The Commercial Appeal

USA TODAY CROSSWORD

- CROSSWORD EDITED Amanda Rafkin BY Claire Rimkus

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ACROSS 1 “Abbott Elementary” school principal 4 Strong burst of

wind 8 “Pronto!” 12 Like unprocesse­d

data 13 Makeup type 14 Carrie’s “Star

Wars” character 15 “Little Red Riding

Hood” antagonist 16 Place to exchange

vows 17 One of the O’s in

“YOLO” 18 Quantity 20 Long-necked,

white birds 22 Crunchy side dish often served with spaghetti 24 First-___ kit 27 The WNBA’S Sky,

on a scoreboard 21 Gallaudet URL 28 Uno + tres ending 30 “Not gonna lie . . .” 23 Forehead

in a text adornment 32 “Nuh-uh!” 25 Cobalt’s neighbor 35 “Boys Run the ___” on the periodic

(manga series) table

36 Feature of a 26 Symbol in a

no-cost event lowercase “i” 39 Recover from injury 29 Operatic solo 40 Communicat­e in 30 Go beyond

ASL DOWN 31 Stabilizin­g weightlift­ing 41 Khaki color 1 Pleasant odor accessory 42 “Praying” insect 2 Courage 33 “Holy cow!” in 44 Many a Hot 3 Just terrible a text

Wheels toy 4 256 tbsp. 34 Verb in 46 Sra., in English 5 Speak aloud dumpling 47 Athlete who 6 Platform for a recipes doesn’t get much stand-up comic 36 Haunted playing time 7 Apartment patios hayride feeling 54 Bleep out 8 Tons 37 Evaluates 56 Once in ___ 9 Feeling 38 Jipijapa hat

(occasional­ly) 10 Feel under the material

57 Like some weather 39 “Let me think nonmonogam­ous 11 Take care of a bill about that . . .” relationsh­ips 13 Success in Go Fish 43 Son of, in Arabic 59 Celery piece or on Her 45 Not asleep 61 Wagon-pullers in 15 Move like a 48 ___ Dame

The Oregon Trail puppy’s tail 49 Common 62 Loan out 19 Specialize­d area origami bird

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63 Muppet who loves

his Rubber Duckie 64 Where a bear may

hibernate

65 Some takers of

parental leave

66 Everything bagel

morsel

67 Notable time

period 7/26

50 ___ Island

(Providence’s state) 51 Event for mingling 52 Basketball star

Delle Donne

53 ___ faire

55 Comes to a close 57 Opposite of new

58 Samosa morsel

60 Garbage can

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