USA TODAY US Edition

CROSSWORD

- BY Tracy Gray

DOWNSIZING

ACROSS

1 Shoestring neckties

6 Still to come

11 Deck post topper

14 In pieces

15 ___ cum laude

16 Be in arrears

17 Seafood cocktail morsel

19 Monopoly token

20 Serpent in “Antony and Cleopatra”

21 Tattle on, with “out”

22 Peak condition

24 Gift in a goody bag

26 Salesperso­n’s prospects

27 Googol, e.g.

31 Chevy’s destinatio­n, in “American Pie”

32 ___ Diamond Phillips of “La Bamba”

33 Lopsided win

37 Name in escalators and moving walkways

38 Run in the wash

40 “Celeste Aida,” e.g.

41 “My goodness!”

42 Fairness-in-hiring agcy.

43 Rancher’s mark

44 Average physique

48 Veg out

51 Pinball penalties

52 Viewpoint in an op-ed 55 Bespectacl­ed Disney dwarf

56 Word after get or jet 59 Feature of most overalls

60 Nickels and dimes

63 In need of sanding or salting

64 Conical abode

65 Battery-powered smoke shop items

66 Org. in “Snowden”

67 Elvis’ signature expression

68 Lenders’ takebacks, for short

DOWN

1 Tijuana’s locale, for short

2 ___ Dei (“The Da Vinci Code” group)

3 Tensor or Tiffany

4 Planet, to a poet

5 Basement’s use, often 6 Kutcher who played Steve Jobs 7 Lew Wallace’s “Ben-___” 8 Spew forth 9 Water balloons, to pranksters 10 Horse with a mottled coat 11 Cold-weather drink 12 Banquet bestowal, perhaps

13 Salon jobs, for short

18 Stash some cash

23 Many Formula One racers

24 First-term congressma­n

25 Nix as a possibilit­y

27 Jared of “Dallas Buyers Club”

28 “We Try Harder” sloganeer, once

29 Stooge who lampooned Adolf

30 Popular brew, for short

31 Navigator’s notes

34 ___ fixation (stage of infancy)

35 Baby-sit

36 Inflate, as a bill

38 Bassinet or berth

39 Nanakuli neckwear

43 Totally louse up

45 Isn’t fictional

46 “Hello, Dolly!” Tony winner Bette

47 Group of like-minded voters

48 Avian harbinger of spring

49 Many DeMille production­s

50 Benghazi’s land

53 Spilled salt, to some 54 Farmer’s tanned area, typically

56 Cut, as coupons

57 Kellogg’s toaster waffle

58 Ms. Durbeyfiel­d of fiction

61 “Go Set a Watchman” novelist Harper

62 Hotshot pilot or pitcher

 ?? © Andrews McMeel ?? 12/7
© Andrews McMeel 12/7

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