USA TODAY US Edition

TALKING HEADS

CROSSWORD

- BY Alan Arbesfeld

ACROSS

1 Spin doctor’s concern 6 Gaudy jewelry, slangily 11 Brylcreem amount, in ads 14 UPS alternativ­e 15 Part of a mechanic’s bill 16 Dedicatee of Lennon’s “Woman” 17 Thanksgivi­ng staple 19 Fleecy boot brand 20 Less cluttered 21 Oath of office need 23 New arrival 26 Searcher for Livingston­e 28 Woody’s costar in “Zelig” 29 Plastic user’s burden 32 Pot starter 33 Badlands formation 35 Stir up, as sediment 37 Phil who sang “Draft Dodger Rag” 40 Doesn’t just sit by 41 Ogden Nash’s forte 42 Slightest bit 43 Nimble-fingered 44 King David Lounge airline 45 “Quo Vadis” emperor 46 Resistance units 48 Takes an axe to 51 Corp. honcho 52 Burrowing rodents 55 Broke into, as a computer 57 Dam on the Nile 58 Far from sunny 61 Vardalos of “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” 62 Sanitation department service 67 Paving crew need 68 Spicy Chinese cuisine 69 Quench, as thirst 70 “What happened next?” 71 Brief tussle 72 It’s “fed” by motorists

DOWN

1 Hypothetic­als 2 Kitten’s cry 3 Suffix with Gator or Power 4 Thelma’s player in “Thelma & Louise” 5 Offer, as one’s hand 6 Rorschach image 7 Subject to a library fine 8 Letter-shaped constructi­on beams 9 “Only kidding!” 10 “You Raise Me Up” singer Josh 11 Reconfirm for accuracy 12 Protractor measure 13 Result of a three-putt, often 18 Canape topper 22 Back from vacation, say 23 “That makes my blood boil!” 24 Flower girl, perhaps 25 Opposite of “rewind,” on a remote 27 Fish story 30 Belgian songsmith Jacques 31 Bar mitzvah reading 34 Bronchial woe 36 Gilligan’s home 38 Newcomer on the job 39 Honored the anthem 41 Three-piece suit part 47 Billing periods, often 49 Beat to a pulp, slangily 50 Penchant for cruelty 52 Largest of rays 53 ___ fusion (kind of restaurant) 54 Hardly sufficient 56 Compete in the Tour de France 59 Exam for an aspiring atty. 60 “That’s terrible!” 63 Wish undone 64 “Krazy ___” (classic comic strip) 65 Luau instrument, for short 66 ___ capita income

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© Andrews McMeel 3/21

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