USA TODAY CROSSWORD

THREE 6

ACROSS 1 Tiebreaker

periods, for short 4 Publish in the

paper

9 Try to get into a

program

14 “I told you so!”

15 Extend a

subscription

16 Blender setting

17 Term popularized

by BP

20 Largest continent 21 Jersey number

worn by Pele

22 “Wait, ignore me” 23 What to do to avoid running out of stock

25 Long lock of hair 26 ___ out ( ignored) 27 Cleaned up a

barbershop

28 Brief moment

29 Country also

known as Ayiti

30 1976 ___- NBA

merger

33 Late- 20s

astrological event 36 Coupe, for

example

39 Snow monster

40 “You’re gonna have to work for that”

41 Some baby

clothes

43 Holder of paints

or eyeshadow

44 Go to

45 Term of address that’s the same forward and backward

46 “Cha-___!”

47 Sprinted

48 Haunted house

sounds

52 Songs on the

charts

53 “I Must Become a Menace to My Enemies” poet

55 Fashion magazine 56 Beloved 57 What genes are

made up of

58 Go downhill on a

snow day

59 Scold harshly

60 Maple tree

output

DOWN

1 Isaac or the Grouch

2 Matching group in

a china cabinet

3 Not playing

around

4 Paid player

5 Paid to use

temporarily

6 Determine through reasoning

7 “___ Moon” ( Brooks & Dunn song)

8 Cube root of this

clue’s number

9 Hot- and- cold

dessert

10 Person for whom

it’s all or nothing 11 Asks too many

questions

12 Allow to use

temporarily

13 Thus far

18 Bucky ___, the

Winter Soldier

19 Rubber involved in

“burning rubber” 24 Rotting

25 Bed size

27 Draped South Asian garment 29 Simple houses 30 Dad’s sister 31 Person from London or Liverpool

32 Poker

payment 34 ___ off

( annoyed) 35 Small

earthquake

36 Play callers on

sidelines

37 Tiny mound

38 Come up with

a new name for 42 Got the feeling

43 Chain with baked

goods

45 Huge house

47 “You don’t have to

be a jerk about it!” 49 Tacks on

50 Dad’s mom

51 Click of the fingers 53 Fast punch

54 Fast plane

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