USA TODAY International Edition
PUZZLES CROSSWORD
GREENBACKS ACROSS
1 Pesky pests
6 “All the Stars” singer 9 Fireplace residue 12 “The ___ does not exist”
13 “I’m standing right here!”
14 The second “L” of lol 16 Nimble
17 “Nobody Love” singer
19 Fix illegally
20 Pic
22 Banish 23 Historical periods 25 Sounds of hesitation 26 Fast- paced two- player card game
27 Wins over 29 Thermal protection for a diver 32 Jellyfish habitat 33 Softest mineral on the Mohs scale 34 “Native American ___: Tribal Belonging and the False Promise of Genetic Science” ( Kim TallBear book) 35 Mysterious fairy tale setting 40 Routing preposition
41 Eat a meal 42 Dove’s sound 43 Give for protection 45 Colorful play area 49 Sobbed
50 Road repair goo 51 Delicate fabric 52 Marinated Filipino dish
54 Striped predator 56 Cancel 57 Citrusy soda flavor 59 Verb on a campaign sign 61 Cracked open 62 Malevolent 63 Filmmaker Jordan 64 Boxer Wolfe who appeared in “Wonder Woman” 65 Supreme being 66 Fathered DOWN 1 Gave the stink eye 2 Non- rolled sushi dish 3 Friends, in Spanish 4 “It Ain’t Over ___ It’s Over” 5 Staircase part 6 Hockey attempts 7 Any number minus itself
8 “What ___ doing here?!”
9 Annie Murphy’s “Schitt’s Creek” role 10 State of being alone
11 Body of a ship 13 Molecules are made of them 15 Color changer 18 Didn’t freak out
21 In favor of individual agency 24 Accessory for a Brownie 26 Important component of activism 28 Learn more about 29 Ball of paper or gum
30 Outs’ opposites 31 Palindromic bit of ink
33 Golf peg
35 12/ 31, e. g. 36 Author Anais 37 Eartha Kitt’s “Batman” role 38 Explosive letters
39 Word after “cinnamon” or “Tootsie” 44 Newly invigorated 45 Breakfast roll with schmear 46 Cheese sometimes served with saag 47 Pointy frozen mass 48 Messaged with thumbs, perhaps 50 Meek
52 Pie ___ mode 53 ___ vu
54 Early DVR brand 55 PR workers, for short
58 Relay portion 60 Floral garland