USA TODAY US Edition

CROSSWORD

- EDITED Fred Piscop BY Gail Grabowski

ACROSS

1 Large-beaked

parrot

6 Toy gun ammo

10 Ion, perhaps

14 Knock down a peg

15 Cookie with a Mini

version

16 Pool or polo

17 Bit of crocheting

19 Oral or physical

20 Common scale

extreme

21 A whole bunch

22 Pacific Ocean

phenomenon

24 Smartphone

component

25 Opening for a

keycard

26 Unit of current

29 Was offended by

33 Wrap for leftovers

34 Bone up in a hurry

35 Caramel-andchocola­te candy

36 Tablet at a Genius

Bar

37 DWI part

38 Touch the edge of

39 Alan of “The

Longest Ride”

40 Years and years

41 Like a catty remark

42 Approachin­g

nightfall

44 Spoke manually

45 Little nipper

46 Lose steam

47 Stroller riders

50 Postpaid encl.

51 Courtroom figs.

54 Any “Star Wars”

movie

55 Monitored stat for

a hurler

58 Gambler’s

giveaway

59 Garfield’s foil

60 Word before rock or football 61 Wheelbarro­w shaft

62 Assault or battery

63 Race with batons

DOWN

1 Fore-and-after pole 2 Having what it takes 3 Murderer in Genesis

4 Viper of the Nile region 5 Movie with gunslinger­s 6 Nickel and dime 7 Partner of sciences 8 Upper-bod muscle 9 “I swear that’s true” 10 Vietnam War defoliant 11 Approach a boarding gate

12 Neighbor of

Yemen

13 Exec’s reminder

18 Signal to begin

speaking

23 “Gr8 joke!”

24 Story with a banner headline, perhaps

25 Makes watertight 26 Like many

Russians

27 Tree enjoyed by

leaf peepers

28 What “the devil

wears,” in a movie

29 Happy hour

offering

30 Yount in

Cooperstow­n

31 Lose, as a pursuer

32 Showered with affection, with “on”

34 Job for a kid

37 Achilles heel, metaphoric­ally 41 Motorcycle attachment

43 Darken or

lighten, say

44 Place for merit

badges

46 Diamond

surface

47 Prototype software version

48 Roof’s top 49 Monthly statement, perhaps

50 Begin to awaken

51 “Hamilton”

face-off

52 Gunn of “Breaking

Bad”

53 Don’t take off

56 Solemn promise

57 Iron or lead source

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© Andrews McMeel 4/16

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