JANUARY 24, 2025 PUZZLES GROUNDCOVER NEWS CROSSWORD 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 an issue more than 4 weeks old. • 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 or leave positive review of a Vendor experience please email contact@ groundcovernews.com or fill out the contact form on our website. ACROSS 1. Literally, "for this" 6. "Eh" 10. Mosque V.I.P. 14. Jungle climber 15. Figure skater's jump 16. "Buona ___" (Italian greeting) 17. Artist's stand 18. Try for a part 19. "Don't bet ___!" 20. One who doesn't go with the flow 23. Batman and Robin, e.g. 24. Dressing ingredient 25. Staple for every teenage boy's room 30. Deposit on teeth 34. Action film staple 35. Largest pelvic bone 37. Electron tube 38. Expert 40. Capital of Pas-de-Calais 42. Baby holder 43. Blow 45. Watch 47. Former French coin 48. Overlay 50. Idaho changed one of these from 420 to 419.9 to discourage theft 52. Sonata, e.g. 54. "Walking on Thin Ice" singer 55. Frosh, e.g. 61. Small ox 62. Leave port 63. Addition symbol 65. Bagpiper's wear 66. "Aeneid" figure 67. "Farewell, mon ami" 68. Bridge toll unit 69. Ashcroft's predecessor 70. Rush's drummer Neil DOWN 1. A pint, maybe 2. "Buenos ___" 3. "And ___ thou slain the Jabberwock?" 4. Iroquoian language 5. Kidney stones 6. Often stunning, colorful garment from the Indian subcontinent 7. Beasts of burden 8. Keisters 9. Behind the times 10. Related chemically 11. Children's ___ 12. Bone-dry 13. "Welcome" site 21. Aussie "bear" 22. "Good grief!" 25. Winter Olympian 26. Blue hue 27. Computer woe 28. An ICBM 29. Jewish festival 31. Bit of statuary 32. "Bye" 33. Disprove 36. O. Henry's "The Gift of the ___" 39. Current 41. Grain storage container 44. Binge drink 46. It gets taken off before a photo gets taken 49. Baby bottle 51. Hair ointment 53. Close call 55. Alternative to Windows 56. Former Steelers coach Chuck 57. Animal with a mane 58. "Not to mention ..." 59. "Mi chiamano Mimi," e.g. 60. At no time, poetically 61. Alias 64. "For shame!"
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