USA TODAY CROSSWORD
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ACROSS
1 Fancy hairdo
5 Part of a rosary
9 Phone charger
letters
13 Extinct birds
15 Spanish for
“water”
16 Desperate
appeal
17 One of 11 in Brandon Taylor’s book “Filthy Animals”
19 Causes of
overtimes
20 Radio reporter’s
device
21 Try
23 Like “moose” but
not “goose”
26 Unit of resistance 27 Two-part
28 Colorful swimmer 34 Black-and-white
swimmer
35 Shopping basket 36 From bad to ___ 37 Neighbor of MEX
and CAN
38 Felt hats
40 Short records
41 Enthusiasm
43 “___ After” (“Into
the Woods” song) 44 Wooden strip
45 Ingredient in bisque and biscuits
47 They’re toppled
by bowling balls 48 Brewed drink
49 Show such as “Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-joo,” e.g.
51 Fan base that gets excited when “Dynamite” comes on the radio
55 Hot ___ balloon
56 Bleating baby
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57 Button that frees up computer storage
63 Person who’s
admired
64 Frozen drink brand that sounds like its first two letters
65 Spooky
66 Notebook part
67 Bread eaten with
curry
68 “I cannot confirm
or ___” 9 Quick, in music
10 Like long odds
11 “Your popcorn is done microwaving!” sound
12 Group of performers
14 Mix with a spoon 18 Opposite of abundant
22 Defrosts
23 Chase after
24 “The house” in Spanish
25 Follow the ___ DOWN 27 It’s kneaded in the 1 Storage devices kitchen for some 29 Took a road trip, audiobooks say
2 “How pretty!” 30 String of wins or
3 Wedding words losses
4 E=mc^2, e.g. 31 Early heat,
5 Vampire’s flying informally form 32 Nacion de
6 Self-importance Barcelona
7 Surrounding vibe 33 Musical pauses
8 Ohio’s “Gem City” 38 Entrance hall
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39 When to do pushups and bicep curls
42 It might be unfolded for a living room dinner 44 Practiced boxing 46 Entered
50 Ceremonial act
51 Radar image
52 “Presto!”
53 Polluted air
54 Community center in a Village People song
58 Split ___ soup
59 First two-digit
number
60 “We ___ Family”
(Sister Sledge hit) 61 Partner of cos and
tan in math
62 “Watch it!”