CLUES ACROSS

1. Tooth caregiver

4. Greek counterpart of Rhea

7. A numbered mail compartment (abbr.)

10. New Zealand parrots

12. Political action committees

14. Fringe-toed lizard

15. Reposes

17. Winglike structures

18. MacMurray of “My Three Sons”

19. Oprah’s Broadway show

22. Ceaser, egg and tossed

23. Oarlock

24. Agile, lively (nautical)

25. Skim or dart

26. And (Latin)

27. Embodies

28. Gallivants

30. Hyperbolic cosecant

32. Rural delivery

33. Atomic #89

34. Opposite of wealthy

36. Imus and Knotts

39. Yellow ageratum species

41. Large tropical Am. lizard

43. Late Show star

46. Armor breastplate

47. “Death in the Family” author

48. Liquors from rice

50. Bread for a burger

51. Yeast

52. 100 = 1 tala in W. Samoa

53. Two-year-old sheep

54. Hyrax or cony

55. Engine additive


CLUES DOWN

1. Danish krone (abbr.)

2. Insect repellents

3. Move sideways

4. October’s birthstones

5. __ Alto, California city

6. Mark of healed tissue

7. Somewhat purple

8. Egg mixture cooked until just set

9. Past tense of bid

11. Ancient stone slab bearing markings

13. 9th month (abbr.)

16. Thrown into a fright

18. A playful antic

20. “Waiting for Lefty” playwright

21. Ultrahigh frequency

28. Cutting gun barrel spirals

29. Youth loved by Aphrodite

30. Get by begging

31. Cleans by scrubbing vigorously

34. Bubonic calamity

35. Radioactivity unit

37. South African peoples

38. Legless reptiles

40. Thick piece of something

41. A distinct part of a list

42. Regarding (Scottish prep.)

43. Something that is owed

44. Mild exclamation

45. Etce____: continuing the same

49. Variation of 17 down