FAMILY TIME CROSSWORD

The (K) Clues Are for Kids

ACROSS

1. (K) Better than better

5. “Will it ___ stop raining?”

9. (K) People picker-upper

12. (K) Solemn pledge

13. Protein-rich bean

14. (K) Number of partridges “my true love sent to me”

15. Russian ruler no more

16. Mere commoner

17. (K) Word said with a salute, often

18. Inquisition crime

20. Keep a turkey moist

22. (K) 9,000 divided by 900

23. Fan noise

25. (K) Card with one pip

27. (K) Need a deep liniment rub

29. Up in the air 33. Various gear for a certain job

36. (K) “If all ___ fails …” 37. Word with

“high pressure” 38. Archery wood

39. (K) Shrek is one

41. (K) Adder’s kin

43. (K) Part of a book that holds it together

46. (K) Settle in for the night after a long march

49. (K) This may be over your head

50. Old coin of Italy 53. Whitish birthstone

54. St. crosser, maybe 55. “Bearded” flower

56. (K) Building block brand 57. 53-Across, for one 58. Chapter 11 cause

59. (K) Water waster DOWN

1. (K) This one AND that one

2. (K) Opposite of difficulty

3. Appetizers

4. (K) Number of fairy tale bears

5. Spot from a long way off

6. Remote letters

7. (K) Potato bud

8. Jewish religious leader

9. (K) Person in charge

10. Course section

11. Maximally dry, as land

19. (K) Jacket fastener sound

21. Opera feature

23. (K) Word with “any” or “some”

24. (K) Roll-call response

25. (K) Creature covered head-to-toe with hair 26. Baseball legend Ripken 28. Blacken with fire 30. (K) Sticky trap for a pesky insect

31. (K) “Fee, ___, foe, fum” 32. Side-to-side movement 34. Very long time unit (var.) 35. Indian bread

40. Cold and icy

42. (K) Chew out

43. (K) Kind of carpet

44. (K) Make smooth, as a road 45. Thing on the agenda 46. (K) 180 degrees from west 47. Manger visitors

48. (K) Drop heavily into a beanbag chair 51. Outrage

52. (K) Chest bone