USA TODAY CROSSWORD
OUTRIGHT
ACROSS
1 “Not so loud!” 4 Practices for a
prizefight 9 Travel the seas 13 “Very nice!”
15 Team of judges 16 Large fantasy
creature 17 Prefix meaning
“before” 18 ___-Saxon 19 Plant used for
thatching 20 Aid for enjoying “The Night Watchman” at night 23 Digitally endorse 24 “Whatcha ___ Is
Whatcha Get” 25 Place for camels to
drink 29 Pay for someone
else’s meal 31 It ends in Nov.
(Abbr.) 33 “Oh My God” 22 Place with key
singer Maria cards 34 Plumbing piece 26 “State of ___” 37 Chex or Trix (Mahmoud 39 First hip-hop single Darwish poetry to enter Billboard’s collection)
Top 40 chart DOWN 27 State with a Potato 43 ___-Cola 1 Frighten Museum
44 Sinister spirit 2 “I’m not making 28 Popcorn
45 They often get big this up!” seasonings
bonuses 3 Bombastic talk 30 Even, scorewise
46 A little off 4 Wing 32 Diffuser’s output 48 Strength of spirit measurement 35 Debuted
50 Noodle dish 5 Throes of guilt 36 Arthur’s wife in topped with 6 One of six in a “Babe” crushed peanuts hexagon 38 Less spicy 52 Gem with a 7 Depended relative of
“matrix” variety 8 A three-hour biryani 55 Overnight travel movie might be 39 Egg-shaped
option described as one tomato 60 Island west of Bali 9 Kinda 40 Battery fluid 63 Got behind the 10 “That didn’t ___ 41 Jewish deli
wheel well” mainstay 64 “You know that’s 11 Intense anger 42 On the ___
not true!” 12 Blazed a trail (precisely) 65 Throat-clearing 14 Windowsill, for 43 Bottle top
sound example 47 Ella, in English 66 Meal whose name 21 ___ purchases 49 “ur hilarious!” means “order” in (mobile game 51 Tacks on
Hebrew transactions) 53 Like lion dancers Answers: Call 1-900-988-8300, 99 cents a minute; or, with a credit card, 1-800-320-4280.
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67 “On top of that . . .” 68 Ankle-length skirt 69 “Rats!”
70 Remarkable
achievement
5/18 54 Capital city where laping is a popular street food
56 Jedi Grand Master 57 “Don’t ___ give
up!”
58 Forest floor plant 59 Moderate horse
gait
60 Scone topping
61 “Now I get it!”
62 Really irritate Tuesday’s Answer