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Former U.S. President Bill Clinton has a new pastime far from fund raising for worthy causes -- designing a crossword puzzle for The New York Times. Clinton wrote the clues for an online crossword puzzle published this weekend by the Times, filled with puns, pop culture references and plays on words. The theme of the puzzle is "Twistin' the Oldies," with clues seeking updated versions for baby boomers of musical hits by artists such as Neil Sedaka and Carly Simon. In an editor's note, Times' puzzle editor Will Shortz wrote: "The clues in this puzzle are a little more playful...

Cool crossword puzzle

========================================================================= DFU CROSSWORD PUZZLE CHALLENGE NO. 1: John Kerry DFU CROSSWORD PUZZLE CHALLENGE NO. 2 - Dan Rather and CBSDFU CROSSWORD PUZZLE CHALLENGE NO. 3 - Lifeguard Ted KennedyDFU CROSSWORD CHALLENGE No. 4 - Election DFU CROSSWORD CHALLENGE No. 5 - The MediaDFU CROSSWORD CHALLENGE No. 6 - Murdering Swine ArafatDFU CROSSWORD CHALLENGE No. 7 - Clinton Lie-BraryDFU CROSSWORD CHALLENGE No. 8 - Hollywood Elitist ScumDFU CROSSWORD CHALLENGE NO. 9 - DemocRAT Scoundrels and ScumbagsDFU CROSSWORD CHALLENGE NO. 10 - George W. Bush- 1st TermDFU CROSSWORD CHALLENGE No. 11 - W2 InaugurationDFU CROSSWORD CHALLENGE No. 12 - State of...

NO 1 - JOHN KERRYNO. 2 - DAN RATHER AND CBSNO. 3 - LIFEGUARD TED KENNEDY NO. 4 - ELECTION NO. 5 - THE MEDIA NO. 6 - MURDERING SWINE ARAFAT NO. 7 - CLINTON LIE-BRARY NO. 8 - HOLLYWOOD ELITIST SCUM NO. 9 - DEMOCRAT SCOUNDRELS AND SCUMBAGS NO. 10 - GEORGE W. BUSH - FIRST TERM ==================================================================

NO 1 - JOHN KERRYNO. 2 - DAN RATHER AND CBSNO. 3 - LIFEGUARD TED KENNEDY NO. 4 - ELECTION NO. 5 - THE MEDIA NO. 6 - MURDERING SWINE ARAFAT NO. 7 - CLINTON LIE-BRARY NO. 8 - HOLLYWOOD ELITIST SCUM NO. 9 - DEMOCRAT SCOUNDRELS AND SCUMBAGS Today's Puzzle -- http://home.comcast.net/~bykrbayb/images/PrezW-1stTerm-xword.jpg

NO 1 - JOHN KERRYNO. 2 - DAN RATHER AND CBSNO. 3 - LIFEGUARD TED KENNEDY NO. 4 - ELECTION NO. 5 - THE MEDIA NO. 6 - MURDERING SWINE ARAFAT NO. 7 - CLINTON LIE-BRARY ===================================================================

Note: thanks to BykrBayb for accepting my fax and putting it into a format so it could be posted. Perhaps there will be more of these. :) ================================================= BykrBayb