USA TODAY CROSSWORD
ALL KID-DING ASIDE ACROSS
1 Pancake often served with sambar 5 Peru’s capital
9 Dull sounds of impact 14 Gender-neutral possessive
15 “That’s my entrance!”
16 Creepy
17 Deep-fried cornmeal snack 19 Molten rock
20 ___ butter (lotion ingredient)
21 “Take Me ___ Am” (Mary J. Blige song) 22 Word after “bench” or “free”
23 ___ tissue
25 Consider to be
27 Year, in Portuguese 30 Short stilettos popularized by Audrey Hepburn 35 Sweden is NATO’s newest one 37 “Sweet!”
38 Shape of some makeup blender sponges
39 Produce offspring 40 Jan. and Sept. 41 Brunch beverage 42 Border
43 “ur so funny”
44 Like the letters i and j
45 Margot Robbie’s “Barbie” co-star 48 TV promos
49 Big brass instrument
50 Clothing labels
52 Use the tub
55 “Not online,” online 57 Provide funding for 61 Land units 62 Lower-leg exercise 64 Dens
65 “The Other ___” (Jacqueline Woodson picture book)
66 “Guys, gals and nonbinary ___” (rhyming inclusive address)
67 Green fruit
68 “Stat!”
69 Mailbox opening
DOWN
1 “Silly me!”
2 Burden
3 Casual hang
4 What a phoenix rises from 5 Connections editor Wyna
6 Pass on, like knowledge
7 Cleans the floor
8 “Do you have some suggestions?” 9 Soy-based protein option 10 “Beforeyousayno...” 11 Strongly encourage 12 Gets less bright 13 Ariel and her sisters rule over seven, in 2023’s “The Little Mermaid”
18 Like a busy schedule 24 Bounce house filler 26 Finale
27 Honey hue
28 Into niche topics, perhaps
29 Last Greek letter 31 Geller Cup doll, in “Friends”
32 Musical set in Argentina
33 Like some “big kid” shoes 34 Winter toys 36 “I know what that’s like” 40 Some tilebased works by the street artist Invader 41 Fun-run participant, say 43 Easy throw 44 Genetic material 46 Estimate 47 “I guess that’s okay” 51 Poetry slam sounds 5/1 52 ___ culture (“Pose” subject)
53 Purple berry
54 Salon request 56 “Mouths of ___” (essay collection by queer Black writers) 58 Knob
59 Norway’s capital 60 Sunset direction 63 Not many