Sep 26' Crossword

September's theme is Golden Harvest. A moment to pause and taste the sweetness of what we’ve already grown. This isn’t the end of the journey; it’s the season where the work begins to show its fruit. The art we’ve made, the connections we’ve nurtured, the growth we’ve earned, all of it deserves to be enjoyed now, not later.
This month reminds us that abundance doesn’t have to wait for December. We can rest in our progress, celebrate our wins, and let satisfaction be part of the creative process. Golden Harvest is about claiming joy in the present moment. Enjoying your bread while its hot, instead of letting it stale for a rainy day.

Across

1. Key of Beethoven's "Fidelio" Overture: Abbr.
5. Application letters
8. "Save me ___" (latecomer's request)
13. "I never ___ moor": Emily Dickinson
14."Yikes!"
16. "We're on the _ of a new discovery!"
17.They're good for the long haul
20.What the moon does during a lunar eclipse
21.Taxonomy suffix
22.___ in igloo
23."Yes, there ___ God!"
24.Warning on a highway
25.Large objects in space
33.Altar constellation
34.Common rhyme scheme
35.Summary
36."The Secret of ___" (1982 animated film)
38.Classic German camera maker
41.____Shahidi – Actress, producer, and host
42.Six-time baseball All-Star Rusty
44.Where Graceland is: Abbr.
46.To the ___ degree
47.Put under pressure
51.Region
52.Grade school subj.
53.Bird: Prefix
56.Spanish 101 verb
57.____ Blackwell – Internet personality and brand creator with a comedic, unfiltered style.
61.Strike
64.Very, in music
65.End in ___
66."The Addams Family" nickname
67.Jordan ____– Director/writer of Get Out, Us, and Nope.
68.Germany, before 1990
69.Those, to José

Down

1.Cornerstone abbr.
2.Nickname for Martha
3."Don't you know there's ___ on?"
4.____ Asamoah – Beauty entrepreneur and influencer
5.Kind of ward
6.Supermarket V.I.P.'s: Abbr.
7."Am ___ risk?"
8.An ace is a good one
9.French seasoning
10.___ saw Elba"
11.Taj Mahal site
12.Thomas Hardy heroine
15.Reason for a bib
18.Nickname for Theresa
19.Tiny bit of progress
24.____ Brown – Actress, Emmy winner, and entrepreneur
25.Are able, biblically
26.Verdi aria
27.Hip-hop's Kendrick ___
28."May ___ excused?"
29.Law"
30."Sorry, already have plans"
31.Keep one's ___ the ground
32.Warren ___, baseball's winningest lefty
37.Sacker of ancient Rome
39.Middling grade
40.Big name in brewing
43.Ogre, to a kid
45.Argentine tots
48.”The Sopranos" actress ___ de Matteo
49.___ cotta
50.Paternal relative
53."Want me to draw you ___?"
54.Squeezing tool or an addiction
55.Actress Steppat of "On Her Majesty's Secret Service"
57.Muslim judge of North Africa
58.San ___ Obispo, Calif.
59.Rick's love in "Casablanca"
60.Unspecified degrees
62.Suffix with confident
63.Pay stub abbr.

Sep 26' Crossword

The Prize

This month our prize is coming from a brand we have collaborated with back in our Cottagecore Black Folks days! 
Please give a standing ovation to Black Girl Sunscreen, founded in 2016 by Shontay Lundy out of frustration with the lack of sunscreen products that catered to darker skin tones. Our first place winner can expect to receive these prizes!

1) BGS Makeup Bag – Waterproof Quilted Cosmetic Case
2) Black Girl Sunscreen SPF 30
3) Sun Shield UPF 50+ Gloves

Crossword prize