Daily Local News (West Chester, PA)

The Original Crossword Puzzle for Kids and Their Favorite AdultsŒ

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- By Jan Buckner Walker

Kids Across 1. The outside of a book (or what

you snuggle under at bedtime) 6. It's personal: A photo _____ is a one-of-a-kind book filled with pictures taken by you, your friends and family 8. Shhh!: It's what you're not

allowed to make in the library 9. The printing press was a machine that put this black liquid on paper 10. A group of friends who read a book and then get together to discuss it (or the bunch of babysitter­s in the popular teen book series) 12. The words in large letters on

the front of the book 14. What a book about a monster could do the person whos's reading it 17. What author writes each time

she signs a book 18. Could the clock be correct?!: When you're reading a good book, ____ just seems to fly 19. Mr. Cage, the superhero of

comic book fame (or the second book of the New Testament of the 7D) 21. The lesson learned from a fable

or other story 22. Paper sheets you flip through

as you read a book

Parents Down 1. Table inside a book which

indicates what's inside 2. An autobiogra­phy's less comprehens­ive cousin, a _______ is a personal account of certain times in your life 3. Like the pages of a brand new

diary (or an emotionles­s stare) 4. One that gives its life that we

might have books 5. Ben's pen, which he used to

pen "Poor Richard's Almanack" 6. Person who books a cruise for a client (or sells a manuscript by an author) 7. God knows it's the best-selling

book of all time 10. Garage sale: Asset whose worth is often measured by its blue book price 11. A mystery lover who wants to know whodunit will have to keep reading to find out how the ______ (Hint: The answer is two words -- but only one, if you get the pun) 13. Horizontal markings on notebook paper (or orderly formations of fans waiting for J.K. Rowling to autograph their copy of her book) 14. After the end: Novelist's next book, featuring the same familiar characters 15. What a parent hopes a child will be by the time the bedtime story is through 16. Review a book prior to publicatio­n (not to share an opinion, but to ferret out errors) 18. When combined with "book," I am studied for hours, but when followed "message," I can be read in just seconds. What am I? 20. Respectful­ly, it's the 12A bestowed on one who has successful­ly defended her dissertati­on (abbr.)

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