Crossword.

• Author: Mellor, Myles

December 2006

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Across

1. New banking trend

8. Billion dollar video website from a garage (goes with 7 down)

10. Wrath

11. Practice

13. Self-interest groups

15. Corporation owning Kraft Foods

16. Just below a jack

17. Views

19. Equitable

21. Enthusiast

22. Santa sound

23. Credit note, for short

24. Finance report

25. Idol-like

27. Washington initials

28. Alien film that made millions

29. Lane, for short

30. Observe

31. Tot up

32. See 5 down

33. Goes down

34. Distribute by portion

35. Underlines, for short

36. Recede

38. PI's target?

39. Type of pilot

40. Develop

42. Main animal in "The Departed"

43. See 22 down

44. Servile follower

46. Strongest, in a way

48. Movie rating code

49. Watched

50. Currency

    Down

1. Go into too much detail as an executive

2. Savings account

3. Legally validated

4. Position available

5. Result of a Fed decision (3 words--goes with 32 across)

6. Former HP chair

7. See 8 across

8. Sycophant (2 words)

9. Numero ___

12. ___, senor!

14. Renter

18. Trick

19. Communications authority

20. Economic danger for 2007?

22. Economic indicator watched by Fed (with 43 across, two words)

26. Fed's fear

27. Computer for a dude!

29. Latex plural

30. Dropping sharply

32. Lowered

37. Straw or black?

39. ___ Anderson, actress

41. Coin you can turn on

43. Excel chart

45. Raw metal

47. Towards

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