UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Bearat

7 Be a hungry rat 11 Nevertheless, cut 14 Seriously admired 15 Magazine founder Henry

16 Noted war loser 17 Useless or rotten 18 And others, briefly 19 Lumberjack’s tool (var.)

20 Pregnant

23 Polio vaccine pioneer

26 Lunch returnee’s time

27 Automaker Ransom 28 Not as hazy

31 Alum

34 Pants mishap

35 Shape to run around

37 Leopardlike cat 41 Encouragement for underachievers 44 Nowhere near as nice 45 Forest clearing

46 Put on television 47 Large bag

49 Some customers 51 Shakespearean king

54 Be prone

56 Schnoz

57 Money’s statement 62 Type of written tribute 63 Reward for a great act

64 Many Aspen visitors 68 Monk kin

69 Same as mentioned

70 Fence post type 71 Prepare, as an alarm

72 Writes or scripts 73 Fast on one’s feet DOWN 1 What a booth provides in winter 2 Commotion

3 ___ out

(get dressed) 4 Russian horsedrawn vehicle 5 Boxer Spinks 6 Icelandic volume 7 Learn bit-by-bit 8 Bechamel seasoner

9 Exotic berry

10 Water source 11 Go after many fish 12 Group of six 13 Follows directions

21 Brief incursion 22 Sing in the Alps 23 Theatrical curtain 24 Dress with a flare 25 Old Greek coin 29 Play balcony climber

30 Chris the tennis legend 32 Spur part

33 Raspberry drupelets, e.g. 36 Captain’s journal 38 South American plain

39 Death notices, briefly

40 Free of superfluity 42 Opener

43 Cause of tummy trouble

48 Big dice roll

50 Bait or lure

51 Some zoo attractions

52 Take on, as a quality

53 Broker

55 Newsy twosomes 58 Faucet annoyance 59 Walk through water 60 Delivery org.

61 Omit

65 Augment or add to 66 Stop light?

67 Simple home on a farm