Thursday, July 8, 2021 Mark McClain
Regular contributor Mark McClain is back and he's found a way to predict the future using just these themers: 17A. Leaping grab of a would-be homer, say: CIRCUS CATCH . Alright sports fans, this panoply of plays will keep you busy for quite a while, so don't forget to come back for the rest of the puzzle: 29A. Christian house of worship in Egypt: COPTIC CHURCH . The Egyptian Copts founded Christian churches as early as 50 AD . The Ethiopian Copts may have founded their Churches even earlier as described in the encounter between St. Phillip and the Ethiopian Eunuch in The Acts of the Apostles 8:26-40. I had the privilege of meeting two Ethiopian Copts at a conference a few years back. Sadly, they were there to witness to the widespread persecution of Coptic Christians in their country. 46A. Northern glacial formation: ARCTIC ICECAP . "Polar ice caps are melting as global warming causes climate change. We ...