CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Sharpen by rubbing 5 Trudge

8 Japanese staple 12 Prophet who built

the ark

13 Small island

15 Not minus

16 British thanks 17 Goddess

18 Platinum (abbr.) 19 Frozen water 21 Frosted 22Contend

23Box

25Short for Pamela 27Law officer 28Bona __

29Like

30 Auras 32Queer

33 Yin’s partner 35 Singer Paul 37__ and ruin

41 Lout 42Surface to air missile 43 Poet Edgar Allen 44 California university

46 Tie down

48 Glide

49 Big Apple (abbr.) 50 Grand __ auto 52Tennessee (abbr.) 53 Military unit 56 Horsepower (abbr.) 58 Be

59 Possessive pronoun

60 Topper

61 Steering mechanism 63 Writing liquid 65 Education (abbr.) 67Perhaps

69 Low frequency

(abbr.) 72 Unattractive 74 Bustling

75__ Minor (Little Dipper)

77 Group 78Megahertz 79After XII

DOWN

1 West northwest 2 Santa’s laugh 3 Dine 4 Thailand citizen 5 Pounds per square inch

6 Winged 7 Material 8 Revolutions per minute

9 Illinois (abbr.) 10Valentine’s day angel 11 ___ Lauder

13 Utopian ideas 14 Cotton plug 20 Certified public

accountant 22Roman six 23Marsh 24Jacob’s father 26Dewy 28Former president of

U.S.

30 Mercury (abbr.) 31 Dapper

34 Football league 36 City in Nebraska 38 Negros island 39 Raccoon-like animal

40 Adjusts space between characters 45 Some

46 Outline 47Jean Casimir-____ 48 Road (abbr.) 51 Bog

53 Native Americans 54 Range of hills 55Doctor 57‘Plasma’ variant 62Story

64 Klu ___ Klan 66 Workout place 68 Business

70 Friday (abbr.) 71 Computer-assisted

instruction 73Scale note after sol 76System international

(abbr.)