By Jeremy Paine, CCA Treasurer
This moderately challenging crossword puzzle is from page 19 of the October 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. Cashew or pecan 4. OPiñon publisher 7. Mayhem 9. Pence or Harris, slangily 11. Sci-fi film with blue characters 13. Carson National ___ 16. It’s the square of itself 17. Ate away 20. “Put ___ good use” 21. Lane North of Elk Rut Road 23. Jimmy Carter’s middle name 24. Satellite antenna, usually 25. Is behind 27. Nickname for Coolidge 28. 16 Across in Tijuana 31. English class assignments 34. West ___ Road (CB 115) 35. Cabinet Dept. since 1970 36. It’s cooked in a corn husk 39. Review unfavorably 40. Altar oath 41. Avian construction 45. Reverberation 49. A bunch 51. It’s south of Adobe Trail, ironically 54. Sketched 55. Madam, in Madrid 56. Successor to VHS 57. Sign up for a hitch 59. Expression of delight 61. Smite 62. Carmen or Don Giovanni 63. Traditional bagel topper 64. Parts of decades (abbr.) |
DOWN 1. Belly buttons 2. Sch. founded by Thos. Jefferson 3. ___ pole 4. Local 911 responders (abbr.) 5. Business VIP 6. 41 Across, way up high 7. Capital of Vietnam 8. Sugar or starch, for short 10. Road across from Kirk Lane 12. Agitate 14. Pet that wandered from home 15. New Mexico roads have none 16. It might cause excessive cleaning 18. Stuff examined in a CSI lab 19. Brain scan 22. Star Trek trailblazer 26. Ooze 29. Nada 30. Mysterious sign 32. Ojo Caliente Mineral Springs, for one 33. More lucid 36. It’s found in Piñons but not in Junipers 37. Festoon 38. Super 8 and Travelodge, e.g. 42. Carson to Taos dir. 43. Prince William, to King Charles 44. Iliad locale 46. Software writers 47. “___ nice day!” 48. Strange 50. Hogwash 52. Peter, Paul and Mary, or Destiny’s Child 53. Delighted 55. Underworld border river, in Greek myth 58. ___ Paulo, Brazil 60. The “P” in RPM |
Download and print a PDF copy of the crossword puzzle that appeared on page 19 of the October 2022 issue of Carson O Piñon. Check the answers on page 2 (click the link below).