USA TODAY US Edition

CROSSWORD

- EDITED Fred Piscop BY Patrick Jordan

BUSINESS ENDS

ACROSS

1 Vodka go-with

6 Goodies for gala attendees 10 “America’s Got Talent” lineup 14 Gladiator’s milieu 15 Skirt for the demure 16 Resell, as a fixer-upper 17 Checkout counter device 19 Feeble, as excuses go

20 Having a long history

21 Strip the rind from

22 Like company cars, often

24 Boot camp locale

25 Vase inserts

26 Matt of “Wayward Pines”

29 Creole and Swiss Amish, for two

32 Evenly matched

33 Takes the edge off

34 “The Butler” director Daniels

35 Organ above the diaphragm

36 Printomati­c camera maker

37 Lacking company

38 Rapid blinking, e.g.

39 Clothing rack divisions

40 Acknowledg­ed an ovation 41 Figures on Wheaties boxes

43 Hips, elbows, etc.

44 Catchers’ or goalies’ gear

45 Places for peas

46 Like a cappuccino’s topping

48 Word before news or fur

49 Lawn repair need

52 See 37-Down

53 All-out attempt

56 State confidentl­y

57 24-Across truant

58 At a fast clip, poetically

59 Locksmiths’ duplicatio­ns

60 Caddie’s pocketful

61 Tales spanning generation­s

DOWN

1 Chipotle order

2 Taken by spoon

3 Bully’s target, often

4 Unaffiliat­ed pol

5 Drive-sharing group 6 Eligible for Mensa 7 Ford a stream, say 8 Lizzie Borden’s weapon, allegedly 9 Slumber party chatter

10 In need of extinguish­ing 11 Schoolroom cut-up 12 Sprinter’s statistic 13 Hurtled along 18 Gain through effort

23 Undulating swimmers

24 Patriotic lapel pin

25 Literary miser Marner

26 JetBlue competitor

27 Resigner’s cr y

28 Bully’s demand from a 3-Down

29 Weekend ranchers

30 Guiding belief

31 Planter’s packetful

33 Takes a siesta

36 Feline, to a tot

37 With

52-Across, Daily Planet staffer

39 Rogen of “Sausage Party”

40 Shops in barrios

42 Soda bottle sizes

43 Fallon monologue bit

45 Grows tiresome

46 Harsh criticism

47 All-night bash

48 Penguin’s perch

49 The Hartford symbol

50 1977 movie predator 51 Fabric or hair applicatio­ns

54 Be in the hole

55 Smog watchdog org.

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