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LAST WEEK’S RESULTS:
As I predicted, the Carolina Panthers easily won Super Bowl 50 last weekend. Cam Newton threw three touchdowns and rushed for another three as his squad effortlessly rolled the aging Peyton Manning (18 sacks!) and his overrated defense, 42-17.
494 solvers found those cats in last week’s grid, formed by the three-letter answers to the six theme entries, which were all crossword clues:
17-A [Crossword Clue #1] = CHEF’S ITEM = PAN
21-A [Crossword Clue #2] = PICNIC PEST = ANT
31-A [Crossword Clue #3 (you have to insert a blank on this one!)] = TO THE ___ POWER = NTH
44-A [Crossword Clue #4] = NOT MERELY A = THE
56-A [Crossword Clue #5] = THAT WOMAN’S = HER
63-A [Crossword Clue #6] = HOSP. AREAS = ERS
That overlaps to Super Bowl Champs the Carolina PAN/ANT/NTH/THE/HER/ERS if you did your “Pre-Game Stretch.”
mpstable says:
but with 37 down as a nod to the other QB maybe?
(Peyton, like my wife, is a U. of T alum.)
Amy L writes:
So happy to see 32D Italian Sandwich is PANINO and not PANINI.
Prego.
Gwinns points out:
You’re only an ONC away from being able to do the same thing with BRONCOS!
Pete Rimkus is puzzled:
What? My Patriots aren’t in it this year?
Mutman says:
I agree! Final score: 42-17 — you heard it here first. I expect a shout out when I get it correct!
Amazing! Right on the nose.
Thumper advises:
If called, don’t anther
and finally, jeremiahsjohnson asks:
There’s a game this weekend?
This week’s winner, whose name was chosen randomly from the 494 correct entries received, is Gregory C. Meade of Farmingdale, N.Y. In addition to a MGWCC pen, pencil and notepad set, Gregory will also receive a 1-year subscription to MGDX.
AROUND THE CROSSWORD WORLD:
It’s a whirlwind of activity out there in Crossworld…
***Wall Street Journal Contest Crossword by Patrick Berry (deadline: Sunday at midnight ET)
***Wide-open freestyle crossword by Erik Agard (took me 9:16, which you won’t beat)
***Editor Ben Tausig has just made all the 2014 AVCX puzzles available for $8, or all the 2015 puzzles for $10
***Jeff Chen and Jim Horne have opened their ginormous word list (60k+ entries scored by Jeff alone, plus I don’t even know how many more for the NYT puzzles) to Angel-level supporters ($50). To my knowledge, large word lists scored by a top constructor have never been available like this before. Highly intriguing!
And now, on to this week’s challenge…
THIS WEEK’S INSTRUCTIONS:
What is the answer to this puzzle’s riddle?
Solve well, and be not led astray by words intended to deceive.
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