USA TODAY US Edition

CROSSWORD

- EDITED Timothy Parker BY Henry Quarters

ACROSS

1 End of a fishhook 5 Fruit with yellow flesh

10 Card game for three

14 Chills, fever and sweating

15 Cause embarrassm­ent to Australian fruit 16 17 One of Columbus’ caravels 18 Kenya tribesman 19 Clickable picture 20 Boredom inducer 22 Light rain 24 Continenta­l connectors 27 Focal points 28 Frying aid 30 It may generate interest 31 Posture, for a batter 34 Hen’s pride 35 Jacket category 36 In-group lingo 37 Cookie many take apart 39 Drawing even with 42 ___ A Sketch 43 Connecting link 45 Gullible one 47 Weeder’s tool 48 It may be deviated 50 Like skyscraper­s 51 Canal locale 52 Sesame Street Muppet 53 Join the Army 55 Staircase upright 58 Aches’ counterpar­ts 61 “What ___ can I say?” 62 Things on a list 65 Field yield 66 Look of lechery 67 Early stages 68 Back 69 Minus 70 Dapper 71 Fouled by fire

DOWN

1 ___ of one’s existence 2 Opposed, in Dogpatch 3 Bar tabs, e.g. 4 Steady boyfriends 5 Cooking-spray brand 6 Basketball org. defunct since 1976 7 Novelty that’s no longer novel 8 Right away, briefly 9 Rotates 10 Lotions and cleansers’ industry 11 Checking out a used car 12 Illegal absentee (Abbr.) 13 Antler branch 21 “___ do you good!” 23 Smidgen 25 Owl’s comment 26 “___ happy returns” 28 Lowly workers 29 Manage not to clash 32 After-ski drink 33 Early anesthetic 38 Exceptions 40 Indian flatbread 41 Fish’s breathing organ 44 Bottom-line figures 46 Lose self-control 49 Word with “detector” or “picture” 54 Wedgeshape­d vertebrae 55 Independen­ce Hall fixture 56 Safe, at sea 57 Sicily smoker 59 Ark builder 60 Full of ginger 63 Assembled 64 Oink pen

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