USA TODAY US Edition

CROSSWORD

- EDITED Erik Agard BY Evan Kalish Call 1-900-988-8300, 99 cents a minute; or, with a credit card, 1-800-320-4280.

ACROSS

1 Blocks of sticky notes 5 Mark from an old injury 9 Soothing lotion additive 13 Prayer leaders 15 “Cheerio!” 16 Have staying power 17 Surname in “Evita” 18 “. . . and we need it now!” 19 Preschool basics 20 Teacher’s bonus offering 23 Manta, for example 24 History book sections 25 West African country 27 Selected 30 Just a ___ throw away 32 Genre for Missy Elliott 33 Manta, for example 37 Throat-clearing sound 39 Carly ___ Jepsen 40 Door-shutting sound 41 Pie variety 46 Prefix meaning “three” 47 Attention-grabbing 48 ___ potatoes 50 Judicial worker 51 Nuisance 52 Tightly wrapping snake 53 TV production teams 59 “Stranger Than Fiction” actress Thompson 61 ___ awake 62 Allowed 63 “You said it!” 64 “Sorry to say . . .” 65 Bird that might be “bald” 66 Ship fixture 67 They might be topped with marshmallo­ws 68 Unwelcome sight on fruit

DOWN

1 Plumbing fixture 2 Mastercard competitor, for short 3 Item thrown at a bull’s-eye 4 Treats cooked over a campfire 5 Bright spots in the night sky 6 Phone protector 7 Not too much 8 Soccer great Megan 9 Pie ___ mode 10 Blood test findings, e.g. 11 Cinematic award 12 Online platform for craftspeop­le 14 Traps 21 Yuletide candy shape 22 “Let’s Stay Together” singer Turner 26 Comprehend­s 27 Shape of some Maryland decals 28 “Funny!” 29 Features of torches and campfires 30 Fear-inducing 31 Balsa or banyan 34 Feature of many a stone bridge 35 Not easily found 36 Give off 38 Like roosters, but not hens 42 Drug agent, for short 43 “Got questions? Let ’er rip!” 44 Region 45 Arm-wrestling asset 49 Video watched live 50 Punctuatio­n mark seen in “I, Too” 51 Freedom of the ___ (First Amendment right) 52 Narrow laser light 54 Actress Kunis 55 Dutch cheese 56 Frozen breakfast brand 57 The Great ___ of China 58 Winter vehicle 60 51-Across at a picnic

 ?? © Andrews McMeel ?? 7/28
© Andrews McMeel 7/28

Newspapers in English

Newspapers from United States