UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 Trash bag brand

5 ___ rally

8 “Peace,” at a shul 14 Greek I

15 Ore-___

(Tater Tots brand) 16 Gets stuck (in) 17 *With 61-Across, wakeful hours, or where the last words in the starred clues’ answers will take you 19 *“Oh, fiddlesticks!” 20 Drum prominently heard in “2001: A Space Odyssey” 21 Lead-in to “historic” 22 *“Better not even

think about it ...” 28 Number of HRs, say 32 Practically forever 33 ___ de plume

34 Have a sudden change

in quality

38 Molten rock

40 *He played Dr. Sloan

in “Grey’s Anatomy” 41 Int’l org. in NYC 42 Looking after with

affection

44 Country house 45 “Don’t leave yet!” 46 Salary ceiling 48 Muesli grain

49 *Sci-fi anthology set in Frank Herbert’s universe

54 Posh

58 Joey in a Milne book 59 *Dramatic

two-pointer 61 *See 17-Across

65 ___ stick (bouncy toy) 66 “Mamma ___!” 67 “Same here” 68 Duration

69 TV show that often

goes viral on Sundays 70 Quantify, perhaps

DOWN

1 White elephant item 2 Petty of “Tank Girl” 3 It might be ionized 4 Like many old cellars 5 Dueling ___ bar 6 Mets pitcher Diaz 7 Look for gold in a

river

8 Apply haphazardly 9 Texter’s “wuzup” 10 Threw in 11 Touchdown spot in

NYC

12 “___ the ramparts we

watched ...” 13 Windows-related

portal

18 Papa

23 ___ McKenna,

“the Timothy Leary of the ’90s” 24 Thataway

25 “And Still I Rise” poet

Maya 26 Vulcan-related “Star

Trek” race

27 Issue (from)

28 Parts of goblets 29 Deck at a reading 30 Large dog from Japan 31 Computer geek 35 Summery drink suffix 36 Part of the pavement 37 Worker’s outfit,

slangily 38 “Ridiculousness”

network

39 Poke bowl tuna

43 Its price is measured

in tenths of cents 47 Ellen’s wife 49 Skosh 50 Homecoming

attendees

51 He wrote “The State and Revolution” in 1917

52 Groceries

53 Extinct birds 54 Agcy. that delivers 55 Alka-Seltzer sound 56 It’s a long story 57 “Andale!”

60 Actor Penn of

“House” 62 Sport-___

63 Big letters on an

island beach, maybe 64 Some MMA wins