Here is your Skeptical Crossword for November 2010
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CLUES ACROSS:
3. Reverence offered to a divine being or supernatural power [7]
7. Concluding musical section [4]
9. Clothespin [3]
11. Stage name of Erich Weiss [7]
12. Eavesdrop [8]
13. Small body of water [4]
14. Litigate [3]
16. Mouse genus [3]
17. Drily, possibly ironically humorous [3]
19 AND 44 across. American writer, editor and TV presenter: author of Why People Believe Weird Things (Two words [7], [7])
20. Appraised or esteemed too highly [9]
21. Element number 50 [3]
23. Wildebeeste [3]
26. Person who believes that the mind and its functions are a legitimate area of psychological research [9]
29. Legendary evil or mischievous creature [6]
30. Unconscious part of the personality that contains the basic drives. [2]
32. Preposition (Greek) meaning above, on, over or nearby [3]
34. One who bears a grudge or actively opposes the establishment [10]
35. Spanish definite article OR a semitic name for God OR Superman’s family name. [2]
37. Exploded white dwarf stars [5]
39. Religious splinter group [4]
40. Mild local anaesthetic and counterirritant derived from mint oils [7]
42. Forceful blow; (slang) power, influence [5]
43. Related to a certain secret fraternity [7]
44. See 19 Across
45. Cleopatra’s snake [3]
46. Heavenly messenger [5]
CLUES DOWN:
1. Logical fallacy in which the validity of a premise is linked to a characteristic or belief of the person advocating the premise (two words, [2], [7])
2. Extinct bird [4]
3. Tarot suit [5]
4. Bunkum, hogwash [5]
5. Legerdemain [16]
6. Large body of water [3]
7. Tarot suit [4]
8. Continuous loud noise [3]
9. Tarot suit [10]
10. Object of knightly quests [5]
14. Tarot suit [6]
18. French apothecary and reputed seer [11]
19. Encountered [3]
22. The negative [2]
24. Squeeze tightly; pinch [3]
25. Involving one side only; not mutual [10]
27. Parasitic insects [4]
28. Those that worship images [9]
31. Member of a powerful order of mediaeval knights [7]
33. Universal remedy; cure-all [7]
36. Bogus bard [6]
38. Adam and Eve’s third son [4]
41. Portent, augury [4]
SOLUTION: http://skeptics.cafe/puzzles/november-2010-crossword-solution/