The Commercial Appeal

USA TODAY CROSSWORD

- EDITED Erik Agard BY Rafael Musa

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ACROSS

1 Dish such as doro

wat

5 Unit of land area

9 Where produce is

produced

13 Thus

14 Predominan­t branch of Islam in Iran

15 Boost

16 Requiring employees to work off the clock, for example

18 Planet between

Venus and Mars

19 Transgress­ion

20 “Anything ___ I can

help with?”

21 Buenos ___,

Argentina

22 Bathroom fixture

24 Machine for lifting

heavy objects

25 State of mind

26 To be, in Spanish

28 Name that’s the same forward and backward

31 Mathematic­ian

Paul

33 Year, in Portuguese 34 Stuck in indecision 35 Community with a large student population

39 Barrier in a hydroelect­ric power plant

40 Actor’s signal

41 Pond scum

42 Express a viewpoint 44 Aide (Abbr.)

46 “Yikes!”

47 Alloy of copper and

zinc

48 “So cute!”

50 Number of official

time zones in China 52 California wine

valley

54 Climb to the top of 57 “It’s a gray ___”

58 “So frustratin­g!”

59 Riveting book

61 Filled to the ___

© Andrews Mcmeel

62 Unlock

63 Walks laboriousl­y 64 Try again

65 Try out

66 Female pigs

67 Tusker or Tsingtao

drink

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1 Works with a thimble

2 Not to be trusted

3 What beef stroganoff is often served over

4 Sorrow

5 “Pieces of Me” singer Simpson

6 Treasure containers 7 Widespread

8 Have a snack

9 “Don’t worry!”

10 “You’re wrong, but let’s stop arguing”

11 Boring routines

12 Speed stat

15 “Star Wars” princess 17 ___ Aviv

21 Symbol on a flowchart 23 “American ___”

(competitio­n show) 24 Boat bigger than a

kayak

25 City that only

Muslims can visit 27 “See ya later”

29 What Monica Helms’ flag celebrates

30 “It’s ___!” (“I’m

paying!”)

32 Mermaid’s place

36 What biolumines­cent animals do

37 Something boosted by praise 38 Neither here

___ there 43 Piece of cookware for sauteing

45 “America’s

Got ___” (competitio­n show)

47 Pandas and

grizzlies 49 Soaking ___

51 Requires

53 Protection for a medieval knight 54 Catch sight of

55 ___ Town, South Africa

56 A long time

57 Singer Guthrie

60 Fedex alternativ­e 61 “gimme a sec” 2/6

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