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Puzzle No. 57

SEVEN GREEK CROSSES

By John B. Sirich, Jr.

We counted the half-crosses to make up Mr. Sirich’s grand total. Please note: no unkeyed letters, no abbreviations or contractions, and comparatively few two- and three-letter words. Also double interlock throughout. Io triumphe!

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 1011 12
13 14 15 16
17 18 19
20 2122 2324
25 26 27 28
29 30
31 3233 34
35 36 37 38 39
40 41 42
43 4445 4647
48 49 50 51
52 53

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HORIZONTAL

1 Domestic animal (female) 5 Interlaced 9 Spanish dance 11 Charge with gas 13 Devoured 14 Bitter 16 Monastic female 17 Exclamation 18 Pile loosely 19 Perform 20 Civil War general 22 Long hair of lions (pl.) 24 Stitch 25 Ran rapidly 27 Foundation 29 Procured 30 Member 31 Gave formally 33 Begins 35 Vehicle 36 Dried fruit (bot.) 38 Term of address 40 Article 41 Large snake 42 Note of musical scale 43 Contest 45 Impost 47 Rear 48 Become planted deeply 50 Celestials 52 Facile 53 Portion