Crosswords of Wisdom No. 68 This Week’s Wisdom:
PUT TOGETHER A POEM
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by Mike Selinker
“The best of poems is that which men of
intelligence are content with and the
people understand,” wrote Moshe Ben
Ezra. We’ll test your poetical skills here.
These entries make up a famous poem:
21A 16A 30D 66A 11A 39A
60D 42A 71A 41D 8D
Complete the poem, and tell us the
author’s name to get a free $5 gift card.
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ACROSS
Falafel carrier
This second
Bawl
Like some donuts
Pirate chant
Shade
Trusts
Indefinite pronoun
Doctors’ org.
Actress Long
“Why I Love You ___” (Monica single)
“Great news!”
Playwright who wrote Picnic
Large-antlered ruminant
Goes to a parlor
Moving part of an engine
His record of 75 goals in a year was
just passed by Lionel Messi
2003 film at #2 on NASA’s Worst
Sci-Fi Movies list, just behind 2012
Cancel
Alongside
Evian product
Vis-à-vis
Berlin pronoun
They commit tax crimes
Vegetable related to the onion
Terrible newspaper
Ex-Missouri Rep. Todd infamous for
saying “The female body has ways to
try to shut that whole thing down”
Collection of millions of sites
Gunman Wyatt
Comedian Newhart
Penned some poems (not this grid’s)
“Doo ___ Diddy”
Big head
___ chi
Device similar to a hand truck
You might make a car out of it
Has a good 8-Across
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74
Compared to
U2 song
Cool
Ingrid in Casablanca
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DOWN
Ingredient in a Thai salad
Ending for slender or commercial
About midmorning
Employ after the start of a recipe
Manhattan sch.
“My bad!”
Word from an owl or excited person
Coop denizens
Book in which Naomi meets Boaz
“Leave It” band
Down Under salutation
American Graffiti star Paul
“I shall pay for your purchase”
Droop
Throaty comment denoting worry
Earth Liberation Front action
Highest
Picasso’s Woman in ___ Armchair
Paltry
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Drunk
Prefix for skeleton or biology
Water vessel
Vena ___
Author/actor Wheaton
Summer beverage contents
Gandalf appellation, postresurrection
Query
One of the Ninja Turtles
Solution
Land southwest of the Pyrenees
“Apart from me there is ___”
(Isaiah 45:5)
Cars in the E series, likely
Toolshelf item
Shul official
’90s heavyweight champ Riddick
Beatles song with the lyric
“When the sun shines”
Teletubbies catchphrase
Ms. Thomas of skating
Decision for 59-Down
Mental reading
Type of internet feed
© 2013 Eltana Inc. All rights reserved. Puzzle created by Lone Shark Games, Inc. Edited by Mike Selinker and Gaby Weidling.