The ( K) Clues Are for Kids

Edited by Timothy E. Parker February 12, 2023

ACROSS

1. Box- office failure

5. ( K) Pig’s home

8. ( K) Type of snake

11. Speak positively

12. Marvel Comics’ Stan

13. ( K) Harp or elephant ___

14. Dry as a desert

15. ( K) Have a nice meal

16. Sharpen, like skills

17. ( K) Converse or Nike

19. Island group east of Fiji

20. ( K) Use a ladle

21. Title for Arthur

Conan Doyle

22. Not skillful

25. Elements of a strategy

29. ( K) Restaurant food list

30. Fond du ___, Wisconsin

31. ( K) Farmer’s pride

32. Street vendor

34. ( K) Like taffy

35. ( K) Completed

36. ( K) Big snake

37. Not up to the job

40. 12: 00 p. m.

44. ( K) Horse controller

45. ( K) Do a wrecker’s job

46. Vice president under Clinton

47. Group or clique

48. ( K) Uno, in English

49. ( K) Opposite of good

50. Before, to bards

51. ( K) Miles ___ hour

52. ( K) “Let’s Make a ___” ( game show)

DOWN

1. ( K) Freshwater fish

2. ( K) Place to cook a roast

3. “... for a ___ pittance”

4. Dessert made from a stale loaf ( 2 words)

5. ( K) Rest

6. ( K) Dotted- line command

7. To this point

8. Long period of time ( var.)

9. ( K) Belted out a song

10. Earnest request

13. Scammed, in a way

18. ( K) First- aid ___

19. ( K) ___- tac- toe

21. ___ fly ( baseball hit)

22. ( K) Teeny mischief- maker

23. Word before a maiden name

24. Type of table

25. Roofing material

26. Anger

27. ( K) Bull’s mate

28. ( K) Undercover agent

30. ( K) Was ahead of the pack

33. ( K) Set a match to

34. ( K) Sound from the pigeon coop

36. Shady spot

37. ( K) Encourage

38. ( K) Within reach

39.“OK with me!”

40. ( K) Opposite of all

41. ( K) Bird of peace

42. Highlight of an opera

43. ( K) Scream

45. ( K) Opposite of bottom Can you find the answer to this riddle within the solved puzzle?

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