Crossword No. 699: So Many Questions
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1 Right from the shell, as oysters or eggs 4 Jokey Jamie 8 Of the stars 14 Prefix with center 15 Mystal or Wiesel 16 Use kid gloves (on) 17 Nine-time champ Ben Chan was controversially dethroned in Final Jeopardy! last week after ending this Shakespeare character’s name with a “T” instead of a “K” 19 Key for Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet 20 Sent packing 21 On March 27, host Ken Jennings counted one contestant wrong and a second right after each had mispronounced this tongue-twisting Biblical place name 23 Salonga on stages 25 Blond shade 26 “___ So Fine” (1963 hit) 27 On a July 2013 broadcast, 12-yearold Thomas Hurley missed Final Jeopardy! because he added a “T” after this word’s seventh letter 33 Trivia Night site 34 Cheese made backward? 35 Stinging things 39 Object 41 Nitrous ___ (laughing gas) 44 Movie role 45 Hollywood type 47 Any minute now 49 Vote for 50 On May 9, host Mayim Bialik counted all three contestants’ answers wrong when each mispronounced this Russian novelist’s name 54 Suffix for an enzyme 57 Performing pair 58 Scrooge’s dismissal 59 On a September 2020 broadcast, a contestant lost Final Jeopardy! for spelling this record producer’s first name with an “A” instead of an “E” 64 It’s simply not right 67 “That was mean!” 68 On a June 2022 broadcast, staff let a typo sneak into Final Jeopardy!, when a double letter in a common seven-letter word was tripled to this 70 Navigation system 71 Competitor of Compaq 72 Trip around the track 73 Sacred emblems 74 Poetry book entries, often 75 Have to pay back
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1 McEntire who will be a coach on The Voice this season 2 High point 3 It may say “Merlot” 4 Gave grub to 5 Sacha Baron Cohen alter ego 6 Jambalaya ingredient 7 Defeated, in gamer lingo 8 Graf’s partner 9 One way or another 10 Squad 11 Punjabi prince 12 In perfect harmony 13 Ancient instruments 18 Perfect place 22 Item sold in a millinery 24 Super serve 27 TikTok-worthy, as a dance 28 Remote control button 29 “That is correct” 30 Latin for “peace” 31 Buggy drivers, often 32 Rejuvenating break 36 Greets someone 37 Predator’s lunch 38 Suffix with Kyrgyz 40 My, in Marseille 42 She’s a deer 43 Super-long time 46 Part of a police uniform 48 Pen tip 51 Olympic sledders 52 Madhouse 53 Starbucks size 54 Head monk 55 “___ evil” 56 Iowa senator Joni 60 ___ Aid (drugstore chain) 61 Try again 62 Punished for oversleeping your match, e.g. 63 December season 65 Imperfection 66 Variety 69 Capp and Capone, for two