CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Negative battery

terminal

6 Where zoo animals

are kept

11 Time zone 14Infant’s crying disease

15 Grown 16River (Spanish) 17 Force up a tree 18Stomach 19Halloween mo. 20 Change color 22 Newfoundland

(abbr.)

23 Curative mineral

spring

24 Owns 27Body of water 29 Glide

33 Negros island 34 Evils 36 Long-term memory

37 Santa’s laugh 38 Sharp noises 40 Prove

42 Against

43 Teen skin ailment 44 Gold (abbr.) 45 Texas (abbr.) 46 Past times 47 Shaft of light 48 ___ Lauder 50 Designer Hilfiger 51 Deciliter

52 Morse code “T” 53 God

55 Hive dweller 56 Mythical deity 58 Genetic code 59 Ancient 60 Family 61Okay

63 Sphere

65 Male sheep 66 Spring

69 Tiny amounts 73 Not against 74Cebu town (southern part)

75 Cuffs

76 After Sun. 77Teensy

78 Light cake

DOWN

1 Skit

2 Neither’s partner 3 Bullfight cheer 4 Expired

5 Shedding off of an

outer coat

6 Auto

7 City in Yemen 8 Bodies of water 9 Annex 10Pigpen

11 Search in the dark 12 Soft mineral 13Toddler

21 Snakelike fish 23 Short-term memory

24 Perils 25 Highest

26 Cub

28 Native Americans 30 Klu ___ Klan 31Dined

32 Rich

35 Tin (abbr.)

37 Chili makers 39 Appliance brand 41Trusty horse

42 Fast food meal 44 Ashen

46 Hey!

48 Munch 49 Education (abbr.) 50 Relating to a czar 52 Degree of expertise in karate 54 Card game 56 Singer Paul 57Cheek cosmetics 60 Shrub with hairy

fruit

62 Ku Klux ___

64 Big knife 65 Revolutions per

minute

66 Basin

67 Is

68 Teddy

70 Sticky black substance

71 Clever 72Compass point