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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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2. Most ___ed people will have a fever, sore throat, and cough.
4. Victims frequently get ill from handling ___.
5. It seems to have its greatest impact on ___s during the winter.
7. Victims get ___ from opening doors.
8. This shot is not guaranteed to ___ flu.
9. ...which virus might be the most dangerous in the ___ season.
10. Flu ___ occurs annually in countries that have cold weather in winter.
11. It also ___s 250,000 people to end up in a hospital bed annually.
13. Symptoms can be so severe and ___ed that victims end up in bed.
14. The virus ___ be able to live longer and be stronger in colder weather.
15. Victims end up in ___ or in the hospital.
17. It also causes 250,000 people to end up in a ___ bed annually.
19. Flu season ___s annually in countries that have cold weather
21. In the winter ___ are indoors and close together for longer periods.
24. Victims end up in bed for weeks or in the ___.
25. But the symptoms are often ___ and last for only a week.
27. ___s are not sure why.
30. Victims frequently get ill from opening doors or ___ money.
32. Scientists can only ___ at which virus might be the most dangerous.
33. Flu season occurs in ___ that have cold weather in the winter.
35. Influenza spreads among them ___.
37. The influenza virus is alive throughout the ___ in all four seasons.
38. The shot protects against only that ___ virus.
43. Victims frequently get ill from ___ hands or handling money.
45. It kills about 36,000 people ___.
46. Indoor ___ can dry up the mucous.
47. Infected people will have a sore ___ and cough.
48. The virus might be able to live longer and be stronger in colder ___.
51. The virus is ___ something to sneeze at.
52. For many ___, however, symptoms can be severe and prolonged.
54. It ___s about 36,000 people annually.
55. The influenza virus is ___ throughout the world in all four seasons.
56. Indoor air can ___ up mucous that helps protect people from the virus.
57. For ___ who do not get the shot, influenza spreads among them easily.

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1. It seems to have its greatest ___ on humans during the winter.
2. They think it's because in the winter people are ___s.
3. Scientists develop a preventive ___ shot for people to take.
4. Indoor air can dry up the ___ that helps protect people from the virus.
6. Scientists ___ a flu shot for people to take as winter begins.
7. It seems to have ___ greatest impact on humans during the winter.
10. However, symptoms can be ___ and prolonged.
12. In the U.S., the ___ is not something to sneeze at.
16. The virus might be ___ to live longer in colder weather.
18. The virus is not ___ to sneeze at.
20. Flu season occurs annually in countries that have ___ weather.
21. The shot ___s against only that particular virus.
22. Influenza spreads ___ them easily.
23. Scientists can only guess at which virus might be the most ___.
26. It kills 36,000 people annually (___ of them elderly).
28. It takes only a ___.
29. Most infected people will have a ___, sore throat, and cough.
31. But the symptoms ___ for only a week.
34. This shot is not ___d to prevent flu.
36. Victims ___ get ill from shaking hands or handling money.
37. In the ___ people are indoors.
38. Scientists develop a ___ flu shot for people to take.
39. The ___ virus is alive throughout the world in all four seasons.
40. Victims frequently get ill from shaking ___s.
41. Victims ___ up in bed for weeks.
42. It kills about 36,000 people (most of them ___).
43. ___s are often mild and last for only a week.
44. ___s end up in bed for weeks, or in the hospital, or in the cemetery.
49. It takes only a sneeze, a cough, or a ___.
50. This ___ is not guaranteed to prevent flu.
53. Most infected people will have a fever, ___ throat, and cough.