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PUZZLES FOR YOU

 Mountain Views NewsSaturday, August 24, 2024


THEME: THE 1930S

ACROSS

1. Doorframe part

5. *The Swing Era or ____ Band Era

8. T-cell killer, acr.

11. Arabian chieftain

12. Actress Sorvino

13. Excessively fat

15. Chore list

16. Second word in fairytale?

17. Doled out cards

18. *1933 movie monster (2 words)

20. Eyeball

21. Golf aid

22. French vineyard

23. *Larry or Curly or Moe

26. Between delta and zeta

30. ____ B vaccine

31. Ciphering machine

34. Kind

35. Black and white cookies

37. ___ chi

38. Fender bender consequences

39. Light beige

40. *First white chocolate manufacturer

42. Grasp

43. Elbow room, to a ship (2 words)

45. Teenagers’ emotions

47. Belly

48. East Indian pepper

50. Buzzing pest

52. *Prairie crisis (2 words)

55. Change, as in U.S. Constitution

56. “If all ____ fails...”

57. Solomon-like

59. Boatload

60. Lab gel

61. Enthusiasm

62. Finale

63. Grazing land

64. Blood vessel network

DOWN

1. Blue Angel

2. In a frenzy

3. Calf-length skirt

4. Ford option

5. Two-footed mortar support

6. Shoemaker without shoes, e.g.

7. *Al Capone’s Chicago Outfit, e.g.

8. Mend, healthwise

9. Small island

10. Doctor Dolittle, e.g.

12. *Shenyang (China) in 1931

13. O in B.O., pl.

14. *Cole Porter’s “Begin the ____”

19. Dashboard windows

22. Accounting title

23. Oxfords and loafers

24. 9 a.m. prayer

25. *George Gershwin’s “Porgy and Bess”

26. Discharge

27. Ding-a-____, pl.

28. Eightsome

29. Egg holders

32. Big-ticket ____

33. Tank filler

36. *a.k.a. The Little Rascals (2 words)

38. Brightest star in Cygnus

40. 1990s negation

41. Second of two

44. Beat the Joneses

46. Angry stare

48. Battle of the ____, a.k.a. Ardennes 
Offensive

49. Test format

50. *Bureau of Investigation agent, to 
“Machine Gun” Kelly

51. Smart but awkward one

52. *FDR’s New ____

53. ____ E. Coyote

54. Law school test acronym

55. Expert

58. Compass point between NE and E

Aug 10, 2024 Solutions


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