Crossword Puzzle for May 17, 2000



ACROSS
1. A minor nonspecific ailment
4. Cooking utensil
7. Managed health insurance
10. Regulates the environment
11. Military mailbox
12. Autumn month
13. Lumpy
15. Urge a dog to attack someone
16. Survivor
18. A style of carpet
21. Published in a series
24. Green regions of desert
26. Ointment
27. Pertaining to the spine
29. Drove
30. Dress of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion
32. Towards the stern
34. Without weapons
38. A run that is the result of the batter's performance
39. Not just "play"
40. Recompense
41. A local and habitual twitching esp in the face
42. The compass point that is midway between north and northeast
43. Color

DOWN
1. An enclosure for confining livestock
2. A corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public
3. A mass of soft or resilient material
4. Lacking color
5. Opaque gems
6. Conservatives
7. Unfavorable to life or growth
8. Phone company
9. Securities market
14. Demanding immediate notice
17. A fissure in the earth's crust through which molten lava and gases erupt
18. Distress signal
19. Come to pass
20. A native or inhabitant of Asia
22. Latin for hail
23. Directed by example or actions
25. A Titan in ancient mythology
28. A fabric woven with fibers from the flax plant
31. Any competition
32. The products of human creativity
33. J. Edgar Hoover's office
35. The ratio of the distance traveled (in miles) to the time spent traveling (in hours)
36. Cologne
37. Used in staining or coloring fabrics or hair


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