This week’s crossword was, in part, inspired by the feature article about vaccinations from our Jan. 17 issue on pages 8 and 9. Give it a read for helpful hints.

ACROSS
1. Singular, see 12 down
5. Rough lava flow
6. Half of cha-cha
8. Scrambled, drapes
9. Heard it through the Bovine
11. Spell K
14. Ancient Incan sun god
15. F.R.I.E.N.D.S. or The Simpsons
16. A little off
17. Iconic 1950s toy
18. Sounds like Auntie Jen
20. Daytime opera shows
22. Yellowfin tuna
24. Glandular fever
26. Worship the ivory idol
27. Pus-filled pock mark
28. Abbreviated Human Resources
29. Strong, vibrant

DOWN
1. Not similar
2. Computer-aided design
3. Hear the knot
4. Than, homophone
5. Writing style
6. Small humans
7. _____ & Science
8. Distrustfulness
10. The “strangling angel”
12. Substance of attenuated virus
13. Survivor idol
15. Eradicated
19. Repeating
21. At another time, again
22. Skin in the winter
23. Pronoun, she
25. Sea, or so we hear
26. Nonexistence kneel?

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