UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 Goody bag goody 6 The ___ (those who “shall inherit the Earth”)

10 Air gun ammo 13 “Aha!”

15 “Jaws” boat 16 Bumped into 17 Landlord’s limitation (In this answer, note letters 4, 6, 8 and 10) 19 “Just as I thought!” 20 Childish comeback 21 At any point in history 22 Score such as 2-2 24 First openly gay man to hold public office in California

(... letters 3, 5 and 7) 28 URL introduction for

a “locked” webpage 31 Pleased as punch 32 Be a brat

33 Teakettle output 35 Cry of disbelief

(... letters 7, 9, 11, 13 and 15)

41 Super funny people 42 Blackjack request 43 Aquafina competitor 46 Sailing the ocean 47 Evian lids (... letters

3, 5 and 7) 51 Grasshopper’s partner

in an Aesop title 52 Perched on

53 Made good on, as a

loan

56 Glam rock? 57 Stretchy loop, and a

theme hint 62 Inventor Whitney 63 It’s sometimes held at

a deli

64 Be on the brink of

toppling

65 Cousin of inc.

66 “Olly olly ___ free” 67 Crock-Pot concoctions

DOWN

1 Certain Christmas

tree

2 Store in a cask, say 3 Blood feud

4 “A Man Called ___” (2022 Tom Hanks film)

5 Paella ingredient 6 Word before “mouth”

or “boat”

7 Flub

8 Environmental prefix 9 ___-El (Superman’s

birth name) 10 Schlocky film 11 Gazed upon

12 Baby bird?

14 Peter who sang with

Bob Marley

18 Code crackers’ org. 21 911 responder, for

short

22 Microwave option 23 Intense desire 25 Swerves

26 Zest

27 Motorcycle brand 29 “___ a lid on it!” 30 Well-tossed football 33 Unaffected by

feelings, seemingly 34 37-Down for ___ 36 Highest number in

Sudoku

37 ___ for 34-Down 38 “See you then!” 39 Breaking a mirror,

some say 40 Straight, at a

bar

43 “Please continue ...” 44 ___ bomb (“Oppenheimer” subject)

45 Indy 500 sponsor 47 Roll with a hole 48 Fiery act of insurance

fraud

49 Cat or dog 50 Barbecue bar 54 Scores 100% on 55 “Yeah, right” 57 Offshoot of punk 58 Lenient 59 Agreement with the

captain

60 Right out of the

box

61 J and Phil