USA TODAY International Edition
PUZZLES CROSSWORD
SPREADING
HAPPINESS
ACROSS
1 “Wow,” in a text 4 Wasn’t on time 11 Hardworking insect in a fable 14 ___ for the course 15 Contacted via Outlook, say 16 Outback animal, for short 17 Application 18 What tenure provides, typically 20 “That’s unfortunate” 22 Shoulder- to- hip accessory 23 Rowing sticks
24 ___- tac- toe 25 Bookselling partner of Barnes 27 Parental sharing 33 Automaker with a four- ring logo 34 Range for some saxes
35 ___ circle ( trusted group) 39 Modern opposite of A. D.
40 It’s fragrant when burned 42 Sociologist and author Ewing 43 Elevator passage 45 Therefore, to Descartes 46 Skating jump 47 Excerpt from a diary
50 Sing softly 52 OutKast’s city, for short
53 Front of a cupboard 54 What the three wise monkeys can’t see, hear and speak, respectively 58 Marsh stalks 61 Band represented by 18-, 27- and
Across
DOWN
64 Look into carefully 65 Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program org.
66 ___ a major 67 Outback animal 68 Internet connection option 69 Curled one’s lip 70 High- arcing tennis shot
1 Magnum ___ 2 Potato recipe verb
3 “That’s a smart thought!”
4 Turn down
5 “Te ___” 6 Seizes
7 Member of Blackpink
8 Pub purchases 9 Rave music 10 School URL ending 11 Basic font
12 ___ Dame 13 Contents of Santa’s sleigh
19 “Dancing on My Own” artist 21 Prefix meaning “small”
26 “Garfield” dog 27 Boxing moves 28 “That stings!” 29 Container of corn 30 Stomach problem 31 Not lenient 32 Country represented by Pita Taufatofua
36 In a higher tier 37 Happily ___ after 38 Depend 40 Langston Hughes poem 41 Note above fa 44 Norwegian inlet
46 Way to pay to play 48 Irregular 49 Merited
50 Places for poultry
51 Kansas City baseballer
53 Was in charge of the music
55 The “V” in VP
56 “Cast Away” setting 57 Hard- to- trust person
59 Early recording of a song 60 Movie ticket fragment 62 Cards in wallets 63 Mine find