Spring Semester newsletter
■ · By Sara · Published 2024-01-19T15:15:39.271Z
Constructor's Note
This puzzle is intended to be included in my department's newsletter, so if we're not coworkers, you might run into a few problems, but mostly it's doable for anyone.
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Across
- 1ANo ifs, ands, or _____
- 5AThe act featuring in Trump's Georgia indictment (or, the former head of access services)
- 9ARun ___ (go wild)
- 13AAmerican branch of gp. organizing biannual international games
- 14ARed-waxed Dutch cheeses
- 16AA potter's medium
- 17AUsually found in the sky, but on Hollywood Boulevard, you can also find it underfoot
- 18AAs of 2020, the second largest religion in the world
- 19AA fish with many complaints?
- 20AShare responsibility for a loan
- 22ASovereign nation of northeast Arizona
- 24AA spontaneous event for cold weather
- 29AThe first month, in Madrid
- 30AVariety show
- 32AWhich weighs more, a ___ of bricks, or a ___ of feathers? I'm more worried about how much space that would take up, since if that's 465 bricks, I can't imagine how many feathers that would take.
- 35AThe ink-dispensing part of a pen
- 36AAmerica's most famous traitor
- 37AGroup responsible for putting on events like those in 24A and 48A
- 41ACapital of Greece
- 42AKey above capslock
- 43ASchool subj. for students who speak another language at home
- 44ARespond to a stimulus
- 45AObjects, or bits of news
- 48ACause of gingerbread houses, indoor snow, and, previously, Tom Hanks
- 54AStir up, as waters
- 55AIndividual using a rubric
- 56AOpposite of base
- 59APromise
- 62ACapital of Latvia
- 63AFootwear
- 64AMeter lead-in
- 65ATech review site
- 66AStory of hobbits, jewelry, and battles, for short
- 67AObserves
- 68APossess
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- 1DAnheuser's partner
- 2DNot just you, but also we
- 3DBread, post-Maillard reaction
- 4DJob title for one replaced by the printing press
- 5DWhat someone does to a wheel, if they ignore the idiom about duplicative efforts
- 6DCards used to prove one's identity
- 7DFood energy measurement, in brief
- 8DNebraska city
- 9DRear end collision, for example
- 10DCitation style
- 11DPaddling propeller
- 12DCaptionists' "favorite" elf
- 15DPollution portmanteau
- 21D___-Xers (boomers' kids)
- 23D"Jar of Hearts" singer-songwriter
- 25DAriel's prince
- 26DUnfeeling and automatic, as a machine
- 27DTake ___ (decide on democratically)
- 28DHoliday seasons that you might need a log for
- 31DScandinavian name that reminds me of a Sound of Music song about flowers
- 32DArchaic autocrat
- 33DChose
- 34DMandarin "hello"
- 36DExpensive perfume and food additive, despite its origin in a whale's intestines
- 38DClassic first instrument for an elementary schooler
- 39DLead-in
- 40D"I kill", in Chile
- 46DDeface or tarnish
- 47DCollar stiffener
- 49DFrisbee, e.g.
- 50DCary of "The Princess Bride"
- 51DPortrayer of Elsa and Elphaba
- 52DDesert south of Jerusalem
- 53DTurn cheese into shreds
- 56DUnspoken US language
- 57DHarry's romantic interest Chang
- 58DCategory for objects like a smart fridge or Alexa-controlled light switches: Abbr.
- 60DDetroit-to-Rochester dir.
- 61DConsumed