Published: December 13, 2007 02:14 pm            

The Land’s Minnesota holiday crossword

Originally published in the December 14, 2007, print edition.

ACROSS
1. Farmer’s organization (2 wds)
6. Russian dumpling
8. Related to Clydesdales, Percherons, etc.
10. Return on Investment
14. Minnesota’s rural life magazine (2 wds)
15. Land marketing columnist
16. Exchanged at Christmas
17. Mama swine
18. Land marketing columnist
20. Small town east of Alexandria
21. “Is the calf gonna make it, ___?”
23. Being debated in Congress (2 wds)
25. “Ready, ___, fire!”
27. ___ pivot irrigation
30. Distress signal
31. Intestinal critter
34. Love him or hate him, he’s well-read
35. “Oh, for Pete’s ___!”
36. Popular cereal grass
39. ___ chocolate
40. The cow goes ___
41. Campaign button: “I like ___”
42. Hank shares garden tips here (3 wds)
44. A deer, a female deer
46. Main ethanol stock
48. Papa bovine
49. Kent Thiesse gives farm bill info in this Land column (2 wds)
51. A Boy Named ___
54. Mama bovine
55. Young goat
56. Raise it, then dance in it
57. Land of 10,000 Lakes
60. Chicken den
61. Broke down? Look under here
62. Lennon’s love
63. 2,000 lbs.
64. Ornament displayer
66. When do we want it?
67. Common Asian surname
68. Cow tracker
69. A tasty Minnesota fruit
70. A farmer’s dream: to become ___
73. Maker of SPAM
75. The great Minnesota get-together (2 wds)
76. The Yield writer (2 wds)
79. Time to start planting
80. Former governor Carlson
81. “___ humbug!”
82. A farmer’s “downtime”
83. Some folks complain about this not-uncommon side-effect of farming

DOWN
1. Hardest-working profession
2. Companion of 38-Down
3. ___ Lang Syne
4. Smarts scale
5. ___ we stand
6. Like two ___ in a pod
7. Corn, soybean, wheat
9. Organization: Minnesota Farmers ___
11. Source of the Mississippi River
12. Annual ag event at the Gilfillan Estate
13. Land marketing columnist
15. Days of Christmas
19. Like hunting? Read his Land column
22. December 25
24. Always the final word in The Land (2 wds)
26. This Land columnist knows his dairy
28. Lamb’s mama
29. Minnesota ag commissioner
32. Type of ag association
33. Avoid this in toys, paint
36. Southern Minnesota cooperative
37. Lenae Bulthuis’ column of faith and family (3 wds)
38. Legendary lumberjack (2 wds)
43. The science and art of farming
45. Annual gathering of Minnesota pork producers (2 wds)
47. Egg___
49. Emergency management org.
50. Minnesota’s governor
52. Contains natural mellowing agents
53. Soybean-based fuel
58. Eskimos have many names for it
59. Number of U.S. Senators representing Minnesota
61. Top dairy breed
65. Wheels on a big rig
67. Finished up this fall
69. Beef’s “business” breed
71. Major Asian trading partner
72. Peace on ___
74. A set of goods at auction
77. ___ of corn
78. Santa’s suit, cheeks

        

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