Chicks Dig the Long Ball

by George Barany and Brent Hartzell

This "mid-week level" puzzle was constructed on the same day as we learned some not-altogether-surprising sports news. After completing the puzzle (spoiler), learn more about this puzzle's theme by clicking here. Furthermore, click here to watch the iconic commercial (one minute) that inspired the puzzle's title.

Click here to view or download the puzzle in PDF format; here to download it as a puz file; here to download it as an ipuz file [requires the free Puzzazz app to solve]; here to solve the puzzle interactively (thanks to Jim Horne); here for the solution. We thank Steve Bachman, Josh Conescu, Martin Herbach, and Alex Vratsanos for test-solving the puzzle.

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More puzzles here (all), here (sports), and here (tributes).

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