Giant Library Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. Another name for a newspaper
  2. 5. How to go to the American Sign Museum for free through the library
  3. 6. Size of most novels
  4. 10. Name of the stairs on the first floor
  5. 14. Place where extra books are stored
  6. 16. Famous book about a whale
  7. 17. Our Makerspace engraver uses this to engrave wood
  8. 19. The "name" of a book
  9. 21. Made up stories, like sci-fi or literary fiction
  10. 22. Use these to keep your place in a book
  11. 26. CHPL is a ____ free library
  12. 28. The person library staff call to get a book from the stacks
  13. 29. Folded paper on the doorstep each morning
  14. 30. One of two branches that are the furthest from the Downtown Main Library
  15. 32. Branch with a slide inside
  16. 34. Dismissive term for low-quality newspapers
  17. 38. Most circulated newspaper in America
  18. 39. A book about a person's life and written by that person
  19. 40. The _____ Information Center handles all the calls to CHPL
  20. 42. Popular alt-weekly Cincinnati publication
  21. 44. Where to find a 3D printer
  22. 45. Japanese graphic novels
  23. 46. "Put" this on a book when you want to be in line for it next
  24. 48. Cost of a library card
  25. 52. One of two branches that are the furthest from the Downtown Main Library
  26. 54. Exciting news item
  27. 58. Perfect type of book to improve any skill
  28. 59. How old newspaper are stored
  29. 61. Do not use these to keep your place in a book
  30. 65. There are over 50 of these at the Main Library alone
  31. 69. Rare nowadays but they used to deliver the paper each morning
  32. 71. The Makerspace printer that can print on anything flat and hard
  33. 72. Number of branches, including Main
  34. 74. The first paragraph that sums up a news story
  35. 75. The daguerreotype is made up of this many plates
  36. 76. This branch reopens in fall of 2026 after a complete overhaul
  37. 78. A numerical commercial book identifier
  38. 80. "Hot off the _____"
  39. 82. The unique numbers and letters on a book spine
  40. 83. Located in the 500 section
  41. 84. Unique name of the Youngstown, Ohio, newspaper
  42. 85. Five dollars of free _____ everyday with a library card
  43. 86. Use this to find books all over Ohio
  44. 87. Digital books
  45. 88. It was a Disney movie before it was a play
Down
  1. 1. Other name for newspaper comics
  2. 3. Cincinnati newspaper
  3. 4. Most checked out book of 2025
  4. 7. A book of geographic maps
  5. 8. The type of plate the 1848 Panorama was captured on (Check it out on the 3rd floor!)
  6. 9. Name of books larger than 12" tall
  7. 11. Area in the library you can record your own library story
  8. 12. Line where you find the name of the writer of an article in a newspaper
  9. 13. Need recipes? Look in these
  10. 15. All the rare books are found in this room
  11. 18. Every book has at least one of these, typically a lot more
  12. 20. You need an MLS to be this type of professional
  13. 23. App for watching free tv shows and movies
  14. 24. System used to classify nonfiction books
  15. 25. Opinion pieces in a newspaper
  16. 27. The largest library in the world is the Library of ______
  17. 28. Library database for old Enquirer articles
  18. 31. Street the Main Library is located on
  19. 32. What a librarian may say to a noisy patron
  20. 33. Number of floors at the Main Library (Hint: you can't see all of them!)
  21. 35. A book about a person's life written by someone else
  22. 36. Used to search for books
  23. 37. Newspaper section for job listings
  24. 41. "____ all about it"
  25. 42. Book carrying device
  26. 43. Student newspaper at The University of Cincinnati
  27. 44. A newspaper name plate
  28. 47. Another name for borrowing a book
  29. 49. What the library is known for
  30. 50. Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public ______
  31. 51. The Golden Rule for all libraries
  32. 53. Naysayers said this would make libraries obsolete
  33. 55. Boston has the Globe, Chicago has the ______
  34. 56. App for checking out ebooks
  35. 57. This Cincinnati newspaper has been defunct since 2007
  36. 60. First name of the man who invented the Dewey Decimal System
  37. 62. The name of the library's retired mascot
  38. 63. Located in the 700 section
  39. 64. Birds of America by John James _______
  40. 66. Located in the 600 section
  41. 67. The writer of a newspaper article
  42. 68. Pisces, Leo, et al
  43. 70. Located in the 200 section
  44. 73. Start your family tree in this department
  45. 77. The person in charge of a newsroom
  46. 79. A specific topic a reporter covers
  47. 81. Classic comic strip with Snoopy and friends