1 2 3 1 _ _ _ 2 _ _ _ 3 _ _ _ ACROSS 1) a tax levied on the difference between a commodity's price before taxes and its cost of production 2) an index of the cost of all goods and services to a typical consumer 3) informal abbreviation of `___resentative' DOWN 1) a magnetic tape recorder for recording (and playing back) tv programs 2) any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all 3) the extreme end of something; especially something pointed ** Scroll down for solution. ** Are you sure you want to peek? vat cpi rep