Published: April 11, 2008 11:06 am            

The Land crossword: April 4-11, 2008

Originally published in the April 4, 2008, print edition.

ACROSS

1. You could float down this from Lake Itasca to the Gulf of Mexico.
13. Term of endearment, often heard from waitresses offering a refill on your coffee
14. Curved structure capable of spanning a space while supporting significant weight
15. French for “friend,” German slang for “American”
16. “The northern border gets ___ attention compared to the border with Mexico, but presents a significant threat to our security from illicit drugs and terrorism.” — U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, D-NY
18. Ancient Egyptian sun god; also a college dormitory’s student supervisor
19. River in Belarus and Poland
21. Initials for a popular multi-function pocket tool
22. A common sign of affection, somewhere on the touchy-feely scale between a handshake and a kiss
23. “The ___” — CBS drama about a top-secret military organization
24. Standardized test required for admission to graduate school
25. Oscar- and Grammy-winning singer Cara, best known for recordings of “Fame” and “Flashdance... What a Feeling”
27. “Alice’s Restaurant Massacree” folk singer Guthrie (Woody’s son)
28. “Doubt that the stars are fire, doubt that the sun doth move, doubt truth to be ___, but never doubt I love.” — William Shakespeare (2 words)
30. Bill Clinton’s White House cat
31. A western U.S. pine tree bearing edible, nut-like seeds
32. A chronic disease with synovitis, acne, pustulosis, hyperostosis and osteitis
34. Youngest named son of Adam and Eve in the Book of Genesis (a “replacement” for Abel)
36. In Greek mythology, one of three old gray witch sisters (the Graeae) who shared one eye and one tooth between them
38. “God of the golden bow, and of the golden lyre, and of the golden hair, and of the golden fire, charioteer of the patient year, where - where slept thine ___?” — John Keats
39. A volatilized chemical compound which animals perceive by the sense of olfaction
40. The possessive determiner of the personal pronoun “we”
41. The longest river that both rises and ends entirely within Switzerland
42. A hard, rounded object produced within the soft tissue of a living shelled mollusk
44. A small spherical projectile fired from an air gun
45. Tiny insect hated by farmers and gardeners
47. Fish egg masses, known as caviar when processed and salted for human consumption
48. An ornamental box for carrying small tools in a pocket or purse
50. Official radio and TV broadcasting service of the U.S. government, organized in 1942 under the Office of War Information
51. Gentleman who drives a musical truck around residential neighborhoods in summertime, selling frozen dairy treats to children

DOWN

1. The Magnolia state
2. Pretty well-known English poet and playwright
3. “Don’t criticize what you don’t understand, ___. You never walked in that man’s shoes.” — Elvis Presley
4. Where Col. Klink always threw Hogan and his men (3 words)
5. An area in the Atlantic Ocean known for a lack of wind and masses of seaweed; may be responsible for some “Bermuda Triangle” disappearances
6. Lyricist Gershwin, brother to composer George
7. Mac competitor
8. The fear of loud sounds or one’s own voice
9. To speak on and on in a vigorous and excited manner about a heated topic (3 words)
10. “___ a little teapot, short and stout; here is my handle, here is my spout.” (2 words)
11. Pork product from the east coast, one of the first agricultural products exported from North America
12. Sacred river flowing through the Middle East’s Great Rift Valley into the Dead Sea
17. “They think they can make fuel from horse manure. Now, I don’t know if your ___ will be able to get 30 miles to the gallon, but it’s sure gonna put a stop to siphoning.” — Billie Holiday
20. Major League Baseball’s all-time career leader Ed Walsh’s was 1.82
23. Look for these initials on tools, equipment and products to see that they’re in compliance with safety requirements
26. A major form of classic Japanese musical drama, performed since the 14th century
29. Kameron David ___, 6’7” pitcher in the Texas Rangers organization
33. “Kisses ___ a better fate than wisdom.” — e.e. cummings
35. Hospital department that treats mainly acute life-threatening injuries and conditions
37. A barber caste in India
43. A giant mythological bird, perhaps a cousin to the phoenix
44. “If Willie Nelson had been Rosa Parks, there never would have been a civil rights movement in this country, because he refuses to leave the back of the ___.” — Kinky Friedman
46. Initials for a mythical secret society made famous in “The DaVinci Code”
49. Initials indicating that a name, phrase, logo or image is someone’s intellectual property

        

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