Crossword puzzle for December 29, 2000 |
ACROSS 1. Husk or pod 6. Protects animals 10. Catholic ceremony 14. Civil or military authority in Turkey 15. Crustaceon 16. "Inter-____" 17. Heightened awareness 18. Decays 19. Maize 20. Marked with grooves 22. Horn 24. Frozen crystalline precipitation 25. Sliced sandwich meat 26. Triangular alluvial deposits 29. Sell 30. Muslim prayer leader 31. Burning with little smoke and no flame 37. City in Jordan 39. Petroleum 40. A lapel on women's garments 41. Periods of weariness 44. Hole in a mountain 45. Naval Ordinance Test Station 46. US Socialist convicted of murder in 1916, Tom ______ 48. Shakespearean Scottish king 52. Placard 53. Lawfully detain 54. Turn on or start up 58. Composer ____ Stravinsky 59. Actress ____ Lanchester 61. Pertaining to the soft palate 62. Fraud victim 63. Preciptation 64. Muse of lyric poetry 65. Stiff hair or bristle 66. Done to flies 67. Pig pens |
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1. Resorts 2. Stop 3. Utilizer 4. December holiday 5. Single-edged samurai sword 6. Fastener 7. Poke or incite 8. Feline 9. Steal and run 10. As a prefix, indicates largeness 11. Beside or with 12. Police car noisemaker |
13. St. Nick 21. Throw 23. More aged 25. _____ of the ball 26. Rotary phone device 27. Actress ____ Thompson 28. Wallops 29. Renders invalid 32. Speech comes from this 33. Switch back 34. ____ the Terrible 35. Actress ____ Campbell 36. Earl ____ tea 38. Dressed to the _____ |
42. Walks unsteadily 43. Smear or strike (archaic) 47. Pointed arches 48. Household cleaning ladies 49. Debate or fight 50. Cropped (poetic) 51. City in Biblical Macedonia 52. Slight 54. Largest continent 55. Jai ____, sport 56. Vertical fist (karate) 57. Greek god of love 60. Rule |
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