USA TODAY CROSSWORD

PERIOD PIECES ACROSS

1 Drain problem 5 “Seems ___”

(“I think it’s valid”) 10 Still competing 14 Epic tale 15 Wear away 16 Extinct bird 17 Prince song with a

colorful name 19 Cookie with

fondant filling 20 “Am not!” rebuttal 21 Ctrl-___-Del 22 Rib-eye, e.g. 23 “Rodeo” singer Lil

___ X 24 Container for cookies or sewing supplies 26 Emotionally

removed 28 Do a little of this

and a little of that 32 “Ideally . . .” 35 Part of the ear or

brain 36 Neither’s partner 37 Prepare rooibos 38 Mutual ___ 39 Doing nothing 40 Comic DeLaria 41 Rickshaw, e.g. 43 Polish city where Chopin’s heart is buried 45 Number of euros

to the dollar, e.g. 48 Like Ugadi and Holi 49 Kitchenware brand 50 ___ your wage (do only the work you’re paid to do) 53 Jack who could eat

no fat 55 Docs’ degrees 57 “You can’t be

serious!” 59 Writer such as

Mahmoud Darwish 60 Download that

offers forecasts 62 Name hidden in

“thesaurus”

63 “Come in!” 13 64 Mandy Gull-Masty’s 18

heritage

Answers: © Andrews McMeel

65 Marries

66 “Don’t ___ with

me!”

67 Puts two and two

together

DOWN

1

Channel that covers Congress

2 Olympic gymnast

Zeng

3 Shrek and Fiona

4 Spaces between

things

5 Actor Pace

6 Off the mark

7 Word after “longterm” or “field”

8 Annual Alaskan

sled dog race

9 Number of decades in a century

10 “Samesies!”

11 “All sales are final” 12 “Can I bounce an ___ off you?” Nabbed

Flower in yeonkkot-cha 22 Achy

25 Addams Family

cousin

27 Room with Bunsen

burners 28 Church seat 29 Top-notch 30 The Crescent City,

for short 31 Sketched 32 Up to the task 33 Dino such as Barney 34 Book that might be enjoyed on a vacation 38 Quarrel 39 Wrath 41 “You ___ win

’em all” 42 “Your point

being?” 43 Crayon stuff 44 Repent 46 Short break in

activity

47 List of team

members

50 Emmy or

Grammy 51 Like Batgirl,

costume-wise

52 Uses a keyboard 53 Gush forcefully

54 Asana

56 Statistical info

58 Ocean predator 60 “Red Eye” director

Craven

61 Regimen that might involve estrogen (Abbr.)