publication date: Tuesday, March 24, 2015 (part of Spring 2015)

category: Sports

clue: A knee-injury-prone Chicagoan by any other name would score as sweetly.

explanation: Rose played for the Chicago Bulls in between frequent injuries. The Shakespearean phrasing of the clue was a play on his last name. more…

intended difficulty: easy

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Justin Woods, Matthew Preston, Joanna Woods, Erik Bates, and Mike Rothstein


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