UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 *Said “Not guilty,” perhaps

5 *Gaggle group

10 What happens when you’re busy making other plans, it’s said

14 Norse symbol

15 Monsters that may be green

16 Singles

17 Hoppy beers, briefly

18 Journalist played by Sacha Baron Cohen

19 Shape of a planet’s path

20 **Alternative to org

21 **Cambridge engineering sch.

22 **Trusted adviser

24 Sherlock’s teen sister, or an anagram of “Leona”

26 Operates

27 Kinda sorta

29 Dilapidated

32 Hot brown beverage

34 Grow bored with

36 “Ratatouille” rat

37 Unkept vow, or what’s split across each set of starred clues’ answers

41 Romeo, to Juliet

42 Garlicky condiments

43 Rush on the gridiron

45 25, for the draft

49 Fourths of a gal.

50 Part of NAACP: Abbr.

53 Homes of protons

54 ***___ franca (common language)

56 ***Completed a marathon or campaign

58 ***Driving aid?

59 Something for a subordinate to watch

60 “Dude!”

62 Fishing vessel

63 Sorrows

64 Houston batter

65 Possesses

66 Gets off the fence

67 **** Assembly of witches

68 **** Part of a poker pot

DOWN

1 Tagged for sale

2 Tony winner Patti

3 Charm romantically

4 The ___ Moines Register

5 Mongolian desert

6 Quartet of showbiz awards

7 Goof

8 Fashion lines?

9 Lauder of cosmetics

10 Pirate’s booty

11 Sends a bill to

12 Scary

13 Night class for a certain U.S. immigrant

21 Zayn who left One Direction

23 Pres. advisory group

25 Set free

26 Impossibly perfect

28 Fodder for a trotter

30 Fuming feeling

31 Wrestler-turned-actor John

33 Second-guesser’s question

35 Hopping amphibian

37 One of five around the waist, say

38 Chocolate-covered morsel at the movies

39 Spanish cheer

40 Fashion’s capital in Italy

41 Cookout food, for short

44 Zig’s counterpart

46 Detroit record label

47 “Let me clarify ...”

48 African fly

51 “Poison” shrub

52 Power to decide

55 Loch ___ monster

56 Hard to come by

57 Unnamed author: Abbr.

59 One less than a crowd?

61 “Teen Wolf” network

62 Certain scarf or snake