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MARCH 7, 2025 PUZZLES 1 14 17 20 22 26 30 34 40 43 51 55 58 62 65 59 63 66 64 67 44 45 52 56 46 53 57 60 61 47 48 49 31 35 36 37 41 50 54 23 24 27 32 28 33 38 39 42 25 29 18 21 2 3 4 5 6 Victor Schmitt 8 7 15 9 GROUNDCOVER NEWS Closing Time 10 16 19 Victor Schm 11 12 13 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. Thank you! ACROSS 1. Chinese liquor 7. Dawn goddess 10. ___ facto 14. Agent of the French secret service? 15. Kwik-E-Mart manager in "The Simpsons" 16. Put-down 17. Keanu Reeve's costar in "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure" 19. Put down 20. More slimy 21. Word after tooth or tomato 22. Flag bearer, for short? 24. "The Queen of Disco" 26. Singer DiFranco 27. Prez before J.F.K. 28. "Duck Hunt" console, for short 29. Podcast interruptions 30. Barbie, e.g. 32. The Gem State 34. Episodes that may resolve a character arc, or a description of the ends of 17-, 24-, 51-, and 59-Across 40. See 46-Across 41. With 39-Down, common fixture above a doorway 43. NASCAR sponsor 46. With 40-Across, Silicon Valley city 47. "___ guy walks into a bar..." 50. Org. concerned with lies? 51. Was a scapegoat (for) 54. Tolkien creature 55. Place to see a turkey, perhaps 56. Held, as a baby 58. TALK LIKE THIS 59. Anti-government protests of the early 2010s 62. Worshipped one 63. Fashion line? 64. Comencement speaker, e.g. 65. Prying 66. Past-tense verb that sounds like a number 67. End of many university URLs DOWN 1. Lead-in to horse or monkey 2. Syst. in which one talks to the hand 3. Format for many a film project 4. ___'clock news 5. "That's peculiar" 6. Photographer's staff 7. All crumbs, as a meal 8. The "O" of M.O. 9. Prefix with face or name 10. Kosher : Judaism :: Halal : ___ 11. Certain state of matter 12. Fit 13. They might be barked 18. Half of this clue? 21. Rap's ___ T 22. "Way cool!" 23. Grandson of Adam enos 25. "Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)" dedicatee 31. Gamer's woe 32. Conditional coding statements 33. Fútbol cheer 35. Irked, in slang 36. Conversely, in a text 37. Public knowledge 38. Hurry along 39. See 41-Across 42. Bit of body ink, for short 43. Play hookie, say 44. Holy city? 45. "Breaking Bad" Fried Chicken Chain 'Los ___ Hermanos' 47. Jerry's car, on "Seinfeld" 48. Motherland, affectionately 49. N.F.L. standout 52. Clarkson with the 2011 hit "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" 53. Bowling division frame 57. The "E" of Q.E.D. 59. "Now I've got it!" 60. Low-effort acknowledgement 61 "Despicable" Steve Carell role

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