USA TODAY CROSSWORD

ON&ON& ON

ACROSS

1 Goo from a tree

4 Comedian and

writer Adejuyigbe

8 Buttery caramel

candy

14 2022 US Open

champ Swiatek

15 Direct-selling

cosmetics brand

16 All four parts of

EGOT

17 Goof up

18 “Near-ish,” in a

hiding game

19 Make back, as

losses

20 Better than the rest 23 Adolescent

24 Take a nosedive

25 Bajillions

29 Actor’s

improvisation

31 Illegally fix

32 Brings on to the

team

33 “Yes,” in France

35 “Gimme a frickin’

break!”

37 Head-to-head

dispute

40 Intent

41 Annual vaccine

target

42 ___ Dew Baja Blast 43 Tropical fruit in

some chutney

45 Old piece of cloth 48 Plant used to make

tequila

52 “Over he-e-ere!”

54 Hardwood used in

boatmaking

56 Title for Lancelot

and Mix-a-lot

57 Rainy period in

Asia

60 Has

62 Gin and tonic

garnishes

63 Board game

regulation

64 Ube or beet, for

example

65 Martini garnish

66 Colorful eye part 67 Precious stones 68 Sing “ski-bi dibby dib yo da dub dub,” maybe

69 Bumper ding

DOWN

1 Afternoon nap

2 “You said it”

3 Mailed package

4 Start of a new day or era

5 Give the runaround 6 Pestle’s partner

7 Underway, like a plan

8 Deck of cards with The Tower

9 ___ Hurcum, the world’s first openly nonbinary mayor 10 Videochatting via iphone

11 To and ___

12 End of a student’s email address

13 Sixth sense, for short

21 Walla Walla veggie 22 Period after

sunset

26 Cookie that’s filled

with “Stuf” 27 Glowing gas 28 IRS tax ID no.

30 Nincompoop 32 Shallow, attentionseeking reaction 34 Offline, for short 36 Word after “web”

or “dash” 37 “Ta-ta,

dahling!” 38 Onomatopoeic sound of munching, like Cookie Monster makes 39 March for ___

Lives 40 Comedian

Sedaris 44 Pac-man’s

enemies 46 ___ Fireball

(spicy candy) 47 Swiss city or

lake 11/17

49 Guarantee

50 String instrument smaller than a cello

51 Jim Varney role 53 Norway’s capital 55 Valuable trait

58 Most Van Gogh

paintings

59 Dry as a desert 60 www.change.___

61 Misery Wednesday’s Answer