Crossword 2022
Across
- 3. The US Supreme Court overturned ___, eliminating the constitutional right to abortion for Americans
- 5. 5 of these are given as a gift on the 5th day of Christmas
- 8. Famous address linked to "lockdown parties:" 10 ___
- 9. Food that does not expire and would not turn bad
- 10. Word game with the purpose of guessing a daily 5-letter word that grew in popularity at the end of 2021
- 12. City in which the 2022 Winter Olympics was held
- 13. Sound based navigation system
- 16. Sport in which the score is announced like "Love-15"
- 17. Deadly sin that is also a type of animal
- 19. Name of elephant that New York's highest court ruled not to be a legal person, after an animal-advocacy organization argued that it was being illegally detained at the zoo
- 21. Country that has all 5 vowels
- 22. Once-popular social media app with a ghost as its logo
- 25. Island where lemurs originated from
- 26. Home to 14 moons
- 28. Flightless bird once native to Mauritius
- 29. Shape of a doughnut
- 31. What can be broken but never held
- 33. Prehistoric emo elephants
- 34. I'm a fruit, I'm a type of person, I'm a bird. What am I?
- 36. Type of numbers like 2, 3, 7, 11, 19
- 42. Food famously shared by Lady and the Tramp
- 43. Starts with E, ends with E, and has a letter in it
- 45. Jack fell down and broke his ___
- 46. What used to fill an entire room, but now fits in our pocket
- 48. Main ingredient in hummus
- 49. The ___ aggressively raised interest rates, prepared to inflict economic pain to curb rapid and persistent inflation
- 52. The biggest state in United States
- 53. Meaning of the abbreviation "GF" on restaurant menus
- 55. Vegetable/fruit that goes on toast, causing millennials to not be able to afford houses
- 56. 6th in line for the succession to the British throne
- 57. Greek guy with a boulder issue
- 59. Someone from an ancient civilization that predicted that the world would end in 2012
Down
- 1. Object that was either white and gold or blue and black, depending on your opinion
- 2. Wizard that advises King Arthur
- 4. Country who went to war against a flightless bird
- 6. The only country with its name beginning with the letter O
- 7. Prehistoric monument in UK
- 11. Name of Covid variant that was detected in South Africa and was spreading fast in 2022
- 14. Invincible guy whose weak point is around his ankle
- 15. First name of actress who died a month before her 100th birthday in January 2022
- 18. Follow the Yellow Brick Road to get to the ___ City
- 20. First woman to win a Nobel Prize (and first person to win two)
- 23. Month where men grow mustaches to raise awareness for prostate cancer
- 24. Person who was slapped at the 94th Academy Awards after making a joke at someone's expense
- 27. Luke's father
- 30. Word that is formed by adding 3 letters to the middle of "PANIC"
- 32. A heart transplant from this animal to a human patient was done for the first time
- 35. Word that is spelt incorrectly in every dictionary
- 37. Pollinating the world with a sting
- 38. Mammal that has 5 toes on their front legs but 4 toes on their hind legs
- 39. Factor that affects the gender of crocodiles
- 40. Surname of UK's 56th Prime Minister
- 41. Name of actor who was involved in a high-profile defamation case against his ex-wife
- 42. Country that was formerly known as Ceylon
- 44. The Lord of the Rings
- 47. Finger with the fastest-growing nail
- 50. An individual trained to perform CPR and transport people in emergencies
- 51. Country with most pyramids
- 54. Number of countries Hong Leong Bank is present in
- 58. WW II conference site by the Black Sea in 1945