CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 Former president of U.S.

4 Cut closely 8 Capital of the Philippines

14 River (Spanish) 15 Belongs to us 16 Smooth

17 Consume 18 Annoying insect 19 Northeast 20 Tennessee (abbr.) 21 Leg extension 22 Hubbub

24 Not (prefix)

25 Paul’s former name 26 Ward off 28 Kilometers per hour 30 Extremely high

frequency (abbr.) 32 Tibeto-Burman language

34 Eur. kingdom 36 ___ Lauder 39 April (abbr.) 40 Rodents 42 Seafood 43 Western Athletic Conference

46 X

48 Bullfight cheer 49 An expression 51 Loser 53 Conclusive 55 South Dakota 56 Curative mineral spring 57 Tender loving care 58 Held

60 S.A. Indian 62 Cereal plant 65 Stage of life 67 Discontinue 69 Bode 71 Providence locale 72 Appliance brand 74 Travel guides 75 Darken

76 Inter

79 On top 80 Negros island 81 Remove the bones 82 Minute 83 Rooster’s mate

DOWN

1 Fusses 2 Goddess 3 Decay 4 African country 5 Drain (2 wds.) 6 Ireful 7 Mountain Time 8 Bland 9 Arkansas 10 November (abbr.) 11 Indiana (abbr.) 12 Comedian Jay 13 City in Yemen 21 Defect 22 Change 23 Okay

24 New Hampshire (abbr.) 27 Basketball association 29 Short for Pamela 31 Carve

33 Wrath 34 California university 35 Careen

36 Time periods 37 No longer for sale 38 British drink 41 Cation

44 Spots 45 Valentine’s day angel 47 Football league 50 Body of water 52 Degree of expertise in karate 54 Computer picture button

57 Cotton plug

58 Him 59 Delaware (abbr.) 61 Raccoon-like animal 63 Trash

64 Singer Paul

65 Old

66 DNA component 68 Northeast by east 70 Spy 73 Collection of animals 74 Entrance rug 75 Dit’s partner 77 Tuberculosis 78 Manganese