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Now that the elections are over, please relax and enjoy this crossword puzzle and the political riddle it poses. For time-tested loyal readers, my apologies for using a variation of a theme I used a few years ago. You can find a link to the answer to the puzzle at the bottom of this article. If you need help in solving the riddle, contact me at the address below.•
__________
Across
1. Mamma Mia music group
5. Two dimensional
10. Assists someone in distress
14. Mata _____
15. Either Ms. Street or Ms. Reese
16. Salt Lake state
17. Political riddle part I
20. Urge or desire
21. Edgar who painted dancers
22. No longer sick
23. Notre Dame coach Parseghian
24. Expressions of pleasure
25. Political riddle part II
34. Like unused matches
35. R ____ (vacation, for short)
36. Sound on Old McDonald’s farm
37. British gun
38. Actor Alan and actress Cheryl
40. Describe
41. “____ tu” (aria)
42. Miner’s quest
43. Daughter of King Lear or Reagan’s first Treasury secretary
44. Political riddle part III
48. That: Sp.
49. ____ Lanka
50. Purrs like a cat
53. Gobbled up
55. Automobile rte. provider
58. Political riddle part IV
61. Brain product
62. Short sheeting a bed, for example
63. Sea bird
64. Lend by a bank
65. Burros or jerks
66. “Planet of the ___”
Down
1. Sailor’s greeting
2. “I Got You ____” (Sonny and Cher)
3. Breakfast grain, perhaps from oat or wheat
4. Ready/fire separator
5. Stick (to)
6. Carter’s successor
7. “Born Free” lioness
8. _____ and alack
9. Where experiments are performed
10. July follower
11. Believe _____ not
12. Copenhagen citizen
13. Place in the back for tools
18. Get used to or make do
19. Blood of the gods
24. Ifs ____ or buts
25. Pondered
26. Emcee’s responsibility
27. Calvin of fashion
28. German article
29. Carry the clubs around the golf course
30. Conclusion
31. Friend south of the border
32. “____ is an island …”
33. Department or river of central France
38. Whatever she wants, she gets
39. _____ or nothing
40. Robt. E. ____
42. Painting surface
43. Sign again
45. Actor Paul who created his own salad dressing
46. “_____ for Danny Fisher”
47. Totals the car
50. Post office responsibility
51. Prefix with scope or spore
52. Concert halls of old
53. Makes mistakes
54. Nabakov heroine and actress Rehan
55. Grp. for older business persons
56. Writer Rice or actress Hathaway
57. Sailors’ assents
59. _____ tree
60. _____ culpa
__________
Maurer is a shareholder in IBJ Corp., which owns Indianapolis Business Journal. His column appears every other week. To comment on this column, send e-mail to mmaurer@ibj.com.
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