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#1 Across - Intestate

**Posted:** Fri Feb 13, 2004 1:11 am

The White Knight · Guest

TEA is the NBA stat for the Team of the player.

Correcting some mistakes.

Across
1 **T****T*
5 Hijinks
8 Insubstantial
11 **M***
12 Fear
13 Anted
14 Icon
18 Wart
19 Curse
20 Cape
22 Astoop
24 Proselytizing (wow....)
26 Screwed
27 Emoticons

Down

1 **I****
2 Testimony
3 **B****E**
4 TEA (we think)
6 Jello
7 Kilogram
9 Nonoccurrence (nice one catapiller)
10 Indian
15 LouisXVIII
16 Escondido
17 Narcotic
18 Weirdo
21 Sponges
23 Papaw
25 Lam

Credit is Due to (so far):

Catherwood
Dashcat
Binaryanarchy
Aeisha
Addlepated
Catapiller
and Myself

**Posted:** Fri Feb 13, 2004 1:12 am

White Knight · Guest

Catapiller....i'll accept that for your answer!

good work

**Posted:** Fri Feb 13, 2004 1:14 am

Thew White Knight · Guest

Can you give us insite into how that solve works.....??

**Posted:** Fri Feb 13, 2004 1:20 am

Caterpillar

1. intestate -- adj., (law) having made no legally valid will before death or not disposed of by a legal will; "he died intestate"; "intestate property

Hence the "answer" to it being "tears".....and the end of the clue mentions how the question (test) was "stated".....and it fits....lol

The question and answer parts of the clue point to "test", the end to "state" and the whole thing to mourning (tears).

**Posted:** Fri Feb 13, 2004 1:26 am

MageSteff

**Posted:** Fri Feb 13, 2004 1:35 am

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Caterpillar

It looks as though #3 Down could start with "sub" as in "subordinates", which could mean the next part is "tra" from "traveling", but the only thing I could find that would fit with the "e" is "Subtrahend".

Now I could see where the "sub" comes in, and the "tra", but "hend" isn't a word. Although "hende" is a word, it means skillful; dexterous; clever......which to me doesn't say "vigor".

Anyway thought I'd put it out there and see if anyone else sees anything in it or can view it in a different way?

**Posted:** Fri Feb 13, 2004 1:46 am

The White Knight · Guest

OH CRAP...magesteff....sorry...

**Posted:** Fri Feb 13, 2004 1:47 am

Caterpillar

As a side note "Blues" comes to mind for #1 Down.....lamenting/troubled lives/60 years before (just brainstorming).

**Posted:** Fri Feb 13, 2004 2:09 am

grumpyboy · Unfettered Joined: 04 Feb 2003 Posts: 660

**Posted:** Fri Feb 13, 2004 2:20 am

The White Knight · Guest

I thought so.....I was just covering my butt.....i thought addle mentioned it first.....but i didn't want to go back in my log (too lazy)

**Posted:** Fri Feb 13, 2004 2:28 am

Caterpillar

This may be a stretch, but for #11 Acroos:

BEMOAN ?

Sorta fits with "hate"....and the "moan" part.....well put it with "fraternizing in a back alley of NY" and you get the pic...lol

Still brainstorming (and scouring 80s music sites)

**Posted:** Fri Feb 13, 2004 2:34 am

choie · Boot Joined: 19 Sep 2003 Posts: 28

How sure are we about the "Intestate" answer? The 1980 song "Sailing" (by Christopher Cross -- hmm, chris cross) otherwise kinda fits, especially with the "it tanked" part, and "ailing" is sorta lamenting. Though I don't know where 1920 would enter into it!

If we ignore both I's, I'm partial to "The Rose" (by Bette Midler), since the "lamenting character of troubled lives" + "it tanked 60 years earlier" could refer to Titanic, i.e. the character "Rose" from the movie....? Except that the ship sank in 1912, which was 68 years earlier than 1980... Oy, I really do suck at these things, LOL!

Well, great work so far, guys. Smile

**Posted:** Fri Feb 13, 2004 2:57 am

Slyfox

3 Down : Robustness
" s sent subor " backwards. Very Happy

I think this kills intestate Crying or Very sad

11 Across might be : Emnity. It sort of fits. There's a NY in there and it means to hate.