USA TODAY CROSSWORD
MIDDLE C’S
ACROSS
1 Like down jackets 6 Footwear retailer 9 Q-tip, for example 13 Like month-old
bread 14 Dance performed
wearing a pa’u 15 “Present!” 16 1993 witch movie 18 A single time 19 Peak 20 11/10 on the
spiciness scale 22 Nintendo console 23 Last letter of the alphabet, in Canada 24 Canine helper at a
baseball game 27 Speak off the cuff 29 Chunky ___
sweater 31 Amazement 32 Using the internet 34 Davone Tines solo
© Andrews Mcmeel 35 Label scanned at DOWN 30 Baby bird’s place
checkout 1 “Get outta here!” 33 Not doing 39 Drop in the mail 2 Ideal society anything 40 Most recent 3 Phone-unlocking 34 Random ___ of
41 “___ be great if . . .” technology kindness 42 Leave hair 4 State of change 35 Letter after alpha
everywhere 5 “You betcha!” 36 Phrase that might 44 Written 6 ___ tape accompany a mic
assignment 7 Not enunciate drop
47 Taiwan’s capital 8 Coating for 37 Itty-bitty
49 Molecule in roasted peas 38 Rae who said
chromosomes 9 Attempt a threepointer, “I’m rooting for 50 Actress Grier for example everybody 52 Snacks, or an urge 10 Ceased Black”
to snack communications 39 Basic 55 Weather ___ 11 Curved path command in (device on top of a 12 Quilting event obedience barn) 14 Wait for the school
56 Dalmatian next available 42 One of 100
marking representative U.S. congresspeople
58 Footbags 17 Laguna ___ (Abbr.)
60 Model’s 21 Piece of headwear 43 “King of
expression 23 Metal with the the Mile” El 61 ___ vera chemical symbol Zn Guerrouj 62 What a phoenix 25 Minor injury, cutely 45 Oak Flat
rises from 26 Equipment people 63 ___ and crafts 28 “___ have mercy!” 46 Tugged 64 Day before Tue. 29 What cats do forcefully 65 Requiring lots of when “making 48 Strokes on golf
attention biscuits” greens
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4/14 49 Fake out, in hockey
51 Not neat
53 Band of light
54 Widely admired
person
55 Bouquet holder
56 Houston’s The Gleaux Factory, for example
57 “___ supuesto!”
59 ___ Juan, Puerto
Rico
Wednesday’s Answer