UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD

|“PUMP UP THE VOLUME”,

ACROSS

1 Shady spot

6 Slices

10 0.05-gallon item, perhaps 12 0.25-gallon item, perhaps

16 Occasion for a gift basket?

17 First performance 18 Rumble in the Jungle boxer

19 Boot from office 21 Square ones don’t fit in round holes 22 1-gallon item, perhaps

25 4-gallon item, perhaps 28 In weariness

30 Be nosy

31 Legal

32 Sioux City resident 34 “History Detectives” network

37 Affirmative votes 38 Usually wearable award

39 Island ESE of Oahu 40 Either end of “sinuous” 41 Saddle ___ (riders’ woes)

42 Major artery

43 Alias letters 44 Researcher’s garb

46 12-gallon item, perhaps 50 15.5-gallon item, perhaps

52 0 shape

53 Parisian pal 55 Before, to Dickinson 56 Aquarium gadgets

59 Solidify

62 39-gallon item, perhaps

63 300-gallon item, perhaps

64 Word after “personality” or “taste”

65 Vicious

DOWN

1 Starting squad 2 States of truth 3 Saint Peter’s and Saint Mary Major 4 Mo. with the most candy sales

5 Regret

6 Mine transports 7 Function

8 Hanks who played Mister Rogers

9 Like a short email? 11 Arrogant

12 U.K. legislators 13 Gladiator or Wrangler

14 Jason’s ship

15 Repose

20 More like some holiday sweaters 23 ___ Kross (“Jump” rap duo)

24 Fast plane

26 National gemstone of Australia

27 Big cocoa holder 29 Sing from the mountaintops 31 Soapmaking ingredient 33 Sushi condiment

34 Pets bookended by “pets” 35 Long-necked squash type 36 “Chandelier” singer 38 Gripe

39 Tie to a dock 41 Jamaican music genre

42 One may be in the hole

43 Finally

45 Tree that sounds like it should be coastal? 46 Often-bearded animal

47 Say confidently 48 Poet Teasdale

49 K, at Kay

51 Make do

54 Flavor enhancer, briefly

57 It’s definite 58 Childbirth docs 60 Extremely long time

61 NYC subway acronym