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Bold numbers indicate fixed tiles.Dingbats! SolutionDeer Me
Motto on the Oval Office desk in the 1940s
THE BUCK STOPS HERE
1941 Gary Cooper film
MEET JOHN DOE
Probable cause of bleary-eyed groomsmen
STAG PARTY
Twistitz Solution
Title of image: A tractor (trailed by gulls) tills the land in Quebec.
Crossword Plus SolutionASTRO-IMPEL-SHA
SHEEN-NAIRA-LAG
IHAVEADREAM-ISA
THROWRUGS-PONTI
---KANE--OREGON
POPEYE-MITERS--
AVIS--LEROY-HEH
PET-DAILIES-ORE
ARC-ISLES--STAR
--HIPPIE-PRESTO
REPELS--PEEN---
AVISO-PASSWORDS
NIP-MONASTERIES
ATE-ABORT-DANES
TAS-TIMES-SSGTS Magnet-O SolutionAttractive force
MAGNETIC FIELD
Wambaugh novel, with "The"
ONION FIELD
French fries alternative
ONION RINGS
Engagement purchases
WEDDING RINGS
Church organ tune
WEDDING MARCH
Advancing
ON THE MARCH
Performing in a play
ON STAGE
Prominent theatrical locale
CENTER STAGE
Body's midpoint
CENTER OF MASS
Television or radio
MASS MEDIUM
Burger option
MEDIUM RARE
"I Just Want to Celebrate" group
RARE EARTH
Nurturing female figure
EARTH MOTHER
Nursery rhyme name
MOTHER GOOSE
Pillow stuffing
GOOSE DOWN
2003 romantic comedy
DOWN WITH LOVE
CrossWire! SolutionCommemorative Stamps 2008
Charles W. Chesnutt <> African-American author of "The Marrow of Tradition"
Bette Davis <> "All This and Heaven Too" star
Charles Eames <> architect and furniture designer
John Hersey <> chronicled dropping of atom bomb in "Hiroshima"
Edwin Hubble <> demonstrated the existence of numerous galaxies
Linus Pauling <> Nobel-winning chemist & Vitamin C advocate
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings <> wrote of a pet deer in "The Yearling"
Eric Sevareid <> CBS Evening News political commentator
Frank Sinatra <> recorded a #1 hit with his daughter
Requiescat in Pace
Earl Butz <> big-mouthed Agriculture Secretary of the '70s
Steve Fossett <> flew solo around the globe in a hot air balloon
Steve Gerber <> created "Howard the Duck" comic book
David Groh <> Rhoda Morgenstern's husband, on popular sitcom
Tom Lantos <> Hungarian Jewish refugee turned U.S. Songressman
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi <> taught transcendental meditation to the Beatles
Barry Morse <> pursued David Janssen on "The Fugitive"
Roy Scheider <> killed a giant shark in "Jaws"
Larry Smith <> coached USC Trojans in 3 Rose Bowls
Fictional Birds
Captain Flint <> Long John Silver's talking parrot
Chicken Little <> believed the sky was falling
Hedwig <> owl who served as Harry Potter's messenger
X Jemima Puddle-Duck <> grew up to become a beautiful swan
Jonathan Livingston Seagull <> was ostracized from flock for love of flight
Opus <> foolish penguin in "Bloom County" comics
Polynesia <> Dr. Doolittle's pet parrot
Raven <> repeatedly said "Nevermore"in a poem by Poe
Sparrow <> confessed to the killing of Cock-Robin
The incorrect pairing (the bomb) is marked with an X.
Elvis=Lives SolutionALL IN SWOONS == SLOAN WILSON
FLANNEL
AUTHOR
SUITS
Born 5/8/20, he wrote “The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit” and “A Summer Place.”
Strip Search SolutionTHE WRIGHT BOYS
WIND TUNNEL
PROPELLORS
KITTY HAWK
BROTHERS
AIRPLANE
AVIATION
ORVILLE
BICYCLE
CONTROL
WILBUR
GLIDER
DAYTON
DESIGN
RUDDER
FLYER
THEY HAD THE WRIGHT STUFF
Clink SolutionMexican entree
CHICKEN, MOLE
Durable cotton fabric
MOLE,SKIN
Unusually thin person
SKIN, and, BONES
The basic facts
BARE, BONES
Well-worn
THREAD,BARE
Fabric measurement
THREAD, COUNT
Declare the losing boxer
COUNT, OUT
Lose focus
SPACE, OUT
Intergalactic cartoon hero
SPACE, GHOST
Don Knotts comedy
the, GHOST, and, MR, CHICKEN
Flexicon SolutionEye exam? - PEERREVIEW
Hint: Colleague's evaluation
First Grid Across
Convention center event - EXPO
Opening words of a memo - INRE
Hunter's clothing pattern, briefly - CAMO
First Grid Down
Major - EPIC
Lucy Lawless TV role - XENA
Hair salon job - PERM
"Dirt Cake" ingredient - OREO
Second Grid Across
Whale group - POD
Lung fill - AIR
Driver's license info, for short - DOB
"Unsafe at ___ Speed" - ANY
Second Grid Down
Milan fashion name - PRADA
Belted figure in the heavens - ORION
Churchill Downs contest - DERBY
Third Grid Across
Rocker's sound booster - AMP
Word shouted while hurling tomatoes - BOO
Cookie container - TIN
Prepare - SET
Third Grid Down
Helps in a crime - ABETS
Date destination - MOVIE
Main idea - POINT
Fourth Grid Across
Citizen in many a Seuss story - WHO
Wide camera shot - PAN
Time of anticipation - EVE
Barrett of Pink Floyd - SYD
Fourth Grid Down
Baby bag items - WIPES
Difficult to lift - HEAVY
Held the deed to - OWNED
Knockout! SolutionOn Your Digital Clock: Determine how many diodes (straight lines that form parts of numbers) are lit up.
# 2 diodes lit up
# 5 diodes lit up
# 6 diodes lit up
14
# 7 diodes lit up
12
# 8 diodes lit up
44
1111
# Wrong Answer
Xamsa Solution1. ARMY UNIFORMS ARE OLIVE DRAB
2. DISC JOCKEYS TRY TO AVOID DEAD AIR
3. MARIO FIRST APPEARED IN DONKEY KONG
4. FREE FALLS SIMULATE ZERO GRAVITY
5. EYES HAVE RODS AND CONES
6. SYLVESTER THE CAT SPEAKS WITH A LISP
7. PENCIL LEAD IS REALLY GRAPHITE
8. RAN WAS BASED ON KING LEAR
9. SENIOR CITIZENS ARE NOT SPRING CHICKENS
10. GIN RUMMY HANDS HAVE TEN CARDS
11. QUAKER STATE MAKES MOTOR OIL
12. SEMPER FIDELIS MEANS ALWAYS FAITHFUL
13. TRAVIS BICKLE DROVE A TAXI
14. RINGS GIVE THE AGE OF A TREE
15. TIME SIGNATURES APPEAR ON SHEET MUSIC
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