USA TODAY US Edition

DESTRUCTIV­E BEHAVIOR

- EDITED Fred Piscop BY Bruce Venzke

ACROSS

1 Roll of fabric

5 False front

9 Passing notice, briefly 13 Alternativ­e handle 15 Like an owl, it ’s said 16 Fraternity event 17 Doohickey 18 Much of the time 19 Sandusky River’s lake

20 “Cheer up!”

23 Didn’t straphang 24 Goes no further 25 “Santa Baby”

singer Kitt

27 Naturally

deep-rooted

30 Mourner’s feeling 31 Common

Christmas tree

32 Send, as to a

specialist

35 Sierra ___

(African land)

38 Headed for the

hills

40 Got under the

skin of

42 Fingerboar­d ridge 43 Orbital periods

45 More crafty

47 Passenger

wanding org.

48 On the fritz

50 Common

Christmas display 52 Weasel relative 54 A “Three Sisters”

sister

55 Gulf Coast state

(Abbr.)

56 Begin to grin

62 31-Across’ seed

bearer

64 Singer with Count

and Duke

65 WWII sea menace 66 “My Way” lyricist

Paul

67 Where surfers

place bids 68 Oval Office honcho, acronymica­lly 69 Rapper Kanye 70 Takes a powder 71 The Tramp’s love

DOWN

1 Overhead compartmen­t items 2 Ammunition giant 3 Minnelli of “Cabaret”

4 Fool around (with) 5 Houseflies’

undoings

6 Aloha State port

7 Dating from

8 Line of work

9 Mined matter

10 Emerge explosivel­y 11 Detroit Pistons great Thomas 12 Angle symbol, in trigonomet­ry 14 Cornhusker’s gridiron rival 21 Milk source 22 Follow, as a

suspect

26 Shipwreck site,

perhaps

27 Far from certain 28 River teeming with

crocodiles

29 Go against the

grain, so to speak 30 Earl ___ tea

33 Word before

bump or pump

34 Bracket shape

36 Home on a

limb, perhaps

37 Flight board

figs.

39 “Shucks!”

41 Street of Perry

Mason novels

44 Risky venture,

briefly

46 Puts together in a makeshift way

49 Let out, as a

fishing line

51 Frolic about

52 Colorful

parrot 53 How hermits live 54 Gives the

go-ahead to

57 Duchess of ___

(Goya subject)

58 Bisque morsel

59 Letter after

12-Down

60 Give kudos to

61 Handmade crafts

site

63 “Dig in!”

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© Andrews McMeel 10/5

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