UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Ostentatious
8 Grumpy expression
13 Dismiss as silly
15 Swahili for “freedom”
16 Urdu for “God willing”
18 F, A, C and E, e.g.
19 Russian refusal
20 Toys that start up?
22 “___ la vie”
23 Sing with your mouth closed
25 Witty comebacks
27 Pump numbers
31 Hammer targets
32 Drinks you might want “dirty”
34 Kind of syrup poured on waffles
37 “Halt, matey!”
38 Dog whose face looks smushed
40 Cyber Monday business
41 Lead-in to “cop” or “car”
42 Big bird’s broadcaster
44 Animated green ogre
47 Flat-bottomed glasses
48 Energized
50 ___ Friday’s
51 Rowing implements
52 Twins manager Baldelli
55 Put away, as a carry-on
59 Take potshots
61 Grand performance?
63 Fund
64 Genre for Faith No More and Jane’s Addiction
65 Tres + cuatro 66 Signs out
DOWN
1 ___ the bottle
2 Small horse
3 Come in second, per a competitive person
4 Reaction to a perfect back scratch
5 Pet ___ (place to pamper a pooch)
6 Lamas, popes and such
7 #seizetheday
8 It rises and sets
9 Candies on peanut butter blossom cookies
10 Home of Mars and Aries
11 Take away forcefully
12 Thirsts (for)
14 Bale contents
17 “Beep beep” source
21 ___ salt
24 One-piece garment
26 Feature of a video chat with a weak connection, perhaps
27 Representative Ilhan
28 “Do you live in a ___?”
29 Sentiment celebrated with a light blue, light pink and white flag
30 Taste of tea
33 Mystery writer Grafton
35 Person whose pants are on fire!
36 Some shade trees
39 Talk and talk
43 Mount, as a horse
45 Scandinavia’s continent: Abbr.
46 Genre from Seoul’s country
48 Garden coils
49 New Age keyboardist
53 Spy org.
54 Ring up
56 Dorothy’s pooch
57 St. ___ (Minnesota college named for a Norwegian king, not a snowman)
58 “Big bad” beast
60 Lamb’s mom
62 “Holy cow,” in a text