Cornellian Crossword: ‘Hockey Season’

Celebrate the Big Red on the big ice with this custom puzzle, created by the legendary Fred Piscop ’70!

(And check out our story on the Red Hot Hockey tradition!)

DIFFICULTY LEVEL: EASY

Editor’s note: Cornellians is thrilled to feature occasional puzzles by a giant in the cruciverbalist world: the great Fred Piscop ’70, a longtime contributor to the New York Times, Newsday, and more!

‘Hockey Season’ • By Fred Piscop ’70

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  • 1. El __, Texas

  • 5. Part of a train track

  • 9. Enjoy a cigar

  • 14. Roman poet who wrote "Metamorphoses"

  • 15. Walk on a nature trail

  • 16. Elton John's instrument

  • 17. 1960s Big Red goalie, and a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame

  • 19. Ohio rubber city

  • 20. The Disco __ (the '70s)

  • 21. Letters on an ambulance

  • 22. Takes into custody

  • 24. Suppress, as a yawn

  • 26. Gives the thumbs-up to

  • 27. Bacon servings

  • 31. Horse's hoof sound

  • 35. Brass or bronze

  • 38. Nobelist Wiesel

  • 39. Keep out of view

  • 40. Author Junot (Cornell MFA alum)

  • 41. Native Czechs and Poles

  • 42. Home to most of Russia

  • 43. First name of one-third of Henry VIII's wives

  • 44. __ out (apportion)

  • 45. Fairy tale closer

  • 46. Downright nasty

  • 47. On a single occasion

  • 49. Toward the stern

  • 51. Give orders to

  • 55. Knocks over

  • 59. ROTC relative

  • 60. Indy 500 month

  • 61. Run away to wed

  • 62. Where the Big Red play hockey

  • 65. Supermarket path

  • 66. __-friendly (easy to operate)

  • 67. Natural soother

  • 68. Joints with caps

  • 69. Tickled pink

  • 70. Shirts at merch tables

  • Down
  • 1. Jabs with an elbow

  • 2. Keep from happening

  • 3. Mount __ (NYC hospital)

  • 4. Like a sock without a mate

  • 5. Mother Goose poems

  • 6. Lends a hand to

  • 7. President between Harry and Jack

  • 8. Horne who sang "Stormy Weather"

  • 9. Fire starter

  • 10. Big Red hockey coach since 1995

  • 11. Dinghy propellers

  • 12. Board imperfection

  • 13. Incredibly long times

  • 18. Track race with batons

  • 23. Blooms often in dozens

  • 25. Big Red hockey event in Madison Square Garden in even-numbered years

  • 28. Mirren of "The Queen"

  • 29. Make ecstatic

  • 30. Steelworker's fastener

  • 32. Enumerate

  • 33. Garfield's canine pal

  • 34. Anjou or Bosc

  • 35. Lambert who sings with Queen

  • 36. Toe the __ (do as told)

  • 37. Singer-songwriter Del Rey

  • 41. Did in, biblically

  • 45. Plain folk of Pennsylvania

  • 48. Proof of age, perhaps

  • 50. Leaves in a hurry

  • 52. Zola who wrote "J'Accuse...!"

  • 53. Birch bark vessel

  • 54. Pre-K attendees

  • 55. Deck furniture wood

  • 56. Library near Uris

  • 57. Sit for a portrait

  • 58. Slimy garden pest

  • 59. __-Day (vitamin brand)

  • 63. Designer label initials

  • 64. Urban rodent

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    Published October 27, 2023


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