USA TODAY US Edition

CROSSWORD

- EDITED Fred Piscop BY Gail Grabowski

FINAL REMARKS

ACROSS

1 Provide a fake alibi for, say

5 Tree common in Hawaii

9 Garlicky pasta sauce

14 Pull up stakes, to a Realtor

15 Sword with no cutting edge

16 Self-evident truth

17 “One more thing . . .”

18 Sign of remorse

19 Perfect Sleeper brand

20 Poker face

23 Round Table title

24 “The best is ___ to come”

25 Put a nick in

28 Catch a catnap

31 Words on a candy heart

36 From the top

38 Tailor’s line

40 Black Sabbath’s genre

41 Company’s profit-and-loss report

44 Prefix meaning “nerve”

45 Shoreline phenomenon

46 “Othello” antagonist

47 Full range

49 Source of many tweets

51 “Oh, brother!”

52 S&L offering

54 Pewter component

56 Place for liquid funds

65 Serve from a tureen

66 Spreadshee­t filler

67 “So that’s it!”

68 Tree with catkins

69 Obstacles to teamwork

70 Former press secretary Spicer

71 Toys with spools

72 Bar order, with “the”

73 Goofs up

DOWN

1 Many a Syrian

2 Christmas ornament

3 Designer Schiaparel­li

4 Pixar characters

5 Banned-for-life baseball great

6 Roof’s top point

7 Clear a hurdle

8 Full of good cheer

9 Solve a crossword in a waiting room, say

10 Former mates

11 Voice of the Apple Watch

12 Fictional Kansan canine

13 Neighbor of Yemen

21 Nanny’s offspring

22 “A mouse!”

25 State known for lobsters

26 Acquire forcibly, as land

27 Shorten further

29 Citrus shaving

30 Enjoy leftovers, say

32 Trucker’s rig

33 Kettle emission

34 Japanese comics style

35 John on a three-year farewell tour

37 Was decked out in

39 Whipped up

42 Names, informally

43 Legal precedent setter

48 Prefix with angle or cycle

50 Quirky habit

53 World’s longest mountain range

55 Assault on the ears

56 Modeling medium

57 Symbol in religious art

58 Swirling current

59 Egyptian portrayed by Liz

60 Totally infatuated

61 Minuscule particle

62 App downloader

63 Within walking distance, say

64 Bills picturing Hamilton

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© Andrews McMeel 11/9

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