USA TODAY CROSSWORD
FIRST CONTACT
ACROSS 1 In separate
locations 6 “And I thought I should tell you / How loved you ___” (Honne lyric) 9 Not at home 13 Social no-no 14 Morning moisture 15 Clean ___ (fresh
start) 16 Suggested retail
cost 18 Like close friends 19 Hill-building insect 20 Milkis, for example 21 Site of a biblical
tower 22 Male deer 24 Toothless adversary (or something that can be made in 39-Down) 27 Prolonged attacks 29 “You’ll ___ the 21 Ostracized uncle in
day . . .” “Encanto”
30 Had some baozi 23 V-formation birds 31 “Nancy Drew” 25 “The Very Hungry character Caterpillar” author Nickerson Carle 32 Storage container 26 ___ velvet cake 33 Drove too fast 28 Measure of an 34 Business-casual economy
jacket DOWN 32 “Oh, also . . .” in a 38 ___ out (distribute) 1 Book of maps text
41 In mint condition 2 Works on a canvas 33 Minimalist earrings 42 Little lump 3 Decline to vote 35 Vegetable with 44 Mined resource 4 Decay papery skin 45 Spy org. 5 At most 36 Birds Aren’t 46 Bamboo-loving 6 Sportswear brand ___ (parody
animals with a three-stripe conspiracy 49 Big spender at a logo theory)
casino 7 Postgame 37 Polar explorer 52 Laborious task summary Bancroft 54 Reaction to a bad 8 Lamb’s mom 38 “Silly me!”
pun 9 Cover story 39 Japanese art 55 Peruvian of old 10 Pay inequity issue form 57 Actress Lucy 11 Gymnast or 40 Seating perk 58 Like haka judoka 43 Slow songs
performers 12 “Are we having fun 45 James Bond
59 Photo effect ___?” actor Daniel caused by bright 15 Colorado or 46 Authored light California 47 Story
61 Amid 17 Thick cord progressions Answers: Call 1-900-988-8300, 99 cents a minute; or, with a credit card, 1-800-320-4280.
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62 ___ range (dating
app specification) 63 Theme park
attractions
64 Salted parts of
margarita glasses 65 Got married
66 Initial stage
9/19 48 Elegant evening
party
50 Triceratops’s three
51 Feudal lord
53 Hotel customer
56 “Gotta love that ___ hairdo” (Corinne Bailey Rae lyric)
58 Women’s History
Month (Abbr.)
59 Regulation
60 Architect Maya
Friday’s Answer