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