Universal Crossword

It’s What’s Inside That Counts by Larry Snyder

ACROSS

1 It’s between a walk and a canter

5 Unit of land area

9 Fusilli or tagliatelle

14 Winter hibernator

15 Hammer’s target

16 Rand Mcnally reference book

17“Very funny”

18 Add a touch of color to

19 Apartment pest, informally

20 *Still going, but barely (Theme hint: The starred clues’ answers hide a sequence)

23 Cow’s mouthful

24 Director Howard

25 *”This honor is too lofty for us!”

32 Altar affirmation

33 Headliner

34 Flows slowly

37 Flower that’s poisonous to cats

39 Student’s stressors

42 Fuel-efficient mode of transport for freight

43 Flight woe 45Some arm art, for short

47 _ _ _ urchin

48*Part of a successful return to Earth

52 Craft in a mysterious photo

53 Mopey music genre

54 *Best experience ever for us

62 One way to be taken

63 Soft French cheese

64 Qatari leader

66 Type of salami

67 Dr. Frankenstein’s assistant

68 Singer Minnelli

69 Like an unfeeling gaze

70 Understands

71 Worry obsessively

DOWN

1 Texter’s “In truth ...”

2 Bring up, or something to bring up

3 Honolulu’s home 4Zoned-out state

5 Poison control? 6 Abel’s brother

7 Phone sound

8 Tequila brand with a matador on its label

9 Raises children

10 Molecule building block

11 Electric bass technique

12 Discretion

13 Unhealthily pale

21 Convent residents

22 “I can neither confirm ___ deny ...”

25 Untamed

26 Carmela Soprano portrayer Falco

27 Moves on wheels

28___ code (set of laws for the IRS)

29 Intense anger

30 “Tell _ _ _ About It” (Billy Joel song)

31 What’s helpful when you need to raise dough?

35 Docking place

36 Kill it

38 Sweet potato

40 Scratch, for example

41 Pittsburgh football team

44 “Doing all right?”

46 Truck with many axles

49 Word after “face” or “bake”

50___ to fail

51 Some books

54 Touches, in a playground game

55 “Ri-i-ight”

56 Hand, in Havana

57 Subj. with supply curves

58 Egg (on)

59 Real hoot

60 Throw off, as light

61 XL or M

65 Like sashimi