The ( K) Clues Are for Kids

Edited by Timothy E. Parker February 26, 2023

ACROSS

1. ( K) Google ___ ( website that gives directions)

5. Car grille protector

8. ( K) Secret agent

11. Double- reed woodwind

12. Archery wood

13. ( K) Sport played in water or on horses

14. Cocoon’s content

15. ( K) Is, in the past

16. ( K) Bad smell

17. Without beginning or end

19. Roof material

20. Opposite of outgoing

21. ( K) Female deer

22. America’s Cup entry

25. Recover, as a shipwreck

29. ( K) Piece of farmland

30. ( K) Opposite of bold

31. From the beginning

32. Kind of speech or speaker

34. City in Montana

35. ( K) “Diners, Drive- Ins and Dives” host Fieri

36. ( K) Close friend

37. Mail a check

40. ( K) Window draping

44. Writing on the wall, say

45. ( K) Fast plane

46. Alternative word

47. ( K) How you chew your food

48. Big fuss

49. ( K) Elphaba or Glinda in “Wicked,” e. g.

50. Literary “before”

51. ( K) X-___ ( Marvel superhero group)

52. ( K) Plant beginning

DOWN

1. Act dejected

2. Share a border with

3. Roman Catholic leader

4. Google, for one ( 2 words)

5. Side road

6. ( K) Authentic

7. “Isn’t that adorable!” cries

8. ( K) Beverage with a burger, often

9. Every novel has one

10. “... golden days of ___”

13. Some track and field contestants ( 2 words)

18. ( K) “Ripley’s Believe It or ___!”

19. Fifth music scale tone

21. ( K) 12 a. m. to 12 a. m.

22. ( K) Long- haired wild ox

23. Highest high card

24. ( K) Shed a tear

25. ( K) That lady over there

26. ( K) Six- legged insect

27. ( K) Acquire

28. ( K) Mama sheep

30. ( K) Place for a pig

33. ( K) Opposite of safe, in baseball

34. ( K) Candy ___

( Kit Kat or Hershey, e. g.)

36. ( K) Gain, as weight

( 2 words)

37. ( K) It may be worn over pajamas

38. Muslim leader

39. Parcel ( with “out”)

40. Give up, as land

41. ( K) Skin- care ingredient

42. ( K) Small island

43. ( K) Require

45. ( K) Traffic tie- up

Can you find the answer to this riddle within the solved puzzle? Without without with?