USA TODAY US Edition

IT’S ALL AROUND

- EDITED Fred Piscop BY Lynn Lempel

ACROSS

1 “It ain’t over till it’s over” baseball legend

6 Dubya’s veep

10 Swerve sharply

14 Solos for Sills

15 “Argo” setting

16 Sister of Prince Charles 17 Feature of a tuxedo shirt

19 Fountain offering

20 Tearjerker-watcher’s needs

21 Hits the roof

23 Rocks at the bar

24 Underwater ridge

26 Monk of Tibet

27 Core military group

29 “Hey, show some spirit!”

33 Nile menace

35 Muddy up

36 Item with a Happy Meal

37 Agile for one’s age

40 Blocks that snap together

42 Combustibl­e heap at a funeral

43 Valuable deposit

44 Monetary unit of Turkey

45 Worn-out sofa’s problem

47 Forfeit a chance to score, in tennis

50 Punchbowl go-with

54 “Downton Abbey” character Lady ___ Crawley 55 Noble above a viscount

57 At least two geological eras 58 Total screwball 61 Handyman’s carry-along

63 Savings for the golden yrs.

64 Feature of much burlap

66 Apportion, with “out” 67 Angelina Jolie’s “Shark Tale” role

68 Portraitis­t’s prop

69 Tributes in verse

70 Editor’s “never mind”

71 Prepare to cook, as a turkey

DOWN

1 Sea between Sweden and Poland 2 Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3 3 Removed the soap from

4 Tabloids, derogatori­ly

5 Makes certain

6 Many a truck engine

7 Road rage, e.g.

8 Cleveland hoopsters, familiarly

9 Patella’s place

10 Worker for a feudal lord 11 Seriousnes­s, as of a crime

12 Take a stab at 13 Prepare for a book club meeting 18 General in controvers­ial monuments

22 Israel’s national airline

25 Let off the hook

28 Bit of sunshine

30 Hugs, on a greeting card

31 Gene Simmons’ rock band

32 Feature of a cyclops or cyclone

34 Ballet bend

37 Spain’s Costa del ___

38 Got one’s hands on

39 Strike a chord

41 Mess up

42 Sports org. with a tour

44 Future D.A.’s exam

46 Not taboo

48 Records over, e.g.

49 Bothers to no end

51 Lower in status 52 Bakery buys 53 “The Communist Manifesto” co-author

56 Eggs at a sushi bar

58 Prom ride, for short

59 Societal woes

60 Black waterbird with a white bill 62 Nonsense poet Edward

65 World Cup cheer

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