THE BEND CROSSWORD The winners are : 1) Jeffrey Hamlett, Madison, WI. 1) Sent by email. received 3/18, 11:04pm PST 2) Oak Kelsey, Minneapolis, MN 1) Sent by email. Received 3/19, 1:24am PST Runner up : Rick Valenzuela. Philadelphia, PA Sent by email. Received 1/19, 6:49am PST Close but nope : Staci G and Shea Johnson, Los Angeles, CA Andrew Pommier, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Josh Caffrey, Los Angeles, CA (come on Josh, you left blanks!) And a special mention : 11 year-old Zoe Rogers came really close to getting all the answers. Good job Zoe, you put a lot of grownups to shame. All right, a couple of things. Elephont was spelled wrong. This probably threw a few people off. Our apologies. BUT, there was a tough question in there that most everyone missed; # 37 across, "Buddhist for, The Daily Grind." Many of you put MANDALA -- which fit in the space perfectly, but actually means... "Any of various ritualistic geometric designs symbolic of the universe, used in Hinduism and Buddhism as an aid to meditation." The correct answer is SAMSARA... "The eternal cycle of birth, suffering, death, and rebirth." The Hessenjenk boards will be sent to Hamlett and Kelsey. The runners up and closebutnopes will get consolation prizes. Not sure what yet. What a bunch of nerds. Thanks. You can go here to see the completed puzzle. Enter BEND