UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Weekend comedy show,

familiarly

4 Singer Ronstadt

9 Carpet style popular in

the ’70s

13 Uncle, in Mexico 14 Jeered from the

bleachers

15 Princess’s crown 16 Kitchen pest

17 Large type of a small crustacean (In this answer, unscramble letters 2-8)

19 Greek salad cheese 21 Lyft competitor 22 Reuben bread

23 Major headline material

(... letters 3-10) 28 Raggedy Ann, e.g. 29 New Age icon Chopra 32 Little rascal

35 “Voila!”

37 St. Louis skyline

feature

38 Unwelcome one

(... letters 5-11) 43 Lawyer Clooney 44 Soothing succulent 45 Yang ’s opposite

46 Some nonprofit

supporters

49 Sicilian volcano

51 Being authentic

(... letters 6-13) 57 “Exit full screen” key 59 Smiley ___

60 Colt’s mother

61 Takes a different form, or a hint to this puzzle’s scrambled 4-, 5-, 9- and 3-sided figures

66 Chai or oolong

67 ___ bear (Arctic predator) 68 See eye to eye

69 ___ and outs

70 Scream

71 Yours, in times of yore 72 Show of affection for

mom?

DOWN

1 Employees

2 Joe Montana, from

’79-’92

3 State-run game of

chance

4 JFK’s successor 5 Payment promise 6 Oscar recognition,

informally

7 Fix, as code 8 Photoshop producer 9 Madam’s counterpart 10 Musical set in 1960s

Baltimore

11 West Point’s military

branch

12 Stare with an open

mouth

15 One-fifth of 15 18 Transmit

20 Bait ___ switch

24 Yellow Brick Road

dog

25 Scheme

26 Alan of “Marriage Story” 27 Tucker (out) 30 Beginning of a play 31 Genghis ___

32 Apple tablet

33 Office note

34 Practical joke that

victims pick up? 36 Actress Gasteyer

39 ___ gin fizz

40 Name hidden in “whole

grain”

41 Formal denial

42 Man with manners 47 Direct (to)

48 Health resorts 50 Pitcher’s prized limb 52 Defunct Apple messaging

app

53 Whinny

54 Wipe out, in slang 55 Smoothie King Center in

New Orleans, e.g.

56 Last but not ___

57 Annual sports award 58 Heel, but not an ankle 62 Friend

63 Part of TGIF: Abbr. 64 Jack’s value in

blackjack

65 “What did I tell you?”