ACROSS
1. “When ___ Hutton talks, people listen”
3. Sandwich choice of kids
6. The “serious” Beatle
10. Alternative to biofuels
11. Show of indifference
13. Sudden overthrow of a legitimate government
15. Post-mortem donation
16. Prolific Old West adventure novelist Grey
17. Ownership document
19. “Sis-Boom-Bah” precursor
21. Sign gas
23. Slang for a newspaper
24. Popular summer sandwich
25. 1,501 to Caesar Augustus
27. ___ 51, Air Force base of UFO folklore
29. Active suffix
30. According to Land Staff Writer Dick Hagen’s “Land Minds” this week, if you ate only one of these at the Minnesota State Fair, you came up 4,055,903 short of eating all of them during the fair’s 12-day run
32. Imitate
34. “Come ___, the water’s fine!” (2 words)
35. Big Band’s was the ’30s and ’40s; Disco’s was the ’70s
36. Bond creator Fleming
39. “I can bring home the bacon, fry it up in a ___”
40. Steak sauce
42. Mineral-rich rock
43. Keeps afloat
46. Former media mogul Griffin
48. The “lucky” Beatle
50. Hawaiian feast
51. According to the story on Page 14A, Wally Nelson’s home for more than 30 years
52. “And if you go carrying ’round pictures of Chairman ___, you ain’t gonna make it with anyone anyhow...”
53. Mauer or Gardy
54. Acronym for the Southwest Star Concept school in Okabena
55. 53 Across league
DOWN
1. 1988 film on the 1919 “Black Sox” scandal (3 words)
2. ALA neighbor
3. Picohertz (abbreviation)
4. Fiber source
5. AK capital
7. This month
8. ___ polloi; derogatory term for common folk, also the title of a 1935 Three Stooges film
9. Info on the side of the cereal box
10. Televangelist Roberts
12. The “sensitive” Beatle
14. Classic, horribly bad 1959 film “___ 9 from Outer Space”
15. Sphere
18. Pre- or post-chicken?
20. S.W. suburb of the Cities
22. Style of jacket popularized by the Beatles in the mid ’60s
25. JKL’s follow-up
26. Ways of expressing oneself
28. Former MIN Torii Hunter plays here
31. “Midwest grain markets plummeted ___ of light sprinkles near Chicago ...” (2 words)
32. Announcement from one law enforcement agency to another regarding a wanted suspect
33. The “cute” Beatle
37. In Greek mythology, ship of Jason and his crew
38. Greek for “new”
41. Makes a mistake
44. Partner to pitch, roll
45. Latin for “oneself”
47. According to Randy Spronk in the story on Page 20A, thanks to changes to swine diets, hog manure has lower levels of this
49. “___ Pepper, he’s a Pepper, she’s a Pepper, we’re a Pepper; wouldn’t you like to be a Pepper, too?” (2 words)
The Land crossword is created by Land Assistant Editor Tom Royer. Send your questions, comments or snide remarks to troyer@thelandonline.com.
