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HORIZONTAL
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7 This country
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sea
13 Knobbed
14 Opposed
15 Constellation
16 Stage whisper
18 Butterflies .
3 Age
4 Accomplish
5 Brother ot
Jacob (Bib.)
8 Bird's home
7 Commanded
8 State
D-French article
10 Three (prefix)
11 Chemical
compound
12 Break in
IS Board (ab.)
scansion
zo Channels
17 Proioun
22 Creek letter 20 Igneous rocks
23 Shakespearean21 H na mny
kine
25 Always
27 Icelandic
saga .
28 Emanation
29 Atop
30 Plural (ab.)
31 Nickel
(symbol).
32 Giant king ot
Bashan
33 Single thing
35 Rodents
38 Organ of smell
39 Journey
40 Psyche part
41 Continued
stories
47 Chaos
48 Pedal digit
50 Great artery
51 Atmosphere
52 Natural lats
54 Egg dish
68 Fatal
57 Measuring
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of the
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49 Japanese '
outcast
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34 Knotty
36 Smaller
37 Jets
37 Jets 53 Rnv's
42 Nobleman nickname
43 Cheerful 55 Suffix
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I UM GETTING AWULQCK OF
ALL "WE TIME
FROM NINE TO FIVE By Jo Fischer
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too
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WONT BE MOTHER, AH'LL LARN REMEMBER.7- AM dOT P -
MY CHILD'S ) HER HOW T'HEX HER HEXtD OOLUtrr-i SfOfU
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holes, Delerla. It runs my score
high.
By AJ Capp
Bv Merrill Blosser
By V. T. Hamlin
By Chic Young
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HORIZONTAL
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radio sleuth
II Concord
' 12 Reclined
14 Devotee
15 Roams
17 Before
18 And (Latin)
19 Rats
21 Babylonian
deity
22 Anatomical
4 Roman
emperor
5 Bathe
6 So be ltl
7 Pause
8 Kronen (ab.)
8 Fish
10 Sea nymphs
11 Mourning
Virgin
13 Transactions
16 Alleged force
19 Shines .
20 Part
23 Hearken
25 Greater
30 Lift
32 Felicity
tissue
24 Wicked
26 Dry
27 Cushions
28 Yes (So.)
29 Onager
30 Greek letter
31 Right (ab.)
32 Internal fruit
decay
53 Go by aircraft
36 Smooth
37 Horse's gait
38 Four (Roman)
89 Feel
45 Delirium
tremens (ab.)
46 Tree fluid
48 Engine
49 Observe
50 Staying
power
52 Loathe
54 Click beetle
55 Pastries
VERTICAL
1 Joker
2 Cereal grain
3 House of
Commons
(ab.)
FUNNY BUSINESS
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35 Musteline
(ab.)
mammal
40 Exude
41 Not any
42 He Is a
mystery
program
44 Device for
snaring
47 Chum
49 Pronoun
51 Parent
53 Two (prefix)
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Tues,, Sept. 4, 1951 The
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QME OF THOSE BIS WORD II
FROM NINE TO FIVE
Maybe I don't da any work
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By Jo Fischer
around here but nobody promises
By Al Capp
By Chic Young