USA TODAY CROSSWORD
GEE WHIZ ACROSS
1 Loud noise
4 Bog material
8 Word that aptly bookends “satisfies”
13 Poems of admiration
15 Texter’s “The way I look at it . . .”
16 Love triangle, e.g.
17 Best Buy’s group of technicians
19 Room just below a roof
20 French “Farewell!”
21 Dances energetically
23 “By ___ means!”
24 Vietnamese Lunar New Year
26 Nike competitor
28 Chin dimple
30 ___ mater
33 Activist Deer
34 Disinfectant spray brand
35 Waves down, like a taxi
37 “Let’s ___ down to business / To defeat the Huns”
38 Place to get help with a glitchy Mac
41 Co-___ (alternatives to condos)
44 Mails out
45 Gently elbow
49 Yunah Lee solo
51 What yeast makes dough do
52 John ___ tractors
53 Faked, like a signature
55 River barrier
57 Giedroyc who co-hosted “The Great British Bake Off”
58 Made happy
61 Quiche Lorraine meat
63 They orbit planets
64 Founder of Sikhism
67 Out of the way
68 Pesky bug
69 Ocean movement
70 Kidney-related
71 Makes stitches
72 Look over quickly
DOWN
1 Kishu or Rottweiler, e.g.
2 “In a perfect world . . .”
3 Knitting tools
4 Arouse, like curiosity
5 Large Australian bird
6 Character who pursues Moby Dick
7 Checklist heading
8 Platform for a musical 9 Name that rhymes with “hearty”
10 It might hold groceries or swag
11 Installment of “Atlanta” or “Tuca & Bertie”
12 Part of a min.
14 Compete like Sabrina Simader
18 Resolves, like a dispute
22 Dental care brand
23 Knee part, for short
25 Hummus ingredient
27 Kit ___ bar
29 Bay Area haze
31 Praises
32 Failed to hit
36 Mythical character who makes people sleepy
39 Brainy people
40 Regret
41 Clumsy person
42 “I’d like to ___ a toast”
43 “Top” cut of beef
46 Like a devil
47 Island country home to Grand Etang Lake
48 Snaky fish
50 List of topics for a meeting
54 Stand for artwork
56 Touches borders with
59 Katsudon ingredients
60 Desert mound
62 Khao Manees, tabbies, etc.
63 World Wildlife Day mo.
65 Like kinilaw and sashimi
66 Barbie’s beau