Published: July 02, 2008 12:15 pm            

The Land Crossword: Renewable Energy issue

Originally published in the June 27, 2008, print edition.

ACROSS
1. Traditional Thai unit of area equaling 1,600 square meters
5. U.S. Senator from Minnesota
13. Topic discussed in the Q&As with 5 Across and 22 Down (two words)
16. “It would ___ you to be nicer to those who could help you.”
17. The issue at hand for The Land’s “Farm Programs” columnist Kent Thiesse (2 words)
18. Group created following the bank failures of the Great Depression (acronym)
19. Unit of dry volume, common in agriculture (abbreviation)
20. 1970’s American terrorist group best known for kidnapping/brainwashing Patty Hearst (acronym)
21. 33 1/3 vinyl record
23. Noisy quarrel or skirmish
24. Large, rare African antelopes
26. In other words
27. Violent anger
28. Giant of Jewish folk legend who strolled behind Noah’s ark during the Deluge
29. Template used to paint letters and shapes
32. Product of the gas constant (R) and the temperature (T)
33. 1, 3, 5, 7...
35. Small Hawaiian guitars (slang)
36. Known as Persia until 1935
39. “East of ___,” John Steinbeck novel turned into James Dean film
41. Abbreviation for solar radius, an astronomical measurement equal to the radius of the sun
42. Classic holiday tune “___ beginning to look a lot like Christmas”
44. Elvis movie/song “___ Las Vegas”
45. Company best known for developing the VHS video recorder
46. Energy source featured on The Land’s cover this week
48. ___ Gay, the B-29 that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan
50. Fossil fuel
51. Spanish for Agnes
52. Theme of this week’s issue of The Land

DOWN
1. Similar to DNA, but usually single-stranded
2. Safety supplement to seat belt
3. Protected from disease
4. Supreme happiness
5. Alt-country singer best known for “Constant Craving”
6. The Washington Monument is the world’s tallest of these
7. Symbol for the chemical element Beryllium
8. Common space-filler when speaking
9. Product featured in this week’s “Back Roads”
10. Brother of Norse god Baldr
11. American shoe manufacturer
12. What AGSI does with used ag products, as described in Land staff writer Kristin Kveno’s “Land Minds” this week
13. This week’s book reviewed by The Bookworm, Terri Schlichenmeyer
14. Postal abbreviation for Alberta
15. Not well
22. U.S. Representative from Minnesota
25. Military bathroom
28. Deadly, hat-throwing henchman from Bond film “Goldfinger”
30. International trade name for ExxonMobil
31. ___ Kai-shek, Republic of China leader from 1928 until his death in 1975
34. Blue Hen State (postal abbreviation)
35. “The Man from ___,” 1960’s Robert Vaughn spy TV series
37. Location of this week’s “Back Roads”
38. National Archive and Library of Ethiopia (acronym)
40. Not good
43. Numero “three”
47. God of the sea in Irish mythology
49. “___ shucks, ma’am!”

        

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