USA TODAY International Edition
CROSSWORD 2/11
SCREEN TEST ACROSS
1 Wood in model kits 6 Geysers do it
10 Where rials are spent
14 Wage negotiations side
15 Bit of mock vocal fanfare 16 Aspiring pilot’s milestone 17 2-for-1 Wall Street event, perhaps 19 Car rental partner of Budget 20 Wind chimes sound 21 Meticulously planned movie scene
23 Sleepy Hollow horseman’s lack 25 Threw into the mix 26 Chipotle Mexican Grill bite 29 Chalked part of a cue 31 Chaucer’s Tabard, e.g.
32 Hitch on the run 34 Borrower’s easy target
39 CBS forensic drama franchise 40 Howard Hughes, in later years 42 In addition 43 “Good gravy!” 45 Dashboard displays 47 Like Garfield or Santa Claus 48 Prefix in music genres
50 Talk on WhatsApp, e.g.
51 Annual report graphic
54 Sushi bar libation 56 Chain that sells 6-Down 60 Open, as a gate 64 Privy to 65 Statistician who founded FiveThirtyEight 67 Blogger’s tirade 68 Fairy tale preposition 69 Urbane, like 007 70 Some folding cash 71 Beach castle makeup 72 Corkscrew’s shape
DOWN
1 Total failure
2 Policy opponent
3 Predator of wildebeest 4 1950s gym dance 5 Common sprain site 6 NASCAR sponsor 7 Kramden and Norton, famously 8 Falco of “Nurse Jackie”
9 Bulb power unit 10 Reiterated refusal 11 Acted the nomad 12 Literary tea party guest 13 Pushed with one’s snout
18 Show to a chair 22 Respired after a race
24 Club with a mirrored ball 26 PC guru 27 In addition 28 Slinky’s shape 30 Accordion tune, perhaps 31 FWIW part 33 Like an inferior substitute 35 Gasohol and ethanol 36 Arches National Park state 37 Burger shop drink 38 Kimmel or Colbert 41 Defib pro 44 Men’s underwear style 46 Color paler than turquoise 49 Cross-shaped Greek letters 51 Site of Egypt’s Tahrir Square 52 Spicy Chinese cuisine 53 Make restitution 55 Potato-filled deli buy 57 Heavy burden 58 Competitor of 56-Across 59 School on the Thames 61 Shape of many grapes 62 Strauss of denim 63 Dino with puny forelimbs 66 This puzzle’s last entry, fittingly