UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Cleanser target 5 Ungraceful people 9 Trial runs

14 Least great Great Lake,

in volume 15 Fingerprint, say 16 Force into action 17 “Hello, it’s me,”

maybe?

19 Lessen

20 Get ready to beg for

mercy

21 Horse’s morsel

23 1/640 of a square mile 24 What pants ought to do,

at minimum? 28 Dressed for graduation 31 Spanish house 32 Appear

33 Well-off

36 Graceful spirit

39 Sick child’s need,

briefly

40 Tail or paw?

42 Where to kiss the

Blarney Stone: Abbr. 43 Hawaiian hello 45 Polynesian dance

46 Get well

47 Three squared

49 GIF or TGIF

51 Do some careful

ironing?

55 Name hidden in

“Yale College” 56 Period of cultural

history

57 Beyond annoyed 61 Wall recess for

a statue

63 Humble athlete’s award concealment site?

66 Ancient Mexican

67 “I saw ___ sitting on a

seesaw”

68 The second “D” in DVD 69 Rope for catching

cattle

70 Fender flaw

71 Girl Scout’s diagonal

band

DOWN

1 Collection of cards 2 Persian Gulf nation 3 Make upset

4 AT&T, e.g.

5 Mo. to carve a

pumpkin

6 In the manner of 7 Commotion

8 Start to attack 9 Madre’s sister 10 Diplomat’s home 11 Extraterrestrial being 12 Fish named for its

“four-sided” fins 13 Icy weather

18 Untidy one

22 CBD relative 25 Aloe ___

26 “Ethan Frome” author

Wharton

27 Toward the dawn 28 “Como ___ usted?” 29 Nickname for

Eleanor

30 Hooks up again

34 PC’S “brain” 35 Approved for Muslim

consumption 37 Address a deity 38 Captain’s place

on a ship

40 Walking stick

41 Zip or zoom 44 Temporary snags 46 Fast cars

48 “... ___ he drove out of sight” (“A Visit From St. Nicholas”)

50 Train transit

51 “Road” in Venice 52 Early computer

therapist

53 Shaped like a rainbow 54 Stop for a moment 58 Continent that the

Silk Road crossed 59 Nickname for

Theresa

60 Draw on metal 62 Earth-friendly prefix 64 Frying vessel

65 Word before

“corners” or “costs”