The (K) Clues Are for Kids
Edited by Timothy E. Parker September 5, 2021
ACROSS
1. (K) People who run toward danger
5. African cobras
9. (K) Right from the manufacturer
12. Notice of departure
13. (K) World’s most famous unskilled mariner
14. (K) “___ got an idea you wouldn’t believe”
15. You, me, them, goat and truck, for example
18. ___ four (little cake)
19. Performs for King James?
20. (K) Snail-shaped tube in the ear
24. Sound of shear delight?
27. (K) A fast, flightless bird
28. Joe ___ (average person)
32. Something used to beautify
35. (K) Santa’s reindeer, as a unit
36. Bullets on a poker table
37. (K) Forest dweller
38. Put down or badmouth
41. Transfixed
44. (K) Go along with
48. 1999, 2010 and 2021, for example (2 words)
52. (K) Border of a mug
53. Major ACC institution
54. (K) Make a little scissors cut
55. Visitors from Mercury, say
56. Incredibly quick, as a decision
57. (K) Very hard to see
DOWN
1. Provide for free, as a casino
2. Easy-to-handle orchestra instrument
3. Four gills
4. Showing not even a hint of emotion
5. In ___ case
6. (K) Do, re, mi, fa, ___, la ...
7. (K) Close friend
8. (K) Red or dark purple, for example
9. Sudan waterway
10. (K) Nights before the big days
11. (K) You can point this way
16. (K) Outdoor event breaker-upper
17. (K) “I’m the best at everything” for one
21. (K) Not willing to spend much
22. Accordingly, way old
23. Procrastinator’s time
24. Droid cousin
25. (K) “Objects in mirror ___ ...”
26. Santa’s place?
29. (K) Avoided the seeker
30. Bossy’s big announcement
31. (K) “We’re No. ___!”
33. (K) Astonish
34. Examine, as gold
39. (K) Transmits
40. Expel from the body, as perspiration
41. (K) One of 2.43 billion in the U.S.
42. A horse’s manner of moving
43. Offerings to the poor
45. Any Hindu princess
46. Another name for Ireland
47. Catch sight of
49. Horse of a dull, brownish-gray color
50. Alias indication
51. (K) One pushup, for example
Can you find the answer to this riddle within the solved puzzle? We “is” right?