Crossword Puzzle for May 8, 2000 |
ACROSS 1. The most common computer memory 4. Daylight savings time on the east coast 7. National capital 12. Alias 13. The compass point that is midway between north and northeast 14. Supreme being 15. Early American religious denomination 17. The largest city in Africa 18. Artificial language 19. No (Scottish) 21. Pain unit 22. Type genus of the Ranidae 24. A person's brother or sister 25. Capable of thinking and expressing oneself clearly 26. Turns into noun 27. Having yellowish rind 29. Dragon 31. European football 35. Subshrub 37. Rapid bustling movement 38. Isodor __, American Nobel physicist 41. Gun (slang) 42. Acts as military assistant 43. Gorilla 44. Not just "play" 45. Type of tree 46. Gridiron predecessor 48. National capital 52. Heath 53. __ Lilly, drug company 54. Catch a criminal 55. In a way, snaps 56. Thus far 57. Helps little firms |
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1. Hit 2. Yoruba 3. More maritime 4. Endo 5. A nucleic acid shaped like a double helix 6. Wimbledon sport 7. Competition of speed 8. Flower petals 9. Algerian city 10. Moses' elder brother (Bible) 11. Peg |
16. Potato state, abbr. 20. Chagrined 22. Rodent 23. Government computer language 24. Jean Paul __, author 25. A baglike structure in a plant or animal 27. Unit of food energy (abbrev.) 28. Any of several chiefly tropical constrictors with vestigial hind limbs 30. A citizen of Thailand 32. Crocodilian reptiles 33. Doctor of Education |
34. Having a grainy texture 36. Ice or field sport 38. More uncommon 39. Venezuelan river 40. Start 42. Any high mountain 44. Shag rugs 45. Utter sounds 47. Number, in base two 49. Brew 50. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research 51. A fabric woven from goat and camel hair |
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