Universal Crossword
ACROSS
1 Tiff
5 Little marcher
8 The “M” of STEM
12 Diva’s solos
14 Sticky stuff
15 Magazines, radio and
the like
16 *Many HQ staffers
19 ___-Cat (winter vehicle)
20 Post-or destination
21 *GP, e.g.
30 “OMG, sooo funny!!”
31 Parasitic sort
32 Just barely
33 Sleep concern
35 D.C. baseball player
36 This puzzle’s will soon
be revealed!
37 Chiding sound
38 *The “P” of PVC
41 Guys
42 Joke on a valentine,
often
43 Refinery shipment
45 *One may have “ESQ”
on their business card
50 ___ it on the line
51 “Yipes!”
52 Bunk option
54 I-, O— or N—
55 Coffee add-in
57 Chapstick target
59 “Behave!,” or a hint to the letter changes needed to understand the starred clues
64 Talk and talk and talk
65 Like volcanic rock
66 Buggy releases
67 Trio of trios
DOWN
1 Pollen pouch
2 Paid athlete
3 What a biathlete takes
4 Piece of clicking footwear
5 Six or seven, for a firstgrader, often
6 Neither companion
7 AAA job
8 Jewish scroll in a case
9 Ax relative: Var.
10 Ascot, e.g.
11 Owns
13 Gold medal-winning
gymnast Lee
15 Shiny mineral in some
makeup
17 A rock, for a crow,
sometimes
18 Word after “sky” or
before “seas”
21 ___ Stanley (traveler in
an envelope)
22 Hypes (up)
23 Dropped, like spirits
24 “99 Luftballons” singer 25 “Square” part of a diet
26 Play’s first section
27 Checkout line unit
28 Jay or Joy
29 Genesis garden
34 Pool’s hue
36 Banks on a runway
39 One leader?
40 Doll, e.g.
42 Tissue box word
44 Tolkien’s Treebeard, for
one
45 Finds it impossible
46 Any episode of “I Love
Lucy,” now
47 Turn suddenly
48 Animal in the family
Giraffidae
49 Tattled about
50 Valley called the
“Garden of France”
53 Stimulate
54 Site with a “What to
Watch” guide
55 Sound from a baby
56 Flavor enhancer: Abbr.
58 (I have a secret to
share!)
60 It’s in your genes
61 Desired answer to “Will
you marry me?”
62 Raggedy Andy’s sister
63 Keanu’s role in “The
Matrix”