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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. A ___ department spokesman said the ___ might have been set.
3. Many went ___ the street to watch the fire from a safe distance.
6. A 20-unit apartment building burned for about an ___.
7. Occupants of 14 units were already in ___ or preparing for ___.
8. A tenant ___ed loudly on the doors of units inside the building.
9. Occupants of 14 units were ___ in bed.
10. They clawed their way out of their owners' ___s.
13. Two fire ___s arrived at 10:45 p.m.
15. Tenants escaped with ___ pets, ___ cell phones, and ___ laptops.
16. No one responded in the other units because the tenants were not ___.
17. It started in the attic at about 10:30 p.m. yesterday ___.
19. A fire department ___ said the fire might have been set deliberately.
20. Some of their cats were ___ed by the noise.
24. Smoke and flames were ___ in most of the units on the top floor.
26. A tenant, ___ had seen the blaze, banged loudly on the doors.
28. ___ tenants who were home escaped with the clothes on their backs.
29. ___ started in the attic at about 10:30 p.m. yesterday evening.
31. The tenants were ___ing or speechless.
32. Tenants escaped with their ___s, cell phones, and laptops.
33. ...escaped with nothing more ___ the clothes on their backs.
34. Most of the ___ had disappeared.
36. ___ were they going to live?
37. The top floor of the two-story building was about 80 percent ___.
38. Water was seeping into the ground-floor ___s.
40. They were ___ to be alive.
41. It ___ed in the attic at about 10:30 p.m. yesterday evening.
42. A fire ___ spokesman said the fire might have been set deliberately.
44. A tenant banged ___ on the doors of units inside the building.
48. But the entire roof was ___ by then.
50. It started in the ___ at about 10:30 p.m. yesterday evening.
52. Most of the roof had ___ed.
54. The damage was ___d at $1.5 million.
55. ...outside the ___, banged loudly on the doors of units inside the ___.
56. The top floor of the two-story building ___ about 80 percent gone.
57. Where were they ___ing to live?
59. A spokesman said the fire might have ___ set deliberately.
60. They were happy to be alive, but now they ___ no home.
62. The younger children were ___ frightened.
65. Tenants escaped with nothing more than the ___ on their backs.
67. Tenants went across the street to watch the fire from a safe ___.
68. Water was ___ing into the ground-floor units, ruining most of them.
69. The ___s were crying or speechless.
70. Some cats were disturbed by the noise, crowds, flames, and ___.

Down:

1. Smoke and ___s were visible in most of the units on the top floor.
2. The damage was estimated at $1.5 ___.
4. Firemen discovered a ___red gasoline can in the attic.
5. They were all hoping that their units would be ___d.
6. They were all ___ that their units would be spared.
7. A 20-unit apartment building ___ed for about an hour.
11. Water was seeping into the ground-floor units, ruining most of ___.
12. Two fire engines arrived, but the ___ roof was ablaze by then.
13. Those tenants who were home ___d with their laptops.
14. Firemen discovered a ___ can in the attic.
18. A fire department spokesman said the fire might have been set ___.
21. They were happy to be alive, ___ now they had no home.
22. It started in the attic at about 10:30 p.m. ___ evening.
23. ...the building, banged loudly on the ___s of units inside the building.
25. They were all hoping that their units would ___ spared.
27. ___s of 14 units were already in bed or preparing for bed.
30. They cried in their ___s' arms.
35. The younger children were similarly ___ed.
36. Smoke and flames ___ visible in most of the units on the top floor.
39. Two fire engines arrived at 10:45 p.m., but the roof was ablaze by ___.
43. At about 11:35 p.m., the flames were ___ed.
45. A department spokesman said the fire might ___ been set deliberately.
46. The ___ was estimated at $1.5 million.
47. Some of their ___s were disturbed by the crowds, flames, and smoke.
49. A tenant had seen the ___ from outside the building.
51. They ___ in their parents' arms.
53. No one ___ed in the other units because the tenants were not home.
58. They ___ed their way out of their owners' arms and dashed away.
61. A building burned before firemen were ___ to extinguish the fire.
63. They clawed their way out of their owners' arms and ___ed away.
64. ...than the clothes on their ___s, their pets, and their laptops.
66. A department spokesman said the fire might have been ___ deliberately.