SEVEN GREEK CROSSES
Reading edition
By John B. Sirich, Jr.
We counted the half-crosses to make up Mr. Sirich’s grand total. Please note: no unkeyed letters, no abbreviations or contractions, and comparatively few two- and three-letter words. Also double interlock throughout. Io triumphe!
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HORIZONTAL
1 Domestic animal (female) 5 Interlaced 9 Spanish dance 11 Charge with gas 13 Devoured 14 Bitter 16 Monastic female 17 Exclamation 18 Pile loosely 19 Perform 20 Civil War general 22 Long hair of lions (pl.) 24 Stitch 25 Ran rapidly 27 Foundation 29 Procured 30 Member 31 Gave formally 33 Begins 35 Vehicle 36 Dried fruit (bot.) 38 Term of address 40 Article 41 Large snake 42 Note of musical scale 43 Contest 45 Impost 47 Rear 48 Become planted deeply 50 Celestials 52 Facile 53 Portion
VERTICAL
1 Nurturer 2 Beverage 3 Regarding 4 Age 5 Interlacement 6 Conjunction 7 Large vehicle 8 Studies 9 Syrian god 10 Group of eight 11 Oriental measure 12 Sufficient (poet) 15 End of day (poet) 21 Avid 22 Unit of measure 23 An ascidian 24 Indications 26 Fish 28 Perceive 31 Dog 32 Charge 33 City in Nebraska 34 Sibilant rale 35 Hollow 37 Procured 39 Rodents 44 Age 45 Plaything 46 Finish 47 Bronze 49 Bone 51 Proceed
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