Argus Leader

THE DAILY COMMUTER

- | STELLA ZAWISTOWSK­I

ACROSS

1 Abbreviati­on before a short version

5 Baja’s opposite

9 Jacobson of

“Broad City” 13 Uninterest­ing

person

14 Place for

discussion 16 Close to

17 Animal with

antlers

18 “__ Jacques” (French children’s song)

19 Food drive

donations

20 Off on a jaunt 23 Letters before an

amount due 24 Put out 25 Passage between England and France

29 Temper, as steel 33 Batter’s statistic 34 Bottle part

37 Classic video

game company 38 Simon Cowell’s

show, for short

39 Subject

41 Pink Lady liquor 42 Motif

45 Wide ribbon

accessory 46 Classroom

furniture piece

47 Messy

handwritin­g

49 Works that spoof 51 Competing sides 54 Texter’s “ha!”

55 1987 Tom Clancy

novel 59 Residence

60 Composer Ned

61 Crowds

64 Opportunis­t 65 Trap with a net

66 Think (over)

67 Roosters’ mates 68 Expectorat­e

69 Armed Forces

branch

DOWN 1 “Very funny” network 2 Building site 3 Lug with effort 4 Gets back 5 Wealthy

6 “Tank Girl”

actress Petty 7 Famed Roman

fountain 8 Mysterious glows 9 Older than old 10 Hit in the head

with a pitch 11 Explosion sound 12 W-9 form org. 15 Smart bunch 21 Chaney who played Frankenste­in 22 Fish in a melt 25 Has a talk

26 Note in a

soprano’s range 27 Sheer

28 Some summer

babies

30 Anxious to please 31 Come up

32 Sausage units

35 Auditor, often:

Abbr.

36 Smooch 40 Timothée of

“Dune” 43 Makes a

difference 44 Pitcher by a

basin

46 Difficult problem 48 Animals’

hideouts

50 Male cat

52 Natural satellites 53 Handbag feature 55 Do some

modeling

56 “Heck yes!” 57 Spice Girl

Halliwell 58 Tart-tasting 59 “Well, I’ll be” 62 Social justice

abbreviati­on 63 Cagey

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