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FUN with X-WORDS
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Yet another NON-poem ... Let me Know what you think, either way, OK?

FUN with X-WORDS © - Tom Hyland - 3/25/12 An Attempt to Present a Diagram-Less Cross-Word Puzzle. Can I do it Correctly? Can you Decipher it? Will it be too Difficult? Let us See ... To be Sure, this will be Un-Orthodox, And Not Done in the Traditional Method. DOWN ... 7. Down - Dignitary coming April 8th - 11 Letters. Hint ... Think of Green Eggs & a Hare ... Not Ham! GOT IT? IT’S A ‘GIM’ME’! ACROSS ... 14. Across - Opposite of Knight - 5 Letters. Hint ... Middle letter is 2nd letter of 7. Down ... 18. Across - Mournful - 3 Letters. Hint ... Center letter is 2nd letter of 12. Down ... 19. Across - Nickname of 14. Across - 8 Letters. Hint ... 3rd letter is 3rd letter of 7. Down ... 20. Across - ‘Bro’ of ‘Peewee’ - 2 Letters. Hint ... ‘Jersey Barrens’ Denizen ... 21. Across - Synonym for Cur - 3 Letters. Hint ... See 12. Down ... 22. Across - ‘Honest’ Guy - 3 Letters. Hint ... Middle letter is 7th letter of 7. Down ... 24. Across - Complainer, Grumbler, Whiner - 6 Letters. Hint ... 4th letter is next to last letter of 7. Down ... ... DOWN ... 12. Down - N.J. ‘Devil’ - 7 Letters. Hint ... It Ain’t ‘Mephistopheles’ ... 14. Down - Elec. Abbr. - 2 Letters. Hint ... Metric for 1,000 of them ... 15. Down - 13th letter of Greek Alphabet - 2 Letters. Hint ... English is ‘n’ ... 16. Down - Latin abbr. for ‘against’ - 2 Letters. Hint ... Nor ‘for’ ... 17. Down - English abbr. for Latin ‘per’ - 2 Letters. Hint ... Apiece ... 18. Down - ‘You old so and _ _!’ - 2 Letters. Hint ... as conj. Indicates ‘likeness’ ... 23. Down - Cautious - 4 Letters. Hint ... 3rd letter is last letter of 24. Across ... THAT’S ALL FOLKS! 15 CLUES - 15 ANSWERS ... HINT ... make Sure you get 7. Down FIRST! DO NOT SCROLL DOWN ANY FURTHER FOR ANSWERS ... UNLESS YOU WISH TO CHEAT! ANSWERS ... 7. DOWN - EASTERBUNNY 14. ACROSS - KNAVE 18. ACROSS - SAD 19. ACROSS - WUSSALOT 20. ACROSS - ED 21. ACROSS - CAD 22. ACROSS - ABE 24. ACROSS - MOANER 12. DOWN - MATLACK 14. DOWN - KW 15. DOWN - NU 16. DOWN - VS 17. DOWN - EA 18. DOWN - SO 23. DOWN - WARY Was it too difficult with NO Diagram? Did I ‘screw up’ any of the Numbers? HINT ... 7. DOWN is in the Very Center of the Puzzle! Bear in mind that you need to use LOGIC in order to properly place certain letters where they Belong. This means 'jumping' around a bit. ALSO - this was my First Attempt at such a venture ... SO ... Do Be Kind! © - TKH.

Reviewed by Ronald Hull

Reviewed on March 26, 2012

I'm not into crossword puzzles, but very creative.

Ron

Reviewed by John Coppolella

Reviewed on March 25, 2012

I have a head-ache. Loved the pics. Fun-ny. It's very clever, but I am spoiled rotten on milk-toast poetry. Obviously not what was written here. Whew. Took some time to create this one, TK. Well done!

Reviewed by Ed Matlack

As usual, cur, ur always pickin' on me...I hope everybody realizes that and lets you know how much of a jerk u r...but as much as I dislike crosswords I had fun figuring this out...thats about as kind as I can be, sir cur the curd...Jurseeeeeeeeeeeeeeey