USA TODAY US Edition

CROSSWORD

BLIND FOLLOWERS

- BY Patrick Jordan

ACROSS

1 Snakes on Egyptian artifacts 5 Tosses in 9 Rockies resort town 14 Drink with a polar bear mascot 15 20-Across princess 16 One in four face cards 17 Mailroom gadget 19 Salad servers 20 Movie with “the Force” 21 High-flying elite 22 First word in “Scarboroug­h Fair” 23 Where many all-nighters are pulled 24 Needing tidying 28 Piece involved in castling 30 Javelin trajectori­es 34 Sign up to serve 36 Action movie firearm 37 Wield authority 38 Devoted, like many 50-Across 39 End of a lame pickup line 41 Have down cold 42 Number of Astros World Series wins 43 Marked, as a ballot 44 Frying pan residue 46 Demander of a bedtime story 47 Golden acquisitio­n for Indiana Jones 49 Riverbank romper 50 Bleacherit­es, e.g. 52 “I’ve got the answer!” 54 Etsy wares 57 Mangoes are high in this sugar 62 Facebook approvals 63 “This Kiss” country singer 64 Guest of the Mad Hatter 65 Apple debut of 1998 66 Sorrowful word 67 Gossipy sort 68 Behrs of “2 Broke Girls” 69 Pound a Selectric

DOWN

1 Proves helpful 2 “Scram, kitty!” 3 Fur coat-defacing org. 4 Futures dealer? 5 Ring exchange locale 6 More precious 7 Lowers with a rheostat 8 Product tapped from birches 9 Autumn bloomer 10 Venue for cash-based commodity trading 11 Two-thumbs-down reviews 12 Defeat by a whisker 13 Chick’s home 18 Swings in the breeze 21 Delivering wisecracks 23 Grab some shut-eye 24 Wasn’t kidding about 25 Embassy staffer 26 Walk like Jessica Rabbit 27 Prescripti­on drug taker’s risk 29 Gain a 12-Down on 31 Charge toward 32 End the business day 33 Home to subterrane­an rats 35 Components of scorpion venom 40 ATF agents, e.g. 45 Pest caught in a “motel” 48 One may be thrown from a horse 51 On a whalewatch­ing tour, say 53 Home for a pet rabbit 54 Potter’s material 55 Ruffle the feathers of 56 Of the same family 57 Partner of fortune 58 Finger-pointer’s pronoun 59 Too smooth-talking 60 Blow from Moe 61 Alternativ­e word 63 Bend the truth

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