USA TODAY CROSSWORD
SYSTEMS DOWN
ACROSS
1 “Look ___ this
way . . .”
5 Make sense
10 Compadre
13 “Yes . . . ish”
14 Blues legend
Ma ___
15 Casual
conversations
16 U.S. national
mammal
19 Person from Stockholm or Gothenburg
21 Cockatiel or
cocker spaniel 22 Counterpart of
45-Across
23 Signals
25 Flatbread eaten
with shiro wat 27 More
questionable
29 De ___
31 Red vegetable 32 “Honest!”
34 Really close
10-Acrosses
38 Time periods
39 Shuts loudly
40 Burlap bag
41 Hitch in a plan 43 Broadband
option
44 Major city in
Saudi Arabia
45 Molecule in
chromosomes 46 ___-Hulk
47 “___ of Spades” (Faridah Abike-iyimide novel)
48 In need of
lotion
49 TV channel with
an eye logo
50 Large car
51 ___ paratha (potato-stuffed flatbread)
52 Therefore © Andrews Mcmeel
53 Problem for a
runner
56 Person, place or thing, grammatically
57 Physique, for
short
58 Specifically
adapt
59 Thing never to do 60 Landscaping
material
61 What Art might
be short for
62 Prez on the dime 63 Toilet paper
thickness unit
64 Recipients of
money
DOWN
1 Rounded hairstyle
2 Hypnotized state 3 This clue’s number in Roman numerals 4 On edge 5 Upward journey 6 Play-___
7 Place loosely
8 Say aloud
9 Orzo or ziti
11 According to a viral Trill Withers tweet, it’s white people’s equivalent of “you got me [bleep]ed up”
12 Tie-___
16 Buy off
17 Deduces
18 Unharmed
20 Cuts up finely
24 Decorative vases 26 Assurance for an
employee
28 “I feel so lucky!” 30 Lacking direction 33 Retro
35 What a statement might be taken at
36 TV oversight
org. 3/4
37 Musical style
from Jamaica
42 The G in GLAAD 44 Product such as Essence Lash Princess
48 Unapproachable 51 Actress Lisa ___
Walter
52 Abbreviation on a measuring spoon
54 “Don’t stop now!” 55 Positives, in
decision-making 58 Touch a phone
screen