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It Is What It Is november crossword puzzle
By Peter Collins
SQUARE MILE TOWN TO CITY OF CORNWALL
SQUARE MILE TOWN TO CITY OF CORNWALL
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 8¢ a ___ Canada Bread 1945
2 Become aware of
Connor McDavid is known for his el- 13 14 15 16 3 Of a W. Sq■are Mile border
evated hockey IQ, and his incredible 17 18 19 4 Mil. mess helpers
ability to make decisions on the ice 5 Like the Music Man’s Hill
with a rapidity that leaves opposing 20 21 22 23 6 Follows take (Calm down)
players standing frozen in his wake. 7 Canada’s Logan, for ex.
It appears his decision making off the 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 8 Main Square Mile street
ice is also done at a higher level than 9 Vinegar: Prefix
his contemporaries. While some may 31 32 T 33 34 35 36 10 The ___, as in Turner
11 Veteran’s ‘call’, for decades
question his decision to sign for two
37 38 39 12 Lux. car models
more years at twelve and a half mil- 15 Dance when doubled
lion a year, McDavid’s intentions are 40 41 42 21 Angelic French titles
in the right place. The most dominant 23 Cornwall rwy., circa 1945
player in the NHL has decided that it is 43 44 45 25 Hold in heavenly esteem
more important to win the Stanley Cup 26 Ma, of 10¢ burger fame
than be the highest paid player in the 46 47 48 28 Sq■are Mile border
NHL. The title for highest paid NHL 49 50 51 52 29 ‘Downtown’ scrap yard
player now goes to the talented Kirill 30 Mideast rulers
Kaprizov who just signed an eight-year 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 31 Sam’s circa 1938 business
contract that will pay him seventeen 32 Colts and Thunder venues
million dollars a year. Both McDavid 60 61 62 63 64 65 34 Central, then Horovitz
and Kaprizov are twenty-eight years old 35 Give the once-over
66 67 68 38 Prison, in the 19 century
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entering the prime of their careers, and
both are in search of their first Stanley 69 70 71 39 INET buddy
Cup. Kaprizov decided to squeeze as 41 No seats left: Abbrev.
45 Soc., now in the Village
many millions out of the Wild as he 47 Famed US news outlet
could, even refusing a sixteen million ACROSS ACROSS 48 Cornwall’s King or Lloyd
dollar a year contract. The Wild, afraid 1 1 of 7 in Cornwall’s canal 42 Single title: French abbr. 50 S. Stormont Island & Drive
to lose their star player backed down 5 Was a Loyalist ___ 1784 43 British royal born 1950 52 Il s’en ___: He’s on his way
and paid Kaprizov what he was asking. 9 Elementary quartet 44 7 and York ‘pond’ 54 Disappointed fan calls
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Meanwhile McDavid, whose stats easi- 13 “Movin’ ___” - Jeffersons) 45 Scot’s toss 55 Watched like this
ly dominate Kaprizov’s, decided to take 14 Relating to sight 46 Tribe of Israel 58 Greek music theaters
less money so that his team the Oilers 16 Persuade persistently 47 Opposite of Sud 59 Originally the R O X Y
would use the money to be more com- 17 They deliver the $ 48 Snapping in Florida 60 Calendar abbrev.
petitive during the next three years. As 18 Sq■are Mile border 49 Treatise, for one 61 Before propyl or metric
soon as McDavid signed, next year’s 19 Goes with the flows? 51 The equalizer 62 Follows ‘on his last’
highly touted free agents, Jack Eichel, 20 Hanging on a watch chain 53 Mormon ‘country’ 64 Give it a go, in text
and Kyle Conner, signed long-term 21 Shirt label info 56 Global sports agcy. 65 Electronics co. letters
deals with their respective clubs. One 22 Diplomatic technique 57 NBA alley?
has to wonder whether or not Wild GM 24 ___ (Manger tout) 60 Follows Cotton or Paper Originally New Johnstown, the
Bill Guerin jumped the gun in signing 27 Appointed: French 63 Sq■are Mile border name was changed in honour of
31 ‘City’ in the Township
the Duke of Cornwall. It was
65 60s YMCA Club
Kaprizov. It’s unlikely that any GM in 33 Monkey see, monkey do 66 Brit. coffee table dishes incorporated as a town in 1834
the league would take Kaprizov over 36 Before you fire 67 Canal bridge and became a city in 1945. The
McDavid, and McDavid is four and a 37 Singer Guthrie, et al. 68 Star Trek 1 NASA probe designation ‘Square Mile Town’
half million dollars cheaper per year. 38 Precedes the dragon 69 At large, in town 1800s applied only to areas inside the
However, McDavid’s signing comes 39 Writer Stanley Gardner 70 Stationer called ‘Mr.’ square mile. All other areas were
with a caveat. If Stan Bowman cannot 40 Bring up, at home 71 Have a chinwag designated as belonging to the
build a winner in Edmonton during the 41 Benny’s, on the corner Township of Cornwall.
next three years, McDavid is likely long
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