UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Fabric store purchase

6 Dalai ___

10 Pained sound

14 Cliffside nest

15 Unlikely, as odds

16 Currency in France

17 *“Good job!” [thirteen minus four]

19 Org. committed to the First Amendment

20 Lead-in to “Grande” or “Lobo”

21 *Certain PBS fundraiser [eleven minus one]

23 Abbr. in a business name

26 Links grp.

28 Coin with FDR’s portrait

29 Slangy refusal

30 Distinctive quality

32 And others, in Latin

36 *Event that fights hunger [seven minus two]

39 Put your foot down?

40 Leader of Qatar

41 Blue-green shades

43 Simplicity

44 Gadget used for making

hash browns

46 *Attractive older gentleman [fourteen minus eight]

48 Go up and down

50 Bank’s claim

51 Period of note

52 Blueprint detail, briefly

54 Holiday figure played by Will Ferrell

55 ___ sleep

56 With 63-Across, find a middle ground ... and a hint to what bookends each starred clue’s answer

60 Apex

62 Medicinal succulent

63 See 56-Across

68 They’re tapped at frats

69 Burst ___ the scene

70 Sound from an old

floorboard

71 Right, on a map

72 Shocked reaction

73 Ham it up

DOWN

1 Fire

2 Hawaiian welcome gift

3 Middle-earth monster

4 Wedding cake level

5 Landing spot for the ultra-wealthy

6 “Acid”

7 Bunches and bunches

8 Like data and diamonds

9 2001 French film nominated for multiple Oscars

10 Carnivore

11 “That smarts!”

12 Guthrie of folk

13 One might be proper

18 Cultured fare?

22 CPR providers

23 Comes to a conclusion

24 “Moonlight” actress Harris

25 Selection

27 Taurus neighbor

31 Be of use to

33 Comfortable shoe

34 Remark from one who hit the gym too hard

35 Tough HS test

37 Least casual, as attire

38 Kemper of “The Office”

42 Gracefully thin

45 Unable to look away

47 Carry out, legally

49 Stinky pooch

53 Fine tableware

56 Rice wine

57 Entreaty

58 Fireplace inserts

59 Direct deposits: Abbr.

61 Offering at a hair salon

64 Dandy

65 Prefix meaning “recent”

66 Pet at a scratching post

67 Barely manage, with “out”