USA TODAY CROSSWORD
FRONTRUNNERS
ACROSS
1 Short haircut
4 Opera star
8 Place to get a pedicure
13 Opera solo 15 Substance like vinegar or lemon juice
16 Yoga pose
17 Simba or Mufasa 18 Join, like two pieces of metal
19 Dalai Lama’s homeland
20 Layer under ski pants, perhaps 23 “The Doctor” in Doctor Who, e.g. 24 End-of-Ramadan holiday 25 Cash-dispensing machine
28 Official order
30 Web portal with a butterfly logo 31 Thought
32 Bouquet holders 34 Where some bras clasp
35 Surface that a teacher might write on with Expo markers
39 Classic reaction to a pun
40 Detection system that uses radio waves
41 Not difficult 42 Room-cooling appliances
(Abbr.)
43 Dry, sandy biome 48 The “O” in IOU 49 Place to get pampered
50 Screen ___ (idle computer’s display) 51 “Ahh, it’s good to be here!” saying on some decor
56 Actor’s comment to the audience 58 “Voila!”
59 Similar
60 Old-timey photo color
61 Midmonth day 62 Tear
63 High-tech light beam
64 One of 100 in a dollar 65 Contributes
DOWN
1 Power ___ (emotional song) 2 Orange-and-black bird
3 Like some prosthetics 4 Daybreak
5 Like some summer coffee orders
6 Really gross
7 Spoke to 8 Completely full 9 Most populated continent
10 Canadian region that shares a name with a popular dog breed
11 Single
12 Jazz singer ___ King Cole
14 Rage
21 Like a cobblestone road
22 Triumph
26 Look after 27 Welcome ___ (front door feature)
29 Body part that someone might “lend”
30 Flat-topped hills 31 Retirement plan letters 33 Snarky 34 Bambi’s home 35 Sketch
36 Reddish flower fruits that can be used in tea 37 “Woohoo!” 38 Not good 39 Prefix for “cache” or “thermal” 42 Gorilla or bonobo 44 43-Across in
North Africa
45 Brought to mind 46 Jog the memory of 47 Fads
49 Pap ___
52 Dog in “Garfield” 53 Slog through a bog 54 Paradise
55 Sunrise direction 56 Visual language used at Gallaudet University
57 Large body of water