APRIL 19, 2024 PUZZLES GROUNDCOVER NEWS CROSSWORD from the International Network of Street Papers 9 Groundcover Vendor Code While Groundcover is a non-profit, and paper vendors are self-employed contractors, we still have expectations of how vendors should conduct themselves while selling and representing the paper. The following is our Vendor Code of Conduct, which every vendor reads and signs before receiving a badge and papers. We request that if you discover a vendor violating any tenets of the Code, please contact us and provide as many details as possible. Our paper and our vendors should be positively impacting our County. • Groundcover will be distributed for a voluntary donation. I agree not to ask for more than the cover price or solicit donations by any other means. • When selling Groundcover, I will always have the current biweekly issue of Groundcover available for customer purchase. • I agree not to sell additional goods or products when selling the paper or to panhandle, including panhandling with only one paper or selling past monthly issues. • I will wear and display my badge when selling papers and refrain from wearing it or other Groundcover gear when engaged in other activities. • I will only purchase the paper from Groundcover Staff and will not sell to or buy papers from other Groundcover vendors, especially vendors who have been suspended or terminated. • I agree to treat all customers, staff, and other vendors respectfully. I will not “hard sell,” threaten, harass or pressure customers, staff, or other vendors verbally or physically. • I will not sell Groundcover under the influence of drugs or alcohol. • I understand that I am not a legal employee of Groundcover but a contracted worker responsible for my own well-being and income. • I understand that my badge is property of Groundcover and will not deface it. I will present my badge when purchasing the papers. • I agree to stay off private property when selling Groundcover. • I understand to refrain from selling on public buses, federal property or stores unless there is permission from the owner. • I agree to stay at least one block away from another vendor in downtown areas. I will also abide by the Vendor Corner Policy. • I understand that Groundcover strives to be a paper that covers topics of homelessness and poverty while providing sources of income for the homeless. I will try to help in this effort and spread the word. If you would like to report a violation of the Vendor Code please email contact@groundcovernews.com or fill out the contact form on our website. ACROSS 1. ___ one's hands in exasperation 8. Thatched 15. Narrow margin 16. On the fritz 17. Secret ___ 18. One from a high-altitude, landlocked African country 19. Chamber groups 20. Bone dry 22. "Eh" 23. Charged particles 24. Basket material 25. 1999 Pulitzer Prize-winning play 26. Kind of pie made by children 27. Master of descending stairs 28. Characteristic carrier 29. Attempting 31. Cities with fortifications to keep outsiders away 32. Smooch an English person 33. Upper part of the earth's crust 35. Montezuma, e.g. 38. Shaped like a sword 42. "Buona ___" (Italian greeting) 43. Horrify 45. Born, in bios 46. Mary ___ Cosmetics 47. Jiffy 48. Full house, e.g. 49. "The Sound of Music" backdrop 51. "Darn it!" 52. Weighed the container of 53. Writes in the margins 55. Nocturnal rodent hunter on a farm 57. Fancy food 58. Circles of differently colored skin 59. Transfer of land ownership to "the man" upon death 60. A dutiful server's neverending task DOWN 1. 4:00, for some 2. Containing water 3. Refreshes the memory of 4. Hodgepodges 5. "Star ___" 6. Take advantage of 7. Wording 8. Yell 9. Chintzy 10. A Scandinavian weave 11. Barley beards 12. Man who survived his spouse 13. Destroying 14. Indicates 21. Cabal 24. Assortment 27. Harmony 28. Chasm 30. Fishing, perhaps 31. Get-out-of-jail money 33. Cineplex feature 34. "Cast Away" setting 35. Sideways 36. Devoted 37. Small intestine enzyme 38. "Beowulf," e.g. 39. Hot, in Vegas 40. It's often a euphemism for gentrification 41. Interferes 43. Acropolis figure 44. Arranged in advance 48. Vietnamese capital 50. Obi, e.g. 52. Not kosher 54. 20-20, e.g. 56. "___ we having fun yet?"
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