Universal Crossword
ACROSS
1 Cruel smile
6 Makes a pick
10 Folk singer Guthrie
14 “Parallel Mothers”
director Almodovar
15 ___ talk (honest
conversation)
16 Stink
17 Elite crew
18 Tracy Chapman, vocally
19 Bike selection
20 AOL rival
21 23andme competitor
24 Persnickety
25 “The Little Mermaid”
collectible
26 Go by, as time
29 Four-sided dice, e.g. (Note the last 3 letters of this answer + the start of 34-Down)
35 Go by, as time
37 “Jane ___”
38 Shofar horn source
39 “Semper Fidelis”
composer
40 Prop for a ball
41 Haim of “Licorice Pizza”
43 Fish kissed in
Newfoundland
44 Conceited
46 Farmers market sights
47 Advice lead-in
50 Acts lovey-dovey
51 Reddit Q&A 52 Work space
54 "... but no less” (Last 4 letters + the end of 53Down)
59 Woman in Progressive
ads
62 Word before “a blank”
or “the line”
63 Steamy resorts
64 One may be forwarded
66 Vibe
67 Grin’s “ends”
68 Smoothed, as a sand
trap
69 Gym shorts material
70 ___ mater
71 Has to have
DOWN
1 Inbox annoyance
2 Clears after taxes
3 Starter home?
4 Part of BCE
5 Like Mercury or Venus (First 4 letters + the start of 21-Across)
6 Prophet
7 One-named soccer
legend
8 Pieces of body art, for
short
9 Toy racer
10 It has many diamonds
11 Saxophone accessory
12 Like low-fat meat
13 Its pods go into gumbo
22 Comedian Bargatze 23 Microwave, as leftovers
24 Egyptian snakes
26 “Home Alone” co-star Joe (Last 3 letters + the start of 47-Across)
27 Standoffish
28 ___ Arabia
30 Itty-bitty
31 Bread that might be
marbled
32 Cleaning product that
anagrams to 33-Down
33 Total stranger,
informally
34 Build up
36 “Help!”
40 Black ___ (dress code)
42 Deficiency
45 Shrunken Asian lake
46 Takes legal action
48 “Sad trombone” sound
49 Texan city supposedly named after a Ukrainian city
53 Not lenient
54 Spare rib supplier?
55 50-50 test guess
56 Does some paving
57 Australian gem
58 Toasty
59 Like fair-weather
friends
60 Twisted the truth
61 12-year-___ (some
tweens)
65 Hollywood legend West
Today’s highlight:
On June 29, 1613, London’s original Globe Theatre, where many of Shakespeare’s plays were performed, was destroyed.
On this date:
Montezuma II, the ninth and last emperor of the Aztecs, died in Tenochtitlan under unclear circumstances.
Britain approved the Townshend Revenue Act, which imposed import duties on glass, paint, oil, lead, paper and tea shipped to the American colonies. (Colonists bitterly protested, prompting Parliament to repeal the duties — except for tea.) reunified as Israel removed barricades separating the Old City from the Israeli sector.
The U.S. Supreme Court struck down a trio of death sentences, saying the way they had been imposed constituted cruel and unusual punishment.
The Supreme Court ruled, 5-3, that President George W. Bush’s plan to try Guantanamo Bay detainees in military tribunals violated U.S. and international law.
The U.S. Anti-doping Agency filed formal charges against Lance Armstrong, accusing the seven-time Tour de France winner of using performance-enhancing drugs throughout the best years of his career.