Crossword puzzle for December 15, 2000



ACROSS
1. Donkey sounds
6. Killed
10. Smack
14. Spirited vigor or sexual attractiveness (slang)
15. A very small amount
16. Capital of American Samoa: ____- (repeated)
17. Genus for shad fishes
18. Objective
19. Licorice-flavored seed
20. Inhabitant
22. Lurk in the dark
24. Ship's records
25. Shot one over par for a hole (golf)
26. Capital of Canada
29. Recovery from disease
30. Khomeini ruled here
31. The pieces that support lintels
37. Speaks with liveliness or rhythm
39. A dance step
40. Long-billed wading bird
41. Advocates of state intervention and control
44. Leave out
45. Temporary canvas dwelling
46. Words to music
48. Dross or slag
52. Outer garment
53. Units of light
54. Symbol of the Republican Party
58. Sea eagle
59. Like a rabbit
61. A genus of arctic evergreen trees
62. Wicked or despicable
63. Chieftain
64. A leader of the temple music (Old Testament)
65. Orange pekoe and Earl Grey, for example
66. Loot or pillage
67. Oceans (poetic)

DOWN
1. Uncastrated male pig
2. Part portrayed
3. Old Testament prophet
4. City in Michigan
5. An imperfect or delusive semblance
6. Affixes a signature
7. Steal during a civil disturbance
8. 7th letter in the Greek alphabet
9. _______-Astoria hotel
10. Replacement
11. Tall, thin and ungainly
12. Nimble
13. Assumed a particular position
21. Mild oath of surprise
23. Middle-_____
25. Explosively fly apart
26. Lubricates
27. Threesome
28. Skin powder
29. Shoreline
32. State as an opinion
33. White feldspar mineral
34. Flamboyant character on the Drew Carey Show
35. Heroic saga
36. Collections
38. Smooth fabric
42. Attached to collars as a means of control
43. Fruit of the blackthorn shrub
47. Talked noisily
48. Frozen rain
49. Bend
50. Legal term: "_____ performavit" = a good plea in bar
51. Take-up spools
52. Office worker
54. Singer ____ Clapton
55. Dull, sustained pain
56. Low tide
57. Darkens skin
60. Doctors' group


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