Big Spring Herald Crossword Puzzle

ACROSS

1. Pants

8. Not bananas

9. “__ la Douce”; romantic comedy

10. Chin-to-waist sweaters

14. Barn topper

15. Plead

16. Suffix for racket or musket

17. __ and crafts

18. English letter

19. Cozy home

20. Retirement accounts

24. Bark beetle’s victim

27. City in Alaska

28. Intention

29. Breather’s need

32. __ __ impasse; stalled

33. Worn for extra warmth

36. Corporate bigwig

37. Female animals

38. Sleepwear

DOWN

1. Intimidates

2. Turmoil

3. Tennis court divider

4. Piece of jewelry

5. Prior to

6. Pat Sajak, for one

7. “Oh, for Pete’s __!”

8. Long look

11. Sixteen ounces

12. Suffix for adopt or absent

13. Last year’s juniors

14. Johnson or Morrison

20. All lined up (3)

21. Corrupt

22. Pile up

23. Cruz or Feinstein: abbr.

24. __ de cologne

25. Fine tablecloth fabric

26. 489 years from now

29. Curved beam overhead

30. TV’S “This __ Us”

31. Initials for Opie’s portrayer

34. Brain wave test letters

35. Knot-tying words (2)