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PUZZLES FOR YOU

Mountain View News Saturday, March 8, 2025

THE 1980s

ACROSS

1. *”Sunday Bloody Sunday” author, with The

5. *Saget of “Full House” fame

8. Last month

11. “Howdy, ____!”

12. Hurtful remark

13. *Actor Hudson of Winston Zeddemore fame

15. Give the cold shoulder

16. *Musical based on 1980s rock “Rock of ____”

17. *Comedy horror “____ Hell”

18. *Transparency, to Gorbachev

20. Slangy “Follow me!”

21. Coffee shop order

22. Pro vote

23. Heart abnormality

26. Act out Civil War battle, e.g.

30. Eisenhower, familiarly

31. Mediterranean island

34. Small island

35. *Oscar-winning “Tootsie” actress Jessica ____

37. Not hers

38. Dionysus’ pipe-playing companion

39. Not on land

40. Water pipe

42. Dog tags, e.g.

43. First lunar phase (2 words)

45. Higher education reward

47. Biblical mother

48. *What “I love Lucy” did in the ‘80s

50. Name of the Blue Ox

52. *Gull-winged sports car

55. Party handout

56. Smoothie berry

57. Clickable image

59. Follows orders

60. Mixed breed canine

61. *Air Jordan, e.g.

62. *”Cheers” setting

63. Byron: “Maid of Athens, ___ we part”

64. Dispatched

DOWN

1. Ambulance squad, acr.

2. “Shoot!”

3. Person of French descent

4. Preserve, as in body

5. Prejudiced one

6. Falstaffian in body

7. Cr me de la cr me

8. “Do ____ others as...”

9. Property right

10. ____ Aviv

12. Bridge-like structure

13. Wedding singer, e.g.

14. *Ceausescu’s country

19. Pasta accompaniment

22. *”Owner of a Lonely Heart” band

23. *Arrigo Sacchi’s Associazione Calcio ____

24. Tsar’s edict

25. Re-establish

26. Zwieback

27. Up and about

28. *Blinky, Pinky, Inky and ____

29. To the point

32. Sound unit

33. *Duran Duran’s hit

36. *Hand-held “Tetris” device (2 words)

38. Give sheep a haircut

40. Gardening tool

41. Quick and skillful

44. Sets, in cricket

46. Metamorphic rock

48. Happen again

49. Fill with spirits

50. Rum cake

51. Affirm

52. ____ Maggie Smith

53. Pain

54. “High” time

55. Watch chain

58. Nothing but this in basketball?


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