September 2023 Problem of the Month

This puzzle has two parts to it.

First, determine the answer to each of the 25 "definitions."
Each answer is a single math word.   The number of letters in the word is given in parentheses.
Second, place the 25 words in the word cross.

1. To indicate something with your finger   (5 letters)
2. What the prisoner magician did on his wife's birthday   (10)
3. A prisoner's poem   (8)
4. To be in favor of farm machinery – they voted yes for better tractors   (10)
5. King of the jungle   (4)

6. A flattering remark   (10)
7. What the little acorn said when it grew up   (8)
8. A place where criminals are sent   (5)
9. What Noah built   (3)
10. The name of the U.S. Defense building in Washington, DC   (8)

11. A double decker billboard   (6)
12. An ill insect or an ill female relative   (6)
13. The amount of food one of the Denver Broncos eats at a meal   (10)
14. A delicious dessert   (2)
15. The U.S. state which is due south of Washington state   (6)

16. A hotel bookkeeper   (8)
17. A group of notes   (5)
18. A tall kettle on the fire or a toilet being flushed in an airplane   (10)
19. How the poet wrote his love   (7)
20. A gauge that won't take nickels -- it only takes dimes   (8)

21. Ice cream container   (4)
22. How you make a sweater   (4)
23. For listening but not watching   (5)
24. To be nasty or malicious   (4)
25. African drum music   (9)

Now place those 25 words in the boxes below:



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