14 GROUNDCOVER NEWS PUZZLES EVEN BETTER Tracy Bennett and Victor Fleming 12345 678910 14 17 20 23 24 25 28 30 37 40 41 44 45 47 48 49 52 54 61 64 55 56 57 62 65 63 66 © Tracy Bennett and Victor Fleming (published via Adobe Acrobat DC) ACROSS 1. "The Ecstasy" poet John ___ 6. Hindu mystic 11. Took to the shadows 14. Kick out 15. He's more roaster than rooster 16. Wonderment 17. Leniency, turned up a notch 19. ObGyn, for one 20. Lumberjack action 21. Crisler Center is one 23. Fairness, turned up a notch 26. Transparency, turned up a notch 28. One-named "OMG" singer 29. Ewe did what? 30. Some membership fees 31. Cock of the walk's walk 33. O god? 37. Aretha Franklin's "___ You Sure" 38. Consensus, turned up a notch 39. Marrying words 40. Find the same groove 42. Lets up 43. Columbian kitty 44. Italian alternative 46. Saoirse of "Lady Bird" 47. Attachment, turned up a notch 50. Mettle, turned up a notch 52. Suspect story 53. Coen brothers film turned FX series 54. Not a lick 55. With "the," a goal of selfless acts ... and this puzzle's theme 61. Apple tester? 62. Bisect 63. 6-time Tony winner McDonald 64. École ___ Beaux-Arts 65. Mary-Moore go-between 66. Roosevelt bear DOWN 1. See 9-Down 2. Hug and a kiss, and another hug 3. WEMU news letters? 4. Counters 5. Magical potion 6. Diorama or panorama 7. Designing Vera 8. Galoot 9. With 1-Down, "The Ecstatic" rapper aka Yasiin Bey 10. Off the hook, as they say 11. Underworld boss of old 12. Contrary words 13. Molder 18. "The Wizard of Oz" director Fleming, to friends 22. Perform once again 23. Traitorous disciple 24. Excessive interest? 25. Glossy effect 26. ___ couture 27. Some four-letter words 29. Low-lying vegetation 31. Atrial implant 32. "Fast Car" singer Chapman 34. ___ Prince aka Wonder Woman 35. Luggage dangler 36. Nary a soul 41. Crustacean in cakes 43. Defy civilized norms 45. Land safely 46. Ankle-biter of sorts 47. Stayed home in PJs, say 48. Boozer's bitter fruit 49. "Jeepers!" 50. Serve a function? 51. Mined material 53. Bestest 56. Solar beam 57. Final end? 58. Not even 59. LGA : New York :: ___ : Chicago 60. ___ of reckoning Originally published in the September 2018 edition of Groundcover News. 53 58 59 60 50 51 31 32 38 42 46 43 29 33 34 35 36 39 26 27 18 21 22 15 11 12 13 16 19 JUNE 26, 2026 PUZZLE SOLUTIONS June 12, 2026 edition D 1 14 17 ? 20 24 O N H O 33 38 42 45 T R A P 54 S ? 60 64 67 T A G 2 A R I E L 34 H E R E 55 E R T E 3 D O N N A 35 C U B A 56 C O E N 61 J A R 4 A 15 W 18 21 R F 28 39 49 B O N O R Y 29 K O 36 N E R U N 57 G A M E 5 C H A I 25 R M A N 46 T E E N 6 E E N 26 E O N S 47 65 68 D B A T H E 7 R E D 22 O N D O 43 C U R S O R Y 8 B L O T T O 40 M I T T 62 R I A 9 A 16 19 M R E D 41 E N T H 58 U S E D B H O R R 37 E N C E 59 N E S S 10 P R O 27 S A L T 48 R 50 A M 51 63 66 69 B A N F F 52 I D E A L 53 T E A R Y 30 44 G O O N 31 O P R Y 32 N E S T 11 23 P O U T 12 L O S E 13 E D E N
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