UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Seeing stars
6 Nativity figure
11 Text that might get “ur welcome” in response
14 Old enough
15 Valley called “the Garden of France”
16 “___ is me!”
17 JD
19 Charged particle
20 “... ish”
21 Previous partners
22 He knows when you’ve been bad or good
24 Saigon locale, briefly
26 Taste, e.g.
27 “Notorious” Supreme Court inits., once
30 WE
35 Gambling opponent that’s tough to beat
37 Greek fertility god
38 Aspiring atty.’s exam
39 Enthusiastic about
40 Natural hairdos
41 Europe’s highest active volcano
42 Western mil. alliance
43 Golf bag items
44 “___ you the lucky one!”
45 ON
48 Old-fashioned liquor
49 Spend time in front
of the mirror
50 Venomous viper
52 Striped savannah animal
53 Spot for some needlework?
56 Sludge
60 Incoming flight stat
61 Showing partiality ... or a hint to how the clues for 17-, 30- and 45-Across were constructed
64 “Shop ___ you drop”
65 Epic featuring the fall of Troy
66 Finish off
67 Falcons, on a scoreboard 68 Lightly hammered?
69 Like a stereotypical teen’s room
DOWN
1 Place to learn judo
2 From a distance
3 Veers in the other direction
4 Goad
5 Rapper Kool Moe ___
6 Soccer star Morgan
7 Connecting point
8 DJ’S bookings
9 Before, poetically
10 The ___ of two evils
11 Princess Leia, to Luke Skywalker
12 Informal party with folk music
13 TV’S warrior princess
18 Singer Lovato
23 Someone opening a can of worms?
25 Wonderment
26 Give lip to
27 Creature that may have given rise to the unicorn myth
28 “Enjoy the meal!”
29 Bowling alley blunder 31 Postpone
32 Slipped up
33 Largest deer species
34 Alaska or Hawaii
36 Oklahoma athlete
40 Heaps and heaps
44 Beast of burden
46 “Scram!”
47 Gave a buzz
51 Coolness under pressure
52 Greek Z
53 Cut, as class
54 Some South Korean cars
55 ___ 500
57 Poems of praise
58 God often depicted throwing lightning bolts
59 Best Female Athlete, e.g.
62 “Allah is the Greatest. I’m just the greatest boxer” speaker
63 Total