Mrs. Taylor's class - #20
by Ron Sweet
When the grid is completed, the diagonals will spell out a four-word phrase that describes two things
you do in school (both of which can be done at the same time!).
Across
| 1 | What you're doing now, in song “About 56”? (7) |
| 8 | Soil from the East contains new predators (5) |
| 9 | Iceberg's smooth movement announced (4) |
| 11 | Location of one of the senses, we hear (4) |
| 12 | Start to slice fruit with lance (5) |
| 14 | Rosalind, a daughter, embraces father (3) |
| 16 | Reportedly had the answer for “bearded antelope” (3) |
| 18 | Spy's organization seen in commercial (3) |
| 19 | Let in and confess (5) |
| 20 | Certain hill dwellers are not taken seriously, at first (4) |
| 23 | New York baseball players returning for flower holder (4) |
| 24 | Half of shallows surrounding old sandbar (5) |
| 25 | Quickly chant lyrics in an offhand way (7) |
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Down
| 1 | Cut small hair on the eyelid (5) |
| 2 | Pal is into strange artist's supplies (9) |
| 3 | Poll others holding piece of real estate (3) |
| 4 | Belief system is initially mystifying (3) |
| 5 | Soar without power from leg I'd broken (5) |
| 6 | Albino cat running around in certain gardens (9) |
| 7 | Require one editor's feature (4) |
| 10 | Gets mad shifting gears (5) |
| 11 | Prepare for class with dusty novel (5) |
| 13 | Nurse with first of animal's genetic code initials (3) |
| 15 | Tardier and unusually alert (5) |
| 17 | That thing lay awkwardly in Europe's “boot” (5) |
| 18 | Francesca's aunt keeps a house in Mexico (4) |
| 21 | Pa's slithering snake (3) |
| 22 | Post office finally delivered vegetable container (3) |
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Solution