Crossword Puzzle: March 2009
3/27/2009
Across
1. Increases cylinder's diameter
5. East, on a road map
8. Where rubber meets road, a.k.a. ____ patch
9. Industry term NVH is ____, vibration and harshness
10. Station wagon's rearmost roof pillar (1,4)
11. Extended-mobility tire, in other words (3,4)
12. Cold-start devices on carbureted engines
14. Fifth word in right-side-mirror message
17. Wrangler variant named for off-road trail
19. Torque ____, dynamometer display
22. Engine synonym
23. Bonded or riveted drum-brake parts
24. Battery compartments
25. Chassis lubricants
Down
1. Participated in the Indy 500
2. A body-filler brand
3. Alignment-bay adjustment, sometimes (4,3)
4. Car from 6th rock from the sun
5. Synonym for dieseling (3,2)
6. Cooling-air passages in cars' fronts
7. Type of auto-stereo speaker
12. Spark-plug insulator material
13. Body-shop sander's action
15. Teenager's driving-test prize
16. Word to describe non-digital gauge
18. Radiators' tubes-and-fins components
20. Pistons' jewelry
21. Zig-zag road section, slangily