14 GROUNDCOVER NEWS PUZZLES WHAT'S THE DEAL? by Peter Collins JANUARY 23, 2026 ACROSS 1. Toddler's safety item 8. Science workshop 11. Hazardly start? 14. Tennis period since 1968 15. Wrath 16. Handy way to communicate, for short? 17. Legendary racehorse 18. Earl Grey product 19. Code-cracking org. 20. Accusation from Caesar 21. Prohibition hooch 24. Eighth Greek letter 26. Cry of delight 27. Theater section 28. Pink Floyd founder Barrett 29. Calif. school near the Mexican border 32. Check line 34. Barbarian 36. Stable diet? 37. Valentine sweets 39. Rum mixer 40. Twilled fabrics 41. N.Y.C. financial hub 43. When two hands meet 44. Angle or cycle starter 47. Singer Guthrie 48. 12/24 or 12/31 50. Constellation with a belt 52. Castle access 56. Yankee with more than 3,000 hits, familiarly 57. French ___ 58. Verb that sounds like its middle letter 59. Final stage of a chess match (and a hint as to what's found in the answers to 17-, 21-, 37-, or 52-Across) 61. "___ Miserables" 62. Word before or after "down" 63. Entered front-first 64. "... ___ he drove out of sight..." 65. Doubtfire title 66. Springsteen's ___ Band DOWN 1. Streakers in the dark? 2. Lack of interest 3. Paid a flat fee? 4. Pig's nose 5. "Gross!" 6. Part of U.A.E. 7. "Gone With the Wind" estate 8. Many an art print, for short 9. "Queen of Soul" Franklin 10. Lover boy 11. Favorite social spots 12. Gives, as homework 13. Mars or Venus 22. Made more strict 23. Puffs up 25. Yoga postures 30. VCR tape successor 31. States 33. Rita who won an Oscar for "West Side Story" 34. Unhealthily yellow 35. Architect Saarinen 37. Fall apart 38. Before now 39. Delta, for one 41. Walk like a penguin 42. Extreme fear 44. Diatribe 45. Dorm-mate 46. Set right? 49. Looks at 51. Wild party 53. Soothing stuff 54. Hereditary carrier 55. Adam's grandson 60. Summer clock setting: Abbr. PUZZLE SOLUTIONS January 9, 2025 edition
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