Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 2, 2020, Winnipeg, Manitoba <s> C MIYK PAGE Z10 B 10 DIVERSIONS SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2020 • WINNIPEGFREEPRESS.COM Manitoba Crossword BY ADRIAN POWELL ANSWERS ON PAGE B11 ACROSS I Easily pulled off 7 Be all leers? II "Spare" body part 14 Laundry employee 15 Big pack of paper 16 18th century Tokyo 17 Gungan general of "Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace" 19 Where the cons are 20 "Hedda Gabler" playwright Henrik 21 "Permit Me Voyage" poet James 22 Waiter's accessory 23 Guinness and Waugh 24 E-W map line, briefly 25 Pierre, to Pierre 26 After costs, in Essex 27 She played Sharon in 1991's "The Rapture" 31 "No seats left," in brief 33 Like most Manitoba lakes in winter 34 Pitching stat. 37 Goddess of daybreak 39 Where to sweat it out? 40 Pink Floyd signed with this label in '67 41 Hanging Gardens of Babylon features 44 ND's state tree 46 Haute couture icon with her own perfume 48 Ends' partner 52 Three year old, maybe 53 Shakespearean curse 54 Become limp 55 Put on a long face 57 Faddish skin care additive 58 Piano exercise 59 His "4" was retired in '79 60 Actress crowned Miss Hungary in '36 62 100 Romanian bani 63 Adolescent's bane 64 Part of Manhattan 6 5 Angeles 66 Tarts' relatives 67 Take stock of DOWN 1 Native of Suva 2 Agriculturally viable 3 Foundation garment of yore 4 Gives a shot to 5 Inclines 6 Play a wrong note 7 Creation gotten from a folder? 8 David Suzuki studied it 9 Manitoba or Michigan 10 Chummy couple? 11 Temporary pardon 12 Sneaking suspicion 13 Skeletal 18 Indonesian tourist magnet 22 "Take-out" words 25 Like mediaeval church music 27 Sponge off others 28 Rebuff 29 Dream phase, briefly 30 _ Lanka 32 Flinch, say 34 And more in the same vein 35 “_ Speedwagon” 36 Fourth-brightest star in the sky 38 Vancouver harbour craft 42 Turnip, for one 43 Naps 45 Weapons used in the trenches 47 Zsa Zsa's octet 49 Like the names in this puzzle, in a way 50 Mauritius avians, once 51 Large types of whales 54 Cezanne contemporary 55 Straw vote 56 Chocolate chip rival 57 Agaric spores 60 Use a ray gun 61 "So, that's it!" 111 12 13 e l 19 55 56 59 62 65 The New York Times Crossword Puzzle EDITED BY WILL SHORTZ ACROSS 1 Where hands go in the Time Warp dance 5 Baker's units: Abbr. 9 Bronze Age chronicle 14 Number of sides on a PARE road sign 15 Springs for vacation trips 16 Character in "Monsters, Inc." 17 Myanmar neighbor 18 Was completely satisfying 20 Forewarned 22 Former Soviet naval base 23 Letters that often precede a Ph.D. 24 Like some humor 25 Tiny amounts 26 More than just in 28 Finds a way 31 Doe, perhaps 32 Went too 34 Some framing supplies 35 Like some fruits and ice sheets 36 Censure of a senator 37 Old sports cars named for a fish 39 One of the five rivers of 56-Across 40 Involves 41 They can get you into the Taj Mahal 42 Form of relief 43 Coach 44 Vets, e.g.: Abbr. 45 User of the "I Ching" 48 Liquidity concern 50 Less efficient washers 52 Like triple fudge brownies 53 Outdo 54 Last word in the first verse of "Old Mother Hubbard" 55 "Put Your Head on My Shoulder" singer, 1959 56 See 39-Across 57 Help in a small way? 58 Try DOWN 1 Things seen that aren't there 2 "You and me both" 3 Gave much less than 100% 4 Nothing to write home about 5 No-no at a fancy restaurant 6 Menu caution 7 Fancy spread 8 Historic barrier breaker, for short 9 Ingredient in a John Daly cocktail 10 Worries around the clock, perhaps 11 Bratlings 12 Baking entrepreneur Wally 1 3 plan 19 Like a binge watcher, say 21 Uncommon notes 25 Roald Dahl title character 27 Is thick 28 St. College (school name in Indiana, Maryland and California) 29 Incomplete part of a contract 30 Not neat 32 Fill for a grill 33 Juicy news alert 35 Annexed land of 2014 38 Speeds through the Downs, say 39 Verdant 41 Autumn shade 43 They're raised on farms 45 Texting alternative? 46 Woman's name that becomes another woman's name if you switch the first and third letters 47 Mirrored 48 Firm leaders, for short 49 Rush home? 51 Body builder? 14 TT 20" 23" 26" 31 34 37 27 45 46 47 50 53 U 56 For answers, call: 1-900-285-5656, $1.49 a minute; or, with a credit card, 1-800-814-5550. 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KENÜKEN THE LOGIC PUZZLE THAT MAKES YOU SMARTER. 1- 2- 2 t 6X 6 4- 4- 4- 4- 1 7+ 3 1- 2-r 10+ 2-r 4- 1 7+ 6 i 8 □ NT a. 5 q ii ■o £ £ 2 S I RULES ©2020 KenKen Puzzle, LLC www.kenken.com Each row and each column must contain the ^ numbers 1 through 6 without repeating. q The numbers within the heavily outlined boxes, called cages, must combine using the given operation (in any order) to produce the target numbers in the top-left corners. q Freebies: Fill in single-box cages with the number in the top-left corner. HI DATO' Find the path - Solve the puzzle Complete the grid so that numbers 1-144 connect horizontally, vertically or diagonally: 110 133 120 117 109 108 104 99 135 123 P 96 136 □ 88 101 9 8 140 141 87 11 3 86 92 14 6 40 80 19 36 52 78 75 22 20 18 37 42 49 74 23 34 48 64 71 30 32 44 61 67 26 28 58 59 62 69 www.hidato.com Jazz It Up! Rearrange the words below to complete the quotes. (1 BEST IMPROVISE JAZZ LIFE LIKE LOT WHEN " is a - it's vou — George Gershwin (1898-1937) U.S. composer and musician 42 COULD FOUND KNEW MISTAKES SOMETHING WAS WHEN "It was I out I make that I I on to — Ornette Coleman (1930-) U.S. musician SCRABBLE* GRAMS Double Word Score 3rd Letter Triple Hasbro and its logo, SCRABBLE®, associated logo, the design of the distinctive SCRABBLE brand game board, and the distinctive letter tile designs are trademarks of Hasbro in the United States and Canada. ©2020 Hasbro. All rights reserved. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC. □□□□□□□ Q7] 0 0 @ @ Q Q □□□□□□□ 0 @ @ @ @ in □□□□□□□ □□□□□□□ PAR SCORE 155-165 BEST SCORE 228 FOUR RACK TOTAL TIME LIMIT: 20 MIN DIRECTIONS: Make a 2- to 7-letter word from the letters in each row. Add points of each word, using scoring directions at right. Finally, 7-letter words get 50-point bonus. "Blanks" used as any letter have no point value. All the words are in the Official SCRABBLE® Players Dictionary, 5th Edition. For more information on tournaments and clubs, email NASPA-North American SCRABBLE PlayersAssociationinfo@scrabbleplayers.org.Visitourwebsite-www.scrabbleplayers.org. For puzzle inquiries contact scrgrams@gmail.com ■e- B_10_Feb-02-20_FP_01.indd B10 2/1/20 8:25 PM ;