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1 Suffix making bus plural
*2Australia’s land area is
2,988,888 sq ____.
*3Australia: the Land Down ____
4Something temporarily popular
*5 See 10 Across
6 Exist
*8East of Australia: the Coral
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9 Text speak for funny
11Tallest building in the
Americas: ____ Tower
12 An old-time poet’s over
*13Most scientists say that
humanmade ____ dioxide
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15 Organ of sight
17Lex Luthor is Superman’s
____ enemy.
18Body of water on the CaliforniaNevada border: Lake ____
20Prefix meaning cause to be, as
____able
22 Beam of sunshine
23The Yankees were last
year’s ____ champions
(league abbr.).
24Sacramento is its capital
(postal abbr.).
*26Australia’s colonial
parent (abbr.)
27Second note of the
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1 Large, flightless bird native to Australia
*4 “Black Saturday” was ____. 7, 2009 (abbr.).
7 Immoral acts
9Hold or possess
*10Australians have endured a ____ of
extreme weather 5 Down.
*12 Northwest of Australia: Indian ____
*14The Great Barrier Reef lies ____ of
Queensland (compass abbr.).
16 Organs of hearing
17 An ____ handles lawsuits for clients (abbr.).
19 System of train transportation (abbr.)
20 Rub out stray pencil marks
*21 Kevin Rudd heads Australia’s executive ___.
*24Australia is the world’s largest exporter
of ____.
25 Sixty minutes
28 One out of many
29 Barely earn or manage: ____ out
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