Crossword puzzle for March 17, 2003 |
ACROSS 1. Large brown seaweeds 5. Slender bristlelike appendages on grasses 9. Propels oneself through the water 14. Found in skin lotions 15. Fellow 16. Funny or amusing 17. A Hindu theistic philosophy 18. Central point of bacterial growth in an organism 19. Asinine 20. Indifferent 22. Allow to enter 23. Country in eastern Africa 24. China grass 26. Two thousand pounds 29. Lacking in genuineness 33. Died (2 words) 38. Hunting expedition 39. Anagram of "Once" 40. Spew forth lava 42. Not new 43. Rear parts of ships 45. Unnecessary 47. God of the sun (Greek mythology) 48. Metric unit of area 49. A percussive stringed instrument 52. Pertaining to birds 57. Persists 60. Right away 63. Boredom 64. Fastener of wood 65. Sawbill duck 66. Harden 67. By way of 68. Adjoin 69. A fencing sword 70. Ice pellets 71. Small drinks |
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1. A small canoe 2. Run away to marry 3. Highest mountain in Canada (19,850 feet) 4. Rich in combustible vegetable matter 5. Skin disease 6. A scarcely detectable amount 7. Opposite of zenith 8. Brightest star in Virgo 9. Genus of a large Australian marine fish 10. Marvelous 11. Islamic prayer leader 12. A short skirt 13. Anagram of "Sect" |
21. Despise 25. Gathering of military personnel 27. City in south central Ukraine 28. Neither ___ 30. Lack of difficulty 31. God of war (Greek mythology) 32. Removable tops of jars 33. Classy or elegant 34. Initial wager 35. Anagram of "Else" 36. Sacred writings 37. Catholic sister 41. The seed of a certain leguminous plant |
44. Not quieter 46. Deceased 50. 9th 51. City in Nebraska 53. Passports 54. Metrical units of unstressed-stressed syllables 55. Devoured (2 words) 56. Semiaquatic salamanders 57. Garlands 58. Actress ____ Paquin 59. Give someone the "cold shoulder" 61. A little known Kamarupan language 62. A Jewish month |
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