USA TODAY US Edition

CROSSWORD

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EDITED Fred Piscop BY Patrick Jordan

END PIECES

ACROSS

1 Sailboat feature

5 Hypnosis-ending sound

9 Liable to capsize

14 Glee club voice

15 Home to a six-legged queen 16 Overdo, as a privilege 17 Feature of a covered bridge

18 Team in a rice paddy

19 Word on an invoice

20 Camera bag attachment

23 Played for a patsy

24 Security desk requests, briefly

25 Makes a target of

28 Serenade the moon

29 Part of an anthology

31 Lead-in to a texter’s viewpoint

32 “Life of Pi” feline 35 Platter-licking nursery-rhyme fellow

37 Office space figure

38 Wears a long face

39 Flow like mud

40 Destinatio­ns of some errant drives

42 Heredity units

43 Pilot’s guess, for short

44 Put to a whetstone

45 Mind-numbing routine

46 “Pieces” candy brand

48 “Losing My Religion” band

49 Grand Coulee, e.g.

52 Junkyard buys, and a hint to the last parts of 20-, 35- and

40-Across 56 “Your table’s ready” gadget

58 Word following a spill

59 Primary printing color

60 Rental car name since 1974

61 “Gotta go!”

62 Basil or rosemary

63 Amorous skunk Pepe

64 Banded cameo stone 65 Overweight “South Park” boy

DOWN

1 Where to find cattails 2 Greeting or parting word

3 Didn’t get reversed

4 Vegan stir-fry ingredient

5 Poorly crafted

6 Gives the thumbs-down to

7 State unwavering­ly

8 Stationery store items

9 Drags one’s feet

10 Skyscraper constructi­on unit 11 Does bench presses, say 12 Next-to-last Greek letter

13 “Is it soup ___?” 21 Fudger of facts 22 Cracks under interrogat­ion

26 Bowl over

27 Spacious carryalls

28 Bit of wampum

29 Hosiery shade

30 Talent show lineup

32 “Electric rifle”

33 Fit to be tied

34 Wage discrepanc­y issue

35 Collins of “Dynasty”

36 Sonneteer, e.g.

38 Written in a dull manner 41 Brandon Lee’s last movie

42 Fleet-footed Forrest

45 Babe Ruth’s first MLB team

47 Curt summons from the boss

48 Settle up with 49 Laundromat fixture

50 “Centipede” game maker 51 “Morning Joe” network

53 Pixar hero with skeleton relatives

54 Source of strip steaks

55 Feel rheumatic

56 Patrick, to SpongeBob

57 Pub offering

Tuesday’s Answer

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7/25
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7/24

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