USA TODAY US Edition

CROSSWORD

- EDITED Fred Piscop BY Patrick Jordan

FROM ZERO TO HERO ACROSS

1 Needing a rubdown

5 Part producers

10 Open a crack

14 Cheese in hors d’oeuvres

15 Manage to avoid

16 Was decked out in 17 Knocks on the noggin 18 More lucid 19 Jessica who played Sue Storm

20 Belt hole maker

21 Combatant in on-demand videos?

23 Inventors’ sparks

25 Fly fisherman’s wear

26 How-to booklet

28 They’re hardly macho

30 “The Tempest” sprite

31 Duelers’ units

32 Played for a sap

35 Backyard party rental

36 Arcade coin

37 No great shakes

38 Old witch

39 Trapped on a limb

40 Rush-hour cacophony

41 Deck foursome

42 Overnighte­r’s bag

43 Produce, as art

46 Fruit that may get thumped

47 Chicken seeking nir vana?

50 Be a chatterbox

53 Semi-domed church area

54 Plays for a sap

55 Cobalt or navy

56 Talk like a lush

57 Gas in a protective layer

58 Past curfew

59 Targets of Moe’s pokes

60 Force to retreat

61 Ark complement­s

DOWN

1 “One of Us” pop group 2 Signal the dawn, in a way 3 Stylish jacket interior?

4 Victor’s shout

5 Like T-shirts and jeans

6 Racetracks, often

7 Drive-thru sign

8 Prepare, as espresso

9 Cornfield effigies

10 Emmy and Grammy

11 Angelina of “Kung Fu Panda”

12 Shady recess

13 Is a parent to

21 Become well

22 Performs like Jay-Z

24 Aria, occasional­ly

26 Trig or calc

27 Neck of the woods

28 Ships’ trails

29 Ensured, as a win 31 Limerick writer, e.g.

32 Grindstone-regulating statute?

33 Seeks a price of

34 Pill bottle datum

36 Strove to achieve

37 Many an aria

39 “Swan Lake” skirt

40 “Stop right there!” 41 Cavalry blades

42 Vein or artery

43 Action movie climax, often

44 Email button

45 Follow as a result

46 Creator of Pooh and Roo

48 Visit dreamland

49 Slam dunk target

51 Repo man’s seizure

52 Domesticat­ed swarm

55 Crunchy sandwich, briefly

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© Andrews McMeel 5/21

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