LAST WEEK’S RESULTS:
We were looking for a sport last week — or places where you can engage in that sport, as it turned out. Each of the five theme entries concealed a famous ski resort:
LINDA VOSS = Davos, Switzerland
DIANA SPENCER = Aspen, Colorado
DEVIL’S TOWER = Stowe, Vermont
BUT TO NO AVAIL = Vail, Colorado
SPINAL TAP = Alta, Utah
So the sport you’ll see in Sochi must be SKIING, found by 563 solvers. Anything with “ski” in it was accepted as correct (“Skiing,” “Alpine skiing,” “Downhill skiing,” etc.).
Norm Hurlbut writes:
You are obviously a trail blaZER, MATT.
And Jon Delfin got SKIING:
… though first seeing Dick BUTTON’s name appear at 56a had me thinking otherwise for a moment.
This week’s winner, whose name was chosen randomly from the 563 correct entries received, is Dan White of Manhattan Beach, Calif. In addition to a MGWCC pen, pencil and notepad set, Dan will also receive a subscription to Peter Gordon’s forthcoming Fireball Newsweekly Crosswords. Only 2 days left to participate in this and its Kickstarter could use a little love, so consider joining at the link.
SPECIAL PRIZE THIS WEEK AND NEXT:
In addition to a MGWCC pen, pencil and notepad set, winners this week and next will also receive a copy of Patrick Blindauer‘s upcoming puzzle suite, “XWord University.” It’s $15 for the suite (with $30 and $50 options as well), which will be in the area of a dozen puzzles, college-themed, and drop sometime in March. Highly recommended without having seen it yet.
THIS WEEK’S INSTRUCTIONS:
This week’s answer is a familiar American actress. [UPDATE, 1/17, 12:25 PM ET: The last word of the clue at 18-d should be “Rifle,” not “rights.” Just a mistake and has nothing to do with the meta.]Submit your answer in the form on the left sidebar by Tuesday at noon ET. Note: the submissions form disappears from the site promptly at noon on Tuesday.
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Solve well, and be not led astray by words intended to deceive.