UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Laotian cash 5 Beef and chicken 10 Mafia head 14 Redheaded navigator 15 Moron 16 ___ Bator 17 Quip with open mouth (Part 1) 20 Metrical feet 21 Church parts 22 Annoy chronically 23 Folklore 24 Peppers from up high 28 Tram loads 32 Where ewe’ll be? 35 “Star Wars” creator George 36 Spew lava 37 Quip with open mouth (Part 2) 40 Sized up for a robbery 41 Tear open 42 Actor Harrison 43 Radio dial 44 Colorful marble 46 Not imaginary 48 Store, as ashes 52 Bun, beehive and Afro 54 “From the start,” in Latin 57 Quip with open mouth (Part 3) 59 Top branch of the military? 60 Requirements 61 “___ do lunch” 62 Cronies and chums 63 Beginning stages 64 Scottish tongue

DOWN

1 Meal on a stick 2 Sherlock Holmes’ Adler 3 12-point types 4 Teacher in the “Monkey Trial” 5 Title for a pageant winner? 6 Abridge 7 Helps 8 Foot digit 9 Wanders 10 Abbreviate 11 Away from the windy side 12 Bits of butter 13 Plastic ___ Band 18 Vexed 19 Suitable 23 Abbr. for various gentlemen 25 Operate 26 Real, existing 27 Barely visible 29 German coal area 30 Tapered sword 31 Hades river 32 Not have 33 Sparkling spirit or flare 34 “Not only that ...” 36 Making out in the distance 38 Queries after a mission 39 Black ___ affair 44 Setting for betting 45 Strand like Robinson Crusoe 47 Failing grade 49 Type of nonsense 50 Mob scenes 51 Hangman’s loop 52 Home in Mexico 53 Platter shape 54 Golden and pale beverages 55 ___ one’s time (wait around) 56 Research facility (Abbr.) 57 One, to a drill sergeant 58 Author Deighton