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‘too much of a good thing’

- BY EMMA OXFORD The Universal Crossword/edited by Anna Gundlach

ACROSS

1 Places to unwind

5 Closest pal, for short

8 Couldn’t not

13 Kurylenko of Black Widow

14 Feathered scarves

16 Kiss on both cheeks, perhaps

17 Dessert named for its traditiona­l amount of butter, flour, sugar and eggs

19 Reznor of Nine Inch Nails

20 Garden shovel

21 Collection of virtual reality realms

23 On the ___ (in flight) 25 Contracept­ion choice: Abbr.

26 Fortunetel­ler

27 What Old San Juan has

31 Throw forcefully, in slang

32 Deg. for a tooth expert

33 Fly solo

37 Org. for a surgeon

38 Marching insect

39 Harrison of My Fair Lady

40 World Cup cry

41 Korean cabbage dish

43 “Stick a ___ in it”

44 Mind-numbing

45 Upper class

48 Arthur ___ Stadium

51 “Watch it!”

52 Chihuahua sound

53 Rhyming Klondike treat discontinu­ed in 2022

56 Sorcerer’s skill

60 Big name in small trucks

61 “So hypocritic­al,” or a hint to the starred clues’ answers

63 Break things off

64 “All right”

65 Word after “family” or “Christmas” 66 University bigwigs

67 Free TV spot

68 Dispatched, as a dragon

DOWN

1 Soaks (up)

2 Sound preceding a ripple, perhaps 3 ___ fresca (cold drink)

4 1993 kids’ baseball film, with The

5 Doctor Who network

6 Latte art medium

7 Sources of wrong answers to ageold questions?

8 Love It or List It channel

9 Halts, as developmen­t

10 Tractor brand

11 Not relaxed

12 Playful aquatic mammal

15 Arrange in advance

18 Cherished

22 Employer in Mad Men

24 12 a.m.

27 18-wheeler

28 It famously has no I

29 Syracuse summer setting: Abbr.

30 “Red” or “White” follower, in sports

31 Go on and on

34 Praise aggressive­ly

35 Supporter in battle

36 Alternativ­e to mousse

38 Tuna type

39 ___ Grande

42 Some hotels let you do this early 43 Mentally prepare

44 Leaves

46 Preliminar­y races

47 Purina alternativ­e

48 Had a role

49 Gleamed

50 Passport issuer?

54 Food for a filly

55 Rowers’ equipment

57 New ___ (Zooey Deschanel sitcom) 58 Frozen drink brand

59 ___ the fat (chat)

62 Oolong or rooibos, e.g.

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