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