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Crossword

Complete the crossword, then click on "Check" to check your answer. If you are stuck, you can click on "Hint" to get a free letter. Click on a number in the grid to see the clue or clues for that number.
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Across:

1. It's the same ___ that everyone who plays the slot machines does.
3. Jasper told him that he might have to go downtown to a real old ___.
7. The all you can eat ___s were $15, instead of $3.
8. Las Vegas had a ___ that stopped at all the major hotels.
9. Jasper's mom had no use for anything except ___ machines.
11. Most casinos, he said, require a $5 ___ nowadays.
12. And almost everyone goes home ___.
13. Maybe the jackpot would hit on the first ___ that she put in.
15. He was never one to ___ good money after bad.
17. She loved the slots, as long as she could find nickel and ___ machines.
18. Jasper asked his dad what ___s he was going to play.
19. The city had changed ___ly in those 10 years.
21. Maybe, she hoped, the ___ would hit on the first nickel that she put in.
22. That didn't ___ his dad.

Down:

1. And ___ was much worse, of course.
2. No more walking in the hot sun (or the ___ cold wind).
4. ___, it's the same trick that everyone who plays the slot machines does.
5. No more walking in the hot sun (or the cold wind, if you visited in the ___).
6. Jasper's ___s were going to Las Vegas for a week.
7. Could one title of this story be "___ting Big in Las Vegas"?
8. She would wait till someone used a ___ for at least 15 minutes.
9. He said he wasn't sure, but there had to be ___, ___where.
10. "Even at $15, he'll still eat $20 or $30 ___," Jasper's mom said.
12. ___, he replied, if he could find a $2 table.
14. Most casinos, he said, require a $5 minimum ___.
16. The last time they were there was 10 ___s ago.
20. Then she would play that machine when that person ___ up and left.