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Crusader Crossword

 

50 Years of “A Charlie Brown Christmas”
Edited by J. Bueker

 

ACROSS

1  Charlie Brown's

    psychiatrist

5  Metronome marking

8  Wrigley Field wall  

    covering

11  Gender

15  '80s British     

    progressive rock band

16  Mr. Charles

17  Contend

18  Grad

19  Make reference to

20  Hold

21  Charged particle

22  River in Estonia

23  Fragmentary

25  Genesis character

27  Resource

28  Fall mo.

30  Computer operators

32  He accompanies

      Charlie to the tree

      lot

36  Choose

38  Body pictures

43  Symbol

44  Compose

46  Judicial proceedings

47  Brand of coffee

      alternative

48  Silvery

50  Group of eight

51  Journey

52  Tints

54  Kindness

58  Wish

60  Toe injury

64  He wins 1st prize for

      his Christmas

      decorations

66  Pertaining to a branch of the service

67  Corn syrup brand

68  “Ah shucks!” (2

      wds.)

70  "_____ Years

      Gone," Zeppelin

      track

71  Looking at

72  Join

74  Make lace

76  A camel's

      protrusions

80  Wheel

82  He created "Peanuts"

87  Capital of Western

      Samoa

88  30 to 300 gigahertz (abbr.)

89  Cancer support org.

91  Classic cookie brand

92  Move by wheels

93  Place

94  Duo

95  Association (abbr.)

96  Joint

97  Open forcefully

98  Pocket

99  Grade

 

 








Previous Puzzle:



























DOWN

 1 English essayist

  Charles

 2  Consumer

 3  Later!

 4  Tug

 5  Rodeo animal

 6  Animal foot

 7  Bird of the starling family

 8  Crawling vines

 9  Charlie sarcastically  

      thanks her for   

      Christmas card

10  Shekel

11  Collect

12  Alack's partner

13  Bible book quoted

      by 32 Across

14  Discharge

24  Aurora

26  City in Montana

27  Texas baseball team

29  Impassioned

31  Templeton, for

      instance

32  Sass

33  Frost

34  Neither's partner

35  Card game

37  Unkempt character

      who gets role of 

      innkeeper

39  Twitch

40  Cereal grain

41  Bravo

42  Fast plane

44  Card game

45  Leafy green

      vegetable

49  Unpleasant ruler

51  Bacterial disease

53  Snake like fish

54  Chinese seasoning

55  Compass point

56  Fish eggs

57  Cattle

59  Half man, half goat

60  Where the stars are

61  Chinese mountain

62  Vase

63  Bayou

65  Yang's partner

69  Stringed instrument

71  And so forth (abbr.)

73  Anniversary for

      the show

75  Organization (abbr.)

76  First word of show's

      closing song

77  On top

78  Miracle _____ deli

79  Not well pigmented

81  Dines

83  Frost

84  _____ Minor

85  For fear that

86  Twilight _____

88  Clairvoyance

90  Telephone workers

      union (abbr.)

 

 

December 24, 2015

358th day of the year:
Sunrise: 7:30 am
Sunset: 5:26 pm
Moonrise: 5:13 pm
Moonset: 6:28 pm

On this day in JDA history:
On this day in 1971, Carl Bueker made his
annual last-minute Christmas Eve trek to
Chris-Town Mall to purchase the one and only
Christmas gift he would buy each year 
– for wife Barbara.

Today's birthdays:
Ricky Martin (1971)
Ava Gardner (1922)
Kit Carson (1809)
King John of England (1167)

 

Planets: Rise / Set

  

41a13  Mercury 8:55 am / 6:48 pm

41a07  Venus 4:25 am /3:00 pm

4216a Mars 2:09 am / 1:30 pm

1701  Jupiter 11:37 pm / 12:06 am

1712  Saturn 5:47 am / 3:58 pm

4221  Uranus 1:00 pm / 1:39 am

0505 Neptune 11:17 am / 10:30 pm

5427  Pluto 8:17 am / 6:23 pm

 

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Quotable Quotables

“That’s it, just shovel it in.”

– Carl Bueker, commenting on son John’s eating habits, 1973.

 

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