By Jeremy Paine, CCA Treasurer
This lightly challenging crossword puzzle is from page 15 of the January 2022 issue of Carson O Piñon. Clues are below the puzzle; answers are on the next page (click on the link below the clues).
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ACROSS 1 Like a wet noodle 5 Food (informal) 9 Double curve 12 Smell 13 ___ Croft, Tomb Raider 14 Easy to hear 16 Where the shoe hits the road 17 Used car caveat 18 Ten Commandments receiver 20 Ours is about 7,000 ft. (abbr.) 21 Halts 23 “…of ___ I sing” 24 Good wood to burn with Piñon 26 Clothing with a slogan, often 28 Actress Vergara 31 Brief message 32 Adapt to new conditions 34 Oral traditions 35 ___ and Don Kirk, early Carson settlers 38 An excellent location 41 The ___ Man (a great Carson gardener) 42 Shook a bell 43 Colorado Blue ___ 44 Something viral online 45 Is durable 46 Make a choice 49 Pounds and pesos, for example 52 Persia, now 53 Depart 55 Something to eat at La Cueva 59 Nasal cavity 61 Greek war god 62 Reflected sound 63 Lions and tigers but not bears 64 Color, lightly 65 ___ Alta Road, Taos 66 Allow 67 Backtalk 68 38 across, for many of us |
DOWN 1 Be defeated 2 Someone or something worshipped 3 Sauce made of chilies and chocolate 4 Is victorious 5 Part of a necklace or bracelet 6 Waste maker, it’s said 7 Easily recognized constellation 8 Stinging insect 9 Tree affected by Dutch disease 10 Gently calm 11 Japanese bar food? 15 Mule or White-tailed 19 Ready, ___, go! 22 Hurricanes and Nor’easters 25 Took time to enjoy 27 High church structure, often 28 Arroyo ___ 29 Like a NASCAR track 30 President before Carter 31 At this moment 33 Hard tooth layer 34 Section of a relay race 35 Name of twelve popes 36 Savings or checking, perhaps (abbr.) 37 Low digits 39 Taos to Red River, on a compass 40 Medical imaging specialist 44 Hour portion 46 Insult or belittle (slang) 47 Bissel, of Poco Loco 48 Venetian waterway 49 Ave ___ (Christian prayer) 50 Horno and microwave 51 Places to lay eggs 54 Has dinner 56 ___bat, at the circus? 57 Buddy 58 Slime 60 Fast trans-Atlantic jet, once (abbr.) |
Download and print a PDF copy of the crossword puzzle that appeared on page 15 of the January 2022 issue of Carson O Piñon. Check the answers on page 2 (click the link below).