Sample Puzzle
Will I be able to compete? Are the puzzles too hard for me? These questions can be answered by actually solving a puzzle that was used in a previous Tournament. The tournament crosswords vary in difficulty. This sample puzzle is "medium." If you can complete it in 15 minutes, you would be competitive at the tournament. A time of under 10 minutes would be excellent.
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In which Shari Lewis contributes a bit of whimsy from her PBS series.
Copyright ©1993 American Crossword Puzzle Tournament |
| ACROSS |
| 1 | Caught some Z's |
| 6 | Mood rings and hula hoops, once |
| 10 | Lawyer: Abbr. |
| 14 | Home on the range? |
| 15 | Baldwin of Prelude to a Kiss |
| 16 | Mets ballpark |
| 17 | Arctic or Indian, e.g. |
| 18 | Show of hands, perhaps |
| 19 | Shipbuilding wood |
| 20 | Part 1 of a riddle |
| 23 | Recipe direction |
| 24 | Modernize, as a room |
| 25 | One's life, in 25 words or less |
| 28 | Short scissor cuts |
| 30 | Grind, as the teeth |
| 34 | Make ___ meet |
| 36 | Pontiac model that titled a 64 pop hit |
| 37 | City that symbolizes middle America |
| 38 | Part 2 of the riddle |
| 41 | It comes from the heart |
| 42 | Ending with mater or pater |
| 43 | Word-mangler Berra |
| 44 | Bewildered |
| 45 | Up, in baseball |
| 47 | Sawbuck |
| 48 | L times V plus I |
| 50 | Radar blip |
| 52 | Answer to the riddle |
| 59 | Wrap for a rani |
| 60 | Hermes' mother |
| 61 | Please, in Potsdam |
| 62 | Photosynthesis "factory" |
| 63 | When Caesar is told "Beware the ides of March" |
| 64 | Composer Bruckner |
| 65 | Catch a glimpse of |
| 66 | Dates regularly |
| 67 | Ad lights |
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| DOWN |
| 1 | Pack away |
| 2 | President Walesa |
| 3 | Fencer's sword |
| 4 | Anjou, Bosc, and Bartlett |
| 5 | Basic beliefs |
| 6 | #1 choice |
| 7 | Like a bump on ___ |
| 8 | Discourages, as attacks |
| 9 | Public spat |
| 10 | Its researchers do lots of looking up |
| 11 | "Take ___ Train" |
| 12 | Greenish-blue |
| 13 | Chatters away |
| 21 | Inflatable raft |
| 22 | Gardening power tool |
| 25 | Strife-torn Lebanese valley |
| 26 | Motionless |
| 27 | Playwright Clifford |
| 29 | This: . |
| 31 | Running rampant |
| 32 | Military campaign |
| 33 | Entertains at home |
| 35 | Harangue tediously |
| 37 | Buckingham, e.g. |
| 39 | Use a stencil |
| 40 | French satirist who created Gargantua |
| 45 | Eddie Rickenbacker, e.g. |
| 46 | Oedipus, by citizenship |
| 49 | Beans named for Peru's capital |
| 51 | Sheeplike |
| 52 | ___ of Wight |
| 53 | Opposite of ayes, to a Scot |
| 54 | Word before door or shoot |
| 55 | Location |
| 56 | "Sock ___ me!" |
| 57 | College founded by Henry VI |
| 58 | Washington 100: Abbr |
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