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CROSSWORD: January 2007, Issue 198

Across

1. KLUGE—A bad solution to a software or hardware problem
4. KERNING—To adjust the spacing between letters
6. SHAREWARE—Free software
7. CLONE—An exact replica
10. POLARITY—Having a positive and negative pole
11. SIGNATURE—Regards, Managing Editor, Circuit Cellar, www.circuitcellar.com
14. FORMFEED—FF
16. MERCURY—Quicksilver; planet; Roman god (mythology)
17. BMUS—Text message: "Beam me up, Scottie."

Down

2. LOWERCASE—Abbreviation: LC
3. EDDY—Current
5. ROSE—@>--;--
7. CELL—Portion of a spreadsheet that holds data and is identified by its row and column.
8. MARGIN—The white space between text and the edge of a document
9. INFOMEDIARY—A person online who serves as an intermediary between a vendor and a consumer.
11. STYLUS—Ink-less pen
12. TOOLBAR—Button holder: Save, Cut, Copy, Paste …
13. STRING—A series of objects (e.g., characters)
15. AMPERE—The "A" in VA