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Weekly Crossword Puzzle Week 12

#1 User is offline   Cactus Icon

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Posted 27 May 2005 - 04:17 AM

And here's number 12:



Across
1 Refuse
6 Little devils
10 Fiery saint
14 Old witch
15 Oz creator
16 Hairdo
17 Red dye
18 Cook's seasoning
19 Rwandan ethnic group
20 Establish
21 Bacon and Lamb
23 City on the Rhône and Saône
25 Fly-by-night flight?
26 Galilee's land
29 "The Prince and the Pauper" star, 1937
31 Aspirin target, maybe
33 Rub-___
37 Marshy area
38 Best Film of 1988
41 No matter which
42 Cleared
44 Ignominy
46 A cube has 12
49 Engines with oomph
50 Meter readers
53 Phoenician seaport
54 Creature seen later?
57 "On the ___ hand ..."
61 Creeks
62 Electric guitar attachment
63 Capture
64 Small freshwater fish
65 Business bigwig, for short
66 Accessory
67 Invites
68 Enjoy a repast
69 Driving force

Down
1 Folk singer Phil
2 Complimentary
3 Type assortment
4 Ring-shaped
5 2004, for one
6 "A Doll's House" dramatist
7 "Serpico" author Peter
8 They slug it out
9 Like wet ink
10 Egg-laying mammal
11 Contemptible one
12 Thurber character Walter
13 Handy
22 Kyoto cash
24 Paella pot
26 Data
27 Aim at
28 Ancient alphabetic character
29 Book conclusion
30 Hightails it
32 "The Immoralist" author
34 Paint poorly
35 "Do ___ others..."
36 Seeds often get them
39 Aesthetically pretentious
40 Personality disorders
43 Transfers, for a limited time, at law
45 Excuse
47 B.A. or Ph.D.
48 Chewed like a rodent
50 Lake in N. Italy
51 Alternate identity
52 It may be taken up
53 Identify a caller
55 Approach the runway
56 John Irving's "A Prayer for ___ Meany"
58 "Women and Love" author
59 Poetic Pound
60 500 sheets

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Posted 27 May 2005 - 10:39 AM

OK... here's some responses wink.gif

6a - imps
15a - baum
20a - setup
25a - redeye
46a - edges
57a - other
65a - exec
68a - dine

5d - leapyear
6d - ibsen
35d - unto
47d - deg
48d - gnawed
51d - alias
55d - taxi
60d - ream

enjoy! tongue.gif

QUOTE (broccboy @ Sep 29 2005, 04:21 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
10d - boobs? :lol:
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1,000,000 points to Brocc for successfully inserting 'boobs' into a crossword puzzle! :lol:
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Posted 27 May 2005 - 11:00 AM

Hehe - thanks broccboy. tongue.gif

Let's have a look:

Across

19 Hutu
26 Israel
33 A Dub
37 Fen
54 Alligator

Down

12 Mitty
22 Yen
26 Info

Updated!
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Posted 31 May 2005 - 03:09 AM

Cactus is going on holiday!

So we need someone to look after the crossword from about the 11th June to the 20th. If you'd like to help, please PM me.

Thanks!

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Posted 31 May 2005 - 03:37 AM

Down
7 MAAS
22 YEN
32 GIDE
56 OWEN

Across
38 RAINMAN
29 FLYNN
18 SALT
Give me crack and anal sex
Take the only tree that's left and stuff it up the hole in your culture.

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Posted 31 May 2005 - 03:54 AM

45 down "pretext"

22 down "yen"

takes a while to go over it :X I've barely started...
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Posted 31 May 2005 - 05:21 AM

Thanks guys. Thought it was getting kinda quiet around here. wink.gif

Updated!
Man, slow down
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Don't walk so fast
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Posted 31 May 2005 - 05:29 AM

53d trace
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Posted 31 May 2005 - 12:09 PM

OK... here's some more:

18a should be 'sage' not 'salt'

10a - elmo
16a - coif
21a - essayists
23a - lyon
31a - neuralgia
41a - any
42a - oked
44a - disrepute
49a - turbos
50a - gasmen
53a - tyre
62a(from shrewd's trace) - wawa
63a - seize
66a - extra
67a - asks
69a - steam

8d - pugs
9d - smeary
10d - echidna
11d - louse
13d - ofuse
24d - olla
27d - seek
28d - rune
29d - finis
30d - lams
34d - daub
36d - byes
39d - arty
40d - neuroses
52d - slack
53d (from shrewd) - trace
58d - hite
59d - ezra

enjoy! tongue.gif

QUOTE (broccboy @ Sep 29 2005, 04:21 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
10d - boobs? :lol:
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1,000,000 points to Brocc for successfully inserting 'boobs' into a crossword puzzle! :lol:
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Posted 01 June 2005 - 03:17 AM

Thanks Shrewd, Broccboy.

Updated.

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Posted 03 June 2005 - 03:37 AM

Nearly there!

Across
1 Offal ?
14 Crone
17 Henna

Down
2 Free
4 Annular

Updated.

Now just a couple more and we can post another. Any takers?
Man, slow down
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Posted 07 June 2005 - 03:40 AM

So I guess we've all given up on this one.

Here's the solution:


Only 4 letters missed - not a bad effort, folks!
Man, slow down
We'll get there
Take your time
Don't walk so fast
Stay on the road - Walkin' the Blues, by Willie Dixon
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Posted 09 June 2005 - 04:52 PM

Damn. Was just about to guess Demises.
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