Crossword puzzle for August 23, 2001

ACROSS
1. Body of water
4. Trickery
8. Overgarments
12. The compass point midway between northeast and east
13. To go from beginning to end
14. Sloping masses of rock debris
15. Equipment
17. Narrow ridges of deposited gravel
18. Digressions
19. Bulky grayish-brown eagle
21. Not closed
23. Compelled
26. A small baby carriage
29. Befitting women of good breeding
31. The exponent required to produce a given number
32. Ponds
33. Horny projecting jaws of a bird
34. Program installments
36. Untidyness
37. Asian palm
38. Animal body
40. A semitic people
42. One who pierces
46. A way to hold
48. Cantata
50. Anonymous (abbrev.)
51. A sequence of 8 bits (computer jargon)
52. Macaws
53. Swiss river
54. Perceives
55. Having negative qualities

DOWN

1. Contains alter and seats for the clergy and choir
2. Literary collections
3. Large hairy humanoid creature
4. Type of throat infection
5. Sculpted
6. Metric unit of area
7. Donkey
8. Unkeyed
9. An imaginary line or standard
10. Flower petals 11. Title of respect
16. Esau's descendants (Bible)
20. Jean ____ , British author
22. Nostrils
24. Supplements with difficulty
25. Cotillion attendees
26. Commoner
27. A strong cord
28. Trouble maker
30. Keen emptiness
32. Colorful fabric panel of Central America 35. Peaceful
36. Spanish for "Hand"
39. A pair of people who live together
41. Comedian Newhart and politician Dole
43. Symbol for the zodiac sign Cancer
44. Genus of Mustelidae
45. Street, avenue or boulevard
46. The cry made by sheep
47. A collection of anecdotes
49. Food grain

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Crosswords for August 2001

ACROSS 1. Body of water 4. Trickery 8. Overgarments 12. The compass point midway between northeast and east 13. To go from beginning to end 14. Sloping masses of rock debris 15. Equipment 17. Narrow ridges of deposited gravel 18. Digressions 19. Bulky grayish-brown eagle 21. Not closed 23. Compelled 26. A small baby carriage 29. Befitting women of good breeding 31. The exponent required to produce a given number 32. Ponds 33. Horny projecting jaws of a bird 34. Program installments 36. Untidyness 37. Asian palm 38. Animal body 40. A semitic people 42. One who pierces 46. A way to hold 48. Cantata 50. Anonymous (abbrev.) 51. A sequence of 8 bits (computer jargon) 52. Macaws 53. Swiss river 54. Perceives 55. Having negative qualities
	DOWN
	1. Contains alter and seats for the clergy and choir 2. Literary collections 3. Large hairy humanoid creature 4. Type of throat infection 5. Sculpted 6. Metric unit of area 7. Donkey 8. Unkeyed 9. An imaginary line or standard 10. Flower petals	11. Title of respect 16. Esau's descendants (Bible) 20. Jean ____ , British author 22. Nostrils 24. Supplements with difficulty 25. Cotillion attendees 26. Commoner 27. A strong cord 28. Trouble maker 30. Keen emptiness 32. Colorful fabric panel of Central America	35. Peaceful 36. Spanish for "Hand" 39. A pair of people who live together 41. Comedian Newhart and politician Dole 43. Symbol for the zodiac sign Cancer 44. Genus of Mustelidae 45. Street, avenue or boulevard 46. The cry made by sheep 47. A collection of anecdotes 49. Food grain