FAMILY TIME CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. (K) Do much more than sniffle

5. “Dear ___ or Madam”

8. (K) Centers of activity

12. Title for a Turkish military leader (var.)

13. Written poetic tribute

14. (K) A cookie brand

15. Simpleton, old-style

17. (K) Russian ruler of old

18. (K) Approximately (3 words)

20. Shrewd or sharp

23. (K) Computer’s core, briefly

24. (K) Like many Halloween decorations

25. Scrooge’s statements

29. (K) Black road substance

30. Pension start?

31. (K) Lady in court?

32. Accuse, as a politician

35. (K) Necklace gem, sometimes

37. Dashboard stat

38. Angry and then some

39. Brinks vehicle (2 words)

43. (K) Red veggie

44. (K) Business encounters

48. (K) Thing to wait in

49. (K) Large Down Under fowl

50. (K) Make a big jump

51. (K) Concludes

52. (K) How to drink hot cocoa

53. Bendy exercise

DOWN

1. (K) Comic book impact sound

2. (K) “Four score and seven years ___ ...”

3. (K) Question of identity

4. Slender, Asian longtailed monkey

5. Dry, white Italian wine

6. (K) Not in active use

7. (K) Adjust a lens again

8. Sociable soaking spot (2 words)

9. “Major” constellation

10. (K) Bird’s bill

11. (K) Painful to the touch

16. (K) Baltimore or Nashville, for example

19. Tachometer letters

20. Town of Italy

21. Con job

22. (K) Rain-delay cover

25. “Did you say something?”

26. (K) Letters on some military jets

27. Hindu religious instructor

28. (K) What to do at your lemonade stand

30. Sly plans

33. Overacts, in a play

34. (K) Fourth mo.

35. Something to fall back on?

36. In a 24-Across way

38. Acquire a wintry glaze (2 words)

39. (K) Competent

40. (K) Horse strap

41. (K) Repair

42. Prefix meaning “half”

45. Prefix meaning “new”

46. Joke, to a comic

47. Posh fitness center