Published: May 20, 2008 05:54 pm            

The Land crossword: May 16-23, 2008

Originally published in the May 16, 2008, print edition.

ACROSS
1. The natural world; what’s around you and influences you
10. Where James Earl Jones’ voice can be heard every day
13. Systems of rules to maintain order
14. “Dark Angel,” “Fantastic Four” star
15. “Minnie the Moocher” Calloway
17. The Evergreen State
18. Multiple gametes
19. “The defect in this milk is ___” — Napoleon Dynamite
21. IATA code for airport serving the Pullman, Wash., and Moscow, Idaho, region
23. The Cornhusker State
24. Sacked Roger three times in Super Bowl X and batted down three of Fran’s passes in Super Bowl IX
25. Person who sells one to a lady is called a milliner
27. Shirley Feeney’s high school sweetheart, boxer-dancer The Big ___
28. ___ Jintao, president of the People’s Republic of China
29. A small, mischievous but mostly harmless mythical creature
32. To go (Spanish)
33. Between the RG and TE
34. An A-OK SPF should KO this
35. The phenomena of the physical world; life in general
37. Kenzaburo ___, famous Japanese Nobel Prize-winning author
38. The Pine Tree State
39. Military slang for mess-hall duties
40. Bill, the science guy
41. The Natural State
42. A super villain’s hideout, often underground
43. Finland’s national broadcasting company
45. The Last Frontier
46. America’s Dairyland
47. Agency charged with conserving and managing Minnesota’s natural resources
49. Jim Varney’s “Hey Vern!” character
53. With “oohs,” a common reaction to fireworks
54. Bovine trained as a draft animal
56. Measurement of electrical activity produced by the brain
58. Very tiny Greek letter
59. Vladimir’s “no”
60. Wildlife habitat popular with hunters and watchers alike, managed by 47 Across
61. Writes about evaluating hog market weights in this issue of The Land (2 words)

DOWN
1. The edge of a roof projecting beyond the side of the building
2. Minnesota-based airline merging with Delta
3. Spy ___ Spy, a comic strip appearing in Mad magazine since 1961
4. ___ Partha, former manufacturer of orcs, goblins and other miniature figurines for Dungeons & Dragons games
5. What Lena’s husband yells at hockey games
6. Garnett and LeBron’s league
7. Speed Racer’s ride, the ___ Five.
8. The Tar Heel State
9. More eco-friendly source of water, compared to bottles
11. One of the ordinal directions, at 315 degrees on a compass
12. A person interested in natural history, the science of the natural world
13. American poet (1807-1882) known for "The Song of Hiawatha"
16. Large fire- and drought-resistant deciduous tree (2 words)
19. Johnny Hart’s caveman comic strip
20. Hirsuit
22. H2O
24. Home to the Brandenburg Gallery, as seen in this week’s “Back Roads”
26. An often long-lived perennial woody plant
28. Moist, damp
29. With Blinky, Pinky and Clyde, nemesis to Pac-Man
30. Acer, a pointy-leaved tree with “helicopter” seeds
31. ___-109, boat commanded by then-Lieutenant John F. Kennedy during WWII
36. Group founded in 1945 to replace the League of Nations
44. Red-haired Viking explorer, big promoter of Greenland
45. When e-mailing The Land editor Kevin Schulz, this is the part between “editor” and “thelandonline.com” (spelled out)
46. Part of Miss Muffet’s diet
48. Stage of sleep characterized by rapid movement of the eyes
50. Betty Friedan’s feminist group
51. Country code for Ethiopia
52. Traditional Okinawan dagger-like weapon
53. Affirmative
55. Satellite radio service, merging with Sirius
57. The Peach State
59. Latin abbreviation signifying an anonymous or non-specific person

        

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