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from the September 27, 2006 edition

Try your hand at 'art'


They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder. See if you can find "art" in the items listed below:

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1. You can rent this place and call it home, but it is not a house, a tent, an igloo, or a tepee.

_ _art_ _ _ _

2. When you are at this place, you learn numbers and letters. It comes before first grade and after preschool.

_ _ _ _ _ _ _art_ _

3. You use this in a supermarket or department store to carry all the items you may want to buy. (2 words)

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _art

4. He might paint with a paintbrush or create sculptures from a block of clay.

Art_ _ _

5. Sometimes you watch these on TV. You may see them at the movies. These characters are often portrayed on T-shirts and lunchboxes.

_art_ _ _ _

6. A gymnast, an acrobat, or a cheerleader should be able to do this . It's ahandspring performed sideways with the arms and legs spread out like the spokes on a bicycle wheel.

_art_ _ _ _ _

7. Four of these are equal to the US paper currency that has a picture of George Washington on it.

_ _art_ _ _

8. You can have this for your birthday, an anniversary, or just about any occasion. Sometimes you even get a cake.

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Answers

1. Apartment

2. Kindergarten

3. Shopping cart

4. Artist

5. Cartoons

6. Cartwheel

7. Quarters

8. Party

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