CROSSWORD CLUES "A"
LITERARY SEVENS
XMAS NEWS & NOTES
PRESIDENTS AT REST
LET'S VISIT AN AQUARIUM
200
'Beaded calculator
(6)'
an abacus
200
'Lawrence of Arabia's wartime memoirs, published in 1926, were called "Seven Pillars of" this'
Wisdom
200
'If you hear "Wassail" at a Christmas party, it's an Old Norse salutation wishing you good this'
health
200
'At the Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield, Illinois'
Lincoln
200
'The Great Lakes Aquarium in Duluth, Minnesota is located on the waterfront of this Great Lake'
Superior
400
'Go upward
(6)'
ascend
400
'Aeschylus recounted a tale of legendary heroes making war in "Seven Against" this city'
Thebes
400
'This character from an 1843 story "bore a little crutch, and had his limbs supported by an iron frame!"'
Tiny Tim
400
'At his Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California'
Reagan
400
'Popular exhibits at the Waikiki Aquarium include the Hawaiian monk seals, coral farms & these "giant" bivalves'
clams
600
'Heart-y artery
(5)'
aorta
600
'After returning to Denmark, she finished the "Seven Gothic tales" she had been working on in Africa'
Karen Blixen (or Isak Dinesen)
600
'(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from outside a display window in New York.) In 1998, Macy's introduced holiday window displays honoring this classic film; now you'll see them appropriately in the windows facing 34th Street'
Miracle On 34th Street
600
'The 2 who are buried at the First Unitarian Church in Quincy, Massachusetts'
John Adams & John Quincy Adams
600
'Nearly 2 million people each year visit the aquarium in this California city, located where else but on Cannery Row'
Monterey
800
'Charitable donations
(4)'
alms
800
'A 1964 film was based on the novel "Seven Days in" this month, about an army coup attempt in the United States'
May
800
'Weighing upwards of 25 pounds, a Toulouse is the traditional one of these eaten at Christmas'
a goose
800
'At the Washington, D.C. National Cathedral'
Woodrow Wilson
800
'In the no bone zone of the Florida Aquarium, kids can crawl in supersized shells of this "solitary" crab'
a hermit crab
1000
'Sharp accent?
(5)'
acute
1000
'This author's novel "QB VII" takes its title from the London courtroom where a libel trial takes place'
Leon Uris
1000
'13-year-old Jimmy Boyd had a hit in the '50s with this tune, decried by Boston's Roman Catholic Archdiocese'
"I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus"
1000
'The first of 2 presidents buried at Arlington National Cemetery'
William Howard Taft
1000
'Watch out for anacondas & piranhas at the Shedd Aquarium exhibit called this river "Rising"'
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