Crossword for Sun, 9/Jul/2006

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1: Synonym of 'groove'

4: Charge with a function; charge to be; 'She was ______ Head of the Committee.'

7: According to popular legend, lives at the North Pole and makes toys for Santa Claus.

9: To express in speech.

10: Synonym of 'fast'

11: Give money, usually in exchange for goods or services.

12: Opposite of remove

13: Produce or yield flowers.

15: Opposite of new

17: A column of light.

19: Plural form of 'sign.'

20: To come or go into.

22: A preparation for chewing; hard to get out of hair.

23: Female pronoun; a female, or something regarded as female, e.g. a ship.

24: Some movies have lots of special ______.

25: Rhymes with 'hen'

26: Opposite of sane

27: Synonym of 'worth'

29: Opposite of write

30: Present tense of paid

31: Plural form of 'wage.'

32: Synonym of 'distant'

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1: Plural form of 'restaurants.'

2: Present tense of trod

3: Synonym of 'imagine'

4: Easily agitated.

5: Flat representations of all or part of the earth's surface.

6: Past tense of 'do.'

7: Columbus was known for ______ new lands.

8: An opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or buttons concealed by a fold of cloth.

14: A major North American river and flows southward into the Gulf of Mexico.

16: The number of units into which a whole is divided.

18: The day immediately before today.

21: Vehicles propelled by a rocket engine.

25: A criminal who takes property belonging to someone else.

26: Synonym of 'wipe'

27: Synonym of 'promise'

28: Synonym of 'pull'





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