USA TODAY CROSSWORD
BRING THE HEAT ACROSS
1
Person you might dish to, for short
4 “___ I Wanna Do” (Sheryl Crow song) Tuscany’s country Stags and does Legal claim on a property Aladdin’s wish-granting friend
“Puss in Boots” baddie
“omg hilarious!” Touches down Places to buy first editions of novels 22 “As I was saying . . .” 23 iPhone platform,
for short
24 U. S. tax-collection
agency
25 Antacid brand
27 Massage
30 Cixin Liu’s genre 33 Sudden desire
34 Big primate
35 Semi-spicy taco
sauce
38 Secrecy contract
(Abbr.)
39 Game with +4
cards
40 Caked in wet dirt 41 Sign in to
43 Ladies
45 Scot’s “no”
46 Envy or sloth, for
example
47 Easy as ___
49 Alternatively
53 “Oh, hi!”
57 Airline based in
Atlanta
58 Villain’s hideout 59 Pam’s successor
on “The Office”
60 Identified
61 Largest joint in the
human body Answers: 7 12 13
15
16
17 18 19 62 Nutritionist’s plan 63 One end of a
battery
64 Throw in
65 Not as much
DOWN
1 Started
2 Boat to an island, often
Perk at a coffee shop or airport
4 Blends of metals 5 Celeb’s ride to the
Oscars, typically
6 Premature song
release
7 Homes made of
snow bricks
8 Drops that are
shed
9 Green Gables girl 10 Pickle jar tops
11 “Okay, let’s do it” 12 Explorer of kids’
TV
14 Negative
responses
3
The solutions for today’s puzzles will appear on Monday’s puzzle or online at 20 Element used as a radiocontrast agent
21 Swim meet
statistics
25 Swap
26 ___ Christmas
sweater
27 Used a doorbell 28 Hairstyle that might require a scrunchie
29 Lima or kidney,
e.g.
30 Self-satisfied
31 Wrestler and
actor John
32 Hero
33 Org. that grades
eggs
36 Snack
37 Red carpet VIPs 42 Hush-hush, for
short
44 Like some popcorn and winter roads
46 Slept noisily 48 Sharp part of a
knife
49 Fibber’s
confession
50 Spooky
51 Spring star sign 52 Fender bender
results, usually 53 Ease off of breast
milk, say
54 Red Muppet with
a high voice
55 Antlered animal 56 “The Matrix Resurrections” director Wachowski
57 Double-stranded
genetic material