By Jeremy Paine, CCA Treasurer
This moderately challenging crossword puzzle is from page 19 of the July 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 . Pre-CIA intelligence agency 4. “The ___ of Aquarius,” song featured in 48 Across 7. Ojo Caliente Resort, for one 10. Opposing (prefix) 11. ___ in the blank 13. Used to have 14. Medieval stringed instruments 15. U-Haul rentals 17. “___ Days a Week” (Beatles song) 18. Highest point 19. Cherry or Walnut, for example 20. Silly mistakes, or those who make them 23. Mesopotamia, today 27. With 41 Across, local gathering spot 29. Mama who says “baa baa” 30. Nebraska river 31. Requirement for clarinet or oboe 32. Baxter Black, cowboy ___ 33. Great enthusiasm 35. Hearts do it 37. Sincere and dignified, like 56 Down 40. carsonnm.___ 41. See 27 Across 45. ___ Code (575, maybe) 47. Event at Taos County Sheriff’s Posse Arena 48. 1967 “Tribal Love-Rock” Broadway musical 49. The Rio Grande’s ___ is 27% of normal in the gorge, as of 6/12/22 51. Provides an autograph 52. It pressurizes a car’s gas line 56. Exercised one’s civic duty 57. First lady? 58. Catch 59. Smell 60. Tibetan ox 61. Bit of evidence for a CSI 62. Existed |
DOWN Without delay 2. Editor’s note to ignore an edit 3. Bro’s sib 4. Toward the stern 5. Long-necked mammal 6. Go by, on a stopwatch 7. That woman 8. ___ for the course 9. They help pay for this publication 10. Heavy-duty drill bit 12. Bit of disinformation 14. Italian unit of currency, before the euro 16. 61, in ancient Rome 17. And so on (abbr.) 20. No-see-um 21. It’s after Sept. 22. It might be before meal or milk 24. Rod’s companion, to an angler 25. Astonishment 26. Last letters of a logical proof 28. Bullring cheer 31. Road connecting Cottam and Salazar 32. Summon over a PA system 33. Freezing point in degrees Celsius 34. Highly expressive rock music genre 35. ___ constrictor 36. Make a mistake 37. Sculpture with a carrot nose 38. Strange 39. Next size up from Med 41. Approximately 42. Awaiting with enthusiasm 43. Citrus peel 44. What candles on a cake represent (abbr.) 46. ___-CIO (labor union association) 50. Analog vinyl discs 51. Pop, in some parts of the country 52. Tina, of SNL 53. School founded by Thomas Jefferson 54. It’s a mouse! 55. Org. where 8 down is significant 56. “I do” is a common one |
Download and print a PDF copy of the crossword puzzle that appeared on page 19 of the July 2022 issue of Carson O Piñon. Check the answers on page 2 (click the link below).