USA TODAY US Edition

CROSSWORD

- EDITED Fred Piscop BY Patrick Jordan

ACROSS

1 “I called it first!”

5 Threaded bit of hardware 10 Disciple of Yoda 14 “Argo” setting 15 Loft dweller’s contract 16 Terminated abruptly 17 Dad’s feeling when his son hits a homer, say

20 Spiritual retreat

21 Monologist before Fallon

22 Brooks Brothers purchase 23 South Pacific tourist mecca 25 Reprimand to a toddler

27 Final authority

30 They can be smacked or sealed 32 Part of the former Yugoslavia

36 Surveyor’s map

38 Playground apparatus

40 Instagram photo collection

42 Reason to cover one’s ears

43 Googlers’ destinatio­ns

44 Hasenpfeff­er, e.g.

47 Muscular fitness

48 Clear the way for

49 Unit of bacon or concrete 51 Aerialist’s safeguard 52 American, across the pond

54 Keebler Elves’ home

56 Pronoun for a yacht

59 Cloistered group

61 Malicious sort

65 Scene depicting a shepherd and sheep, say

68 Prime Cuts pet food brand

69 Wicked deeds

70 “Back up,” in Word 71 “Kissing disease,” for short

72 Place to catch a train 73 Reaps benefits

DOWN

1 Temperamen­tal star

2 It’s covered by the cornea 3 “Wedding Cantata” composer

4 With “up” or “down,” devour greedily 5 Smoked meat sticks brand

6 Corp. head honcho

7 Castro of Cuba

8 Krupp Works city

9 Classic sign of a healthy dog 10 Pasta sauce buy 11 Leave the stage 12 Luncheon meat purveyor

13 Far from busy

18 Stair climber’s aid

19 Lovable folks

24 Pocket-size sources of music

26 Path for Eris or Ceres

27 Converted split, e.g.

28 Sherman who sang “Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh” 29 Start of Flintstone’s yell

31 Petulant states

33 Relay racer’s handoff

34 Cara on the “Flashdance” soundtrack 35 Perfect pitch, to a singer

37 Round-bellied

39 Prepared to tie a shoelace 41 Pepperidge Farm cookie

45 Secure in one’s teaching job

46 Most welcoming

50 Vegetable in V8 juice

53 Tart thief of rhyme

55 Enjoy thoroughly 56 Meat in a Monty Python sketch 57 Symbol in religious art

58 “30 for 30” airer

60 Victoria’s Secret buy

62 Atlantic crosser of

1492

63 Searcher for the Lost Ark, informally

64 Problems for

1-Downs

66 “___ big to fail”

67 ___-mo replay Thursday’s Answer

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