Crossword Clues, from the Latin
"Moon" adjective
(5 letters)
lunar
Schubert's was unfinished:
NYMPHS YO
symphony
AMC Theatres claims to sell 52 million bags of this snack food every year
popcorn
In one word, not guilty
innocent
Including the pole vault & hurdles, the athletic contest known as the decathlon comprises this many track & field events
10
"Flesh devouring" adjective
(11 letters)
carnivorous
He or she does it with a wave:
NO CUT CORD
conductor
In 2025, cardinal Robert Prevost became the first American to assume this lofty title
Pope
In the 1970s these department store models for clothing displays began to have belly buttons
mannequins
In 1971 the age to vote in U.S. elections was lowered to this
18
"Before the war"
(10 letters)
antebellum
Pitchy Italian tooter:
COCO LIP
piccolo
If you love Dum Dums & Chupa Chups, you're a real sucker for this treat
lollipop
Born in the '80s & early '90s, they're often depicted as tech-savvy & maybe just a bit entitled
millennials
A bar mitzvah is traditionally celebrated when a Jewish boy has reached this age
13
"Underground"
(12 letters)
subterranean
It's all about music love:
MOLAR INCH HIP
philharmonic
The United Nations estimated that the world's this reached 8 billion on Nov. 15, 2022
population
This verb can mean to have your hiking companion for dinner, or to take resources from one project to finish another
cannibalize
Like the individual cells in a beehive honeycomb, a hexagon is a figure with this many sides
6
"The knowledge of laws"
(13 letters)
jurisprudence
This section can really bang:
SUPERSONIC
percussion
In 1953, 10-year-old Gayla Peevey sang about wanting this large animal for Christmas
hippopotamus
Shakespeare wrote 154 of these 14-line poems
sonnets
In a story written by Washington Irving, Rip Van Winkle drinks a magic liquor & then falls asleep for this many years
20