UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD

|“TRUTH ALTERNATIVE”, BY TIMOTHY E. PARKER

ACROSS

1 Greatest quantity? 5 Closes loudly 10 Fast-talking

14 State with force 15 Coral maker

16 Psychic energy 17 Milanese money, once

18 Weapons provider 19 Machine with pay-outs 20 Loser-by-one-vote’s cry

23 Indian address 24 Ball-balancing creature

25 Wet-dry ___ 28 Lipinski on skates 31 Make a mistake 35 Borodin prince 37 Sports officials, briefly

39 Lacking a point 40 Cyclical anomalies 43 Dispatch boat

44 One accomplishing much

45 Funny sketch 46 Grandma’s secret? 48 Accelerated

50 “Get it now?”

51 Rani’s garment 53 Rajasthan-to-China dir. 55 Slums, e.g.

63 Whit kin

64 Say “That’s mine” 65 Paperhanger’s calculation

66 The Ugly Duckling, later

67 Aquarium fish 68 Respectful titles 69 It’s pushed around 70 A Dutch master 71 A grandson of Adam

DOWN

1 Sudanese Republic, today

2 Noted Roman poet 3 Without moisture, as land

4 Brit’s streetcars 5 Toledo native 6 Manor overseer 7 “Mater” lead-in 8 Austin Powers, really

9 Black Friday events 10 Refined fill-ups 11 Beaut

12 Links choice

13 Sheet of matted wool

21 “Are,” centuries ago 22 Ariz. neighbor 25 Bishop’s underling 26 Tequila plant 27 Infant’s tummy ailment

29 Be literate

30 What Hendrix and Dr. J sported 32 Utilizes suitcases 33 Release, in a way 34 “La ___”

(Camus work) 36 Opposed

38 Be creepy?

41 Kind of stock 42 Former male slave 47 Builds

49 Modern evidence 52 Dot in the sea 54 Delete

55 Floppy thing

56 Caucus state

57 Film attraction

58 Fully fulfill

59 Collins’ country 60 Activist Brockovich 61 Streamlined, briefly 62 Mouth off