USA TODAY US Edition

CROSSWORD

- EDITED Fred Piscop BY Gail Grabowski

JEEP-ERS!

ACROSS

1 Super time

6 “X” may mark it

10 Hotel freebie

14 Repair bill part

15 Margarita garnish

16 Dead set against

17 Cornered, as a wild animal 18 Kazan with an honorary Oscar

19 Tippy-top

20 Trail of Tears group

23 Item on a ring

24 Trivial gripe

25 Utterly ridiculous

28 Ping-Pong do-over

29 Minimal change

31 Pitching masterpiec­e

32 Swing support, perhaps

35 Take to the stump

36 Leave wide-eyed

37 Military turncoat

41 Make a decision

42 Unite on the run

43 SRO part

44 Duffer’s achievemen­t

45 Word on Irish euros

46 Pic on an ankle, perhaps

48 Mole’s work

50 Word with legal or lily

51 J.E.B. Stuart’s side

54 Casual wear plugged by Brett Favre

58 “Buzz off!”

60 “The Killing Game” novelist Johansen 61 What a sunscreen blocks, briefly

62 Be worthy of

63 Like Felix, but not Oscar

64 Sport coat material

65 Swirling current

66 Greek restaurant offering 67 On-the-sly meeting

DOWN

1 Coffee preference

2 Baseball bat maker’s tool

3 Brothers’ home

4 Go to great heights

5 “Have a piece”

6 Unwelcome forecast

7 Load of money

8 Don’t include

9 Verbally assault

10 Alternativ­es to Volvos, formerly 11 “Let me repeat . . .” 12 All-hrs. convenienc­e, perhaps 13 Three Stooges missile

21 Vixen’s offspring

22 Info gained by

48-Across

26 Handrail support

27 Abrasive on a board

28 Novelist Harper with a Pulitzer

29 Crinkly fabric

30 Make less severe

32 Exterminat­ors’ setups

33 Postgame rundown

34 It ’s in distinctiv­e type in a dictionary

35 Sign of spoilage

38 Davis of “Thelma and Louise”

39 Truing up, as a front end

40 Feature of two small letters

46 Cause of stubborn stains

47 Fiddle with, in a way

49 Twist from O. Henry

50 Sauce on some pizzas

51 Have in stock

52 Fishing line mishaps

53 To this point

55 “West of the Pecos” novelist Zane

56 “That’s not true!”

57 In perpetuity

58 Catch, so to speak

59 Played for a sap

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