UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Refined men

6 Halt

11 Took a load off 14 Nebraska city

15 Where Hank Hill lives

16 Geller of mind trickery

17 Desert transports 19 Brooklyn cager

20 ___ out

(barely manages) 21 Earthy crayon shade 23 Providing plenty of shade

27 Mount Kinabalu native

28 Inlaid furniture decorations 29 Allowances for widows

30 Had outright

31 Tools for skiers 32 Water cooler? 35 Nevada city

36 Tire pattern

37 Man No. 1 38 U-turn from “Give up!”

39 Bake eggs 40 Leather type 41 Matures

43 Rising trend 44 Most prized 46 Tapped over the shortstop’s head 47 Illinois city 48 Baha’i’s setting 49 “The Godfather” focus

50 Clever craftiness 56 Pressurized letters? 57 “All My Children” character

58 Tidal flood 59 Changeable? No 60 Long-necked instrument 61 Emotionless

DOWN

1 “In ___ We Trust” 2 Speedy Australian 3 A Bobbsey 4 Common article 5 Armed with a cavalry sword

6 Like pet birds

7 Tiny amounts of work

8 Boxing great

9 Came down to the playground? 10 Stores, as grain 11 How some like their eggs 12 Sporting venue 13 Missile or NFLer 18 Small guitars? 22 Canal zone? 23 Cancel, as a launch 24 Member of the crew

25 Cute bounder 26 Margarine?

Not quite

27 Grinding tooth 29 No layabouts, they 31 Brief evidence

33 Core group

34 Remove errors from text

36 Sources for synonyms

37 Prefix with “graph” 39 “The King of Queens” role and namesakes 40 Freeloaders in the sink?

42 Savings vehicle 43 ___ Bator, Mongolia

44 They’re full of garbage 45 Unevenly notched

46 Pipe material

48 Cuzco native, once 51 Prefix with “picker” 52 ___ King Cole

53 Hot dog’s problem?

54 Indian address 55 Moderately dry, with wines