UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD |“ALK-WARD ENCOUNTERS”,

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1 Click, as fingers 5 Capital of Ghana 10 Hawk or dove, e.g. 14 Edible tropical root 15 Grave robber of legend 16 State confidently 17 Film with a huge cast 18 Leave out a vowel when speaking 19 “___ & Stitch” (animated film) 20 Dream loudly? 23 ___ of transportation 24 Fills roles 25 Largest city of Cuba 28 Backyard storage structure 30 Rotten egg’s emanation 31 Like many well buckets 33 Egyptian snake 36 Neighborhood places are in this 40 “Look ___ ye leap” 41 Idiot 42 McClure or Flutie 43 Church recess 44 Establishes, as a new organization 46 Demean 49 To no ___ (pointlessly) 51 Objects of an English/ Argentinean war 57 Shipwreck site, sometimes 58 Place for dribbling 59 Very hard wood 60 Hindquarters 61 Free-for-all 62 Home’s overhang 63 Suffixes with “West” 64 John of pop 65 Erupt

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1 Editor’s mark, sometimes 2 Valley known for wine 3 Seed case 4 Small pitted scar 5 Chairperson’s itemized outline 6 Ravel’s “Daphnis and ___” 7 Nickels and dimes, e.g. 8 Impolite 9 Pub pints 10 Troubadour’s song 11 Campus greeneries 12 Find new tenants 13 Lets go of 21 “Am ___ time?” 22 Perfume feature 25 Hockey legend Gordie 26 Month on the Hebrew calendar 27 Short-tailed field rodent 28 Body’s largest organ 29 “For ___ a jolly good fellow” 31 Fairy-tale creature 32 Hectic hustle and bustle 33 In a little while, a long while ago 34 Gulf War missile 35 Wooden pins for hat holding 37 Urge to action 38 Negatives 39 Hero-worships 43 Inquisitive ones, essentially 44 Connect, as a child’s safety seat 45 Lubricant or fuel for a furnace 46 Like a burning building 47 More contemptible or immoral 48 Edgar Poe’s middle name 49 Any grown-up 50 Olive-green 10-Across 52 Zenith 53 The Christmas season 54 Tide variety 55 Funny Chappelle 56 Depict unfairly, as data