Universal Crossword
ACROSS
1 Site with film ratings 5 Informal attempt 9 “Nanny” or “kiss” follower 12 Concert hall section
13 Brit’s
“See ya!” 14 Draped Indian garment 15 Swedish furniture chain
16 It’s often hard to tell 17 Turkey ___ (November race) 18 Part-time athlete 20 Comfortable chair feature 22 Patricia of “Hud” 23 Banded stones 24 Application for the very young 27 “Bosch” actress Rogers 28 Womack of country music
29 Ceiling fixture 30 Catches a few Z’s 34 Country by the Caspian Sea
35 Planet in the Pale Blue Dot photograph 37 Natural skin soother 38 Tadpole habitat 39 Not sweet, to a wine lover 40 In utero
42 With 50-Down, body of water by the Ontario Peninsula 44 Processed, as iron ore 45 When many parks open 48 High wind instrument 49 ___ Brown (Snoopy’s owner) 51 Dresses for cold weather, with “up” 55 Triangle sound 56 Composer of two “Peer Gynt” suites 58 Tiny amount 59 What Zapzyt treats
60 Classic sound system, for short 61 Vigorous spirit 62 Zodiac’s setting
63 Check for quality, maybe
64 Say something
DOWN
1 Words before and after “what”
2 Apt name for an audio technician? 3 Consider
4 Like Mensa? 5 Enjoy a wooded path 6 It precedes upsilon 7 “___ girl!” 8 Nonsense in a Persian Gulf country? 9 “Insert this” indicator 10 Came up 11 Oven gloves
14 Food intake for the very young?
16 One in a medieval joust, presumably? 19 Low-level worker
21 Film studio Amazon acquired in 2021 24 Radar screen spot
25 British plane attachment? 26 One of many in a chili
27 Rug relative 29 Prepare, as empanadas 31 Very much
AnswPeRrsEtVo 32 Sponge opening
33 Mail out
36 “___ we there yet?” 41 Glowing gas 43 Leatherworker’s tool 44 “I accept that”
45 Play the role of
46 Like a good shake
47 “___ Boy” (beloved
Irish tune) 50 See 42-Across 52 Title woman in a Kinks song
53 Listshortening abbr. 54 Certainly wasn’t seaworthy 57 Uncertainties