USA TODAY CROSSWORD
BREAKING NEWS
ACROSS
1 “My heart just ___ in it”
5 Insect mobs 11 Pharmacy chain whose receipts might be measured in feet 14 Rust Belt state 15 Cartoony explosion sound
16 Culturally up-to-date 17 Air travel cushions 19 Letters before a pen name
20 Retina’s place 21 Sneaky hockey play
22 Evergreen tree
23 “I’ll get this round” 26 Baltimore NFL team
29 “Is that a threat ___ promise?”
30 Prefix for “social” or “viral”
33 Feature of a Ruffles chip
34 Heroic helper 37 Delete
39 “Ozark” and “GLOW,” for two 42 Get ___ in the door 43 Marked down
46 Siri’s creator
49 World power until 1991
51 Low-visibility weather
52 “___ magically delicious!”
54 Citrus hybrid
57 High on the Scoville scale
58 Language from which “bong” comes
61 Cartoony explosion sound
62 Auction website
64 Soft toy projectiles 68 River with a Great Bend in Sudan 69 Viewpoint
70 Grasp
71 Give lip to 72 Place for
gardening gear
73 Provocative
DOWN
1 Particle with a + or - 2 Part of a pronoun
pair
3 Compliment for a
goalie
4 Sony HQ city
5 Word after “water”
or “jet”
6 Thoreau’s cabin life
memoir
7 Up to it
8 Corner chess piece 9 Outdoor chore
machine
10 Format for sending
31-Down
11 Made sore by
rubbing
12 Old Norse seafarer 13 Not ample
18 Brush alternative,
for calligraphers
23 Siri’s platform
24 Actress Kelly
Marie ___ 25 “That Girl” actress
Thomas
27 Fire-starting crime 28 What viral clips
amass
31 Phone messages 32 Form W-9 org.
35 Where to find Pisa
and pizza
36 Bidder’s proposal 38 Spanish for “now” 40 Money- promising
note
41 BDSM “stop”
signal 44 “heh,” but
stronger 45 It might be bruised after getting dumped 46 Capital named after a Greek goddess
47 Extreme fear
48 Rose tea bits 50 Bottle up
53 Sicilian volcano 55 “Tiny Desk Concerts” network 56 Narrow canyon 59 Female ducks 60 “I’m so peeved!” 63 “Mm-hmm”
65 Device an EMT might shout “Clear!” before using
66 Drag accessory 67 CIA operative