USA TODAY US Edition

Crossword

- By Joyce Manning Edited by Timothy Parker

ACROSS 1 “They’ll never suspect me!” laugh 4 Mattress parts 11 “Red state” grp. 14 “Oklahoma!” Annie 15 Augmented fourth 16 Santa ___, Calif. 17 Nursery rhyme bakery item 19 Buddhism doctrine 20 Bowling division 21 “Whatever happens, happens” 23 Like many a pretzel 25 Music category 28 Coin in Moscow 29 “Mode” lead-in 30 Antarctic bird 32 Gave away verbally 33 Subatomic particles 37 Arcane vocabulary 39 “Child’s Play” doll 41 Celebrity 44 Gives it a shot 46 Lisbon mister 48 They’ll make a play for you 51 “The Fiddler” painter Chagall 53 Midori of the Figure Skating Hall of Fame 54 Five-finger discount taker 56 ___ de Janeiro 57 Honored with a celebratio­n 59 Move stealthily 61 Church pinnacle 63 “Infield fly” caller 64 Right from the oven 69 “Her maiden name was . . .” 70 Japanese raw fish 71 Sample for an assayer 72 Great ending? 73 Andean wool-bearers 74 “Ask me later,” on a schedule DOWN 1 Derisive laugh 2 Former name of Tokyo 3 Menopause symptom 4 Wander off the path 5 “Carrie” event 6 Parts of steps 7 “For what ___ worth . . .” 8 Frisco hill 9 Bearded antelopes 10 Barcelona title 11 Backyard belvedere 12 “Ah, Wilderness!” dramatist 13 Imitated a hot dog? 18 Old computer monitor type 22 2008 Brad Pitt role 23 “Green Eggs and Ham” guy 24 Author Waugh 26 It might precede a nickname 27 Contented cat sound 31 “Fun for children of all ___!” 34 Inception 35 Money machine mfr. 36 Two-percent alternativ­e 38 ___-eyed jack 40 Four quarters’ equivalent 42 Aflame with passion 43 Consider 45 “Lanka” start 47 Divining implement 48 Finely adjust 49 Set of bells in an orchestra 50 Woman’s fur shoulder cape 52 Of epic proportion­s 55 Bone cavity 57 End, in France 58 Work measuremen­t unit 60 “Too many more to mention” abbr. 62 A fine cotton 65 Sixth-sense letters 66 “A clue!” 67 Celestial object 68 You may have a spot of it

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