Crossword for Wed, 2/Aug/2006

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1: US volcano that erupted in 1980

8: Pirates bury their gold in a treasure ______.

9: Synonym of 'shorten'

10: To take in food; you do this if you are hungry.

12: Reflexive form of 'us.'

14: There is no ______ like home.

16: A television station and its programs.

18: Contraction of 'would not.'

19: Synonym of 'glue'

21: Plural form of 'material.'

23: Opposite of cold

24: Synonym of 'car'

26: Singular of oases

28: Author of The Old Man and the Sea

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2: One of the digits of the foot.

3: Someone who flies space shuttles.

4: Singular of horses

5: Cause to undertake a certain action; 'Her greed ______ her to forge the checks.'

6: Conditions requiring relief.

7: Present tense of crept

8: Rhymes with 'bat'

11: Present tense of spent

13: It is the brightest object in the sky except for the Sun and the Moon.

15: Opposite of young

16: A place for teaching; you will find many of these in a school.

17: Put into service.

20: Synonym of 'come in'

21: A form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement.

22: Speed competitions held at a specified time on a regular course; 'My grandpa is a big fan of horse ______.'

23: Male possessive pronoun.

25: Adult female chicken.

27: The largest object in the solar system.





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