The News Herald (Willoughby, OH)

MAIN EVENT: THE DEJA VU BOWL

- By Frank Longo

ACROSS 1 7

Part of NFL __ England Patriots (team with a record 11 Super Bowl appearance­s)

10 Christiani­ty or

Islam: Abbr.

13 Chiefs tight end Kelce who scored a touchdown in the 2020 Super Bowl

19 Acting prizes

20 Where Tiki Barber played coll. football

21 Egg cells

22 Makeup exam

23 Chiefs quarterbac­k who was the MVP of the 2020 Super Bowl

26 Request to reexamine a call made in a game

27 Auntie, to Mom

28 Les __ (French for

“some”)

29 Dashed toward the

end zone, say

30 Soccer great

Hamm

31 “Norma __”

32 Storm-finding

system

34 Loser of the 2020

Super Bowl

37 National anthem singer for the 2020 Super Bowl

41 Actress Rula of

“Alfie Darling”

42 __ Beckham

Jr. (Cleveland Browns wide receiver)

43 It has a negative

charge

46 Center-toquarterb­ack actions

50 49ers running back Mostert who scored a touchdown in the 2020 Super Bowl

52 Journalist Logan

of Fox Nation

53 Fish with lightly

bobbing bait

56 Co. honcho

57 “Addams Family”

cousin

58 Christen

61 Designatio­n of the

2020 Super Bowl

62 49ers head coach Kyle in the 2020 Super Bowl

65 Linebacker Junior in the Football Hall of Fame

67 Iranian currency

69 So-so grade

71 Huge fans

72 Venue for the 2020

Super Bowl

76 Home of the

Atlanta Falcons

79 Space between offensive linemen in formation 80 Abbr. on a

cornerston­e

81 Emblem on Dallas Cowboys’ helmets

85 Chiefs head coach in the 2020 Super Bowl

87 On the sick list

89 Theater mogul

Marcus

91 Bleating female

92 Saldana of

“Avatar”

93 “All seats sold”

abbr.

94 Org. for military pilots Down Under

96 Troy who was the color commentato­r for the 2020 Super Bowl 98 Pete Rozelle Trophy for a Super Bowl MVP, e.g.

101 Line of PDAs of

the early 2000s

105 __ the bud (stop

early)

106 Muse over

109 Winner of the 2020 Super Bowl after a 50-year drought

111 Where the 2020 Super Bowl took place

116 T-bone, e.g.

117 Labor org. for

dockworker­s

118 Pester for

payment

119 Docs’ org.

120 2011 Sun Bowl

champs

121 “Nova”

network 124 Night on which ESPN broadcasts live NFL games

126 49ers quarterbac­k in the 2020 Super Bowl

130 Withstand

131 Score for a conversion in football

132 Many millennia

133 Quarterbac­k,

often

134 Chiefs running back Williams who scored two touchdowns in the 2020 Super Bowl

135 Winter D.C. hrs.

136 QB’s throw, in

stats

137 __ of Liberty (44-Down involving a fake throw)

DOWN

1 Chops off

2 Actor Morales

3 Pretends

4 Needlefish

5 Mentalist Geller

6 Old Portuguese

currency unit

7 See 10-Down

8 Longoria and Mendes of the screen

9 Infant’s cry

10 With 7-Down, what each Super Bowl is reckoned with

11 Baby bottle

brand

12 __ Vegas Raiders

(NFL team)

13 Practices at a preseason camp, say

14 Fills the suitcase

differentl­y 15 Org. for Nadal and 37 Singer Day

Federer 38 Online social

16 Turns sharply meet-up

17 Bruce who was 39 Conductor Zubin the top Rams 40 __ Aviv receiver in the 44 Fumbleroos­ki or 2000 Super Bowl fake punt

18 “Great” fifthcentu­ry 45 Super reviews pope 47 Nagging pain

24 Untrustwor­thy 48 Anjou or Bosc

rascal 49 Quarterbac­ks Eli

25 “... Mac __ PC?” and Peyton, to

30 __ in motion Archie Manning (many a football 51 Ties the knot player on 54 “It was forced on offense) me”

32 Vex 55 “That’s not a

33 Punter Ryan in the smart plan”

2015 Super Bowl 59 Like some

34 Home to the Los spectacula­r Angeles Rams sports catches and Chargers, in 60 Corn unit brief 63 __ -TURN (road

35 Tears apart sign)

36 Bond creator 64 Quarterbac­ks’

Fleming assets 66 “Driving

Miss Daisy” playwright Alfred

68 Ship’s journal

70 Summer, in Paris

73 Part of USDA:

Abbr.

74 __ terrier (Toto’s

breed)

75 Syst. of talking

with the hands

76 Middle East’s __

Strip

77 Sufficient, in

poetry

78 Ancient recital

halls

82 Presto, adagio and

largo

83 Stand by for

84 “The Long Kiss Goodnight” director Harlin

86 Person giving

medicine

88 Is deficient in

90 __ prize (lucks out

at the carnival)

95 State that’s home to 72- and 111-Across: Abbr.

97 Try for a field goal

in football

99 Engine speed stat

100 “Is it worth the

risk for me?”

102 Admits to the

clergy

103 __ replay (review after a red flag is thrown onto a football field)

104 Fragrant

compound

107 Former Cowboys

linebacker Dat

108 Marino who was the 1984 NFL MVP

110 __ Fables

111 Performed like

Marcel Marceau

112 Massey of old

movies

113 Texas __ (where Johnny Manziel was an Aggie)

114 “The Lego Movie” protagonis­t Brickowski

115 “Rambo” setting,

for short

120 “__ It Bad” (#1 Usher hit of 2001)

121 __ route (certain running pattern for receiving the football)

122 Chicken

cordon __

123 Painful spot

125 Hwy. felony

126 Three-time Super Bowl MVP Montana

127 Positive vote

128 Conversion in football, for short

129 Free TV ad, in

brief

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