Seattle Conlang Club Crossword #2
By Frederick Chan (fredchan.org)
The crossword appearing in the second issue of the Seattle Conlang Club Zine (Issue #2, Apr. 2025)
Across
| 1 | Form of English that Beowulf was written in |
| 3 | English verbs do this with nouns, but not adjectives |
| 7 | Adam's rib |
| 8 | Paleozoic, Mesozoic, or Cenozoic |
| 9 | Sleep just a bit |
| 11 | Each Blissymbols symbol is a kind of this |
| 12 | Neither win nor lose |
| 14 | Polite word for a drug junkie |
| 15 | Instrument for determining a vehicle's or Wiimote's motion, abbr. |
| 16 | Used for finding gold or cooking |
| 17 | Between countries |
| 19 | Spelt how it's said (but not this word) |
| 24 | A gesture with a specific meaning attached |
| 28 | Brain gland that makes you sleepy |
| 29 | Your mouth if you don't cover your sneezes |
| 30 | To go backwards in Minecraft (Java Edition) |
| 31 | Writing system with both consonant and vowel letters |
| 32 | A stop that's worth 10 points in Scrabble |
| 38 | The seventh Greek letter |
| 39 | Nuclear Regulatory Commission predecessor, abbr. |
| 40 | Tables and dogs have four |
| 41 | Glimpse at, perhaps clandestinely |
| 44 | Propelling a canoe |
| 46 | 6.283185... |
| 47 | It returns your tax, abbr. |
| 48 | Do it when you're hungry |
| 49 | A person who buys a book _____ |
| 50 | This happens when you checkmate someone |
Down
| 1 | The musical version of formants |
| 2 | Komo's star sign in this issue's horoscope |
| 3 | Jesus' likely primary language |
| 4 | All a scale's notes, or a monitor's colors |
| 5 | When there's no more |
| 6 | Lent when someone tells you about their troubles |
| 7 | 7 across is banned from this garden |
| 8 | Hunter who wrote the Warriors series |
| 10 | How pilots say P |
| 11 | Pakistan's primary intelligence agency, abbr. |
| 13 | Fish that Wall-E would eye up, maybe |
| 18 | Onomatopoeia for strength |
| 19 | Controversial COVID-era business loans, abbr. |
| 20 | Hairy all over |
| 21 | The number of buttons you're born with |
| 22 | It's for putting a canvas on |
| 23 | Protocol that encrypts your internet traffic, abbr. |
| 24 | Cryptaesthesia, abbr. |
| 25 | Most widely spoken dialect of Portuguese |
| 26 | The most scientific dog breed, maybe |
| 27 | Standard time in Colorado, abbr. |
| 31 | An object in the mirror is closer than it _______ |
| 33 | Very large or wide |
| 34 | Fast, like in a river |
| 35 | Crystalline flat screen monitors, abbr. |
| 36 | Let your frustrations out verbally |
| 37 | Comes before the chicken |
| 42 | Target golf score |
| 43 | Branch of Chinese including Cantonese and Taishanese |
| 45 | Hawai'ian flower necklace |