in the mu-
seum’s native plant Discov-
ery Garden, located behind
the museum’s parking lot.
The museum is located on
115 SE Lake St.
The Washington State
University Extension
Service’s Master Gardeners
of Pacific County continue
their fifth year of sponsor-
ing a series of gardening
workshops in conjunction
with the Columbia Pacific
Heritage Museum.
The intent of this joint
venture is to renovate and
maintain a Pacific County
master gardener garden at
the museum.
For more information,
contact Elena Righettini at
mrighettini@yahoo.com
ASTORIA — Each year,
approximately 40 Oregon
winemakers enter their
wines in the Crab, Seafood
& Wine Festival wine com-
petition, the results of which
are highly anticipated.
If you can’t wait for the
April festival to find out
who the winners are, then
you should attend UnWined,
an Astoria-Warrenton Area
Chamber of Commerce
event that lets guests sip and
savor award-winning wines
immediately following the
wine competition.
UnWined takes place
5:30 to 8 p.m. March 4 in
the Paulson Pavilion and
McTavish Room, located up-
stairs in the Liberty Theater,
at 1203 Commercial St.
At UnWined, guests get
the chance to mingle with
the wine judges to learn
more about Oregon wine.
Guests can sample wines
and delicious appetizers
while listening to live music
by violinist Rory Holbrook.
Best of Show for red and
white wines will be an-
nounced, and attendees will
be encouraged to cast their
vote for the People’s Choice
Award.
Tickets are on sale for
$35 and include a com-
memorative glass, 10 wine
tastes and catered appetizers.
This is a 21-and-old event.
Purchase tickets online at
oldoregon.com or at the
chamber of commerce of-
fice, 111 W. Marine Drive.
Contact Event Coordi-
nator Kelsey Balensifer at
kelsey@oldoregon.com or
503-325-6311 if you’d like
to volunteer at the event.