USA TODAY CROSSWORD
GONE FISHING
ACROSS
1 Computer port letters
4 Noah’s boat 7 Gator relative
11 Bit of playfulness 13 “To what ___ owe the pleasure?”
14 ___ Raton, Florida 15 Italian cheese 16 Moving vehicle 17 Green part of a strawberry
18 Pride Rock feline 19 Transitional section of a song 22 Pale ___ (rhyming drink) 23 Lowest-singing member of *NSYNC
25 Person playing a role
27 Singer Goulding 28 Greek letter after eta
29 Fluffed, like meringue
32 Flying geese formation
33 Trendy
34 Piece of literary
misdirection
40 Get used to new
circumstances
43 Lacy table
decoration
44 Disc golf standard 45 Swim event with multiple strokes 47 Sense of self-importance 48 Scotch and ___
(alliterative drink) 49 Greek god of war 51 Midweek
observance
53 “Good golly!”
57 “Um, excuse
me . . .”
58 Fly sky-high
59 Fight against
tyranny
63 Wrapped Roman
robe
64 Ballet skirt
65 Insurance company that once ran an ad with a camel celebrating 51-Across
66 Attempt
67 PR agent
68 Back financially DOWN
1 Workers’ labor
group
2 Positions on issues 3 Huge
4 Offer guidance
5 What wildlife
crossings cross
6 Tallest chess piece 7 “Survivor” channel 8 Turn about an axis 9 Big cat whose diet
includes iguanas 10 Videographer’s
equipment
11 Turkmenistan’s
continent
12 Shoe-repairing pro 15 Each and every
20 Invaded, like a
Twitch stream 21 Cafe
24 Official state
animal of Utah 26 “If I Could Turn
Back Time” singer 29 Collision sound 30 Duck out of sight 31 Apple tablet
32 Plush tracksuit
material 35 Mama deer 36 More elevated 37 Music device discontinued in 2022
38 Zilch
39 Color of some whales and rhinos 41 Floor covering for a child’s room, perhaps 42 Word in a
glossary 46 Leavening
agent 48 Organ next to
the stomach 50 ___ the globe
(look far and wide)
52 Combine
53 Berets, e.g.
54 “Pick me! Pick me!” 55 Toy brick brand 56 “Glass Onion” actress Hudson
60 Offer
61 Environmentally friendly prefix 62 Simmering stove setting