CD ROMP

Credit: LA Times Crossword - May 23, 2004

Merl Reagle (Idea, example, and #1-6)

Each clue below can be answered by two words whose initial letters are C and D respectively. For example, a holiday CD would be Christmas Day.

1. Mamas & Papas CD

2. English novelist CD

3. Sore throat CD

4. Geography CD

5. Perry Mason CD

6. Snack food CD

7. Positive attitude CD

8. Popular brand of ginger ale CD

9. Capital city and its country CD

10. New York eatery CD

11. Basic life process CD

12. Non-violent protest CD

13. Lower calorie intake CD

14. Legal order to stop CD (with and)

15. Spy and undercover agent CD (with and)

16. System to protect citizens in an emergency CD

17. Impressionist music composer CD

18. Scientific method to determine age CD

HINTS:

4. It's in the Rocky Mountains.

Answers:

1. California Dreamin'

2. Charles Dickens

3. Cough drops

4. Continental Divide

5. Courtroom Drama

6. Chili (or corn) dog

7. Can - do

8. Canada Dry

9. Copenhagen, Denmark

10. Corner deli

11. Cell division

12. Civil disobedience

13. Cut down

14. Cease and desist

15. Cloak and dagger

16. Civil defense

17. Claude Debussy

18. Carbon dating