USA TODAY US Edition

CROSSWORD

- EDITED Fred Piscop BY Gail Grabowski

NOW HIRING ACROSS

1 Stand in for

6 Pitch from a sponsor, briefly 10 Identifies on Facebook 14 Leonine group 15 Make less severe 16 Barnacle’s spot 17 Bamboo-eating bear 18 Parabolic paths 19 Planning session nugget

20 Art district event

23 Place for a hoop or stud

24 Unknown Soldier’s place

25 Org. with merit badges 28 German sausage, for short

31 Tried to rip open

35 Monocle, essentiall­y

37 Reason to use Glade

39 She was half of “Brangelina”

40 Difficult situation

43 Monica with nine Grand Slam wins

44 Dredged material

45 “Don’t come any closer!”

46 Rewards for sitting and begging

48 “Pinocchio” goldfish

50 Family gal

51 Castigate, with “out”

53 Word after public or private

55 Spot for a smartphone peripheral 62 Garden in a Sistine Chapel mural

63 2017 hurricane

64 Calorie-laden cake

66 Prefix with virus or toxin

67 Floppy storage medium of old

68 IllumiNati­ons theme park

69 Stand the test of time 70 Chamber music woodwind 71 Brings from the fields

DOWN

1 Apple Watch download 2 Mountain goat’s perch 3 “Bossypants” memoirist Fey

4 Totally befuddle

5 Underwater habitat of the

1960s

6 Sign of remorse

7 “Results may ___”

8 Race town near Windsor Castle

9 Iron-fisted ruler

10 Vegetable soup stock 11 Bavaria-based automaker 12 Campbell who sang “Galveston” 13 Foundry byproduct 21 Reason to reboot, perhaps 22 Picture in a text message 25 Super time 26 Home to urban rats 27 Site for a monitoring device

29 Throws into the mix

30 Issue to debate

32 Sewing machine pioneer Howe

33 Garlicky sauce

34 County fair setups

36 “Is that the truth?”

38 Wrapping paper unit 41 Sunflower relative

42 Jouster’s ride

47 Tie the knot

49 Item in a shucking contest 52 Fast-food pork sandwich

54 Run off to

47-Down

55 Soup kitchen offering 56 ___ Turnblad (“Hairspray” role) 57 “Miracle” team of

1969 58 Response to “Are not!”

59 Tool in a golf bunker

60 Apex predator of the sea 61 Corvette roof option, once 65 Sci-fi crew members

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© Andrews McMeel 11/21

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