Crossword for Wed, 10/Nov/2010

1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2
 
 
 
3
 
 
 
4
 
5
 
 
 
6
 
 
 
7
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8
 
 
 
9
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12
 
 
 
 
 
13
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
14
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
15
 
16
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
18
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
19
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
20
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
21
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
22
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
23
 
 
 
24
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
25
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
26
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Across
1: Comparison standard

5: Noah's ark measurement

8: Determination

10: __ self-defense

11: Red spots

13: Sink

14: Like an interstate highway

16: Stuffed

17: Line of riders staggered for maximum protection from the wind

18: Dye used as a toner

20: Makes less tense

21: Cuckoo

22: Make one's case

23: Program-provider

25: Backed off, with 'up'

26: Like a couch potato
Down
1: Gardener

2: Helios, to the Romans

3: Things in a shopping basket

4: Depression that results in a letter

5: Committee head

6: Worst one to handle packages

7: Like an increase from two to twenty

9: SWAT team specialists

12: Cool in a crisis

15: Folks who can’t adapt possibly drain us so (9)

17: It may leave you in the dark

19: Lay waste to

21: Stationed

24: Have stuff




Solution (Reversed)
T
I
B
U
C
K
C
I
T
S
D
R
A
Y
E
U
H
E
T
O
A
N
I
T
C
A
Y
E
V
L
O
S
E
R
F
T
I
S
M
H
D
O
D
E
P
R
O
T
S
E
L
S
A
E
M
L
R
P
R
E
R
A
D
E
F
R
E
V
O
D
E
V
A
P
N
I
R
K
I
E
S
D
N
I
S
O
E
N
O
L
E
H
C
E
E
G
O
O
H
O
C
S
R
E
K
N
O
B
S
N
E
S
O
O
L
T
R
A
A
A
T
I
R
O
S
N
O
P
S
U
D
A
E
L
P
O
W
E
R
E
R
S
Y
R
A
T
N
E
D
E
S
D
E
S
A
E