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De Arc Crusader / Wednesday, December 25, 2019
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Yuletide Potpourri
Edited by J. Bueker
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1 Company name abbr. 4 Subtle put-down 7
Russian ruler of yore 11 Cliff 15 Romance 16
Possibly a flying reindeer? (abbr.) 17 Ruin 18
Quite large 19 Neat 21 Stockings feature 22
Hero 23 Popular 1960s cartoon character who portrayed
Scrooge 24 See 75 Across 25 Hubbub 26
Silo 28 Thin 31 Ferrell Christmas classic 34
Plant trunk 35 Amiable cartoon specter 36
Smear 38 Fuel 40 White-tailed sea eagle 41
That woman 42 Buckshot 43 ______ la la la 44
Cast a ballot 46 Become acquainted 47 Fork, for
instance 49 Handout 53 Bunny 55 Dig up
soil 56 Zeppelin's "The _____ Song" 57
Government agency (abbr.) 60 Agreeable head motion 61
Vernor's Ginger _____ 62 Fancy car 63
Nativity structure 65 Isolated land mass 68
Condensation 69 Worker's organizations 70 Secrete
milk 73 Phoenix time zone (abbr.) 74 Brief
autobiographical sketch 75 Followed by 24 Across, favorite
old Phoenix Christmas shopping destination 78 Prepare a
Christmas gift 80 Left 81 19th century carriage
83 Gnaw 84 Decorative needle case 85 Village
in the Netherlands 86 _____-Magnon 87 Christmas
Carol 88 Pear type 89 Donkey 90 Crone
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1 _____ Jima 2
SNL alum Macdonald 3
Musical conclusion 4
Verdict makers 5
Sitting on the surface 6
The Little Drummer _____ 7
Instructor 8
Poor TV reception 9
City in Yemen 10 Pole
11 Scolds 12
Famous reindeer or old Phoenix car
dealership 13
In the past 14 Come
together 20 Chick
holder 24 Traditional
Christmas Mexican food
25 __ -garde 27
Cancelled 28
Parchment 29 Ball
holder 30 Goof 31
Dutch cheese 32
Unable to walk 33
Be angry 37
All 39 Fat man on the
roof 40 Worst
possible 43 Frenzies
45 "The Pearl" Monroe
48 Mineral found as
quartz and opal 50
Put down 51 Silent
actor 52 Desirable
Christmas precipitation 54
Concerning 57
Flightless bird 58
Greek god of the wild 59
Bring to life 64
Source of Nativity story 66
Unreasonable delay 67
Allen and Hawke | 70
Peanuts lad who knew the true meaning of Christmas 71
Traditional spot for hiding Christmas
presents 72
Before 74 Reject
76 Urge 77
Small waterbird of the
family Rallidae 78
Boxing news website (abbr.)
79 Resort near
the Strip 80
Charlotte's _____ 81
Small vegetable 82
Traditional Christmas beverage
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December 25, 2019 |
359th day of the year:
Sunrise: 7:30 AM Sunset: 5:26 PM Moonrise: 6:57
AM
Moonset: 5:12 PM
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On this day in JDA history:
On this day in 1980, Joan De Arc Avenue experienced its warmest
Christmas on record – a balmy 78 degrees.
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Today's birthdays: Isaac Newton (1642)
Clara Barton (1821) Humphrey Bogart (1899)
Larry Csonka (1946)
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Quotable Quotables
“I don’t know about the Easter
Bunny, but I’m pretty sure Santa is real.”
-- John Bueker, age 8. 1966.
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