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Sunday, June 27: The A.D.D. Detective

NARY A CROSS WORD, II

by Leigh Lundin

Last December, Criminal Brief brought you a crossword puzzle inspired by one of our readers, Cate. I know at least one person solved that puzzle.[1]

Following is the original wicked puzzle Cate submitted:

 

1 2 3 4
5      
6      
7      
Clues (or Clews)
ACROSS   DOWN
1 take by force 1 manuscript
5 indebtedness 2 mimic
6 vegetables 3 duplicate
7 sagacious 4 type of cat


S O L U T I O N


1 Hint
Solve one puzzle, and you’ve gone a long way toward solving the other.
Posted in The A.D.D. Detective on June 27th, 2010
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5 comments

  1. June 27th, 2010 at 12:38 pm, Rob Says:

    OUCH OUCH OUCH OUCH

  2. June 27th, 2010 at 2:35 pm, Leigh Says:

    (laughing)

  3. June 27th, 2010 at 4:35 pm, Yoshinori Todo Says:

    Boy, am I glad my life doesn’t depend on solving this puzzle! 😀

  4. June 28th, 2010 at 10:09 am, A Broad Abroad Says:

    Y Y U R
    Y Y U B
    I C U R
    Y Y me me me me

  5. June 29th, 2010 at 11:22 pm, Jeff Baker Says:

    I am so no good at puzzles!

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