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Crossword puzzle by Matt Jones
Posted March 15, 2009

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1. 6-point football scores (abbrev.) 4. Like the third between C and E 9. Use your teeth 13. Giggling noise 14. It can go to voicemail if you don’t pick it up 15. Type of power-generating panel used to heat the reviewing stand at Carter’s 1977 inaugural parade 16. Animals in Eisenhower’s 1953 parade, the longest ever (at 5 hours and with 73 bands) 18. They were first included in Woodrow Wilson’s second inaugural parade in 1917 19. “___ Believe” (2007 Robin Thicke single) (2 words) 20. Attacks (2 words) 22. Vice president Cheney’s home state, home of Worland’s All-State High School Marching Band, which marched in George W. Bush’s 2001 parade 25. Type of street covers that were welded shut (as a security measure) along the parade route of George W. Bush’s 1989 parade 29. Guy friend, to another guy friend 30. TV network based in London 31. “The ___ the limit!” 32. Home state of Obama’s high school, the Punahou School, which marched in the 2009 parade 35. Moose relative 36. Cards with your picture on them 37. Name created to hide one’s identity 38. Uno plus due, in Italian 39. Musical with a redhead singing, “The Sun’ll Come Out Tomorrow” 41. Ousted governor Blagojevich 42. “Oh, ___ is me!” 43. The only president to skip an inaugural parade (his second one), due to below-freezing temperatures (7°f at noon) and strong winds 44. Baseball stadium whose demolition ended Feb. 18, 2009 46. Rock band Fall ___ Boy 47. Actress Derek and guitarist Diddley, for two 48. First president to ride in the parade in an automobile (in 1921) 50. First president to include African-Americans in his parade 54. 20th century expressionist painter Mark 56. Length times width 57. Exiting president who was not present at Ford’s inaugural parade in 1974 60. He’s considered the first president to have an inaugural parade 63. type of impersonators that marched in a group in Clinton’s 1993 parade 64. Available, like some drinks (2 words) 65. “Cat ___ Hot tin roof” (2 words) 66. Long narrow cut 67. ___ nova (style of Brazilian music in 2/4 time) 68. Rapper married to R&B singer Kelis
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1. Television network that airs “Gossip Girl” (2 words) 2. Slow down 3. “___ evil, hear no evil...” (2 words) 4. Abbrev. after a speed limit 5. “I’ve got it!” 6. Mah-___ (Chinese game played with tiles) 7. “Hold ___ your hats!” (2 words) 8. Look like 9. Seating along the walls of a restaurant, sometimes 10. Special effects company Industrial Light & Magic, for short 11. ___ kwon do 12. Suffix after north or south 15. “the Ugly duckling” bird 17. Timon’s warthog friend in “The Lion King” 21. Lunch bag 23. Part of the eye that defines eye color 24. “There’s ___ in ‘team’” (2 words) 26. Giving an approval, for short 27. Woman’s first name that’s also an anagram of “daily” 28. German city on the Ruhr River 30. Marching ___ (flat hat often worn by drum corps members) 32. Irritating, like rough winds 33. Hello, on Oahu 34. Less narrow 38. “It’s a ___, but somebody’s gotta do it” (2 words) 39. “___ flux” (2005 Charlize Theron film) 40. Auto racing association 42. “This ___ hurt a bit” 43. Baseball batting stat 45. Skillful 49. Charged particles 50. Spacious upper floors 51. “Citizen Kane” star Welles 52. “Bleeding Love” singer Lewis 53. Nicknames for some grandmothers 55. Lottery game similar to bingo 57. Super Mario Bros. console, for short 58. Under the weather 59. IV times IV, in roman numerals 61. Notes that follow dos, res and mis 62. Environmental Protection Agency (abbrev.)
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About the Author
Matt Jones is a 1998 graduate of Willamette University in Salem, Ore., where he majored in music education. Since 1994, he has also written crosswords for venues such as The New York Times, Games Magazine and Stagebill. He currently writes a syndicated weekly puzzle for more than 50 alternative newspapers across the country.
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