UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 “Mamma Mia”
band
5 Skin opening 9 Two kings,
perhaps 13 Become a member
14 Asian Risk territory that borders Europe 15 Senate staffers 17 Youngest Brontë sister
18 New England NFL
team, informally 19 Male bee 20 Words before “tape,” “paper” & “ribbon,” respectively 23 Gopher’s opening 24 Author Rand 25 Tycoons
28 Add up
30 “Ali ___ and the
Forty Thieves” 34 Wed on the sly, and on the fly 35 Exhilarating shopping outing 37 Canon model 38 Words before “show,” “piece” & “play,” respectively 41 Little devil
42 Part of LGBTQ+, informally
43 Bit of prevention, in a proverb 44 Prone to prying 46 Situp muscles 47 Successfully
reach
48 Muffin morsel,
maybe
50 Cookie that
some twist 51 Words before “reading,” “language” & “music,” respectively 59 Like s’mores 60 Effortlessness 61 Darts, for a
blowgun 62 Ponders, with
“over”
63 Let off, like light 64 Some Amazon
vehicles
65 Talk back to 66 Discreet atten
tion-getter 67 Greek god with
a bow DOWN
1 Nearly closed 2 You might have
one to pick 3 Tricky spot 4 Oldest “Star Wars” movie’s retroactive subtitle 5 They grow in
the dark
6 Make a speech 7 Give one star,
perhaps 8 “Frozen” queen 9 Rice source 10 Site for renters and hosts 11 Worshipped celebrity
12 Contact solution brand
16 “Get it now?” 21 Adjective in Lincoln’s nickname 22 Titled
25 Word heard at
the start of a test 26 Car rental choice 27 Lopsided wins 28 Extends over 29 Large containers
with spigots
31 Big health insurer 32 One spelling for an Italian lawn game
33 Very pale 35 Pierce with a toothpick 36 Acted over
the-top?
39 Love poetry Muse 40 Video game function that preserves your progress 45 Alpine songs 47 Will of “Arrested
Development” 49 Chasm
50 Desert mirage,
maybe 51 ___ Grand Las Vegas
52 Notes promising banknotes
53 City SE of
Baton Rouge 54 Profound 55 Vegetables in West African cuisine
56 Epps of “House” 57 “Er, don’t
think so” 58 Defeat