USA TODAY US Edition

COURT REPORT

- BY Bruce Venzke

ACROSS

1 One taking first steps

4 Tibia’s neighbor

10 Stops sitting on one’s hands 14 Uncouth sort 15 Colorful marbles 16 Baseball executive Epstein 17 Kiltie’s topper 18 Convincing statement in a debate

20 Like a dominant male

22 Babysitter hirers

23 Anita who sang with Krupa

26 Chromite, to chromium

27 “He said, she said” situation

32 Song of the Bible

36 React to yeast

37 See 8-Down

38 Young friend of Tigger

39 Big name in escalators

40 Lightheart­edly silly

42 “What can I help you with?” app

43 Buntline of dime novels

44 Brand renamed Exxon

45 Many “Chicken Run” characters

46 Pungent salad green

49 Work site at Warner Bros., e.g. 51 ___ jardiniere (served with vegetables)

53 It’s chopped liver

54 Prestocked hotel room fridge

58 PC encycloped­ia medium, once

62 One of a book of

20, perhaps

65 Cy Young Award stat

66 Hershey’s morsel

67 Siesta taker’s wrap

68 It’s often two in minigolf

69 “___ you know!”

70 Elvis-esque looks

71 Skilled in deception

DOWN

1 “Ciao!”

2 Shimmering gem

3 Helper during crunch time

4 False front

5 “My turn!”

6 Area of interest, slangily

7 Sch. near the Rio Grande

8 With 37-Across, “Alias” actress

9 Dog on “The Jetsons”

10 Does penance

11 IOU in a kitty

12 Bills featuring the Treasury Building 13 One who’s plagued by spirits? 19 Suspect, in police slang

21 Many Airbnb rentals

24 In a lather

25 New Haven collegians

27 Rodeo bucker

28 Carafe size, perhaps

29 Out of the way

30 In the center of, in poems

31 Turns out to be

33 Many an April birth

34 Greene of “Bonanza”

35 Like fresh brownies 41 Skywalker’s mentor

42 Did a farrier’s work

47 Most compos mentis

48 Alluring skirt feature

50 Needs scratching 52 Seemingly bottomless pit

54 Pony Express load 55 “Should that be true . . .” 56 Grace closing

57 Far from well-done

59 Workout series

60 Like some exams and vaccines 61 Wife of Abraham Lincoln

62 Forerunner of reggae

63 ___ kwon do

64 Lifesaving skill, for short

 ?? © Andrews McMeel ?? 10/12
© Andrews McMeel 10/12

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