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1 Wanamaker Mile winner 8 times 6 Boston team that tied Brooklyn, 2-2, in 23 innings in 1939 10 Super Bowl I MVP 11 First pick of the 1969 NHL draft (Montreal) 12 Soccer star Lloyd 13 Dare 14 Brooklyn team that tied Boston, 1-1, in MLB’s longest game (26 innings in 1920) 16 11 Down coached this team 2003-09 18 Cleopatra’s ––– in Central Park 22 Public media trio 23 “The Big Easy” 24 It carries the Yanks 25 He pitched all 26 innings for 14 Across 27 Nurse for the Liberty 28 Team that beat the Mets, 1-0, in 24 innings (1968) in the longest MLB game to stay scoreless 31 Devil from Sweden 34 Anisimov on ice 37 Playoff payoff 38 Team that beat the Mets, 4-3, in the longest continuous MLB game with a winner (7 hours, 4 minutes in 25 innings in 1974) 39 Met whose error in the 24th made 28 Across a winner 40 1960’s Met infielder whose brother was an MLB infielder
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1 Conf. for Eastern NM & West Texas 2 Trapshooting org. 3 Longtime Jags QB who unretired to to join the Jets but retired before he played a game 4 Woody’s son 5 NYC newspaper founded by Horace Greeley ––– -Hee Ji 8 Steve Elkington 9 Swab’s water 11 Former Devils coach who won a national title with Boston U 15 Rockaway or Fire Island 16 Reggie Bullock’s alma mater 17 Saratoga draw 19 He hit the first HR in a night game at Wrigley Field 20 Aloha Bowl souvenir 21 Wing Tikkanen 23 Darin Erstadt 26 Ex-Yankee who managed the Orioles & Rangers 29 Bat’s home 30 Spoken 31 Sporty car 32 Preacher 33 Folkie DiFranco 35 Web address trio 36 Manuscripts (abbr.) 6 Chris Childs’ state univ. 7 LPGA golfer