Crossword.

• Author: Mellor, Myles

October 2005

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Across

1. Savvy in experience rather than educational qualifications (2 words)

9. No matter how many

12. Link

13. Emotional state in poker, with on

14. First man in space, first name

15. Money to be collected

17. Anger

18. Excel presentation

20. Memo travel route? (2 words)

22. Internet provider (abbr.)

25. Not excessive (3 words)

28. Fraudulent financial scheme

30. Gravity forces

31. Oakland baseball team

33. Make fun of

34. Win

36. Revelatory action

39. Zero

40. Rowing necessity

41. Fail to turn a profit

42. Seemingly intelligent investments that turned out to be worthless

45. Regret

46. Set a fee for

47. ______ takes?

50. Monetary value for

51. Assume from given facts

53. Salesperson (abbr)

54. Customer (2 words)

55. Enters an auction

56. Pitcher Young

    Down

1. Prospector's goal (2 words)

2. Level

3. Sales evidence

4. Landlord's last resort

5. Step

6. Men in Black, for short

7. Total amount

8. Route (abbr.)

9. Bean counter (2 words)

10. Training, for short

11. Add to payroll

16. Get into motion

19. Account (abbr.)

21. Communication regulators

23. Big home run hitter

24. Makes part of a surrounding whole

26. One way of doing business (2 words)

27. Navy ship

29. Come up for ___?

32. Got a loan

35. Protected against unforeseen circumstances

36. Like, as a beatnik would

37. Programmer's language

38. Testing ground

43. Lucent Technology stock symbol

44. Carries out

46. Writing implement

47. _____-fi

48. Chest muscle

49. Infiltrator

50. Santa ___

52. ___ 40, rock group

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