by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon

Pool Puzzle

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This puzzle's grid represents a swimming pool with eight horizontal lanes. Each lane is filled from left to right by two or three Across answers along with one unclued swimmer going first, last, or between two clued entries. The eight swimmers are competing in a race whose winner is the one touching the left end of the pool. Across entries' positions in the pool can be found with the help of the Down entries, clued column by column. Down answers have four, seven, or eight letters; those with seven letters must each share a column with an extra letter belonging to a swimmer. The extra letter may occur anywhere in the column. The eight extra letters, reading from top to bottom, describe the swimmers literally and show something they have in common. Eleven clue answers are capitalized; one swimmer consists of two words.

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