Page A4 The Joan De Arc Crusader / Monday, December 31, 2007

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Crusader Crossword

 

Across

1 Greek island

6 Mecca denizen

10 “_____, me worry?”

14 Make less restrictive

15 South American nation

16 Air (prefix)

17 Larry Craig's state

18 Dueling sword

19 Chowder ingredient

20 Tuna-like fish

22 Emerson's and Palmer's associate

24 Decline

25 Common condition of celebrants tonight

27 Ties up (game)

29 From Cape Town, say

32 Scarlet

33 Pigeon speak

34 Walk lamely

37 Examined

41 New Testament book

43 Movie VIP (abbr.)

44 Musical Roman emperor

45 See 55 Down

46 Artifact

48 Movie star Taylor

49 Anger

51 Brand that “nobody doesn’t like” (2 wds.)

54 Pinnacles

56 See 67 Down

57 Not well

58 Juice solids

60 Next door neighbors of 9 and 11 down

64 Family group

66 _____ skirt

68 Jacob's father

69 Take in

70 Level

71 _____ cotta

72 Dick Van _____

73 College leader

74 Make a face

 

 

 

 

 

 

New Year’s Eve in the Heights

 Edited by J. Bueker

 

 

 

 

Previous Puzzle's Solution

 

 

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Down

1 Pad, as it were

2 Try it again

3 Zeal

4 Popular vacation spot

5 Mysterious, yet alluring

6 Gorilla, for instance

7 Answer

8 _____ code

9 Frequent hosts of JDA New Year's Eve bridge party

10 ASU's old football conference

11 Mitchell who created famous JDA strawberry daiquiri

12 Mid-Eastern dwellers

13 Burial chamber

21 Opaque gem

23 New Year's _____

26 Disparaging

28 Famous garden

29 Military type school (abbr.)

30 Central points

31 MVHS military org.

35 Cubic centimeter

36 Spectrum maker

38 Speak rather loudly

39 Famous canal

40 Nap

42 Low fat milk

46 Began again

47 Recommended mode of transportation for tonight

50 Exercise iteration (abbr.)

52 Sends payment

53 Up and about

54 Slake

55 With 45 Across, fabled New Year's Eve TV host

56 Sleep disorder

57 Chilled

59 The Stones' "Love You _____"

61 Weight of a container

62 Famous race contestant

63 Former wound

65 Direction from Sahuaro School to Joan De Arc Ave. (abbr.)

67 With 56 Across, site of many an old Westown New Year's Eve party

 

 

 

December 31, 2007

 

On this day in JDA history:

On this day in 1969, Carl and Barb Bueker successfully defended the “Bueker Cup” in the annual New Year’s Eve bridge tournament with Team Mitchell.

 

 

365th day of the year

Sunrise: 7:32 AM

Sunset: 5:29 PM

Moonrise: 12:38 AM

Moonset: 12:13 PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Planets: Rise / Set

41a13  Mercury 8:15 am / 6:02 pm

41a07  Venus 4:35 am / 2:59 pm

4216a Mars 4:26 pm / 7:12 am

1701  Jupiter 7:06 am / 4:58 pm

1712  Saturn 10:01 pm / 11:02 am

4221  Uranus 11:11 am / 10:40 pm

0505 Neptune 9:59 am / 8:40 pm

5427  Pluto 6:31 am / 5:00 pm

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Today's birthdays:

Val Kilmer (1959)

John Denver (1943)

Andy Summers (1942)

Anthony Hopkins (1937)

Henri Matisse (1869)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quotable Quotables

 

“Okay, that was the warm-up. Now this game is for the

world championship!”

 – Carl Bueker, 1965-75

 

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