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Puzzles and Comics
...by Len Elliott
Across
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1. Ending for heart or head 5. Neck warmer 10. Rotating engine parts 14. Suits ____ (satisfies): 3 wds. 15. Pharmacist’s container 16. It’s often added to lotions 17. Also called “gumbo” 18. “Home on the ____” (cowboy song) 19. In ____ (as originally located) 20. Part of rpm 21. #27’s preliminary writings 23. Super silly 25. Certain singers 26. Covering for a sausage 28. With 42-Across, #11’s collection of humor 31. For ____ (cheap): 2 wds. 32. Actress Eva ____ Saint 33. Argon is one 36. Needle-bearing tree 37. Lawn bowling game 38. Naked 39. Tennis has two 40. “Whole ____ Shakin’ Goin’ On” (1957 hit) 41. Small canyon 42. See 28-Across 43. Female prison employee 44. Pribilof Island native 47. Second most populous city in India 48. #38’s calabashes 52. Avenue crossers: abbr. 55. Calc prereq, usually 56. Artist’s stand 57. Put on an unhappy face 58. Suffix for differ or prefer 59. Not those 60. “____ and the King of Siam” 61. Bygone cheers from the crowd 62. Like dishwater 63. Nicholas II of Russia, e.g.
Down
1. Sitting on 2. Popular cola, in short 3. With 33-Down, #9 or #23’s military units 4. Seventh Greek letter 5. Leaped suddenly 6. Cause skin irritation 7. “If it ____ broke,...” 8. Tattered cloth 9. Ran away 10. Cello virtuoso Pablo 11. “Need ____?” (driver’s query): 2 wds. 12. California’s is “Eureka” 13. “The Cat in the Hat” author 21. OJ for astronauts 22. Fall yard tool 24. Usual number of baseball innings 26. May or Cod, e.g. 27. “Z ____ zebra”: 2 wds. 28. Diplomatic treaties 29. Black-and-white ocean predator 30. More than just a fib 32. Speck, as of dust 33. See 3-Down 34. Jason’s ship of myth 35. Observed 37. ____ choy 38. The pair of them 40. Places to park your car 41. Guys’ companions 42. Book after Joshua 43. Musical mixture 44. Chase ____ (pursue) 45. Doone of literature 46. Philosopher Fromm 47. Type of rehearsal 49. Obtains 50. Home of Honolulu 51. Previously owned 53. “Chicken of the sea” 54. Our sun, e.g. 57. Butter square
solution on page 18
More Presidential Rhyme Time
...by Len Elliott
The answer to each clue is the last name of a U.S. president followed by a word that rhymes with it. E.g., #37’s things that go along with a meal – Nixon’s fixins.
1. They keep #39’s socks up. 2. #18’s trousers. 3. #10’s office clerks who kept documents in order. 4. #36’s brand of cigarette lighters. 5. #12’s naval personnel.
answers on page 18
TRICKY TIMELINE
I know it has happened But the timeline is shady: When did I turn into A little old lady?
-- Pat D’Amico
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