USA TODAY CROSSWORD
GARLIC KNOTS
ACROSS
1 Love, in Spanish
5 ___ and seek
9 Covertly includes on an email
13 “As I see it . . .”
14 Things
16 Official currency of 20 countries
17 Common vending machine bills
18 Go nighty-night
19 Gradually withdraw
20 Genre that combines fantasy with the mundane
23 Add spices to
24 “See ya,” online
25 When you’re doing this puzzle
28 People to look up to
32 Producer Yvette ___ Bowser
35 Streaming service now known as “Max”
36 Blood condition
37 Landscaping on many golf courses
41 Clementine or tangelo, e.g.
42 Little criticism
43 To the ___ degree
44 Pine
45 Krispy ___ donuts
48 People who perform the Egedege Dance
51 Super lit parties
55 “I can always hope, right?”
58 Swedish practice of taking a break with a beverage, a snack and good company
60 “In Treatment” actress Uzo
61 Writer Bombeck
62 Amend for publication
63 Himalayan country
64 Patreon level
65 “When all is said and ___ . . .”
66 East, in Spanish
67 Shipped off
DOWN
1 Particles with neutrons
2 “Glass Onion” actress Janelle
3 Final Greek letter
4 Push back against
5 Words on some matching towel sets
6 “___ be our little secret”
7 Stag or fawn
8 “Nice to ___ you!” (Zoom greeting)
9 Totally confuse
10 Prompts for actors
11 Do some last-minute studying
12 Nemo, to Marlin
15 Tiff
21 Pigeon’s sound
22 Not telling the truth
26 “The Goldbergs” channel
27 Snatching sound
29 Muscat’s country
30 “It’s on my to-do ___”
31 Spot for a merit badge
32 Like doilies
33 Great Lake that’s a homophone of 52-Down
34 ___ Moten Barnett
36 Substitute
38 Provide water to farmland
39 Mushrooms and mold, e.g.
40 What we breathe
46 “___ woman” ( Taylor Swift song)
47 Birds with S-shaped necks
49 Ill-behaved child
50 “Golden” song
52 Kinda spooky
53 Soup that often comes with a boiled egg in it
54 Intelligent
55 Similar
56 Baby bears
57 Help with a crime
58 Put out some kibble for
59 Final words before your fiance becomes your spouse