UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Figuratively tickle 6 Mushroom
feature
9 “Well, well, well!” 12 Like kimchi 14 Some NYC roads 16 Bobblehead’s movement
“The Road Not Taken” poet 19 Words froma
groom
20 Big name in skin
care
21 Road salt
22 One may help youmove forward 23 Grannies
25 El ___ (Spanish
hero)
26 Author Patchett
or Beattie 28 Appropriate 30 64-Across deposits
Military plane’s place: Abbr. 36 Brilliant feats 39 Desert in south
ern Mongolia 40 Santana hit with the lyric “Got your spell on me baby” 44 Strawbundle 45 Hawaiian island
or porch
46 E reader at a
checkup? 47 Exploit, as power 49 Stomach muscles 50 Cardinals’ letters 51 January hrs. in
Chicago
53 “Se ___ espanol” 58 Cambridge sch. 60 Everyone
except you 63 Diving great
Louganis 64 Bonanza find 65 Rescued soldier
in a 1998 film 67 Guessing compe
tition container 68 Gutter locale 69 Anxiety
70 Switch positions 71 Ballpoint ___ 72 Bumper
problems 17 33
DOWN
1
Ohiocitynear Canton
2 Money, in slang 3 Full of skyscrap
ers, perhaps 4 “Later!”
5 Floppy part of a rabbit
*“Going Back to ___” (note how each starred answer “skips” one letter)
*Like an enthusiastic fan *Cat or goldfish St. Basil’s Cathedral feature “Today” co-host Kotb
11 It really stinks 13 Utmost degree 15 *EliteNavy member
*“___ results may vary” 24 *Cul-de-___ 27 Scrubbed, as a rocket launch Fluffy toy dog, for short
“Buy It Now” site Cosecant’s reciprocal *Lawyers’ org. *___ Four
(the Beatles) *Talks loudly and boastfully 6 7
8 9
10 18 29
31 32
33 34
35
37 Green org.? 38 Frank of the
Rat Pack 41 *Approx. 42 Vehicle to hail 43 Desire
48 Run off to the chapel
Fleck that may be mixed into sour cream 52 Sum of this clue’s digits
*“A Death in the Family” 51 54
author James *High-fiber muffin type 56 *In case
57 *Gets on in years 58 Magic charm 59 Countrywhose name could be parsed as a sentence 61 Mouth,
informally 62 Nickname
between R and V 66 Call off 55