Whyville Times readers!

Welcome to the Whyville Times Crossword Puzzle! To solve the puzzle, you'll need to read the Times -- you'll find most of the answers buried in the articles written by your fellow citizens. The more you read, the easier the puzzle will be.

Once you've filled in every Up and every Down, the "Submit" button should highlight on your screen. Hit submit and you're home free!

The first ten people to solve and submit the crossword will receive at least 100 clams. Everyone else who correctly answers the puzzle will get a 30 clam bonus!!!

Okay, enough talk... time to crossword!

#whytimes_xword( 270 17 20 "17|20|11|**********.**********.......****************.****************.*.*******..............****.*****.*.********.*****.*.********.*****.*.********.*****.*.********.**......********.***.***.********.***.********..........***********.*.**************.*.*************........**********.*.****************.****************.****************.**********|a2|2 How you say 'hello' in French.|a4|4 Where you can go to buy food for the WhyEat game.|a6|6 The newest nutrition game in Whyville|a8|8 Mitsuy's store.|a10|10 A Whyville event where everyone returns to their original look.|d1|1 Something you can throw during chat.|d3|3 The term used to define the amount of salt in water.|d5|5 Where you can go to plan your menu and check what you have eaten that day.|d7|7 This grows very quickly on the new Senator.|d9|9 Anyonka is gathering these for chatrooms." )