UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD

|“THE RETURN OF THE OXYMORON”, BY TIMOTHY E. PARKER

ACROSS

1 Thin trails of smoke 6 Exerciser’s target, often 10 Axed to the ground 14 Emcee’s opener 15 Any clothing brand 16 Skin cream ingredient, often 17 Message from a successful riot squad? 20 Dole’s 1996 running mate 21 1st or 2nd type of number? 22 Poetic contraction 23 Bend with a breeze 24 Fleeces 28 Held to its full time, in music 30 Baltic Sea republic 32 Come out of hiding 35 Yoko of music 36 Take eraser to sketch pad? 40 Prohibition ender? 41 Enjoyer of any product 42 Dries up in the sun 45 Obedient dog, at times 49 Body of cultural values 50 Escaped, as from jail 52 Tree chopper (var.) 53 Hot breakfast staple 56 Business attire 57 Obviously befuddled? 61 Certain woodwind 62 Fit of fever 63 Expensive 64 Animal aviator 65 Converses, in ‘60s slang 66 Know intuitively

DOWN

1 Croquet target 2 “Where are you?” response, sometimes 3 Flower part 4 Stage item 5 “Help, quick!” 6 Regional plant life 7 Dance named for an aviation hero 8 Detractor 9 Swiss canton 10 Cry on a hound hunt 11 Right-angled shape 12 What Wednesday’s child is full of 13 Flanders of TV 18 Person to have lunch with, perhaps 19 Oven for hop-roasting 23 Hit with a “Star Trek” gun 25 Shakespearean “very soon” 26 Double-high checker 27 ___ Paulo, Brazil 29 Olympic powerhouse 30 Beige cousin 31 Beachcomber’s discovery 33 Formers of the wave 34 Do sum work 36 Englishman, slangily 37 Narrow board strip 38 Lawn intruder 39 Feeling of rage 40 Mama bighorn 43 Tap-danced, in slang 44 Eldest son of Isaac 46 Bacall of old Hollywood 47 Bans from one’s country 48 Enter new data 50 Disgusted and then some 51 Sneakers’ needs 54 Winter Palace ruler of old 55 Prefix with “phone” 56 Stuff to the gills 57 Corn part 58 Asian tie 59 “... ___ gloom of night ...” 60 Super introduction?