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Crossword

Click on a number in the GRID (not in the Clues) to see the clue/s for that number. The clue appears at top left, above the grid. Type your answer into the empty BOX. Click on "Enter" to place your word into the grid. If you are stuck, you can click on "Hint" to get a free letter/s. Click on "Check," below the grid, to check your answer/s. ... eslyes.com, (c) Mike Carlson
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Across:

1. The rest of his ___ is spent at home.
5. His ___ house used to be in a good neighborhood.
7. He told Karl to mail a follow-up letter that included his wife's ___ of death.
9. But the agency ___d to send the checks.
11. He carves wooden military figures that he donates to a ___ charity.
12. When SSA finally ___d its mistake, it sent Karl a letter.
13. He fought on Iwo Jima, ___ of one of the most furious battles.
14. They're going to kick me out of my ___ home.
16. They're ___ to kick me out.
17. "They're going out," said Karl Berger, 86 years ___.
18. We know that he is a ___ veteran.
19. ...Iwo Jima, site of one of the most ___ battles of World War II.
21. A clerk said ___ to worry.
24. Karl receives only $12,000 a year, which is slightly above poverty ___.
25. The only savings that he ever had, $5,000, was spent on his wife's ___.
26. He told the Social ___ Administration to stop sending checks to his wife.
29. He takes the bus ___ a week to visit his wife's grave.
30. Karl's wife ___d a couple of years ago.
32. The ___ left him deaf and almost blind.
34. SSA gave Karl six months to ___ the debt in full.
35. He told Karl to mail a letter that included his wife's date of ___.
37. That is fraud, ___ and simple.
39. The battle left him deaf in one ___.
41. Karl is a widower with ___ living children.
43. Karl called again; a ___ said not to worry.
46. Karl is a ___ with no living children.
47. But the agency continued to send the ___s.
49. His small house used to be in a ___ neighborhood.
51. He told the Administration to stop ___ing monthly checks to his wife.
53. It sent Karl a ___ saying that he owed SSA $5,900 plus interest.
54. He told the ___ Security Administration to stop.
55. But that doesn't entitle him to ___ money.
56. He knew that his wife was dead, yet he ___ed her monthly checks.
57. Karl is a widower with no ___ children.
61. The battle left him ___ in one ear.
63. That is fraud, pure and ___.
64. Karl wrote back, asking if it would be okay to pay $30 a ___.
65. The charity uses the money to help ___ the homeless.
69. The battle left him almost blind in one ___.
70. He told Social Security to ___ sending checks to his wife.
71. He cashed ___ checks.
72. The rest of his time is spent at ___, where he carves military figures.
73. Feds ___ WWII Vet (See title.)
74. Otherwise, the SSA letter said, the ___ would seize his home.
75. He donates to a local ___. The ___ sells the carvings.

Down:

2. We know that, but that doesn't entitle him to free ___.
3. The only ___ that he ever had, $5,000, was spent on his wife's funeral.
4. We know that he is a war ___.
6. Karl called ___; a clerk said not to worry.
8. Karl receives only $12,000 a year, which is ___ above poverty level.
9. Karl is a widower with no living ___.
10. He fought on ___ Jima.
15. That was all he could ___.
18. He takes the bus once a week to visit his ___'s grave.
20. It sent Karl a letter saying that he ___d SSA $5,900.
22. The battle left him deaf in one ear and almost ___ in one eye.
23. He told Karl to ___ a follow-up letter that included his wife's date of death.
27. Karl ___ed again.
28. Karl ___s only $12,000 a year, which is slightly above poverty level.
29. Karl wrote back, asking if it would be ___ to pay $30 a month.
31. "They're going to kick me out of my own home," said ___ Berger.
33. Karl's wife died a couple of years ___.
36. His small ___ used to be in a good neighborhood.
37. It sent Karl a letter saying that he owed SSA $5,900 ___ interest.
38. That doesn't ___ him to free money.
40. He takes the bus once a week to visit his wife's ___.
42. He carves ___ military figures that he donates to a local charity.
43. The charity sells the ___s and uses the money.
44. His wife was dead, yet he cashed her ___ checks.
45. ...Iwo Jima, site of one of the most furious battles of ___ War II.
48. They're going to ___ me out.
50. He ___s wooden military figures that he donates to a local charity.
51. It ___ Karl a letter saying that he owed $5,900.
52. He knew his wife was ___, yet he cashed her checks.
58. He owed SSA $5,900 plus ___.
59. "That's insufficient," said William Shatner, an SSA ___.
60. Karl receives only $12,000 a year, which is ___ level.
62. Karl receives $12,000 a year, which is slightly ___ poverty level.
63. Otherwise, the agency would ___ his home.
66. SSA gave Karl six months to pay the ___ in full.
67. Karl's wife died a couple of ___s ago.
68. He fought on Iwo ___, site of one of the battles of World War II.
70. When ___ realized its mistake, it sent a letter saying he owed ___....