UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Compete in a sprint 5 Pic-sharing app 10 Permanent record, in a

way

14 It becomes another name when “L” is moved to its front 15 Apple device? 16 Peacock or bull

17 I’m stuck!

19 Lose it

20 Voice above alto

21 Cut (off )

23 Equal: Prefix

24 “Dr. No” actress

Andress

26 Big bags

28 Eclipses, in the ancient

world

31 I’m not a kid anymore! 33 College party barrel 34 T-Mobile, e.g. 35 “Enough!”

39 “Good lord, not again” 42 Salsa percussion

instruments

46 Preface to a texted

take

47 I’m a big deal! 49 Olympics boat 51 “Lather” follow-up 52 Oppose 54 “Revolutionary Love”

singer DiFranco 55 Pronoun related to dis 57 Works with what’s at

hand

61 Messy pile

63 I’m on a roll!

65 “___ to my surprise ...” 66 “Howdy!”

67 Used WhatsApp,

briefly

68 Lhasa ___ 69 Sherlock’s sister 70 Tears roughly

DOWN

1 Accelerates, with

“up”

2 Potatoes, in Indian

cuisine

3 Farmers’ network,

briefly

4 Evasive play in

football

5 App symbols

6 “For sure!”

7 Show promoter’s

dream letters 8 Revealing biography 9 Singer Guthrie 10 Texting tech 11 Request to make an

entrance

12 State whose motto is

“North to the Future” 13 Share on X 18 Rowboat propellers 22 “Just kidding!”

25 Golf ball’s position 27 Eager and then

some

28 Signs off on 29 Convened 30 Self-motivated

people?

32 Zodiac feline 36 Campaign-funding

orgs.

37 Vexed

38 Musical Mahal

40 Punk music offshoot 41 Saldana of “Star

Trek”

43 Hiker’s water holder 44 Obama health law’s

initials

45 Bygone in-flight catalog that’s now online

47 The creator, in

Hinduism

48 “Stand in a row!” 49 Word after “pound” or

“cup”

50 Sailor’s affirmative 53 Girl Scout cookie, or an

island country 56 Arthur in tennis

history

58 Prefix with “final” 59 Like some holes and

pockets

60 Casino statistics 62 Vietnamese soup 64 ___-mo