USA TODAY US Edition

CROSSWORD

PLAN AHEAD

- EDITED Fred Piscop BY Gail Grabowski

ACROSS

1 Not at all eager

6 “Buzz off!”

10 Fit to stand trial

14 “Nanook of the North” dwelling 15 Pint-sized 16 Vaper’s buy, for short 17 Appliance on display, e.g.

19 Summoned, as a butler

20 Jeans go-with, often

21 Croupier’s tool

22 Imposes, as a tax

24 Harley or Honda, informally

25 Neighbor of Java

26 Liable to cause injur y

29 Where you live

33 Dressed to kill

34 Earring shape

35 In perpetuity

36 Juicy gossip

37 Beats a hasty retreat

38 Reporter of fake news

39 Rotten to the core

40 Pre-event periods

41 Pasta drainer

42 Fended off

44 Had a hunch

45 Put on ice

46 Get out of town

47 Exercise area for a pooch

50 Response to an unwanted advance, maybe

51 Bug to no end

54 Drooling pooch of comics

55 Protector of wildlife

58 Feb. 14 word

59 “Therefore . . .”

60 Fabric for some

25-Down

61 Boers’ emigration

62 “@#$%!,” in comics

63 Joke around with DOWN

1 Hitchhiker’s wish

2 Eye salaciousl­y

3 Gel-producing plant

4 ___ close for comfort 5 Scare out of one’s wits

6 Evidence of fire

7 Go undergroun­d

8 Pitcher’s number, in baseball shorthand

9 Light sources in pre-electricit­y days

10 Tennis court boundary 11 Berry in smoothies 12 Highest sudoku digit, typically 13 Dr. Seuss’ green fare

18 “___ my day!”

23 Manning of the gridiron

24 Michigan’s “Cereal City”

25 Pair in an UGG box

26 Reporting to

27 Born yesterday, so to speak

28 54-Across appears in one

29 Apportione­d, with “out”

30 Harvard, Yale et al.

31 Take a hike

32 Misspoke, say

34 Ramshackle dwelling

37 Have membership in 41 Overlook, as a fault

43 Rawls with three Grammys

44 Side with a sandwich

46 What candidates “press”

47 Hardly a rocket scientist

48 Renuzit target

49 Telethon plea

50 X-rated material

51 Think-tank nugget

52 Sommeliers’ suggestion­s

53 Patella’s place

56 “The light dawns!”

57 Have regrets about

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© Andrews McMeel

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