USA TODAY US Edition

CROSSWORD

- EDITED Erik Agard & Amanda Rafkin BY Kate Hawkins

12,34S ACROSS

1 Good smell 6 Aloo ___ (potato and cauliflowe­r dish) 10 Unwitting tool 14 Not urban 15 Neighbor of Yemen 16 Repeating sound effect 17 Unmoving 18 Comedy routine parts

19 “Pity!”

20 “If I’m being honest . . .” 23 Regret

24 Kite part

25 Tom Hanks title role 30 Comprehend 33 An adequate amount 34 Crunched muscles

35 Char

36 “I love you,” in Spanish 37 Vienna’s country (Abbr.)

38 Hint of color 39 BMW competitor 40 Flat-faced dog breed 41 Bachelor’s, e.g. 42 Records with a speed of 33 1/3 rpm 43 Predecesso­rs 45 ___ d’Ivoire

46 Hit “+” on a calculator 47 “Oh, give me a break!” 54 Instrument that represents the duck in “Peter and the Wolf” 55 Audacious 56 Sheep sound 58 A reduced amount 59 Stitch’s movie pal 60 Houston baseball player

61 Henna, etc.

62 History class units

63 Rule the ___

DOWN

1 Phoenix’s state, on scoreboard­s 2 Smallest in a litter 3 Cookie with a 2020 rainbow edition

4 Gas station store 5 Ms. Marvel, for Kamala Khan 6 Chalice

7 Not mention 8 They may have claw feet 9 Pants length measuremen­ts 10 Gem made in an oyster 11 Reproducti­ve Freedom Project org.

12 First word of many “Jeopardy!” responses

13 Eat

21 Like some vegetation

22 Word after “pro”

or “hot”

25 In the ___ position

26 Outdo

27 Places for

medians

28 Thirteenth­century Persian poet

29 Device in a

cockpit

30 Music

category

31 Raring to go

32 Plants with

rings

35 Use BASL

37 French

farewell

38 Slings drinks

40 Safe to drink

41 Milk ___ (caramel candies)

43 Enemy

44 Total

strangers 45 Nona Gaprindash­vili’s game

47 Give in

48 Follow the rules

49 Got higher

50 Jazz singer

Fitzgerald

51 To boot

52 High-fat, low-carb

diet

53 Maize units

57 Tater ___

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© Andrews McMeel 2/23

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