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UPDATE:

It turns out that answer to the No. 14 (in Across) viz. [14 nicely clumped together (6)] is rather difficult to find. Since this is being termed as an easy Crossword Puzzle, I'm revealing the answer to it here, It's:

"ARROWS" - the answer for ACROSS No. 14 [nicely clumped together (6)].

So if you are holding your answers for just this one, please submit it as soon as possible. Thanks!

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Hi all cruciverbalists and wannabe cruciverbalists!

Here comes the most awaited "Care To Read" Crossword Puzzle No. 4. A warm welcome to all of you to the fourth edition of "Care To Read" Crossword Puzzle! We know all Steemians read a lot. But we want to know how many of you care to read, what you read. Most people just scan the article and put their comment asking or clarifying something which was already answered in the original post. So how about incentivizing a thorough read?

“Care To Read” Crossword Puzzle is designed to make you read some posts and have fun in solving a crossword based on the contents of those posts.

PRIZES

Apart from reading, playing and having some fun, here are some prizes on offer. And this time it's huge as we have got the unclaimed 100 whaleshares rolled over from the last edition. Therefore, we have a total of 250 whaleshares in the prize pool this time. So here goes the distribution of the prize pool:

Winner will be entitled for the first prize of 75 whaleshares.

After the winning entry, all correct entries (maximum up to 10 entries) will be equally distributed the remaining prize pool of 175 whaleshares. All answers should pour in before the contest deadline i.e. Friday, 6th October 2017, 23:59 Hours (UTC).

No one will be awarded more than 50 whaleshares except the winning entry. Unclaimed prizes will roll-over to next contest.

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Whaleshares won in prizes will be transferred to your BitShares account. All participants should comment their BitShares account username after submitting their answers over Steemit Chat to me. If you don't have an account there, please open one and convey it to me. In case you don't want to open an account (though I recommend you get one), you can send me one of your recent post links which will be upvoted by @officalfuzzy account according to the number of whaleshares won by you.

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HOW TO PLAY

1. You will be given some clues in the form of a phrase, question or a word string based on the contents of the posts given below. You need to figure out the answer according to its corresponding post / article or a related word mentioned there.
2. The empty squares of a crossword puzzle have to be filled with one letter each and you need to write a whole word by filling one letter each in succeeding squares.
3. Clues are categorized separately for writing the word Across (Horizontal) and for Down (Vertical).
4. Serial no. of the clue is mentioned in one square of the crossword. You need to begin your answer to that clue from this square (Across or Down according to the clue category).
5. At the end of the clues there is a number in the brackets. This tells you the total number of letters your answer should comprise of.
6. You may either take a printout of this crossword image, and reload it as your answer after completing it or just write down your answers according to the clue number.
7. Write all your answers listed by clue no. (Across as well as Down) in a single message and send it to me over Steemit Chat. Also, don't forget to send your Steemit username along with your answers. DO NOT POST YOUR ANSWERS IN THE COMMENTS ON THE CROSSWORD POST. IT WILL DISQUALIFY YOUR ENTRY.
8. The first quickest entry with all-correct answers will be awarded the first prize as mentioned above. Please note that you are not allowed to edit your entry once submitted. The first original submission will count. So solve it as fast as you can and try to be the first to submit your answers to grab the first prize. Contest ends at 23:59 Hours on Friday, 6th October, 2017.
9. In case of no correct entries until the contest deadline time, the first prize will be awarded to the entry with the most correct answers. Rest of the prize will be rolled over to a future contest.
10. Since this contest is still in its infancy, puzzle is fairly easier. I sincerely hope that you will have fun while playing it.

N.B.: PLEASE DO NOT POST YOUR ANSWERS IN THE COMMENTS HERE. IT WILL DISQUALIFY YOUR ENTRY. SEND YOUR ANSWERS TO ME ON STEEMIT CHAT. MY USERNAME THERE IS xyzashu.DO GIVE YOUR STEEMIT USERNAME ALONG WITH YOUR ANSWERS.

ELIGIBILITY RULES :

No rules. All are welcome to play this game.

And let me here confess that this edition is the easiest of all with biggest ever prize pool. So no one should miss this one!

DISCLAIMER & FINE PRINTS:

In the rare eventuality of some errors or confusions, I reserve the right to award or not to award the prize at my own discretion.

HINTS AND ANSWERS ARE HIDDEN HERE:

1. STEEMIT is NOT a GET RICH QUICK scheme!
   

2. Explain Delegated Proof of Stake Like I'm 5
   

3. This Is How You Speed Up Your Steemit Account Recovery!
   

4. What If The Internet Stopped Working For A Week?
   

5. TIME to honour the Mother Goddess
   

6. Blockchain & Bitcoin in India Speculation or A Step Further??
   

7. The Real Season I Started Eating Vegan! #170
   

8. Introducing Don't Tell Mama: My Multiple Personalities Exposed!
   

9. VOLUNTEER ANIMAL FEED
   

Here are the Clues:

CLUES:

ACROSS:

2 NOT a get rich quick scheme (7)
4 I drink this (8)
8 eat like a (5)
10 unearth original answers (5, 8)
12 on the ground (4, 5)
13 bodies communicate with (8)
14 nicely clumped together (6)
15 still teasing (7)
16 always ongoing (6)

17 volunteer plants (6)

DOWN:

1 banded together with (6)
2 daughter of the mountains (11)
3 rabbit hole (7)
5 just a month away (10)
6 Originality is Important (3, 6)
7 way to our souls (4)
9 Her beauty glows (4, 5)
11 greatest inventions (8)

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Enjoy and have fun solving this crossword!

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To have a look at the previous crossword announcement go here, to check the actual crossword puzzle go here. It's Keys & Winners' announcement is here.

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GRATITUDE AND A SHOUT-OUT:

A massive thanks and shout-out to @akrid & @officialfuzzy of Whaleshares Project for all these whaleshares in the prizes here. If you are wondering what these whaleshares tokens are, please find out more about it in posts linked here. To interact and know more about whaleshares, you are welcome to join the Whaleshares Project's Discord Community.

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