USA TODAY US Edition

CROSSWORD

- BY Tracy Gray

A FITTING CONCLUSION

ACROSS 1 Abs-building exercise 6 “Jeepers!” 10 Duster’s target 14 Sambuca flavoring 15 “Beetle Bailey” pooch 16 Hasenpfeff­er ingredient

17 Craft in a Belafonte song

19 With the bow, on a score 20 Bighorn mother 21 Tooth extraction tool 22 Spicer of the Trump White House 23 Terminal baggage handler 25 Tampa Bay area city, familiarly 27 Therapeuti­c plant 29 “Shark Tank” investor Kevin 32 Need-to-know ___ 35 Saguaro and prickly pear

38 Eggs rich in omega-3 fatty acids 39 “Mike & Mike” radio station

40 Word that can follow the last parts of 17and 62-Across and

11- and 34-Down 41 Shoot, but not lethally

42 Bigeye tuna

43 Call on the carpet 44 Tylenol targets 45 “The Bathers” impression­ist 47 “Enchanted” girl in a

2004 movie 49 Without warning 52 So yesterday

56 “A1” on a spreadshee­t, e.g. 58 Use Google or Bing 60 Fumble or foozle 61 Rumored cousin of Sasquatch

62 Seat for a cyclist 64 Smelter byproduct 65 Shangri-La 66 Seth of “Knocked Up” 67 Blood bank category 68 Door ding, e.g. 69 Glade PlugIns output DOWN 1 Weapon heavier than a foil 2 Totally blown away 3 Like a pitchfork or trident

4 2016 Ryder Cup champions (Abbr.) 5 Friends who may never meet 6 Mongolian for “waterless place” 7 Chiwere-speaking tribesmen

8 Get underway 9 Wi-Fi access areas 10 Lily-white 11 Element class including yttrium 12 Member of a predatory pod 13 McJob doer, e.g. 18 TBonz dog treat brand 24 Genesis brother 26 Old Testament teacher of Samuel 28 Amazon ___ (hands-free speaker) 30 Philanderi­ng sort 31 Hankerings and itchings 32 Beehive-raiding beast

33 Arthur with three Grand Slam titles 34 Band in a Rob Reiner mockumenta­ry 36 Verizon purchase of 2015 37 Surrender, as control 40 Canceled, at Canaveral 41 Whole bunch 43 Title bestowed on Rod Stewart in 2016 44 Listening intently 46 Accommodat­e, as a favor 48 Investor’s woe 50 What a rainbow flag symbolizes 51 Arcade coin 53 Property-dividing greenery

54 “That Old Black Magic” composer Harold 55 Reznor of Nine Inch Nails 56 Dermatolog­ist’s removal 57 Tough to grasp 59 “They ___ thataway!” 63 Gunslinger Holliday

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8/24 © Andrews McMeel

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