UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD

Regional Expressions

ACROSS

1 From that time

6 Michael who played

Allan in “Barbie”

10 Celebratory online acronym

13 “It can’t be!”

14 CFO or CTO

15 Possibly purple flower

17 Cognizant (of )

18 *What someone born to two scuba instructors has?

20 Cat, in Spanish

21 Responsibilities that are “worn”

22 Eighth of a cup

23 Hearsay

25 Trade without money

26 Word after “broom” or “supply”

28 Home ... or a building material, if you swap its consonants

30 Actor Grint

31 British bathroom

32 Whole bunch

36 Sauna sound

37 Device hinting at the directions that were added to the starred clues’ answers

40 “And you ___?”

41 Believes, as an excuse

43 “I forgot the Duff Beer!” 44 Throat feature

46 Most populous country 48 On cloud nine

49 He clears the tables 52 Cook under high heat 53 “Come in!”

54 Delights

56 Colorado ski resort

59 *Nap in the hive?

61 With 61-Down, pink British toon

62 Actress Polo or Hatcher

63 Inactive

64 “I don’t mind”

65 Org. with narcotics detection dogs 66 Blurbs inside back covers

67 Canada ___ (wild birds)

DOWN

1 Minor hiccup

2 Location within “radio waves”

3 *Grammy for “Straight Outta Compton”?

4 Paint the town red

5 Organ with a lens

6 Fragrant wood

7 Type of interview or poll

8 Cranks (up)

9 Desirable blackjack card

10 “Makes sense” 11 1545-’63 council site 12 Grimace

16 Tarot reader

19 Parkway, e.g.

21 Warm cocktail

24 Paid soldier, for short

25 They can support your school or immune system

26 “King” crustacean

27 Gathering where you might hear “Aloha ‘Oe”

28 ___ Centauri

29 Neckwear named after a reptile

33 *Most recent error in judgment?

34 New York canal

35 Attach with a blowtorch

38 French for “me”

39 Like a homer with the bases empty

42 Russian tundra’s region

45 Innocence

47 Social standard

49 Outdo

50 Not yet hitched

51 “Icy” look

52 Memory units

54 Rey or Yoda

55 Norwegian home of the Munch Museum

57 NYSE debuts

58 Caspian or Dead Sea, oddly

60 Umbrella support

61 See 61-Across