Crossword puzzle for December 15, 2000 |
ACROSS 1. Donkey sounds 6. Killed 10. Smack 14. Spirited vigor or sexual attractiveness (slang) 15. A very small amount 16. Capital of American Samoa: ____- (repeated) 17. Genus for shad fishes 18. Objective 19. Licorice-flavored seed 20. Inhabitant 22. Lurk in the dark 24. Ship's records 25. Shot one over par for a hole (golf) 26. Capital of Canada 29. Recovery from disease 30. Khomeini ruled here 31. The pieces that support lintels 37. Speaks with liveliness or rhythm 39. A dance step 40. Long-billed wading bird 41. Advocates of state intervention and control 44. Leave out 45. Temporary canvas dwelling 46. Words to music 48. Dross or slag 52. Outer garment 53. Units of light 54. Symbol of the Republican Party 58. Sea eagle 59. Like a rabbit 61. A genus of arctic evergreen trees 62. Wicked or despicable 63. Chieftain 64. A leader of the temple music (Old Testament) 65. Orange pekoe and Earl Grey, for example 66. Loot or pillage 67. Oceans (poetic) |
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1. Uncastrated male pig 2. Part portrayed 3. Old Testament prophet 4. City in Michigan 5. An imperfect or delusive semblance 6. Affixes a signature 7. Steal during a civil disturbance 8. 7th letter in the Greek alphabet 9. _______-Astoria hotel 10. Replacement 11. Tall, thin and ungainly 12. Nimble |
13. Assumed a particular position 21. Mild oath of surprise 23. Middle-_____ 25. Explosively fly apart 26. Lubricates 27. Threesome 28. Skin powder 29. Shoreline 32. State as an opinion 33. White feldspar mineral 34. Flamboyant character on the Drew Carey Show 35. Heroic saga 36. Collections 38. Smooth fabric |
42. Attached to collars as a means of control 43. Fruit of the blackthorn shrub 47. Talked noisily 48. Frozen rain 49. Bend 50. Legal term: "_____ performavit" = a good plea in bar 51. Take-up spools 52. Office worker 54. Singer ____ Clapton 55. Dull, sustained pain 56. Low tide 57. Darkens skin 60. Doctors' group |
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