UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Copied

5 Brought to light 10 Springtime occurrence 14 Business with a slicer 15 In unison

16 Mcentire of country 17 Treat company with a

hidden agenda?

19 In an unfocused

manner

20 It’s not quite a nonet 21 Landed

22 Such a long time 23 Medal spots

25 Cleaning item that may

be green and yellow 27 Two after Sun.

29 Large highway sights 32 Round, chuck and

others

35 Import or export tax 39 R&B star Lennox 40 Suni Lee’s Olympic

team

41 Alternative to “fair” and

“good”

42 Lightning bolt’s sound 43 Moment, briefly

44 At the office, as an

interview

45 Longings

46 Teaser ad

48 Antiquated, quaintly 50 Fictional sailor

54 Talks back to 58 “Dagnabbit!” 60 Slightly

62 Put a cap on

63 Woeful interjection 64 Video game cheating method with a hidden mic?

66 It’s often topped with a

rooster

67 Manage not to

encounter

68 Surface calculation 69 Concludes

70 Showed again 71 Pebble-shaped piece of

candy

DOWN

1 Type of committee 2 Princess in Mario games 3 Thrill

4 Regularly sent

summaries

5 “Dapper” guy 6 Beef-grading org. 7 Objectives

8 Decompress, as a file 9 Italian sauce whose name

means “pounded”

10 Sort by urgency 11 Outdoor attraction with a

hidden gem?

12 Having the wherewithal 13 Routes

18 Dramatic words from

Caesar 24 Took effect

26 Letters indicating

sensitive content

28 ___ Fifth Avenue 30 Middle Eastern home of

the Pink Mosque 31 Tastes of wine

32 Brink

33 Possible source of

feedback on an app 34 Small food establishment

with a hidden cost? 36 Place to buy dehydrated

food

37 Zealous about 38 Emotions, slangily 41 Diving bird

45 “That’s within my

abilities!”

47 Shots that don’t make

it in

49 Spanish artist who coined “nuclear mysticism”

51 One may make muffins 52 Too good for

53 Algerian currency 55 Treat made over an open

flame

56 Duck with soft down 57 Place

58 Talk wildly

59 Ruck of “Succession” 61 Proud proclamation 65 Second-class citizens in

Barbieland