X-Word 5-Minute Mystery


X-WORD
BY MERL REAGLE

FOUR LITTLE WORDS
Feb. 24, 1997
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1 Rule-book pros 1 Repeat
5 Shakespeare, e.g. 2 Singer Kitt
9 Composer-TV guy John 3 Run away from a lawyer?
13 Country club club: abbr. 4 Which way the wind blows, perh.
16 Elite Navy group 5 Vacation isle
17 Have a mishap at the nursery 6 Like some suckers
20 Do-or-die moment in sports 7 Mr. Hyde's creator
22 Insurance quote 8 Banned spray
23 Rainfall-challenged? 9 Countdown finish
24 TV role for Ed 10 Follow
25 Pacific detonations, in headlines 11 Certain NCO
27 Barrel-hoop wood 12 Gets too close to
28 __ stretch 13 Stooge-struck
29 With 32 Across, Peter Jennings and Co. 14 Rises
32 See 29 Accross 15 Popular Dutch beer, __ Light
34 Contest 16 Little Pig's building need
35 Sont originally titled "Et Maintenant" 17 Remote
39 Went into the closet 18 Wise bird
41 Layer 19 Little while
42 Viet region (or backward, Bible bread) 21 Podium prop
43 Watcher of the skies: abbr. 26 Cagy
44 __ Enter 28 Michael's "American President" costar
46 Swingin' Count 30 Less optimistic
49 Rec center 31 Beat pounder
51 Eleve's roll call response 33 Reporter's query
53 Black Sea port 36 Kite part
57 Rejoices 37 Part of a Campbell's Soup jingle
59 '60s mantra 38 Skiing mecca
62 Express lane limit, often 40 Dumb bird
63 "__ true ..." 44 Backless couch
65 Teacher's answer sheet 45 "4" opener
66 Agent 99's partner 46 Ante
67 Privates can't pull it 47 Budget "cutter"
68 Motto of the jaded 48 El Paso football event
74 Goad 50 Encrusted, as grease
76 Samaritan's gift 52 Islands twixt Mozambique and Madagascar
77 "Love, Reign __ Me" (hit by The Who) 54 It hits flies
78 Covert org. 55 Luis Rey intro
79 Decorative flap 56 Flood relief vessel
82 Speaking exersize 58 Lie telling, e.g.
87 Dahl or Francis 60 Keep an __ (watch)
89 Franklin's middle name 61 Corp. VIP
90 Santa __ , Calif. 64 Finish Julius Caesar?
91 Would-be atty.'s test 69 Best and Ferber
93 Racetrack prize 70 Liquor store Walker
94 Word to a pest 71 Makes safe, as a cat
96 Poet's meadow 72 Noglaes aunt
98 Computer language 73 Queequeg's weapon
100 Play-__ (modeling clay) 74 Prof's pride
103 He wed Wallis: abbr. 75 1973 plaintiff
104 Kitchen compromise 80 It comes first on "Jeopardy!": abbr.
109 Poetic encomiums 81 Apiary denizen
111 Error 83 Auctioneer word
113 Tallahassee sch. 84 Scrabble conventions, e.g.
114 Singer Ford, to friends 85 Good place for hanging
115 Have outstanding 86 Women in uniform
116 Frank 88 Humdinger
118 Print-job clarity, for short 92 Take __ (consider seriously)
120 Tom Clancy's Jack 95 Pointed tool
122 Problem 97 Little guy
123 Kay Kyser cathc-phrase (not aimed at you, I hope) 99 Gabriel of "The Usual Suspects"
128 Gangster's "payback" remark 100 Part of DJIA
129 Sprinkler sites 101 Proust's Mme. Swann
130 Woolly one 102 Hayseed series
131 Area of London 104 " __ differ"
132 Saudi Arabia neighbor 105 Dawn goddess
133 Greek peak 106 Organ givers
107 Hutu/Tutsi land
108 Itinerant burglars
110 Lowlife
112 Mr. Heep
117 Canaan ending
119 Slow to mingle
121 Taiwan's monetary unit
122 Sp. ladies
124 Greek letter
125 Overly
126 "So tasty!"
127 Casper's home: abbr.



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