The (K) Clues Are for Kids

ACROSS

1. Brownish neutral shade

5. (K) Certain team member in Chicago

9. (K) Like the

5-Across athlete

12. Animated

character

13. Major lake near

Buffalo

14. (K) Place for

a napkin

15. They don’t vary

17. Like a smart

student

18. (K) ___ and crafts

19. (K) Closes, as

a screen door

21. (K) What many

racehorses are

24. (K) They have queens but no kings

25. Pop-up on

a battery?

26. Damage, as

one’s reputation

29. (K) Put your butt

on an ottoman

30. Stat for baseball

pitchers

31. (K) “That singing

was horrible!” 32. In a harsh

manner

35. Lowest deck on

a ship

37. (K) Quick, secret

look

38. (K) Rains pellets

of ice

39. Quite a lot

41. (K) Contents of a

can in a cooler

42. (K) Police

officer

43. (K) Make Japanese

English

48. Term in tennis

49. (K) What you use to take a breather

50. Word before “event” or “course”

51. Damage or

vandalize

52. (K) Baker’s ingredients, often

53. (K) Place to

keep a rake

DOWN

1. (K) “And more”

abbr.

2. Sound a pigeon

makes 3. President Reagan, to friends

4. (K) Like something spoken with just a look

5. (K) Drummer’s

output

6. Coffee holders

with taps

7. (K) Like a candle

you’ll blow out

8. (K) Smaller in amount or quantity

9. Quite possible

10. Wholly

transfixed

11. Makes a choice

16. (K) Banyan,

for one

20. (K) Producer

of 52-Across

21. Mahomes-tokelce connection

22. (K) Words after “I’m working” or “step”

23. (K) It displays

your homework

24. (K) What the

lamb says

26. (K) Put in the

effort 27. Stuff on chimney

walls

28. (K) Doesn’t walk,

run or skip

30. (K) Creature in many national parks

33. Color that makes one apply the brakes

34. Maker of the

Crunch bar

35. Big-time car

brand no more

36. Kings’ spheres?

38. (K) They’re sung

39. Shady deal

40. ___-Cola

41. (K) Performed

38-Down, perhaps

44. (K) Bad thing to wipe your muddy shoes on

45. Utterance when drinking cold water on a hot day

46. Result of hitting a grand slam when down 4

47. (K) Cancel

abruptly