USA TODAY CROSSWORD
FIRECRACKERS
ACROSS
1 Experts
5 Seasonal Golden Arches sandwich 10 “This too shall ___” 14 Sign on again 15 “Schitt’s Creek” actress Catherine 16 Creative spark 17 “Fool That I Am” singer James
18 Skirts shorter than midis
19 Casual convo 20 Greeting that conveys confidence
23 Wipe clean
24 “So interesting!” 25 Rope at a rodeo 28 Stimpy’s cartoon pal
29 Six-pack muscles 31 More deliciously scandalous
33 Student’s stat
34 Really enjoy
35 “Voulez-vous couchez ___ moi?” 36 Alternative to live bait
39 Starting from 41 Actress ___ Cruz Kayne
42 South Bend’s state (Abbr.)
43 Tiki bar cocktails 45 Language in the film “Lake Windfall”
46 Reddit Q& A
49 Traffic cone
50 Nocturnal bird
52 Speck of land in the ocean 54 Requirement for a black-tie event
57 Yin’s counterpart 60 Infuriate
61 Randall Park’s alma mater
62 Anna’s sister in “Frozen”
63 Prolonged attack 64 Blurbs on book jackets
65 Attempt 66 Rabbits’ longer
eared relatives
67 Completely fill
DOWN
1 Like better
2 End a career
3 Defeated in a
cross-country race 4 Pesters with emails 5 _useum _f _odern _rt 6 Business-casual
pants
7 Total stranger
8 Lively dance sometimes performed on Saint Patrick’s Day 9 Lively party 10 Magician’s instruction
11 Sticky stuff
12 Word before “salt” or “serpent”
13 Took a load off
21 Lots and lots 22 Actress Tatyana 26 “___ ya later!”
27 “Lord of the Rings” monster 30 Religion for someone celebrating Ridvan 32 Citrus fruits sometimes more kindly described as “uniq”
33 Asset for a public
speaker
34 Genetic molecule 36 Thwart, like an evil
plot
37 ___ Cookies (bakery chain that’s open late at night) 38 Like a menorah’s candles before sunset 39 Volumeboosting device 40 “Needless to
___ . . .” 44 “Feliz ___
novo!” 45 Claim 46 Keys with 16
Grammy wins 47 Red wine grape 48 Relaxed
51 Make a bet
53 Leftover parts of tickets
55 Too hasty
56 Greek war god 57 “No doubt!”
58 Key next to the space bar 59 Code-cracking org.