2022 Winter Olympics Crossword

Across

1 Only country to have won a gold medal at every Winter Olympics (6,6)

8 Nickname for 1980 Olympic hockey game, when U.S. beat the Soviets (7,2,3)

15 Sledge hockey player Rico ___ was part of gold-medal team in Sochi (5)

16 ___ skiing was an original Winter Olympic sport (5-7)

19 Figure skater who won the only U.S. gold medal at 1968 Winter Games (5,7)

21 Tonight; texting abbr. (2) 22 Santa's laugh (2)

23 A baseball ref (3)

24 Some figure skating categories are scored from one to ___ (3) 25 Where the sun rises (4) 28 Second ever Winter Games were held in __ Moritz, Switzerland (2)

29 ___ Lancon was a 1984 Olympic pairs skater (4)

31 The Olympic flame usually passes through this large Greek city before leaving for its host country (6)

34 Free___ skiing was a demo sport at the 1988 Winter Olympics (5)

37 It's so easy; texting abbr. (3) 40 To pose a question (3) 43 Sport with two- and fourman sleds (9)

46 Lolo ___ has competed in both Winter and Summer Olympics (5)

47 Kristi ___ won figure skating gold in 1992 (9)

52 The second note of a major scale (2)

54 Formal letter greeting: Dear ___ (3)

56 A short laugh (2)

57 Greek town where a host city's torch is first lit (7)

59 Usual month for Winter Olympics (3)

61 A legume (3)

63 Roni the ___ was 1980 mascot in Lake Placid (7)

65 For example or exempli gratia; abbr. (2)

66 American ___ Eagan made history by winning gold in both Winter & Summer Games (5)

67 Skater ___ Kerrigan was attacked just before the 1994 Games (5)

68 NHLer _ _ Subban was part of Canada's gold medal team in 2014 (1,1)

69 Don't speed in playground or school ___ (5)

73 Assist (3)

75 Neck, bow or clip-on (3) 77 The beginning of something (5)

80 An informal expression of disgust (2)

81 This future president opened the 1932 Games in Lake Placid (3)

83 Speedskater ___ Jansen won gold at his 4th Olympics (3)

85 Something belonging to him (3)

87 O __ of little faith (2) 88 Pound; abbr. (2)

90 Boitano or Orser; both are figure skating medalists (5)

91 Freestyle skier ___ Blunck is going to his 3rd Olympics (5)

92 Winter Olympics will go to this Italian city in 2026 (5)

93 You and me (2)

95 Internet country code for Rwanda (2)

97 Up until the present time (3) 99 To shovel (3)

101 Thickness of a material or paper (3)

102 Therefore (2)

104 Not secret or hidden (5)

106 A large primate (3) 108 One's sense of selfimportance (3)

110Printing and journalism reference meaning "to come" (2)

111 Magazine that's all about sports; abbr. (2)

112Lindsey ___ competed in all five women's alpine ski events in Vancouver 2010 (4)

114___ Meyers Taylor will compete in debut sport of monobob (5)

115___ Torvill & Christopher Dean got gold for ice dance to Bolero in 1984 (5)

116U.S. speedskater ___ Heiden broke records in all 5 of his events in 1980 (4)

118To stay put (4) 119Slang word, used to express hesitation (2)

121 Cover for a pot (3) 123 Rating of perceived exertion; abbr. (3)

125 Possess (3)

126 Tissue that attaches muscle to bone (6)

129 Similar to a sweet potato (3)

131 Dorothy ___ captured figure skating gold in 1976 (6)

133 Expression of triumph or encouragement (3)

135 LeAnn ___ sang 2002 Olympic theme song at opening ceremony (5)

136 Olympic mascots were ___ bears in Calgary in 1988 (5)

137 This land of the rising sun has hosted Winter Olympics twice (5)

138 One or another, taken at random (3)

141 To stitch or mend (3) 143 Obtain (3)

146 Prince ___ of Monaco was an Olympic bobsledder (6)

149 Russian host city in

2014 (5)

152 Trinidad & ___ is scheduled to compete in Beijing in Feb. (6)

156 Understood or implied, without being spoken (5)

161 Grocery store codes; abbr. for 'price look-up' (3)

163 Most decorated male Olympic snowboarder (5,5)

164 Bobsledder ___

Bickford was the U.S. flag bearer in 1952 and 1956 Games (3)

165 Two-time American location for Winter Olympics (4,6)

168 Figure skater who in 1998 became that sport's youngest individual gold medalist (4,8)

169 American city that hosted Winter Games in 2002 (4,4,4)

Down

1 Olympic hockey player Gordy Christian was an ____ to Olympic hockey player Dave Christian (5)

2 Representative symbols, such as the Olympic rings (5) 3 Not hard to do (4)

4 ___ Hamilton won figure skating gold in 1984 at Sarajevo (5) 5 1948 gold medalist Barbara

___ Scott was 1st non-European to win a world figure skating title (3) 6 Mistake (5)

7 A plant-based source of protein (3)

8 Cartographer (8) 9 Unskilled (5)

10 Ski jumpers usually put their skis at a 25-to-30-degree ___ when in the air (5)

11 Picks something up (5) 12 Moguls skier Kai ___ made the U.S. team for Beijing (5) 13 Aloofly, coldly (5)

14 Ski jumper Eddie the ___ had movie made about him (5)

17 International organization, aiming for world security and peace (2)

18 A dull, heavy sound (4) 20 Limited edition; abbr. (2) 26 A long time ___ (3) 27 __ the season to be jolly (3) 28 Perceive with the eyes (3) 30 A ski resort in New Mexico (4)

32 Symbol for helium (2) 33 Ark builder (4) 35 Nineteenth letter of Greek alphabet (3)

36 Lithium hydride; abbr. (3) 38 Skiers love to hit the ___ (6)

39 The length of time a person has lived (3)

41 Cut (4)

42 American state where 1960 Winter Olympics occurred; abbr. (2)

43 U.S.A. has won 88 of this color medal at Winter Olympics, in total (6)

44 Nordic combined athlete ___ Fletcher competed in 2014 and 2018 Olympics (5) 45 George Gershwin's brother and collaborator (3)

48 Impair the quality or appearance of something (3)

49 A small lizard (5)

50 Makes dinner (5)

51 To set aflame (6)

53 Up to 3,000 members of the ___ will be covering Beijing Games (5)

55 Sonja ___ won figure skating at 15 and was youngest Olympic champ for 66 yrs (5)

58 Internet slang for Instagram (2)

59 Agency that oversees food safety (3)

60 Salt Lake City wants to __ on the 2030 Winter Games (3)

61 ___ Martin was 1st American to win three Olympic medals (3) 62 High card (3)

64 Large news agency in the U.S. (2)

70 1998 Nagano Games used the snowy ___ as mascots (3)

71 A hospital's emergency department (2)

72 Farewell (5)

74 Norway's ___ Bjorgen has 15 Winter gold medals; more than anyone else (5)

76 Jean-Claude ___ won all men's alpine ski events in 1968 (5) 78 Opposite of yes (2) 79 Where the cornea is (3) 81 Lyndsey ___ was on women's silver-winning hockey team in Sochi (3)

82 A rodent (3)

83 Father (3)

84 Holiday drink: egg___ (3) 85 Trendy, cool (3)

86 To speak (3)

89 Shortness, conciseness (7) 93 Without; abbr. (2) 94 Country that's won most medals at Winter Olympics (6)

96 Inscribed words on paper (5)

98 In 1972, skier Francisco Ochoa won this country's only Winter Olympic gold medal (5)

100 Pyramid-famous country that's competed in just one Winter Games (5)

102 To swoosh down a hill (3)

103 Theme park guru Walt ___ produced the 1960 opening ceremony in the ski resort now known as Palisades Tahoe (6)

105 Nashville is the capital of this state; abbr. (2) 106 Everyone (3) 107 The final point of something (3)

108 What we hear with (3)

109 The loneliest number (3)

110What athletes do for years before the Olympics (5)

113Person who prefers to wear no clothes (6)

117Coca-___ became official provider of drinks at 1932 Lake Placid Games (4)

120 Where a person lives (4)

122 A hardy cabbage, with curled leaves (4)

124 Tree juice (3)

127 5G 'new radio'; abbr. (2)

128 Current events (4)

129 Boo-Boo Bear's best buddy (4)

130 Silver medalist ___ Graham is one of Australia's best freestyle skiers (4)

131 To put a picture on a wall (4)

132 Month after April (3)

134 A hole-making tool (3)

139 Network to network interface; abbr. (3)

140 Gym class (2) 142 When you copy someone on an email (2)

144 A stomach muscle (2)

145 Maame Biney, from this state, is headed to her second Olympics (2)

146 Something of value owned by a person or company (5)

147 Bonnie ___ shot to Olympic fame with six medals between 1988 and 1994 (5)

148 Relating to the kidneys (5)

150 Frequently occurs (5) 151 Hello (2)

153 A castrated male bovine used as a draft animal (2)

154 Separate from each other (5)

155 Debi Thomas and Katarina Witt both skated to music from the same ___ in Calgary 1988 Games (5)

156 Ballet skirt material (5)

157 Succulent, prickly plants (5)

158 Day between yesterday and tomorrow (5)

159 A boat (4)

160 Chloe ___ was youngest American to medal in snowboarding (3)

162 Vinyl record that has more songs than an EP (2) 166 Everything's fine (2) 167 Pa's counterpart (2)