publication date: Friday, March 11, 2022 (part of Spring 2022)

category: Sports

clue: Ukraine's first Olympic champion retired in the mid-1990s to play Clara and Dorothy Gale on ice.

explanation: Baiul won a gold medal in figure skating in 1994, then left the sport and performed in TV specials like The Nutcracker on Ice and The Wizard of Oz on Ice. more…

intended difficulty: easy

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, and Richard Slominsky

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