UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD

Snack Mix by Jasmeet Arora and Amie Walker, edited by David Steinberg

ACROSS

1 Track events

6 ___ cup (Starbucks order

for a dog)

9 Mini-___ (small store) 13 Be of help

14 Experiment

15 Award similar to a

Tony

16 Floral-scented brew 18 Travel document

19 “To a ...” poem

20 Cat sound

21 Capitol Hill staffers 22 Ohio MLB team

24 Soft French wheel 27 Spanish for “house” 29 Baby ___ (fashion label relaunched by Kimora Lee Simmons)

30 Pong creator

33 ___ de la Madre (Mother’s

Day, in Spanish)

34 Part of a key chain? 38 Crisp, herb-infused wafer

42 Use a keyboard

43 Stage prompt

44 Slides on an icy road 45 Russian “no”

47 Climb Camelback Mountain, say

49 Sweet cookie with a bit of spice

53 The thing here

57 Strong smells 58 Moisturizer brand 60 E.T.’S vehicle

61 “The Silence of the

Lambs” bean

62 Trendy snack-based meal ... or what 16-,

24-, 38- and 49-Across might aptly constitute 65 “Moby-dick” captain 66 Sleeve fillers

67 “___ Face” (Lady Gaga

song)

68 “I’m Coming Out” singer

Diana

69 Step on it!

70 “rly?”

DOWN

1 English or computer

science

2 Dodge, as a green shell in

Mario Kart

3 Made less challenging 4 Actor Meadows

5 Minor mistake

6 Kind of dish in a biology

lab

7 “___ your imagination!” 8 School org.

9 Fandango purchase 10 Tolerate

11 “The Wind ___” (Studio Ghibli film about an aviation engineer) 12 Back-comb

14 Earth, in Latin 17 Pencil remnants 21 “Oh, I figured it out!” 23 Pictures of texts, say 25 Totally awesome 26 Burn slightly

28 Goal

30 Sculptures and such 31 Tamagotchi or

Slinky

32 Egyptian snake 33 Manic Panic hair

product

35 Word after “sit” or

“Jet”

36 Chaired

37 Triage sites: Abbr. 39 Laptop brand 40 Boring routines 41 Pose a question

46 20 Questions answer,

possibly 47 Passageways

48 Apple device you may

draw on

49 Hit the big time 50 Neighbor of Utah 51 Bright stars

52 They have many

followers

54 Slabs

55 “In my opinion ...” 56 “Oops, my fault!” 59 Barks sharply 62 Prank

63 Roth ___

64 Partner of “neither”