UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD PUZZLE
ACROSS
1 Network that used to be Pax
6 Channel based in Atlanta
9 Intends
14 Religious man
15 Rockets, in box scores
16 Where to park a Winnebago
17 Car wash’s soaping crew?
19 Mediterranean island country
20 Race car sound
21 Bay Area hub
23 ___ drop (performer’s flourish)
24 Jacob’s twin
26 Car wash’s detailing crew?
29 Wash off
31 Custodian’s tools
32 Pub picks
33 Navarro of “The View”
34 “Mine!”
36 Admission of dishonesty
38 “God made cabernet sauvignon, whereas the devil made ___”
40 Bawled
42 Something off-limits
43 Fast-food chain selling buckets
46 “Not so fast!”
47 Decorates, as a cake
49 Jazz singer Jones
51 Car wash’s finishing crew?
54 Uber offering
55 SIMPLE savings plan
56 Trendy, in the 1960s
57 Author of “The Count of Monte Cristo”
59 “Despicable Me” girl
61 Type of car wash that the vehicles at 4-, 22- and 40-Down are using?
65 Verb that aptly sounds like “scents” 66 Loo
67 Family subdivision, in biology
68 Upright
69 Cornea’s organ
70 Old saying
DOWN
1 No ___, ands or buts
2 Middle-earth monster
3 Buddhist bliss
4 *Heavenly bull
5 Airbnb alternative
6 Cuban dance
7 ___ constrictor
8 Gives a recap of
9 1983 comedy about a stay-at-home dad
10 Longoria or Mendes
11 Like the University of Virginia, before 1970
12 Sensed
13 Arranges, as Jenga pieces
18 “Mazel ___!”
22 *Korean-Mexican cuisine, e.g.
24 Time span
25 Go astray, biblically
27 “Yellowstone” star Kevin
28 Link via Bluetooth
30 Actress Falco
35 Rainbow color above violet
37 Simba or Nala
38 Singer Edith
39 Take a plunge
40 *Source of much juice?
41 1987 film based on “Cyrano de Bergerac”
43 Hindu god of
protection and love
44 Short-lived craze
45 Michael of “SNL”
46 The Red Baron, e.g., briefly
48 Spoon, perhaps
50 Gave a speech
52 “That’s enough for me”
53 Wheels that can be full-size or compact
58 Humongous
60 PC key of last resort
62 Beam of light
63 Persian floor cover
64 Employ