USA TODAY CROSSWORD

BOX SET

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1 “Daaang!” 5 Muscles worked by barbell shrugs, for short 10 Singer-songwriter

Sawayama 11 Ignited again 12 Working for a

better tomorrow 18 Decide 19 Recite from a

book 20 “___ Among the Stars” (picture book about an astronaut) 21 “___ to My Father’s Boots” (Cornelius Eady essay) 22 Puzzle on a paper

placemat 23 “I’m cold!” 24 “I’ll tell you the rest when I get back” 13 Afro puff or high 27 Hula dancer’s pony

garlands 14 Tidy 28 Businesses that 15 Steady look

offer massages 16 Less 29 Look up to commonplace 32 Genre influenced DOWN 17 Weird and scary by Sister Rosetta 1 Group of people 25 Geologic time Tharpe working on TV periods

33 Any second now scripts 26 Don’t have

34 They’re similar to 2 Extra virgin 29 Another term for

broths olive ___ a rising sign, in 36 Drain problem 3 “I Believe in You astrology

37 “Major yikes” ___ Me” 30 Worry ___

38 Fixture beside a 4 Deep conditioning (Guatemalan

bathtub treatments figurine)

43 School dance 5 Stock market 31 Secure to a

squad worker dock 44 “Once ___ a Time” 6 Officiate a 34 “How’s it

(Chika EP) lacrosse game goin’?” 45 Life force 7 Worker-led 35 However, for 46 Make it to movement short 48 “The African founded in 38 Gives Gentleman” Staten Island, for individualized musician Hassani short instruction

49 Full, like this 8 Peach center 39 International

puzzle 9 Discovering oil group 52 Elephant part unexpectedly 40 Policy ___ that may be six 12 Sonic ___ (loud (political feet long sound) expert)

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53 Opposites of

ayes

54 Prefix for “like” or

“guise”

55 Foot parts

41 Super stylish

42 Mae geri or kin

geri, in karate 46 Scored 100% on 47 Like nam dok

anchan

50 Steamed bun 51 ___ water (alkaline ingredient in kutsinta) 7/12