USA TODAY CROSSWORD
DOWN TO EARTH
ACROSS 1 Actress Shahi 6 Jiggly dessert 11 Huge venues 13 Climb the ___ ladder (move up at work) 14 Filling for Ethiopian sambusas 16 Very surprising in an unpleasant way 17 Encouragement from a dinner host 18 Preserving 20 Pop-ups on the web, for example 21 Marketing term often disputed by dietitians 23 Relaxing soak 26 General on Chinese takeout menus 27 Mystery 31 Broadcasted again 33 Boxes for bassists 35 Spoken word poetry event 36 WNBA All-Star Ogunbowale 37 Super Mario Galaxy console 38 Bangladesh’s capital 39 Spicy, sour soup 41 Sprays with liquid 43 Munch like a zebra 45 Seat finders 46 Rhode Island’s capital 48 Vegetable with layers 50 “i’m begging u” 51 Skilled 55 Luxury car brand owned by Toyota 56 Faucet 57 The Yangtze, for example 58 “You said it!” 59 Hotel alternative 60 Male bee 61 Make a crease in 62 School email ending 63 Sculpture material
DOWN 1 Black Friday event 2 Surface ___ (geometry calculation) 3 First-of-the-month payment 4 Industrious insect 5 Poetic form used by Basho 6 Lingo 7 Slip up 8 “Star Wars” general 9 ___ an ear 10 Formal groups, for short 12 Took a siesta 13 Campsite boats 15 Playground fixture with two seats facing each other 16 Peanut butter brand 19 Destination invoked in King’s “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” speech 21 Unsolid foundation 22 Share gossip 23 Unruly kid 24 Prefix for “space” 25 Slightly shorten 28 Donut coating 29 Manufacturer 30 Gather over time 32 Cells that transmit electrical signals 34 Spot on a die 38 Gets rid of 40 Dallas NBA player, for short 42 What feet and noses can both do 44 Fastener for cables 46 Small part of a digital image 47 College athletics channel 48 Snowman in “Frozen” 49 Pixar title fish 52 Acronym for a cooking fat 53 School in Philly 54 Birch or beech