Crossword puzzle for December 24, 2000

ACROSS
1. Chieftains
6. Minute rough granules
10. Sharp, sour taste
14. Monetary unit of India and Nepal
15. Connects points
16. As well
17. State in India
18. Picnic insects
19. A flat-bottom vessel, normally made from tied-together logs
20. Last minute Christmas errands
22. Fly that transmits sleeping sickness
24. Personal (abbrev.)
25. Distant rapidly-rotating stars
26. Make changes, repairs or improvements
29. Opera set in Egypt
30. Russian mountain range
31. Deductive reasonings
37. Danish for "Flounder"
39. Beer
40. Move stealthily
41. A series of elements in the periodic table
44. Indian dress
45. Large, commodious boats
46. Christmases
48. Orders back
52. Arbitrary decree
53. As a prefix, ancient or primitive
54. New England football team
58. Done to bread and cakes
59. Actress Patricia ____
61. Former Today show co-host _____ Couric
62. A distinct article
63. Crow sounds
64. Useful
65. Negatives
66. Christmas season
67. Irritating people or animals

DOWN

1. Historical periods
2. Boiled cornmeal
3. "____ facto" = by the fact itself
4. Name to a position again
5. Latin for "Always"
6. Vascular body found on sex organs
7. Wedding band
8. Interest (abbrev.)
9. A Roman protective siege device
10. Noxious weeds growing among wheat
11. Winged
12. Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic 13. Carries
21. Annoys
23. Changes into cinders
25. Heaped
26. Marsh bird with short wings
27. Actress ____ Lanchester
28. Large open farm wagon
29. European shad fish
32. Members of a NY baseball team
33. Never satisfied
34. Oceans
35. Female horse
36. Wooden or fiberglass slats used on snow
38. African country 42. Fervency
43. Way out
47. Increase in price
48. Former Israeli PM Itzhak _____
49. Muse of lyric poetry
50. Maker of the "Little Debbie" brand of snacks
51. Noises made to attract attention
52. Not true
54. Rod or stop on a ratchet wheel
55. Inventor of the safety elevator
56. Slant
57. Observes
60. French for "Water"

Crossword

Today's solution

Crosswords for December 2000

ACROSS 1. Chieftains 6. Minute rough granules 10. Sharp, sour taste 14. Monetary unit of India and Nepal 15. Connects points 16. As well 17. State in India 18. Picnic insects 19. A flat-bottom vessel, normally made from tied-together logs 20. Last minute Christmas errands 22. Fly that transmits sleeping sickness 24. Personal (abbrev.) 25. Distant rapidly-rotating stars 26. Make changes, repairs or improvements 29. Opera set in Egypt 30. Russian mountain range 31. Deductive reasonings 37. Danish for "Flounder" 39. Beer 40. Move stealthily 41. A series of elements in the periodic table 44. Indian dress 45. Large, commodious boats 46. Christmases 48. Orders back 52. Arbitrary decree 53. As a prefix, ancient or primitive 54. New England football team 58. Done to bread and cakes 59. Actress Patricia ____ 61. Former Today show co-host _____ Couric 62. A distinct article 63. Crow sounds 64. Useful 65. Negatives 66. Christmas season 67. Irritating people or animals
	DOWN
	1. Historical periods 2. Boiled cornmeal 3. "____ facto" = by the fact itself 4. Name to a position again 5. Latin for "Always" 6. Vascular body found on sex organs 7. Wedding band 8. Interest (abbrev.) 9. A Roman protective siege device 10. Noxious weeds growing among wheat 11. Winged 12. Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic	13. Carries 21. Annoys 23. Changes into cinders 25. Heaped 26. Marsh bird with short wings 27. Actress ____ Lanchester 28. Large open farm wagon 29. European shad fish 32. Members of a NY baseball team 33. Never satisfied 34. Oceans 35. Female horse 36. Wooden or fiberglass slats used on snow 38. African country	42. Fervency 43. Way out 47. Increase in price 48. Former Israeli PM Itzhak _____ 49. Muse of lyric poetry 50. Maker of the "Little Debbie" brand of snacks 51. Noises made to attract attention 52. Not true 54. Rod or stop on a ratchet wheel 55. Inventor of the safety elevator 56. Slant 57. Observes 60. French for "Water"