USA TODAY International Edition
PUZZLES CROSSWORD
PASS IT ON
ACROSS 1 Some Coloradans 5 In addition
8 “I’ll take a ___ at it” 12 Spanish for “Miss” 14 State flower of Indiana
15 At the ___ hour 16 Show off
17 With 34- and 49- Across, Toni Morrison quote 19 Product in skin care or printing 22 Tube- shaped bottle 23 Japanese dog breed 24 Name that means “have a meal” when spelled backwards 26 Peephole’s place 29 What goes between tic and toe
30 Fake- offended phrase 33 Metallic resource 34 See 17- Across 37 Tree with a “slippery” variety 38 Mourn 39 Childbirth specialists, for short 41 Something owed 43 Airport stat 44 Downloadable volume 46 Name meaning “king”
48 Dark outside 49 See 17- Across 55 Cold outside 56 Form a labor group 60 Supermarket section 61 Inaccurate term 62 Activist Parks 63 Letters on toothpaste tubes
64 Cola, e. g. DOWN 1 “___ it or lose it!”
2 ___ Aviv
3 Third letter of 12- Across
4 The first “S” in USSR 5 Really small 6 Palindromic name 7 Third- largest Hawaiian island 8 Ocean bottom 9 Guided trip
10 “The Wall Between” author Braden
11 Unit of computer memory 13 Song part that’s repeated
14 Beg
16 Day after Thu. 18 “Crisis ___!” 19 Neck design, for short 20 Signed off on 21 “Miss Juneteenth” star Beharie 24 Podcast hosted by Kid Fury and Crissle West
25 Tax inspection 27 Cereal based on a Nabisco cookie 28 Nike competitor 31 Thee Stallion, to fans
32 “Mazel ___!” 35 Rihanna song with the lyric
“Now that it’s raining more than ever”
36 Uses as sustenance 40 Cloud’s place 42 Word after
“pool” or “periodic” 45 Word before “dias” or
“Aires”
47 Bliss 49 Surgery souvenir 50 Lorain’s state 51 Hit’s opposite 52 County in the southwest corner of Arizona 53 Name that means “have a meal” when spelled backwards
54 “Mona ___”
57 “If you ask me,” for short
58 Z, to a Brit
59 “It’s the end of an ___”