Crossword Puzzle Answer for October 2021

Created by Jon Dunbar

ACROSS

1 Jeju trail

5 Vitamin C drinks

8 Net, in soccer

12 Part of a flower or wine glass

13 Defective bomb

14 Hankook or Dong-A

15 Be abundant

16 Orange Life predecessor

17 Hercules’ father

18 Bare minimum ethical standard or the most ferocious demonstration of selflessness

21 Garbage

24 Hyundai’s defense unit

28 “Ready, ___, fire!”

29 “___ Joy” (2 words)

33 Shade of color

34 Combat sport

35 Japanese instant noodle

36 City council representative title

37 Super Mario 3 console

38 Phrase

39 Pie ___ mode (2 words)

40 Something useful or valuable

42 Quinn or Turner

44 Best way to end a pandemic

48 Bob Marley 1978 album

51 US postal code

52 LG Chem’s battery unit

56 Enthusiastic

57 Room coolers

58 Embattled van-hailing service

59 Naver text messaging app

60 Kia subcompact

61 Put in the overhead bin

DOWN

1 Movie music

2 5G predecessor

3 Byung-hun or “Scratch” Perry

4 US TV industry awards

5 Thor’s father

6 National Intangible Cultural Asset Kwan-chae

7 UN global goals

8 Gadget

9 Grand ___ Opry

10 ___ Dhabi

11 ___ Angeles

19 Gwangju Mexican restaurant

20 Race in Gurye

21 Jeju kingdom

22 Country musician LeAnn

23 Accumulate

25 Anti-missile battery in Sangju

26 Honorific title for Jeju demigods

27 Gwangju’s Indonesian sister city

30 Patriarch

31 Sex Pistols’ former label

32 Bbang Goom ___

41 Avoid

43 UK English language proficiency test

45 Russian monarch

46 Korea Image Awards presenter

47 ___ facto

48 Hanjin’s airline

49 Video file format

50 Opposite of yang

53 Yangban hat

54 Old name for Tokyo

55 Wood-cutting tool