The Commercial Appeal

USA TODAY CROSSWORD

- EDITED Erik Agard BY Rafael Musa

SECOND STRING

ACROSS 1 Have a soak in a

tub 6 ___-foot tub 10 Response to “Shall

we?” 14 Mexican goalkeeper Guillermo 15 Spanish greeting 16 Notion 17 “You’re such a goof” 19 ___ fu 20 Bird in a coop 21 Metal in bronze 22 Design detail, for

short 24 Verb form that acts

as a noun 27 Woolly animal 30 Salty item on a lox

bagel 33 Invisible

“instrument” 35 Airline headquarte­red in Chicago 18 Knight’s title 37 Fictional creature 23 End of a toaster’s

from Skull Island cord

38 Mid-april payment 24 Fetch

39 Swiss city close to 25 Competitor of

France Adidas

41 Thus DOWN 26 Goes by golf cart 42 It’s measured 1 Option C in some 28 ___ sticky rice with degrees in multiple-choice 29 Gas used in geometry questions insulating windows 44 Top-left keyboard 2 Dull pain 30 Snip

key 3 “It’s better ___ 31 Actress de Armas 46 Prince, to a king nothing” 32 “Bao” or “Lava”

47 Holiday dish often 4 “___ Ones” (show 34 Grind, like teeth

served glazed where celebritie­s 36 Airline 51 ___ for life eat spicy wings) headquarte­red 52 Early web portal 5 Hidden features in in Atlanta 53 Goes over 21 in a video game 40 Animated

blackjack 6 “Arrow of God” clownfish

57 Suffix meaning novelist Achebe 43 Pick a ___ (point

“kinda” 7 “haha” out a minor 58 Visa’s place 8 The A in AYCE shortcomin­g) 61 Use a cleaver 9 Paths 45 Metered 63 Stage of a plan 10 Have a serious vehicles 65 Heartfelt request crush on 47 Overused 66 “Just pulled up to 11 Teachers, tutors, expression your front door,” but professors, etc. 48 Quiets down shorter 12 One plus two plus 49 Woolly animal

67 Signs of a cat’s three plus four 50 Miss Piggy or

affection 13 Lose firmness Elmo

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68 At any time

69 It is, in Spanish

70 Powerful tennis shot 71 It might be standardiz­ed

2/21 54 Figure out, like a

mystery

55 Can’t see the forest

for the ___

56 Begin

59 Poses a question

60 Meeting, informally 62 Sugar snap ___

63 “thx” counterpar­t 64 “Hymn”

homophone

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