UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Afro-cuban dance 6 Highway hauler 10 Airport ID checkers 13 “Hot Buttered Soul”
singer Hayes 14 Hip-hop’s Wu-tang ___ 15 19th-century Democrat’s
opponent
16 *Critical moment in
tennis
18 “Nightcrawler” actress
Russo
19 Hold on to
20 “Star Wars” Jedi Kenobi 22 Rainbow shapes
25 *“Go handle the situation!”
28 Title girl of a bygone MTV cartoon 30 ___-Caps
31 Company VIP
32 Very soon now
34 R&B trio with the 1994 hit “Waterfalls” 36 Some Korean TVS 39 *Cause a dire problem 43 Explosive letters 44 Cul-de-___
45 Visit by boat 46 OB-GYN’S org.
49 ___ City (Las Vegas nickname)
51 “Big” or “little” cuddle position 52 *Invoice total 56 Humble reply to “Great
work!”
57 Certain white squirrel 58 “Jurassic Park” actress
Laura
60 “Charlie’s Angels” actress
Cameron
61 “Forget what I just said,” or what one could do to the start of each starred clue’s answer
67 Strong wind
68 “Little piggies”
69 In the know
70 Class for some future
bilinguals: Abbr.
71 Word before “rock” or
“jazz”
72 Like some stadiums
DOWN
1 Salted part of a margarita
glass
2 “Suits” channel
3 Yoga pad
4 Behind
5 Feel sore
6 ___ out (evaluates) 7 Manning of football 8 Word after “Ant” or
“Spider” in comics
9 Like a trailer behind a
truck
10 All of something, in
British lingo
11 Egyptian peninsula 12 Author’s contract
manager
15 Compose a letter
17 ___ XING (street sign) 21 Pen brand
22 Turn into a movie,
say
23 Kept talking and
talking
24 Fortuneteller’s orb 26 Alka-seltzer, for one 27 Lazily lounge 29 Roadside assistance org. 33 Soph. and jr.
35 Pennies: Abbr.
37 Croc cousin
38 Like an emotionless gaze 40 Comfort
41 Possesses
42 Tear completely 47 Mexican corn
48 ___ Arbor, Michigan 50 One who isn’t clothes
minded?
52 Scout’s award
53 False identity 54 Expenses
55 “Yikes, a mouse!” 59 What a bookworm loves
to do
62 Also
63 NBA official 64 Theatrical sort
65 “You ___ here”
66 “The Good Place” actor
Danson