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By Evelyn Johnson - www.qets.com

WINTER

ACROSS

1 Had a speed contest 6 Sheep

10 Body of an organism 14 Before 15 Water (Spanish) 16 Oak 17 French monetary unit 18 Voiceless 19 Nurture 20 Toddler 21 Dueling sword 23 Frothy 25 Sign 26 Clock time 27 Sweet melon 30 Guacamole need 34 Flexible 35 Gush out 36 Ewe's mate 38 'love' (Italian) 39 United Parcel Service 40 Fire product 42 Morning moisture 43 Thaw 44 Shelter 45 Regardless of

48 Buddy 49 Scorching 50 Sliding toy 51 Word in U.S.S.R. 54 Move quickly 55 Metric weight unit 58 Tel __ (Israel's capital) 59 Women's magazine 61 Fancy round mat 63 Wind 64 Element 65 Swiss mathematician 66 Like a wing 67 September (abbr.) 68

WINTER

DOWN

1 Log boat 2 Big hairdo 3 Winter outerwear 4 Gray sea eagle 5 Twelfth month of the year 6 Encumbered 7 Accent mark 8 Untalkative 9 Calf (2 wds.)

10 Layer 11 Mined metals 12 Sandwich need 13 Visionary 22 Legume 24 Escudo 25 Hawaiian island 27 Dressed 28 Pointed at 29 Harriet Beacher __ 30 Orange's partner 31 Sleevless shirt 32 Multitude 33 Similar to oak 35 Fat used in making tallow 37 Heal 40 Grated

41 Hotel cleaner 43 Hand warmers 46 Move with cold 47 "Raven" author 48 Respiratory disease 50 Fragrance 51 Heroic tale 52 Ovate 53 Capital of Vanuatu 54 Swill 55 1.6 kilometers 56 Fly 57 Greek sandwich 60 Downwind 62 French "yes"

WINTER

Solution:

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G U A T 16

R E E

F 17

R A N C D 18

U M B R 19

E A R

T 20

O T E 21

P 22

E E Y 23

E 24

A S T Y

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A B A A 30

V 31

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O K E

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E W M 43

E L T H 44

A V E N

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C U D M 55

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V I V E 59

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L E D 61

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I L Y

G 63

A L E N 64

E O N E 65

U L E R

A 66

L A R S 67

E P T D 68

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