A weekly political crossword.

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• Merry 'Mericans Yule love this one.
  Matt Gaffney Dec. 23, 2000
  
• Political Capital Three Americans born with it.
  Matt Gaffney Dec. 19, 2000
  
• Man of the Year Well, not always.
  Matt Gaffney Dec. 12, 2000
  
• Al Mixed Up He won't stop; why should we?
  Matt Gaffney Dec. 5, 2000
  
• Metaphysic-al The reality is, this is really bad.
  Matt Gaffney Nov. 29, 2000
  
• Turkey Day A meatless political sampling.
  Matt Gaffney Nov. 21, 2000
  
• Take a Bow Six men who've been known to.
  Matt Gaffney Nov. 14, 2000
  
• Tomorrow's Winner Today! No joke, we already have the result.
  Matt Gaffney Nov. 7, 2000
  
• I Put a Spell on You Slate's seasonal sorcery.
  Matt Gaffney Oct. 31, 2000
  
• The X-Files An antepenultimate extravaganza.
  Matt Gaffney Oct. 24, 2000
  
• "Who Needs College?" Majority rule, a fine theory.
  Matt Gaffney Oct. 17, 2000
  
• Hail to the Chief Where is the justice?
  Matt Gaffney Oct. 10, 2000
  
• Tyranny Alert That could never happen here.
  Matt Gaffney Oct. 3, 2000
  
• Municipal Bonds Free from Slate!
  Matt Gaffney Sept. 26, 2000
  
• Twelfths Night This evening, our monthly political roundup.
  Matt Gaffney Sept. 19, 2000
  
• Manhattan Daughter Mystery Has H. been planning her Senate run longer than we thought?
  Matt Gaffney Sept. 12, 2000
  
• Athletic Club Six pols who definitely read the sports section.
  Matt Gaffney Sept. 6, 2000
  
• Square Deal A puzzle they'll like at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
  Matt Gaffney Aug. 29, 2000
  
• Spellbound Dag Hammarskjold must've had this problem.
  Matt Gaffney Aug. 22, 2000
  
• State Your Name Four Americans with dual citizenship, so to speak.
  Matt Gaffney Aug. 15, 2000
  
• Drawing Names A quartet of sketchy political figures.
  Matt Gaffney Aug. 8, 2000
  
• Go, Johnny, Go They're all the same; only the names have changed.
  Matt Gaffney Aug. 1, 2000
  
• So Close, Yet So Far An odd piece of bicontinental wordplay.
  Matt Gaffney July 25, 2000
  
• Millard, We Hardly Knew Ye We'll fill in more facts than you ever knew about him.
  Matt Gaffney July 18, 2000
  
• Dubya in Politics This puzzle dedicated to U2.
  Matt Gaffney July 11, 2000
  
• Let Freedom Ring Freedom from 44 Across, that is.
  Matt Gaffney July 4, 2000
  
• 188 Down, Four To Go United, but not yet unanimous.
  Matt Gaffney June 28, 2000
  
• Board Members Grab your mate and check this puzzle out.
  Matt Gaffney June 20, 2000
  
• Pop Culture A tribute to the old man.
  Matt Gaffney June 13, 2000
  
• Doubled This puzzle dedicated to Dee Dee Myers.
  Matt Gaffney June 6, 2000
  
• The Ayes Have It This week, an anti-intellectual puzzle.
  Matt Gaffney May 31, 2000
  
• Government Efficiency Experts Smaller, less redundant leadership.
  Matt Gaffney May 23, 2000
  
• And the Winners Were ... We picked Bill Gates, but that's just us.
  Matt Gaffney May 18, 2000
  
• Ubiquitous Child So why not in the crossword, too?
  Matt Gaffney May 9, 2000
  
• Sounds Like a Senator You can only Reid cool political puzzles Bayh visiting Slate.
  Matt Gaffney May 2, 2000
  
• Stumping for Votes Win one on us with this political bar bet.
  Matt Gaffney April 25, 2000
  
• She's so High Everyone else is doing it, why can't we?
  Matt Gaffney April 18, 2000
  
• Initial Reaction We'll probably get letters about this puzzle.
  Matt Gaffney April 11, 2000
  
• The Game of Politics In this week's puzzle, we press the flesh.
  Matt Gaffney April 4, 2000
  
• Go Figure We hope your brain's in good shape.
  Matt Gaffney March 28, 2000
  
• Never Heard That One Before Some of the political pantheon's more unusual names.
  Matt Gaffney March 21, 2000
  
• Green Party Politicians But not à la Ralph Nader.
  Matt Gaffney March 14, 2000
  
• Look Both Ways Idi Amin would be proud.
  Matt Gaffney March 7, 2000
  
• Swoonin' and Spinnin' The swooning is understandable, but should the press be spinning as well?
  Matt Gaffney March 1, 2000
  
• Alpha Males Six members of an American political fraternity. 
  Matt Gaffney Feb. 22, 2000
  
• Plain Politics Celebrating a state with more senators than representatives. 
  Matt Gaffney Feb. 16, 2000
  
• Love, Political Style You might use this puzzle to court votes.
  Matt Gaffney Feb. 8, 2000
  
• Ya Smarter'n Dubya? And don't give us that "but I'm not running for president" line.
  Matt Gaffney Feb. 1, 2000
  
• Beginning at the End This puzzle is dedicated to Zbigniew Brzezinski.
  Matt Gaffney Jan. 25, 2000
  
• Good Question A quip about a habit the two houses have.
  Matt Gaffney Jan. 18, 2000
  
• Senator, Senator A creepy piece of congressional wordplay.
  Matt Gaffney Jan. 11, 2000
  
• So You Want To Be a Politician Ideas for those breaking into the field.
  Matt Gaffney Jan. 4, 2000