puzzles for parents Across
1. Japanese port 6. Type of feeling 9. Carter Goodrich’s “The Hermit ____” 13. Used by pitchers and violinists 14. Campfire residue 15. Light shade of blue 16. Chocolate tree 17. Legendary “West” 18. Lowest point 19. “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” author 21. “Percy Jackson & The Olympians” creator 23. Fitness spot 24. ____wig or ____winkle 25. J. Edgar Hoover was its first director 28. Whimper 30. Lay to rest 35. Post-cremation container 37. Person, place or thing 39. Candle shape 40. Kind 41. Retire from military 43. It equals distance divided by time 44. “Little _____ fact” 46. Used to harness wind at sea 47. Ragtime dance, The Turkey ____ 48. Holiday beverage 50. Chow 52. Beneficiary of holiday toy drives 53. Was key strategist for George W. Bush 55. Prefix for bad 57. “Corduroy” author 61. Wild Things” creator 64. Caterpillar precursor 65. Second sight? 67. Marcus Aurelius garb, pl. 69. Bay window 70. Theatrical prompt 71. Not together 72. Part of a hammerhead 73. “New ___ on the block” 74. Michael J. Fox in “Back to the Future”
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1. Azog or Bolg in Tolkien’s Moria 2. Let something sit, as in water 3. Reproductive structures on fungi 4. Asiatic wild ass 5. Lemony Snicket, e.g. 6. Like flavor of some wild meat 7. Popular three-syllable chant by American fans 8. Not here 9. Tsar, tzar or ____ 10. Former Australian PM turned children’s author 11. Toreador Song from “Carmen,” e.g. 12. Capital of Switzerland 15. To bless 20. Make corrections 22. Wrath 24. Decoration on top of musketeer’s hat 25. “Inkworld Trilogy” author 26. “_____ it on!” 27. The way Conan Doyle’s detective liked to appear 29. Sufferings 31. Popular French pastry
32. Abstractionism with optical illusion, popular in the 1960s 33. __-___ product, as in copycat 34. “The Mitten” author/illustrator 36. Fastened with stitches 38. Film ____ 42. Her teen novels often tackle controversial topics 45. Conventional 49. India’s smallest state 51. Random House imprint for children’s books 54. T-shirt collar type 56. Parkinson’s drug 57. Complete failure 58. One in a million 59. One of Great Lakes 60. Not odd, as in number 61. Accelerated 62. Petri dish gel 63. Go-____ 66. 6th century dynasty in China 68. Eye infection
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