The (K) Clues Are for Kids
ACROSS
1. Brownish neutral shade
5. (K) Certain team member in Chicago
9. (K) Like the
5-Across athlete
12. Animated
character
13. Major lake near
Buffalo
14. (K) Place for
a napkin
15. They don’t vary
17. Like a smart
student
18. (K) ___ and crafts
19. (K) Closes, as
a screen door
21. (K) What many
racehorses are
24. (K) They have queens but no kings
25. Pop-up on
a battery?
26. Damage, as
one’s reputation
29. (K) Put your butt
on an ottoman
30. Stat for baseball
pitchers
31. (K) “That singing
was horrible!” 32. In a harsh
manner
35. Lowest deck on
a ship
37. (K) Quick, secret
look
38. (K) Rains pellets
of ice
39. Quite a lot
41. (K) Contents of a
can in a cooler
42. (K) Police
officer
43. (K) Make Japanese
English
48. Term in tennis
49. (K) What you use to take a breather
50. Word before “event” or “course”
51. Damage or
vandalize
52. (K) Baker’s ingredients, often
53. (K) Place to
keep a rake
DOWN
1. (K) “And more”
abbr.
2. Sound a pigeon
makes 3. President Reagan, to friends
4. (K) Like something spoken with just a look
5. (K) Drummer’s
output
6. Coffee holders
with taps
7. (K) Like a candle
you’ll blow out
8. (K) Smaller in amount or quantity
9. Quite possible
10. Wholly
transfixed
11. Makes a choice
16. (K) Banyan,
for one
20. (K) Producer
of 52-Across
21. Mahomes-tokelce connection
22. (K) Words after “I’m working” or “step”
23. (K) It displays
your homework
24. (K) What the
lamb says
26. (K) Put in the
effort 27. Stuff on chimney
walls
28. (K) Doesn’t walk,
run or skip
30. (K) Creature in many national parks
33. Color that makes one apply the brakes
34. Maker of the
Crunch bar
35. Big-time car
brand no more
36. Kings’ spheres?
38. (K) They’re sung
39. Shady deal
40. ___-Cola
41. (K) Performed
38-Down, perhaps
44. (K) Bad thing to wipe your muddy shoes on
45. Utterance when drinking cold water on a hot day
46. Result of hitting a grand slam when down 4
47. (K) Cancel
abruptly