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PUZZLES FOR YOU

Mountain View News Saturday, July 13, 2024


THEME: 

SUMMER OLYMPICS

ACROSS

1. Delhi dress

5. *Individual Neutral Athlete at 
2024 Olympics, acr.

8. Mother in #48 Down

12. Joie de vivre

13. Fodder holder

14. External

15. ____ Grey tea

16. Gulf V.I.P.

17. Edible cannabis substance

18. *Famous Olympics basketball 
team (2 words)

20. 90 degrees on compass

21. Like Al Yankovic

22. Popular deciduous tree

23. College treasurer

26. Balaclava (2 words)

30. Compass point between E and 
NE

31. Nullify

34. Diva’s delivery

35. Smart ones?

37. Two halves

38. That is, in Latin

39. First queen of Carthage

40. What ivy does

42. ___ chi

43. Hindered

45. Alternative form of a gene

47. Band aid

48. Diet inspired by prehistory

50. European erupter

52. *Michael Phelps predecessor

56. “In the Hall of the Mountain 
King” composer Edvard ____

57. Black and white killer?

58. U.S. lake

59. From then on

60. Bank claim

61. Decomposes

62. Against, prefix

63. a.k.a. acid

64. State of vexation

DOWN

1. Bird feeder morsel

2. a.k.a. Daminozide

3. Hard to find

4. Family addition, pl.

5. *Archer or shooter, e.g.

6. Homer’s classic

7. Accepted behavior

8. *a.k.a. Cassius, 1960 gold medal 
winner

9. Greek H’s

10. Landlord’s due

11. Heat unit

13. Certain style of humor

14. Obelus, pl.

19. “The end justifies the ____”

22. ____ out, as in a win

23. Mardi Gras souvenir

24. Dark

25. Full of cattails

26. Petals holder

27. Rocky ridge

28. Like certain rug

29. *Swimmer Ledecky

32. *Like 23 out of Michael Phelps’ 28

33. “Wheel of Fortune” request (2 
words)

36. *Nadia of perfect 10 fame

38. Archipelago

40. Large edible mushroom

41. *Like Bosnia and Herzegovina or 
Bulgaria

44. Mental portrait

46. Trotters

48. *2024 Olympics host city

49. Formed a curve

50. Sportscaster Andrews

51. Windshield option

52. Gangster’s gal

53. *Xander Schauffele club option

54. South American monkey

55. Gusto

56. Geological Society of America


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