USA TODAY US Edition

CROSSWORD

- BY Patrick Jordan

SAFETY FIRST ACROSS

1 Sing with nonsense syllables 5 Sign of a sprained ankle 9 Farther down the page 14 Angler’s enticement 15 Kuwaiti VIP 16 Idi Amin, in Saudi Arabia 17 A-Rod and J-Lo, in March 2017 headlines 18 Indonesian tourist mecca 19 Errand runners 20 Greenskeep­er’s considerat­ion 23 Coat with BBQ rub, say 24 “Is there more?” 25 Resistance unit 28 Olympus residents 31 “Hooray!” 33 “Paper or plastic?” items 37 Measure of a firm’s worth 39 Plants yielding soothing extracts 41 “Nixon in China” role 42 It’s lifted by a cancan dancer 43 Tense moment at Wimbledon 46 Final stages 47 Showing no mercy 48 Bring in from the field 50 Mischievou­s tot 51 Herd’s setting 53 Religion of Haiti 58 Corporate barrier, figurative­ly 61 Green who sang “Forget You” 64 Afternoon tea time, traditiona­lly 65 Six-day-per-week delivery 66 Elevator button symbol 67 Sign of what’s ahead 68 Second word of many limericks 69 Creates, as a comic strip 70 Wines commonly served with beef 71 Bird feeder morsel

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1 Trivial mistakes 2 Adorable sort 3 Skybox locale 4 Short-term staffers, for short 5 Nation with a cedar on its flag 6 Apple desktop with a Retina display 7 Marathon marker figure 8 Word before donna or ballerina 9 Sauces with tortilla chips 10 Maze solver’s goal 11 Jack-in-the-box top 12 Cheer for a flamenco dancer 13 “Rushmore” director Anderson 21 Captain’s record on “Star Trek” 22 “Only Time” New Ager 25 Choose to participat­e 26 Got wind of 27 Cheesy diner entrees 29 Auditioner’s CD 30 Way up or down 32 Infantry weapon of old 33 Disney friend of Thumper 34 Sleep interrupte­r, perhaps 35 Responded to the 34-Down 36 Hasidism, e.g. 38 Baskin-Robbins buy 40 Not-very-deep parts of rivers 44 Statement from the accused 45 Places for pints 49 Luau serving 52 With respect to 54 “Miami Vice” co-star 55 Sawyer, previously of “20/20” 56 Like beer at a tailgate party, say 57 Eyed wolfishly 58 Embers emanation 59 Indefinite quantity 60 Fed lines to 61 Unmannerly fellow 62 Make 1-Down 63 Time span defined by a presidency

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© Andrews McMeel 6/12

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