Crossword Puzzle

ACROSS

1 Affirmative 5 Ancient Per. province 9 Citizen (abbr.) 12 Isle of Napoleon 13 Move (pref.) 14 Genetic letters 15 Wen (2 words) 17 Fiddler crab genus 18 Whitlow grass 19 Face 20 Blue gray 23 Eur. Economic Community (abbr.) 24 Helm position 25 U.S mountain range (abbr.) 30 Slugger’s stat 31 Auspices 32 Express disapproval 33 Form into a chain 35 Variation 36 Dutch commune 37 Pale yellow 38 Scarce 40 Elite 43 Amer Dental Assn. (abbr.) 44 Quack 48 Boring tool 49 Line 50 Repair 51 Adjective - forming (suf.) 52 Title of Athena 53 Action (suf.)

DOWN

1 Favorable vote 2 BPOE member 3 Mother of Hezekia 4 Feel 5 Ecuador (abbr.) 6 Arm 7 Wild ox 8 Sea 9 Tribulation 10 King Atahualpa 11 S. Afr. Language 16 three (Ital.) 19 Ten (pref.) 20 Grape refuse 21 It. island 22 Repeat 23 Curved letter 25 Council for Econ. Advisors (abbr.) 26 Agent (abbr.) 27 Equal 28 “Cavallera Rusticana” heroine 29 Appear 31 Donkey (Fr.) 34 Gelderland city 35 Fleet 37 Rom. first day of the month 38 Atomic physicists 39 Mine entrance 40 Bile 9 (pref.) 41 Occasional 42 Mother of Brunhilde 44 Circuit Court of Appeals (abbr.) 45 Brown 46 Trajectory 47 Compass direction