By Moby Dick

This Christmas tree is a tour de force in consecutive two-letter words. Even the veriest beginner should finish it in a half hour, for the words are all fair and should come to mind immediately. This is a case where the rule on ratio of black squares to white is purposely violated for appropriateness of design.

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HORIZONTAL

1 Lover of wisdom 9 Exclamation 10 Conjunction 11 Negative 12 Pronoun 13 Portent 15 Deposited 17 Tailless amphibian 18 Preposition 19 Girl’s name 21 Seize in arrest 23 Printer’s measure 24 Pronoun 25 Toward 26 Sun god 27 Dental filling 31 Warble 35 Garment 36 Italian city

VERTICAL

1 Pertaining to measurement of light intensity 2 Man 3 Material part of the earth 4 Bone 5 Preposition 6 Outdoor sport 7 Send out 8 Formidable 14 Simple 16 Presently 20 Latin for I love 22 Atmosphere 28 Not 29 Note of scale 30 Near 32 Conjunction 33 Perform 34 Printer’s measure