Rookie Rossi

by George Barany and Friends

This "mid-week level" puzzle was created within hours of the exciting conclusion of an annual sports event (pictorial hint to the right). After completing the puzzle (spoiler), learn more about the puzzle's theme, both general and specific, by clicking here, here, and here; for backup to the clue for 24-Down, click 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. The team that created, test solved, and improved the puzzle in a record fast time was led by yours truly and included Christopher Adams, John Child, Mark Diehl, Charles Flaster, Brent Hartzell, Martin Herbach, Peter Leopold, and Alex Vratsanos.

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

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

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