USA TODAY International Edition
PUZZLES CROSSWORD
KEEP IT REAL
ACROSS
1 “2 On” percussion
6 Didn’t tell the truth
10 Basketball legend Bird
13 ___ Wafers
14 “The Good Dinosaur” dinosaur
15 Place for an herb box
16 “Wait your turn!”
18 Insects eaten by echidnas
19 Like candles or fake fruit
20 Trailer park vehicles
21 Fish pond growth
22 Italian sub meat
24 Like the countryside
26 “No turning back now”
30 Formally stop
33 Xinjiang’s continent
34 CT scan alternative, maybe
35 Pride parade letters
36 White marsh bird
38 Bumpy amphibian
39 Bigheadedness
40 Symbol that might be clicked
41 Box office busts
42 Journalists, collectively
46 ___ al pastor ( Mexican dish)
47 Acted hastily
50 Hidden snag
52 Automobile
53 Cart- pulling bovines
55 Post- marathon woe
56 Time spent doing stuff with other people
59 Black- eyed ___
60 Paradise lost in “Paradise Lost”
61 Does nothing
62 Suffix meaning “most”
63 Tallies up
64 Tech support callers
DOWN
1 Skiing surface
2 Girls, in Spanish
3 Singer ___ Ray Joel
4 Creation for a party or a run
5 Rested on a divan, say
6 Country north of Lithuania
7 Colorful part of the eye
8 Tree susceptible to some beetles
9 Female goat
10 Certain unmarried parent
11 Beauty chain
12 “What ___ could go wrong?”
15 Dish such as nam khao
17 Octet for a squid
21 Surface measurement
23 Enjoyed sushi, say
24 Romantic bloom
25 Meter or yard
27 Fixes with stitches
28 Yemen ___ Republic ( country from 1962- 1990)
29 Pot covers
30 Musical staff symbol
31 Toaster Swirlz brand
32 “Since you mentioned it . . .”
36 Reverberate
37 “What ___ around comes around”
38 Initial bits of progress
40 Mosquito bite result
41 “Mic Drop” K- pop group
43 Marathons, etc.
44 Prepares for a marathon, say
45 Mystical glow
48 Banishment
49 Postpone
50 Magician’s accessory
51 Top cards in poker
52 Kept in the email thread
54 Loch in Scotland
56 Squid’s home
57 “That’s weird”
58 “Monstress” author Marjorie
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