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Maniacal Crossword Enthusiast Writes Ransom Note

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Will Mr. and Mrs. Hanson ever see Taylor again? It’s up to you to solve the puzzle!



ACROSS
1. even though
6. valise
7. second-person singular possessive pronoun
8. Kismet tune “And This is My ___”
10. preposition indicating arrival
11. relinquish
12. 95% correct
13. imprisoning
14. 4 score millennia
16. postal abbreviation for the home of the Fightin’ Irish
20. a place a cat can go
22. Anniversary of Caesar’s death

DOWN
2. see 7-ACROSS
3. “…happily ___ after”
4. desire
5. distance-oriented preposition
6. descry
9. Scout, to Atticus
10. encore
14. when Snick used to start
15. American currency
17. virginal
18. 42nd presidents
19. stylish and affordable home decor retailer
21. King of Neighborhood of Make-Believe

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My freshman year of college, my ginger roommate bought some alcohol before he went home one weekend. When he left, my friends on my floor and I emptied his clear raspberry vodka into another bottle and replaced it with salt water (so that it wouldn't freeze) and put it back in the freezer. A week or two later, he and his friends were sitting around our room, drinking salt... Read More » water, and acting drunk. He even noted that he could "really taste the raspberry." The look on their faces when we told them that it was salt-water was priceless...and I'm sure the placebo effect immediately wore off!