Universal Crossword

ACROSS

1 Play a guitar lightly 6 Freeway exit 10 Unit of power 14 Rub out 15 Youngest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II 17 Type of naval ship in “Top Gun” 19 Marie Curie’s title: Abbr. 20 Ignited 21 Accumulate, as expenses 22 Quarterback’s shout before long pass

25 2021 award for Simone Biles

26 What a paper jam may cause 31 I, for Aristotle 32 Something borrowed 33 Item lugged by a roadie 36 Sticky note 39 Certain hockey or soccer player

41 Pigpen 42 Speaker’s platform 45 Pepsi Max, for one

46 Bram Stoker or Stephen King, e.g. 50 Old-timey wizard

53 Was jealous of

54 Toad sound 56 Text paired with “thx” 57 “How cute!” 60 Railroad container for perishables 65 Out of it 66 Stove-top/ oven combo 67 Prankster in “The Simpsons” 68 Vehicle with treads 69 Preadolescent

DOWN

1 Fabricto-fabric border

2 Cut back a little

3 Like many valuable stamps 4 School near UCLA

5 Red wine that lost market share after “Sideways” 6 Roof support 7 Industrious insect 8 Computer since 1984 9 Ad Council spot, for short 10 Surname of studio co-founders Harry, Albert, Sam and Jack 11 Japanese rival of Nike 12 Secure with ropes

13 Dawdle

16 Prefix for “color” or “cycle” 18 ___-de-camp 22 Swarming pest

23 Long fish jellied in England 24 Upside 26 Domino spots 27 Cube ___

(3, for 27) 28 Teeny

29 Use for an old T-shirt 30 Yoko heard on “Revolution 9” 33 Scads

34 5,280 feet 35 Bulbousbottomed fruit

37 Nuptial agreement 38 Goo from coal

40 LSD

43 Fury

44 Thor, to Odin 46 Media baron who inspired “Citizen Kane” 47 Motor home campsite 48 Droop like a daisy

49 Word after “last” or “summer” 50 Elusive fast-food pork sandwich 51 Athletic stadium 52 Succeed at a high level 55 Snakebite ___ (hiker’s safety set) 57 Benzoyl peroxide target 58 Earnings per hour

59 Bird on South Carolina’s quarter

61 Home to your microbiome 62 Clean Air Act org.

63 Oregon senator Wyden

64 Like carpaccio or ceviche