UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Cap’s brim

6 Ones whose pants are on

fire?

11 Hosp. intake areas

14 It comes before Chap. 1 15 Balance sheet entry 16 “Parks and ___” (’09-’15

sitcom)

17 Format, as many an

essay

19 De Armas of “Knives

Out”

20 Lodging that might have a name like The Red Stag

21 ___ Vegas Raiders 22 Contented

24 Popular jeans 26 Journalistic org. since

1846

27 Next to

30 Worked at, as a trade 32 Washington or Ford 33 Occasion for a tuxedo or

gown

37 “Better late ___ never” 38 Humans are the only animals that have them

39 Word after “swap” or

“swim”

40 It’s heated geothermally 42 Full of suds

43 Gave out cards 44 Multiple 45 Kindly, perhaps ... but not

neighborly

48 Winter precipitation 50 Method of teaching

reading

52 Finale

53 Hoover or Roosevelt 56 City pest

57 Invitation information ... or words that can follow each half of 17-, 33- or 40-Across

60 1952 campaign

nickname

61 Gives the green light 62 Renter’s counterpart 63 Young fella

64 Principle

65 Wild-___ chase

DOWN

1 Middle of Caesar’s boast 2 Aware of

3 Phaser setting

4 Sphere

5 Feature of a burro but

not a donkey?

6 Mango ___ (Indian drink) 7 Verizon or Xfinity, for

short

8 “Right now!”

9 Takes back

10 Make more inclined 11 Clear, as a chalkboard 12 Library website button 13 Tons (of ) 18 Icicle’s spot

23 “Yeah ... that’s it for

me”

24 Room full of angry

constituents, e.g. 25 Goes all out during a

race

27 Relaxing soak

28 Say the same thing as 29 Baseball card datum 31 Pine (for) 33 “Sussudio” singer

Collins

34 One of 12 on some

mountain bikes

35 Air filter letters

36 “gtg, see ya” 38 Maryland seafood

item

41 Yellow-green gem 42 Iditarod team member 44 New York’s ___ Station 45 Rainy month 46 Capital of Bangladesh 47 Cast a ballot

49 “At the very ___ ...” 51 Ollie’s partner in

comedy

53 Source of a museum

skeleton, for short 54 Iowa State’s city

55 ___ mortals

58 Word after “stink” or

“side”

59 Only even prime

number