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 Print the puzzle. Send it in to MPR. All completed puzzles will be entered into a free drawing for a basket of MPR goodies. Deadline for entry is September 3, 2001. (See rules.) Send completed puzzles along with your name, address, and telephone number no later than September 3, 2001, to: Crossword Puzzle, Minnesota Public Radio, 45 East 7th St., St. Paul, MN 55101. Puzzle created by Raymond and Barbara Hamel.
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3. See 65-Across
5. Host of "The Jazz Image"
8. Minnesota Public Radio president William H. ___
9. City founded by Jacob Barge in 1858
12. Twin Cities classical music station
13. City that hosts a Scandinavian Folk Music Festival
16. Baritone and Verdi interpreter born in Minneapolis
18. Smallest Minnesota county by population
20. It precedes Marais or Forks
22. "My Three Sons" regular born in St. Paul
26. With 21-Down, State Fair treat
27. Water softener pioneer Emmett of Porter
28. County between Rice and Freeborn counties
29. Like State Fair weather, frequently
30. Where Corn Capital Days is celebrated
32. 1987 World Series collectible
35. Minnesota's state bird
36. "City Where the Wilderness Begins"
37. Pig's ___, former name of St. Paul
38. County where Thief River Falls is the seat
39. ___ Snelling
41. Concertmaster of the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra
42. City on the Root River
47. ___ Harbors
49. County seat of Norman County
50. With 50-Down, squeaky State Fair treat
52. Prince hit
53. His jersey #6 was retired by the Twins
54. Twin Cities news and information station
56. Location of Southdale, the nation's first enclosed mall
57. Shared name of 201 Minnesota lakes
60. City in western Hennepin County
62. ___ Cities
63. "A Prairie ___ Companion"
64. Laura Ingalls Wilder's "On the Banks of ___ Creek"
65. "Lake Wobegon Days" author, with 3-Across
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1. The Lindy Hop, for one
2. Source of the mighty Mississippi
4. Greyhound Bus ___
5. Flat potato bread
6. Exclamation upon entering the State Fair
7. Central Minnesota county or its county seat
8. Controversial discovery near Alexandria in 1898
9. Post office abbr. for Minnesota
10. It just so happens he pitched a no-hitter for the Twins in 1967
11. Surname of "Rewind" host Bill or Twins ace Brad
14. 2000 also-ran in the most expensive Congressional race in Minnesota history
15. Ice cream brand founded in Marshall
16. MPR birthplace
17. Fine and dandy
19. Where 8-Down was unearthed
21. See 26-Across
23. Site of the Aerial Lift Bridge
24. "___ Street" by Sinclair Lewis
25. Magazine founded by St.Paul native DeWitt Wallace
29. Minnesota State football coach on "Coach"
30. ___ Tail County
31. Mesabi Range resource
33. Purple player
34. National Park established in 1975
40. Friend of Betsy and Tacy
43. Street near the MPR State Fair booth
44. Food carrier at the State Fair
45. Hometown of actor E.G. Marshall
46. Sister city of Stillwater
48. Where Mary Richards worked in Minneapolis
50. See 50-Across
51. ___ River
55. "From the land of sky blue ___"
57. County where Austin is the county seat
58. Hormel product
59. Polka king Whoopee ___
61. Pronto ___, State Fair fare
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