USA TODAY CROSSWORD

FRAME OF REFERENCE

ACROSS

1 Petty quarrel 5 “Oh, be quiet” 10 Comedy sketch 14 Ilhan of Congress 15 “What do you call cheese that’s not yours? ___ cheese!” 16 Wraps up

17 Lacking color 18 Betting everything 19 Majority of a

latte 20 Candidate likely to win in a landslide 23 Two truths and

a ___ 24 Suggestion, for

short 25 Angry 26 Aloo matar

morsel 11 Make a blanket, 29 OB or GYN, e.g. maybe 31 Nutrient in 12 Not busy

spinach 13 Sound of 33 Disney elephant disapproval 35 Plundered stuff 21 Mutual ___ 38 Meandering (reciprocal

path support system) 41 Skin care brand 22 Color of some

42 “Pressure” singer wine

Ari DOWN 25 “Stay tuned for 43 Volleyball court 1 Flannel shirt, e.g. updates”

divider 2 Apple computer 26 Placed

44 USA show about a 3 Flannel shirt 27 Jimmy Eat World

hacker season genre 48 Holiday during 4 Work on spec 28 ___ Dhabi which banh chung 5 Drum kit part 30 “I’m not is eaten 6 Fifty percent interested” 49 Lasso material 7 Socal school that 31 “All ___ say is . . .” 51 Organ behind a publishes The 32 Whitewater

monocle Daily Bruin rafting site

52 Ewes’ mates 8 Sarah Snook’s 33 French fashion 54 Cluster of orange “Succession” role brand that

trees, say 9 “It’s an ___ just to collaborated 57 “Quit it!” be nominated” with Amoako 59 “We feel that way 10 It makes up the Boafo

also” eyes in a winking 34 Capital of 60 Ages emoticon Norway

Answers: Call 1-900-988-8300, 99 cents a minute; or, with a credit card, 1-800-320-4280. 63 Back from

vacation

64 Very small

65 Membership fees 66 Needs to pay

back

67 Name hidden in

“world record”

68 Oodles 4/9

36 Chiwere

speakers, maybe 37 Message that might have emojis

39 Not yet achieved 40 Back in style

45 Upcycled

46 Shellfish that’s

shucked

47 “Get outta here!” 50 Plumbing tubes 53 Brand with “Be

Curly” products 55 Road groove

56 ___ G BIV

57 “Yellowjackets”

network, for short 58 Haul to the

mechanic

61 “The Matrix” role 62 ID on a mortgage

application