TODAY’S CROSSWORD

CLUES ACROSS

1. Large primate

4. Annualized percentage rate 7. Frictional horsepower 8. Alternate name 10. Incursion 12. Metrical feet 13. Musician Ingram 14. Swiss river 16. Text speak for annoying 17. Squelch

19. Will Ferrell played one 20. Close violently

21. Arrogant

25. Goddess of the dawn 26. Today (Spanish) 27. Ethiopian town 29. Speed 30. Kids take it to school 31. Bowling ballÕs adversary 32. 1988 NFL MVP 39. Volcanic crater 41. Curved shape 42. Discover by investigation 43. Up in the air (abbr.)

44. A son who shares his dadÕs name

45. Assist in wrongdoing 46. Actress Lathan 48. Nonsense (slang) 49. Sharp and forthright 50. Midway between northeast and east

51. NAACP cofounder Wells 52. Soviet Socialist Republic CLUES DOWN 1. Again

2. Erectile organs 3. Concluding speech 4. Pie _ __ mode 5. With pustules 6. Muslim calendar month 8. Need it to live

9. Thailand

11. Container to serve food 14. Boxing great

15. Woolen blankets

18. Expresses surprise

19. Emergency medical services

20. Inflamed swelling of the eyelid

22. Reporter

23. Arrived extinct

24. Ad __

27. Academic bill of rights 28. A pair

29. Pumpkin and apple are examples

31. China

32. Made illegal

33. Be mistaken

34. Stephen KingÕs ÒPennywiseÓ

35. Semite

36. Martens with short tails 37. Large bodies of water 38. Lower in position

39. Dough used in Latin American cuisine

40. Calculating tools

44. Boxers do this

47. Macaw