UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD
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