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Across  3. calm (v) 4. See 17A. 6. The Depression equivalent to food stamps. 12. Sort of like 3A. 13. Ramshackle. 15. The Great _______ lasted from 1929 until the beginning of WWII. 16. Robert isn't really racist; he's just ______. 17. See 4A. 18. French for black. 19. Roundabout. 20. French Canadian. 21. Pound.

Down  1. Robert immediately regretted his idea of the Midnight Raiders wearing _______ for their raid. 2. An assumption that's usually wrong. 5. You'd have seen it at the movies. 7. A period of sacrifice before Easter. 8. Look at closely. 9. Today's equivalent of Robert collecting wire and tinfoil at the dump. 10. Attack. 11. 7D begins the day after this. 14. So broke you can't even pay attention. 16. The name Midnight Raiders is ______ because they rarely stayed out past 10.

1. Both Robert's and Jeff's fathers had too much __________ to accept charity.
2. The Midnight Raiders _______(ed) the poor old man with vegetables.
3. Always ___________ the fine print before you sign anything.
4. Can you describe the _________(ant) for the police, so he can be caught before he attacks anyone else?
5. Robert said that the sonnets (love poems) had ____________(ed) his broken heart.
6. He made sure he had a good excuse to _________ any suspicions they had.