King Crossword

ACROSS

1 Crooned

5 Aviate

8 Wee parasite 12 Nile queen,

familiarly

13 Spell-off

14 Teen fave

15 Eager

16 Whole

numbers

18 Folder

material

20 Big lizard

21 Lyra’s

brightest star 23 Solidify

24 Titled widows 28 Nexus

31 Altar vow

32 Ham —

(deli order) 34 Menagerie

35 Soft ball

brand

37 Colorful birds 39 Sportage

maker

41 Days gone by 42 Underground

channels 45 Vow

49 Retribution

seekers

51 Kind of suit 52 Oboe insert 53 Floral ring

54 Paradise

55 Pen fluids

56 Tummy

muscles

57 Activist Parks

DOWN

1 Swindle

2 Thomas

— Edison

3 Dresden

denial

4 Big name

in chocolate 5 “The X-Files”

investigator 6 Author

Deighton

7 Bigfoot’s

cousin

8 Baseball’s

Cabrera

9 Regard as

perfect

10 Undecided 11 “Born Free”

lioness

17 Nest occupier

19 Toy block

name

22 Orderly

grouping

24 Cacophony 25 Praise in verse 26 Monday through Friday, for many 27 Summary 29 Neither mate 30 Decks in

the ring

33 Count

counterpart 36 Demons

38 Old coot

40 Bol. neighbor 42 Rani’s wrap 43 Squared 44 Actress

Ward

46 Nitwit

47 Leaves

48 Sicilian

spouter 50 Yank’s foe