USA TODAY CROSSWORD
CUT A RUG
ACROSS
1 ___cadabra 5 It can be obtuse or
acute 10 Singer Franklin 14 Brew made from
honey 15 Entrance hall 16 Sign gas 17 Jafar’s parrot in
“Aladdin” 18 Repeated joke 20 Considered
overnight 22 Brew that might
have honey added 23 ER VIPS 24 Mattress company
with sheep mascots 25 Trick or ___ 27 Concludes 30 Spew like a volcano 32 Cartoonist associated with overly complicated machines 36 “I’ve got it!” 28 Accomplishes 37 The first 12 months 29 Box spring 38 Not pre- or postalternatives
41 Hockey org. DOWN 30 Magazine 42 Period of time 1 Not quite right with a Power 100 43 Tech co. that 2 “If ___ Street Could list
created Watson Talk” 31 Apartment 44 Oklahoma city that 3 Wild party payment was home to Black 4 Superman, for one 32 Diatribes Wall Street 5 Hairstyle for Colin 33 “Suuure” 47 Double agent, for Kaepernick 34 Dancer in a tutu
example 6 Person, place or 35 Coffee brewing 48 The T in LGBTQIA+ thing method
50 Pasta that may be 7 OB-___ 38 Former WNBA
stuffed 8 Period before team that
52 Jaguars, Bengals Easter shared an
or Panthers 9 Ohio’s Great Lake arena with the 53 Ignore a “no 10 The E in ESL (Abbr.) Heat
spoilers” request 11 “We ___ to inform 39 “Son of,” in 59 Class before calc you . . .” Arabic names
61 Pleasing smell 12 Polynesian Disney 40 Parts of private 62 Cambodia’s princess convos on
continent 13 Feeling with a Twitter
63 Chinese dynasty German name 45 Nancy’s best associated with 19 Word after friend vases “Mother” or 46 “True
64 Lose your cool “human” Detective” star 65 Rice-a-___ 21 Like sourdough Mahershala
66 “Nomadland” 26 D&D or WOW 48 Number of legs
director Chloe genre on a crab Answers: Call 1-900-988-8300, 99 cents a minute; or, with a credit card, 1-800-320-4280.
© Andrews Mcmeel
67 Granny ___ apple 68 Piggy bank opening 5/9
49 Storm tracking
devices
51 Some fasteners 52 Show the ropes 54 Streetcar
55 Hagar’s daughter 56 Radiate
57 Spanish for “boy” 58 Way of walking 59 Celeb gossip site 60 Fenty Beauty
founder, to fans Friday’s Answer