Tuesday December 12,2000 Volume 100 Issue 77 dailyneb.com Since 1901 Answers to crosswords are found throughout the paper. Look for the corre sponding number. Brought to you by the staff of the Daily Nebraskan for you- “final” enjoyment Crossword Edited by Will Shortz No. 0621 ACROSS 1 Verbal assault 5 Verbal break-ln 9 Way around Paris 14 Offer as proof 15 Stuff to be crunched 16 Hatch on the Hill 17 Book after Joel 18 Old Dodge 19 Plain speaking 20 Himalayan aviation board? 23 Filled the bill, perhaps 24 November honoree 25 Freshest stories? 34 Berts buddy 35 Third-smallest of nine 36 Maker or breaker lead-in 37 Tour dates 36 Bugs Bunny and others 40 Merlin, e.g. 41 Whiz 42 On toast, at a diner 43 Readied the bow 44 Closeup of royal displeasure? 48 Sch. in Troy, N.Y. 49 Is that sof 50 Indiana team hijinks summary? 59 Storming 60 Beethoven s birthplace 61 RC, e.g. 62 Frasiers brother 63 Be an omen of 64 Homeboys place 65 Exasperates 66 Apple color enhancer 67 Numbered work DOWN 1 Digitize, in a way 2 Lawn application 3 Resting on 4 _Verde National Park 5 Takes on 6 Dogpatch, for one 7 Sicilian peak 8 It may be bounding 9 Rug rats 10 Slips 11 Suffix in nuclear physics 12 Court order? 13 Scott Turows first book 21 Eleventh-hour 22 Middle of a noted Cubs trio 25 Over 21, perhaps 26 Writer Jong 27 Reason for the silent treatment 28 Family girl 29 In with 30 PC linkup 31 Andean wool source 32 Hot to trot 33 Bjorn Borg, for one 38 Like inner tubes 39 Be in the red 40 N.L. Central team, on scoreboards 42 Lower 43 Golden finish? 45 Grimm heroine ruzzie Dy ureg staples 46 Chairman s paper 47 My Fair Lady lyricist 50 Engine sound 51 Part of a score, maybe 52 Tails, e.g. 53 SOS pop . group 54 Summer hangout 55 Sonars principle 56 Group enterprise ANSWER TO No. 623 The first issue of the Second Semester is January 8th. Place your classified ads by 4 p.m. Friday, January 5 and display ads by 3 p.m. Thursday, January 4.