Vocabulary Building Blocks: (57 Across) astute (Adjective) Marked by practical hardheaded intelligence; keen in discernment. Synonyms: acute, cunning, sharp, shrewd. Derived from Latin: astus cunning. The adverb form is astutely. The noun astuteness, means the quality of being astute.

Did You Know? (25 Across) CNN or the Cable News Network, was founded in 1980 in Atlanta, Georgia by businessman Ted Turner. CNN was the first television network to air around the clock news reports. The highly regarded international network now belongs to the media behemoth, AOL Time Warner, and is home to the popular news personalities, Wolfe Blitzer, Anderson Cooper, Lou Dobbs, and Larry King, among many others.

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