14 GROUNDCOVER NEWS PUZZLES CROSSWORD International Network of Street Papers Fool Moon EMERI JADE BEY Groundcover vendor No. 660 In April’s teasing, temperamental light, When winter loosens but won’t quite concede, The streets of Ann Arbor bloom overnight With papier-mâché dreams and riotous creed. FestiFools rises—half jest, half lore— A carnival stitched from wit and glue, Where giants wobble and spirits roar In colors no ordinary springtime knew. A dragon of headlines bends through the square, Satire stitched in its shimmering scales; A politician puppet with windblown hair Trips over punchlines the crowd unveils. There’s laughter loud as a Midwest sky, Children pointing at creatures absurd, While elders grin as the fools go by— Truth disguised in the ridiculous word. ACROSS 1. "We're #1!," e.g. 6. Low-___ diet 10. Computer architecture acronym 14. Kind of ticket 15. ___-Altaic languages 16. "What's gotten ___ you?" 17. Pricker 18. Japanese soup 19. Hardly haute cuisine 20. Clerical drudges 23. "___ Flux" 24. Couch 25. Laborer who moves bricks (Brit.) 28. A Judd 30. "___ we having fun yet?" 31. Pristine 36. Drop, to an editor 38. Cow chow 39. French Sudan, today 40. Commiserator's words 45. Mother Teresa, for one 46. Whip 47. Fit as a ___ 49. Mark over a long vowel 52. Worse than fair 53. Sophomore, e.g. 57. Old European capital 58. ___ Bowl 59. Flooded 62. Coagulate 63. Carbon compound 64. Bar offering 65. Does some tailoring 66. Regard 67. Neuters DOWN 1. Short order, for short 2. "___ Baby Baby" (Linda Ronstadt hit) 3. Above 4. Current 5. Open rear seat in old cars 6. Spice in Indian cooking 7. Husk 8. Coarse file 9. Loose garment pulled in at the waist 10. Conservative doctrine 11. Arm of the sea 12. Cache 13. Small woods 21. N.Y. neighbor 22. 18-wheeler 25. Muslim pilgrimage 26. After-lunch sandwich 27. Kosher ___ 28. Civil rights org. 29. Chemical compound 32. "___'s the breaks!" 33. Full house, e.g. 34. Jewish month 35. Sup 37. Petitions 41. God with a hammer 42. Slouched over 43. Roswell sightings 44. Organic matter used for fuel 48. Draft 49. Soil enricher 50. Like an old woman 51. Kind of drive 52. Church song 54. "Clair de ___" 55. ___ vera 56. Houston acronym 60. Diffident 61. Towel stitching Groundcover News is seeking more crossword writers! If you are interested in contributing crosswords to our paper on a regular basis, please reach out at contact@groundcovernews.com The air tastes faintly of paint and rain, Of cardboard kingdoms and clever deceit; Each step a dance on the edge of the sane, Each float a question rolling down Main Street. For here, the world is turned askew, Not broken—just tilted to help us see: That folly, when it’s honest and true, Is another form of clarity. And when the last grand puppet dips from view, And the drums fade soft into memory’s pool, Ann Arbor returns—yet somehow new— Forever marked by the wisdom of fools. MAY 1, 2026 Liz dressed in a fuzzy purple monster costume enjoying the Fool Moon street party with her friend. PUZZLE SOLUTIONS April 17, 2026 edition C A R D I O G R A P H T E C H N O C R A C I E S M A R I E A N T O I N E T T E A R E N A U S E S T A G S T O N E S A L E N S C O L T E R A E R A S A L O U D A L O F T A B A S E S O M B U D S M A N I R A D E S O T I C E M S S E M I S C O A T I L A W A G I N M A R R Y R I C O A G A D O M C A B L E T E L E V I S I O N E L A B O R A T E N E S S E X T R A V A G A N T N I T R O
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