Crossword Puzzle for April 20, 2000

ACROSS
1. Defensive nuclear weapon
4. Ability
7. African country
12. Arrived extinct
13. A shag rug made in Sweden
14. Use
15. Investigator
17. Wrap
18. A corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public
19. Hot (or iced) drink
21. First female
22. God of fire (Hindu)
24. Deface 25. Lyric poems
26. To travel one length north and one length east
27. Bones
29. Cause to run off the tracks
31. Hunting expedition
35. Covered
37. Auto
38. Mated
41. A way to stray
42. South Dravidian
43. Distilled from fermented molasses
44. Male adult
45. Darken skin through sun exposure
46. Sun-dried brick
48. Breed of horse
52. Clog
53. A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric
54. Don't know when yet
55. Regions
56. Back
57. The compass point midway between northeast and east

DOWN

1. Aide de Camp (abbrev.)
2. A way to indicate disapproval
3. More maritime
4. River in Florence
5. Type of grain
6. Dragon
7. Former Persian Empire capital
8. United States
9. Challenged
10. Xerophyte
11. Spanish babies
16. Near, against
20. Deleted 22. Not or
23. Includes Ewe and Fon languages
24. Spanish Province
25. Lout
27. Russian space station
28. Scoundrel
30. Sum
32. Poisonous plant
33. Radioactivity unit
34. Irish extremist group
36. Canal 38. Sonia __, Brazilian actress
39. More ill-mannered
40. A way to behave
42. Chit
44. Untidiness
45. Mexican dish
47. Bleat
49. Used cloth
50. Airborne, abbr.
51. No (Scottish)

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Crosswords for April 2000

ACROSS 1. Defensive nuclear weapon 4. Ability 7. African country 12. Arrived extinct 13. A shag rug made in Sweden 14. Use 15. Investigator 17. Wrap 18. A corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public 19. Hot (or iced) drink 21. First female 22. God of fire (Hindu) 24. Deface	25. Lyric poems 26. To travel one length north and one length east 27. Bones 29. Cause to run off the tracks 31. Hunting expedition 35. Covered 37. Auto 38. Mated 41. A way to stray 42. South Dravidian 43. Distilled from fermented molasses 44. Male adult 45. Darken skin through sun exposure 46. Sun-dried brick 48. Breed of horse 52. Clog 53. A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric 54. Don't know when yet 55. Regions 56. Back 57. The compass point midway between northeast and east
	DOWN
	1. Aide de Camp (abbrev.) 2. A way to indicate disapproval 3. More maritime 4. River in Florence 5. Type of grain 6. Dragon 7. Former Persian Empire capital 8. United States 9. Challenged 10. Xerophyte 11. Spanish babies 16. Near, against 20. Deleted	22. Not or 23. Includes Ewe and Fon languages 24. Spanish Province 25. Lout 27. Russian space station 28. Scoundrel 30. Sum 32. Poisonous plant 33. Radioactivity unit 34. Irish extremist group 36. Canal	38. Sonia __, Brazilian actress 39. More ill-mannered 40. A way to behave 42. Chit 44. Untidiness 45. Mexican dish 47. Bleat 49. Used cloth 50. Airborne, abbr. 51. No (Scottish)