USA TODAY US Edition

CROSSWORD DOUBLE STRENGTH

- EDITED Fred Piscop BY Randolph Ross

ACROSS

1 Lawrence of Arabia’s ride

6 “___ the greatest!”

9 1939 movie classic, briefly 13 “Gigi” playwright Loos

14 Ponte Vecchio’s river 15 Broccoli ___ (bitter vegetable) 16 New burst of energy

18 Just ___ (not much)

19 ATM supply

20 Tribal patriarchs

22 Mini-albums, for short

23 More artful

24 Career soldiers

28 Rendered unable to scratch

31 Nut with a cupule

32 Turndown to Jose?

33 Grand ___ Opry

34 Impersonal letter opener

35 Word that can follow each half of 16- and

53-Across and 10and 26-Down

36 Toot one’s own horn

37 “Didn’t I tell you?”

38 Like most standardiz­ed tests

39 Triangular letter

40 Unlike a tribute band’s repertoire

42 Eva of “Hitch”

43 Midas’ undoing

44 Is afflicted with

45 Kuwaiti currency

47 Puts out, as a song

52 Column crossers

53 Wedding party member

55 Flight board data, briefly

56 Some portraitis­ts’ paints

57 Hint of color

58 On one’s guard

59 Wish undone

60 Cafeteria worker’s hairnet

DOWN

1 Playbill listing

2 From square one

3 Clock climbers of rhyme

4 School attended by 007

5 ___ jaw (Leno feature)

6 Pupil’s place

7 New England’s Cape ___

8 Matchbox toy

9 Like good eggs

10 Common name for an aquatic theme park 11 Way up a ski slope

12 Ties the knot

14 Blows away, in a way 17 Cocktail hour bowlfuls

21 Easter bloom

23 Did some quilting, say

24 Dogie catcher

25 Less cordial

26 Vietnam conflict, e.g.

27 Ambulance destinatio­ns, for short

28 Wooden fastener

29 Bring joy to

30 Edgar who painted ballerinas

32 One with wanderlust

35 Misses terribly

36 Uncle on rice boxes

38 Stadium section

39 Jumps ship

41 Like a lea

42 Tom or stag

44 Shapes with an axe 45 Did some doodling

46 Minimal amount

47 Kirk, to Shatner

48 Opposed to, in dialect

49 Prefix meaning “Chinese”

50 Descartes’ “therefore”

51 Downhill ride

54 Lucy of “Chicago”

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