Universal Crossword
ACROSS 1 Thorny flowers
World capital for fjord explorers
Pub projectile
“I give!” Fishing platform Notion *Decorative border of many bridal veils Melancholy Poe’s “radiant maiden” Crop up “High” waters
*Garden section for a leafy green Small salamanders Those, in Toledo
Radio host Glass
Big game settings
BBQ rod
Sty dweller *Marred with graffiti, e.g. “___ to Dirt” (Sharon Olds poem) Casual meeting? Relative of yoga pants Cacophony Human rights lawyer Clooney Mexican street food items 10
14 15
16 17 19 20
21 22 45
46 47 *Extra charge at an airline check-in counter Agatha Christie title? Straighten Rite sites Omani currency Symbols on a score, or what all letters in the starred clues’ answers could be
Good name for a DNA researcher? Jazzed about
Link with Tolkien’s tree creatures
70 Expense
71 Icee insert
DOWN 1 Massage
2 “You’re Still the ___” (Shania
Twain hit) Ne’er-dowells
Like Kourtney, among the Kardashian sisters
“I feel ___” (“You really get me”) Word after “soap” or “space”
“Ice Ice Baby,” to “Play That Funky Music”
Femur’s limb 57
58 59 61
62 66 68 69 3 5 7 8
Built to Scale 9
10 11 12
13
18 21
22
23 25
26 28 32 34 36
37 38
Answers to yesterday’s puzzle
7/6
Vein resource Go off-topic Make up lines Find a new purpose for Brought under control Medic
Long, long ___
Scissors sounds Hair-raising Place to see umbrellas on a sunny day Helpful trait Feeling blue Mark with a sale price, say
Green way to submit taxes Pester
Audio show host
“Head over heels,” e.g. “Bear” has a different one than “bore” 41 48
50 51 53 55 60 62
63 64
65
Annual reason for lost sleep: Abbr. Bickers at the bazaar ___ bun (hairstyle) Skillful Flat-bottomed boat From another planet “Jack and the Beanstalk” figure Refuses to put away any dishes? “Middlemarch” writer George List-ending abbr. Industrious insects Karaoke prop
Tres - dos In-flight guess, briefly Boar’s pen pal