ACROSS
1. Period of two weeks
9. Winter wear
10. “You make a better door than a ______!”
12. College department code for a class such as Introduction to Book Studies
13. Sound, abbr.
15. These letters typically only come in this order when after C
17. Historical precursor to chemistry
20. Opposite of innocent
22. Arctic Monkeys’ 2022 album
24. Annoyance
26. Genetic molecule created during transcription
27. Emily Dickinson or Louise Gluck, for example
30. Hit off of Taylor Swift’s Lover, “The ___”
32. Metric in the call center industry, abbr.
33. Capital of England
34. Actor who stars in The Lighthouse, written with first initial
36. Expression of adoration, abbr.
37. Opposite of begin
39. Prefix meaning “self”
40. 12 p.m.
42. Having no capability of motion
44. Tropical herbivorous lizard
46. Increase shadow
48. State of transcendence in Buddhism
49. Preposition that indicates the means of achieving something
50. Prefix for -science, -logy, and -metry
51. Icon
54. Cleans with a broom
56. Cynical crime genre
57. Form of government controlled by a select few individuals
DOWN
1. Seattle chamber pop band _____ Foxes
2. Consumer electronics company
3. Excessively troubled
4. Potential nickname for actress Portman of Black Swan
5. Crash support?
7. Prophet, or name derived from Hebrew word meaning “to train”
8. American science fiction writer H.P. _________
11. The state of being adult and female-identifying
14. Horns of an impala, for example
16. Article
18. Opinions category in the Review, abbr.
19. Trim fabric
21. Pined for
23. Expressions of regret
25. String instrument, abbr.
28. Without company
29. A child’s plaything
31. Civil rights law that prohibits discrimination based on disability
33. If it’s silver, it’s positive
35. Goodbye, en français
37. U.S. primary language, abbr.
38. Boring or unassuming
41. Punjabi-Canadian rapper
42. ___ Somerhalder of The Vampire Diaries
43. Attempting
45. To be called something
47. Some newspapers publish with this time interval
52. Immediately declared deceased or ineffective, abbr.
53. Computer file format that synchronizes words to a song with an audio file, abbr.
55. Spouse, abbr.
