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May 21, 2008
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by Kelly Ann Buchanan

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  • This week's theme: Trees
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    Across

    1. * tnatibahni eerT
    5. * Drippy stuff on bark
    8. * Particular fir
    14. Make over
    15. * Nest item (See #1A for a Related Clue)
    16. * See #70A
    17. As ___ on TV!
    18. Stanza, without the "rain"
    20. "Les Misérables" (1862) author
    21. * U2 album: 'The ___ Tree'
    23. * Sign of Spring
    25. ETA part, for short
    28. In the past
    29. Camera lover
    30. Sea eagle, variantly
    31. Q. "What is the Egyptian Cobra also known as?" A. "The ___ _ think."
    34. Word with Pack
    36. ecneuqes tebahplA
    38. Vert. opposite
    39. * Coconut trees
    41. ___ éneR :(2491) "hctiW a deirraM I" fo rotceriD
    43. * Peaceful branch
    45. House siding, without the "minum"
    46. * Tree fruit
    47. * Lumberjack's comment: "I have to ___ down some more trees."
    48. * Citrus tree (bkwds.)
    50. Chap
    51. Ship part
    53. Gear part
    54. Q. "Is ___ _ shortened way of referring to an official in the NHL?" A. "Yes."
    55. Jodie Foster movie
    57. * Flooring wood
    59. namruhT .sM
    61. About so
    62. Self-importance
    63. * Paul Bunyan's call
    66. Undertaking
    68. "Loyal" to a Scot
    70. * Kind of tree, with #16A
    72. * Nutty tree
    74. Anoint (bkwds.)
    75. Television award
    76. * Said to the Gardener: "As you can see, our backyard is really sunny, so we would like to plant _ ___ tree."
    77. Make-a-Word! _-a-_-_-u-n-c-t-i-o-n (Break down)
    78. * Tree anchor

    Down

    1. Jekyll, et al.
    2. Taunt (bkwds.)
    3. Prefix to "logy"
    4. * Ornamental tree
    5. * Certain Conifer
    6. Water: Spanish
    7. Tiger Woods' org.
    8. Average grades
    9. Said by the Grad Student: "Next semester, I will begin work on _ ___."
    10. ylnommoc ,sserdda beW
    11. * Type of Tree
    12. * Finding on the Forest Floor
    13. Not you
    19. TV schedule acronym
    22. Mr. Wells
    24. Baseball official, commonly
    26. * North American tree
    27. * Furniture wood
    29. * Coniferous evergreen
    30. * senoc emos ekiL
    32. How some pilots fly
    33. * Toothache Tree
    35. Kin group
    37. Unwritten
    39. Seeger of Folk
    40. Form of wrestling
    42. * roloc egnahc sevael nehw nosaeS
    44. Make-a-Word! _-a-g-_-_-_-y (Mistily)
    49. * Cluster of leaves (bkwds.)
    52. * Thing from a Tree Trunk
    54. * Bouncy products tree
    56. * Said in the Orange Grove: "Let's pick a lot so we can ___ many of them as we like later on."
    58. ISP, e.g.
    60. Campbell's Soup: __! __! Good!
    62. Got by, with Out
    63. Wagger
    64. Sesame Street character
    65. Unverified information, without the "r"
    67. Retro group: ___-Na-Na
    69. * "A Nightmare on ___ Street" (1984)
    71. Up to now ...on the fritz?
    72. * The tree at #5D grows in this Western state, for short
    73. Civil Rights anthem: "___ Shall Overcome"

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