JUNE 14, 2024 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. Happening 6. Accommodate 11. Barbie's beau 14. Wilkes-___, Pa. 15. Biblical gift 16. Anger 17. To shorten a word 19. Adage 20. Correct, as text 21. Puddinglike dessert 23. Become attached 26. A type of gun dog 27. Arm ___ 28. Jump in 29. Choice food 30. Nonsensical 31. "___ lost!" 34. Enormous birds of myth 35. In a fitting way 36. ___ fruit 37. ___ Wednesday 38. Gray 39. Jack 40. Fancy trim 42. Hang around 43. "Joe ___" 45. Vacuum cleaners 46. Russian chess master 47. Cheese 48. Victorian, for one 49. Oil revenue 54. "___ alive!" 55. Dickens's ___ Heep 56. Convex molding 57. Born, in bios 58. ___ bear 59. Australian slang for "Yank" DOWN 1. "The ___ Daba Honeymoon" 2. Marvelous, in slang 3. Sun, e.g. 4. Solar system art 5. Pours metal 6. Nitrogen compound 7. Pair 8. "A jealous mistress": Emerson 9. Immediately 10. Husky voice 11. Keeps livestock in 12. Clear, as a disk 13. Supports a winding staircase 18. Docs for dachshunds 22. Commercial prefix with vision 23. African capital 24. Pandemonium 25. An advertising slogan 26. Disgrace 28. Used for securing mooring lines 30. Arguments 32. Young eel 33. Layers 35. Burn treatment 36. Another name for gastropod 38. To spoon ice cream 39. African antelope 41. Babysitter's handful 42. Forte 43. Coil of yarn 44. Bill of fare 45. Ado 47. Alum 50. Bolivian export 51. Chop (off) 52. Matterhorn, e.g. 53. "Winnie-the-Pooh" baby
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