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Oct. 24, 2014
Metaphor’s End
by Rachel Dawson
light, soaked into bones
oppressive wajmth from .above
required for life
Harvest Moons
by Steven R. Miller
Vibrant green days end on '
Reds yellow tons, of leaveis
fall
Crops marching out of the summer
sun, finishing what spring begun
flannel shirts work with coco , *
replacing sleeveless days and
Iced tea.
fireflies pushed over by an
entertaining harvest moon, soon
to amaze
Gone are the lazy days of
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summer.
falls flicker dance
by Julie MCCurdy
The air
a curious mixture
of
summer’s last breath
and fall’s mystery
Crisp kissed cheeks
contenting.
themselves
with the scfeirt of
cider’s ? .'
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trees dressed in
glory
letting their.,leaves
do the flicker
dance in the
wind
PUZZLES;
Crossword
Across
1. Flies alone
6. Ability to laugh, an
online acronym
9. Off-breed doggies
14. Insect stage
15. Bolted down
16. Wading bird
17: Before the construction
of Romance languages,
but after early P.E.
19. Menacing look
20. “Trick” joint
21. Plaything
22. Fraternity letter
23. Makes fun of
25. Breed
26. Around 80 years in
Oregon
32. News, subject
33. Kind of nut
34. The cure for pink-eye
37. Twisted, like ice-cream
41. Rows
42. Gastroenteritis caused
by sprouts J
43. It’s Istanbul
48. Blueprint
49. Rains when it’s 40
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2. Arabian Sea nation
harvesters
58. P u to n e fo o to n to p o f
3. Recent
4. Kind of arch
the other
59. Just an annoyance
before Web M.D.
61. Aquarium fish
62. Word before “1 told you
5. Our sun
6. Small-time dictator
7. Good-for-nothing
8. Dominates or harasses
9. “Sleepless in Seattle”
costar in the plural
10.,__ fruit
11. Calamitous
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50. Met expectations?
53. Painter Chagall
54. Carpenters and
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63. Before the due date
64. Driving hazard
65. Big blast maker
Answers an page 6
By Grace Badik
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12. Archaic: Periodically
13. Porterhouse, e.g.
18. Pinnacle
23. Colorful fish
24. Put on board
26. Majors in acting
27. Wrigley Field flora
28. Doctor’s charge
29. ___a high note
30. U.F.O. crew
31. -lepsy
35. Crumbs
36. Old time songster
38. Chop (off)
39. Building add-on
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40. Stop
43. Syndicate
44. Calmer
45. Put in order
46. Three lines of poetry
47. Eczema symptom
48. Sail supports
51. Land measure
52. Three-handed card
game
54. Many miles off
55. Agrippina’s slayer
56. Blow the whistle
57. Eye sore
60. “You betcha”
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The objective of Sudoku is to fill in all the blank squares with the
correct numbers from 1 to 9. Every row, column and square must
include all digits, 1 through 9, in any order.