DECEMBER 7, 2017 // 17
THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE CROSSWORD
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SHELL GAME
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By David Steinberg / Puzzles Edited by Will Shortz
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Answers on Page 20
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Browns
Four-hit achievement, in baseball lingo
Mil. posts
System used at Gallaudet Univ.
The U.S., in Mexico
Milo of “Romeo and Juliet,” 1968
Hawaii’s ____ Day
Low
“Et tu?” and others
Lotion ingredients
Suburb of Chicago
Joyful internet cry
Bubbly mixer
Popeye’s boy
Harassed, in a sense
Cartoon seller of Squishees
Pyrex glass marking
Jackson 5 member
Philip who wrote “Portnoy’s Complaint”
Cain and Abel’s younger brother
Word before questions or advice
Do sales work, informally
A part of
Band with the 1989 platinum debut
album “Junta”
Darryl, in the comic “Baby Blues”
Accomplishing
Poke around
The “K” in Kmart
Places for plugs
Plastic-dispenser producer
The clue for 128-Down, if this shell game
weren’t a scam
Hardly guzzle
Group of pros
“Rights of Man” author, 1791
Early Cuzco dweller
Series of mistakes?
Vacation spot
Inside-dope source
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Prefix with business
Chilled
With 13-Down, herbal brew
Cartoon seller of Duff Beer
The clue for 127-Across, if this shell
game weren’t a scam
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91 All together
93 Shapes of some Halloween cookies
94 Country united in 1990
96 Soft-drink options
98 A peeling place?
100 Westernmost of the ABC Islands
103 “Bug”
105 Hosp. worker
107 Prefix with caching
109 2.5, for the set
{1, 2, 3, 4}
112 Classic sculpture
114 Novel narrated by a soon-to-be
mutineer
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121 When some bars close
122 Edict
124 End in ____
125 Style influenced by Cubism
127 Like hand motions during a shell game
129 Professional group with a van
131 Month of l’année
132 Singer Reed
133 Four-time World Series-winning
manager
134 In the near future
135 Superfund org.
136 Something to build on
137 Looks fabulous, in slang
138 Pincher
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Commercial St., Astoria, 503-325-5922.
The Columbia River Symphony in con-
junction with Warrenton High/Middle
school choirs celebrates the holidays
with symphonic and choral music.
Triple Edge
7:30 p.m., American Legion, 1315 Broad-
way, Seaside, 503-738-5111, no cover,
21+. A classic rock cover band, Triple
Edge plays rock-n-roll at its finest.
Wizards of Winter
7:30 p.m., Columbia Theatre, 1231
Vandercook Way, Longview, Wash.,
360-575-8499, $15 to $35. “Tales
Beneath a Northern Star” is a holiday
rock opera featuring former members
of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra and rock
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England and Spain fought one in 1588
Smirnoff Ice, e.g.
Lacking polish
Push
Verbal stumbles
Walks or runs, for short
Work together
Fashion inits.
Elected
Degree of freedom
Lightens
Like hounds and most bunny rabbits
See 83-Across
Guru, maybe
“Pretty cool, huh?”
Johannesburg neighborhood much in
the news during apartheid
Underground locale
Give a ring while on the road?
Tizzy
Typical Vanidades reader
How many TV shows are shown
Port. is part of it
One caring for a bebé
Classical poem
Email openers
Egghead?
Deceitful sort
Grp. with lots of pointers
Like the verbs “eat” and “drink”: Abbr.
Bobcat relative
Fund-raising org.
Fair
Warm up for a bout, say
Bug
Ages and ages
With politesse
They’re symbolized by slashes
Minecraft or StarCraft
Fantasy novel hero who rides the dragon
industry veterans from Rainbow and
Alice Cooper to Ted Nugent.
DJ Joey Altruda
8 p.m., KALA, 1017 Marine Drive, Astoria,
503-338-4878, $5. The Later Show is an
after Astoria art walk party featuring DJ
Joey Altruda spinning a mix of genres
from rockabilly and Americana to jazz,
reggae and soul.
FM
9 p.m., San Dune Pub, 127 Laneda Ave.,
Manzanita, 503-368-5080, 21+. FM is a
classic rock cover band playing the best
from Supertramp, Queen and Yes to
Jackson Browne, Steely Dan and Gary
Wright.
Silver Lake 66
9 p.m., Adrift Hotel, 409 Sid Snyder Drive,
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88 “Let’s do this thing!”
89 Amt. of seasoning
92 Loch on the border of the Highlands
95 Worn-down pencil
97 Say quickly
99 One way to run
101 Greyhound offering
102 Most visibly frightened
103 Develop a limp
104 Hybrid music genre of the 2010s
106 Houston-to-Dallas dir.
107 Desert, in a way
A Journey Holiday
2 p.m., Raymond Theatre, 323 Third St.,
Raymond, Wash., 360-875-5123. Sunday
Afternoon Live presents harpist Bronn
Journey and vocalist Katherine Journey
performing a special holiday concert;
advanced tickets $20, at the door $25.
Skadi Freyer
6:30 p.m., Bridgewater Bistro, 20 Basin
St., Astoria, 503-325-6777, no cover.
Skadi Freyer plays jazz compositions on
piano.
Silver Lake 66
9 p.m., Adrift Hotel, 409 Sid Snyder Drive,
Long Beach, Wash., 360-642-2311, no
cover. Americana duo Maria Francis
and Jeff Overbo offers duet harmonies
steeped in classic country, rock and
blues.
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Saphira
Capital 175 miles east of Venice, Italy
Lottery winner’s cry
Record again
Dernier ____
Philosophy- class suffix
Marc of fashion
Follows a pattern?
Much-covered 1955 Bo Diddley hit
Juice
Verb often said three times in a row
It’s cut and dried
All right
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North Coast Chorale
2 p.m., Performing Arts Center, 588 16th
St., Astoria, $10. North Coast Chorale
performs its winter concert “Mysteries of
the Stars” with poetry by Karin Temple.
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John Orr
11:30 a.m., Bridgewater Bistro, 20 Basin
St., Astoria, 503-325-6777, no cover.
Guitarist John Orr plays southern blues,
jazz and folk music featuring Peter
Hinsbeek.
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City west of Binghamton
Pulitzer-winning novelist Jennifer
Total jerks
Group with two Top 10 rock operas
Runs to
They have
long necks and round bodies
Bear’s advice
Bearlike creature in sci-fi
Oil crisis?
Murmur
Cook in oil
Only three-letter scale note
Monday, Dec. 11
Burgers & Jam
6:30 p.m., American Legion, 1216 Hemlock
St., Cannon Beach, 503-436-2973. The le-
gion offers good burgers and good music.
McDougall
7 p.m., Adrift Hotel, 409 Sid Snyder Drive,
Long Beach, Wash., 360-642-2311, no
cover. McDougall plays folk, Americana
and old-time country.
QHOIR
7 p.m., Liberty Theatre, 1203 Commercial St.,
Astoria, 503-325-5922, $10. Come see a hi-
larious holiday concert with Julia Child and
the LGBTQ Qhoir; proceeds benefit both
Lower Columbia LGBTQ Center and Qhoir.
For more music events, check out
CoastWeekend.com