USA TODAY CROSSWORD
EDITED Jared Goudsmit BY Li Ding
UNDERGROUND
ACROSS
1 “No ifs, ___ or
buts!”
5 “If You Are Over Staying ___” (Morgan Parker poem)
9 Ship-related
14 ___ mortals
15 Opposite of
odd
16 Deliver a speech 17 Check for typos,
e.g.
19 Wall-climbing
plants
20 Overly luxurious 21 ___ off (angered) 22 Trudge
23 Not as big
26 “You didn’t need to share that!”
28 “The Darjeeling Limited” director Anderson
30 Greenlights
31 Shower curtain
holder
33 Citrus peel
35 In the know
37 Cowboy boot
attachment
38 “Thus . . .”
39 Railroad terminal 40 Mustang or Civic,
e.g.
41 Word after “martial” or “liberal”
42 Wetland with
reeds
43 Prophetic sign
44 “I made a goof!” 45 “For sure”
46 Unadon fish
48 Opposite of post49 Sportscasters’
second looks
52 The “F” of FOMO 54 “Fresh off the ___”
(ABC sitcom)
55 World’s largest
flatfish © Andrews McMeel
58 Step in a flight
60 Tex-Mex dish in a
tortilla bowl
62 Heart rate
63 “the way it seems
2 me . . .”
64 “Spy Kids” actress
Hatcher
65 Car wheel
connectors
66 ___ pressure
67 “College GameDay” channel
DOWN
1 Sound booster
2 Emperor after
Claudius
3 Making a mess of
things
4 City where Blackpink was formed
5 “This spells
trouble for us!”
6 Easy-Bake ___
(toy) 7 Poet whose surname anagrams to “stake”
8 Conclusion
9 Books such as “White Teeth” and “Beloved”
10 Disney princess who calls a fork a “dinglehopper”
11 “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” spinoff
12 Had some tofu
13 “___ Miserables” 18 Go with the ___
21 Begin speaking to
a group
24 Gloomy
25 Wi-Fi device
26 Tire pattern
27 “I’ll stare directly at the sun, but never in the ___” (Taylor Swift lyric)
3/2
29 Covered in
perspiration
32 Honeybee with no
stinger
34 Uno + uno
36 Thingyan’s month
(Abbr.)
37 ___ Paulo, Brazil 45 Makes a loud,
harsh noise
47 Floral necklaces 50 Composure
51 “Tsk, tsk!”
53 Subside
56 Feeling after a
kajukenbo class 57 Waterproof sheet 58 Place for an
aquatic massage 59 Black-tie outfit, for
short
60 Gratuity
61 Loud noise