American Crossword Puzzle Tournament

28th ACPT • March 11-13 2005

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If You Don't Come Across

This song took second place in the American Crossword Idol competition, held Saturday night.

If You Don't Come Across

by Vic Fleming

Refrain:

    If you don't come across I'm gonna be down
    If you don't come across I'm gonna be down
    Your love to me is a mystery and the clues are all around
    If you don't come across I'm gonna be down

The "Pay or play extender" is OLA not OLE.
And it's ANTE that you want not ANTI when the clue is "Pay to play."
You can EDIT out ADIT on your IBM;
HULA on MAUI with TINY TIM;
But if you don't come across I'm gonna be down. (Refrain)

It's ESTEE not ESTES if you want the cosmetics queen.
And I-less ARTE is a Johnson AS SEEN on the TV screen.
LOO is a JOHN on the British ISLE.
RYUN and COE both ran the MILE.
And if you don't come across I'm gonna be down. (Refrain)

You're an easy fill on Mondays, but when the weekends come,
Your themeless open spaces make me feel so dumb.
Triple-stack... Absurdity...
Teeny bop culture and obscurity -
Hey, if you don't come across I'm gonna be down. (Refrain)

©2005 Vic Fleming & I SWEAR Enterprises (Printed with permission)

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