MAY 30, 2025 PUZZLES GROUNDCOVER NEWS Pawsome Puzzle Victor Schmitt 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. Mesh (with) 4. Wall St. debut 7.___ Jima 10. "Mr. Blue Sky" band, to fans 13. German gran 14. Bored with 16. Purple or candied spud 17. Backstabbing spy 19. Greek letter that rhymes with both of its neighbors 20. "Hey ___!" (Nickelodeon cartoon) 21. Mobster's piece 22. Ado 23. Word with spice or squat 24. Starting segments in most S.N.L. episodes 26. Abbr. on some speedometers 27. Dance when doubled 29. In a manner of speaking 30. Hypes up 32. Lil' ones 33. Healthy restaurant toppings 36. Campus program for future C.O.s 37. Rips 38. At the onset 41. U.F.O. passengers 42. Big name in pens and lighters 45. Microwave-safe dish 47. Some restaurants have a 'secret' one 48. Leggy wader 49. ___ Speedwagon 50. Panther and Lynx, for two 52. Start of many Californian city names 53. Dog hybrids, or what's found in 17-, 24-, 33-, and 45-Across' circled letters 55. Yoko who wrote "Grapefruit" 56. Print again, as a book 57. In the style of 58. "Family Feud" airer 59. Explosive letters 60. Service inits. 61. Tennis call that aptly rhymes with 'net' DOWN 1. Cut all lines of communications 2. Genre for XXXTentacion or Juice WRLD 3. 4-Across, e.g. 4. "___ pass" (comforting words during a thunderstorm) 5. ___ Piper 6. Singer Rita 7. Principles 8. Falls short 9. Frequently, poetically 10. Exams consisting of reading increasingly smaller letters 11. Some mujeres 12. Lead actor in "Lupin" 15. Frozen waffle brand 18. ___ Choy 22. Cuddles, maybe 24. Famed opponent of Caesar 25. Semiaquatic mammals 27. Tailbone 28. "Ben ___" (1959 best picture winner) 30. Deeds 31. Rank above cpl. 33. "Beloved" author Toni 34. Short Instagram video 35. Nosh 36. Wayfarers and Aviators, for two 38. Literary closing 39. Conan who "Needs a Friend" in his weekly podcast 40. Dead end indicator 42. "Stop kidding yourself!" 43. Going nowhere, as a car 44. Swear to 46. Afflictions 47. Comedian Martin 50. Border 51. Shape of a family, in charts 53. He played Clubber Lang in "Rocky III" 54. Broadband abbr.
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