JULY 11, 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. "Check this out!" 5. Another name for "cat" 10. Good source of protein 14. A chorus line 15. Carry away, in a way 16. ___ probandi 17. Euros replaced them 18. A person's sould in Hinduism 19. face zits; puberty 20. Someone who is lost 23. Flipper 24. Femin___ (three letters) 25. "Dear old" guy 26. Bank offering, for short 28. A rival 30. Alias 32. Boundaries 34. All excited 35. Womb 37. Bucket 38. Bits and pieces 41. A crew's living quarters on a ship 42. Laze 44. "Stupid me!"; Homer Simpson 45. British street car; verb 49. Ashes holder 50. "Iliad" warrior 52. Bleat 53. ___ Verde National Park 54. Collection of planets 59. Like Radio City Music Hall 61. Army outfit 64. Omniverous fish 65. Past tense of outride 66. cooked bread; verb 67. Bird cleaning its feathers, past tense DOWN 1. Amigo 2. Moveable glass door 3. Collection of string instruments 4. "Little piggies" 5. Compote fruit 6. Latin for ultimate 7. "___ here" 8. Normal; used as a model 9. "Fiddler on the Roof" role 10. Exactly 11. Occasionally 12. Event used to generate financial support 13. "It's no ___!" 21. Black gold 22. Cutting tool 23. J.F.K. overseer 27. "Is that ___?" 29. Auspices 31. Barbie's beau 33. "How ___ Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life" (Kaavya Viswanathan novel in the news) 35. ___-friendly; technology 36. Doing nothing 39. Short order, for short 40. Pistol, slangily 41. Kind of approval; food 43. Genetic makeup 46. Overseas 47. More, in Madrid 48. Yellow fruit of passion flower 51. Bubbly drinks 53. Downing Street distance 55. Advanced 56. Advil target 57. Aspersion 58. "Soap" family name 59. Appropriate 60. "Flying Down to ___" 62. "___ to Billie Joe" 63. "20,000 Leagues" harpooner ___ Land
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