USA TODAY US Edition

CROSSWORD

SPLIT TICKET

- EDITED Fred Piscop BY Patrick Jordan

ACROSS

1 “See ya, old chap!”

5 Rapper who formed Rhyme Syndicate

9 Classic gift for teacher 14 Pyramid’s top 15 Copacabana showgirl of song 16 Barack’s elder daughter 17 Unrealized financial hit on an investment 19 Blu-ray remote button

20 Come-as-you-___ party

21 Squeak squelcher

22 Long-winded rants

24 Squash underfoot

26 Make murky

27 In trouble with, with “of”

29 Toupees cover them

33 Man-goat of folklore

36 Syrian Desert nation

38 Be crazy about

39 Ritz-Carlton competitor

40 Decongesta­nt target

42 Public uprising

43 Carriage driver’s straps

45 Verb on an Uno card

46 Some pigskin catchers

47 Real thing

49 “Noah” and “Troy,” for two

51 Far from humble 53 Beads for the prayerful

57 Manage to gather

60 “The ___” (musical set in Oz)

61 Fawn bearer 62 Flood prevention barrier

63 Political bigwig

66 Most-preferred invitees 67 Event with lunges and touches

68 Three-time award for David Mamet

69 Thermomete­r material

70 Tear violently

71 Keen desires

DOWN

1 Barcelona bar bites

2 In separate locations

3 Plains tent

4 “Timber!” crier’s tool

5 “Land of Lincoln” state

6 Like a proverbial cucumber

7 Raised rails

8 Try a sip of

9 “West Side Story” song 10 Woman’s nightwear item

11 Asked on bended knee 12 Parasites on

29-Across 13 Food, on a beanery sign 18 Santa’s landing spot

23 Picks out of a lineup, for short 25 Grilled sandwich maker

26 Held to no runs 28 “Exodus” author Leon

30 T-bone’s locale, on a cow

31 Cattle zapper 32 Collection­s of trading cards

33 Links yell

34 “My feelings exactly!” 35 Condo division 37 Line from Will Rogers

41 Full of energy

44 Manhattan’s Wall and Canal

48 TTYL part

50 Teapot cover

52 Word before class or crust

54 Pueblo brick

55 Violin bow applicatio­n 56 Assenting replies 57 Smelter waste 58 Room in the slammer

59 Big name in athletic shoes

60 Bird with a complex song

64 Friend of Tarzan

65 Peter Pan, permanentl­y

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© Andrews McMeel 11/8

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