USA TODAY CROSSWORD
DOWN TO EARTH
ACROSS 1 Actress Shahi 6 Jiggly dessert 11 Huge venues 13 Climb the ___ ladder (move up at work) 14 Filling for Ethiopian sambusas 16 Very surprising in an unpleasant way 17 Encouragement from a dinner host 18 Preserving 20 Pop-ups on the
web, for example 21 Marketing term often disputed by dietitians 23 Relaxing soak 26 General on Chinese takeout menus 16 Peanut butter 27 Mystery brand 31 Broadcasted 19 Destination
again invoked in King’s 33 Boxes for bassists “I’ve Been to the 35 Spoken word Mountaintop”
poetry event speech
36 WNBA All-star DOWN 21 Unsolid
Ogunbowale 1 Black Friday event foundation
37 Super Mario 2 Surface ___ 22 Share gossip
Galaxy console (geometry 23 Unruly kid
38 Bangladesh’s calculation) 24 Prefix for “space”
capital 3 First-of-the-month 25 Slightly 39 Spicy, sour soup payment shorten 41 Sprays with liquid 4 Industrious insect 28 Donut coating 43 Munch like a 5 Poetic form used 29 Manufacturer
zebra by Basho 30 Gather over 45 Seat finders 6 Lingo time 46 Rhode Island’s 7 Slip up 32 Cells that
capital 8 “Star Wars” transmit 48 Vegetable with general electrical
layers 9 ___ an ear signals 50 “i’m begging u” 10 Formal groups, 34 Spot on a die 51 Skilled for short 38 Gets rid of 55 Luxury car brand 12 Took a siesta 40 Dallas NBA
owned by Toyota 13 Campsite boats player, for
56 Faucet 15 Playground short
57 The Yangtze, for fixture with two 42 What feet
example seats facing each and noses can
58 “You said it!” other both do
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59 Hotel alternative 60 Male bee
61 Make a crease in 62 School email
ending
63 Sculpture material
2/14 44 Fastener for cables 46 Small part of a
digital image
47 College athletics
channel
48 Snowman in
“Frozen”
49 Pixar title fish
52 Acronym for a
cooking fat
53 School in Philly
54 Birch or beech Monday’s Answer