Crossword puzzle for July 23, 2001 |
ACROSS 1. Kept 5. A temporary police force 10. Floating matter in tropics 14. Ancient Greek City 15. Wears 16. Long operatic solo 17. In bed 18. Thick metal rope 19. Fog 20. Capital of Senegal 22. A common poetic contraction 23. Capital of Bangladesh 24. Sings 27. An unreturnable serve in tennis 30. Father 31. Stinging insect 32. Hyrax 35. Moisten 37. Excavated 38. Story 39. Solos 40. Founder of Babism 41. Similar to a gravy 42. Barbarian 43. Magazine (abbrev.) 44. Applied gently 45. The compass point that is one point south of due east 46. Have already done 47. Moroccan coastal region 48. Express or speak 49. Compounds of silicon 52. Carp-like fish 55. "The Big Apple" 56. A stout sword with a curved blade 60. North-central Indian city 61. Athletic speed competitions 63. Chinese dynasty 64. An agreement about buying and selling 65. South African city 66. Circle fragments 67. Arbitrageurs (abbrev.) 68. Yellow-fever mosquitos 69. Capital of Qatar |
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1. Found on a neck 2. Italian island 3. Plant having flat overlapping dark green leaves 4. Begetters 5. Beginning military rank 6. Spoke 7. Absorption unit 8. Sweetened cream beaten with wine or liquor 9. The compass point midway between east and southeast 10. Languages of Sulu islands 11. Pertaining to urine 12. Phonograph recording 13. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn 21. Counsels |
23. River in NE Scotland 25. Hurried on foot 26. Angle or temperature (abbrev.) 27. Maxim or proverb 28. Evergreen Mediterranean tree 29. Sends forth 32. Smear on 33. Hollyhocks 34. Disreputable 36. Exclamation that denotes disgust 37. Former UN General Secretary ___ Hammarskjold 38. The bill in a restaurant 40. Playful banter or repartee 41. Vaults 43. One-thousandth |
44. Radiotelegraphic signal 46. The god of the underworld in ancient mythology 47. Inflorescence 49. Fish-eating aquatic mammals 50. Sago palm 51. Dish of greens and tomatoes 52. French art movement 53. Latin for "Field" 54. The constellation Cancer 57. Type of a ball point pen 58. Every individual thing or person 59. Large genus of erect or climbing prickly shrubs 61. A nucleic acid 62. Female sibling |
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