(thing) by /dev/joe Fri Apr 14 2000 at 17:09:13
Answer to the first crossword puzzle ever published: 


      R
     FUN
    SALES
   RECEIPT
  MERE FARM
 DOVE   RAIL
MORE     DRAW
 HARD   TIED
  LION SAND
   EVENING
    EVADE
     ARE
      D

I like it!