FAMILY TIME CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. (K) Rodents with long

tails 5. (K) One way to get some rest 8. Use a bayonet 12. Youngest Bronte of literature 13. ___-tzu (Chinese philosopher) 14. (K) North ___ (Santa’s home) 15. Hops on Amtrak 17. Thief’s take 18. (K) Wool coat wearer on a farm 19. Upright members in a door or window frame 21. Way of doing 24. (K) Cherry center 25. (K) Some double-reed instruments 26. Fortify 30. Lager alternative 31. University near Harvard 32. French water 33. (K) Have no seats left

for sale (2 words) 36. (K) Place for NASA to explore 38. (K) Commercials 39. (K) Special deliveries? 40. (K) Talks back to 43. (K) Number of a person’s years 44. Some poisonous snakes 45. Caught in a trap 50. Electricity conductor,

often 51. Country singer Greenwood 52. (K) Not stay still 53. (K) Utters 54. (K) “Do re mi fa ___ ...” 55. (K) Remove an orange

rind

DOWN

1. “Norma ___” (1979

movie) 2. ___ Arbor, Michigan 3. Dynamite stuff 4. (K) Peaceful and calm 5. Sneakier 6. Fleming the author 7. Souse 8. (K) Banana ___ (Dairy Queen orders) 9. (K) Hammer or screwdriver 10. Soothing gel ingredient 11. (K) Makes wagers 16. (K) Stuns or shocks with wonder 20. Shop ___ you drop 21. Old New Zealand

natives 22. (K) Sufficiently skilled 23. (K) Late December

song 26. (K) Drill insert 27. Milker’s handful 28. (K) Per person 29. Streets of Quebec 31. Bivalve mollusks 34. (K) Scottish girls 35. Lyric poem 36. (K) STOP on a street corner? 37. Sound-system component, sometimes 39. Swiss port 40. (K) Cuts, as logs 41. (K) Where Tokyo is 42. Agile 46. Prefix meaning “new” 47. (K) Spawn of the sea 48. (K) Pre-holiday day 49. Costa ___ Sol Can you find the answer to this riddle within the solved puzzle? What can be a major downer?