Story 255a

Across:
2.	Breakfast is something you should eat every ___ before you leave the house.
4.	A strong wind will ___ leaves and papers from one place to another.
5.	Norman Lear, a famous TV writer and producer, has a 21-car ___ next to his house.
7.	About 50 percent of the marriages in the US end in ___. Sad, but true.
8.	Another name for ___ suit is swim suit.
10.	Drivers sometimes ignore the flashing ___ at a railroad crossing (and end up dead).
12.	In a restaurant, you will be served by a ___ or a waiter. The ___ is usually the prettier one.
14.	Computer programmers use a special language, or ___, to create software.
16.	'___ Woman' is a song by Roy Orbison. It's about a ___ woman that he saw walking down the street. Men love ___ women.
17.	Women will say, 'Let's go shopping.' Men will say, 'Let's go ___ (or hunting).'
18.	When you ___ your apartment, make sure you turn the lights out and lock the door.
19.	The vain actor loved ___ so much that he wrote fan letters to ___.

Down:
1.	When you ___ out your garage, you throw out stuff (or have a yard sale).
2.	___, a big country between China and Russia, has only 5 people per square mile.
3.	___ did the difficult task because everybody thought that somebody else would do it.
6.	Scientists have discovered that pollution can cause some male frogs to become ___ frogs. (Yikes!)
8.	Many beer drinkers like to drink beer out of a ___ instead of a can.
9.	A magician performs magic ___s that amaze his audience.
10.	Before you cook raw beans, you should let them ___ overnight in a pot of water.
11.	Some people like to put ___ on their hamburgers, hot dogs, and even their fried eggs.
13.	A deck of cards has four ___s: spades, clubs, hearts, and diamonds.
15.	You have to pay attention to the ___s when you are trying to create crossword puzzles like this. (It's very easy to make mistakes!)