USA TODAY US Edition

CROSSWORD

TAVERN KEEPERS

- EDITED Fred Piscop BY Lynn Lempel

ACROSS

1 Slowly, on a score

6 Kid around with

10 Not a thing

14 Sign for many April births 15 Predator in a pod 16 Hard-to-cheat-on test 17 Bankers’ IDs, redundantl­y 19 What snobs put on

20 Quakers or Shakers 21 Money in the bank, e.g.

22 Post-WWII alliance

23 Anthem beginning

25 Some fish in sushi

27 On the ___

(fleeing)

29 California governor elected in 2018

35 Little rapscallio­n

36 Channel watched

in man caves

37 Cousin of a prairie

38 Thailand neighbor

40 Compete like

Lindsey Vonn

42 React like a

spooked horse

43 Sprinkle with holy

oil

46 “Taking Eve”

novelist Johansen

49 Whitney with a gin

50 Skipper of the

Nautilus

52 When a one-hr. clock adjustment occurs

53 Raw recruit

54 “Hey, over here”

56 Responder to

iPhone requests

59 Place to call home

62 Cupid, to the

Greeks

65 Utterly spellbound

66 usatoday.com, e.g.

68 Have a bite 69 Cheese that

hardens with age

70 Molded garnish

71 “Gosh darnit!”

72 Jan. 1 song word

73 Gets the better of

DOWN

1 The 200 at Indy

2 Lake bordering

four states

3 Total dimwit

4 Nomads’ dwellings

5 The Buckeyes’ sch. 6 Wozniak’s partner at Apple 7 Sources of metals 8 ATM feature 9 Goes like lightning 10 Reason to hang up 11 Diva’s big moment 12 Tranq gun missile 13 “Besides that . . .” 18 Mexican pyramid builders

24 Whiskey bottle

datum

26 Net judge’s call 27 Shade like

lavender

28 Frigidaire

competitor

30 Second bananas (Abbr.) 31 Complete, as a comic strip

32 Radar guns’ sites

33 Outback

gemstones

34 Reason for a

promotion

39 “Be patient!”

41 Fit-to-be-tied

feeling

44 Opponent’s

shout

45 Verbal

onslaughts

47 JFK Library

architect

48 “I need help!”

51 Event planner’s nightmaris­h turnout

55 Have a hunch

56 Castlebuil­ding stuff 57 Borodin’s opera

prince

58 Boycott-sparking

Parks

60 Arabian Sea

sultanate

61 Title for Judi Dench

63 Miss, in a way

64 Brief times, briefly

67 Slap the cuffs on

 ?? © Andrews McMeel ?? 6/18
© Andrews McMeel 6/18

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