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The Sylvania Times
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By Dan Thompson
2-28
The word tea can be added to
the words cup and spoon to
make the words teacup and
teaspoon. Can you think of
a three-letter word that can be
added to the words below to
make new words?
1.
drop
2.
lash
3.
ball
4.
lid
5.
brow
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By Dan Thompson
2-27
THE KUIZ KIDS
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start with the same two
letters as the first word.
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Today is the 66th day of 2024 and the 77th day of winter.
TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1836, the Alamo mission and fortress compound in Texas fell to
Mexican forces after a 13-day siege.
In 1857, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that African Americans were not citizens in Dred
Scott v. Sandford.
In 1951, the espionage trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg began in New York Southern
District federal court.
In 1981, Walter Cronkite signed off for the last time as the anchor of "CBS Evening News,"
a post he had held for 19 years.
TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Michelangelo (1475-1564), painter/sculptor/architect; Cyrano
de Bergerac (1619-1655), soldier/writer; Lou Costello (1906-1959), actor/comedian; Will
Eisner (1917-2005), cartoonist/writer; Alan Greenspan (1926-), economist; Gabriel Garcia
Marquez (1927-2014), author; Rob Reiner (1947- ), actor/director; D.L. Hughley (1963-
), actor/comedian; Connie Britton (1967- ), actress; Shaquille O'Neal (1972- ), basketball
player
TODAY'S FACT: Michelangelo's talent as a sculptor first drew attention after a failed
attempt at art fraud. The cardinal who purchased his fake antique cupid statue was so
impressed with Michelangelo's work that he invited the artist to Rome for a meeting.
TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1964, world heavyweight boxing champion Cassius Clay announced
that his spiritual mentor, Elijah Muhammad, had given him the new name Muhammad Ali.
TODAY'S QUOTE: "Never stop smiling, not even when you're sad; someone might fall in
love with your smile." — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
TODAY'S NUMBER: $0.30 — price for one pound of Oreo cookies in a novelty can when
the cookie was introduced by the National Biscuit Co. (today known as Nabisco) on this
day in 1912.
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grid so every row,
column and 3x3
box contains
every digit from
1 to 9 inclusively.
Previous puzzle
solution
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ACROSS
1 Opportunist
5 Work as a
tailor
8 Solidify
11 Robust
12 With, to
monsieur
14 Embroider,
maybe
15 — accompli
16 Tie down
17 Lyric poem
18 Bucket
handles
20 Forest
resource
22 Electronics
mfr.
23 At no time, in
poems
24 Receded
27 A day in Paris
29 Mr. Milland
30 Nail type
34 Facilitators
37 Zoologists’
mouths
38 Spill
39 Polite address
41 Swig
43 Campground
initials
44 Grilled a steak
46 Taj —
49 RN’s specialty
50 Ephron of
“You’ve Got
Mail”
52 Mideast
nation
54 Mouse alert
55 Expensive
56 Verne’s
captain
57 “Sesame
Street”
channel
58 Collection
59 Talks on and
on
DOWN
1 Antenna type
2 Former Audi
rival
3 Mr. Kazan
4 Call it a night
5 Spicy dip
6 A Gabor
7 Frontier, once
8 Shakespeare’s
theater
9 Comforter
stuffing
10 Wolf’s
13 Gym exercise
19 —
Soundsystem
21 Insignificant
24 Previous
25 Forbid
26 Win
nose
27 Twitch
28 Switch
positions
30 Mild brew
31 Drowse (off)
32 Hunter’s org.
33 Orange
veggie
35 Make
indistinct
36 Map feature
39 Extinct bird
40 Exclaiming
over
41 Media star
42 Employs a
machete
43 Former Target
rival
44 Dance move
45 Fawns’
mothers
47 Locale
48 Entree choice
51 Funny
Charlotte —
53 Negatives
expression
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