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UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD

- Circular Reasoning by Freddie Cheng, edited by David Steinberg

ACROSS

1 Disaster aid org. 5 Antacid tablet brand 9 Flung

14 “Pity”

15 Engrave

16 Lift with a grunt, say 17 Gamers’ spelling of “wrecked” 18 Garment that sounds like an apology

19 Office program

20 Roll for one who wants it all?

23 Put a stop to 24 Former Swedish carmaker 25 Tailgaters’ drinks 27 What’s inside an @ symbol

29 Discuss again 33 Hee-___ (donkey’s sound) 34 Taken token?

38 “The Sopranos” star Falco

40 India pale ___

41 Entitled men?

42 Slam dunk target that aptly rhymes with “alley-oop”

47 Iconic actress West 48 Motherless offspring of

Zeus

49 Apt words from a

frustrated exterminat­or? 51 Shoulder motion

54 “The thing over there” 55 Falcons’ and Eagles’

grp.

58 Fall treat at a bakery 62 Synchroniz­e

64 (This is wearing me out) 65 Possible answer to “Who let the dogs out?”

66 Elementary

67 Sharp part of a blade 68 Supermarke­t hidden in

“annual dinner”

69 Put on, as a

production

70 “___ of the

D’urberville­s”

71 Nasdaq alternativ­e

DOWN

1 Cab charge

2 Peak fig. on a map 3 What one does before blowing out birthday candles

4 Of the stars

5 Nuclear treaty subject 6 Snowbird ski resort’s

state

7 Sporadic offering from

the Golden Arches 8 Gleam

9 Math propositio­n 10 Bad spell

11 Speed contest

12 Like 12, 14 and 16

13 Fuse with heat 21 Connecticu­t college 22 “Pretty Woman” star

Richard

26 “I’ll have what ___

having ”

27 Handel’s “The Arrival of

the Queen of ___” 28 Angry with

30 In a lively way

31 Fender guitar, for

short

32 Long water tubes 35 Chatter

36 In the manner of, on a

menu

37 Hair goo

39 ___ out ( just manages) 43 Improve 44 Rain-resistant cover 45 Door fasteners

46 “Well, fancy seeing you

here!”

50 Angle measure equal to

~57 degrees

52 Victory over the top seed,

say

53 Fly without power 55 Takes into custody 56 Level and smooth

57 A Simpson sister

59 ___ Benedict

60 Frees (of )

61 Garfield’s canine

sidekick

63 Job for a band

 ?? ??

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