UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Places to take a photo
with Santa 6 Affirmative at sea 9 Droop, as a rose 13 Apportions 15 Coltrane’s instrument,
familiarly
16 Operatic highlight 17 Start opening
impatiently
18 “Go there to fill the
bucket for our castle”? 20 ___ Millions
21 Actor’s part
22 Coffee alternative 23 Home videos of
Nana?
27 Official with a whistle 28 Friend: Fr.
29 Sch. in Dallas 30 “Selma” director
Duvernay
31 “Tall” stories
34 Italia’s capital 38 Riches that went up in
smoke?
42 18-wheeler
43 Ran out of patience 44 Text before “thx”
45 ___ Vegas Strip
48 “You ___ My Sunshine” 49 Garden tool 50 Developers’ winning
proposals?
54 ___ Paulo 56 Ski resort in New
Mexico
57 Horse with multiple
colors
58 Suddenly become charming ... or, parsed differently, the rule for formulating 18-, 23-, 38- and 50-Across?
60 What helps one get up to
speed?
63 Notion
64 Find a function for 65 Stuffed oneself, with
“out”
66 Clears (of )
67 To be, in Bogota 68 “Lovergirl” singer
Marie
DOWN
1 Word after “welcome” or
“wrestling”
2 Strong beer
3 Where a soft wool is
produced
4 Italian actress Sophia 5 Stop developing 6 Houston baseball pro 7 “What an exciting tech
company!”
8 Holds in high regard 9 “Where ___ I?” 10 Hopping mad
11 It goes from point A to
point B 12 “I did it!”
14 Never get over a slight 19 One of 32 in the NFL 23 Takes without asking 24 Show with sketches and
songs
25 Muck
26 Expert
32 Unit in history class 33 Camry or Accord 35 “Annie” setting 36 Cantaloupe, for one 37 Beasts of burden 39 River that may have helped ancient Egyptians build pyramids
40 Deliver via iphone 41 “Hurry up!”
46 Wine region hidden in
“Christmastime” 47 Something to like on
50 No longer paying
attention, say
51 Like an unsecured
screw
52 Ed who played Santa in
“Elf”
53 Big
54 Mix, as batter
55 BMW competitor 59 “Illmatic” rapper
61 “Of Mice and ___” 62 Kissing on the subway,
e.g., in brief