CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Sounds from the pasture

6 Pollywog

11 Staid and proper

14 Not so common 15 Metric measure, shortly

16 Flavoring seed

18 Travel option 20 Explained the basics 22 Rub out

24 Dynamic beginning 25 Prototype

26 Even the score 27 Regulation

28 Old photograph type 30 Star watcher

31 Govt. org.

32 Words of relief 33 Author Sinclair 34 Lassoed a steer 35 Blackthorn fruit 36 Mischievous imps 38 Was capable

39 Make it safe 41 Insurance name 42 Contraction

43 Personal servant 44 Sound loudly

45 Hill for the pitcher 46 Amazon or Nile 47 Down Under marsupial

48 Poet Ezra

49 Gawks at

50 Before JFK

52 Makes mistakes 53 Favored one

55 Slight stumble

56 Sleep stage

57 Hold fast 58 Broadcaster’s sign 59 Emulate Picasso 60 Denim pants

61 Death notices

62 Dig deeply 63 Anatomical pump 64 Spanish goodbye 65 Bacall’s love 67 Blood-sucking African fly

69 Actor Scott

70 Its baby is a joey 72 Abhor, detest 73 Breakfast food 74 Glistening

75 Medical pro. 76 Carbonated drink 77 Regions

78 Dinner dish

79 Bog material

80 Hockey great Bobby 81 Medicinal plants 82 Bird’s bill

83 Bride’s passage 84 Survey results 86 Doom and gloom guys

89 Litigator’s cry 90 Individually

91 Opera number 92 Preset fee 93 Japanese art form 94 Publicist’s handout

DOWN 1 Iced tea or lemonade 2 Get up

3 Packaging weight 4 April 15 group

5 Fishing scoop 6 Queen’s crown 7 In addition

8 Spanish two

9 Praised

10 Computer key 11 Pressure measure 12 Leases

13 Mythical sorceress 15 Designer Calvin

17 Not feeling well 18 Groundless warning 19 Guitar-playing aids 20 Seeped out

21 Duck down

23 German river

25 Syrup source 28 Backbone

29 Volcano in Sicily 30 Ornamental growth 31 Stomach disorder 33 To the max

34 Some tournaments 35 Monica of tennis 37 Breakfast and lunch 38 Title for Dracula 39 Frugal one

40 Exclude

42 Wet behind the ears

43 Venomous reptile 44 Dull person

45 Io and Europa 46 Indian princesses 47 Miss Piggy’s crush 48 Publish

49 Pesky insects 50 Without an operator

51 Have a meal 53 Emergency marker 54 Marriage, for one

55 Rocky star Shire 57 Halt 59 Skater Fleming 60 Volkswagen model 61 Writer Clifford 62 “Death Be Not Proud” poet 63 Whiplash protector 64 Assumed name 65 Minnows and night crawlers

66 Scorn, disdain 68 Coastline

69 Plato was one

70 Tan hue

71 October birthstone 73 Food merchant 74 Sweeping cut 76 As yet

77 John Wayne classic The ___ 78 My Cousin Vinny star Joe 79 Flatbreads

81 Actor Vigoda 82 Structural support 83 Sale condition 85 Payable now 86 Legume

87 Scratch the surface

88 Anger