Crossword Puzzle in mental_floss magazine
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Across
- 1 Verne's circumnavigator
- 5 "__ farmer" (emptier of town toilets, in Tudor England)
- 9 Mountains dividing Europe and Asia
- 13 Basie's "__'Clock Jump"
- 14 Stackable cookies
- 16 Accessory for Mr. Peanut
- 17 Not exceeding
- 18 Home that might have a seal-intestine window
- 19 In 2001, physicist Carl Kruszelnicki conducted a study of bellybutton __
- 20 Marvin Gaye-singing Claymation band, the California __
- 22 A bunch of this fruit is called a "hand"
- 24 Numbered rds.
- 25 Dress designer Wang
- 26 "__ Moon" (con-theme movie starring Ryan and Tatum O'Neal)
- 29 Witch trials locale
- 34 Baton Rouge sch.
- 37 Attila, e.g.
- 38 The Supreme Court ruled that this fruit is a vegetable
- 39 The Free-__ Party of the 1840s-'50s
- 40 "Phiber __" (the first hacker to serve time in a federal prison)
- 42 Wax-coated cheese
- 43 Human organ often sold on the black market
- 45 GI-entertaining gp.
- 46 Word segment: Abbr.
- 47 Have __ to the ground
- 48 Shameless
- 50 Light bulb, in comics
- 52 Works of praise
- 56 British singing group whose members didn't like the group's name
- 60 Designer of a wagon known as a "clockwork car"
- 63 The Home __ Party of Hawaii (political party of 1900-12)
- 64 Taxpayer's dread
- 66 Poker variety
- 67 Pupil's locale
- 68 Athenian politician whose name gave us a word meaning "extremely harsh"
- 69 An amoeba has one
- 70 Animal that will climb an argan tree for its fruit
- 71 Place of bliss
- 72 Airport that serves Paris
Down
- 1 Maximum number of wives allowable for one man, in the Qur'an
- 2 __ with (equal to)
- 3 "Understand?"
- 4 Howard Hughes's all-wood plane, the "Spruce __"
- 5 "Whole Lotta Shakin' __ On"
- 6 Assns.
- 7 "__ blu, dipinto ..." ("Volare" lyrics)
- 8 Peanut, in Dixie
- 9 Bruins' sch.
- 10 Game delayer
- 11 King of Siam's hiree
- 12 Reply to "Shall we?"
- 15 Go parasailing
- 21 AOL is one
- 23 Nose: Prefix
- 25 Minnesota pol whose action figure battled "Evil Special Interest Man"
- 27 Crow's-nest cry
- 28 Young seal
- 30 NASA's __ Research Center
- 31 "No Crime for a __" (Crime novel with a Gerald Gregg-designed cover)
- 32 List-ending abbr.
- 33 Senator Patty Murray, a "__ in tennis shoes"
- 34 Beef or pork cut
- 35 "Dark __ of the Moon" (Pink Floyd album that supposedly syncs up with images in "The Wizard of Oz")
- 36 Forearm bone
- 38 Refs' stoppages
- 39 Islands music
- 41 "This __ test"
- 44 Cleveland's lake
- 48 Have no doubt
- 49 __ lane (carpoolers' convenience)
- 51 Other than paragraph indents, the __ Sea Scrolls have no punctuation
- 53 "__ sucks!" ('70s slogan)
- 54 Maze notation
- 55 Regatta racer
- 56 Ship's lockup
- 57 Continental coin
- 58 Essayist's alias
- 59 Tale of adventure
- 60 Yahtzee need
- 61 Like __ of bricks
- 62 In a purposeless way
- 65 NASCAR __
