THE REC ROOM Crossword
“NO AND IN SIGHT”
By Brendan Emmett Quigley
Pearl’s Puzzle
Difficulty Level
★★
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Fill in every row, column, and 3x3 box with each of the letters exactly once.
S P U D
F O R T E
The highlighted letters read left to right and top to bottom will complete the quote:
“Irish people marry late, as a rule. We have that potato-famine DNA from the old country, that mentality where you don’t give birth to anything until you have the potatoes all _____ it.” —Rob Sheffield, Love Is a Mix Tape
ANSWER TO LAST WEEK'S PUZZLES
ACROSS 1. Job for a nearly retired Ranger, maybe 6. Ninny 10. Pulls back 14. Land ruled by Pontius Pilate 15. Creole veggie 16. “Minari” star ___ S. Kim 17. Very tiny candy? 19. Large Asian desert 20. Stinky 21. Easy-to-swallow pill 23. Hurt boxer’s cry? 26. Ex follower 27. Like many a charitable race 28. Butcher’s tool 30. Turkish cream 31. Third number in the Fibonacci sequence 34. “Boy howdy!” 35. Scrunch up a necklace? 37. Crime scene investigators: Abbr. 38. “Hot Buttered Soul” soul man 39. Imperfections airbrushed from yearbook photos 40. Noise that ensures a vault is secure? 42. “___ Don’t Lose That Number” 43. Hilton Hotels subsidiary 44. Programmer’s creation 45. Sprang (up), as tears 46. Brings home, as some cash crops 48. Launch, as a softball question 49. It might be named after a political happening 50. Handouts at some 27-Acrosses 52. Place to debate 54. Saint-Exupéry Airport city 55. Do some polling on candidates least likely to win? 60. Masterwork 61. A pop 62. Show advertiser 63. Left on the map 64. Some breads 65. Like dive bars
DOWN 1. Record players 2. “What’s that?” 3. [Points to self, raises hand] “Me!” 4. Foam toy company 5. ___ drug 6. “Station to Station” singer 7. Approved 8. It’s mined, all mined 9. Young women who pick things up around home? 10. USA symbol 11. NFL linesman’s job? 12. Cake with rum and currants 13. Make delicate cuts 18. It borders Hades 22. Med mission 23. Surrounded by 24. You might get one with embarrassment or from a sunburn 25. Skip meals and have a bad attitude about it? 27. Sent in, as one’s taxes 29. Zap in defense 30. Actress KiKi of “Coming 2 America” 32. Flirt 33. Upstate New York people 35. Modem units 36. Hard rain 38. Baller 41. “Leave me alone!” 42. Snubs 45. Toil at it 47. Young’s accounting partner 48. Scottish bodies of water 50. Taking one’s time 51. PR goal 52. Look directly at 53. Fitbit measurement 56. Light beam 57. Here’s looking at you, kid 58. Did a tour? 59. Towel off
“March isn’t the only thing that’s in like a lion and out like a lamb.” —Mae West
27 VOLUME 25 ISSUE 10 / MARCH 11, 2021 / THE SOURCE WEEKLY
©2021 Brendan Emmett Quigley (www.brendanemmettquigley.com)
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