MONDAY'S PUZZLES UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Went by bike, say 5 It holds a sail

9 Pipe bend under a sink

14 Monumental

15 Type of saxophone 16 Catherine who played Moira Rose

17 What not to talk about, per a 1999 film (In this answer, note the first 2 letters + the last letter)

19 Passover repast 20 Glass or Gershwin 21 Go on longer than 23 Certain browser

(... first letter + the last 6 letters)

28 Revise, as a bylaw 29 Many, many 30 Infatuated

31 “Deck the Halls”

contraction 32 Recorded, in the

past

36 One might be poached 37 Frog-to-be (... first 2

letters + the last 2) 39 Letters used when

amused

40 Spring or fall 42 Contraception option,

briefly

43 Cashbox 44 Ancient Greek

garments

46 Weasellike animal 47 Some alarm systems’ objective (... first 2 letters + the last 5)

49 Washing machine

contents

51 Industrial container 52 End of the Greek

alphabet

53 Pass the time lazily, or a

theme hint

59 Sire, in the Bible

60 Bird on a Canadian

dollar

61 Muscat is its capital 62 Dozer’s noise?

63 Phoenix hoopsters 64 Long narrative

DOWN

1 NBA official

2 Infinite Shine nail polish

brand

3 Put a spade to use

4 Spiny anteater

5 Colorful parrot 6 ___-or-nothing

7 Early Beatle Sutcliffe,

casually

8 On top of that

9 Defer

10 Liberals, informally 11 Under the ___

(unnoticed) 12 Greek war god 13 Carburetor, e.g., for a

car

18 Stepped (on) 22 Convinced to buy an addon, perhaps 23 Employees’ income 24 Word after “spitting” or

“mirror”

25 “Loving” actress Ruth 26 Approached a base in a

cloud of dust 27 End-of-life care

program

31 Leather worker 33 Defendant’s excuse 34 Arroz con ___

35 Pompeo of “Grey’s

Anatomy”

37 Busy time for a roadie 38 Remove from office 41 Scorpion feature

43 Ink on skin

45 Pastoral poems

46 “The Lion King” villain 47 Tierra del ___

48 Captain America

portrayer Chris

49 High throws

50 End of a prayer 54 Debtor’s letters 55 Geological period 56 Thurman of “Batman &

Robin”

57 Get on someone’s case 58 Double-helix molecule