Across
- 4. Land of pubs
- 6. On a dark day is gray, a better one yellow and green, but always square.
- 7. Scruffy, but still a pleasant fluffy
- 9. A U.S. state back in the day which could have adopted a slogan similar to Portland's
- 12. Island famous for a "vrooming" race
- 15. The name given to COVID by the man whose sign language name means "toupée"
- 20. A favorite pasttime
- 23. University snacks?
- 24. My beloved, your place to wear mittens
- 25. Getup for a giddy-up
- 26. Field trip!
- 29. Seattle Alaskan Malamute
- 31. A very good boy, not forgotten
- 32. Kin
- 33. Strumming wouldn't be possible without them
- 35. The discipline of banging and sawing and cutting
- 36. Settling for nothing less in the sky
- 39. Awkward reminder once a few hundred milliliters lighter
- 40. Little Rocket Man (abbr.)
- 42. People who have a PhD in this look like Doc Brown, as a stereotype. A stereotype which didn't come out of nowhere...
- 44. State post clue #20
- 47. He showed up with just a toothbrush and his wallet
- 49. Slang for what the Scarecrow didn't have
- 50. The superior military branch
- 51. A favorite Star Wars quote of mine
- 52. The best PNW island
- 54. Butter bar, but not on an Army base
- 55. What you shouted in a restaurant, or what a new father might say
Down
- 1. *THE* Jeep.
- 2. The type of person who gets upset about eating at a low-quality restaurant
- 3. Heavenly delectable swirls
- 5. Green fruit people?
- 8. My gateway-enabler, your beloved
- 10. Where you'd say "ahhh."
- 11. The fit hit the shan.
- 13. People can cheat their Apple Watch walking activity with this substitution
- 14. A pilot's punny favorite drink
- 16. Your favorite color (if I remember correctly)
- 17. "Yes"
- 18. Best meal of the day
- 19. A favorite Star Wars quote of yours
- 21. A near homophone to a word for noises made by an empty stomach, and is related to causing these noises
- 22. April 8th, 2024 - neato
- 27. To whom credit is owed for looking spiffy
- 28. How you send text messages
- 30. For this, the more meat and grease, the better
- 34. Cheesy Valentine's wordplay for a coffee-lover
- 37. My kitchen item, your beloved
- 38. Use it to fix being thirsty down under
- 40. Could be considered the 1800s Neil Armstrong of new frontiers
- 41. Alternate if you disputed the answer to #29
- 43. Apt, but unoriginal name for your old set of legs
- 45. Famous natural beauty of Washington
- 46. You were there before it was cool
- 48. A malapropism for what might be the "other" in an inverted 50/50 adage
- 53. Pre-coffee person?