Crossword puzzle for October 5, 2000 |
ACROSS 1. Made initial wager 6. Kills (slang) 10. Hard central part of some fruit 14. Large beaver-like rodent 15. Coagulated mass 16. Semi-precious gem 17. Nocturnal South American hoofed animal with a flexible snout 18. Arizona native tribe 19. Tribe of priests 20. Store operator 22. Coupled 24. Listen 25. Closely woven cotton fabric 26. "Father of the military academy" Sylvanus ______ (1785-1872) 29. Loud noise 30. Atoms with an electrical charge 31. Early prospectors 37. Lowest point 39. Vigor 40. Group of boy scouts 41. Disease causing fever and skin inflammation 44. ____ fide: sincere 45. Folded 46. Exchanges 48. Human waste recepticle seats 52. Ancient Chinese capital (221-206 BC) 53. St. Francis of ______ 54. Pertaining to the cervix 58. Thousandths 59. Woodwind 61. Make up for 62. Partly carbonized vegetable matter 63. Flaccid 64. Gentlemen 65. Limbs 66. Declines 67. Essences or beings |
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1. Protrays 2. Built an ark 3. Keyboarding mistake 4. Pineal body 5. Spice and sauce company (Founded in 1850) 6. Pale brownish-yellow color 7. Failure 8. A vain, affected man 9. Payment 10. Paroxysmal pain in the abdomen 11. Classical musical theatre 12. Bolero composer 13. Omit in pronunciation |
21. Hearing organs 23. Jargon or idiom 25. City in Italy 26. Prong 27. Grey or white 28. Actor ____ Griffith 29. Constructed 32. Baking appliances 33. City dwellers 34. Not bad 35. Sharpen 36. Resorts 38. Flowering shrub bearing gooseberries |
42. Joins a leaf to a stem 43. Mix 47. Plunder 48. City in Florida 49. Willow used for basketwork 50. One of the major religions 51. Written memory aids 52. Leaks 54. Hair brush 55. Arguments against 56. In front of 57. Not more 60. Apron |
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