Solution to: Not the Retiring Sort

In every square in the puzzle grid where Dr. King's picture appears, the Across word reads "DICK" for that square, and the Down word reads "KING" for that square.

8-Across = MOBY-(dick), 12-Down = (king)PINS

29-Across = (dick)_CAVETT, 23-Down = S(kin_g)ame

55-Across = (dick)_CHENEY, 44-Down = BA(king)_SODA

57-Across = (dick)ER, 36-Down = LION(king)

62-Across = (dick)INSON, 52-Down = VI(king)S

Once you have completed the puzzle, you will see a special message running diagonally, starting in the upper-left corner.

As already indicated, this puzzle was distributed on January 7, 2014, at a party in honor of Dr. King's retirement after 39 years as a physician/scientist at the University of Minnesota Medical School. 

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