Family Time Crossword

ACROSS

1. (K) Marble hunk 5. (K) Urge 9. (K) Little bit of butter 12. (K) Comb it 13. (K) Truth teller (not!) 14. (K) The years of your life 15. (K) Nice spread for a home 16. (K) “Fee, fi, fo, fum”

caller 17. 252-gallon barrel 18. Abhor 20. (K) Say hello to 22. Words of praise 23. Church nook 25. By way of 27. (K) “... ___ to leap tall buildings in a single bound” 29. (K) Trade 33. (K) Wickedness 35. Charged particle 36. (K) It may be spun around a campfire 37. Tenderfoot 38. Ancient guitar cousin 40. (K) Gel 41. (K) Without the need for a comb 43. (K) Play a role 45. (K) Carpenter’s fastener 48. Burnout cause 51. (K) Before-long

connection 52. (K) Deep-voiced, for a singing woman 55. Death notice, for short 56. “And now, without further ___” 57. Reader of the future 58. White House intern, e.g. 59. (K) Acquire 60. (K) Winter warmer 61. (K) Didn’t just guess at

DOWN

1. Filleted fish 2. (K) Tie, as a shoe 3. Certain missile

descriptor (3 words) 4. (K) Variety, as of an

animal 5. Gist of the story 6. Predetermine the

outcome 7. Bireme mover 8. Barrel scrapings 9. Chopped liver spread 10. A fit of shivering 11. (K) Camping

equipment 19. (K) Whale’s

whereabouts 21. (K) Take a break 23. (K) Good way to read bedtime stories 24. ___-up (suppressed) 25. (K) Dog doc 26. “League” with

Dartmouth and Cornell 28. (K) Bird’s beak 30. Litterbugs ignore it (2 words) 31. (K) Ginger ___ soda 32. (K) Animal kept for companionship 34. (K) Ear part 39. (K) Have a little

something? 42. Like a deck covered with water 44. (K) Frog’s utterance 45. Lonely way to go? 46. When it’s cracked, it’s broken 47. ___ canal (dental

operation) 48. (K) Separate, as laundry 49. (K) Half of an argument 50. Mulligan or ragout 53. “Men in Black” co-star Tommy ___ Jones 54. Crumpets partner

Can you find the answer to this riddle within the solved puzzle?

What thickens in time? SOLUTION ON SUNDAY