USA TODAY CROSSWORD
R2-D2
ACROSS
1 Service animals that attended a relaxed performance of “Billy Elliot” to learn proper theater behavior
5 Resident of old Peru
9 Menzel who voiced Elsa in “Frozen”
14 Soothing plant
15 ___ ex machina
16 Exorcism target
17 Something flown in the Festival of the Winds
18 Metal deposits
19 Full of attitude
20 Like a vetoed veto
23 ___ v. Wade
24 Cups, saucers, kettle, etc.
25 Jerry’s cartoon nemesis
27 Like a chapped lip
29 Upper limb
30 Celebrity
33 “Hijab Butch Blues” or “Becoming”
35 “Gangsta’s Paradise” rapper
37 Sunrises
38 Veggie-based dessert similar to gajar ka halwa
41 Deck with Wands and Swords
42 Clown’s height enhancer
43 Looked around in a store
46 May birthstone
50 Does some basic math
51 Lion’s sound
53 Shorthand for a culinary staple
54 Reduced, like a list of possibilities
58 Martian, e.g.
61 Krispy ___ donuts
62 “Nasty”
63 Rule the ___
64 Ketchup on a carpet, for example
65 Actor Daniel ___ Kim
66 Prices
67 Stuff in museums 68 Cunning
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1 People for whom two U.S. states are named
2 Musical with the song “I’d Do Anything”
3 “Yay us!”
4 Oracles
5 “You’re not alone in that”
6 Niche enthusiast
7 Signaled
8 Good trait to have
9 Passports, e.g.
10 Near and ___ to my heart
11 “Definitely count me in!”
12 Piece of facial jewelry that might hang from a septum
13 “Whichever!”
21 Vacation destinations
22 Opposite of a snub, for short
26 Interfere in other people’s business
28 Soph., jr. and sr.
31 Key in a computer combo
32 Shreds
34 Bistro bigwig
35 Lookout perch on a ship
36 Jackets, coats, ponchos, etc.
38 Piece of birthday mail that might have a musical chip
39 Yankee until ’16 40 Low-lit
41 Sched. placeholder
44 Step on your pet’s perfect little foot, say
45 Dweebs
47 Shirks
48 Lite
49 ___ Kong (video game)
52 Main artery
55 Six-legged workers on a hill
56 Give off
57 Family room
58 Curved shape
59 British potty
60 Siri’s platform