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CROSSWORD PUZZLE 1

 

 

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1 One-celled animal. 1 NASA funded scientists proved that dust from China's TaklaMakan desert traveled more than 12,400 miles over two weeks and landed on the French ____.
6 "Oh Suzanna" is a great campfire _____. 2 Type of deer.
10 Bod. 3 "The Desert Visions" of maverick architect _____ Strain.
14 Baited. 4 Darkling _____, insect.
15 Opera solo. 5 Advertisements.
16 Asian nation. 6 Desert _____, winning race horse.
17 Layers. 7 Voiced.
18 Dog, _____ best friend. 8 El Nino / La ______.
19 Granules of earth. 9 The _____ brooding frog of Australia has recently become extinct.
20 Faction. 10 Distress call.
21 Pumpkin-shaped. 11 Desert Dome, _____, NB.
23 That woman. 12 One of his paintings shows journalist Henri Rochefort escaping the desert island where he'd been imprisoned.
24 Volcanic rock. 13 Saint-_____-Le-Desert, France.
26 Mail in coupon. 21 Beavertail cactus is named for its flat, ____-shaped pads.
28 Photographic equipment. 22 Conger.
31 ____ Monster, venomous lizard. 25 Spark.
32 Numbero _____. 27 Plant fiber used in ropes.
33 Clergyman. 28 Sierra Vista is on the _____ of the Sonoran and Chihuahuan deserts.
36 Trickery. 29 Negative (prefix)
40 We need to _____ excessive OHV recreation. 30 Consider.
42 Prohibit. 31 Female.
43 Brass. 34 Black.
44 Greek bread. 35 Kangaroo ____, the desert's best survivor.
45 Pied. 37 Ashes from burned Buckhorn Cholla aid in healing ____ and burns.
48 Deserts receive less than ____ inches of precipitation per year. 38 A wager. (2 wds.)
49 Ostracize. 39 Prickly Pear Cactus has been a staple food of Native Americans for ____ centuries.
51 Frothy. 41 Indian _____ Wilderness, California.
53 Operatic basses. 45 Lyric.
56 Desert conditions can ____ one's survival skills. 46 _____ like a hawk.
57 More than ____ third of earth's surface is covered by desert or near-desert. 47 Affirmative.
58 Cleans up. 50 The Mojave Desert is ____ and dry.
61 National capital. 52 The Palm Desert hotel in California boasts an exotic eight story _____ lobby.
65 Part. 53 Spells.
67 Scorpions tails do this. 54 Invalidate.
68 Strong rope fiber. 55 River.
69 Canned meat. 56 Type of communication.
70 Lily of the Desert ____ Vera. 59 Properly.
71 Native Americans used roasted sunflower _______ to make a coffee-like drink. 60 There are many abandoned ____ mines in the Mojave National Reserve.
72 Desert _____ is a type of 1960's off-road racing bike. 62 National capital.
73 Bobcat. 63 Shake.
74 Express emotions. 64 Conserve water or ____ we'll be facing a drought.
66 _____pole, baby frog.
      68 That girl.

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