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Think you know it all when it comes to Westchester County trivia? Test your knowledge with this county-centric crossword.
Puzzle constructed by Myles Mellor and Nick Brandi
Though not technically New England, there are parts of Westchester that in terms of autumn splendor would have you believe you’re standing in New Hampshire or Vermont. So, cozy up in your favorite chair or sofa and let this 914-centric fall puzzle stimulate your brain the way the idyllic turning leaves do your eyes.
ACROSS
1. Pocantico’s Union Church boasts his last commissioned work
5. Snoop’s BFF
9. Camera motion
10. One who transported illegal liquor to Pelham Manor during Prohibition
12. Old ___ Church (made famous by Irving)
13. Swerve
15. Sinatra did it this way
16. Catch, in a way
18. Cornwallis experienced one in Yorktown
24. Compass point
25. No-no embrace during the pandemic
27. He preceded Astorino
28. “I can resist everything except temptation” (quote from this Irish poet and a fashionista of his day)
30. Bridge with an identity crisis
33. It’s popular at Ebersole or the Ice Hutch
34. Average name on Wall Street
36. He replaced Nita
37. Palomino at Sonora, for example
39. It could be Lower or Upper in Manhattan (2 words)
42. Historic nabe in Ossining where you can visit The Jug Tavern
45. Dieter’s measurement (abbr)
47. Aspiring attorney’s exam
48. Pizza region in Italy
49. A “Rocky” estate in Westchester
DOWN
1. Dynastic sports family in the 914
2. First name in fashion or an iconic rock opera
3. Where you can pick a Cortland in Granite Springs
4. Long, long time
5. Cellist Yo-Yo
6. He had a fall in the fall of 1780
7. Appellation
8. Its nemesis is a “borer”
9. Eminent and determined prefix
11. Dusk
14. Environmental activist and actor Begley
17. With 35 down, fun, fun, fun since 1928
19. Part of T.G.I.F. (abbr)
20. Furthermore
21. Driving aids at Wykagyl and Leewood
22. You’ll find them black-capped at Ward Pound Ridge
23. 3rd-biggest city in NYS (by pop.)
26. What you’ll hear at Caramoor (2 words)
28. Light-bulb unit
29. This place had Dark Shadows
31. Jersey call
32. Oprah’s network
35. See 17 down
38. Italian car maker
40. Actor Mineo
41. Deer species
43. ___ Baba
44. British thanks
46. Alongside
SOLUTION
