USA TODAY CROSSWORD
USE THE FORCE (FREESTYLE) ACROSS
1 Palindromic pop group
5 “Got any more bright ___?” 10 Chandigarh’s continent 14 “Stop, drop and ___!” 15 Forehead decoration placed on the ajna 16 Move laboriously 17 Sulaimani ___ (type of black tea) 18 Pelted with a cartonful of ammo 19 Hang in the balance 20 Creature such as Frodo Baggins 22 Intrinsically
24 “There’s no way that’s possible!” 27 Dot on a domino 30 Part of TGIF (Abbr.) 33 Branch of Islam 34 Virtual representation of a gamer
36 Yoda or Obi-Wan Kenobi 39 Communicate in a game of charades
40 Give your take 41 Soap brand with a lavish-sounding name 42 Scorpio and Sagittarius, e.g. 43 Mulligan 44 Picture taken by a drone
46 “___ if you do, ___ if you don’t”
48 Dog food brand 49 Dos, in English 50 Hog’s place 51 “Don’t be silly!” 54 Mandible, clavicle, etc.
56 Trophy winners, for short
60 ___ out (barely got)
62 ___ Wiggum (“The Simpsons” kid who says “I’m in danger!”) 65 Ritzy celebration 66 ___ to the occasion 67 Upper-crust person 68 Pompous people have big ones 69 Picnic raiders 70 Disorganized state 71 Crunch counts
DOWN
1 Foot part 2 ___-chic (fashion style)
3 Let the cat out of the bag 4 Suspect’s excuse 5 “Seems to me . . .” 6 Use a spade 7 One of Kenya’s official languages (Abbr.) 8 Proficient 9 Separate conversation 10 Lyft and Uber
11 Lead-in to “Don’t let the bedbugs bite!” 12 Rb+ or Br
13 Sum up 21 Unhelpful reply to “Who’s there?” 23 Accelerate sharply 25 “Window or ___?” (airplane seat question)
26 Like unprocessed food
28 Peeved response to “Are you awake?” 29 Magician’s cry 30 Inlets formed by glaciers 31 Echo
32 “That was a top-notch effort for me!” 35 French friends 37 Privy to 38 Banishment 42 Splash through a puddle
44 Stick like tape 45 Southwestern people
47 Billion-year span 52 Sacred hymn 53 More than ready 55 Dedicated poems 57 D&D spellcaster 58 Stone-into-a-lake sound
59 Lip
60 Big band ___ 61 Family 63 Untrue statement 64 WNBA stat