USA TODAY US Edition

CROSSWORD

- EDITED Fred Piscop BY Tracy Gray

TOP DOGS

ACROSS

1 Parlor plant

5 Song of David

10 Pequod’s obsessed captain 14 Firstborn of Isaac and Rebecca 15 CPAP machine target

16 Bean in baked beans 17 Barbecue slab 18 Word before basin or bore

19 Like crazy

20 Cry before “Polo!”

22 Dermatolog­ist’s concern

23 Road crew’s marker

24 Creep past

26 Hoagie, by another name

28 Beer brand now owned by Pabst

30 Gardener’s headgear

34 “Brain” with a speed measured in GHz

36 Nerve cell transmitte­r

37 Cope with

38 To the ___ (fully)

40 “Add to cart” business

42 Used-car caveat, maybe

43 Williams, “America’s Mermaid”

45 Goody-goody

47 Dennings of “Thor”

48 Shockers in holsters

49 In the worst way

51 Partners of dits

53 Year-rounders at resort towns

56 Dope or dirt, for short

59 “Frozen” snowman

61 Sound of contempt

62 ZPG part

63 Former co-host of Kelly

65 Fey of “Baby Mama”

66 Khayyam of Persia

67 Sparing of words

68 Vaper’s buy, for short

69 Classic pencil-andpaper game

70 Compete in ice dancing 71 Vintner’s dregs

DOWN

1 Salon waves, for short

2 Like much fusion cuisine 3 Bloodwork findings, e.g.

4 Sweet grape used for raisins 5 Gentle touch 6 Like some chicken wings

7 Capp of comics 8 Dog’s harness attachment 9 Currency replaced by the euro in 2008 10 World’s heaviest snake

11 Ring around the moon

12 Name in door-todoor sales

13 Disk storage unit

21 Cajun vegetable

25 Alternativ­e to briefs

27 Bolt the scene

29 Onesie fasteners

31 Lauren Bacall trademark

32 Musically named Vegas Resort

33 One may be open-book

34 Atkins, “Mr. Guitar” 35 Galileo Galilei Airport city

39 “Light My Fire” band

41 Ruthless control, metaphoric­ally

44 Hurler’s stat

46 2000 Subway Series team

50 Doorframe support 52 Lustrous, as hair

54 Muppet with no eyebrows

55 Does’ mates

56 Dressy-casual brand

57 Pixar title clownfish

58 “Animal House” setting, for short

60 Tourist city southeast of Delhi

64 “Isn’t it clear now?”

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