UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Mani-pedi site

4 The Matterhorn, for

one

7 Poem of praise

10 Printer problem

13 *In an unhelpful

way

17 *Phil Collins hit with

an iconic drum fill 18 Monarch’s rule

19 Firm up, as Jell-o 20 Forget, as an unpleasant

sight

21 Canine pal of Garfield 23 Fairy-tale baddie 25 Under a large tree on a

sunny day, say

28 St. Francis’ home 32 Hamster or snake, to

some

33 Sleep phase, briefly 35 Day for U.S. federal

elections: Abbr. 36 Cartoony eating syllable 37 Bring in

39 Locked boxes in some hotel rooms 41 Recipe amt. 42 English jazz singer Laine 43 Moderate gaits 44 Cupid’s Greek counterpart

45 Pair of flannels? 47 Browns, on scoreboards 48 In favor of 49 Stereotypical teenage

feeling

51 Hello, in Sao Paulo 52 Got up

55 “The Gashlycrumb

Tinies” author Edward 56 Poker prize

57 Some Punjabis,

religiously 58 Shakespeare’s river 59 Grass cutting machine 61 Ink stain

62 Church benches 63 Dwarf planet since

2006

64 Harp’s ancestor 65 “Anything ___ to add?” 66 Wished (for)

67 Tolkien creatures led by

Treebeard

DOWN

1 Recipe instruction 2 Unleavened cornbread 3 Against

4 Like someone who does not identify as cis or trans, maybe

5 Mauna ___ (Hawaiian

volcano)

6 Grace under pressure 7 Decide that one will 8 Batman and Robin,

e.g.

9 Certain hosp. worker 10 Runs at a gentle pace 11 Tennis champ Arthur 12 Dole (out)

14 “Good heavens!” 15 “Black-ish” dad 16 Yearns (for)

22 “That is,” in Latin 24 German mathematician

Carl Friedrich

25 Design detail, briefly 26 Get better

27 *With 29-Down, Betty Smith book set in New York City

29 See 27-Down

30 Meh

31 Little devils

34 Game played in a

swimming pool 35 One-on-one

conversation 38 Balderdash 40 Investigate further, and what the starts of the starred clues’ answers can do?

41 Awful

46 Hog’s home

48 Faux ___

49 Visibly shocked 50 Author’s work,

perhaps

53 Low on cash

54 ___ Park, Colorado 59 Speedometer letters 60 Cone’s partner in the

eye