Crossword puzzle for October 16, 2000 |
ACROSS 1. Villains 5. Extinct birds 10. Portuguese noblemen 14. The smallest whole number 15. Place casually 16. A domed or vaulted recess 17. Flower 18. Removed 19. Distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers 20. Cyprinid fishes 22. Pitch 23. National capital 24. Cuts 27. Senior officer 30. Small amount 31. A local and habitual twitching esp in the face 32. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal 35. What a spider weaves 37. Become deceased 38. Protoctist 39. Regions 40. A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric 41. Get a grasp 42. Mineral 43. Provide with a soundtrack of a foreign language 44. Set or established in a situation or locality 45. Observe 46. Dekaliter 47. Related to Hmong in southern China 48. An infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid 49. Divertimentoes 52. Cygnus star 55. Male cat 56. Marten of N Asian forests 60. Show off 61. Coal formation 63. La __ Tar Pits, Hollywood 64. New Zealand conifer 65. River in Hades 66. Flowering trees 67. Oceans 68. Saint 69. Questioning to evaluate skill or knowledge |
| ||
DOWN | |||
1. Coagulated milk 2. Old World buffalo 3. Phonograph recording 4. Commercial iron alloy 5. Insecticide 6. Spoke 7. National capital 8. Pertaining to classical music theatre 9. Monetary unit 10. Fathers 11. Oil cartel 12. Millisecond 13. Liquid body substances 21. Satiates 23. Calendar month |
25. Taxi 26. A contest in which the winner is undecided 27. Disperses 28. Units of metrical time 29. White aspen 32. Materials 33. Ornamental tagged cord or braid 34. Father 36. Female grunts 37. Often for medication 38. Sound of satisfaction 40. Manual laborer 41. A purgative made from the leaves of aloe 43. Daughters of the American Revolution |
44. Mat 46. Debutante (abbrev.) 47. Motorcycle maker 49. Edible lily bulbs 50. The US during the Civil War 51. Usually with wooden soles 52. Database management system 53. Great Lake 54. Ancient Japanese religious center 57. Hillside 58. Monetary units 59. Where the sun rises 61. Patti Hearst's captors 62. Permit |
Crossword | Today's solution | Crosswords for October 2000 |