Fast-Breaking News

by George Barany, Barbara Barany, Brent Hartzell, and Karen Kaler

This Thursday-ish, sports-themed puzzle was constructed once we learned some particularly welcome fast-breaking local news. After completing the puzzle (spoiler), learn more about this puzzle, and specifically about the person pictured to the right, by clicking here and here.

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 Sabina Brukner, Todd Gross, Martin Herbach, Ben Jones, Arlene Romoff, and Tom Williams for beta testing the puzzle on very short notice.

If you want to tell others about this particular page, refer them to
http://tinyurl.com/fastnewspuz

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

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