Across
- 1. Binding material; music group
- 4. Mealtime prayer
- 6. “When there are nine” justice
- 8. 2522 place
- 9. Spanish diminutive of apple
- 10. Peanut-butter-and-chocolate innovator H. B. __
- 12. Lover of books
- 13. Ballot choice
- 14. Study of the past
- 18. The Lightning Thief
- 21. Founded in 1887 by Joseph Cataldo
- 22. The Swamp District
- 23. Funland Beach
- 24. Worm catcher
- 25. The “turf” part of “surf and turf”
- 26. “Pig on her Head” artist
- 27. 2,170-mile east-west, large-wheeled wagon route and emigrant trail in the US
- 30. Just under a score
- 31. Former English & history teacher who penned his best-selling novel as a bedtime time story for his oldest son
- 34. Challenger teacher, Christa —
- 35. Signature is Costco brand; birthplace of BGW
- 36. Pekoe
- 37. Government affairs
- 38. Speedy; fast
Down
- 2. Twelfth month
- 3. Flu or fly
- 5. The Riveter
- 7. Loud noises; fringe of hair
- 8. Ten-spot gentleman
- 11. Washington, The _ State
- 15. Football, in most places
- 16. Red-blue mixture
- 17. Swing-era vibraphone master
- 19. Follower of the pope
- 20. Sentimental rabbit
- 21. King of Swing licorice stick bandleader surname
- 28. Three-time MLS Defender of the Year
- 29. Galentine's Day Creator
- 32. Speak, talk; Chuck Taylors
- 33. Lewis Carroll Wonderland adventurer