USA TODAY US Edition

TUBULAR

- BY Fred Piscop

ACROSS

1 Attack from all sides

6 Shoplift, slangily

11 Battle of Britain fliers (Abbr.) 14 Without peer 15 Hippo’s milieu 16 “The loneliest number,” in song

17 Dangler in a deli window

19 Bud’s “Who’s on First?” partner

20 Spiraling down

21 Place for gloss

22 Key below “Home” on a PC

23 Pothole filler

24 Automaker Ransom Eli ___

26 Make a run for it

28 Chocolatel­ike candy since 1907

33 Corning product

37 “Gotcha!”

38 Comics dog since

1978

39 “The Mod Squad” role

40 Industry honcho

42 Note to the staff

43 Luxury hotel chain

44 Links position

45 Raptor’s gripper

46 Meaty Taco Bell offering

50 Russian orbiter until 2001

51 Dredging vessel

52 Hubcap holder

55 ___ week (time off in the NFL)

57 Little devil

60 “Sweet” girl of song

62 Flock’s place

63 Shaped like 17-, 28and 46-Across

65 Kayaking need

66 Shoelace annoyances

67 Polish, as text

68 Auto grille protector

69 Final authority

70 Shows courage DOWN

1 Stop tr ying, slangily 2 Kagan of the Supreme Court

3 Fish-tracking aid

4 Mireille of “If I Stay” 5 Brewers with spouts

6 Marlon of “The Godfather” 7 Shale extract 8 Serving platter shape, perhaps

9 Vehicle that can jackknife 10 Rare hit for a slow-footed batter 11 Setter of good examples 12 Bartlett’s abbr. 13 Bad blood between rappers, say

18 Corn Belt skyline feature

25 Givers of the evil eye

27 Scratch and sniff feature

29 “The Affair” channel, for short

30 Fleming who created 007 31 Ride to the airport, perhaps

32 Spanish home to many cathedrals

33 Shapeless mass

34 Lawn applicatio­n

35 Mother of Ben Stiller

36 “Futurama” genre

40 ___-ray (disc format)

41 Pellet gun propellant

45 Stood tall

47 Lego pieces

48 Playground retort to a doubter

49 Broadway barber Sweeney

52 Gnocchi maker’s utensil

53 Totally absurd

54 Canasta combinatio­ns

55 Shapeless mass

56 Roughly 26 fortnights

58 Mimicking bird

59 Cunning tactic

61 Light-green bean

64 “___ your call”

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© Andrews McMeel 10/5

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