14 GROUNDCOVER NEWS PUZZLES STAR TURN Tracy Bennett and Victor Fleming SEPTEMBER 4, 2026 ACROSS 1. Records of city councils and the like 7. Spot for a mani-pedi 10. Traditional frying pan 13. Comb-over alternative 14. Victor's cry 15. ___ Records (record label for Sony Music Entertainment) 16. Surfing, in a way 17. Awnings, but not a container of veggies 19. Where Marie Curie was born 20. John and Yoko's Plastic ___ Band 21. It touches a corner of New Mexico 22. "Old ___ the Beau" (punny title of a classic fiddler's tune) 24. Aircraft company based in Wichita 26. Dance hit, sometimes 29. Civil liberties 31. Astonishes 32. Big name in fast trains 33. Off-road ride, briefly 36. They've got mail 39. Buick sedan until 2005 41. Calypso kin 42. Jung's inner self 44. Go cold turkey, say 45. Does perfectly on a test 46. Lincolns, but not Hardings 47. Stag topper 50. Maternal supporter during and after labor 52. ___ of faith 53. Act the couch potato 55. Quaint Shakespearean address 59. Body of peers 61. Pungent Italian cheese 62. Certain 33-Across 63. Local educ. support group 64. Overcharges big time 65. Yaslin Bey's former stage name ___ Def 66. Brick, e.g. 67. Make certain DOWN 1. Sitting on 2. Prohibited action 3. ___ set (what { } means in math) 4. Beekeeper 5. Eurythmics singer-songwriter Annie 6. Edible part of a pomegranate 7. Graceful lake bird 8. 48-card game 9. "That's ___-brainer" 10. Court orders 11. "Midnight zone" milieu 12. Buckwheat porridge 14. Like Rosie the Riveter or Wonder Woman 18. Cat or kisser 23. Citizens of Rasht and Shiraz 25. LAX stats 26. Megan Thee Stallion performances 27. "Return of the Jedi" creature 28. "Wild Horse ___" (Zane Grey book) 30. Frozen treat 33. Lie against 34. Modest combo 35. Site of the Ann Arbor Skate park, informally 37. What some may carry for self-defense 38. Deprive of strength 40. The Water Bearer, astrologically 43. Winged biters 45. Iams alternative 46. "Fun Home" memoirist Bechdel 47. Adele's "30," for one 48. "Awesomesauce!" 49. Scale weights 51. Accepted practice 54. "Criminy!" 56. Saucy brand 57. Antiquing aid 58. Cheat, in slang 60. WEMU is one its member stations Originally published in the December 2021 edition of Groundcover News. PUZZLE SOLUTIONS August 21, 2026 edition
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