UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Walk and talk, e.g.? 6 Repeated sound

10 Oval Office VIP 14 Folding words in

poker

15 One has crusty heels 16 Long sandwich

17 ___ Dame (Note the last 2 letters of this answer + ...)

18 Part of a model’s resume (... the first

4 of this one)

20 Green birthstone 22 Orchestra tuners 23 Delete

24 “Here’s a tip ...”

letters

25 “___ or that?” (Last 3

letters + ...)

28 British politician Rishi

Sunak, e.g. (... first 4) 33 Healthy

34 Fly high

35 In-flight guess: Abbr. 36 www.yale.___

37 Word after “fruit” or

“vampire”

40 Raises

41 Common batteries 42 “True Life” network 43 Skin care brand 45 “Right away, boss!” 46 Restaurant special in a

bowl (Last 4 letters + ...) 50 Beyonce’s role in “The

Lion King” (... first 3) 51 Deep sleep letters 52 Lawn ornament 54 Author Larsson 57 They’re waged over

drinks

59 “I don’t want to hear your excuses!” (Last 2 letters + ...)

61 “Schitt’s Creek”

matriarch (... first 4) 64 ___ fide

65 “Sadly ...”

66 Goad

67 Like a pretentious

painter

68 Lightbulb unit 69 “That outfit is

stunning!”

DOWN

1 Diesel of “Fast X” 2 Mopey music

genre

3 Repetitive way

to learn

4 Kind of cat or

python

5 Direct, as a car

6 West Texas city 7 Insulated items at

picnics

8 Taco shell option 9 Frequently, in poetry 10 Extreme fear 11 Move, in Realtor

lingo

12 Shallowest Great Lake 13 Petting ___ (places for

kids, in two ways) 19 Theater lobbies 21 Pizza-toting rodent in a

2015 video

24 Licked envelope part 25 “___ the breaks!” 26 Couldn’t back out 27 Candy heart words 29 ___ are here

30 Brooklyn artist Lawson 31 Online commerce 32 Jamaican who worships

Jah

37 Spanish grocery

38 Grad

39 ___ Mahal

44 Surface for a Child’s

Pose

45 “Just about finished!” 47 Settle up in advance 48 Turmoil

49 Burglarize

53 Bits of internet

humor

54 Buckwheat noodle 55 Norse thunder god 56 “___ She Lovely” 57 Lugosi of “Dracula” 58 Express relief 60 Unrefined

62 Aussie hopper

63 Colony insect