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Vocabulary Building Blocks: (19 Across) The word lobos is oftentimes defined in crossword puzzles as "Western wolves" or "Wolves south of the border", and similar clues. This is due to the fact that lobo is the Spanish word for "wolf". Just as there are many arroyos in the Western US, with arroyo being the Spanish word for "a creek or small stream".
Vocabulary Building Blocks: (28 Across) discomfiture NOUN A state of frustration or anxious embarrassment. Synonyms: discomposure, disconcertion, disconcertment. [Derived from "discomfit", which originates in the English language from Latin des- "away", plus confire "to prepare".]
Vocabulary Building Blocks: (11 Down) ambiguous ADJECTIVE 1. Capable of being understood in more senses than one. 2. Having more than one possible meaning. Similar words: double-barreled, double-barrelled, double-edged, enigmatic, left-handed, multi-valued, multivalent, oracular, polysemantic, polysemous, uncertain. 3. Open to two or more interpretations. Synonym: equivocal. 4. Doubtful or uncertain; (often) intended to mislead. 5. Having no intrinsic or objective meaning; not organized in conventional patterns. Similar word: unstructured. [Derived from the Latin ambi- "around", plus agere "to go".]
Did You Know? (20 Across) The city in southern Texas known as Corpus Christi, is an important center of petroleum processing and a major shipping port due to its strategic position on Corpus Christi Bay which connects with the Gulf of Mexico. There is also access from the area to the national seashore on Padre Island.
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