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\begin{document}
\pagestyle{empty}\raggedright
\section*{Falling Cats}
\begin{Puzzle}{13}{13}%
  |[1]c |[2]o |[3]w |[4]e |[5]r |* |[6]p |[7]a |[8]c |* |[9]t |[10]w |[11]o |.
  |[12]u |n |i |t |e |* |[13]u |s |o |* |[14]h |a |d |.
  |[15]l |i |l |a |c |* |[16]s |i |n |[17]k |e |r |s |.
  |[18]l |t |d |* |[19]a |[20]l |s |a |t |i |a |* |* |.
  |* |* ([21]c |[22]o |p |a |y |* |[23]a |t |r |[24]i |[25]a |.
  |[26]s |[27]c (a |n |* |[28]m (c |[29]i |i |* |[30]i |s |m |.
  |[31]a |u (t |o |[32]d |i (a |g |n |[33]o |s |i |s |.
  |[34]m |r |s |* |[35]a |t (t |n |* |[36]i |t |s |o |.
  |[37]e |l |t |[38]o |n |* |[39]d |i |[40]s |c |o |* |* |.
  |* |* |[41]r |e |d |[42]n |o |s |e |* ([43]c |[44]o |[45]o |.
  |[46]u |[47]n |i |d |e |a |l |* |[48]a |[49]d (a |p |t |.
  |[50]t |o |k |* |[51]r |e |l |* |[52]l |i (t |e |r |.
  |[53]o |r |e |* |[54]s |s |s |* |[55]y |e |s |n |o |.
\end{Puzzle}

\begin{multicols}{2}
\begin{AcrossClues}%
  \Clue{1}{cower}{Scared dogs may do this}
  \Clue{6}{pac}{Type of political fundraising grp.}
  \Clue{9}{two}{It takes this many to tango}
  \Clue{12}{unite}{Come together}
  \Clue{13}{uso}{Org. that sent Bob Hope to Vietnam}
  \Clue{14}{had}{Made a meal of, say}
  \Clue{15}{lilac}{Light chocolate color for a Siamese cat}
  \Clue{16}{sinkers}{Weights in a tackle box}
  \Clue{18}{ltd}{Initials akin to ``Inc.''}
  \Clue{19}{alsatia}{Ancestral homeland of German shepherds?}
  \Clue{21}{copay}{Insurance doesn't cover this part}
  \Clue{23}{atria}{Chambers of the heart}
  \Clue{26}{scan}{CAT, for example}
  \Clue{28}{mcii}{Twice DLI, to a Roman}
  \Clue{30}{ism}{Suffix with {\it commun-} or {\it hyperthyroid-}}
  \Clue{31}{autodiagnosis}{``I'm sure I've been hit by a car!'', say?}
  \Clue{34}{mrs}{Mrs. Butterworth's first name, until 2009?}
  \Clue{35}{attn}{Abbr. often seen near a mailing address}
  \Clue{36}{itso}{Line for Captain Picard: ``Make ____''}
  \Clue{37}{elton}{``Honky Cat'' singer _____ John}
  \Clue{39}{disco}{Musical genre of the '70s}
  \Clue{41}{rednose}{Rudolph the reindeer had one}
  \Clue{43}{coo}{Dove's noise}
  \Clue{46}{unideal}{Less than perfect}
  \Clue{48}{adapt}{Evolve}
  \Clue{50}{tok}{Tik-___}
  \Clue{51}{rel}{{\it Get Out} comic Lil ___ Howery}
  \Clue{52}{liter}{One thousand mLs}
  \Clue{53}{ore}{Unrefined metal-bearing compound}
  \Clue{54}{sss}{Leaky-tire sound}
  \Clue{55}{yesno}{Like some survey questions}
\end{AcrossClues}%
\begin{DownClues}%
  \Clue{1}{cull}{Thin the herd}
  \Clue{2}{onit}{``I can handle that!'' (2 wds.)}
  \Clue{3}{wildcatstrike}{Unauthorized direct action by employees}
  \Clue{4}{eta}{Time on an airport-terminal display}
  \Clue{5}{recap}{``Previously...'' segment}
  \Clue{6}{pussycatdolls}{``Don't Cha'' pop group of 2005}
  \Clue{7}{asia}{Continent for Lhasa Apsos and Shiba Inus}
  \Clue{8}{contain}{Encompass}
  \Clue{9}{thearistocats}{Disney musical of 1970 featuring J. Thomas O'Malley and Duchess}
  \Clue{10}{war}{Antony, in Act III of {\it Julius Caesar}: ``Cry havoc, and let slip the dogs of ___''}
  \Clue{11}{ods}{Gives too much of a drug}
  \Clue{17}{kit}{Baby rabbit or ferret}
  \Clue{20}{lamit}{Give the slip and skedaddle (2 wds.)}
  \Clue{22}{ono}{Musician Yoko ___}
  \Clue{24}{isis}{She sewed up Osiris, in Egyptian mythology}
  \Clue{25}{amso}{``Are not!'' comeback}
  \Clue{26}{same}{Not different}
  \Clue{27}{curl}{What pigs' tails do}
  \Clue{29}{ignis}{Latin for will-o'-the-wisp: _____ {\it fatuus}}
  \Clue{32}{danders}{Dust-mite diets shed by cats and dogs}
  \Clue{33}{oic}{``Ah, got it, thx''}
  \Clue{38}{oed}{Its entry for {\it cat} spans three pages and includes quotations from Chaucer and Shakespeare}
  \Clue{40}{sealy}{Maker of the Posturepedic}
  \Clue{42}{naes}{Scots denials}
  \Clue{44}{open}{Like some wounds and flames}
  \Clue{45}{otro}{Not {\it esto}}
  \Clue{46}{uto}{``Too mean to take its temperature,'' for short}
  \Clue{47}{nor}{Also not}
  \Clue{49}{die}{What one must do to be DOA}
\end{DownClues}
\end{multicols}

\end{document}
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