MAY 3, 2024 PUZZLES Either Way by Tracy Bennett and Victor Fleming 1234 5678 13 17 20 21 24 25 28 30 36 41 42 46 47 49 50 52 54 62 65 55 56 57 63 66 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 a voluntary purchase. 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 "Getting closer," in a guessing game 5 Soy-based broth 9 Inflict serious injury on 13 Vicinity 14 Take in or take on 16 Defeat, barely 17 "Mean Girls" song about being "hot" in silly Halloween costumes 18 Follower of an Afro-Jamaican religion 19 ___ as dishwater 20 Rubber duckie locale 22 It's cast at the polls 24 Start of a humorous quip about decision-making 28 "Yes, captain!" 29 Like thick fog, figuratively 30 Fang output 31 Deliver, as a pitch 32 Loafer or flip-flop 36 Abbr. after a comma 37 Part 2 of the quip 40 DuVernay who directed "Selma" 41 Actress Seehorn or Perlman 43 Cuts off, as branches 44 Toddler's booboos 46 "Another Saturday Night" singer Sam 48 ___ in motion (gracefulness) 49 End of the quip 52 Caught in a downpour, perhaps 53 Peril 54 "Beloved" author Morrison 55 Encourage persistently 58 Caught in a drizzle, perhaps 62 British prep school of note 63 Coffee break snack 64 Some are golden 65 19th-century Democrat opponent 66 "No ifs, ands or ___" 67 Baseball great Berra known for humorous quips like the one in this puzzle 51 53 58 59 60 61 64 67 DOWN 1 Existed 2 "Butterflies ___ Free" (1972 romcom) 3 Latin word for "king" 4 "It's possible" 5 Joan of Arc, for one 6 Pocatello's state 7 Distress signal 8 Get off the fence, say 9 Relatives of "mashups," in music 10 Former minor 11 Domed home 12 Become liquid 15 Side order at Haifa Falafel 21 Jungian principle 23 Band's sound booster 24 "Christina's World" artist Andrew 25 "It follows that ..." 26 Illegally seized 27 Party poppers 28 Declare 31 Pipe type 33 Port-au-Prince's land 34 Conspicuous 35 "No sweat" 38 Deluged 39 Alcoves 42 Loser to a pair of deuces 45 Timeslot for many soaps and talk shows 47 Assayer's material 48 Art supplies 49 Fang 50 Capital northeast of Bangkok 51 Fish in the Au Sable 52 All-in-one meal 56 Uncertain amount 57 African antelope 59 In times past 60 Oldest daughter in "Little Women" 61 Tire gauge reading: Abbr. 37 38 43 48 31 39 44 45 26 27 29 32 33 34 35 40 14 18 22 23 15 9 16 19 10 11 12 GROUNDCOVER NEWS 9
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