USA TODAY CROSSWORD

PERIOD PIECES

ACROSS

1 Drain problem

5 “Seems ___”

(“I think it’s valid”) 10 Still competing

14 Epic tale

15 Wear away

16 Extinct bird

17 Prince song with a colorful name 19 Cookie with fondant filling

20 “Am not!” rebuttal 21 Ctrl-___-Del 22 Rib-eye, e.g. 23 “Rodeo” singer Lil ___ X

24 Container for cookies or sewing supplies 26 Emotionally removed

28 Do a little of this and a little of that 32 “Ideally . . .”

35 Part of the ear or brain

36 Neither’s partner 37 Prepare rooibos 38 Mutual ___

39 Doing nothing 40 Comic DeLaria 41 Rickshaw, e.g. 43 Polish city where Chopin’s heart is buried

45 Number of euros to the dollar, e.g. 48 Like Ugadi and Holi 49 Kitchenware brand 50 ___ your wage

(do only the work you’re paid to do) 53 Jack who could eat no fat

55 Docs’ degrees

57 “You can’t be serious!”

59 Writer such as Mahmoud Darwish 60 Download that offers forecasts 62 Name hidden in “thesaurus”

63 “Come in!”

64 Mandy Gull-Masty’s heritage

65 Marries

66 “Don’t ___ with me!”

67 Puts two and two together

DOWN

1 Channel that

covers Congress

2 Olympic gymnast

Zeng

3 Shrek and Fiona

4 Spaces between

things

5 Actor Pace

6 Off the mark

7 Word after “long

term” or “field”

8 Annual Alaskan

sled dog race

9 Number of decades in a century 10 “Samesies!”

11 “All sales are final” 12 “Can I bounce an ___ off you?” 13 Nabbed

18 Flower in yeonkkot-cha

22 Achy

25 Addams Family cousin

27 Room with Bunsen burners

28 Church seat 29 Top-notch

30 The Crescent City, for short 31 Sketched 32 Up to the task 33 Dino such as Barney 34 Book that might be enjoyed on a vacation 38 Quarrel 39 Wrath 41 “You ___ win ’em all” 42 “Your point being?” 43 Crayon stuff 44 Repent

46 Short break in activity

47 List of team members

50 Emmy or

Grammy

51 Like Batgirl, costume-wise 52 Uses a keyboard 53 Gush forcefully 54 Asana

56 Statistical info 58 Ocean predator 60 “Red Eye” director Craven

61 Regimen that might involve estrogen (Abbr.)