Boston puzzle fans

fill_it_ins is where the fun is at!

Have you noticed that some crossword puzzles will frequently resort to the same three or four letter words to fill up spaces in a puzzle?

How many of the following clues do you recognize?

1. Sash
   
2. Culture medium
   
3. Lotion ingredient
   
4. Whale
   
5. Exile island
   
6. Baseball stat
   
7. Vietnam holiday
   
8. Beer
   
9. Spirit
   
10. Great lake
    
11. Shoe size
    
12. New Haven student
    
13. Perry author
    
14. Sword
    

If you have Java installed on your computer, you can do crossword puzzles online at http://www.uclick.com/client/bos/f…

Two things to note:

• In Regular mode, it will tell you if a letter is wrong.
  
• The space bar switches between Across and Down.
  

This community is for people in the Boston area who (attempt to) solve word puzzles in the newspapers.