CROSSWORD
THEME: CHILDREN’S BOOKS ACROSS
1. West African religious practice
6. J. Edgar Hoover’s org.
9. Decked out
13. *Mickey Mouse’s pet in books and cartoons
14. Young newt
15. Certain rib quality
16. Asian goat antelope
17. American Gas Association
18. Metrical units in poetry
19. *Story of Auggie Pullman, boy with a rare disease
21. Captain’s record
23. Thanksgiving serving
24. Actor MacLachlan
25. Aardvark’s morsel
28. Shape with an ax
30. Battlefield ID
35. Displeasure on one’s face
37. High part of day
39. Nigerian money
40. ____ of Man
41. Wooden pin
43. Swarm like bees
44. Paparazzi’s target
46. *Children’s author ____ Pennypacker
47. Dial in on a radio
48. Attractive to look at
50. High in decibels
52. “Swan Lake” step
53. Virginia folk dance
55. Future fish
57. *”The ____ Tollbooth”
61. *Mary Lennox’s secret spot
64. *Young Montague
65. O in IOU
67. Writers’ inspirations
69. Gibson garnish
70. ____ Aviv
71. PayPal money
72. *”Where the Red ____ Grows”
73. *Final word of a children’s story?
74. Buy second-hand
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1. Goddess Rhea, to Romans
2. *”he ____ the house down.”
3. Never replaced the UK’s pound sterling
4. Lack of muscle tension
5. Carriage on top of elephant
6. Robert De Niro’s “Cape ____”
7. *Roald Dahl’s acronym
8. Europe’s “boot”
9. Dungeness, e.g.
10. Car with a bar
11. Pulpit
12. Writing spot?
15. *Don’t let it drive the bus!
20. Correct
22. Antiquated
24. ____-it-____
25. *Rabbit hole traveler
26. Offensively curious
27. Ballerina’s skirt fabric
29. Courts
31. General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
32. Secure with ropes
33. Rome’s Colosseum
34. *Quarter Quell
36. Snorkeling site
38. Infamous Roman Emperor
42. *”Little House on the Prairie” protagonist
45. “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” (2005) movie director
49. “War and Peace” author
51. Type of roof window
54. Portray emotion
56. Draw out a conclusion
57. Faculty member, for short
58. Sharpen
59. Arabian chieftain
60. Ne
61. Fix a horse
62. Biblical twin
63. Monster’s loch
66. Skin cyst
68. Anything female