crossword puzzle

ACROSS

1 Foster 5 Plant starters 10 Joyful 14 Tint 15 Electronic communication 16 Tel __ 17 Small particle 18 Cebu City barangay 19 Away 20 Island of southeast Greece 22 Tennessee (abbr.) 23 Less 24 Southeast 25 Atmosphere 27 Concord e.g. 28 Before, poetically 31 Lapu-____ 35 Dickens’ Tiny __ 37 Reserve Officers Training Corps 39 Plays 41 Water (Spanish) 45 Ancient German character 46 Basketball association 47 Treaty 48 Prod 49 Dextrous 51 Granary 52 Ref 54 Incline 56 Pierce 57 Spark 60 Internal Revenue Service 62 Silver (abbr.) 64 Chocolate Hills place 66 Terbium (abbr.) 68 German letter topper 72 Ripe 73 Adjusts space between characters 75 Otherwise 76 Took to court 77 Book by Homer 78 Prayer ending 79 Possessive pronoun 80 Florida city 81 Marketplace

DOWN

1 Toss 2 Winnie the __ 3 To 4 Skims over 5 Southeast by south 6 Flightless bird 7 Asia 8 Goddess 9 Slick 10 Measure 11 Affirms 12 Cords 13 Forestall 21 Snakelike fish 23 Friday (abbr.) 26 Possessive pronoun 28 Goofs 29 Defeat 30 Gas burner 32 Arkansas 33 Body of water 34 Burnt color 36 Travel guides 38 Queen City of the South 40 Pater 42 Horse’s walk 43 California university 44 On top 49 April (abbr.) 50 Trademark symbol 53 0.0254 mm 55 Short for Pamela 57 Embarrass 58 Scoundrel 59 Applaud 61 Stone 63 Glitter 65 Chances of winning 67 Edge 68 U.S. Department of Agriculture 69 __ mater 70 Consumer 71 Cabana 73 Set of tools 74 Snooze