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CROSSWORD Solutions for May 25 puzzle available online at www.bestcrosswords.com. THE PIGEON HOLE
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BY FELIX TANNENBAUM
ftannenb@mscd.edu

ACROSS DOWN
1. Evergreen tree 54. Boastful person 1. Goodwill 33. Spanish stew: ____
4. Mum’s mate 58. Newsboy 2. Writer Calvino podrida
9. Undesirable plant 62. Wanderer 3. Bowling alley button 34. Punctually
13. Consumed 63. Sharp 4. Put in the ground for 36. Steeple
14. Feudal vassal 64. Red organic dye growth 39. Jaw muscle
15. Have a cow? 67. Cut into small pieces 5. Feel unwell 41. Problem with L.A.
16. Vassals collectively 68. Faint 6. Beverage commonly 44. Intense dislike
18. Senator Specter 69. Basque separatist drunk in England 46. Something smelly
19. New York city organisation 7. Ova 49. Teenage lout, to
20. Lubricous 70. Prophet 8. Staggers a Brit
22. Turned 71. Choose 9. Indian face paint 51. English public school
25. Portico 72. Pop 10. Glamour rival 53. Deputised group
26. Brings up 11. At any time 55. Like Wrigley Field’s
28. Stain 12. Repudiate walls
32. Turf 15. Truman of literature 56. Actress Berger
35. Falls 17. River to the Moselle 57. Walk
37. Chou ___ 21. T.G.I.F. part 58. Get an A, say
38. Purple fruit 23. “…countrymen, 59. Dull pain
40. Lathers lend me your ____” 60. Free from
42. Propend 24. Sag contamination
43. The Merciful 27. Surplus 61. Ship’s small boat
45. A-one 29. High level of 65. Enemy
47. Spud bud satisfaction 66. Fabled bird
48. Oppose 30. Numerous Be a part of The Metropolitan. Send us a photo or a caption and we’ll provide the other. E-mail your pictures or thoughts to
50. Wear down, 31. Assistant,
physically or particularly to heads ahowert2@mscd.edu then check the paper next week to see if your contribution made it.
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52. Cease 32. Duration VOCAB the best from urbandictionary.com
SUDOKU Posted by: SVS, Aug. 23, 2006

Staycation
Puzzle courtesy of www.websudoku.com

A vacation that is spent at one’s home enjoying all that home,

and one’s home environs have to offer.

Even though I live and work in Denver, I don’t always get to

enjoy all it has to offer, what with my work commitments, but
I sure did have an awesome time here during my summer
staycation.
OUTRAGEOUS STORIES
Minor league baseball player traded for 10 bats.
Found on MSNBC.com

John Odom of the Calgary Vipers of the Golden Baseball League was traded to the Laredo
Broncos of the United League for 10 Prairie Sticks Maple Bats. According to the Prairie Sticks
website, each bat retails for $69, but they are discounted to $65.50 with the purchase of six
to 11.