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Puzzle:
http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/puzzle20150321.pdf

Solution for previous - 20150221:
http://blogs.wsj.com/puzzle/2015/02/20/weather-update-saturday-puzzle/tab/puzzle_solution/

As always, for best results download, then open & print.

Previous puzzles can be found here:
http://preview.tinyurl.com/pyvfuwg

Thanks, Syzygy, really clever puzzle.

Great fun. Thanks, syzzie.

You're welcome.

It wasn't about American sports as I first thought:
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/tournament/bracket

Not clear about the significance of the centre. "Spot of tea"?

A better link for my initial wrong guess:
http://www.ncaa.com/march-madness
You can watch the games if that's your interest.

See my thread "For ginge".

Glad aristo posted as he did otherwise I'd have started to wonder what I'd missed as the preamble made the puzzle sound more difficult than it actually was and I now see the thematic compass points are merely symbolic but good fun nevertheless. Many thanks again syzygy.