USA TODAY US Edition

CROSSWORD

- EDITED Fred Piscop BY Patrick Jordan

MENU FOR LOVERS

ACROSS

1 Pulls a heist on

5 Kolkata wrap

9 Point-and-click

commerce

14 Bible book before Nehemiah 15 Corporate veep or prez

16 D.C. rail system 17 Bread slicer insert 18 Word before drive or drawing 19 Stubborn, like a mule

20 Spongy dessert

23 “Request granted” 24 Darts player’s asset 25 Hockey or soccer

statistic

28 Home team, to the

away team

29 Turns in the fridge

31 Anthem’s second word 32 Wrestling match divisions 35 Sweet, cinnamony rolls

37 Start of an invention 38 Promising rookie,

e.g.

39 Brand at

snackworks.com

40 Dish with mint jelly 42 Like a disciplina­rian 43 Blowhard’s trait

44 Tupperware

toppers

45 “Stupid me!”

46 Muscle-bone

connector

48 “The Little Mermaid”

setting

49 Intimate apparel item 52 Veggies with rounded pods 56 Surrounded by 58 Apple debut of 2001 59 Skeptic’s eyebrow shape

60 Creator of Piglet

and Roo

61 Fix for an ailment 62 Hammock support 63 Weathers role in “Rocky” movies

64 “Paradise Lost” paradise

65 Be bratty with

DOWN

1 Baton-passing event 2 Atmospheri­c gas of concern to Gore

3 Talks big

4 Out of danger

5 Arm’s-length photo 6 Assumed truth, in math

7 Gambling city on I-80

8 Finished, as a torte 9 Diplomat’s post

10 Sources of deck wood

11 In one’s spare time 12 Be a pain to

13 Myrna of “The Thin Man”

21 Neighbor of Vietnam 22 Provide a buffet for, say

26 Not as loony

27 Major KFC supplier 28 “Muffin top” makeup 29 Plays like a puppy 30 Tip jar bills

32 Boneless cut

33 “Better late than

never,” e.g.

34 Flatfish that’s often pan-seared 35 Angry cobra’s display

36 Thesetwo

38 Common bridal registry gift

41 In need of snaking

42 Cusser’s mouthwash of old

45 Apply

benzocaine to

47 Irene of

“Cimarron”

48 Dormitory

annoyance

49 Quotable

Yankee great 50 Election contests

51 Stogie droppings 53 Jambalaya grain 54 Peelable tuber, informally

55 Tom Brady’s team, for short 56 “Better Call Saul” airer 57 Russian orbiter until 2001

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