USA TODAY US Edition

PUZZLES

- EDITED Fred Piscop BY Bruce Venzke

CROSSWORD AFTER-SCHOOL PAIRS

ACROSS

1 Spumante town

5 Slim-waisted stinger

9 Trig or calc 13 Breezy conversati­on 14 Calculus calculatio­n 15 Frowned-on practice 16 Method of collecting levies 18 Greek peace goddess 19 Pension plan law (Abbr.)

20 Tossed by the ump

22 Write out of one’s

will, say

24 Said “Guilty,” say

25 Volume on loan

31 Neuwirth of

Broadway

35 “You stink!”

36 Essential employee

37 Ideal spots

39 Diner sandwich,

briefly

41 Bulova competitor

42 Fermi of physics

44 H+ or OH

46 River of the

underworld

47 Marcher’s wear,

perhaps

50 Olympian’s sled

51 Place a value on

56 Shadow-creating

event

60 “Chicago”

murderess

61 Colorful horse

62 End-of-semester

essay

66 Does a washday chore 67 Affordable furniture brand

68 Prego competitor

69 Puts up, as

preserves

70 Do a driver’s 15-Across 71 Daisy feature DOWN

1 Didn’t sit by

2 Lewis who voiced

Lamb Chop

3 Approaches a gate

4 “That’s a fact!”

5 “There once ___ . . .”

6 Museum attraction

7 Keep company with 8 Anderson of “Baywatch” 9 Muralist Chagall 10 Assist in a felony 11 Voice coach’s concern

12 Broke ground, in a

way

15 Colorful tees

17 Small two-master

21 Jamaican cooking

style

23 Quill’s point

24 Bioethicis­t’s stance

26 Odenkirk of

“Breaking Bad”

27 Free passes at

tournament­s

28 Leave

unmentione­d 29 Woody-tasting, like

wine

30 Fort that’s a vault

31 English channel,

informally

32 “Giant” author

Ferber

33 Capital on the Aare

34 City on the

Chisholm Trail

38 Makes a bust, e.g.

40 TMI part

43 Heavy load to

bear

45 Org. supported by hunters

48 “Understood”

49 Fig. on a new car sticker

52 Flies with eagles

53 American in

the U.K., e.g.

54 Assault on the Alamo, e.g. 55 Fluid similar to plasma

56 Tale on a

grand scale 57 “___ Mia” (1965 hit)

58 Symbol of Great

Britain

59 Quaint stopovers

63 Barely make, with

“out”

64 Harrison of “My

Fair Lady”

65 Floor exercise need

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