UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Rush hour speed 11 Narrow cut on

an ao dai

15 Fitness class in a

steamy room 16 Connection at an

airport?

17 Quran

calligraphy, e.g. 18 Mimicked 19 Amazement

20 “I see a mouse!” 21 Oakland’s locale 23 “Spilled” gossip 24 500 sheets 26 Onetime residents of Russia’s Winter Palace

27 Michelle Obama’s

youngest 30 Chophouse cut 32 Tiger Band Hall’s

Southern sch. 33 Gives voice to 35 All over again 36 Parent honored

in May

37 Sloth, for one 40 Org. to report

tax fraud to

43 Billy Preston

hairstyle

44 Took potshots 48 Disneyland freebie 49 Bridle straps 51 Air freshener

brand

52 Complete mess 54 Big party 56 Feminine force in

Chinese philosophy 57 “Now I remember!” 59 Small batteries 61 Core group? 62 “Encore!”

63 Solve, as the clue

“ABCELMNRSU” 66 Spanish for “love” 67 Dr. Scholl’s

offerings

68 Like morning grass 69 Cardiac fitness

exam

DOWN

1 Japanese massage

technique

2 “Easy peasy!”

3 No fewer than 4 Hoppy brew 5 Citrus fruit for larb 6 Less forthright 7 Bundle of papers 8 One ___ time 9 Wedding or funeral 10 “Como ___?” 11 Smacks, as a fly 12 Chapstick product 13 “Alas, it’s true” 14 No small change 22 Fretting, or fuming 25 Mother-of-pearl

source

28 “If only ___

listened ...”

29 Carpet alternative 31 Loch ___ monster 34 Cry from an ump with outstretched arms 38 Current-carried fish

catcher

39 Zippo

40 “That really irks me!” 41 Rounded third and

scored

42 Common songbird 45 Due, financially 46 Cannabis gummies, e.g. 47 Most thickly

populated

50 Barbie’s strawberry

blond sister 53 Hot-tempered 55 Works hard for

58 The O’s in XOXO 60 Back talk

64 Camera type,

for short

65 Bon ___ (witticism)