UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD

“VACATION NEEDED”

ACROSS

1 “___ Mia!” 6 Wannabe salamanders

10 “Yo, over here” 14 Comparatively chilly 15 Light-brown color 16 Landscaper’s tool 17 Staple of a connected office 20 U-turn from casual 21 Way less terse

22 Tidal bore

25 Person full of gossip 26 Netted puck 30 Cheerleader’s attention-getter 32 Any unique person 35 Native Missourians 41 Excuse that may raise suspicion 43 Ready for marriage 44 Native of any place 45 Lots and lots

47 “Oh, poor me” 48 Coffee with milk 53 Health class segment, cut 56 Some dangerous drugs

58 Pastry of India 63 Hodgepodge creations

66 Sound in a gym 67 Lough ___ (Irish lake) 68 Sound of censoring 69 Poor passable marks

70 “Don’t go!” kin

71 Puts away

DOWN

1 Thing you can change often

2 Big name in laptops 3 Critter in the dust 4 Emulates a kitten 5 Got up

6 Rat-sighting scream 7 ABC regulator 8 Mason’s tool

9 Huge wrestler

10 Old- fashioned one 11 Occupied, as a chair 12 Type of shooting 13 Word with “firma” 18 Scandinavian rug 19 Be way too inquisitive

23 Greek sandwich 24 Drink with steak 26 Smile

27 Place near Kauai 28 Powerful horse 29 Name on some jeans

31 Manor-ly gentleman

33 Word with “Air” or “Ami”

34 Short news piece 36 Type of boot or pole 37 Kelp bit

38 Celtic speaker 39 Bunsen burner 40 Detects visually 42 Chalcedony variety 46 Put into categories 48 Ran easily 49 Chop-chop, poetically

50 Sunday donation 51 Mexican snacks 52 King James suffix 54 Attorney’s nameplate abbr.

55 Is a finger painter 57 Females in cotes 59 Jazzy Jackson

60 Blue Bonnet, for one

61 Dish in one pot 62 Small vipers

64 Stuff stranded in genes?

65 National anthem author