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PineNeed ler By Mar t Dickerson
March PineNeedler March 20th! March 20th!
By M a rt Dick er son
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ACROSS
1. Good, in the ‘hood 4. Dictator 8. Milk producers 12. Musical conclusion 13. Church area 14. Imbecile 16. Biblical birthright seller 17. Crossword layout 18. Bridal path 19. Airborne elephant 21. “American ___,” singing show 23. “Once ___ a time . . .” 24. Naval rank, abbr. 25. Window piece 27. Electrical unit 29. Burglar 30. By way of 31. “Losing My Religion” rock group 34. Hold back 37. Put up, as a picture 38. “. . . ___ he drove out of sight” 39. Honoree’s spot 40. Horse feed bit 41. Chap 42. Resin 43. Wood sorrels 45. _____Stadium, New
York 47. Life saving team, abbr. 48. Moo goo gai pan pan 49. Early course 50. CSI material 51. Cowboy boot attachment 52. Hotel extra 55. Ancient Andean 58. Pinocchio, at times 60. Bit of high jinks 62. Stands for 64. Large sip 66. Pledge 67. Group of lions 68. Countr y path 69. ___ gin fizz 70. Black stone 71. Rim 72. Japanese money
DOWN
1. Ship mate 2. Monroe’s successor 3. Slap on, as paint 4. Playground game 5. This puzzle’s theme, part 1 6. “All kidding ___ . . .” 7. Change 8. Cloak-and-dagger org. 9. Contempt 10. Willow-the- _____ 11. Go it alone 12. Formally surrender 15. Big ___ Conference 20. Kind of news column 22. Meat choice 26. “Act your ___!” 28. Old witch 29. “Absolutely!” 30. Big wine holder 31. Need a bath badly 32. Coastal raptor 33. Allocate, with “out” 34. Doing nothing 35. Polite term of address 36. Photos 37. Puzzle theme, part 2 40. Furniture tree 41. Countr y’s market value initials 43. Have possession of 44. Fossil fuel 45. “___ rang?” 46. Halo, e.g. 49. Puzzle end 50. Hunky-dor y 51. Diet dish 52. Like day-old bread 53. Alpinist’s spike
Across 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1. Good, in the 'hood 12 13 14 15 4. Dictator 8. Milk producers 16 17 18 12. Musical conclusion 19 20 21 22 23 13. Church area 14. Imbecile 24 25 26 27 28 16. Biblical birthright seller 29 30 31 32 33 17. Crossword layout 18. Bridal path 34 35 36 37 38 19. Airborne elephant 39 40 41 21. "American ___", singing show 42 43 44 45 46 23. "Once ___ a time..." 47 48 49 24. Naval rank, abbr. 25. Window piece 50 51 52 53 54 27. Electrical unit 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 29. Burglar 62 63 64 65 66 30. By way of 31. "Losing My Religion" 67 68 69 rock group 34. Hold back 70 71 72 37. Put up, as a picture 38. "... ___ he drove out of 54. Throb sight" 55. Babysitter’s handful 39. Honoree's spot 56. Roman emperor 40. Horse feed bit 57. Brother of Abel 41. Chap 59. “Cast Away” setting 42. Resin 61. Like a busybody 43. Wood sorrels 63. Male or female 45. _____Stadium, New 65. “Golly” York 47. Life saving team, abbr 48. Moo goo gai pan pan 49. Early course 50. CSI material 51. Cowboy boot attachment 52. Hotel extra 55. Ancient Andean 58. Pinocchio, at times 60. Bit of high jinks 62. Stands for 64. Large sip 66. Pledge 67. Group of lions 68. Country path 69. ___ gin fizz 70. Black stone 71. Rim 72. Japanese money
Down
1. Ship mate 2. Monroe's successor 3. Slap on, as paint 4. Playground game 5. This puzzle's theme, part 1 6. "All kidding ___..." 7. Change 8. Cloak-and-dagger org. 9. Contempt 10. Willow-the- _____ 11. Go it alone 12. Formally surrender 15. Big ___ Conference 20. Kind of news column 22. Meat choice 26. "Act your ___!" 28. Old witch 29. "Absolutely!" 30. Big wine holder 31. Need a bath badly 32. Coastal raptor 33. Allocate, with "out" 34. Doing nothing 35. Polite term of address 36. Photos 37. Puzzle theme part 2 40. Furniture tree 41. Country's market value initials 43. Have possession of 44. Fossil fuel 45. "___ rang?" 46. Halo, e.g. 49. Puzzle end 50. Hunky-dory 51. Diet dish 52. Like day-old bread 53. Alpinist's spike 54. Throb 55. Babysitter's handful 56. Roman emperor 57. Brother of Abel 59. "Cast Away" setting 61. Like a busybody 63. Male or female
P uzzle answers on page 114
65. "Golly"Mar t Dickerson lives in Southern Pines and welcomes suggestions from her fellow puzzle masters. She can be reached at mar taroonie@gmail.com.
