ACROSS

1 Taken __ (shocked) 6 Meshes

10 Account (abbr.) 14 Truck

15 Negros Or. city 16 Scat!

17 At sea

18 Swiftness

19 Lanky

20 Seafood 22 Thorium

24 Eye infection 25 Body of water 27 Shedding off of an

outer coat

30 Little bit 33 Washout 35 Central Intelli

gence Agency 36 Poem of praise 37 Valentine’s day

angel

39 Come on stage 42 Appliance brand 43 Plutonium (abbr.) 44 Hearing part 45 United Kingdom 46 Missouri (abbr.) 47 Beginning 48 Winter time pre

cipitation 50 0.0254 mm 51 Representative 53 Street abbr. 54 Professional 55 Huge statues 59 Women’s magazine 62 Fat

63 Chlorine (abbr.) 65 Cebu town 69 Small ground plot 71 Reverent

73 Plunge into water 74 Very large truck 75 Snaky fish

76 Pat Sullivan’s cat 77 Swiss-like cheese 78 Aces

79 Lover’s meeting

DOWN

1 An expression 2 Pear type

3 Domain

4 Spasm

5 Kentucky (abbr.) 6 Basketball associa

tion

7 Asia

8 Offering

9 South southeast 10 Sign language 11 Game of skill 12 Raccoon-like animal 13 American frozen

pizza brand

18 Large eastern re

ligion

21 __ box

23 Goodbyes 26 Fools

28 Cubic centimeter 29 Jerk

30 African country 31 City in Yemen 32 Delaware (abbr.) 34 Goddess

37 Most adorable 38 Multitude 40 Native ruler 41 Candy brand 43 But (Filipino) 49 Pours forth 50 Lawman

52 Post script 55 Thicket 56 Lubricated 57 South American

animal

58 Colder

60 Roman 51

61 Old 64 Grandfather 66 Greasy

67 Car rental agency 68 Another 70 Dickens’ Tiny __ 71 High-school club 72 Ship initials 76 Fort (abbr.)