CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 Taking to court 5 Commander of “Deep Space Nine” 9 Former president of U.S. 12 Negros island 13 Rhode Island (abbr.) 14 Eur. kingdom 15 Palter 16 Possessive form of ‘you' 18 Sloth 19 Talk incessantly 20 Tin (abbr.) 21 Sign 24 See ya! 26 Compass point 27 Licensed practical nurse 28 Pillow place 29 Bottle 31 El __ 34 Slick 35 Miss 36 Cooking measurement 37 Son 38 0.0254 mm 39 An expression 41 Air conditioner, for short 42 Georgia (abbr.) 43 Any 47 Long-term memory 50 Southeast 51 Fall back 53 Degree of expertise in karate 54 Highway 55 But (Filipino) 56 Prig 58 Tibeto-Burman language 59 River (Spanish) 61 Roman 51 62 Ghetto 63 Common Spanish name 64 Baby's first word 66 Cutting tool 68 Toward 69 Pickle herb 71 Neither's partner 72 Scale note after mi 73 Wisconsin (abbr.) 75 Exceed 76 Genetic code 77 Boxer 78 ‘70s music

DOWN

1 States 2 On 3 Promissory note 4 Appliance brand 5 Measure for fresh herrings 6 Three 7 Valentine's day angel 8 Okay 9 Travel by air 10 Goddess 11 Repulses 17 Candy brand 22 Military policeman (abbr.) 23 Memory trace 24 Cebu airport abbr. 25 Squashed circles 28 Business 30 Illinois (abbr.) 31 School group 32 American sign language 33 Curative mineral spring 35 Army guy 38 Capital of Lesotho 40 Thick slices 44 Bullfight cheer 45 Deface 46 Freudian term 48 Tennessee (abbr.) 49 Roman dozen 52 Land surrounded by water 53 Last scale note 54 Short for Pamela 55 Body of water 57 Former U.S. president 58 Cebu City barangay 60 Iowa (abbr.) 63 Attach 64 Axis 65 Dog food brand 67 Time period 68 Ii 70 Possessive pronoun 72 Fort (abbr. ) 74 3 feet