GILT COMPLEX
BEN FRANKLIN
GONE FISHIN'
IN MEMORIAM 2006
CROSSWORD CLUES "B"
200
'Check out the gilt onion domes at the palace near St. Petersburg named for the first empress named this'
Catherine
200
'On Ben's 1st walk though this city, he carried "three great puffy rolls" making a "most ridiculous appearance"'
Philadelphia
200
'This scary South American critter could even give a dentist nightmares'
a piranha
200
'A host of "Hee Haw" for 17 years, he pioneered the Bakersfield sound of country music'
Buck Owens
200
'To annoy, perhaps with an insect
(3)'
bug
400
'18 million pieces of gold & glass cover the walls of the Golden Hall in this city's Stadshus, home to the Nobel Banquet'
Stockholm
400
'At 16 Ben read a book by Thomas Tryon & accordingly adopted this type of diet'
vegetarian
400
'The world-record catch for the largemouth type of this freshwater fish logs in at 22 lbs., 4 oz.'
a bass
400
'Grandpa on "The Munsters", he once ran for governor of New York as a Green Party candidate'
Al Lewis
400
'Witches' concoction, or a beer
(4)'
brew
600
'In 1994 the roof of this Jerusalem shrine was regilded with 24 carat gold'
the Dome of the Rock
600
'Franklin noted that the complaint called "dry-gripes" resulted from exposure to this toxic metal'
lead
600
'Holy this important food fish seen here'
a mackerel
600
'"The Midnight Hour" came calling for this R&B legend in January 2006'
Wilson Pickett
600
'A nice word for "cowlike"
(6)'
bovine
800
'This Venetian basilica is known as the "Chiesa d'Oro"'
St. Mark\'s
800
'1751's "Experiments and Observations on" this helped make Ben's name; the book was translated into French in 1752'
electricity
800
'The name of this fierce ocean fish may come from the Spanish word barraco, meaning "overlapping teeth"'
a barracuda
800
'Long before "The X-Files", he stalked the night as Carl Kolchak, a savvy reporter of the weird & the horrific'
Darren McGavin
800
'Oleo is its understudy
(6)'
butter
1000
'Harimandir is the name of the center of Sikh faith seen here. It's called this in English'
the Golden Temple
1000
'Ben appropriately described his youthful mistakes as "errata", a term from this profession'
printing
1000
'This fish takes its name from its unique defensive behavior'
a puffer fish
1000
'The winner of 13 Emmy Awards, this low-key TV sportscaster was a true "American Sportsman"'
Curt Gowdy
1000
'Beau & Jeff, or Brooklyn & Mackinac
(7)'
Bridges
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