NOVEMBER 15, 2024 PUZZLES GROUNDCOVER NEWS 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 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. "Good kid, ___ city" (2012 Kendrick Lamar album) 5. Car company with an H.Q. in Munich 8. Entreprise rivaling Entreprise 12. Outdo 14. "___ you vera much!" (valentine for a horticulturist) 15. Yearn (for) 16. Fantastical ideals 18. Nicks or Knight, e.g. 19. Alt-rock genre 20. Own (up) 21. What boxers vie for 23. Dine and __ 25. Pamper, with "on" 27. Bank offerings 29. More cunning 31. Shapeshifting clown of literature 33. Hotel visits 35. Nonfiction flick 36. Court divider 37. Org. that dissaproves of boas 39. Assistant integrated with A.I. in IOS 18 42. One on a home screen 45. Unexplainable sexual repulsion, with "the" 47. "Brilliant!" 50. Crime often perpetrated through scam emails 54. Clay being in Jewish folklore 56. Make eye contact to an uncomfortable degree 57. Memo header 59. Establishment selling bagels and schmear 60. Jays and Rheas 62. Circle up in a monastery? 64. Director Brooks 65. Vibe 66. Dangerous snake ... or what 16-, 31-, and 50-Across share 69. Thin cut 70. "Woe is me!" 71. Important step before 'repeat' 72. Beg 73. Agent Smith's enemy, in "The Matrix" 74. Mull (over) DOWN 1. Some Vespas 2. Titular 14-Down characters, often animals 3. Delta, e.g. 4. Word with date and dilligence 5. Drunk, slangily 6. Cry from a younger sibling 7. "___ Side Story" 8. Judd who produced "Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy" 9. One stereotypically stealing candy from babies 10. Passionate, as a romance 11. Metric tracked by a webmaster, in short 13. File read by Adobe Acrobat: Abbr. 14. Famous fabulist 17. ___ 40 (dye found in Twizzlers) 22. Texter's sign of affection 24. Disorderly pile 26. Chimp trained for 1000+ hours to become the third homonid to ever orbit the earth 28. Tennis segment that may be ended by a 36-Across 30. Bread option 32. Longtime CBS police procedural 34. Kerfuffle 38. Berry in a bowl 40. Oriental or Persian, e.g. 41. Apple product officially discontinued in 2022 42. Reactions to a cute dog, maybe 43. Artist also known as "Mr. Worldwide" 44. Grassland 46. Chinese chicken dish 48. He or I, but not she 49. Word after press or work 51. Editor's finds 52. Added logs to, as a fire 53. Stops and rolls connector 55. Bathroom growth 58. Opposite of WSW 61. Button on a car's radio 63. [Don't touch my squeak toy!] 65. Nile biter 67. ___ Miss 68. Not her's CROSSWORD Victor Schmitt
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