Universal Crossword

ACROSS 1 Tennis shoe brand 5 Doll’s cry 9 Brink 13 Noodles served with tempura 14 Name hidden in “final answer” 15 Word aptly removed from e___ation 16 What natural athletes possess 18 Protractor measurement 19 Regard like the Cheshire Cat 20 Princesses’ headpieces 21 “7 Rings” singer Grande, to fans 22 Slowpoke’s speed 25 Flea or fly 27 Acting like 28 “East of ___” 29 Removes the rind from 31 Hit, as one’s toe 33 “C’___ la vie!” 34 With 37-Across, “Saturday Night Live” start ... or a hint to 16-, 22-, 54- and 62-Across 37 See 34-Across 39 “Shop ___ You Drop” 42 God, to the Romans 44 Birds “a laying” in “The Twelve Days of Christmas” 48 Gets on in years 50 Devices that produce 15-Across, informally 53 October birthstone 54 Honesty that’s hard to swallow 57 Kind or sort 58 Where many a flap occurs? 59 Flea or fly 61 Short quarrel 62 Harsh cleverness 65 Minecraft blocks, e.g. 66 Desktop with Thunderbolt ports 67 Actress Torres 68 Commentator’s column 69 Dweeb 70 Smallest bills DOWN 1 Material that PETA protests 2 “Sounds right to me” 3 Unlike skyscrapers 4 Not pro 5 Peace Prize winner Yousafzai 6 Suds dispenser? 7 See 8-Down 8 With 7-Down, Marvel hero named for a small crawler 9 Bite-sized hors d’oeuvre 10 Get out of economy class, say 11 Consoles 12 Is tense? 15 Colorado ski area 17 Taiwaneseborn director Lee 20 Prepare to advance a base 21 Headspace, for one 23 Opposite of trans 24 Really enjoying 26 “Unpretty” girl group 30 Grassy covering 32 Plead 35 Skeptical 36 ___ tape (Diyer’s roll) 38 Prefix with “nate” 39 Sriracha relative 40 “You’ve stumped me” 41 Album that was the Beatles’ swan song 43 Address akin to madam 45 Total pwnage 46 Cracker served with chowder 47 Big, bugling animal 49 Declared 51 Instrument that gives learners calluses 52 “Jolly old” fella 55 Love god 56 Buying channel 60 Waffle choice 62 ebay action 63 “If u ask me ...” 64 Many are grad students

by Julian Lim Beginning of Winter