MAY 16, 2025 PUZZLES 1 14 17 20 22 26 32 37 40 42 45 51 57 60 63 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. 61 64 52 53 54 55 58 59 62 65 43 44 46 56 47 48 49 50 41 33 34 35 38 39 23 24 27 36 18 21 25 28 29 30 31 2 3 4 5 15 19 6 7 8 GROUNDCOVER NEWS CROSSWORD International Network of Street Papers 9 16 10 11 12 13 9 ACROSS 1. Fast-moving card game 5. Intensifies, with "up" 9. Deadly 14. One of the hyperbolic functions 15. "General Hospital," e.g. 16. Liturgical vestment 17. Technique for recording brain structure or activity 20. Ancient assembly area 21. Side effect for a stoner, with "the" 22. Reddish purple 25. "So ___ me!" 26. Sprites 28. Red ink amount 32. Limited, as hearing 36. Salk's conquest 37. Independent fertilization process used by some plants 40. Accustom 41. They're often mixed 42. Clash of heavyweights 43. Park place? 45. Dog holder 46. Snail or slug 51. Times for relaxation 56. Lid or lip application 57. Agency 60. Contents of a cabinet 61. "Pumping ___" 62. Above 63. Swelling 64. Golf rental 65. Penny DOWN 1. Cook, as clams 2. African blade akin to a machete 3. In disguise, slangily 4. When doubled, words of comfort 5. ___ Wednesday 6. Bygone bird 7. ___ Pilot 8. Partner 9. Madcap comedy 10. Asian nurse 11. Plains dwelling 12. Advil target 13. Meadows (Var.) 18. Wind instrument of one Greek god 19. Lions' prey 23. Novice (Brit.) 24. Figure skater's jump 27. Do-nothing 28. French novelist Pierre 29. Assortment 30. Noun suffix 31. Princes, e.g. 32. Egyptian fertility goddess 33. Children's ___ 34. Pudding fruit 35. Natural hairstyle 36. Kneecap 38. Mosque V.I.P. 39. Canceled 43. Expert 44. Low on iron 45. Anatomical sac 47. Light purple 48. Come together as one 49. Determined to do 50. Underground chamber 51. "___ finds a way": Dr. Ian Malcolm 52. "National Velvet" author Bagnold 53. Wight, for one 54. Part of a wineglass 55. "Que ___, ___" (Doris Day song) 58. Postal motto conjunction 59. Channel or explosive
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