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