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Ambiguous Elementals LETTERBOX

Use chemical symbols to solve the following crossword puzzle. With a periodic table as your guide, put either a one or two-letter
elemental symbol in each square to spell out the word that corresponds to the clue. The shaded squares help you find the letterbox. If
you have enjoyed solving the puzzle as much as I, please email me I’ll send you the name of the original creator, lest it be googlable
and spoilable. – Le Bug

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Ambiguous Elementals LETTERBOX
ACROSS DOWN

1 Gas layer surrounding the 85 A preposition 1 Opposite of retreat 71 Latin for 8-across
earth 86 A Washington city 2 Goes well with 11-down 75 Semiprecious stone
4 A bird of prey 87 A small cut or wound. 3 Hot dog condiment 76 Miss Muffet & Jack Horner
7 A muffler 90 A beautiful view 5 Forbidden action both did this
8 Earth's satellite 93 Congratulatory acclamation 6 Same as 27-across 77 Meat eater
10 A quick, loud noise 94 A $5 bill (slang) 7 A playful young person 78 A kitchen necessity
11 Male sibling 95 A Greek letter 8 Insect repellent 79 Storage container
12 Painted his mother 96 Referring to the Navy 9 Poetic slang for “over” 80 Irish independence
15 Used to attach a padlock 99 A grain (plural) 10 ___-relief technique, in art organization
16 Animal droppings 101 To soak or permeate 11 A Wisconsin sausage 81 A Copper alloy
17 New born 103 An illegal move by a 13 Swiftness 84 A masculine Celtic name
20 Worn at the Kentucky pitcher 14 A white-tailed sea eagle 88 A warm garment
Derby 104 To shrink away in fear 15 An elemental group with Cl 89 Precipitation
21 Sarcastic 105 Negative response 16 Confused person 91 Acknowledgement of a
24 A portable light 107 Same as 50-across 18 Chocolate cookie with debt
26 A note to follow sol 108 Alcoholic beverage made cream filling 92 A self-important highbrow
27 Twenty quires of paper from grain 19 Personal identifiers 93 Machine that binds straw
28 A location 109 A small barrel 20 A greeting 94 Used to heat buildings
29 A region in London or 112 Things which might occur 21 Government taxing agency 97 Fastens a knot
NYC 115 105 then 5 in Roman 22 Biomedical research 98 An alcohol dependence
30 Personal Pronoun numerals funding agency 100 Turns suddenly
32 Enemies 116 ___ Park, Colorado 23 Marvell poem "To His ___ 101 Sardonic or cynical
33 A healer 117 British Air Force Mistress" 102 Equals distance over time
36 Opposite of 101-across 118 Joining two pieces of 25 Repeatedly finds fault 106 Gaming house
39 Prisoner of war (abbv.) cloth 28 A young pig 108 A large group
40 A mythological animal 120 Affirmative 31 ___ Valley, California 110 A white supremacy
42 To burn 121 A clock sound 33 Expression of pain organization
44 To lower oneself 123 "... semper tyrannis" 34 Is indebted 111 Erlenmeyer or Florence
45 To become white or pale 125 Not imaginary 35 ___ and lightning 112 "_____ makes perfect"
48 A group of players 126 To ignore pointedly 37 Practical knowledge, esp. 113 A preposition
49 The sound of a dove 127 Outspoken of a science subject 114 The ultimate nature of a
50 One third of Santa's 129 To inquire 38 Angry thing or idea
greeting 130 Doomed ocean liner 39 Kangaroo nursery 119 One Dalton
52 A type of radio 131 A "state of being" verb 41 U. of Nebraska athletic 122 Long state Abbreviation
53 A small cut 132 Automobile team 124 One who lives in a
55 Argentinian grassland 134 A wading bird 43 Cooperative effort (2 monastery
58 Humorous 135 A dark red color words) 125 Achieves a second use
59 Oils or greases (v) 136 Sweet potato 44 Home for a chicken 128 University in OR or OK
61 Publisher of Chemical and 139 A tobacco product 46 Frilly 129 To estimate the value
Engineering News 142 Fearful of foreigners 47 A Canadian Province 133 Noah's boat
63 A river in Italy 146 A sign of infection (abbv.) 137 Used in opening a door
64 A preposition 147 The quality of being new 51 Not off 138 Latin for "you"
65 Authorize a medicine 148 Worn to protect one's 53 Spanish affirmative 139 A damage to a nylon
67 Things that hook clothes 54 To gently stroke a pet stocking
70 A trap 149 A current measure 56 U. S. Citizen 140 An evergreen tree
72 A source of sugar 57 Strategic Air Command 141 Solid, liquid, and __
73 A variable constituent of 1 (abbv.) 143 3.14159
across 60 Buzzing insects 144 Mischief
74 Midday 62 Gentle rain 145 __ shaft (engine part)
76 Between-meal foods 64 To lie in a pleasant warmth
79 Cerebral organ 66 Latin for "well"
81 Uncle Remus’ ____ Rabbit 68 Singular for 99-across
82 To search secretly 69 A pile of 70-down
83 A small integer 70 Winter precipitation

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