UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD
ACROSS
Actor Driver Musician whose stage namewas inspired by a whale 9 Depletes, as energy
___ California Spanish “goodbye” Bring on board *“This 2009 animatedmovie is too complicated!” Pennsylvania city by a lake
20 Cabs
21 Google Maps
guess, briefly 22 Per unit
23 *With 54-Across, “Don’t eat all your popcorn during this 2019 thriller’s first scene!” 27 Brand for
“choosy moms” 30 Race, like an
engine 31 Renamed Mac
platform
32 Bone in a cage 34 Must pay
36 ___ Grande 38 “Impossible” part of an impossible burger
40 *“We gotta discuss this 2017 horrormovie!” 44 Ludicrous 45 Litigate
46 Male ___ (objectifying perspective) 47 Series-endingabbr. 48 Sun Devils’ sch. 51 Vietnamese
New Year Eliminates, with “out”
54 See 23-Across 58 “Chopped”
contestant 59 Flowback 60 Comedian
O’Donnell 64 Back of a boot 65 Themovies at the starred answers’ ends, based on their titles’ lengths? 68 Bear in space 69 Ahi and albacore 70 Object in the
Pixar logo 71 Come to a point? 1 5 13 14 16 17
19
53
72 Release with bugs, often Full duration
73
DOWN
Sortof
Policy for “Dreamers”: Abbr. 3 Powder cleanser maker
Filing jobs, informally?
5 The Atlantic, e.g.,
briefly
6 Work requiring
dedication?
7 Hike “souvenirs” 8 Response to
“Have a nice day!” 9 Bundle of grain 10 Added fee before flying
Put first
Permeate gradually Inundates with messages 18 Bygone Russian
ruler
24 Fashion’s Wang 25 Sinister
26 World’s fair 27 Angelina who played Lara Croft “You heardme right!”
29 Greek salad
topper 1 2
4 11 12 15
28
33
Units that sound like 7-Down
Fig. to keep secret 37 Green-lights 39 Eighthmo.
41 Rip
42 ___ parts (fenders
and such) 43 Informal feud 49 View, as thou
would 50 Connection point for multiple dongles
35
52
Steak, often, in a combo dish
55 D sharp
equivalent 56 Hearty steak 57 Dirties
58 Buddy 61 High-five sound 62 “___ Be” (Black
Eyed Peas hit) 63 Fox Sports
alternative 66 Maze runner 67 They’re not lax
at LAX