ACROSS   2 Loper might wear a ten-gallon ______ hat 10 The "swirling killer" in book #25 11 The Case of the Haystack ______     (book #30) 13 The Case of the Halloween ______     (book #9) 17 Sally May's husband 22 Illustrator of the Hank books 25 The chosen footwear of cowboys and       cowgirls 26 Hank's canine lady love 28 Miss Beulah is this breed of dog 29 Hank's home state Check out the Crossword Puzzle SOLUTION

DOWN   1 The author of the Hank books   2 Rip and Snort are _________   3 The new publisher of the Hank series   4 Slim drives one of these   5 Hank's second-in-command   6 Slim and Loper use this to rope cattle   7 A cowboy's best friend   8 The Dark Unchanted ______ (book #11)   9 Loper and Sally May's son 12 Junior and Wallace are these off-key birds 14 Hank's "slender" human friend 15 Cowboys use them to guide their horses       with their heels 16 Loper's wife 18 Slim's lady love 19 Murder in the Middle ______ (book #4) 20 Pete is a troublesome ______ 21 The "priceless" object of book #7 23 Instrument the fox plays in book #12 24 Cowboys put saddles on these animals 27 The killer horse in book #8 has only       one ______

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