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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 31, 2020, Winnipeg, Manitoba C M Y K PAGE Z15 How to play Fill in the grid so that each row of nine squares, each column of nine and each section of nine (three squares by three) contains the numbers 1 through 9 in any order. There is only one solution to each puzzle. RATING: MEDIUM ACROSS 1 Burro's kin 4 "What are you ___?" 8 Some lethal slitherers 12 Interstate sign letters 13 Assassinated 15 Patient's record 16 Plays the sommelier, in quite a calming way? 19 Ear decorations 20 Impression left by an ox cart 21 Start of a LD call 22 Completely opposed 23 Something all around you 24 On the level 25 Studies the playbook, then manhandles it carelessly? 29 Khan opener? 30 "Is," to Ovid 31 Mesozoic, for one 32 What Harry and Meghan no longer are 35 Ugly as ___ 37 Like an assertive personality 41 Andy Capp utterance 43 Eva, to Zsa Zsa 45 Where MDs and RNs may work 46 Rains cats and dogs, so you get a highball anyway? 52 Small tidbit of news 53 In-house computer system 54 Mashie, e.g. 55 Short change, slangily 56 Lyme disease carrier 57 Zoo security features 59 Hesitates, then empties the bottle? 64 Prevent, in law 65 Lug about 66 River, to Raoul 67 It's not optional 68 Auto pioneer Ransom E. ___ 69 Gather intelligence DOWN 1 Electric guitar adjunct 2 Rejuvenating resorts 3 Quarantined 4 Inured 5 Like b or d, phonetically 6 Laotian's language group 7 This can be fracked 8 Exclamation of insight 9 Zen enlightenment 10 Union contract, slangily? 11 Sesame, for one 14 Water wheel used in ancient Persia 15 1/20 ton, for short 17 Tries to get a tan 18 Placid kind of shark 23 Skilled craftperson 24 Accessory to hold while waiting 25 Just short of a birdie 26 In the past 27 Dollar sign essential 28 Flat-screen ancestor, for short 33 "Excuse me, sir" equivalent 34 Fleur de ___ 36 Common soccer score 38 Helpful hints 39 Big, white-tailed Euro-flier 40 Way to get answers 42 San. Fran. setting 44 Dropped down a size 46 Perpetually dirty kid in "Peanuts" 47 Worthless 48 Public stature 49 Filled tortillas 50 Loses rigidity 51 Wander here and there 56 About 5 ml. 58 Sound of scissors 60 "Maggie May" singer Stewart 61 "P" on fraternity row 62 Whole shebang 63 Frisbee, for one 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 ! Each row and each column must contain the numbers 1 through 6 without repeating. ! 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. ! Freebies: Fill in single-box cages with the number in the top-left corner. 6- 3- 20 Ke nK en � is a re gi st er ed tr ad em ar k of K en Ke n Pu zz le L LC . �2 02 0 Ke nK en P uz zle L LC . Al l r ig ht s re se rv ed . D ist . b y An dr ew s M cM ee l S yn di ca tio n w ww .k en ke n. co m Manitoba Crossword BY ADRIAN POWELL ACROSS 1 From the beginning, on scores 7 F-14 fighter jet 13 Stumper? 14 Relief pitcher of old 15 Creep 16 Shell pieces 17 Service that's out of this world? 19 Coast Guard rank: Abbr. 20 One may be packed for a trip to the mountains 21 Silver, for one 22 Fly catcher 23 Tiniest amount 25 Text massage 26 Cooler 27 Gained 28 Sharp, as criticism 29 "Army" leader of old 32 "Mamma Mia!" and "Jersey Boys," for two 35 Spotify's most-streamed artist of the 2010s 36 In the cards 37 Start of an exchange 38 ___ loss 39 Setting for many a season of "Survivor" 40 Mottled 41 Really sinks in 43 Dealer's request 44 Bit of A/V equipment 45 Org. that awards the Energy Star label 46 Parenting term popularized by Amy Chua in a 2011 nonfiction best seller 50 Model company 52 Last month 53 One sometimes working on a shoulder 54 Erasmus of Formia, by another name 55 Hot 56 Kind of bear DOWN 1 Simple pencil-and-paper game 2 Met demand, maybe 3 Big-pocketed character on an old show 4 Swear 5 Combines 6 City whose name means "eagle" in Russian 7 Attorney's favorite dessert? 8 Common name among Norwegian royals 9 Concierge handout 10 Regional specialty of southern Ohio 11 Highly skilled 12 Letter-shaped opening 14 Speaker of the #1 quote on A.F.I.'s list of the 100 greatest movie quotes 16 Flight simulator? 18 What one might be represented by 22 Chi-Town exchange 23 Christian bracelet letters 24 Time of day 25 Prefix with friendly 26 Red stamp word 28 Help to hold up, say 30 Nastase of tennis 31 Begun: Abbr. 33 Stretches (out) 34 Spot 40 Like dates that lack a heart 41 Spinoff groups 42 Split up 43 Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Conrad 44 Very, musically 46 Evidence that's hard to refute 47 Strong-smelling secretion 48 Anarchist/political activist Goldman 49 Swindle 51 Unit in chemistry: Abbr. The New York Times Crossword Puzzle 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 For answers, call: 1-900-285-5656, $1.49 a minute; or, with a credit card, 1-800-814-5550. Annual subscriptions are available for the best of Sunday crosswords from the last 50 years: 1-888-7-ACROSS. Online subscriptions: Today's puzzle and more than 4,000 past puzzles, nytimes.com/crosswords ($39.95 a year). Share tips: nytimes.com/puzzleforum. Crosswords for young solvers: nytimes.com/learning/ xwords. EDITED BY WILL SHORTZ Rearrange the words below to complete the quotes. 1 2 Leadership Skills FOLLOWERS FUNCTION LEADERSHIP MORE PREMISE PRODUCE START "I _______ with the _______ that the __________ of __________ is to _______ ____ leaders, not more __________." - Ralph Nader (1934-) U.S. lawyer and politician ABILITY BEFORE EMERGENCY ONE PROBLEM RECOGNIZE TESTS "____ of the _______ of leadership is the _______ to __________ a _______ _______ it becomes an __________." - Arnold Glasow (1905-1998) U.S. businessman ANSWERS ON PAGE A16 BY ADRIAN POWELL SUDOKU SUNDAY, MAY 31, 2020 ? WINNIPEGFREEPRESS.COM A15DIVERSIONS A_15_May-31-20_FP_01.indd A15 2020-05-30 5:18 PM ;