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6B ❚ THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 2019❚ USA TODAY LIFE

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(^1) T ROP I CA (^2) L
A L
(^3) RUN (^4) P ATH
N O I
(^5) DRIFT
(^6) BAY N U
O K^7 T IDE
(^8) GLEN E
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Actress Doris Day talks Rearrange the words to complete the quote.
about aging. ABOUT FRIGHTENING GROW IT
KNOW MIDDLE OUT REALLY
THE_ __THING_
____AGE IS THAT YOU____
YOU’LL____ ____OF____.
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Wednesday’s Answer: “Having a baby is like suddenly
getting the world’s worst roommate.” - Anne Lamott
ACROSS
1 Needing to
loosen up
6 Stuff that settles
10 Wear at the edges
14 Salesperson’s goal
15 Spumante source
16 Devious scheme
17 Sauce in
Provencal cuisine
18 Wander here and
there
19 Squadron or
platoon
20 List a movie’s cast
and crew
23 Slightest bit
24 Word of objection
25 Impediment to
progress
29 Pond denizen
31 Leader with a
Little Red Book
34 “Snowy” bird
35 Judge to be
36 Fullofsass
37 Prepare to sing,
perhaps
40 Jeweler’s array
41 Winds up, or
winds down
42 “Maybe” musical
43 Mountain road
curve
44 Chooses, with
“for”
45 Maid of honor,
sometimes
46 Poking tool
47 Pioneering ISP
48 Toil to no avail
56 Scurried off
57 Candied tubers
58 Sell on Etsy, say
59 Humdrum way to
learn
60 Falco who played
Carmela
61 Totally clueless
62 Has outstanding
bills
63 Move like shifty
eyes
64 Bit of information
DOWN
1 Rise majestically
2 Small jazz
combo
3 Onewithafan
club
4 Took a header
5 Dish similar to an
omelet
6 Took a chance
7 Summer Games
org.
8 Dallas skater
9 Accident just
waiting to
happen
10 Grove product
11 Litter castoff,
perhaps
12 “No warranty”
13 To date
21 Meatina5-Down
22 Made a trench
25 Scenic overlook,
perhaps
26 Brutish sorts
27 Nutritional
measures
28 Yom Kippur
observers
29 Serves a 5-Down
to, say
30 Parts of sets, at a
gym
31 Should have
said
32 Bespectacled
“Glee” kid
33 Catchall column
35 Tiny bit of
progress
36 Parker or Cross
products
38 Positioned for
battle
39 Endofthe
line, for a
train
44 Haveinhand
45 Barnyard
mother
46 Some Hill
workers
47 Cash or stock
48 Like a poor
sales day
49 Sampras
with seven
Wimbledon
wins
50 Notadarned
thing
51 Kuwaiti leader
52 Sundance’s gal
53 It’s right on the
map
54 In of
(replacing)
55 Close angrily
56 To’s opposite
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Wednesday’s Answer
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boxcontainsthenumbers1through9(norepeats).
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Wednesday’s Answers
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Upper limbs
Jump
Against
Smart thermostat brand
Jackson or Alda
Russo or Descartes
Door rugs
Expectorate
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    Something happening now

    
    


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    1997 sci-fi flick

    
    


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    It’s always in the distance

    
    

Clues: Wednesday’s Answer

ROCK

GROUP

HOME

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RIDE

ALONG

WITH

CHRIS

ROCK

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ALONG

LIGHTNING

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WORD ROUNDUP

By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek

Wednesday’s answer: GALAXY PLANET ORBIT MOON STAR / CELLO

PIANO FLUTE BANJO / AUGUST APRIL JUNE / ROBIN HOOD / ZEBRA

KOALA

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The Rolling Stones ☑☐☐☐

Four five-letter country capitals ☐☐☐☐

Four stringed instruments ☐☐☐☐

Two four-letter colors ☐☐

Actor Harrison ☐

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