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Inspiring Autumn Poetic luminaries ranging from William Blake to Robert Frost found inspiration in what John Keats termed the “season of mists and fruitfulness.” Pop culture is also full of tributes to fall. See how much you know about autumn’s artistic influence. Answers to bold face clues all pertain to allusions to fall.
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ACROSS 1 Green Day’s _____ Me Up When September Ends 4 Gloss 10 Lyric poems 14 Hasten 15 Wound 16 Extra benefit 17 Paradise 19 Chemically inactive gas 20 Place for beehives 22 Trembling poplar 24 Inquire of 25 Pilfer 26 Filmy layer 29 Alice’s “Mad” acquaintance 32 Leg joint 34 Sea eagle 36 1966 tune by the Happenings, ____You in September 38 Narrative of heroic exploits 40 Hearing organs 41 State of drowsy contentment 43 Russian mountain range 45 Plain White Ts, A______ September 46 Massive wild ox 47 Cover with wax 49 Killer whale 50 Home movie 51 Kaput 53 Indonesian resort island 54 Abstract being 55 Former German Chancellor Helmut 57 Low in pitch 59 Element Sn 61 ABC’s 2007-2009 drama, October ____ 62 Stringed instrument 64 Oozed 68 Charts 71 Adored 72 Leg 74 Tie 76 Roof timber 78 Courtyard 80 Central part 81 Way out
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35 Denial 36 Favorable achievement 37 Merits 39 ______ momentum (overall quality in physics) 41 Unit for measuring gold 42 Greek geometrician 44 Robert E or Bruce 46 Lump 48 Music hall 51 17th letter of the Greek alphabet 52 Snakelike fish 56 Commanded 58 Egyptian deity 60 Haphazard markings 63 Heroic 65 Like Santa’s pals 66 Adam’s gal 67 1945 John Wayne movie set in the Philippines 69 Mouth-like opening 70 Defraud 72 Deep wound 73 Prefix for small 75 Denizen of the Nile for short 76 Tom Clancy novel The Hunt for ___ October 77 Chopping tool 78 Young dog 79 Wood sorrel