pmontgom@math.ucla.edu (Peter Montgomery) (11/29/90)
From: pmontgom@math.ucla.edu (Peter Montgomery) [mod.note: This is a little out of the ordinary, but it seems like the Christmas thing to do. All comments via email to the author, please. - Bill ] This is the season when we send Christmas messages to our servicemen, including to anonymous ones. I created a crossword puzzle which is intended to let its recipients know we are interested in them. I invite you to mail it with your own Christmas cards. There is no need to post a solution to the net. A Crossword for America's Servicemen Peter Montgomery, Graduate Student, Mathematics, UCLA November, 1990 All U.S. state names appearing in puzzle are Post Office abbreviations. +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ Down: |XXX|1 |2 |XXX|3 |4 |5 |6 |7 |8 | 1. Early presidential |XXX| | |XXX| | | | | | | primary state +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ 2. Important right |9 | | |10 | | | | | | | 3. _____ of duty (pl.) | | | | | | | | | | | 4. What candidate did +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ 5. ___ World | |XXX|11 | | | | | | |XXX| 6. Fat | |XXX| | | | | | | |XXX| 7. Military award +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ 8. Sergeant Major (abbr.) |12 |13 | |XXX| |XXX|XXX|14 | |15 | 9. High school dance | | | |XXX| |XXX|XXX| | | | 10. Ordinal number suffix +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ 13. Mideast desert |16 | |XXX|17 | |18 |19 | | | | 15. ___ high | | |XXX| | | | | | | | 17. Mideast nation +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ 18. Mideast capital |XXX|20 |21 | |XXX|22 | |XXX|23 | | 19. Biblical saying: |XXX| | | |XXX| | |XXX| | | _____ for _____ +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ 21. Like |XXX|24 | | |XXX|25 | |26 | |XXX| 26. Aluminum manufacturer |XXX| | | |XXX| | | | |XXX| 27. Mideast nation +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ 29. Penny president |27 | |XXX|28 | | | | | |XXX| 31. Civil War general | | |XXX| | | | | | |XXX| 33. __ Compromise (1820) +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ 34. __ approved (appliances) | |XXX|29 |XXX|XXX|30 | | | |31 | | |XXX| |XXX|XXX| | | | | | +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ |32 |33 | |34 | | |XXX|35 | | | | | | | | | |XXX| | | | +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ |36 | | | |XXX|XXX|37 | | | | | | | | |XXX|XXX| | | | | +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ Across: 1. Gambling state 24. Best nation 3. Soldiers 25. Yes 9. Picture book 27. Potato state 11. Imminent _______ 28. Vice President 12. Single 30. Label 14. Health resort 32. Morning President's 16. Admitted with 33 Down concealment position 17. Mideast citizen 35. Source of metal 20. Distant 36. Christmas 22. Not out 37. Accomplice at 9 Down 23. Printing unit