UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD PUZZLE

LIVES ON THE EDGE

1 Banking conveniences, briefly

5 Not on the road

11 Suitcase-checking org.

14 Where Baghdad is

15 Cowgirl’s shout

16 Center of a wheel

17 Discounted transport cost

19 Org. concerned with carbon emissions

20 Welcome at the door

21 Attempt

22 Help in a heist, e.g.

23 Three-part military command sequence

27 Wirehaired terrier, informally

30 ___ to riches

31 Really stands out

32 Vibed with

34 Many September babies 36 Before, in verse

37 Dwells ... or the borders of 17-, 23-, 47- and 58-Across?

39 Name within “Danielle”

40 Persian victor at Thermopylae

42 Guard dog’s warning

43 Send forth

44 Baby’s first word, maybe

45 Madison Ave. bigwigs

47 Singer dubbed “The Queen of Country”

51 Book after Joel

52 Medical care grp.

53 Shout frequently heard in the U.K. parliament

57 Word after “Red” or “White,” in sports

58 Vinyl shop

61 Counterpart of post62 2010s dance craze

63 Like the Joker or the Riddler

64 The “S” of iOS: Abbr.

65 Risks getting a ticket, say

66 Not admit

DOWN

1 What haughty people put on

2 Peach or beech

3 Constructed

4 Water pistol emissions

5 “Yes, captain!”

6 ___ Talks

7 Like most NFL offensive linemen

8 Catherine of “Schitt’s Creek”

9 “Bloody” English queen

10 Lamb’s mother

11 Most significant sporting event

12 Faster than Mach 1

13 Ease off

18 Tech news site

22 Many miles off

24 West Wing workers

25 ___ ex machina

26 Certain med. scans

27 Glasses, slangily

28 One forms in response to a lifedefining event

29 Fancy spots to watch a 34-Down production

33 Band’s show

34 “La Traviata” composer

35 Takes a chair

37 Paper quantity 38 “Dagnabbit!”

41 Dec. 25

43 Applied, as pressure

46 Cupid’s Greek counterpart

47 Speaks scratchily

48 Miserly

49 One may introduce the maid of honor speech

50 “I love Mondays,” said ___ ever

54 Symbol of peace

55 “___ Brockovich”

56 Depend (on)

58 ICU workers

59 “Far out!”

60 “I come from ___ Moines. Somebody had to.” (Bill Bryson)