Crossword Puzzle Answer for March 2023

Created by Jon Dunbar

ACROSS
1 “___ of Time”
5 Uchi ___ Zoo
9 Computer database language
12 What the early bird gets
13 Columbus’ state
14 “Cat on a Hot ___ Roof”
15 Goes with skirt or hula
16 Pressuring, especially the government
18 Furiously
20 Black gold
21 Ostrich’s cousin
22 US glue maker
25 Where you can find The Hankyoreh or The Korea Times
29 Mowry or Carrere
30 1960s protest singer Phil
31 K-pop group made from “Produce 101”
32 Obsessively support a celebrity
33 Opposite of “non”
34 Gwangju shares a KTX station with this
36 “___ down the hatches”
38 Cow’s sound
39 Listening organ
40 Korean bamboo flute
44 This gets its holiday on Feb. 20
47 The Sun ___ Rises
48 Hoppy beer
49 Easter Island head
50 Gugak percussion instrument played by twisting
51 Type of lentil
52 In harmony
53 Small flying insect
 
DOWN
1 Womans university in Seoul
2 Brig o’ ___
3 Hot rum drink
4 Myeongseong
5 Environmental damage
6 Exclamation at sea
7 Chest bone
8 Germanic mythological creature
9 Thin high heel
10 China’s first imperial dynasty
11 POSCO’s terminal in Gwangyang
17 Soon-rye or Jae-bum
19 Precursor of DMs
22 Mysterious
23 Director Johnson
24 Did karaoke
25 Beginner
26 Equatorial country (abbrev)
27 March 14 (2 words)
28 British-American financial company
32 Bridge over the Han River
34 Medicines
35 Biden or Pesci
37 Defector assemblyman Yong-ho
40 Top university official
41 Twitter owner Musk
42 American meat inspector
43 Unimportant
44 Canadian band Tragically
45 Simpsons character recently recast
46 Classic actress Myrna