USA TODAY International Edition
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1 Phone programs 5 “Hollaback Girl” singer Stefani 9 Former member, for short 13 Island where many Chamorros live 14 Tripoli’s country 16 Best friend of Carmen, Bridget and Tibby 17 Gymnast nicknamed the “Sparrow from Minsk” 19 Villain’s secret hideaway 20 Thoroughly read 21 Resists
23 Six- point plays ( Abbr.)
24 Enjoy a meal 25 Part of a play 28 “what I mean when I say I’m sharpening my ___” ( Ewing poem) 34 Absolutely rocks an outfit, e. g. 36 Siete minus cuatro 37 Animated explorer 38 No longer wild 39 Blow like a volcano 40 Lambs’ mothers 41 TV host Kelly 42 Inform
43 “DO NOT ___” ( chalkboard plea) 44 Persian poet/ astronomer/ mathematician 47 Stanley Cup org. 48 Homophone of one vegetable; anagram of another 49 Physique, for short 51 Decorative pattern 54 Plucked instruments 57 Yaki ___ ( noodle dish)
58 Risky football play
62 Do some karaoke 63 Drink often topped with foam art 64 Berry popular in Brazil 65 Typists hit them 66 Free passes in tournaments 67 Payment to a landlord
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1 A while ___ 2 Orange juice option 3 Summon via beeper
4 Like some phones 5 Alternative to matte
6 Down to the ___ 7 Recede
8 Big Apple college 9 Like some restrooms
10 “The Half of It” star Lewis
11 Word after “storage” or “AC” 12 The Red Planet
15 In the beginning 18 “Great job!” 22 Pen fluid
24 One way to breathe 25 Prefix for “turf” 26 Assertion 27 Florida city on a bay 29 Feature of Rogue’s hair 30 Sincerely 31 Person from Des Moines, e. g. 32 Just- picked 33 “Self- Portrait with ___”
( Amrita
Sher- gil painting) 35 Young animals 39 Gasoline additive 43 Show feelings 45 Small barrel 46 Tolerates 50 Capital of Senegal 51 Dawn’s opposite
52 “Nurse Jackie” star Falco 53 Japanese electronics giant 54 Location 55 Jollof grain 56 Digitized document 59 Capture
60 Pig’s place 61 Collection of sewing items