Complete Clue List
Across
1. Noisy, omniverous, crested bird of Eastern US (2 wds)
6. First word in the full name of the most common kingfisher
11. Baltimore, hooded, or orchard
12. American Association of Retired Persons (abbr.)
14. Capture (slang)
15. Dynamite (abbr.)
16. Half a laugh?
17. Southwest (abbr.)
19. Known by its "caw"
22. Where a little bird comes from
24. Painful interjection?
25. Popular black and white cookie
26. Large freshwater wading bird (3 wds)
29. Where experiments are performed (abbr.)
30. Short way to say hello
31. Yellow and black cousin of blue and rose-breasted
38. "___Good ___ It Gets"
39. Postal abbr. of Pennsylvania
40. Male pronoun
41. A bird's home
43. Genus of medium to large soaring hawks
45. Fuel
46. Duck-like state bird of Minnesota
48. Not brighter but ___
50. Member of plover family, common in fields and pastures
52. Anger
53. State with large concentrations of 1 down (abbr.)
54. Small bird of the sea, storm-___
55. State bird of 25 down
Down
1. Symbol of the US (2 wds)
2. Ornament vase
3. Biblical character with much patience
4. Postal abbr. of Arkansas.
5. Partner of yang
6. Word common to 1 across and 26 across
7. Electrical engineer (abbr.)
8. Scarlet or summer
9. To feed oneself
10. Physician (abbr.)
13. Small flycatcher, Eastern and Western varieties
15. Not here but ___
18. Duck or loon-like diving bird
20. Orange-breasted harbinger of springtime
21. Burrowing or screech
23. Canada,snow or barnacle
25. Home of the Buckeyes
27. Large black bird of North and West North America
28. Finches' favorite type of seed
32. Naval Air Station (abbr.)
33. To decay
34. To be wound or unwound
35. Bachelor of Arts (abbr.)
36. Sound of discovery
37. Smallest of North American falcons
42. Cattle, snowy, or common
43. Female star of "10", ___ Derek
44. University of Nebraska at Kearney (abbr.)
45. Relative of 26 across, Little ___ Heron
47. Having to do with the mouth
48. To go for a swim is to take a ___
49. Birds ___ beautiful!
51. Individual Retirement Account (abbr.)