USA TODAY CROSSWORD
GET HIM BACK!
ACROSS
1 Deplete
4 Kicks, like a football 9 “I’m a sheep!”
12 Upsides
14 Chicago airport
15 Penny’s value
16 App with Elite
reviewers
17 “What a pity”
18 REALLY dislike
19 Singer known as the “Empress of J-pop”
22 Pilates surface
23 Neither fish ___
fowl
24 Chef’s garment
27 Bisexual ___ (short
’do)
30 Word that aptly bookends “bread maker”
34 “I spoke too ___”
35 Was fed up
37 Rounded feature of the Chicago Cultural Center
38 Cheddar, colby,
Edam, etc.
41 “when r u gonna be
here?”
42 Yang’s counterpart 43 Really long time
44 Gender clinic
prescription (Abbr.) 45 “The Baby-___ Club” 47 Person with a
mentor
49 Contempt
50 Enticed
51 South Florida newspaper associated with a puzzle hunt
57 Bar in a bathroom 59 January, in Spanish 60 Makes a costume,
say
63 Rides off ___ the
sunset
64 Natural hairdos
65 ___ palak (potato
dish)
66 State of mind © Andrews McMeel
67 Like an oversized
shirt
68 The Stonewall ___
DOWN
1
Agent such as
Susan Cooper
2 Vicinity
3 Prefix for “amorous” 4 Suggest
5 “That’s not good!”
6 Space probe org.
7 Rail vehicle
8 Car type
9 Spoonbill’s bill
10 Prefix for “hero” or
“body”
11 Enjoyed some
pastel de nata
13 Molded gelato
dessert
15 Bit of deception
20 “Aww, ___!” (“Drat!”) 21 Cry audibly
24 Size up
25 Like a haiku or ode 26 Red, oblong fruit in
some bruschetta
27 Hay-storing
buildings 28 Like 11 and 33, but
not 22
29 Waiter curl muscle 31 Place to get matzo
ball soup
32 Come out of hiding 33 How you might feel
after a good nap 35 What barbers cut 36 Hammer-wielding
Norse god
39 Whoopi Goldberg plays one in “The Lion King” 40 “___ Holmes” (film about Sherlock’s sister)
46 Cinematographer’s stand 48 The Gap Band’s hometown 52 Word after “Happy” or “matzo” 53 Details 54 Wonder Woman or Superman 55 Greek god of love 56 New York’s state
flower
57 Video game character in a virtual city
58 Fish also known as
wahoo
61 Triumphed
62 Pugsley, to Morticia