USA TODAY CROSSWORD

IN TANDEM

ACROSS

1 “Rough” or “final” version of an essay 6 Serve drinks 13 Harm 15 Colorful period

after sunset 16 Stars of dishes 18 Major cause of the

racial wealth gap 19 Great grade 22 Computer command after a mistake 23 “Yours, Mine

and ___” 27 Mortgage, for

example 28 Jobs 29 Part of a comic

strip 30 Language with

handshapes 31 Runs a scam on 32 Successfully

reaches 33 Thick floor

covering 35 Container of

beans 36 Stay ___ 37 Shrill bark

38 State symbols of

Maine 40 Social media

messages 41 Garnet, amethyst

or pearl 42 Tehran’s country 43 Small places to jot

things down

46 Sport bike brand named after a type of feudal Japanese warrior

47 GPS approxi

mations 48 Went out with 49 Aid and ___ 52 Bombard 53 Opera solos 54 Agency that investigates unfair labor practices

55 Numerical prefix

for “cycle” or “pod”

56 Sticky stuff on roads

57 Notable period in history

DOWN

1 Sparsely lit 2 Bivalent booster molecules 3 ___ verde ( Peruvian green sauce) 4 Rhyming race 5 Exerts effort 6 Mixtures of spices or coffee beans 7 Sound feed 8 Strap attached to a horse 9 Nickname for the best player in the history of a sport 10 Very long period of time 11 Pistachio or pecan 12 Gastroenterologists, etc. ( Abbr.) 14 Conclude 15 Takes along

17 Sticking with paste 19 “Sadly . . .” 20 Fancy 21 In ___ land 24 So bad it can’t be put into words 25 Comes back 26 Casino machines 28 Rise 29 Retirement payment 31 Dire situation 32 Talk a lot 34 Athlete on a beam 35 Approach 38 “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” star Wright 39 ___ horse ( mythical wooden “gift”) 40 Holiday during which Lakshmi Puja is performed 41 Small racing vehicle

43 Alma ___

44 Nothing, in

Spanish

45 Auction offers

46 Held on to

50 ___ on the side of

caution

51 Schedule placeholder initials

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