USA TODAY CROSSWORD

EXTERIOR DOORS

ACROSS

1 Chore list heading 5 Leader of a salat

prayer

9 Mined material

12 Had the courage 13 Baby’s first word,

often

14 Spider- Man’s uncle 15 Pursuit of two sets of degree requirements

17 Unusual

18 “Fire” or

“carpenter” bugs 19 Gets older

20 “Pariah” director

Rees

21 Female deer

22 Speaks dishonestly 23 Medication

quantities

25 The A in ETA

28 Duo

30 It gets “caught” in

a high jump

31 One Direction

singer Payne

32 Permit

33 Work of managing

a household

37 Metal no longer used in making kitchen foil

38 What carpenters

saw

39 2016 Olympics city,

for short

40 Sara Gilbert’s role

on “The Connors” 42 Ray that brightens

a room

46 Noble horse

47 Confidentiality

contracts ( Abbr.) 49 Language related

to Thai

50 EverQuest and Final Fantasy XVI genre

51 Wet weather

52 Long sandwich

53 Even score

54 Helping out

57 Org. with a Slam

Dunk Contest 58 Up to it

59 Get closer to

midnight

60 Vietnamese Lunar

New Year

61 Disorderly

situation

62 “So true!”

DOWN

1 Not as slack

2 Spherical shapes

3 Drag queen Bianca ___ Rio

4 Poem with a dedication

5 Mental picture

6 Grand and beautiful

7 “Ocean to Ocean” singer Tori

8 Damage

9 Wind player’s time to shine

10 Christ the ___

( huge statue in 39- Across)

11 Finish

12 Charitable contributor 15 Baby’s first word,

often

16 Letters and

packages

20 Uno + uno

22 “Room” star Brie 23 . tech, . travel or . tv 24 Sitcom backdrop 26 Answer to “Who’s

up for some fun?” 27 Took a look at

29 Animal with tusks

and whiskers

31 Surface for

eyeshadow

33 Long tirade

34 How someone might listen to their favorite song

35 Places for polish 36 Float up and

down

37 Six- point NFL

scores

41 A ballerina stands on one in an arabesque

42 Did karaoke 43 Number of players

on a soccer team 44 Baseball legend

Hank

45 Secure a ship

48 Has a meal

51 Spa day garment 52 Can’t stand

53 Explosive letters 54 Beaver’s creation 55 In the style of

56 Relatives, for short

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