USA TODAY CROSSWORD

ANAG-RAMS

ACROSS

1 Mosque leader

5 As easy as ___

8 “. . . and the ___ is

history!”

12 Lacking in color

13 Stops

16 Museum pieces, in

Spanish

17 Clips that might cause pleasant tingling

19 Accessories worn

under collars

20 Pet bird’s

enclosure

21 “Wheel of Fortune”

co-host White

23 Tit for ___

24 D’arcy Carden’s “The Good Place” character

25 Rage

26 College residences 28 The end of an ___ 29 Li’l sis, for example 31 ___ out (assesses

carefully)

33 Word before “truck” or “Tuesday”

35 “For sure,” for short 37 Region

38 Vehicle made to explore the Red Planet

41 Prefix for “colon”

or “circle”

42 Last number in a

countdown

43 “Severance” actor

Scott

47 Black Business

Month

49 ___ Precheck

51 Org. that tracks air

quality

52 Heavy brass

instruments

53 “Yeah, right”

55 Complete disarray 57 Course for some

immigrants (Abbr.) 58 Wear away

60 She/her/___

61 “Yeah, right” © Andrews Mcmeel

63 Metaphorical unit of emotional distance

66 Silent actor

67 Once every 24

hours

68 Flavor of a bottleshaped gummy 69 Spit-out bit of a

watermelon

70 Day before Jan. 1,

for short

71 Garden paradise

DOWN

1 Bitter beer

2 Makeup that might be waterproof

3 Annual reference

book

4 Get on the freeway 5 Sushi tuna

6 Negative general

feeling

7 See-through

8 First animal of the

Chinese zodiac

9 Neighbor of

Ethiopia 10 Cooks in a

bamboo basket 11 Exams 14 Shades of color 15 xxx-xx-xxxx ID 18 Docs for rabbits 22 Really love

24 Hot tub nozzle

27 Dramatic work set

to music

30 “Zootopia” voice

actor Elba 32 Spelunking

spots 34 Last Greek

letter 36 To and ___ 39 Cause to

chuckle 40 Sneakily 41 Absolutely

divine 44 “Good lord!” 45 Figure in “The

Last Supper” 46 More, in Spanish 47 Kiwi’s neighbor

in Oceania

48 “Ghost World”

star Birch 3/23

50 Feel sore

52 Sports squads

54 IT system overseer,

for short

56 Thus

59 Awesome

62 Given dinner

64 Chemical used to

make bagels

65 Largest ethnic

group in China