FAMILY TIME Crossword

The (K) Clues Are for Kids

ACROSS

1. (K) Stretchy rubber thing

5. (K) Switch position

8. (K) A beach is full of the stuff

12. It’s the birth of a plan

13. Word not found on direct-flight tickets

14. Shower gel ingredient, perhaps

15. Bad time on Wall Street

17. (K) Optimistic feeling

18. (K) Has a birthday party

20. Bowling ball shape

23. (K) Three-ring center?

24. (K) 29-Across security device

25. Legume in a pasture

29. Jam component?

30. (K) Double off the left-field wall, for example 31. (K) Small part of a circle

32. Cushion for a capped joint

35. Cut off

37. (K) Touch lightly, as with a napkin

38. Existing from birth

39. (K) Burrowing rodent with a barking cry (2 words)

43. Huge oven for drying hops

44. An assembly conducting judicial business

48. New York canal

49. (K) A long time follower?

50. Easter flower

51. Honey of a fermented beverage?

52. (K) Brand-new walker

53. Escape

DOWN

1. (K) Thing to do at an auction

April 4, 2022

2. “Without further ___ ...”

3. (K) Not used?

4. (K) Cheerleader, at times

5. Small egg, in biology

6. (K) Camp warmer

7. Oft-replaced 29-Across part (2 words)

8. (K) Massive African desert

9. What little things mean? (2 words)

10. “Guess again”

11. (K) Low passing grades

16. Time spent in an office?

19. (K) Basketball official

20. Potatoes container

21. (K) Make preparations

22. (K) Swift, long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit

25. (K) Help or assistance

26. (K) Volcano output

27. Thing on the neck of a guitar

28. (K) Land measure

30. Natural home

33. (K) Improved a manuscript or novel

34. Impressive golf score

35. (K) I’m-betterthan-you type

36. Overwhelm, as flames

38. Fool

39. (K) Rhyming piece

40. (K) Extremely hard to find

41. (K) Massive continent

42. “Cogito, ___ sum”

45. Soccer shutout score

46. Guinness for Alec?

47. Caustic cleaning substance