Crossword puzzle for December 16, 2000 |
ACROSS 1. Napped 6. Monster 10. Weapons 14. Card game 15. Undue self-preoccupation 16. Skin of an apple 17. Very pale 18. Completes 19. X-Men actress ____ Paquin 20. Visiting stores to make purchases 22. Most kind or appealing 24. Haughty manner 25. Means of access 26. British writer of "Tristram Shandy" Laurence ______ 29. Confident 30. A flexible tube 31. Month (plural) 37. Food thickeners 39. Human works of beauty 40. South Pacific volcanic islands 41. Subdue or tame 44. Mischievous elves 45. Sea eagle 46. Calms or pacifies 48. Erodes or chafes 52. Jai ____, sport 53. Author ______ May Alcott 54. Journalist and editor Rufus Wilmot _______ (1815-1857) 58. Pattern of crisscrossed lines 59. Native of Siam 61. Middle-Eastern desert 62. Queen Elizabeth's daughter 63. Stop 64. Happen 65. Not more 66. Ruled Iran 67. Trap shooting |
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1. Oceans 2. Opulent 3. Reflected sound waves 4. People who make things ready 5. Form of bowling 6. Baking appliances 7. Group of people 8. Dispose 9. Trap 10. Swiftly 11. Restore 12. A southern constellation |
13. Resembling slate 21. Angers 23. Distinct articles 25. Latin for "Drop" 26. Persian for "Monarch" 27. African country 28. Jacob's brother (Bible) 29. Unrestrained overindulgence 32. Gains for service or labor 33. Office of a bailiff 34. Actress ____ Thompson 35. Resembling a rope 36. Back talk 38. Sows |
42. Respirations 43. Hindu goddess of death 47. Lariots 48. Relating to certain kelp-like organisms 49. Carried or supported 50. Remains after destruction 51. Assistants 52. _____metic 54. Celebration 55. ____ upon a time 56. Norwegian for the carp-like "Bleak" fish 57. Soil 60. Expresses surprise |
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