USA TODAY CROSSWORD
JUNIOR HIGH
ACROSS 1 Hinged part of the
skull 4 Chem or bio (Abbr.) 7 Stone in some
Chinese art 11 Bug that flies into
lights 12 ___ Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2021 13 Skin care company whose name sounds like an exclamation 14 ___ mater
15 Line on a graph 16 Stories passed
down by ancestors 17 Sketch show since
’75 18 Inc. alternative 20 “Business in the front, party in the back” hairstyle 22 Many moons ___ 12 Winner of the 23 “Yikes!” inaugural MLB 24 Ruse Rookie of the Year 25 “Wow, that’s rough” award
26 Mix 17 ___ Paolo, Brazil 28 Filipino omelets 19 “___ do it!”
32 Prefix for “lingual” 21 Weaving machine 34 Pirates’ domains 27 Elevate 36 Women’s History 29 Unoriginal
Month 30 Ghana’s capital 37 Come up 31 Hermit crab’s 39 Distressed jeans DOWN protection
have many 1 Food central to a 33 Keeps apart 41 Pleasant “war” between from others 42 Info-gathering Ghana and Nigeria 35 Sound of a wet
mission 2 Device in a impact 43 Capital near a fjord convenience store 37 Sound after 44 Key below Shift 3 Sea creatures that a “Speak!” 45 Senses “sing” command 46 Drop of sweat 4 Boston Red ___ 38 Happen 47 Get better 5 Type of ape afterward 48 German 6 Diss 40 Beverage in a
automaker 7 Fruit-flavored hard float 50 Story that might be candy 49 Took a gulp,
“tall” 8 Boba tea add-in say 52 Future full-time 9 Projectile thrown in 51 Didn’t tell the
employee, perhaps a pub truth 54 Colorful part of an 10 Hole in a needle 52 De-wrinkle
eye 11 Plant that bears 53 They hang from 57 Available tropical fruit basketball rims
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58 Thank you, in Swahili 62 Sticky tree stuff
64 Automated social
media accounts
65 “We’re all set
without that”
66 ___ Grande
67 Social connections 68 Hardly a mystery
69 Opposite of remove 5/17
55 Environmental
activist Hirsi
56 Uttered
57 Govt. intelligence
agency
59 “It’s ___ from me” 60 Never-been-used 61 Number of pins knocked down in a strike
63 Pea holder