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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 1 Don’t see eye to eye
2 Actor Sal
The disappointment of the Blue Jays 14 15 16
eleven inning loss in game 7 of the 3 As a friend: French
4 “Salmon return to spawn”
World Series was palpable across 17 18 19 5 Win favor word
households in Canada. Never was the 6 The Bard’s endings
phrase, “agony of defeat,” so apropos 20 21 7 Allowance for waste
in describing the feeling of loss once 8 Dino says goodbye
the Jays made their third out in the fi- 22 23 9 Cap space?
nal inning. Our hopes were elevated af- 10 “New facelift concern”
T
ter beating the Yankees and Mariners, 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 11 Arch deluxe
and that raised our level of hope to new 31 32 33 34 35 12 Brit tube

heights regarding the previously under- 13 That’s sum abbrev.
performing Jays. 36 37 38 39 19 Before convicted
Despite an excellent regular season, 21 Capri or Man
where the Jays were the top team in 40 41 42 43 25 Over 65 pymt.
the American league, prior results in- 26 Treasure’s opposite?
dicated that the Jays were a flawed 44 45 46 27 Chicago airport

team, which would not perform under 28 Othello villain

the pressure of playoff expectations. 47 48 49 50 51 29 One more, briefly
But few baseball fans, and even fewer 30 Grammas
baseball experts, realized that the pres- 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 31 With me to you

ent edition of the Blue Jays was a true 59 60 32 Flesh flush
team. A team that really played like a 33 Just ___ of (Admirer)
team, a team that really liked each oth- 61 62 63 34 Capote play
er, players that supported each other no 38 Form of poison
matter what role they played. The post- 64 65 66 41 Here today . . .
season highlighted Guerrero, Springer, 43 Epochs
and Kirk as leaders, Barger, Varsho, 45 Persuasions
Clement, Lukes, and Gimenez as grit- ACROSS ACROSS 49 Coffee filter shape
ty playoffs performers. Their pitching 1 Let it be 39 'Ghostly’ Spengler 50 ___ 180 (Turns back)
staff of old vets like Scherzer, Bieber, 5 Get some vittles 40 Illusionary pattern 51 G-Man Zimbalist, Jr.
and Gausman worked well with young 10 Schedule 42 Measuring group 52 Gridiron get together?
guns like Yesavage, Varland, and Fish- 14 Picky fruit, briefly 44 Royal title 53 Once, in Edinburgh
er. In fact, almost every player contrib- 15 Roman house courts 46 Bronte’s Jane 54 Attendance letters
uted in some positive way to the Jays 16 Vintage group 47 Wax combiner 55 Of a NC tobacco co.
successful playoff run. In previous 17 School subj. 48 Starting five 56 Axton ‘label’
seasons the Jays hierarchy of Shapiro, 18 Grainy photo, say 52 “Trades in bed for 57 Here! You put it together
Atkins, and Schneider were the target 20 “Open casket” trampoline” 58 Guam, to the USA
of disgruntled fans who complained of 22 Struggles with 59 Wink, wink
the teams’ poor drafting, poor trading, 23 Orphan Twist: Abbr. 60 Nonpareil, to Brits Punny newspaper headlines
and poor roster assembly. The call was 24 After thanks 61 Left: Comb. form - World death rate holding at100%
out from many of the Toronto baseball 27 Of a Brit university 62 Towel turner - Soaring pork prices hog headlines
pundits to fire all three of the Jays lead- 31 ‘Society’ drop-off 63 Only need a word - High school dropouts cut in half
ership team. Well now, with the World 35 Spread by tsetse 64 Disney sports grp. - Milk drinkers turning to powder
Series appearance and with the exciting 36 Don’t see eye to eye 65 Ccool rred ggiant - Study reveals babies are stupid
brand of baseball the Jays exhibited this 37 Abram’s wife 66 Step right up! - Winner didn’t even know it was
year, that same leadership group were a pie-eating contest.
praised for the type of baseball their - CIA realizes they’ve been using
team played. Let’s hope that the team black highlighters all these years.
Puzzle by Douglas Taillon
continues to improve and we have an Puzzle by Douglas Taillon Solutions on page 35
exciting year in 2026.