UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD

|“WHIP THE PRECIP - PART 1”, BY TIMOTHY E. PARKER

ACROSS

Musical syllables Military drill part 11 14 15 1 6 Burst a balloon Per ___ (yearly) Reproductive organ Memorable period 16 17 Like wet-weather coats 19 Floral necklace 20 Close of Hollywood 21 Three quarks 23 Shopaholics’ binges 26 Ocean spray 27 Not at full voice? 28 Novelist Jane 29 One-time ring master 30 Snouted creature 32 Urged (with “on”) 35 Soave, for one 37 Smoky drags 39 Certain military force 40 Like brains and ears 42 Withered, as land 44 Docs’ group 45 Gotten up 47 Like some fragrant fields 49 Slow primates 51 Big doings 52 Overdue thing 53 Belief 55 Thanksgiving dessert 56 Exactly like it should be 61 “Aero” finish 62 Frenzied 63 Diacritical squiggle 64 Beginning three? 65 Semi-wet snow 66 Impact sound

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Pitch for road layers 2 3 1 Cell stuff letters Center of Afghanistan? 4 Sword-thrusting one 5 Most abundant 6 Earth satellite 7 Cosmetics name that rings a bell? 8 Luftwaffe attacker 9 French pancakes 10 Add water to 11 Weak umbrella tester? 12 Two-tone cookies 13 Art supply 18 Do an usher’s duty 22 A long way from alpha 23 Shoulder wrap 24 Salk cured it 25 26 28 31 33 Some More Singer Model’s Character collectors certain water Clay many actor 34 36 Pairs Causing M. ___ or couples the Walsh creeps 38 Singer Jennifer portrayed Lopez by 41 Makes less offensive? 43 Strips away power 46 Episodic show 48 Go at full speed 49 Memory slippage 50 Celestial hunter 53 “That” companion 54 Inscribe 57 Serengeti animal 58 In total 59 Wyo. neighbor 60 Bring in, after expenses