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By Timothy Polin
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Fails to
Kind of developer
Conservative portfolio asset, for short
Convinced
Worthless
Now hear this!
Obsolescent players
Put a stop to?
[Circled letter]-consuming activity
“That’s great!”
Strain to avoid?
Stinky
Underlying cosmic principle
Ones getting all the breaks
Sports implement often made from
[circled letters]
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108 Betray surprise
109 Be behind
110 Evergreen State airport
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119 Not so awkward
120 Hair
121 Certain navel
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North American flycatcher
“S.N.L.” alum Cheri
Unloading zone
Happy hour habitué
Jack ____
Guerrilla leader in “For Whom the Bell
Tolls”
Constellation near Scorpius
Low-____
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Fool
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Garlicky spread
Wouldn’t shut up
“Geez!”
Epitome of simplicity
Condition contributed to by a lack of
[circled letters]
Rider of the horse Tornado
Outdo
Turns into confetti
Seaman’s chapel
Ingredients in some London pies
Top story
Things bouncers are supposed to catch
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Denouement
“A.S.A.P.!”
Beowulf or Gilgamesh
Jewelry-store gadget
Watch, as a criminals’ hiding spot
Do a wine steward’s job
Waffle brand
She, in Salerno
Incense
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State confidently
Mire
Minute ____
Dispatched, as a dragon
Foreign capital whose name sounds like
a water passage to San Francisco
He married Daisy Mae in 1952
Homes on the range
Lad
Ride hard
Who wrote, “I exist, that is all, and I find
it nauseating”
Branded footwear with open backs
“Everything’s fine”
Think piece?
Capital of Togo
Fabled [circled letters]-hiding trickster
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Exhibits one of the seven deadly sins
Modern acronym for “Seize the day!”
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Poverty, e.g.
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Puzzles Edited by Will Shortz
ACROSS
Big hits
Something repeatedly hit with a thumb
Flat bread
Zeitgeist
Recurring theme in Philip K. Dick novels
Cousin of a mandrill
[Circled letters]-filled contraption
Cry for more
Affirm one’s humanity?
Tangible
Swell
Capote, informally
World landmark built with [circled
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Being repaired, as a car
Spots
It’s hard to bear
Halfhearted, as support
Can’t wait to find out, in a way
[Circled letters]-based drugs
Check out
Unvarnished
Great confusion
Sea serpent of old cartoons
Citrus hybrid
Bomb developed in the 1950s
College party epicenter, often
Homeland of Spartacus
[Circled letters]-advertised establishment
“What did I tell you?”
Berried conifer
Existentialist Kierkegaard
Language heard along the Mekong
Banana-liqueur cocktail
Poorly
Letter on a dreidel
Picture displayed on a [circled letters]
surface
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Certain platonic friend
Shock, in a way
Yogurt-based Indian drink
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Brand with classic “But wait, there’s
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Itinerary abbr.
“Now I’ve got it!”
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Sing along to ‘Mamma Mia’ movie Sou’Wester Lodge hosts readings, music
ASTORIA — “Dancing
Queen,” “Mamma Mia,”
“Knowing Me, Knowing
You” and “Take a Chance on
Me” are just a few of ABBA’s
hit songs from the 2008
British-American-Swedish
romantic musical comedy
“Mamma Mia,” adapted from
the 1999 Broadway musical
of the same name.
The movie stars Meryl
Streep and Colin Firth and
will be shown as a preview
event leading up to the 2017
Astoria Scandinavian Mid-
summer Festival.
The movie screening will
take place from 3 to 5 p.m.
Saturday, March 11 at the
Columbian Theater, located
at 1114 Marine Drive. Doors
open at 2:30 p.m.
Audience members will
be encouraged to sing along
to ABBA’s greatest hit songs
during the screening.
The event is sponsored by
the Scandinavian Midsummer
Festival Association in honor
of and in preparation for the
50th anniversary Scandina-
vian Midsummer Festival to
be held at the Clatsop County
Fairgrounds June 16, 17 and
18, when ARRIVAL, Cana-
da’s ABBA tribute band, will
perform.
There are 250 seats avail-
able for the “Mamma Mia”
singalong on a first-come,
first-served basis. The balcony
will be open for adults only.
Tickets are $5, and 1980s
costumes are encouraged.
More information is avail-
able on the festival website at
www.astoriascanfest.com
Portland writers
to share stories
of relationships,
impermanence
SEAVIEW, Wash. — The
Sou’Wester Lodge will host
an evening of live music and
Portland author readings from 7
to 10 p.m. Saturday, March 11.
Music will be performed
by Portland bands The Morals
and Jessica Dennison + Jones.
The Morals, featuring
author Casey Jarman, plays
campfire indie rock. Jessica
Dennison and Jessica Jones are
a pair of Portland musicians
who play indie pop songs
with influences of country and
classic pop.
The evening’s readings will
focus on stories of relation-
ships and aloneness, imper-
manence, and the search for
peace.
Presenters include Mar-
tha Grover, author of the
memoir “The End of My
Career” and a 2017 finalist
for an Oregon Book Award
in creative nonfiction; Casey
Jarman, musician and author
of “Death: An Oral History”;
Lizzy Acker, reporter for The
Oregonian and past web editor
at Willamette Week; and poet
Hajara Quinn, author of the
chapbook “Unnaysayer” and
managing and assistant editor
for Octopus Books.
The event is free and open
to the public. The Sou’wester
is located at 3728 J Place. For
more information, call 360-
642-2542.