Crossword: Fun(d)raising #02

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October 31, 2025

This week’s theme: some fun fund puns. Solve it in your browser or download and print.
Next Friday’s crossword: CrosspOLLInation 2026 Winter #01. Readers: take advantage of a matching gift opportunity to support Ashland.news. Organizations: sponsorship of crossword pages is still available. Ask about having your name appear in a future crossword!

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Series crosswords: Fun(d)raising: #01
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Explanations of selected entries, theme, clues, etc.: (spoilers)

17A. FUND MEMORY
23A. AIN’T WE GOT FUNDS; Ain’t We Got Fun
38A. FUND FOR YOURSELF
50A. FUNDING FATHERS (Founding Fathers)
61A. FUND RAISIN

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This week's theme: some fun fund puns. Solve it in your browser or download and print. Next Friday's crossword: CrosspOLLInation 2026 Winter #01. Readers: take advantage of a matching gift opportunity to support Ashland.news. Organizations: sponsorship of crossword pages is still available. Ask about having your name appear in a future crossword!
Two Ashland area sculptors have created "a unique and dynamic" exhibit, according to the one of the visitors at an artists’ talk at the Rogue Gallery & Art Center in Medford Saturday, Oct. 25. The exhibit, which closes Friday, Oct. 31, showcases large, elaborate wood sculptures that appear to defy gravity

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