USA TODAY US Edition

CROSSWORD

OVERSIZED

- BY George Barany

ACROSS 1 The Beatles’ label 6 Memory slip 11 Frequently, in verse 14 Holy ___ (Last Supper cup) 15 Common trash can site 16 Chart shape 17 Buddha’s delight condiment, perhaps 19 Boot a grounder, say 20 It may be wild or educated 21 They may be hawked 23 Indiana native 27 Homecoming event 28 1954 Patti Page hit 29 Wild things 31 Converges on 32 Show the ropes to 33 Ill temper 36 Hill’s opposite 37 Montana city 38 Fort attacked in “Goldfinger” 39 Officehold­ers 40 Heredity factors 41 Find, as artifacts 42 Beyond belief 44 Precede 45 Watering hole on wheels 47 Hits the hay 48 Most abundant inert gas 49 Keep safe 51 Lobsters-to-be 52 Result of the fall of man 58 Angst-ridden music genre 59 Has a yen 60 It doesn’t hold water 61 Politico Quayle 62 Lower in rank 63 Felled with an axe DOWN 1 “Many moons ___” 2 Get snoopy 3 ___ de deux (dance for two) 4 Inebriated 5 Poetic laments 6 Word before pointer or printer 7 “Bummer” of old 8 Good quality 9 “Wait a ___!” 10 Lab safety solution 11 The “fat lady” in a phrase 12 Sent packing 13 To the point 18 Wished undone 22 Word with op or pop 23 Yogi’s language 24 Humpback’s habitat 25 Dental implant pro 26 Bold Ruler, to Secretaria­t 27 Duel distance unit 29 Asian palm, or its nut 30 Competes like Joey Chestnut 32 Sushi staple 34 Cheek reddener 35 Team that became the Nationals 37 Brewski 38 Diva ___ Te Kanawa 40 Nutty breakfast fare 41 A, in Morse code 43 Sgt., e.g. 44 Sporeprodu­cing plant 45 Made public 46 Coffee allure 47 Accompanie­r of a promotion, usually 49 Gershon of “P.S. I Love You” 50 Trendy fleece-lined boots 53 Make a great fielding play on 54 Make things up 55 Make zigzags, maybe 56 “___ Got a Secret” 57 Homer’s toon neighbor

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© Andrews McMeel 1/5

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