Games & Puzzles – April 2026
(Solutions at bottom)
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Spring Crossword
Across
1. 40 winks
4. Devotee
8. Nile bird
12. Color quality
13. Sundae topper, perhaps
14. Garment folds
16. Field worker
17. Computer info
18. Creeper
19. Cancel
21. Baby rhino
23. Like a busybody
24. All ___
25. Eastern ties
27. “___ takers?”
29. Handle roughly
30. “My man!”
31. Clairvoyance, e.g.
34. Signs of an impending storm
37. Flower fanciers
38. Little piggy
39. Start of many Hope/Crosby film titles
40. Big galoot
41. Poker action
42. Infomercials, e.g.
43. Ancient
45. Baghdad bigwig
47. Big Apple attraction, with “the”
48. Aggravate
49. ___ Piper
50. Much ___ About Nothing
51. Bro
52. Sis, e.g.
55. Extinct New Zealanders
58. Golf club
60. Part of a simple bouquet
62. Round trip?
64. Annul
66. Hot sandwich
67. Troublesome plants
68. Be a snitch
69. Arch type
70. Increase, with “up”
71. Lentil, e.g.
72. Undertake, with “out”
Down
1. Nary a soul
2. About
3. Andean land
4. Physique, informally
5. Fundamental component of RNA
6. Brine-cured cheeses
7. Baby horse
8. “___ show time!”
9. Dust ___
10. U.N. civil aviation agency, acronym
11. Pair of long, flat runners
12. Sign of spring
15. Like a fox
20. Amount of work
22. Charge
26. Greyhound, e.g.
28. Discouraging words
29. Kind of pie
30. Beseech
31. List shortener
32. Arias, usually
33. Ill-gotten gains
34. Jam
35. Miner’s quest
36. Brewer’s equipment
37. Flower starter
40. Albanian currency
41. Blackguard
43. Pitch in
44. Cultivate
45. Little butter?
46. Take note of
49. Downpour aftermath
50. Line to the audience
51. Gift recipient
52. All-out attack
53. Speck in the ocean
54. Information unit
55. Do some yard work
56. Assayers’ stuff
57. Aid’s partner
59. Ballpark figure
61. Andy’s radio partner
63. Sugar amt.
65. Aged
By Susan Helton
Solutions:
