UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Past the deadline

5 “Just the opposite,”

nonverbally

9 “The ___ is up!”

12 It might read “Happy

Birthday!”

14 Soccer star Sullivan 15 Mountain lion 16 *Feline that enjoys the

yard, say

18 “And make it snappy!” 19 To the ___ degree 20 Pesticide in a 1972 EPA

ban

21 Whistler in the

kitchen

23 Appear that way 25 Having three

dimensions

27 *DEN and SEA, for

two

30 Sauce made with

chocolate and chiles 32 Taproom selections 33 Genre for Common and

Noname

34 “Not in a million

years!”

35 “2 funny”

36 Atlanta university 38 Mature, like fine wine 39 Sleeveless top, for short 40 Atlas pages

41 *Scarce

45 Get clean, with “up” 46 ___ crackers (s’mores ingredients)

50 “The Price Is Right” game

51 Like Alan Turing and Alvin Ailey 52 Veiled promise? 53 Curtain holders 54 Crafty press agent, or a hint to the word scrambled in each starred clue’s answer 58 Hockey Hall of Famer

Willie

59 Voice actress Strong of “Rugrats” 60 Brazilian dance 61 More, in Spanish 62 Crunchy BBQ side dish

63 Skin treatment at a spa

DOWN

1 Detroit NFL team

2 Like sharp pain

3 Give to the church

4 “The Low ___ Theory” (A Tribe Called Quest album)

5 Bump on a toad

6 LLC relative 7 Confidentiality contract, for short

8 Give them a break! 9 The smallest amount 10 “You have my attention” 11 Look gobsmacked

13 Of the highest level,

informally

15 Backyard cookout

spot

17 Wrestling room stench 22 “... you get the gist”:

Abbr.

24 Stallion or rooster

25 ___ Islands (country in

Oceania)

26 Early tourney round 28 Buckingham ___

29 Secret stealer 30 Particularly large

plants

31 Declares invalid

34 “Pass”

36 Early life forms?

37 Poet Angelou 39 Emceeing partners 42 Tightly packed 43 Vowelless cluck 44 “Zounds!”

47 “Another card,

please”

48 Pueblo brick

49 Word before “compass”

or “duty”

50 Teen’s big dance

51 Chew like a beaver 55 Buddy

56 Savings plan letters 57 Mushroom part that may

be stuffed