A DOODLE BUG
Reading edition
By Samuel W. Phillips
We decided to call this a doodle bug because it is essentially doable. And it oughtn’t to bite any of you if you handle it gently and don’t stick your pencil in its eye.
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HORIZONTAL
1 Deserts 7 Obese 14 Matched 16 Establishment of an invader 17 Spur 18 Beginning of a Nursery Rhyme 20 Proclamation 21 Erudite 24 Vapor 26 Direction 27 Lubricate 29 Rodents 31 Slender marine fish 34 An article (Fr.) 36 An exclamation 37 Part of a hanging scale 39 River in southern China 40 In contact with 41 Immediately 42 Preposition 43 Pertaining to type 44 Temple 45 A pronoun 46 A republic (abbr.) 48 Consume 50 Hawaiian Islands (abbr.) 51 Printers’ measure 52 An iota 54 One of two or more 56 Vehicle 57 Lodge 60 Eternity 62 Current 65 To trim 68 Number 69 Reconcile 72 Less difficult 74 Loops 75 Provokes 76 Lists
VERTICAL
1 Whirl rapidly 2 A tight fitting woolen cap (Scot.) 3 A render 4 119.6 sq. yds. 5 Girl’s name 6 A clerical degree 8 Of (Fr.) 9 Frozen 10 A basket (prov.) 11 God of light (myth.) 12 So 13 Part of verb to be (Spanish) 15 A sentinel 18 Exclude 19 One (Scot.) 22 Goddess of dawn (myth.) 23 Unit of work 25 A fruit (pl.) 27 Opening 28 Simple 30 A preposition 32 Like 33 Concerning 35 Insect 37 Mimic 38 Encountered 40 Unit 47 To this extent 49 Originated 50 Half a laugh 52 Majestic 53 Blot 54 Eyes (Scot.) 55 Raucous 58 Wager 59 Lair 61 Frank 62 Skin 63 Philippine men 64 A course 66 A roe (Scot.) 67 The egg of an insect 70 Received 71 Before (poetical) 73 Relating to 74 Negative