April showers
Use the letters highlighted in the finished puzzle to spell a benefit of spring rain
ACROSS
1 Shade of green 5 Cousin of a bassoon 9 Stare at
13 Kind of student 16 Limber
18 shui 19 Keep it under your hat! 20 Pension plan 21 Ladies 22 Mailbox attachment 23 Card player’s stake
24 Silent assent 25 Brief role in a film 27 Porch protector 29 Off the wall 30 “The Raven” writer 33 They’re raised on farms 35 Gun, as an engine
36 Target 37 Heavenly beings 39 Big party 41 Lead-in for boy or girl
44 Start a tennis game
45 Little kiss 47 Ones named in deeds 51 Exceeds the limit 53 Umbrella part 54 Least narrow 55 CPR pros 56 Feel sorry for 58 Collection 60 Like most pretzels 61 Banks of Dancing With the Stars 62 Bombard
64 Get rid of 68 Suffix with persist
70 Numbers game 71 Upside- down sleepers 75 Repeats word for word 77 Leader of a meeting 79 Ghost
81 Pal of Pooh 82 Ireland, to poets 83 Key (1948 Bogart classic) 84 Table insert 86 Verge 88 More active 89 Picks up the bill 92 Alias letters 94 Some lumps 96 Needing water 97 Time worth remembering 98 Dairy Queen orders
101 M*A*S*H role 103 Medic
104 Stallion, once
105 They’re inflatable
107 Roller- coaster
features
111 Gray shade
112 Safe, on board
113 Scruff
114 Pole position?
115 Allow
116 Scads
117 Fizzles out
118 Cafeteria carrier
DOWN
1 Shoot the breeze 2 Years 3 Headlight setting 4 Util. bill 5 Submit
6 Fit in
7 wing and a prayer (2 wds.) 8 Baker’s dozen? 9 Midwest airport 10 Swiss city
11 One way to run 12 Barbara who played a genie 13 No big deal 14 Wear down 15 Pops 17 Made possible 26 Some advanced degs. 28 Witty remarks 30 So last year 31 Hour after noon (2 wds.) 32 White heron 34 Overly sentimental 36 Bamboo muncher 38 Times in classifieds 40 Summer zodiac sign
42 Wrecker’s job
43 Peel in a drink
46 Big- enough catch 48 Wriggly fish 49 Q– U string 50 Pig’s digs 52 Watch secretly 53 Position 57 Temper 59 Start of a countdown, often
61 Cry of accomplishment 63 Part of L. A. 64 Ruby or Sandra 65 Freezer cubes 66 Your of yore 67 Loses heat 69 Security problem 70 Powerful checkers 71 Partiality 72 Roll- on brand 73 Bengal cat 74 News feature 76 Where the buoys are
78 Succor 80 Dollars and cents, e.g. 85 Like some idols 87 The Continent 88 Spoiled 89 Step on it 90 Turned up 91 Marina sight 93 Wind-up toys? 95 Some are inert 98 Skedaddle 99 Short-sleeved shirt
100 Transmit
102 Tooth part
106 Moo goo
pan
108 Your and my 109 Student-focused org. 110 Withdrawn