UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 Actor Braff of

“Scrubs”

5 Small amounts of

paint

9 Skier’s setting 14 Croatia’s currency 15 Guinness of “Star

Wars”

16 Buzzing homes 17 Fiber source 18 Journalist Bash on CNN 19 Prevent from

happening

20 Indy 500 entrant 23 Be inquisitive 24 Wheel edges

25 Like some breezes 28 “Deck the Halls”

contraction 29 Trendy, ’60s-style 30 Owns

31 Gown creator

36 Is the perfect size 37 Sportscast summary 38 Loudness, on a TV

remote

39 Tropical ray

40 Love, in Lima 41 Player of recorded

music 43 Game-ending cry in

rummy

44 Curtain holder 45 Anagram of “eon” 46 Like some bases 48 Voucher 50 Smartphone download 53 Have a measurable impact, or what 20-, 31- and 41-Across each do 56 Neutral shade 58 Checkmates an

opponent, say 59 Dec. holiday 60 Stubble remover 61 Upscale hotel

chain

62 Ice cream container

size

63 “___ these flowers

beautiful?” 64 Stretch of time 65 German name that’s

a palindrome

DOWN

1 Striped Serengeti

sight

2 Radiant glows 3 Sidewalk flaw 4 Sharpen

5 Arp’s art

movement

6 Sleep spoiler

7 Shows flexibility 8 Lasting mark

9 Like some flavored

ice

10 Perk up

11 Analyze excessively 12 ___ capita

13 Boston winter

hrs.

21 Like fresh celery 22 Composer Stravinsky 26 Foamy coffee order 27 College application

part, often

28 Bygone Russian

leader

29 Another name for

Sporty Spice 31 Moves with a

mouse

32 Send in payment 33 Be thrifty

34 Very eager

35 Boxer’s bout enders,

briefly

36 Front part of a clock 39 ___ Carlo 41 Fully cooked 42 Becomes a part of 44 Change back 47 Start a workday,

perhaps 48 Orangutan relative,

casually 49 Reddish-brown

dye 50 Allow entry 51 Garden growth 52 Basil-based sauce 54 Low pair in

poker

55 Trade show 56 Supportive

garment 57 Musician’s gift