Published: May 02, 2008 12:07 pm            

The Land crossword: May 2-9, 2008

Originally published in the May 2, 2008, print edition.

ACROSS
1. Forage-based beef breed developed in France
6. Father of U.S. wildlife management; author of “A Sand County Almanac”
10. Pizza (slang)
12. Neighbor to IA
13. DEET-based insect repellent
14. Blues guitar great
16. Pilgrimage to Mecca
18. One of Simon Cowell’s favorite words
20. It’s what’s for dinner
22. Leader of China from 1949 to 1976
23. “It’s clever, but is it ___?” -Rudyard Kipling
24. “Ho! Haha! Guard! Turn! Parry! Dodge! Spin! ___! Thrust!” -Robin Hood Daffy
25. NFL wide receiver and trick-play guru Antwaan Randle ___
27. Radio station run by students of Howard Payne University in Brownwood, Texas
29. Fictional government agency that re-built Steve Austin, the Six Million Dollar Man
30. Robin Hood Daffy’s first interjection
31. Whose Sharona is she?
33. Land of L. Frank Baum’s wizard
35. Group’s slogan: “Because a great country deserves great art.”
36. Whose readers are the best in Minnesota? (3 words)
37. A female octopus or lobster
38. ___ Olde Land Crossworde Puzzler
39. The most geologically active object in the Solar System (hint: it’s a moon, but not our moon)
40. Southwest Pacific neighbor to AUS
41. Dutch ___ disease
42. Swirling of a fluid and the reverse current created when the fluid flows past an obstacle
44. Spanish first-person personal pronoun
46. English objective form of “we”
47. Student center on the Minneapolis campus of the University of Minnesota (acronym)
48. Bulgarian city through which the Lom River flows
50. To gradually introduce an adult diet to an infant mammal
53. This week’s Back Roads sight
55. Basic unit of Chinese currency
57. Tiny spherical projectile
58. Spirits of Haiti’s voodoo religion
59. Apiece (abbreviation)
60. Voice of such felt-based characters as Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Cookie Monster and Yoda
61. Intense war movie “Saving Private ___”
62. Farm and Food File author

DOWN
1. Doctor’s org.
2. Dirty, soiled
3. Chaotic, disorderly withdrawal of troops
4. Lamar Hunt’s league
5. Between LF and RF
7. Airline code for Lufthansa
8. Construction project of man, beaver
9. Small Iranian city north of Tehran
11. A nonverbal auditory hallucination, such as a ringing or hissing
14. Symbol for element Beryllium
15. “May the Force ___ with you!”
17. Minnesota-based sports author (2 words)
19. What Minnesotans are known for being
20. Symbol for element Barium
21. Symbol for element Iron
24. Known by some as “bee butt juice”
26. Promises to repay a debt
28. One who utilizes all parts of an orange, not just the inner juicy bits
29. Shakespeare’s “Moor of Venice”
30. Grass that has been cut, dried, stored and used for animal feed
31. 2001 in Roman numerals
32. NBA star Ming
34. Noise cartoon characters make when they sleep
43. Opposite of 31 Across
45. What you say when you stub your toe
46. What makes 2 Down dirty
47. If you’re a decapod crustacean with a thick exoskeleton and armed with single pair of claws, you’re probably this
49. Mental Health Awareness Month
51. Known as the most scholarly of encyclopedias (abbreviation)
52. Slang for rectus abdominus
53. Private college in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, affiliated with the Presbyterian Church
54. Standardized exam once known as the Scholastic Aptitude Test
56. Symbol for element Sodium
58. The grazing equivalent of one adult dairy cow (abbreviation)

        

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