MAURICEGREENE

PRACTICALJOKEFilling a friend's car with balloons, e.g. POETICJUSTICEReward or punishment that may be ironic SENSELESSNESSIdiocy PRIMARYCOLORSThey can be mixed to make orange, green and purple SEASONTOTASTESpring roll or summer sausage? GRANNYSQUARESPieces of crocheted fabric that make four-sided shapes ... or a hint to the theme words at 16a, 44a, 7d, and 41d: 2 wds. ROLLINTOABALLArrive à la Cinderella? OLDWIVESTALESFoolish traditions MOTHEROFPEARLGround opal, the former material for shiny ornamentation SUNKINDESPAIRUtterly depressed HUGHMCDIARMIDScottish poet whose works include A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle APOSTLESPOONSPieces of silver handled by disciples? NEILARMSTRONGThe first man on the moon NOELGALLAGHERMember of Oasis who formed his High Flying Birds in 2010