The Wearing of the Green, a Crossword Puzzle
by Carly Svamvour

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 Crossword Hint for Clue 1 Down
Hint: 1 Down


Across

3)                     What Heaven and Utopia are

6)                     What a rat in 40 across would do

8)                     This Anglo-Irish dramatist created The Brave Irishman/Captain O’Blunder
                        (1743) - init.

9)                    A common word used to describe the colour of the sky

11)                  1920’s vaudeville star/comedian (Banjo Eyes) - init.

12)                  A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building

14)                  A Canadian interjection

16)                  Popular sex symbol of the fifties  _ _ _ _ Lollibrigida

17)                  A person of exceptional holiness

19)                  An Irish patriot, brother of noted Barrister,

                        Thomas Addis Emmet - init.

20)                  The Defence _ _ _ _ _ (1934)

21)                  A state in midwestern U. S. A. - abbr.

22)                  Born Elizabeth Griscom in PA, she was the reputed maker of the first American flag  Betsy _ _ _ _

24)                   Patty McCormack plays the part of a very disturbed child in this 1954 movie - The Bad _ _ _ _

25)                   Indefinite article

26)                   This novelist, playright, poet and critic was born in Dublin in 1854 - Oscar
                         _ _ _ _ _

28)                   He was Chico in an act that was originally called the Nightingales - init.

30)                   Les Casse-pieds (1948) translates to The _ _ _ _ _ of Life

32)                   Lie adjacent to another

34)                   He played Father Murphy in Darby O’Gill and the Little People (1959) - init.

35)                   Enquires

36)                   She played Mrs. Morgan in How Green Was My Valley - init.

37)                   This Irish born lad played Messala in Ben Hur - Stephen _ _ _ _ _

38)                   Monogram for 26 across

39)                   What Father Chuck O’Malley might set fire to

41 & 42)          What the boys called a guy who accepted work during a strike in On the Waterfront - 2 wds.
 

Down
1)                     She played Isabella Linton in Wuthering Heights (1939) - surname

2)                     Frequency with which the Irish showed up in the movies from the 40’s & 50’s

3)                     American silversmith and patriot who became a folk hero - init. 

4)                     She played Fanny in The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) - init.

5)                     Myrna Loy played Mrs. Gilbreth in this 1950 comedy- Cheaper By the
                         _ _ _ _ _

7)                     The fellow in 26 across and the American fashion designer, De la Renta

9 & 18)            Things are usually purchased on these terms at garage sales - 2 wds.

10)                   Spooky

12)                   Donkey

13)                   The words ‘Give me liberty or give me death’ belong to this chap -
                         _ _ _ _ _ _ _  Henry

15)                   Used to mark a grave

23 & 29)          How many gangster movies are themed - 2 wds.

24)                   Another word for 30 across

26)                   Director of Curse of the Cat People (1944) Robert Earl _ _ _ _

27)                   Gene Kelly stars in this 1957 musical _ _ _ Girls

31)                   Nickname for an Irish person that is considered offensive by some

33)                   Humorously vulgar

39)                   She played one of the ‘Kettle’ children in The Egg and I (1947) - init.

40)                   The author of Agnes Grey - init.
 

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Carly Svamvour is a writer who makes her home in the west end of Toronto, Canada. She has published her poems, short prose pieces and puzzles in many places throughout Canada and the U. S. A. She is currently working on her photo-journals with an eye to success at being a travel writer.
 

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