Crossword.December 2006 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Across 1. New banking trend 8. Billion dollar video website from a garage (goes with 7 down) 10. Wrath wrath n. 1. Forceful, often vindictive anger. See Synonyms at anger. 2. a. Punishment or vengeance as a manifestation of anger. b. Divine retribution for sin. adj. 11. Practice 13. Self-interest groups 15. Corporation owning Kraft Foods Kraft Foods Inc. (NYSE: KFT) is the largest food and beverage company headquartered in North America and the second largest in the world after Nestlé SA. The Philip Morris Company (now known as Altria Group), a company that produces tobacco products, acquired Kraft for 16. Just below a jack 17. Views 19. Equitable 21. Enthusiast 22. Santa sound 23. Credit note, for short 24. Finance report 25. Idol-like 27. Washington initials 28. Alien film that made millions 29. Lane, for short 30. Observe 31. Tot up 32. See 5 down 33. Goes down 34. Distribute by portion 35. Underlines, for short 36. Recede re·cede 1 intr.v. re·ced·ed, re·ced·ing, re·cedes 1. To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark: waited for the floodwaters to recede. 2. 38. PI's target? 39. Type of pilot 40. Develop 42. Main animal in "The Departed" 43. See 22 down 44. Servile ser·vile adj. 1. Abjectly submissive; slavish. 2. a. Of or suitable to a slave or servant. b. Of or relating to servitude or forced labor. follower 46. Strongest, in a way 48. Movie rating code 49. Watched 50. Currency Down 1. Go into too much detail as an executive 2. Savings account Savings Account A deposit account intended for funds that are expected to stay in for the short term. A savings account offers lower returns than the market rates. Notes: 3. Legally validated 4. Position available 5. Result of a Fed decision (3 words--goes with 32 across) 6. Former HP chair 7. See 8 across 8. Sycophant (2 words) 9. Numero ___ 12. ___, senor! 14. Renter 18. Trick 19. Communications authority 20. Economic danger for 2007? 22. Economic indicator economic indicator Statistic used to determine the state of general economic activity or to predict it in the future. A leading indicator is one that tends to turn up or down before the general economy does (e.g. watched by Fed (with 43 across, two words) 26. Fed's fear 27. Computer for a dude! 29. Latex plural PLURAL. A term used in grammar, which signifies more than one. 2. Sometimes, however, it may be so expressed that it means only one, as, if a man were to devise to another all he was worth, if he, the testator, died without children, and he died leaving one 30. Dropping sharply 32. Lowered 37. Straw or black? 39. ___ Anderson, actress 41. Coin you can turn on 43. Excel chart 45. Raw metal 47. Towards See www.fei.org/mag/12-2006_crossword.cfm for the solution to this month's puzzle. |
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