FINALS GUIDE 21 crossword 8 ACROSS 1 Standard score 4 Medicos 8 Benefit 12 A mean Amin 13 Maze goa 14 Stop up 15 Nickname for football's George Halas 17 Hodge-podge 18 High-IQ sort 19 Wall St. debut 21 Caviar base 22 Hit repeat edly 26 Sacrifice site 29 Shriner's chapeau 30 Before 31 U.K. conservative 32 Seafood selection 33 Soft cheese 34 Harem room 35 Grow 36 Ship of the desert 37 Apple variety 39 Book- spine abbr. 40 Literary collection 41 Fleet 45 Cereal choice 48 Litter member 50 Indonesian island 51 Cupid's alias 52 2-Down's companion 53 Stylish 54 Paddock parent 55 Homer's neighbor Flanders DOWN 1 Knight's backup 2 Leading man? 3 Philbin co-host 4 Credit card user 5 Daisy variety 6 U.S. spy org. 7 Like some shirts 8 Ice cream utensil 9 Every iota 10 Japanese pond fish 11 Diva's problem 16 Splendid setup 20 Dispensable candv FOR ANSWER SEE PAGE 26 23 Salon request 24 Ontario's neighbor 25 Stagger 26 Having sur- mounted 27 California city 28 Snare 29 A clever person 32 Hors d'oeuvres 33 Mild 35 Victory 36 Bit part in a who- dunit 38 "War of the Worlds" effect 39 Smoke or fog 42 Mideast gulf 43 Peace symbol 44 On in years 45 English channel? 46 "Go, team!" 47 "The Greatest" 49 Spoon- bender Geller Yesterday's answer 12-12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | 12 | | | | 13 | | | | | 14 | | | | | 15 | | | 16 | | | | | | 17 | | | | | 18 | | | | | | | | 19 | 20 | | | | | | | | 21 | | | | 22 | | | 23 | 24 | 25 | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | 29 | | | | 30 | | | | 26 | 27 | 28 | | | | 32 | | | | 33 | | | | 31 | | | | | 35 | | | | 36 | | | | | 34 | | | | 38 | | | | 39 | | | | | | 37 | | | 38 | | | | | 41 | | | 42 | 43 | 44 | | | | | 40 | | | | | 41 | | | 42 | 43 | 44 | | 45 | 46 | 47 | | | | 48 | 49 | | | | | | | 50 | | | | | | 51 | | | | | 52 | | | | 53 | | | | | | 54 | | | | | 55 | | | DECEMBER 15,2008 THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN ---