DECEMBER 1, 2023 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. Coffee order 6. Priestly garb 9. Qur'an chapter 14. "La Bohème," e.g. 15. "___ bad!" 16. Clear, as a disk 17. As a rule 19. Cross threads 20. "La Scala di ___" (Rossini opera) 21. Flock member 22. Hotel amenities 23. Flock leader 25. Anger 26. Senior politician 32. Crystal-lined rock 33. Very small 34. Ova, e.g. 37. Traffic jam 41. Friar 42. Hungarian joke 43. Eton or Hogwarts 48. Absorb, with "up" 49. Peanut butter choice 50. ___ Rica 53. Game on horseback 54. Edge 58. Dislike, and then some 59. Theorist 61. Fowl place 62. Shade provider 63. Edmonton hockey player 64. Former frosh 65. Legal thing 66. Light refractor DOWN 1. Feet, slangily 2. Blunted blade 3. Penny 4. Length x width, for a rectangle 5. A ways away 6. Famous Etta James song 7. Nabokov novel 8. Refuses to shop at 9. Puts in stitches 10. Compound in fertilizer 11. Basket material 12. Back, to a sailor 13. "Siddhartha" author 18. "Ah, me!" 23. Ancient Roman magistrate (Var.) 24. Curb, with "in" 26. ___ roll 27. Grassland 28. ___ Perignon 29. Swelling 30. Grab 31. Biblical gift 35. Aims 36. More revealing 38. "Seinfeld" uncle 39. Amateur video subject, maybe 40. Amigo 43. Owie 44. Thrift store (Aus.) 45. Noggin 46. Robots in Jewish folklore 47. Greek portico 48. Traumatizes 51. Brit's "Baloney!" 52. Song and dance, e.g. 54. Coconut fiber 55. Wrinkly fruit 56. Petitions 57. Popular hairstyle in the 80s 60. Chop (off)
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