The Commercial Appeal

USA TODAY CROSSWORD

- CROSSWORD EDITED Amanda Rafkin BY Mark Valdez © Andrews Mcmeel

TIME TO PAY UP!

ACROSS

1 Devout

6 Stat affected by

traffic 9 Disapprovi­ng

sound 12 Frozen coffee

treat 13 The Windy City,

for short 14 Mahershala of

“Ramy” 15 Reader’s ___ 16 Scorch 17 “___ Your Records On” (Corinne Bailey Rae song) 18 Love, in Italian 19 Chocolatey

sundae topping 21 Developer of the video game Centipede 24 SNL alum

Gasteyer 25 Some records 28 Sound of a

high-five 29 The T of LGBTQ+,

for short 31 State where you can visit the world’s largest popcorn ball

33 Apt name for a

financial planner 34 Video chat

device 36 Thrift store caveat 37 Rom-com, e.g.

39 Capital of Peru

40 Olympic figure

skater Adam

42 Lentil dish

43 Identity for some

agender people

44 Many “Love,

Victor” characters, age-wise

45 Difficult-to-please

star

A C ll 1 900 988 8300 99 47 Fuel for some cars 48 Record label for

Shakira

49 Phone notificati­on 51 Question of

authentici­ty

55 Actress Thompson 59 Bother nonstop

60 Fairy tale beast

61 Get the message 62 “I’ll pass”

63 EWR or JFK

alternativ­e

64 Out for the night,

in a way

65 Cpl.’s superior

66 Throw gently

67 Word after “mic”

or “music”

DOWN

1 Proper’s partner 2 Jafar’s sidekick in “Aladdin”

3 “The Phantom of the ___”

4 Unexpected defeats h 5 Broadway

backdrop

6 Repeat

7 “And Just Like ___ . . .” (“Sex and the City” revival)

8 Flying fee

9 Performanc­e that makes clicking sounds

10 Slimy mollusk

11 Festival of the

Winds flyer

12 Org. that approves vaccines

16 Disney’s Rescue

Rangers

20 Lacking the skill 22 Adjusts, like

wheels

23 Like a red steak 25 Fibber

26 Put forth

27 Express interest

on Tinder

29 “___ days of

Christmas” d 1 800 320 4280

YESTERDAY’S ANSWERS

30 Brazilian dance

32 Characteri­stic

35 Baseball icon

Willie

38 Train track part

41 Continuall­y

winning

46 Painter or

composer, e.g.

50 Car brand named

for an inventor

51 Roadside

lodgings

52 ___ paneer

(spinach dish)

53 Toaster waffle

brand

54 The “A” in UAE

56 Spotted

57 Took legal action

against

58 Grindr or Hinge

61 Used to be

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