UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD
Hidden Meaning by Willa Angel Chen Miller, edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 Copied
5 Brought to light
10 Springtime occurrence
14 Business with a slicer
15 In unison
16 McEntire of country
17 Treat company with a hidden agenda?
19 In an unfocused manner
20 It’s not quite a nonet
21 Landed
22 Such a long time
23 Medal spots
25 Cleaning item that may be green and yellow
27 Two after Sun.
29 Large highway sights
32 Round, chuck and others
35 Import or export tax
39 R&B star Lennox
40 Suni Lee’s Olympic team
41 Alternative to “fair” and “good”
42 Lightning bolt’s sound 43 Moment, briefly
44 At the office, as an
interview
45 Longings
46 Teaser ad
48 Antiquated, quaintly 50 Fictional sailor
54 Talks back to 58 “Dagnabbit!” 60 Slightly
62 Put a cap on
63 Woeful interjection 64 Video game cheating method with a hidden mic?
66 It’s often topped with a
rooster
67 Manage not to
encounter
68 Surface calculation 69 Concludes
70 Showed again 71 Pebble-shaped piece of
candy
DOWN
1 Type of committee 2 Princess in Mario games 3 Thrill
4 Regularly sent
summaries
5 “Dapper” guy 6 Beef-grading org. 7 Objectives
8 Decompress, as a file 9 Italian sauce whose name
means “pounded”
10 Sort by urgency 11 Outdoor attraction with a
hidden gem?
12 Having the wherewithal 13 Routes
18 Dramatic words from
Caesar 24 Took effect
26 Letters indicating
sensitive content
28 ___ Fifth Avenue 30 Middle Eastern home of
the Pink Mosque 31 Tastes of wine
32 Brink
33 Possible source of
feedback on an app 34 Small food establishment
with a hidden cost? 36 Place to buy dehydrated
food
37 Zealous about 38 Emotions, slangily 41 Diving bird
45 “That’s within my
abilities!”
47 Shots that don’t make
it in
49 Spanish artist who coined “nuclear mysticism”
51 One may make muffins 52 Too good for
53 Algerian currency 55 Treat made over an open
flame
56 Duck with soft down 57 Place
58 Talk wildly
59 Ruck of “Succession” 61 Proud proclamation 65 Second-class citizens in
Barbieland