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Study of a Hand -- Leonardo da Vinci ----------------- Monday, November 24, 2008 Puzzle by Billie Truitt, edited by Will Shortz GREENTHUMB (17A. Gardener’s gift); MISERYINDEX (24A. Measure of national economic health); MEETINGINTHEMIDDLE (39A. Come to a compromise); GIVEMEARING (51A. “Call sometime”); HINKYPINKY (64A. Rhyming word game) are the interrelated entries of this Monday back-to-work crossword puzzle.
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X-word information -- Across: 1. Event involving burning and looting; 5. Competent; 9. Not completely shut, as a door; 15. Study just before a test; 16. Created; 19. Military no-show; 21. Rain cover; 23. Big slice of history; 31. Don Juan type; 32. Norway’s capital; 33. Walk-___ (small parts); 44. Outer: Prefix; 45. River near the Sphinx; 46. Butterfly catchers; 55. Brouhaha; 56. ___ good example; 62. Halter attachment; 66. Hay bundle; 67. Buffalo’s lake; 69. Norway’s patron saint; 70. Starting of a counting-out rhyme; 71. Blah. Down: 1. Toupees, slangily; 2. Memo starter; 3. Ready for business; 4. Summer shirts, informally; 5. Alas, in Augsburg; 9. Doctors’ grp.; 25. Shipped off; 27. Pops’ partners; 28. “Wait just ___!”; 29. Queen of the 45-Across, for short; 34. “That’s all ___ wrote”; 37. French miss: Abbr.; 38. Envisions; 41. Veteran, perhaps; 58. Old-fashioned food containers; 59. Not fooled by; 60. Maui music makers; 61. Newbie; 63. Carson City’s home: Abbr.; 65. Ignition starter.
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