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6F ST, LOUIS POST-DISPATCH WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1993 MINDBENDERS PLUS NATIONAL CHALLENGE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE CROSSWORD NO. 0214 BY ALEX F. BLACKEDITED BY EUGENE T. MALESKA 1 2 3 4 7 III) I Til 1 12 111 rTl4 Itt lit 1 17 li ii jT a 21 24 25 J27 5 5 32 31 jj4 36 37 tT" 40 41 I "'j 1 SO St 52 sT" JT- it 5" r- ii it-rr I 1 1 7 tn 1 1 i 71 7j" 73 IT 74 tT I tT 77 7 7 at pi .1 t4 LIL" JT lip I lit I 92 S3 I 7 9t ion hot 102 103 ioT log i 107 15 mo I1" no 7T TiT 117 111 T20 1st 122 '123 U4 "12S IS 127 ACROSS I Nonsense 7 Prosperity 11 Tennis stratagem 14 This may lead to lead 18 Reserves for future use 19 Cape fox 20 Zhivago's love 21 Put on board 22 "Love 1952 film 25 Lascivious look 26 Brat's rebuttal 27 Estuary 28 Grenoble's department 29 Robin's companion 31 deck (ducks) 34 Copperfield's first wife 36 Students' ponies 37 "Love Prov. 10:12 41 Crescent-shaped figure 42 Rosaceous plant 43 Deg.fora thespian 44 Heating vessels 46 Clark's girlfriend 47 Lovelorn person's problem 50 U.S.N, officer 16 Think 17 Sets of three 20 d'Yvetot," Ibert opera 23 Formerly, formerly 24 Beattyand Rorem 30 Famous former weakling 32 Govt, collection agency 33 Nobelistin Chemistry: 1918 35 Off the beaten track 37 Islamic leader from the Golden 38 Convex moldings 39 Salome's septet 40 Milk: Comb, form 45 Duke of Elchingen 47 Kind of S.D.I, weapon 48 Its symbol is 49 Sainted mother of Cons.tantine 51 Dead Sea product 52 Glacial ridges 54 Egg: Comb, form 55 Seoul G.I.

56 Off. outranking 50 Across 58 Restless yen 59 Make possible 60 Testers 63 "Love 1965 film 65 Mischievous bowman 68 Cronies 70 Sacred bull 53 Put back 57 Strasbourg's river 58 "Love Gershwin 61 "Sweet Swan of Jonson 62 Skid 64 Authenticator 65 Nigerian group 66 Statute 67 Ecol. watchdog 69 Jackie's second 70 "You Love," 1927 song 71 Embarrass 74 African fish 76 Authorizes 81 Business association 82 Dickinson 84 Old hand 85 Treaty site: 1925 87 It's love-love at the start 88 Omaha Beach craft 89 Love seat, e.g. 90 Clarinetist Jimmie 92 in 1952 song 94 Aweigh 95 Yucatec 97 "Love Song of Solomon 103 Medieval underclass 104 Civil-rights org. 105 A Romance language 106 Nullify 108 Havens for bactrians? 110 Light, in Lugo 111 Christiania, today 115 Auricular 116 "Love Jerome K.

Jerome 120 Dijon dream 121 Tatum'sdad 122 Mrs. Sprat's no-no 123 Mergers 124 Very, in Versailles 125 Bungle 126 in Malaga 127 Coin for 126 Across DOWN 1 Purportedly psychic phenomena 2 Peggy Lee's Good Day" 3 Watch pockets 4 Renews 5 Jenny Lou Carson's Me Go, Lover" 6 Worldly goods 7 Affection 8 Superlative maker 9 "He is for the Ingersoll 10 Yam measures 11 Shirley's roomie 12 Norwegian coin 13 Sharp remark 14 "Love Shak. 15 Subordinate deity Edited by J. Baxter Newgate SERVICE-RELATED occupations are becoming a more and more significant part of our economy. Your challenge this week is to propose a novel service occupation.

Examples: Deliverer of outdated magazines to doctors' offices. Junk mail intercepter. The two first-prize winners will receive National Challenge T-shirts. Send your entry (one per person) on a postcard to: National Challenge No. 843, in care of the St.

Louis Post-Dispatch, Box 2061, North Babylon, N.Y. 11703. Your name and address must appear neatly on the same side of the postcard as your entry. Postcards must be received by Monday, March 1. Here are the results of National Challenge No.

836, in which you were to suggest an offbeat fundraiser for any group or organization: FIRST PRIZE Chess club: Act as pawnbrokers for the fencing team. R. Creason, New Cumberland, Pa. Morticians' society: Auction off beauty makeovers for charity. Francis J.

Roth, St. Louis HONORABLE MENTION Bakers union: Sell cans of baking powder to raise more dough for the flower fund. Jack McDonagh, St. Louis Math club: Sell yardsticks at a fraction of their costs (five-fourths). Mary Kook, St.

Louis Save the Bald Eagles: Sell toupees. Steve Gioia, St. Louis Church choir: Hold a devil's food cake bake sale. Patti Turner, St. Louis Friends of Senator Bob Packwood: Sell girlie calendars.

S. Dolecki, Chesterfield, Mo. High school Key Club: Sell locks. Don Casalone, St. Louis Little Leaguers: Auction off the baseball "diamond." Russell Latier, St.

Louis Greenpeace: Sell whale-oil lamp night lights. Al Freivogel, St. Louis Save the Florida Alligators: Every $500 donation receives a Burt Reynolds toupee. Helen K. Pena, Fenton, Mo.

Republican party: Sell White House hall passes. Darvel E. Hemann, Germantown, 111. 80 Pathogenic 95 bacterium, for short 82 Rescuer of 96 Odysseus gg 83 Electronic in 1. 99 71 Gompers's org.

72 Double this for a Chilean river 73 Bridge between electrodes 74 Tone deafness 75 Rose essence 77 ChooChoo Coleman was one 78 Portuguese city 79 Get new equipment One having a tryst Greek An anagram for nails Extended walrus tooth Chief ore of lead Styptic-pencil ingredient Appraisal Quick shot 107 Republic of Ireland 109 Some of the Apodes 112 Blackthorn fruit 113 Christian equivalent of Ramadan 114 Thessalian peak 117 Neighbor of Isr. 118 Bowler or boater 119 One, in Ayr eavesdropping 86 Friars' feisty fete 89 Narrowing of a corporeal 100 101 passage 91 Snake mackerel 93 Damper 94 Okla. city 102 103 Stumped? Call 1-900-420-5656 REVIEW FILM TRIVIA I.Q. 1969? By Sam Tyson 20. What herb was sometimes known as maryjane? Love And Weather: Deja Vu For Murray 1.

Name the only animal with four knees. 2. Who left the Limelighters to sing solo? 3. Who is "Joe 4. Name Boo Boo's big bear friend.

5. If you bought a 45 record in 1959, ing whose presidency? 8. Their first Top 10 hit was "If I Had A Hammer." 9. Mother Teresa set up her base of operations in what city? 10. What did George Balanchine found in 1948? 11.

What Disney film featured three fairies with the names Flora, Fauna and Meriwether? 12. What U.S. president was the first to be sworn in by a woman? 13. Who was the famous canine that was in the 101st Cavalry? 14. What state is directly south of Alberta? 15.

Who painted the "Mona 16. How many children are there in the comic strip "Family 17. What TV series revolved around the Tates and the Campbells? 18. What is second largest country in South America? 19. What Apollo mission did David Scott, James McDivitt and Russell Schweickart board in March ANSWERS euenfuew 02 :6 onody ei -usBjv 81 tiBOS A -gi.

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But just when I thought I was about to be bored by a maudlin, over-sentimentalized ending, I was fooled. Murray and MacDowell become a charming couple trying to find out what it is they like about each other. Murray, whose brand of comedy is an acquired taste, has always had a problem making his characters sincere. He does it with this role. MacDowell deserves a lot of credit for that.

Her earnest yet easy-going performance and her almost angelic appearance would persuade even a jerk like Conners to fall in love. Chris Elliott, best known for his appearances with David Letterman, plays Conners' laconic cameraman and has some hilarious moments. Director Harold Ramis deserves credit for keeping this film on track. It easily could have become too broad and lose any chance at tenderness. Ramis and Danny Rubin, who wrote the script from Rubin's story, skillfully blend the love and laughs through a plot that evokes "Beauty and the Beast" and "It's a Wonderful Life." "Groundhog Day" is a charming and hilarious film.

Or did I already say that? Anyway, it is worth repeating. (Clarkson, Crestwood, Esquire, Halls Ferry, Keller, Mid Rivers, Northwest Square, St. Charles, Union Station.) "GROUNDHOG DAY" Rating: PG. Running time: 1:43. By Joe Holleman Of the Post-Dispatch Staff 6 ROUNDHOG DAY" is a mov- Xie Yogi Berra could love.

It's deja vu all over again. It's also very funny, over and over again. With Bill Murray giving one of his best performances, supported nicely by Andie MacDowell and Chris Elliot, "Groundhog Day," is a charming and hilarious film about love and weather and the people involved in them. Phil Conners (Murray) is a selfish, rude television weatherman in Pittsburgh who is sure he's on his way to a big network job. So he is not thrilled with another annual trip to Punxsutawney, home of the world-famous groundhog who tells us if winter will be short or long.

The trip turns into Conners' personal little hell. He keeps waking up at 6 a.m. on Groundhog Day, Feb. 2. Over and over and over again.

Feb. 3 never comes. But Conners realizes that it's a new day for everyone else and only he has memories of the previous Groundhog Day. He soon finds some big benefits in that fact. Correct a few mistakes here, grab an opportunity there.

One of those opportunities is for Conners to put the make on Rita (MacDowell), his producer. As long as he can endure the face-slapping, Conners believes he can refine his seduction to perfection. In the first hour of this movie, Murray is as funny as he's ever been. He tones down his trademark hip-sarcastic persona just a tad, enough to make Conners the ego WEDNESDAY CALENDAR CHECK IT OUT Brighton Beach Memoirs: Neil Simon's comedy-drama staged by the Conservatory of Theatre Arts at Webster University. 7:30 p.m., Studio Theater of the Loretto-Hilton Center, (968-6928).

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'Woman in Mind': 2 and 8 p.m., Loretto-Hilton Center, (968-4925). Bruce Smirnoff, 8:30 p.m., Funny Bone West, (469-6692). Bud Anderson: 8:30 p.m., Funny Bone South, (843-2727). HEADHUNTER By Bill Kurtzeborn Orange juice prices fall to 1977 levels. The squeeze is on.

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