Cross word

ACROSS

1 Indicate agreement

4 Flaky downfall

8 Costume part

12 Feasted

13 Bartlett, e.g.

14 Water (Sp.)

15 Terminal (abbr.) 16 Tortoise’s competitor 17 ___ express

18 Grasper

20 Coolidge’s nickname 22 Tax agcy.

23 Is in a praying position 27 Old sweetheart 30 Dropout’s diploma (abbr.) 31 Fish eggs

32 Steamship company 33 Funnyman Caesar 34 Agitate

35 Certain grain

36 Wit’s wordplay 37 Second-hand tire 38 “Gentleman ___ Blondes” 40 Opposite of max.

41 Winter mo.

42 ___ the Hun

46 Prom night transport 49 Join

51 Mai ___ (cocktail) 52 General Bradley

53 Change places

54 Mess up

55 Dashed

56 Wide-spouted pitcher 57 June preceder

DOWN

1 ___ Rambler 2 “Beetle Bailey” dog 3 “Let’s Make a ___” 4 Orb

5 Comes close 6 Dinghy need 7 Ruined 8 Tapped tree

9 Part of history 10 Before Mon. 11 Bandleader Kyser 19 Roosevelt coin 21 “Mutt ___ Jeff” 24 Actor Stoltz 25 Singer Falana 26 Drip slowly

27 Bomb on Broadway 28 Don’t believe him! 29 Poker money 30 Card game

33 Smith or Jones, e.g. 34 Apartment charge 36 Split ___ soup 37 Singer Tex 39 Scandinavian bay 40 Delicate purple 43 News article 44 Video game heroine Croft 45 Breezy

46 ___ Angeles

47 Little rascal

48 Actress ___ West 50 Fiddler’s device