Wednesday, March 08, 2006

GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY CROSSWORD ACROSS 1. The Sultan's swatter. 4. Plan or design criterion. 8. Ankor Wat has quite a few. 13. Can be swarthy and may dislike cartoons. 15. A map of the lay of the land, for short. 16. Some of them make kachinas. 17. You hit it on the head, sometimes. 18. The fleur-de-lis is one kind. 19. Very black word for poets. 20. River that flows through Florence. 21. Dumpster divers perform this task for us. 23. Chew the fat. 25. One of the keys pushed when giving Windows the three finger salute. 26. Can be next to "hand" or "risk." 27. Questionable Yiddish syllable. 28. A manger is one sort. 30. Concorde. 33. A mammal of the order Proboscidia. 36. A cousin of cod. 37. The speed of this device is measured in baud. 39. Lube. 40. In effect; in force. 41. AA motto. 44. Forty cubic feet to a sailor; twenty Hundredweight on the wharf. 45. Kierkegaard's Either/ __. 46. "and first I put my arms around him __ and drew him down to me so he could feel my breasts all perfume __ and his heart was going like mad and __ I said __ I will __" Molly Bloom 47. River that flows into the Gulf of Venice. 49. What __ it? 51. Rank. 54. Image breaking. 60. Model MacPherson. 61. In a society, what conformists conform to. 62. Agin it. 63. " A __ answer turneth away wrath." 64. Christians make them in church, "Perps" cop them. 65. Jerk, or flinch. 66. Hard fat. 67. Garment the Pope often wears. 68. Any deeply held belief proclaimed as true without proof. 69. __-la la la la, la la la la   DOWN 1. Hard when green, soft when yellow, mushy when black. 2. Noah's landfall. 3. Incipient putrefaction. 4. Makes it possible for a mounted knight to swing a sword without falling out of the saddle. s. No sweat without it. 6. Joyce wrote a mockery of one. 7. Keeps the tea warm. 8. Bombard. 9. Rejected by Protestants, but has Judith and Esther for company in the Vulgate. 10. Once __ a time. 11. A quantum packet of happiness, or the sound of a bullet striking metal. 12. __-if! 14. Escutcheons often have one. 22. The felly of a wheel; also, whining, jargon, chanting singsong speech. 24. A clyster to cleanse the bowels. 28. "A preparation that renders the hook more palatable." Ambrose Bierce 29. Decorating slots. 30. Fire _! 75 percent off your favorite stocks. 31. Snow runners. 32. "New Yom School" poet (and Tulsa University graduate) __ Berrigan. 33. "Fertile plain" in Sumerian; guarded by Cherubim according to the Yahwist 34. Guided. 35. Grayish-white. 36. The thigh. 37. Bon __. 38. Japanese avant garde artist who seduced her future husband with a gallery installation. 40. It's not "priceless," but it is "everywhere you want to be." 42. Stallone's most expressive utterance. 43. White ant 47. Filch. 48. Folksinger and civil rights activist known for her  version of "Midnight Special." 49. Tip, Tatum, or Shaquille. 50. A ditch or moat 52. Eliot or Loch. 53. Breech__. 54. Minion of Satan. 55. Firearms manufacturer. 56. Nabisco snack food. 57. __ man standing. 58. Put up or shut up. 59. Poleax.   Dr. Omed once considered a career in crossword construction. Above is one stab I took at crossing words. It violates a couple of the formalities of professional crossword puzzle-making, but I like the clues. Since my ept is in, techwise, any pilgrim or seeker who wishes to do my puzzle will be obliged to print out a hard copy. Unless you can do it in your head. I most humbly apologize. Are there crossword fans among the congregation? If so, this can be a continuing feature of the Tent Show. 10:05:31 PM    comment []