MAY 24, 2019: JERUSALEM POST CROSSWORD PUZZLE - Flower girls

1. They’re held at both ends when eating corn

5. e.e.cummings, e.g.

9. Turbanesque fabric

11. Ultra or shrinking ___

13. Rhyming pub order (2 words)

14. Like a slingshot handle or fork in the road (2 words)

16. You may be asked to arrive at the airport 3 hrs. prior to this (abbr.)

17. Stratagems

19. Lyricist Gershwin or author Levin

20. Biblical prophet (abbr.)

22. Pooh author

23. Writable discs (abbr.)

24. Asian country split between North and South

26. ___-nosed

27. Who Muslims pray to

28. Bonkers; not functioning properly

30. What a predator does

31. Military alliance between 29 North American and European countries

32. Prefix meaning “10”

33. Norway or Greenland sight

35. Harry Potter's aunt

38. Angry

39. Speed (up)

40. Puts in the mail

42. ___ Marie, actress on The Dick Van Dyke Show

43. Goddess of agriculture

45. Answer to invitation (abbr.)

46. Suffix with ideal, social, satan, etc.

47. Weakness

49. That girl

50. Stiff, wooden in manner

52. Talker’s talent

54. Curt

55. Creative work with everyday objects (2 words)

56. While lead-in

57. Attention-getting sound

1. Volcano’s crater (anagram for CAR DEAL)

2. Poem of praise

3. Sing one’s own praises

4. Oriental salutation (var.)

5. Ski trail (anagram for SPITE)

6. ___ and ahs

7. The ___ Valley: David and Goliath battle sight (var.)

8. Without much exuberance, in a lukewarm way

9. Unleavened bread eaten during Passover (var.)

10. Not quite in the major leagues

11. In contention

12. Mountainous regions of planets

13. Quick look

15. Morse code element

18. ___ Hawaii: 1961 Elvis Presley film

21. ___ speaker (convention participant)

23. Less dirty

25. ___ of (know about)

27. Department store Neiman M___

29. ___ be a real shame if...

30. Teacher’s favorite

32. Turn exposed film into negatives

33. Tops with icing

34. Aladdin princess

35. Prefix with scope or meter

36. “To be concise” (2 words)

37. Telly pitch

38. Author Murdoch

39. Set to go

41. Zippy (especially for an old person)

43. Went slowly

44. ltem for barber

47. Data-uploading inits.

48. Runs off at the mouth

51. ___a: Israeli currency until replaced by the shekel in 1980

53. Professors’ helpers, usually grad students (abbr.)