ñÜACROSS&DOWNjK|}Ë+G„-1.3lls Crossword >CLV.RHNLNDPLTNTMGN.GRNTDNNLNCMPLT.TNDRSTHNGHTSTR.NNRMSTRCSSSSHCK..TRNSTL...DRPPNGHNT..SNLTRLTTTBLS.PRVDNCCLLTRLS.MTGRNDRTRSHCN.CLTHSPNSNSTP..HRTSTRNGS...RPPRFT..TTLPLNGSLNDRLRD.BBRWRDSSCTNTST.RRPSTHRNHMSPHR.SRSTHPNTRSSTRS.HSS---.--------------.--------------.--------------.---------------..------...---------..------------.-------------.-------------.------------..---------...------..---------------.--------------.--------------.--------------.---Vowelless Crossword #1by Trip Payne© 2009 Trip PayneVerb that can mean both "split apart" and "stick together" (6)Northwest is one (7 9)Most of John Grisham's novels, for example (5 9)Someone who invests in early-stage, high-potential companies (7 10)German state whose capital is Mainz (9-10)Ridged, tube-shaped pasta (8)Offer one's unrequested opinion (4 2)They existed about 30,000 years ago (12)Blue pigments derived from lapis lazuli (12)How opposing votes are cast (2 7)Superheroes often have secret ones (10)Type of cardiac surgery (4-5)Vacation spot whose cost covers food, drinks, and activities (3-9 6)Taste buds' locations (7)Common Mexican restaurant appetizer (6)Vegetables often found in stews (8)John Lennon song with the lyric "You may say I'm a dreamer" (7)Money that can be counted on every year (10 6 6)Tableland (7)F. Scott Fitzgerald's last completed novel (6 2 3 5)Dancer who starred in "Flying Down to Rio" (7)Deepest, most hard-to-reach areas, as of the soul (9 8)Run-down dwelling (5)Didn't let up at all (4 3 8 2)Subway entrance, often (9)Mentioning one's upcoming birthday, perhaps (8 1 4)Extremely quickly (2 1 5)Mischievous legendary creature (6)Naturally illuminated (6)The state flower of Wyoming (6 10)Places where people can check out books (7 9)Working against each other's interests (2 5-8)Places where casino patrons might place bets on "odd" or "red" (8 6)Home to Brown University (10)Vegetables often found in stews (8)Go camping without any luxuries (5 2)Amounts pledged by money borrowers (11)Tool used to make beef suitable for hamburgers (4 7)Children's song that has accompanying arm motions (2 1 6 6)Refuse holder (5 3)Clips that can be found on-line? (11)Happy-go-lucky quality (12)All in the same place, like shopping (3-4)What sentimental movies may tug at (12)Dickens novel about the problems caused by industrialization (4 5)Make money (4 1 6)Agreeable (8)Having a bigger potbelly (9)Reckon, as a bill (5 2)Train system that has a terminal at Penn Station (4 6 8)Litigant's case (7)Dig up (7)Cape of ___ (South African headland) (4 4)Football player who carries the ball forward (6)Some IRS employees (8)Elephant of children's literature (5)Psychological experiment that involves quick verbal responses (4 11 4)Stand on one's back legs, like a horse (4 2)Where winter runs from June 21 to September 21 (8 10)Not joking (7)Singers who received a Grammy for their song "Jump (For My Love)" (3 7 7)They can be built up on Monopoly properties (6)