UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD

|“ADULT-CENTERED DOUBLES”, BY TIMOTHY E. PARKER

1 Piece of a dying fire 6 Crinkled paper or thin pancake 11 Word with “black,” “photo” or “covert” 14 Not small or medium 15 Concerning hearing 16 ___ of luxury 17 Jumping in point for an underwater worker? 19 Evidence that’s extremely hard to dispute 20 Poles tossed by competitive Scots 21 Bona fide 23 Utterly rejects 26 Place fit for a queen 27 Arranged in stacks 28 Made a run for it 30 Units of work 31 Audio’s counterpart 32 Constantly flap one’s gums 35 Be sick 36 Sharp cheese type 38 Insect that produces royal jelly 39 Big body of water 40 Street relatives 41 Many Christmas trees 42 In a witty manner 44 Team morale 46 Most ironically amusing 48 Thanksgiving Day events 49 Robert Redford’s Roy in “The Natural” 50 Geometric figure with equal angles 52 Tall flightless bird 53 Chill-out spot for a wedding VIP? 58 Worthless cleaning cloth 59 Ship’s lowest deck 60 Mythical lamp dweller 61 The three in an inning? 62 Sobs 63 Chrysler 300, for one

DOWN 1 Wee toymaker 2 Scratch a surface 3 Dude kin 4 Some runny breakfast dishes? 5 New take on an original film 6 Walking aids 7 Major industrial region of Germany 8 Greek version of Cupid 9 Friend in need, indeed 10 Lift in a building 11 Chick’s greatgrandmother? 12 Cause of a freak-out “attack” 13 Shovel, to a card player? 18 Not up and moving 22 Beer variety 23 Creatures similar to 52-Across 24 Chillingly spooky 25 Collect certain insects? 26 “Absolutely not guilty!” e.g. 28 Full-grown female chicken 29 Racetrack postings 31 Calf meat 33 Nest up high 34 They annoy the heck out of you 36 Arrow shooter 37 “Remington Steele” character Laura 41 One’s bride-to-be 43 Antietam fighter in gray 44 Extensive, heroic story 45 Pitchfork points 46 Question concerning location 47 Type of numeral 48 Vain displays 50 Refuge for the shipwrecked 51 “Cut it out!” 54 It meant before, before we used before 55 “___ that’s final!” 56 By way of 57 Night, in old poetry