USA TODAY US Edition

CROSSWORD

IN A SHORT TIME

- BY David J. Kahn © Andrews McMeel

ACROSS

1 Well-groomed

6 West Coast wine valley

10 Snowman in “Frozen” 14 Words of concern 15 See 43-Down 16 Preppy shirt style 17 Tennyson’s “Idylls of the King”?

19 Trucker’s expense

20 A Chi-Town team

21 Wet one’s whistle

22 Set, as a price

23 Odie, to Garfield

24 “The X-Files” subjects

25 Spendthrif­t’s bank account?

30 Figure skating teams

31 Tabloid twosome

32 On ___ (chilling)

35 Give a nudge to

36 Blowing softly, as a fan

38 Pest in a swarm

39 To the ___ degree

40 Genesis victim

41 Annoy to no end

42 Landfill site?

46 Wipe out

48 “That makes sense”

49 Places to hibernate

50 Razzie Awards adjective

52 Carew in Cooperstow­n

55 Picked out of a lineup, for short

56 Tourist’s gesture at the Alamo?

58 Act the fink

59 Usurer’s offering

60 Most common dice roll

61 Whitewater phenomenon

62 Masculine principle, in Chinese philosophy

63 Itt y-bitty

DOWN

1 Hobby shop purchases

2 Canyon comeback

3 Gummo or Zeppo

4 Ineligible to play college sports 5 Achilles and others

6 Native of Kathmandu

7 Direct-sales cosmetics brand

8 Sneak ___ (preview)

9 Activate, as a security system 10 Chooses to join 11 Checked out 12 “Midnight in Paris” director Woody 13 Goes belly-up 18 Avant-garde composer Satie

22 Homecoming figure, for short

23 Mrs. O’Leary’s cow is said to have caused one

24 Not many

25 Like cotton candy

26 Kevin of movies and comedy

27 Aaron Judge’s position

28 Nabisco wafer brand

29 Classic muscle car

33 “Misery” actor James

34 Suffix with kitchen

36 Woodwind with an octave key

37 Fresh off the assembly line

38 Consult a crystal ball

40 Slow-pitch softball paths

41 “E FP TOZ” exam

43 With

15-Across, very seldom

44 Electricia­n’s handiwork

45 NBA part

46 Best of the best 47 Dropped out of contention

50 “Hold on a sec!”

51 Scene of “The Plague”

52 Two-thumbs-up review

53 Cook-off fixture

54 Say it ain’t so

56 Word before devil or dog

57 Itt y-bitty

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