Ottawa Citizen

UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD

- Take Me Literally by Trent H. Evans, edited by David Steinberg

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

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