14 GROUNDCOVER NEWS PUZZLES WHO's AFRAID ... ? Tracy Bennett and Victor Flemming AUGUST 21, 2026 ACROSS 1. City west of Tulsa 5. Surrounded by 11. HOMES Brewery draught 14. Days ___ by 15. "Do not act up!" 16. Metaphor for an abundance of hair 17. Start of an 1897 editorial about Santa Claus, and a hint to this puzzle's theme 19. "___ Time" (2011 Imagine Dragons song) 20. Film on antique bronze 21. "Golly!" 22. Able to see right through 23. Ferry Field oval (where Jesse Owens set multiple world records) 24. Traditional sweeper that doubles as transport for some powerful women 26. "Commander in Chief" star Davis 28. Male red deer 29. Alpine evergreen 31. Metaphor for an absence of hair 33. Some baking potatoes 37. The "A" in UAE 39. Pastiche 41. Genesis guy who floated his stock while all around him were in liquidation 42. Puzzle 44. ___ up (agitate) 46. "Mele Kalikimaka" instrument, briefly 47. Fly's denial 49. Clicked-on pictures 51. Haunting Maggie Smith poem about realty and reality 55. Afrikaners 58. Uber competitor 59. "SNL" network 60. "Yippee!" 61. Egg cells 62. Punny way to read the 1929 feminist essay whose title appears in this puzzle's circled letters 64. ___ the question 65. One end of a Biblical exodus 66. Hidden valley 67. Word with third or opener 68. Pitched a shelter for the night while backpacking 69. Circular air current DOWN 1. One end of a Biblical exodus 2. Musical insensitivity, metaphorically 3. Popular photo-sharing app 4. Contrivance 5. Incantation opener 6. She said "yes!" repeatedly in "When Harry Met Sally" 7. Montoya in "The Princess Bride" 8. Eateries 9. Like knowledge based on observation, measurement and experiment 10. Afternoon affair 11. ___ acid 12. "Quick pick" game 13. Salts type 18. Signed, as a contract 22. Restored instrument still played at some Michigan Theater screenings 24. Sleepover spot for backpackers 25. Modern admission, after "my" 27. In direct confrontation 29. Cheer alternative 30. Fury 32. Daybreak deity 34. Group residing under one roof 35. Exemplar of strength 36. Sea shell seller 38. Cake-pan type 40. Redding known as "The King of Soul" 43. Loudly weep 45. "Bicentennial Man" hero 48. Hardwired 50. Persistent pest 51. Boston newspaper 52. Stereotypical kvetcher's cry 53. Old enough 54. Brilliant display 56. Headed to shore, in a way 57. Tenor sax jazz great Rollins 60. Cheryl Strayed memoir that became a 2014 Reese Witherspoon film 62. Clever one 63. Sum charged PUZZLE SOLUTIONS August 7, 2026 edition Originally published in the September 2021 edition of Groundcover News.
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