X-Word 5-Minute Mystery


X-WORD
BY MERL REAGLE

IF I WROTE THE DICTIONARY

March 31, 1997
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1 Diazepam, commonly 1 (n.) a studier of manly men
7 Cougar 2 Clarence's least favorite Hill
11 Opposite of 53 Down 3 Mates
18 "That's Life" singer 4 Suburban ending
19 Take it ___ oneself 5 Java dispenser
20 Tests the fit of 6 Dull finish
21 (adj.) loud and obnoxious, as chewing-gum commercials 7 (adj.) pertaining to sleeping cars
22 Two before do 8 ___ the crack of dawn
23 (adj.) pertaining to books 9 (adj.) pertaining to sleeping cars
24 Horn sounds 10 Bring to life
25 Indian instruments 11 Giant Hall of Famer
28 Actor Alastair 12 Raisin city
29 First name in scat 13 Mr. ___ (handyman)
30 A Corleone 14 Polite offer of help
32 (n.) a French fur trader 15 Patricia O'Conner grammar book, Woe __
36 Modern opening 16 Lon's last
37 Flicka food 17 Wind dir.
38 Like D.H. Lawrence 18 Pilfered
40 Tortilla creation 21 Actress Anna
41 School org. for bright kids 26 Work by Horace
43 Has some grass 27 Meager
46 Avid 30 Bother
48 Secret group 31 Deli bread
50 Ornamental band around a room 33
52 Baseball manager Joe 34 Still enjoying womb service
54 (n.) a market system invented by American legislators 35 Ving of 'Pulp Fiction'
56 A little hoarse 37 Unclear
57 A little horse 39 Sound of a dog with doubts
58 View from a bridge? 42 Leonard ___ (Roy Rogers)
60 Main course 44 Foreclosed-on trailer, e.g.
61 Sgt. Snorkel's dog 45 Unfeeling
62 Seethe 47 Withdrawl
63 Newsman Lehrer 48 Late-night first name
64 Intelligence 49 Against
65 (n.) overeagerness at a wine-tasting 50 Back from to
68 Slangy toddler 51 Back stabber
71 Arrest 53 Surfing the net
72 Bad luck charm 55 Office machine giant
73 Old oil co. 57 Eliot, for one
77 Port near the Chunnel 59 Musical chord
78 Calendar abbr. 62 Henchman Luca
79 Sight in a bachelor's fridge 63 Triangular sail
80 Robot coiner 64 Constrict
81 (n.) lens spray 65 The ___ rate
83 Blazing 66 Maternity ward beamers
85 Empire builders 67 Floor squares
86 Nastiness 68 Descend using rope
87 Rector 69 Final syllable
89 Votes thumbs down 70 Horse rate
91 President pro ___ 73 Make
92 Millett or Moss 74 (n.) sleight of hand passed off as supernatural ability (said of Uri Geller)
93 Quatorze 75 D.C. abbr.
95 The Black, for one 76 Approves
96 Sgt. for one 77 At no extra ___
99 (n.) girlishness 78 Condition
103 Jagger and Taylor 79 (adv.) resembling a small shopping center
105 Hot spot 80 Manuel's house
106 Archer's asset 82 Little fight
107 Part of SAM 84 Rupert's network
109 Lofty home 85 Off weeks, in sports
110 (n.) an M.D. specializing in the lower tract 88 Lowers
114 Stay in touch with 90 Pop the question
115 (n.) a small landfill 92 Attire for Akira
118 'Sweet potato' 94 Singer Damone
119 Latin abbr. 97 Meryl's 1995 costar
120 Snooty 98 Designer Cassini
121 Gone up against 100 Rite, to Gide
122 Electronics giant 101 Protest
123 Mel Gibson film 102 A Muse
104 Relinquisher
105 It means 'sun'
108 Spanish dessert
109 Living qtrs.
110 Pan pal?
111 Electronics giant
112 Good wood
113 Sprinted
116 Biol. suffix meaning 'little'
117 A short amt. of time


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