F. Scott Fitzgerald's 100th Birthday
Fitzgerald Crossword Puzzle Contest
PUZZLE ENTRY FORM AND CLUES

How much do you know about Fitzgerald's works and life? Print out the puzzle, complete it, and compare your answers to the solution. This puzzle drew thousands of entries in a contest sponsored by Minnesota Public Radio and The St. Paul Pioner Press that closed September 25.



CLUES

ACROSS
1. Fitzgerald's "The Curious ___ of Benjamin Button"
5. RN's specialty
8. "There are no second ___ in American lives": Fitzgerald
12. Fitzgerald's "The ___ Way Out"
13. "A Patriotic ___" (one of the 56-Down stories)
15. Country club cry
16. One of Fitzgerald's Basil Duke Lee stories
19. Energy
20. Crew's need
21. Muse of love poetry
22. Fundamentals
23. Jai ___ (court game)
24. Title hero of a Fitzgerald novel
27. Victrola producer
28. Tear down
32. Oneness
33. Envisions
34. "He Thinks ___ Wonderful" (another Basil story)
35. Latvia's capital
36. Fitzgerald's "I ___ Get Over"
37. Diner of TV's Alice
38. Fitzgerald's "Sentiment -- and the ___ Of Rouge"
39. Fitzgerald's "___ Shoes"
40. "You can ___ horse to water ..."
41. Feudal worker
43. Picnic pest
44. "Crazy ___" (Fitzgerald story set in Hollywood)
45. Borders
47. Elevator pioneer
48. Actor Vincent of Alive
50. Actor Lukas of Witness
51. ___ Claire (home of the title character of "Bernice Bobs Her Hair")
54. One of Fitzgerald's Josephine Perry stories
57. Strong wind
58. Dick ___ (hero of Tender Is the Night)
59. Land east of the Urals
60. Fitzgerald's literary agent Harold
61. European lang.
62. Musician/TV host John

DOWN
1. Sound of thunder
2. Top-notch
3. Use scissors
4. West ___ (home of 24-Across)
5. "___ gold in them ..."
6. "Boil Some Water--___ Of It" (Fitzgerald story from Esquire)
7. Computer monitor, for short
8. Edouard Jozan may have had one with 30-Down
9. Parka
10. The Fates, e.g.
11. Pastor's speech: Abbr.
13. Actor Keach
14. Fitzgerald's ___ Tycoon
17. Last name of 56-Down
18. The Jazz Age, for example
22. Movie pooch of the '30s
23. Fitzgerald's "Two for ___"
24. Experts
25. Ouzo flavor
26. Princeton ___ (humor magazine which Fitzgerald contributed to as a student)
27. Fix a deficient i
29. "Forging ___" (another Basil story)
30. F. Scott's wife
31. Fitzgerald's "How to Live on $36,000 a Year," for one
33. Autographs
36. Fitzgerald's "The ___ as Big as the Ritz"
37. Department store section
40. Singer Tetrazzini
42. Art museum worker
44. Monroe ___ (main character of 14-Down)
46. One ___ million
47. Horse opera
48. Clear the decks
49. Gondolier's need
50. Bee's home
51. Life of luxury
52. Yard sale tag phrase
53. California neighbor
54. Fitzgerald's "News of Paris -- Fifteen Years ___"
55. Fake locks
56. With 17-Down, ex-gag writer featured in a series of Fitzgerald stories


The contest is sponsored by Minnesota Public Radio and Saint Paul Pioneer Press.
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