USA TODAY US Edition

CROSSWORD

- BY George Barany

ACROSS 1 Snooze stopper 6 Teachers’ favorites 10 Just ___ (not much) 14 Place for a BLT 15 Grace ending 16 Irene of “Fame” 17 Dehydrated ruler of the Land of Sweets in “The Nutcracker”? 20 Unpleasant sorts 21 Draw out, as a response 22 Bar pickup 25 “I didn’t know that!” 26 Be a Nosy Parker 27 “Last Week Tonight” channel 28 Dehydrated banjo player from Kentucky? 32 Rescue from a shelter 33 Appliance brand 34 They’re caught at the beach 35 Mummy’s place 37 Trim in Photoshop 41 Milo of “The Verdict” 43 Chopin’s “Butterfly” or “Revolution­ary” 44 Dehydrated fruit from northeast France? 49 Anthem contractio­n 50 Online chats, for short 51 Hide-hair connector 52 Talking stuffed bear of movies 53 1998 Winter Olympics city 55 Basis for soup 57 What one might need to appreciate this puzzle? 62 Capital on a fjord 63 Font option (Abbr.) Answers: 64 Slip away from 65 Scuba spot 66 Gen-___ (boomers’ kids) 67 Nominated for office

DOWN 1 YouTube video lead-ins, often 2 Lucy of “Elementary” 3 “Brokeback Mountain” director Lee 4 Enjoy, as benefits 5 Ideal find on eHarmony 6 Truce talk 7 Layers of large green eggs 8 Pin adjacent to a gutter 9 Shows disdain for 10 Berry in dietary supplement­s 11 Chinese martial art 12 Speedy Gonzales cr y 13 Home to the Wright Brothers’ bicycle shop 18 Arraignmen­t entr y 19 Arrive by plane 22 Skier’s way up 23 Alan of “M*A*S*H” 24 Harbor marker 26 Low-cut shoe 29 Racetrack town in Surrey 30 Yucatan native 31 Desert bloomers 35 Resort at the base of Mont Blanc 36 Bylaws, in brief 38 Tin Woodman’s worry 39 Garfield’s drooling pal 40 Await a decision 42 Coward’s lack, figurative­ly 43 Like a clay pot 44 Large bird of the Andes 45 Usually black vehicle 46 Patterned sock 47 Signs up (var.) 48 It’s on the house 54 Starting from 55 California flag animal 56 Dance in a grass skirt 58 ___ Jeanne d’Arc 59 Close-mouthed 60 Schiller’s “___ to Joy” 61 Visibly abashed

 ??  ?? 9/15
9/15

Newspapers in English

Newspapers from United States