The News Herald (Willoughby, OH)
Big Game Puzzle
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1 “Oh, woe!” 5 57,600 square feet, for a football field 9 JFK Library architect 12 Dollar divs. 15 Wanna-__ (emulators) 18 City whose team won the 1971, 2001 and ’13 Super Bowls 20 Many a Super Bowl play 21 Hugs, in a love letter 22 Start to cycle? 23 Winning coach of the 2002, ’04, ’05, ’15, ’17 and ’19 Super Bowls 25 Makes an official decision about, as a Super Bowl play 27 Number of Super Bowls the Seattle Seahawks have won 28 Old flames 29 “Ni-i-i-ice!” 30 Surround 31 Color faintly 33 Winning quarterback of the 1975, ’76, ’79 and ’80 Super Bowls 35 New Age pianist John 36 Miami-__ (county that’s home to Hard Rock Stadium) 39 The NFL’s go from early September to late December 40 Bigwigs with an interest in Super Bowl TV spots 43 Hedge shrubs 44 Blue-green 48 National anthem singer of the 2009 Super Bowl 53 Like the Super Bowl 55 City near Buffalo, NY 56 “Ho-hum” 57 “Wow, this is flooring me!” 58 Winning coach of the 1972 and ’78 Super Bowls 62 Team that has never yet played in a Super Bowl 65 Yards __ game (football statistic) 66 Cry noisily 67 Host stadium of the 1994 and 2000 Super Bowls 70 Nutrition std. 73 Whole bunch 76 Iraqi city on the Tigris 77 MVP of the 2010 Super Bowl 80 The 2015 Super Bowl had a record 114.4 million of them 83 Smallish batteries 85 Constructs 86 “__ the NFL” (series that might show Super Bowl highlights) 87 Halftime show performer of the 1993 Super Bowl 92 February 2, 2020, for Super Bowl LIV 93 “__ you’re told!” 95 Give a scrubbing to 96 There are 15 of them in an NFL quarter 99 Twist, as in a hose 100 Itchy eruption 104 Team that won the 1998, ’99 and 2016 Super Bowls 109 R&B’s __ Brothers 110 2009-16, politically 111 German “the” 112 Dogs’ yaps 115 Ending for Gator 116 “Bad __” (song sung by Lady Gaga in the 2017 Super Bowl halftime show) 117 MVP of the 2019 Super Bowl 120 Suffix with hero 121 Suffix with señor 122 Mined stuff 123 State whose team lost the 1970, ’74, ’75 and ’77 Super Bowls 124 Barrett of Pink Floyd 125 Shaming cluck 126 Always, in verse 127 Quarterback sneak, e.g. 128 Employs
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1 Costello’s sidekick 2 “Gigli” actress Kazan 3 1984 Super Bowl MVP Marcus and his brother Damon, a threetime MVP of Canadian football’s Grey Cup 4 Abbr. for the 2000 Super Bowlwinning Rams 5 Visa rival, for short 6 Part to play 7 Dwarf planet beyond Pluto 8 Old nuclear regulatory agcy. 9 Previous convictions 10 Trick-taking card game 11 Pen filler 12 Tight braid 13 Froot Loops mascot 14 One side in a pool game 15 Anheuser-__ (big buyer of Super Bowl commercial time) 16 __ Gay (WWII plane) 17 Bone-muscle connector 19 “Yeah, right!” 24 Weeding tool 26 24/7 care ctrs. 30 Buddy who played Jed Clampett 32 Coco of fashion 33 Part of MIT: Abbr. 34 “So Seductive” rapper Tony 36 Make harmless, as a snake 37 Wood splitter 38 German “the” 41 __ toe in the water 42 Adding result 44 Hollywood’s Hathaway 45 Bickers 46 Motor City labor org. 47 Hoppy brew 48 Team that won the 1969 Super Bowl 49 Slangy ending for switch 50 Most agile 51 Samson’s betrayer 52 Actor LaBeouf 54 Pinch lightly 57 “Oh, woe __!” 59 Reps.’ rivals 60 Hopping Aussie critter 61 1973 and ’74 were Super Bowlwinning ones for the Miami Dolphins: Abbr. 63 __-numbered (like Super Bowls in which the NFC team is designated the home team) 64 Here-there linkup 68 Alternative to salsa, for short 69 Weeb who was the winning coach of the 1969 Super Bowl 71 Whoop-__ (shindig) 72 The NFL is one: Abbr. 74 Small injury, to a tot 75 Linebacker Hendricks who played in the 1971, ’77, ’81 and ’84 Super Bowls 78 Pittsburgh Pirates, informally 79 __ Island (New York City jail site) 80 YouTube posting, in brief 81 Pig __ poke 82 Changes the focus of 84 Bodily pouch 87 Tierney of “Liar Liar” 88 Words in an analogy 89 Antlered beasts 90 Luau gift 91 Mo. in which the first 35 Super Bowls were played 94 Off the clock for a while at work 96 Not be joking 97 Tough out 98 Mountaineer in action 101 Los __, New Mexico 102 Make calm 103 Serengeti scavengers 104 Singer Day 105 Piano key wood, once 106 Gave a title 107 One of 20 won by Madonna, for short 108 Defensive end Umenyiora who played in the 2008 and ’12 Super Bowls 109 “So it is!” 112 Indigo dye 113 Nevada city 114 Big Apple blaze-control org. 117 Montana who was the MVP of the 1982, ’85 and ’90 Super Bowls 118 Sound booster for a Super Bowl halftime show, say 119 Baton Rouge sch.