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CROSSWORD By THOMAS JOSEPH

ACROSS 1 Soon, in memos 5 Crime outing 10 Disconcerts 12 Like lambs 13 Bizarre 14 Splinter groups 15 Keats work 16 Small chirper 18 Box office buy 20 "Roses — red" 21 Inkling 23 Marked a ballot 24 Lion's pride 26 Monopoly card 28 Sedan or SUV 29 Blocks up 31 Little laborer 32 Strike participant 36 Growth of trees 39 New Haven student 40 Subatomic particle

The New York Times Crossword

DOWN 1 Underway 2 — Arabia 3 Early Mexican 4 For each 5 "— fan tutte" 6 Opposite of "sans" 7 Prospector's tool 8 Went in 9 Took a breather 11 Left the group 17 Numbered rd. 19 Family 22 "Be honest!" 24 Street opening 25 Craftsman 27 PC key 28 Place for a sleeping pet 30 Clumsy one 33 Reeves of "Speed" 34 Rocker John 35 Strata 37 Barracks sights 38 Pants part 42 Gym unit

The New York Times Crossword. Edited by Will Shortz

ACROSS 1 Buds 5 Concealer for the face 9 Pre-K building blocks 13 Plant that thrives in a terra-cotta pot 14 Stick it to your rival! 15 Bring in 16 Twill-woven worsted wool garment 17 Fix, in a way 18 Purple bubble tea flavor 19 Annual e-sport fighting competition, in brief 20 Short sidekick? 21 Chocolatier with the tagline "Life is a ball!" 22 Dub over? 24 Cuatro y dos 26 Business magnate Condé 28 Promising places? 32 Ferry or wherry 35 Start of an incantation 37 Pastoral sound 38 Web design feature that may cycle back to earlier sections ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme 42 Inspired stuff 43 Pro device 44 ___ out a win 45 Bond alternatives 50 Edge jump in figure skating 52 Scenes on Black Friday 56 Kaitlin of "Hacks" 59 Pawn 61 Addendum to the five W's 62 Female antelopes 64 Woodsy scent 65 Top of a mosque, often 66 Column in decimal notation 67 Central Plains people 68 Losing streak 69 Column in decimal notation 70 Cheeky

The New York Times Crossword answer to previous puzzle

DOWN 20 Reddit Q&A sesh 21 Purple shade 23 Prefix with body or bacterial 25 Side mirrors on a car, anthropomorphically 27 "Toodle-oo!" 29 One way to run 30 Actors like biting into a juicy one 31 On board, say 32 Pollster's concern 33 "Handling this as we speak" 34 Hairstyle that you've picked out? 36 Kings and queens, e.g. 39 Canon competitor 40 ___ facto 41 Makeover 46 Film production environment for an intimate scene, perhaps 48 Digital security credential 49 Get to 51 Telegram and Simple Dialer, for two 53 Cannellini, e.g. 54 Organ-related item in a wallet 55 Perfect place 56 Expert employed by a sportsbook 58 It's not a full stop 60 Room in the audience up for grabs 63 Absolute train wrecks 64 Andy Warhol, e.g.

PUZZLE BY ENRIQUE HENESTROZA ANGUIANO

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CRYPTOQUOTE

AXYDLBAAXR is LONGFELLOW

Scrabble Grams

One letter stands for another. In this sample, A is used for the three L's, X for the two O's, etc. Single letters, apostrophes, the length and formation of the words are all hints. Each day the code letters are different.

Yesterday's Cryptoquote: THE REAL TRICK IS TO STAY ALIVE AS LONG AS YOU LIVE. — ANN LANDERS

SPORTS SLEUTH

Cryptoquote

Golf courses referred to by a single name

Wednesday's unlisted clue: LAY'S

Find the listed words in the diagram. They run in all directions - forward, backward, up, down and diagonally.

Sports Sleuth

Thursday's unlisted clue hint: HOME OF THE MASTERS

Bandon Bethpage Bulle Dumbarnie Hazeltine Inverness Kingsbarns Kinloch Merion Muirfield Oakmont Pinehurst Sebonack Turnberry Valhalla

Yesterday's Answer: POSSESSIVE BRANDS

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SCRABBLE GRAMS

Yesterday's answer

SUDOKU

Goren Bridge deal

RATING: MEDIUM

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.

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Sudoku

GOREN BRIDGE BOB JONES

North-South vulnerable, North deals

Opening lead: Three of ◇

Today's deal is from the recent World Championships in Poland. South was Kaare Bogo, from Norway. Bogo's first bid was part of the common defense to East's bid. Three clubs or three diamonds would show hearts or spades, respectively, with at least invitational values. Bidding three of either major directly would be competitive and not forcing. Bogo rose with dummy's ace at trick one and drew trumps. He only had 11 top tricks. The heart suit might give him two more, but a winning heart finesse would not be enough and a 3-3 heart split was not possible after East followed to two spades. Needing something good to happen, Bogo began to run his trumps. This was the position with one trump remaining:

Goren Bridge position with one trump remaining

Bogo cashed his last spade and West had to discard a club to keep all his hearts. Dummy and East discarded diamonds. Bogo cashed the ace of hearts and led a heart to dummy's jack for a winning finesse. The king of hearts ruined East, who had to discard the king of diamonds or a club, giving Bogo a thirteenth trick either way. He chose a club and the three of clubs took the last trick. Beautifully played!

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Goren Bridge the bidding

Sports Sleuth Yesterday's Answer: Possessive Brands

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