TODAY’S CROSSWORD

CLUES ACROSS

1. Would

7. Pitching stat

10. Wounded

12. Guitarist Clapton

13. Penalizes

14. Female MMA fighter VanZant

15. Proverb

16. Urban gym

17. Midway between northeast and east

18. La __ Tar Pits

19. Go out to eat

21. Oral allergy syndrome 22. Where some are put

27. Spiral galaxy

28. Lethargic

33. Integrated circuit

34. Let your mind wander 36. Midway between north and northeast

37. Nomadic palace

38. Posted

39. Trouble

40. Wise

41. Make happy

44. Dog-__: worn or battered 45. One who fixes

48. Central European

49. Sleighs

50. Exponential time hypothesis

51. Puts within

CLUES DOWN

1. Typically noncoding molecules (abbr.)

2. Former Secretary of State 3. River in Belgium and France 4. Unnilhexium

5. ÒFall GuyÓ actor Majors 6. Tooth caregiver

7. Lucci character ÒKaneÓ 8. Latvian capital

9. Pet detective Ventura 10. Sporting dog

11. External genitals

12. ÒThe Secret RoomÓ novelist

14. Ancient wonder

17. Electronic data processing 18. Autocratic

20. Defunct European organization

23. Removed flesh

24. Indicating silence

25. Commercial

26. Chap

29. Farm state 30. Chief research officer 31. Poked holes in 32. Chutes and ___ 35. What cows say 36. A desert in southern Israel 38. IsaacÕs mother 40. Sodium

41. Absence of effort 42. A way to articulate 43. Greek god of war 44. Midway between east and southeast

45. Run batted in

46. The longest division of geological time

47. Public broadcaster