King Crossword

ACROSS

1 Desert flora 6 Analyzes grammatically

12 Two-letter combination

13 Baltimore bird 14 Meryl of “The Post” 15 Supernatural 16 Actor Neeson 17 Competent 19 French article

20 La Scala solo

22 Weir

24 Hearty brew 27 Gaelic 29 Macadamize 32 “Cogito ergo sum”

philosopher 35 Confront 36 Unhappy destiny 37 Needle hole 38 “Kidnapped” monogram 40 As soon as

42 Remit

44 Up — good 46 Harbor structure 50 Oliver Twist, for one 52 Fluffy dessert 54 Courage

55 Van Gogh painting 56 Theater freebies 57 “It’s a Wonderful

Life” director

DOWN

1 New York’s — Field 2 Taj Mahal site 3 Espresso froth

4 — kwon do 5 Weakened 6 Combine 7 Rainbow-shaped 8 Documentarian

Burns

9 Perfect partner 10 Fashion magazine 11 Collections 12 ISP alternative 18 Reed instrument 21 Flushed

23 Earth Day mo. 24 “Bow-wow!” 25 Meadow

26 Converts to code 28 Cost-effective

30 “Oy —!”

31 Jargon suffix 33 Moray, for one 34 “Mad Men” network 39 Trite

41 Furnish with gear 42 Splendor

43 Location

45 Till bills

47 Cold War initials 48 Cruising 49 “Certainly!” 51 Uplands, for short 53 Mouths (Lat.)