crossword puzzle

ACROSS

1 Produce 5 American baseball

player 10 Rodent 13 Prophet who built

the ark 14 Science channel 15 Scorch 16 But (Filipino) 17 Plate armor 18 Belief 19 Sign language 21 U.S. president’s

office 23 Fawn’s mom 24 Slick 26 Short for Pamela 28 Better 30 Gold (abbr.) 31 Sink 33 Cereal plant 34 California univer

sity 36 Peel corn 38 Southeast 40 Measure for fresh

herrings 41 Utah (abbr.) 42 Road (abbr.) 43 Sonata 45 You 46 Outguess 48 Crave 49 Whim 51 Keep free of ice 54 Balloon gas (abbr.) 55 Forte 57 Pole 58 Dessert 59 Nix 60 Royalty 64 Day of the wk. 66 Asian country 68 Goddess 70 Post 74 Finished 75 Silly 76 Doing nothing 77 Abort 78 Bonded 79 Candy brand

DOWN

1 Gross national

product (abbr.) 2 Seafood 3 Canoe propeller 4 Horse command 6 Less than two 7 Company symbol 8 Tel __ 9 Rocket builders 10 Island of south

east Greece 11 Moses’ brother 12 Force up a tree 15 Centiliter 17 An expression 20 Curative mineral

spring 22 Tell a secret 24 Insolent 25 Money 27 Wet 29 Metric ton (abbr.) 31 Disallow 32 New Hampshire

(abbr.) 33 Halloween mo. 35 Scale note after

sol 37 Direct 38 Japanese dish 39 ___ Lauder 41 United States 43 Bullfight cheer 44 Plutonium (abbr.) 46 Short for ‘Peter’ 47 Cassette tape’s replace

ment 49 Land surrounded by wa

ter 50 Delaware (abbr.) 52 Small particle 53 Cebu university 55 Positive electrode 56 Singer Paul 61 Totals 62 Rampage 63 Lapu-____ 65 Native ruler in Asia 67 Compass point 69 Big Apple (abbr.) 71 Hoopla 72 Ailing 73 Sign of the zodiac