Crossword for Thu, 3/Jan/2008

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
 
27
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
28
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
29
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
30
 
 
 
 
 
31
 
 
 
 
 
Across
1: Take the plunge

3: Tie up the line

5: Is turned off by

9: '___ To Watch Over Me'

10: Sink

11: Changed from green to red

13: Complete list of systematically arranged things

14: Marine, or impediment for Dracula?

16: Mischief-maker

17: Feel regret

18: Bile container

22: Type of truck

24: Wanted

25: Bee or wasp

27: Holy smoke?

29: Moving lightly over a surface

30: Yakety-yak

31: Trite

Down
1: Spendthrift

2: Block up

3: Reporters' subject in February

4: Kitchen gizmo

5: Braille marking

6: Allegorical deck

7: Excellent speaker

8: Temporary

12: Solar system model

13: Kind of stick or ball

15: Hikers' burdens

17: Proposer's fear

19: Male youth

20: Linens and things

21: Lucille Ball, e.g.

23: UFO, on jetfighter's radar

26: Scoundrel

28: Opposite of paleo-





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