USA TODAY US Edition

CROSSWORD

THAT’S A WRAP!

- BY Tracy Gray

ACROSS

1 Call via intercom 5 Minnesota’s

___ Cities 9 Taylor with the No. 1 hit “Bad Blood” 14 Business bigwig, for short

15 One offering home care

16 Group with pipe organ accompanim­ent, often 17 Gluttony and greed, for two

18 Draft pick? 19 Offered, as for feedback 20 Steinbeck novel set in Monterey 23 Bad-mouthed publicly

24 In the thick of 28 Many a “Finding Dory” watcher 29 Boyz II ___ (a cappella trio) 31 Big do

32 “Little Miss Sunshine” Oscar winner Alan 35 Glows supposedly seen by psychics 37 One in a cell 38 Snakes in exotic pet stores

41 Sound from a pound 42 Evenings, in ads 43 What cats, bats and rats do?

44 Tilex target 46 Nanny’s offspring 47 Top 14-Across 48 Comic’s gimmick 50 Do a hair salon job 54 Printing process using metallic transfer

57 Ray Bradbury’s genre, for short 60 Play-of-color gemstone 61 Travel by clipper 62 Sophia of “Two Women” 63 Small-time hoodlum 64 Way back when 65 Google Maps display lines 66 Circular current 67 Dissenting votes

DOWN

1 Brats or gnats

2 “All right angles are congruent,” e.g. 3 Country or folk 4 Flying high 5 Gelcap alternativ­e 6 Exercise, as authority 7 Brainstorm­er’s spark 8 Maker of foam projectile­s 9 “Take a hike!” 10 Start of a hypothetic­al question

11 Bit with a charge 12 Fudge a fact 13 Take a crack at 21 Type of applique 22 Patio named for a Hawaiian island 25 Cork duck, e.g. 26 It may follow a calm 27 All keyed up 29 Toned down, as a trumpet 30 Bobbles an easy one 32 Seemingly bottomless pit 33 Bug in Raid commercial­s 34 Beyond repair 35 Wine made from Moscato grapes 36 Horror movie sound

39 Haley at the United Nations 40 Emma of “Howards End”

45 In an irritable mood

47 Like an unerased blackboard 49 Invents, as a word 50 Testifier’s spot 51 Instrument with hammers 52 Like champagne in a bucket 53 Lecherous looks 55 Pace between trot and gallop 56 Source of chips, slangily 57 35mm camera initials

58 Dove’s call 59 Glass who hosts “This American Life”

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© Andrews McMeel 9/28

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