The News Herald (Willoughby, OH)
MAIN EVENT: The Masters 3
ACROSS
1 __ lie (poor position of a golf ball for the next shot)
4 Min. fraction
7 Golfer preparing to take a shot, e.g.
12 Tried to guide the flight of, as a golf ball
19 Winning margin of 73-Across over 23-Across at the 2021 Masters
20 Archaic verb ending
21 “Ask, I might know the answer”
22 Human modification of the natural environment
23 Golfer who made his Masters debut in 2021 and finished in second place
26 Georgia city where the Masters is held
27 Suffix with kitchen
28 Ochoa who won the 2007 Women’s British Open
29 Beige
31 D.C. pol
32 Civil rights gp.
34 Graceful tree
35 Golfer who led the 2021 Masters after the first and second rounds
39 Boy pharaoh
41 It may begin “Here lies ...”
44 Michelle who won the 2014 U.S. Women’s Open
45 Grouping on which the Masters is an official money event
49 They may play in the Masters, but none have ever won it
54 Angelic beings
55 Deli hero
56 Counterparts of
49-Across
57 Tip of a golf club
58 Wheel center
59 Gibbon, e.g.
61 Barks shrilly
62 Lowry who won the 2019 British Open
64 “__ teach you!” 67 Golf scores of two under par
71 Patty who won the 1992 and ’94 U.S. Women’s Open
73 Japanese golfer who won the 2021 Masters
76 __ Open (Arizona golf tournament)
79 The “L” of LPGA 80 Sporting goods company offering golf equipment
84 Tommy who won the 1973 Masters
85 “Big Brother” host Julie __ Moonves
87 Mork’s planet on “Mork & Mindy”
89 Thai language
90 U.S. spy gp.
91 Patrick who won the 2018 Masters
92 Gaudy scarf
95 Beauty pageant since 1952
98 Runner-up of the 2000 and ‘04 Masters
101 Golfer who tied 107-Across for third at the 2021 Masters
103 “The Lovebirds” co-star Issa
104 1992 presidential nominee Paul
106 Fedora or fez
107 Xander who tied
101-Across for third at the 2021 Masters
111 Deg. above a master’s
113 Adam who won the 2013 Masters
117 Football coach Parseghian
118 “... boy __ girl?”
119 Role players
122 Bullring cries
123 __ of Golf (annual tournament with twoperson teams)
127 Name of the eighth hole at 26-Across National Golf Club
130 Manicure boards
131 Rarin’ to go
132 She married Lennon
133 Scientist Wernher __ Braun
134 __ Classic (1988-2002 LPGA event)
135 Purposely hits so as to curve left or right, as a golf ball
136 Golf course units: Abbr.
137 Unit of work
DOWN
1 Golfer Nanci who won the 1995 ANA Inspiration
2 Singer Baker
3 Letter before epsilon
4 “Oh yeah? __ who?!”
5 And others, for short
6 2020 Best Director Zhao
7 Takes a stab at
8 Golf club for driving
9 Gore Vidal’s Breckinridge
10 Former U.K. record co.
11 Take a nap, e.g.
12 Slope of the face of a golf club, e.g.
13 Letter before upsilon
14 London loc.
15 End of a school URL
16 Rene of “Tin Cup”
17 Eleanor of kid-lit
18 Golfer Beman who tied for second in the 1969 U.S. Open
24 College professor
25 “Over the Rainbow” composer Harold
30 B flat’s equivalent
33 __ platter (Chinese appetizer)
35 Honey holder
36 “When __ your age ...”
37 Tiny peeve
38 Singer Des’__
40 Italian soprano Renata
42 Debtor’s slip
43 Bathing fixture
45 German for “genuine”
46 “Nothin’ doin’!”
47 McEntire of song
48 Cobra variety
50 Lichen-covered
51 Home state of 2003 Masters winner Mike Weir
52 Gossip maven Barrett
53 In view
56 Out of style
60 “It’s a mouse!”
61 Fabled snow humanoid
62 Hauling rig
63 Get better
65 “Divergent” co-star __ James
66 “Perfect Strangers” co-star Mark __-Baker
68 Felt sick
69 Govt. agent
70 Little boy
72 Advocating a warlike policy
74 Do very well
75 Mil. morale booster
76 Speed at which a golf ball must be hit in order to reach the hole on a putt
77 Wig makeup
78 Algerian port
81 Turn about an axis
82 Brewery kiln
83 Biblical “arkitect”
86 “The Scarlet Letter” heroine Prynne
88 LBJ’s successor
91 Coral deposit
92 Rock’s __ Jovi
93 PGA or LPGA, e.g.
94 Electrical conversion accessories
96 Jacuzzi sites
97 Funny TV series
99 Lyricist Gershwin
100 Liquid in la Seine
101 President Biden
102 Put on __ (theatricalize)
105 Left rolling in the aisles
107 Mall lures
108 Foam at the top of an espresso
109 Jenna Bush’s married name
110 “Cabaret” director Bob
112 Browne who hosted a longtime call-in radio program, familiarly
114 Tea __ (name of the first hole at 26-Across National Golf Club)
115 Choir male
116 Yani who won the 2010 and ’11 Women’s British Open
119 Bit of sea flora
120 Ball of thread
121 Golf bunker contents
124 Memorable time
125 Nada
126 Low grade
128 Corn unit
129 “Rescue us!”