10 ARTS & CULTURE KANSAN.COM + CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Pearshaped fruit 4 Tic 9 Dance club VIPs 12 Epoch 13 Trattoria offering 14 Charged bit 15 Firehouse dog, often 17 Ms. Longoria 18 Illustrations 19 Foot part 21 Kind of inspection 24 Sub shop 25 Sturgeon product 26 Branch 28 Ceremonies 31 Yaks 33 “Platoon” locale 35 Pepper dispense 36 Form 38 “Wham!” 40 Lawyers' gp. 41 Red-tag event 43 40 winks 45 Rich travelers 47 Sportage maker 48 Swiss canton 49 Designer Dior 54 Actress Vardalos 55 Sully 56 Hosp. scan 57 Under-standing 58 Hose woes 59 Favorite DOWN 1 Nourished 2 Lyricist Gershwin 3 Guy's date 4 Rival of Athens 5 Dress-maker's aid 6 "— was saying ... 7 Strait-laced 8 Way 9 Nutrition expert 10 Jupiter's alias 11 Crisp cookie 16 Avril follower 20 Slender 21 PTA and NEA, e.g. 22 Ark builder 23 Lovin' Spoonful co-founder John 27 Atlas page 29 Exile isle 30 Open-handed hit 32 Hot tubs 34 Poking fun at 37 Votes in 39 Belted areas 42 Patriot Allen 44 Make lace 45 Rubbish 46 New York canal 50 Estuary 51 Little rascal 52 "Right you —!" 53 Petty peeve CRYPTOQUIP HDTF DF ZCK VEEBH VCKOK W GDT QWXK BKKO SEJXB ZWUK LKOI CKWLI HZKAH: "ZCK GJSU HZEQAH CKOK." Today's Cryptoquip Clue: E equals O 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 | | | | 18 | | | | 19 | 20 | | | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | 21 | 22 | 23 | | | | 24 | | | | | | 25 | | | 26 | | 27 | 28 | | | 29 | 30 | | 31 | | 32 | 33 | | 34 | 35 | | | | | 36 | | | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | | | | | 41 | | 42 | 43 | 44 | | | | | 45 | 46 | | | | 47 | | | | | | 48 | | | 49 | 50 | | | 51 | 52 | 53 | | 54 | | | 55 | | | | 56 | | | | 57 | | | 58 | | | | 59 | | | SUDOKU Difficulty Level ★ 2/13 +