Fathers’ Day Crossword

By Susan Helton

 

Across

1. TV monitor?
4. Holds soup or a plant
7. Have a sudden inspiration?
11. “Bye now”
12. “Dad is my ___!”
13. Fits
15. Leaves and flowers developing upward
17. Buffalo hockey player
18. The Beatles sang “___ Loves You”
19. Products of glaciation
21. A gift for dad
22. “For ___ a jolly …”
23. “Father” in French
24. Combustible heap
27. “Welcome” site
28. Songs of joyful praise
30. Confront
33. Wide-mouthed jar
36. Obviously surprised
38. Kind of column
39. Fix the squeaky door
40. Buzzing pest
41. Archaeological find
43. Domed projection
45. “Empedocles on ___” (Matthew Arnold poem)
46. No pick me up
48. “Dear old” guy
50. Love for dad
51. An astringent
53. Amused surprise?
56. Long-jawed fish
58. Dad’s offering
60. Informal dad
61. Manning’s call
64. Propels rockets in space
66. “Father” in German
67. Fixes, in a way
68. Soon, to a bard
69. Colorful salamander
70. Japanese period 1603-1868
71. The “p” in mpg

Down

1. Archives unit
2. When family comes first
3. Dove talk
4. Fizzle, with “out”
5. Be bombastic
6. Lacquered metalware
7. Neon, e.g.
8. Turkey leader
9. Renter from a renter
10. Frasier actress Gilpin
11. Bills, e.g.
12. Regarding this point
14. “Comprende?”
16. Child’s word for father
20. Marienbad, for one
25. Affirmative vote
26. Uneven
27. Doc
28. Friends with dad
29. Attention ___
30. In favor of
31. Acted like
32. We ___ dads on Father’s Day
34. ___ of bread
35. Sass
37. 7th letter of the Greek alphabet
42. Able
44. Brings out, infers
47. Kind of approval
49. “Absolutely!”
51. Bypass
52. Fast talk
53. Express
54. “A man of ___”
55. Airy
56. Statehouse V.I.P.
57. Rainy-season rice
59. Acute
62. Cleave
63. “A jealous mistress”: Emerson
65. Breach

 

 

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