JULY 26, 2024 PUZZLES PLAY TIME Peter A. Collins GROUNDCOVER NEWS 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 a voluntary purchase. 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. ___ pit (rock concert area) 5. Schooner feature 9. Roughly 13. Magazine filler? 14. French twist, for one 15. "Nonsense!" 16. Authoritative order 17. Long heroic tale 18. 2024 NCAA men's basketball champions 19. * "I really don't mind" 22. Pale 23. * "My deepest condolences" 27. Vast quantities 29. Singsong syllables 30. Makes a plea 33. Pickleball court divider 35. Spud 36. Actress Issa ___ 37. Lead-up to checkmate (and a hint to the last word in the answers to the starred clues) 40. Form 1040 no. 41. Catherine of "Schitt's Creek" 43. "Big Blue" on Wall Street 44. Cornhole delivery 45. Quartz or feldspar 48. Rectangle part 50. *1998 Pixar film 52. Ill-tempered 56. * "No idea" 58. 1836 battle site 61. Make an engraving 62. Witches 63. West Pointer 64. ___-do-well (rascal) 65. James Bond's school 66. First place? 67. The Aztecs of the Mountain West Conf. 68. Nevada casino city DOWN 1. Organized crime group 2. Leaves off 3. Sensation 4. Sex appeal 5. Bird feeder food 6. Notified 7. "Shoot the breeze," for instance 8. Part of a biblical plague 9. Noted Seminole chief 10. Letter after pi 11. Part of 67-Across 12. Possess 15. Throb 20. Binary digit 21. Manhattan, for one: Abbr. 24. Dustin's "Midnight Cowboy" role 25. Like May through August, letterwise 26. Long stories 28. ___ Arbor 30. Bakery output 31. Hindu title 32. "Matrix" star Reeves 34. ___ Friday's (restaurant chain) 37. Audible range 38. Attendance book notations 39. 2001 to Augustus 42. Systematic routine 44. One concerned with class struggles? 46. Chicken ___ king 47. Animates 49. Genetic code carrier 51. Celebrated 53. Bluish-gray color 54. Pull at 55. Kind of question with only two answers 57. By way of, for short 58. Blackjack half 59. Chap 60. Ending with Gator or orange
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