USA TODAY US Edition

CROSSWORD

- EDITED Fred Piscop BY Patrick Jordan

ACROSS

1 Mosquito net material 5 Escalator option 9 Agcy. that rates roasts

13 No later than 14 Think tank output 16 In a bit 17 Savanna predator 18 Franz who composed Hungarian rhapsodies

19 Touch up, in a way

20 Quickly accelerati­ng pace

23 Band fronted by Michael Stipe

24 Leave in shock

25 Alphabetic­ally first mo.

28 Outback runners

31 Bursting with joy

35 Simon and Garfunkel, e.g.

36 “A Chorus Line” offering

38 Expressive endeavors

40 Barista’s dispenser

41 Word on Irish stamps

42 Automated walkway, e.g.

47 Fix the outcome of

48 Super-bratty kid

49 Unit of force, in physics

50 Word in Iowa’s capital 51 Savings for the golden yrs.

53 Bay Area airport code

55 Martin Luther King Jr., e.g.

63 How an index is arranged

64 “Fear of Dying” author Jong

65 Bubbly fast-food order

66 Alaska gold rush town

67 Motocross entrant

68 At the peak of

69 Woodstock stage gear

70 Cross a creek, perhaps 71 Monthly expense, for many DOWN 1 Balky equine

2 “Deep State” network

3 Place to get on or off

4 Accept, as a credit card

5 Problem with “horns”

6 One-eyed Norse god

7 Whence the Wicked Witch 8 “Raiders of the Lost Ark” villains 9 Login entry

10 65-Across, e.g. 11 “Quit procrastin­ating!”

12 First chip

15 New York’s ___ Island Ferry

21 Can’t do without

22 Something special

25 Adjust to one’s environmen­t

26 Hummus or pea soup

27 Blender spinner

29 Latin word on U.S. coins

30 Cape Cod entree

32 Ford debut of 1955, informally

33 Causing the creeps

34 Wine cask sediment

37 Be begrudging of

39 Squirts on, as cologne

43 Greiner of “Shark Tank”

44 Error remover

45 Catch in a web

46 Interestlo­wering plan, for short 52 Scarecrow’s innards

54 “Sesame Street” grouch 55 Eric of “Lone Survivor”

56 Muon’s place

57 Partner of circumstan­ce

58 Mineral in insulation

59 Topped with a sweet layer

60 Pledge drive gift, often 61 SolarCity chairman Musk

62 Thoroughly absorbed

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