USA TODAY US Edition

CROSSWORD

SENIOR PARTNERS

- EDITED Fred Piscop BY Patrick Jordan

ACROSS

1 Take the plunge

6 Assaulted, e.g.

11 “Time-out” hand signal

14 Cut off from civilizati­on 15 Crumble gradually 16 One overdoing it on stage

17 Suit with many plaintiffs

19 Supply artiller y to

20 Eluded the seeker

21 Covered in slime, e.g.

22 In a fitting manner

24 At the workplace, as training

26 TCBY stack

28 Place for on-sale clothing

33 Has no love for

36 Up-front payment

37 Chaney of horror movies

38 Home to most of Turkey

39 Goes on the lam

40 Dragon’s exhalation

41 Put a match to

42 Word of lament

43 Cara of “Fame”

44 Marathoner’s statistic

48 Kaleidosco­pic gems

49 Dirty campaigner­s’ attacks

53 Spatter-catching garment 55 Terrible-tasting 57 Sajak who sells vowels

58 Write hastily

59 Orson Welles classic

63 In the manner of

64 Gas brand relaunched in 2017

65 Fabric with diagonal ridges

66 Become inedible

67 Of historic importance

68 Maze word

DOWN

1 Like Stallone’s persona 2 Last-ditch poker bet

3 They all lead to Rome, it’s said

4 IV administer­ers

5 Rejoinder to “Ain’t!”

6 Mild expletive

7 Pseudo-cultured

8 Enthusiast­ic response to “Wanna?” 9 Needless fuss 10 Landlord’s payer 11 “Fake news!” 12 Countess’ spouse 13 TV’s Oscar counterpar­t 18 Valuable cards in blackjack

23 Unit pricing word

25 Innovation’s origin

26 Adorable to the max

27 Tip jar stuffers

29 Maria, “La Divina” of opera

30 Shaq in auto insurance ads

31 Hackneyed humor

32 Place for a jeans patch

33 Ring in religious art

34 “Not gonna happen!”

35 Retaliatio­n in kind

39 Go down the tubes

40 Out of the slammer

43 Bigger than big

45 NYSE launch

46 Kick-line dance

47 Speck in the sea

50 No longer an item

51 Two octaves for a vocalist, perhaps

52 Take the helm

53 Not completely shut

54 Casual shirt style

55 Smoking or swearing, to some

56 54-Down brand

60 Texter’s viewpoint intro 61 Typical Nick Jr. viewer

62 Documentar­ian Burns

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