USA TODAY US Edition

CROSSWORD

- EDITED Fred Piscop BY Patrick Jordan

ACROSS

1 One in a photo

shoot

6 Fare with chips

10 Oozy movie monster, with “the” 14 Honshu port 15 Sod layer’s figure 16 Toll plaza division 17 Symbol of worthlessn­ess 19 Black-and-white carnivore

20 Sound of grief

21 Unrefined

resources

22 Got the better of

24 Blood thinner

target

25 “Let’s Make a

Deal” dud prize

26 Protect, as

freshness

29 Far from

blue-blooded

33 Falcon’s gripper

34 Car freshener

shape

35 Furry sci-fi warrior

36 All keyed up

37 Spoke foolishly

38 Folksy narrative

39 Rip violently

40 Partners no more

41 Shake insert

42 Pedals on pottery

wheels

44 Toaster’s word

45 Legally invalid

46 Serve from a tap

47 On the expensive

side

50 Do a laundry chore 51 Place-holding abbr.

54 Strauss of denim

55 Impromptu jazz

performanc­e

58 Persian Gulf state

59 “Thanks ___!”

60 Turn topsy-turvy

61 Chinatown gang 62 Dipstick wipers 63 Source of rice

DOWN

1 Swabs’ tools

2 Peace Prize city

3 Apply sloppily

4 Ticker test, briefly

5 Wool byproduct

6 Cut diamond’s feature 7 Ruffles the feathers of

8 “Is that clear?”

9 Sacred, as ground

10 Kindergart­ner’s “A,” e.g. 11 Lightheart­ed prank 12 Without repeat 13 Threadable bauble

18 Gym rats pump it

23 Business name

abbr.

24 Activity in wooden

shoes

25 Numbers on

boarding passes

26 Get underway 27 Itching for action

28 Like a recluse,

usually

29 Hasn’t gone

extinct

30 Far from unwitting

31 Eco-friendly

energy option

32 Presents

prejudicia­lly

34 iPad screen unit

37 Many a Smucker’s

container

41 Quits yakking

43 Expected in

44 McIntosh

center

46 Puts on

Snapchat

47 Cabal’s

contrivanc­e

48 San ___

(Italian resort)

49 “Meatballs” director Reitman

50 Urban alert cause

51 In a dead heat 52 Form a friendship

53 “Toy Story” boy

56 In the style of

57 Detox site

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