Books Stephen King almost wrote  
By MATT JONES  |  March 8, 2006
 
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1 Detective novelist John Dickson ___ 
5 Pointing thing 
10 Octagonal order 
14 Sundance Film Festival locale 
15 ___ Doone cookies 
16 Drive-___ 
17 Stephen King book about a group of long-winded people? 
19 Smell real bad 
20 Pub projectile 
21 Posh pup 
23 Trip to Tanzania, maybe 
26 Lawful quality 
28 "Hostel" director Roth 
29 Big bird 
31 Feminine suffix in San Juan 
32 Preppy top 
34 Vicious and more 
36 If's partner, in programming 
37 Entertainment center component 
39 Weapons wielded in many Chuck Norris films 
41 Poisonous coilers 
43 Joe Perry's band 
45 Day planner abbr. 
46 Oust competitor 
47 Gp. that often funds PBS 
48 Like snarky comments 
51 He died with his Branch Davidians 
53 Does some early 1990s special effects 
54 "Slackers" star Devon 
55 Long division word 
56 Stephen King book about a guy who does nothing but complain? 
62 Concert souvenirs 
63 Play continuation 
64 Scrape spot 
65 "Jane ___" 
66 Butler who ended with "damn" 
67 ___-ball (bowling-like game) | Down 
1 New reporter 
2 ___ standstill 
3 Scott Joplin song 
4 "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" spinoff 
5 Secretary of State before Powell 
6 Word after ginger or square 
7 Watchdog's warning 
8 Number that "Sesame Street" was not "brought to you by" for many years 
9 Nest residents 
10 Chemical element #38 (also part of the name of a pre-Police  Sting/Stewart Copeland band) 
11 Book about a geeky niche publication whose readership went from 10 to 0? 
12 Pitcher Hershiser and namesakes 
13 Blows chunkage 
18 Cab collections 
22 Milo's movie pal 
23 Mo. number nine 
24 Hi, in HI 
25 Book about some dork with the uncanny ability to create computer documents? 
26 Uniforms that can be "throwbacks" 
27 Says 
30 They may be bitter 
33 How some things are done "accidentally" 
35 Stops along the Information Superhighway 
38 Suffered sudden setbacks 
40 He ran from Iran 
42 "Family Guy" creator MacFarlane 
44 "Realized how ___ was..." (Animals lyric) 
48 Do in, Biblical-style 
49 Pink Floyd song in 7/4 time 
50 "You're ___, baby!" 
52 Private and others 
54 "M*A*S*H" Emmy winner 
57 Basic structural shape in Organic Chem 
58 Printemps follower 
59 Calligraphy need 
60 Maiden named 
61 "How about that"  | 
 
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