Crossword puzzle for October 14, 2000 |
ACROSS 1. X-Men actress ____ Paquin 5. Someone who consumes food for nourishment 10. Mammal genus 14. Yellow edible Indian fruit 15. A title of respect for a Hindu religious teacher 16. Long fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron 17. Endo 18. Had compassion 19. Gloves worn by fielders in baseball 20. Emits coherent radiation 22. Hebrew unit of capacity 23. The state prevailing during the absence of war 24. On occasion 27. Records electric currents generated by the brain 30. Local area network 31. Go after 32. Turns into noun 35. "Ooops" remover 37. Department of Housing and Urban Development 38. Highly excited 39. A flowering shrub bearing currants or gooseberries 40. Type of RAM 41. A group of adjoining rooms 42. Picture 43. General Post Office 44. Raptors 45. Auricle 46. Bravo! Bravo! Bravo! 47. Fall behind 48. Eastern Daylight Time 49. Evens out or lessens 52. "Fire Dancers of Bali" author Tom _____ 55. A thick flat pad used as a floor covering 56. A stout sword with a curved blade and thick back 60. Italian currency 61. Yellow-fever mosquitos 63. Inca plant 64. An independent ruler or chieftan 65. Inquisitive searcher 66. Attired 67. Vipers 68. West Indian tribe 69. Louts |
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1. Cain and ___ 2. Grandmother 3. Meshes 4. A purgative made from the leaves of aloe 5. Monetary unit 6. Cause to become awake 7. Deck for divination 8. Honorably retired and retaining one's title 9. Get free of 10. Designed chairs 11. Plant genus 12. College army 13. Wager 21. Undersides of feet |
23. A wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface 25. Deface 26. Angry 27. Scary 28. Heath 29. Zsa Zsa _____ , actress 32. Mentally quick and resourceful 33. Shown excessive affection 34. Discharge 36. Monetary unit 37. Health Management Organization 38. Calendar month 40. Something transitory 41. Gurus |
43. A sharp device fixed to a rider's heel 44. Take in solid food 46. Actor/director ___ Howard 47. Used esp. in the Mediterranean 49. Volcanic craters 50. Half-diameters 51. _____ and Venzetti 52. Ancient Greek City 53. Intents 54. Clasp 57. Weapon 58. Canadian flyers 59. James __, American steam engineer 61. Naturally disposed toward 62. No seats available |
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