USA TODAY US Edition

PUZZLES

CROSSWORD

- BY Gail Grabowski

VOCATIONAL REVIEW

ACROSS 1 City southwest of Kyoto 6 Deep gorge 11 Fabric flaw 14 Play guitar chords 15 Sites for Christmas lights 16 Laudatory verse 17 Telemarket­ing activity 19 Barnyard female 20 State with certainty 21 Athletic shoe feature 22 Sinuous swimmers 23 Any Club Med 25 Bridge declaratio­n 27 2016 World Series venue 32 Haul with effort 35 Fish served “amandine” 36 Riverbank frolicker 37 Provide an alibi for, e.g. 39 Lo-cal food phrase 42 Fit to stand trial 43 Mercury or gallium 45 Name in lawn mowers 47 Nearing depletion 48 Place for a fence or hedge, perhaps 52 Not clearly stated 53 Long-distance friend 57 Quite some time 59 Like the Battle of Midway 62 Cause of beach erosion 63 Rarity for a duffer 64 Shady stock transactio­n 66 Wallach of “Mystic River” 67 Della who sang “Don’t You Know?” 68 Ventriloqu­ist Wences 69 Took a load off 70 Forest in “As You Like It ” 71 Indiana’s state flower DOWN 1 Tinseltown trophy 2 Potbelly or Franklin 3 Van Gogh painted sunflowers here 4 Lisa of “Friends” 5 “Better Call Saul” channel 6 Room in the slammer 7 ___ and hearty 8 Operate a Cessna, say 9 “Who goes there?” asker 10 NYC sports venue 11 Potpourri bit 12 Screen fave 13 Seats for the flock 18 Director’s cr y 22 Gives off 24 Monopoly quartet (Abbr.) 26 Sci-fi transport 28 Mop & ___ (floor cleaner) 29 Koufax, Ford or Spahn 30 Fallon’s predecesso­r 31 Picked at random 32 Genie’s home 33 Lyft alternativ­e 34 “Quit dwelling on the past!” 38 Cantina snacks 40 “You’ve got mail” co. 41 Least common base hit 44 Journey segment 46 Solid yellow billiard ball 49 Relay team member 50 Kidded around with 51 Salad follower, often 54 Instrument played by Nixon and Truman 55 Extra charge 56 Far from trusting 57 Bronx Zoo houseful 58 Black-tie affair 60 Workshop clamp 61 Port of Yemen 64 Portfolio holding, for short 65 Sugar meas.

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© Andrews McMeel 2/21

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