USA TODAY US Edition

CROSSWORD

- EDITED Fred Piscop BY Patrick Jordan

ACROSS

1 Either tip of Earth’s axis

5 Crush into a ball 10 Door frame upright 14 Figure skater’s leap

15 Cara of “Fame” 16 Separable snack item 17 Pre-Easter abstinence

19 “I’ll have that too!”

20 Is too inquisitiv­e

21 Block party

invitee

23 Petty gripes

25 Satisfied the

munchies

26 Benchmark (Abbr.)

29 Collector’s

achievemen­t

35 Aerial stunt

37 Hide-hair

separator

38 Disco light

39 In first place

41 See 10-Down

43 DuPont wool

substitute

44 1951 Brando shout

46 St. Nick’s mo.

48 “Without,” in

typeface names

49 Belmont Park

structure

52 Ham holder

53 Clue discoverer’s

shout

54 Mummy’s place

56 Ninja motorcycle maker 61 South-of-theborder snooze

65 State unflinchin­gly

66 Brokerage in a

stock exchange

68 C-clamp or

T-square

69 Etsy’s business

70 “No need to wake

me”

71 Pulls the plug on 72 Brother of Marie

Osmond

73 Bag closers

DOWN

1 Fred and Barney, e.g. 2 Cart-hauling beasts

3 Jay with a TV “garage”

4 “Daniel” singer John 5 Churchill at Yalta 6 Dog park sound 7 Academic bigwig 8 Open, as a 54-Across

9 Small dress sizes

10 With 41-Across, “Frozen” voice actor 11 51-Down’s subject, most likely 12 In-basket note 13 Dutch South African

18 Long miniseries, e.g.

22 Try the patience of 24 Air quality reducer

26 Trudge through

mud

27 “Kemo sabe”

speaker

28 New grandparen­t,

typically

30 Italian luxury label

31 Gets it wrong

32 Word before cell

or system

33 Black 58-Down

34 Needing to

chill out

36 C-SPAN figures,

informally

40 “No contest”

et al.

42 Credit card

woe

45 Red-faced

47 With attention

to detail

50 Grow fond of

51 Kuwaiti leader

55 Be suitable for

56 Beckinsale of

“Van Helsing”

57 Mary Kay

competitor 58 Pinocchio’s

makeup

59 Leather piercers

60 David Bowie’s

widow

62 ___ Valley (Reagan

library site)

63 Supported by fact

64 Woodstock array

67 Bargain store

receptacle

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