By Jeremy Paine, CCA Treasurer
This moderately challenging crossword puzzle is from page 19 of the January 2023 issue of Carson O Piñon. Clues are below the puzzle; answers are on the next page (click on the link below the clues).
ACROSS 1. Agts. 5. Southeasternmost NM city 8. Some UNM degrees 11. Sky City pueblo 13. Former QB Manning 14. Apple assistant 15. Edible mushroom 16. Gov’t. property owner near Carson 17. Protective atmospheric layer 19. Domesticated carnivores (Felis catus) 21. Motel 23. Bad prefix? 24. Secondary railroad track 26. Hopping herbivore (Sylvilagus sp.) 30. Frequently-replaced joint 31. Ripped 32. Functional prefix 33. Single prefix 34. Cause (havoc) 36. Drillers’ org. 39. Perfect score in gymnastics 40. Artist Yoko 41. Belonging to that woman 44. Part of EU 46. Understand 48. Musical exercise 50. School address ending 51. Low power light source 54. Acceptable 55. ___-Tin-Tin (Old TV dog) 56. Hare (Lepus sp.) 60. Pollutant not found in Carson 61. “Long, long ___ …” 62. Type of whiskey 63. Hello? Hello? Hello? 65. Common gambling game 67. ___ Alamos 70. Rains really hard 73. Lascivious look 74. Backtalk 75. Like tools left outside, perhaps 76. About 112 degrees, on a compass 77. Foxy 78. Prepared a golf ball |
DOWN 1. Ewe’s mate 2. Green prefix 3. Second largest North American rodent (Erethizon dorsatum) 4. Blur 5. A Bush 6. Everything 7. Ceiling 8. Show ___ 9. Scent 10. Egyptian peninsula 12. PC key next to the space bar 14. Bono or Liston 18. 90 degree pipe fitting 20. Show contempt 22. Silent assent 24. Close 25. Turpentine source 27. Black and white snacks 28. Oolong, for one 29. Airport grp. 31. Only even prime 35. Uniform fabric 37. Potential hantavirus host (Peromyscus maniculatus) 38. Sound 42. Make very happy 43. King of Spain 45. Ladder component 47. Large deer (Cervus canadensis) 49. Corn core 52. Poor play in baseball 53. 24 hours and 37 minutes, on Mars 56. Vaccination 57. Flexible 58. They’re found under 25 Down 59. They jingle on sleighs 60. Yell 64. EMT’s procedure 66. Golly 68. Lubricant 69. Bond, for one 71. Numbered hwy. 72. Barrett of Pink Floyd |
Download and print a PDF copy of the crossword puzzle that appeared on page 19 of the January 2023 issue of Carson O Piñon. Check the answers on page 2 (click the link below).