USA TODAY CROSSWORD
A LITTLE TO THE LEFT
ACROSS
1 “I can ___ cheezburger?” (meme with bad grammar)
4 Frogs’ habitats
9 Stud muffins
14 Tolkien monster
15 Now, in Spanish
16 Inbox item
17 Metallic rock
18 Complete and utter 19 Caregiver such as Mary Poppins or Fran Fine
20 Substitute slugger 23 Wicked things
24 Played hooky
29 Art ___ (1920s
architectural style) 30 Word after “karaoke” or “Klondike”
33 In an unsettling way 34 Kilt pattern
37 Feeling anxious
38 Video record of a
fender bender
42 This, that and
the ___
43 Broadcast on
Twitch
44 Louisiana religion practiced by Marie Laveau
46 Title for Lewis
Hamilton
47 Suddenly back out 51 Person trained in
CPR
52 “However . . .”
54 Long cloud of smoke Supposed hangover remedy 59 Not sink
62 Boise’s state
63 Once ___ blue
moon
64 Sauce similar to
toum
65 Yak’s relative
66 ___ Tacs
67 Latin phrase preceding the word “committee” Answers:
55 68 Contest submission 69 Pigpen
DOWN
1 Played basketball 2 Show up
3 Picturesque
4 Trails
5 “Pick me! Pick me!” 6 “Wasn’t me,” more formally “Aww, darn!” Treats, like a winter road
“The Immortal Life of ___ Lacks” “Red, White & Royal Blue” actress Thurman Photographer Goldin
Aunts, grandfathers, cousins, etc.
13 Like a fox
21 Not nude
22 ___ by (barely
manage)
25 First part of the U.S.
Constitution 7 8
9
10
11
12 26 ___-Pong
27 Otherwise
28 Hair-coloring
product
30 “Nursing” or
“sports” garment 31 $$$ dispensers
32 Whitewater
vessels
35 Like a trapeze artist 36 Temaki seaweed 38 Plunged into a pool
headfirst
39 Particle with a
nucleus
40 Goal-scoring attempt Opposite of ’neath 45 French for “yes” 48 ___ a class (sits in on a course without earning credit)
49 “Will do!”
50 Long-lasting
impact
53 Comanche
Nation, e.g.
54 Total fake
41
55 ___ Top (ice cream brand with an angelic name)
56 Major Norse deity 57 Speedy
58 56-Down’s son
59 Air traffic control
org.
60 Part of a peanut butter jar
“I’m in awe!”
61
Friday’s Answer