Page A5 The Joan De Arc Crusader / Wednesday, December 24, 2003
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Crusader Crossword
Edited by J. Bueker
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Across 1 See 10 Across 5 See 10 Across 10 Bueker feline 13 Empty sets 15 Belief 16 Adam’s ball and chain 17 Musty 18 Popular key on keyboard 19 Oxygen 20 Chef’s abbr. 21 With 23 across, drug store of yesteryear 23 See 21 Across 25 Former MVHS educator 26 Weakness 28 Display proudly
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32 Street north of Joan De Arc 33 Signs 34 Ladmo _____ 37 Dark hue 38 Less than true 40 Welt 41 Limb 42 Rift 43 Relating to the arctic 44 Celebrities 45 Asian religion
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49 Nobleman 50 Defame 51 Cut in the bud, ala Deputy Fife 5 2 Nerve disease (abbr.)55 Hubbub 56 Character in King Lear 59 Ten dollar coin 61 Rest room sign 62 See 63 Across 63 With 62 Across, tonight’s guest of honor 64 Bard’s before 65 Writing problems 66 Goes astray
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Previous puzzle's solution:
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Down 1 An established organization (Abbr.) 2 Pecans 3 Smack 4 Laundry soap brand 5 Place 6 Actor Sean 7 Picnic pest 8 Ball holder 9 Creeks 10 Artist george 11 _____-garde 12 Cluttered 14 Placid 22 Still 24
25 Destroy 26 Fish arms 27 Scan 28 Touch 30 Eager 31 One
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34 Indonesian island 35 Alack’s partner 36 Seed 38 Tart custard 39 Incorporeal 40 Street south of Joan De Arc 42 Least fresh 43 3.26 light years 44 That girl 45 Blouse 46 Pick on 47 Down duck 48 Cut of beef 49 Italian currency 51 World org. 52 Seawood substance 53 Mumble 54 Fewer 57 Linda _____ George 58 Economic stat. 60 Lager |
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Breaking News
“X-Ray Specs” dude kicks
by J. Bueker
Harold Von Braunhut, whose whimsical mail order inventions became comic book advertisement staples, died on Nov. 28 in Indian Head, Md. He was 77 years old.
Von Braunhut was responsible, among other things, for the creation of X-Ray Specs, a fraudulent and yet very popular novelty toy that still sells to this day. First appearing in the 1960s, the Specs were promoted as a magical pair of glasses that could not only make possible the viewing of other people’s bones through their skin, but also their skin through their clothing. The allure of such a prospect for pubescent boys was often irresistible.
Most purchasers of the product were in for a bit of a disappointment, however, as the only thing that could be seen through the glasses, no matter what one looked at, was a single bone. This apparently qualified the device as “an hilarious optical illusion.”
Von Braunhut also marketed such delights as the famous dehydrated brine shrimp know as “Sea Monkeys” and miniature hermit crabs that he called “Crazy Crabs.” In all, he held a total of 195 patents.
In a humorous side note, von Braunhut was a member of both the Ku Klux Klan and the Aryan Nations.
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