The (K) Clues Are for Kids
ACROSS
1. (K) Do a 360
5. Extremely popular nightspot
8. (K) Thing on a globe surrounded by blue
12. (K) Figure in practically every movie
13. Newlywed’s answer to
“Do you want ice cream?”
14. Predatory seabird
15. Like anything giving off great smells
17. (K) Sediment on a riverbank
18. (K) “Squirt” or “cap” ending
19. (K) Aquarium fish flee from it
20. (K) Things around ballerinas
21. Playfully shy
23. Hautboy, more familiarly
25. (K) Assistance in a time of need
27. (K) Type of muffin
28. (K) What comes before “fi”
31. (K) Cartoon figure of you
33. Church official
35. (K) Make a lady a wife 36. (K) Like a shelf that desperately needs restocking
38. Carved out with an axe
39. (K) Massive
40. (K) Crayola color for a beach day?
41. (K) Sound of an egg hitting the floor
44. (K) Wrong thing to do before God
46. (K) It helps the neighbors hear me jam
49. (K) What my castle’s drawbridge covers
50. Unpunished (2 words)
52. (K) Beast like Shrek
53. (K) What you are after three strikes
54. (K) Ruler’s creation
55. Mythical Mount Olympus inhabitants
56. (K) U-turn from “Nah”
57. (K) It’s none of whose business?
DOWN
1. Type of rug that’s hard to sweep
2. (K) South American country
3. Like agreements you can’t break
4. ___ de plume
5. (K) Get ready to taste sushi
6. (K) Rewriter of a writer’s writings
7. (K) Disney dwarf with specs
8. Deliver, as a warning
9. Short comedy play
10. Humdinger relative
11. (K) Has radishes dipped in caramel
16. (K) “If you have ___ snakes on you, I’d like to know”
20. (K) “Bing,” “ping” or “ding” for example
22. Make a choice
24. ___ farewell
(fancy “said goodbye”)
25. Hee-___
26. (K) The day before The Day
27. (K) Say, “I do that better than anyone”
28. Screenwriter’s creation
29. (K) Moon jumper of rhyme
30. Hotel kin
32. Having an edge up against
34. “I see your foot under the curtain!”
37. (K) Get a cat off the 34th branch
39. Absolutely despises
40. (K) Shatterer of boulders
41. (K) Air pollution
42. (K) Stick for hopping
43. Frying medium
45. Tiny, tiny bit
47. (K) All the food in the restaurant is listed here
48. (K) Eighth grader, to an eighth grader
50. Type of sauce
51. (K) Be a pilot