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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:

2. Samuel was at the thrift ___. He had walked into the ___ with only....
3. King was his role ___.
6. But at the last moment, he changed his ___.
7. Every thrift shop he went to would ___ a search for the King book.
9. The book was a ___ paperback with a red cover.
11. This new search added purpose to his thrift shop ___.
13. ___ in his career, he got hundreds of rejection slips.
15. Samuel had a personal ___ at home that exceeded 1,000 books.
17. ...one goal in mind--to find a book that he had not ___ yesterday.
18. The book was a thick paperback with a red ___.
19. King is one of America's most popular ___ authors.
20. This new search added ___ to his thrift shop life.
23. ...be his favorite book that he ___ got around to reading.
25. ...personal library at home that exceeded 1,000 books, almost all ___.
26. Samuel immediately ___ one of the books he had piled up yesterday.
27. He was now a man on a ___.
28. He walked into the shop with only one ___ in mind.
30. Samuel had more reading ___ in his apartment than he could finish.
31. But at the last ___, he changed his mind.
35. He would place the King book ___ on his bookshelf.
36. Yet his ___ to buy more books raged on.
39. Samuel took a walk ___ the store.
41. At the last moment, he ___d his mind.
42. It was a biography of one of his favorite ___s, Stephen King.
43. He found all the books that he had held in his hands ___, except one.
46. People pick up merchandise in one place and ___ it in another place.
48. Early in his career, he got hundreds of ___ slips.
49. It was a ___ of one of his favorite authors, Stephen King.
51. He got hundreds of rejection ___s.
52. The book was a thick ___.
53. He put all seven back on the ___.
54. He was going to ___ all of them.
55. What a ___, he thought.
57. But only when he let it go did he realize its ___.
58. Samuel had a library at home that ___ed 1,000 books.
59. Samuel had a ___ library at home.

Down:

1. Yesterday's book fit the ___.
2. Samuel took a walk throughout the ___.
4. He subscribed to seven magazines and one ___ newspaper.
5. Samuel immediately found one of the books he had ___d up yesterday.
8. But it was ___ to be found.
10. But it wasn't easy for ___.
12. He finally put his ___ down.
14. It would be his favorite book that he never got ___ to reading.
15. ...he could finish in two ___s, yet his urge to buy more books raged on.
16. Samuel was ___ at the thrift shop. ... He put all seven ___ on the shelf.
21. He finally ___ his foot down.
22. Samuel wanted to be a great ___.
24. King was his ___ model.
26. It was a biography of one of his ___ authors, Stephen King.
29. It wasn't easy for King; early in his career, he got ___s of rejection slips.
30. People often pick up ___ in one place and then leave it in another place.
32. This new search added purpose to his ___ shop life.
33. Early in his ___, he got hundreds of rejection slips.
34. ___, what a surprise, he thought.
37. So for Samuel, the Big ___ was on.
38. Not one more book, he told himself, unless it is ___ special.
40. Yesterday's book ___ the bill.
44. He ___d to seven magazines and one daily newspaper.
45. His urge to buy more books ___d on.
47. But it wasn't ___ for King. ... This was going to be ___.
48. But only when he let it go did he ___ its value.
50. The one book that I want to ___ is the one book that I can't ___.
52. People pick up merchandise in one ___ and leave it in another ___.
53. He put all ___ back on the shelf.
54. Not one more ___, he told himself, unless it is really special.
56. The book was a thick paperback with a ___ cover.