CROSSWORD PUZZLE

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 22 Contend

23 Box

25 Short for Pamela 27 Law officer 28 Bona __

29 Like

30 Auras

32 Queer 33 Yin’s partner 35 Singer Paul

37 __ and ruin 41 Lout 42 Surface to air missile

43 Poet Edgar Allen 44 California university

46 Tie down 48 Glide

49 Big Apple (abbr.) 50 Grand __ auto 52 Tennessee (abbr.) 53 Military unit 56 Horsepower (abbr.) 58 Be 59 Possessive pronoun 60 Topper 61 Steering mechanism 63 Writing liquid 65 Education (abbr.) 67 Perhaps

69 Low frequency (abbr.) 72 Unattractive 74 Bustling

75 __ Minor (Little Dipper) 77 Group 78 Megahertz 79 After 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.) 10 Valentine’s day angel 11 ___ Lauder 13 Utopian ideas 14 Cotton plug 20 Certified public accountant 22 Roman six 23 Marsh 24 Jacob’s father 26 Dewy 28 Former 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

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

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

64 Klu ___ Klan 66 Workout place 68 Business 70 Friday (abbr.) 71 Computer-assisted instruction 73 Scale note after sol

76 System international (abbr.)