14 GROUNDCOVER NEWS PUZZLES SOMETHING's FISHY Peter Collins AUGUST 7, 2026 ACROSS 1. Like some crawl spaces 5. Stayed away from 11. "The Lord of the Rings" being 14. First family name 15. Llama relative 16. West of Hollywood 17. * Swashbucklers, for instance 19. Circulate socially 20. Members of a class 21. Politician's crime 23. Arnaz of early TV 24. Words following rule or court 26. Vandalized, in a way 29. * One who's loaded, slangily 33. From Scandinavia 35. Trig function 36. Raison d'____ 37. Significant time span 38. * What ruthless people show 41. Coltrane's instrument 42. Sitarist Shankar 44. Multitude 45. Tossed back a brewski 47. *"Hold on a bit" 50. Meanders 51. "Everything all right?" 52. Stick in a fire? 54. "Baby Baby" singer Amy 56. Series of missed connections 60. "Jingle Bells" contraction 61. 2003 Pixar movie (and feat accomplished by rearranging the first four letters of the starred answers) 64. "Tell me more..." 65. Toward the center 66. Meek 67. "_ Miz" 68. Honors with a raised glass 69. God of love DOWN 1. River obstructions 2. Aid a criminal 3. One might be hung in a restaurant window 4. Walked in a cumbersome manner 5. Bob __ (restaurant chain) 6. 14-Across, notably 7. Book where the Pentecost is mentioned 8. Behind-the-wheel infraction, for short 9. Brian, once of Roxy Music 10. Like some earrings 11. Meg March portrayer in 2019's "Little Women" 12. Innocent one 13. Email alternative 18. Supply, as coins to a parking meter 22. Broccoli ___ 24. __ about (approximately) 25. Attractive, in modern lingo 26. Beginning of el ano 27. Tennis star Ivanisevic 28. Cemetaries 30. Multitude 31. Word with Am or slam 32. Male and female 34. Martini relative, for short 39. Mousy 40. Veering off course 43. "That's my cue!" 46. Peace between nations 48. Get-up 49. Cannon fodder? 53. Small lakes 54. Messi objective 55. Russo of "Thor" 56. Interactions that make observers go "eww": Abbr. 57. Salty drop 58. Buckshot or BBs 59. Leaves 62. Queen of Thebes 63. Ice Cube and Dr. Dre's group, once PUZZLE SOLUTIONS July 24, 2026 edition Originally published in the October 2020 edition of Groundcover News. Cartoon by Libby Chambers
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