USA TODAY CROSSWORD
FIRST CHAIR ACROSS
1 “I need a hand
here!”
5 Images like “Cold
Bernie”
10 Belt out a tune
14 Shape of the
president’s office
15 “Not gonna
happen”
16 Hen’s home
17 Leaning Tower city 18 ___ Nast (magazine publisher)
19 Often-neglected pieces of a bread loaf
20 Classic gift for aspiring young chefs
23 “Ugh, this is so
dull!”
24 Bottle cap type
28 Skin care brand
31 Maple tree liquid 32 “The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword” console
33 Stooped down
35 Domino piece
36 Pompous
40 “Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood” comedian Trevor
41 Rhino relatives with
long snouts
42 “Well, ___ be!”
43 Intent
46 Poi ingredient
47 Layered pasta
dishes
50 “He’s making a list,
checking it ___ . . .” 54 Carol in which “la”
appears 96 times 57 Slightly
60 “Great blue” bird
61 Lower body part
with 26 bones
62 Bear Smallhill, for D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai
63 “___ in Paris”
(Netflix series) Answers: © Andrews McMeel
64 “Insecure” actress
Rae
65 Checked out
66 Retro photo tone 67 Concert souvenirs
DOWN
1 Feels wishful
2 French water brand 3 “Ted ___” (Apple
TV+ show)
4 What two rowdy
dogs might do
5 Flaky rock
6 Furry “Star Wars”
creature
7 Painter Claude
8 Provides funding
for
9 Plant-based sugar
substitute
10 Aroma
11 Atom with a charge 12 Silent acknowledgment
13 Navigational
system, for short
21 Burp
22 Psychic ability
25 Silly people 26 Like napkins after
dabbing pizza
27 Word after “pizza”
or “pumpkin”
29 Alias letters
30 100-___ shop (Japanese equivalent of a dollar store)
33 Rotary phone parts 34 Banned insecticide 35 Fly off the handle 36 Opposite of
“adios” 37 Yoga
accessory 38 Hoppy brew 39 Circumference
measurement 40 Zilch 43 Grow older 44 Parts of yards 45 Defiant response to an order 48 Put two and
two together 49 Word before “mall” or
“poker”
1/11
51 “You win”
52 Nearby
53 “Como ___?” (“How
are you?”)
55 Hindu Festival of
Colors
56 “Orinoco Flow”
singer
57 “___ we there yet? 58 Furby, for one
59 The “A” in 38-Down