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1 Ranger who won an
NCAA championship 6 Strike or spare 10 Ryan “The ––– Rifle”
Fitzpatrick 11 Rutgers walk-on who
played for the Jints 13 He played on a record 6 losing teams in the World Series 14 Mr. Applegate 15 Pick trio 16 Transport plane 18 Finish 19 Senior Bowl squad 21 Russell Earl –––
(Bucky Dent) 22 CACC Warriors 24 AL ump 1976-99 27 He replaced Mantle after Mick’s last
at-bat (9-28-68) 30 Fordham mascot 31 First name of 1
Across 32 Exist 34 White in the NBA
2016-19 36 Province in China 38 Talbert for the Rams
& Redskins 39 Muse of poetry 40 James of jazz 41 A square
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1 Ex-Isle Gronstrand 2 Signs 3 Former big leaguer who was the catching instructor for the Mets & Yanks 4 Tricky turn 5 Igor Shesterkin 6 He called the Knicks
& the Celtics 7 Exclamation of
triumph 8 Valued 9 Ed Kranepool 12 First name of 27
Across 17 First name of 26
Down 20 Matt Harvey’s alma
mater 21 Approves 23 Frenchman who won the 1928 US Open 24 Francisco Rodriguez 25 Jack starred in “Madison Square Garden” (1932) 26 He coached Texas
to the 2019 NIT title 28 NJ Jackals’ division in the Frontier League 29 Speak publicly 31 Allonzo Trier’s univ. 33 Slaughter 35 Spoil 37 Rhody