Crossword puzzle for May 26, 2003 |
ACROSS 1. Demonstrates 6. A competition involving speed 10. Examine hastily 14. A strong flexible twig 15. Freudian stage 16. A beautiful and graceful girl 17. Extraterrestrial 18. 10 cent coin 19. Meadows 20. Expedient 22. Abstaining from sex 24. A disparaging remark 25. Stammer 26. Sews together loosely 29. Ethiopian monetary unit 30. Margarine 31. Changed from governmental to private ownership 37. Acquires deservedly 39. A senior official in the Ottoman Empire 40. Expressive of contempt 41. Revolts 44. Smooth-tongued 45. Where the sun rises 46. Airplane "drivers" 48. Exude 52. American astronaut Sally ____ 53. Oxygenate 54. Sanity 58. Modern-day Persia 59. Meshes 61. Heart artery 62. Connection 63. Harvest 64. Fails to win 65. Perceives visually 66. Yelps 67. Distorts |
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1. A sharp blow 2. Anagram of "Hail" 3. Relating to the ear 4. A flat stone for sharpening blades 5. Mentally infirm with age 6. Detection by radio waves 7. A blue dye 8. A rotating mechanism 9. Daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra (Greek mythology) 10. A single splash 11. Anagram of "Skeet" 12. Angry 13. Hoarder |
21. Tip 23. Aches 25. A Jewish month 26. Afrikaner 27. Winged 28. A Slavic people 29. A prejudiced person 32. Increase in salary 33. A corner by a fireplace 34. Grain storage building 35. Assemble or modify written material 36. Debutantes 38. Ice pellets |
42. Elapsed time between a stimulus and the reaction 43. Rotate 47. Models of excellence 48. Travels in a wind-propelled boat 49. Strange or weird 50. Large long-necked wading bird 51. Enlisted men 52. Coarse files 54. Cease 55. Gaelic 56. Ragout 57. Backtalk 60. Earned Run Average |
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