MONDAY'S PUZZLES

UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD Naughty By Nature by Jeffrey Lease, edited by Taylor Johnson

ACROSS

1 Rocks in a cocktail 4 Alter ego of Bruce

Wayne

10 Letters for your closest

pal

13 Texter’s “Much

appreciated!” 14 Trapezist, e.g.

16 “___ said it!”

17 Cry from Homer

Simpson

18 *Some coral reef

explorers

20 Pied ___

22 “Quiet!”

23 *Converter that plugs

into a certain PC port 26 Three-___ sloth 27 Wreck

28 Tupperware topper 29 Scatters, as seeds 30 Allow

31 Missing from a mil.

base

33 Garden tool

34 *Fred Flintstone catchphrase

39 Condition causing repetitive behavior: Abbr.

40 Sound of a coin dropping into a fountain

41 ___-free (water bottle claim) 43 Jobs for musicians or

freelancers

45 Playbill blurb 46 Flamenco cheers 47 Toy brick

48 *Hit the bar for happy

hour, say

51 Not yet born

53 Tiny fly

54 Hit AMC crime drama starring

Bryan Cranston ... and what the words in the starred clues’ answers are doing, literally?

57 Ore. neighbor 59 “Correct”

60 Place confidence in 61 Mostly used-up pencil 62 Donkey

63 Appear to be

64 ETA predictor

DOWN

1 “___ be my pleasure!” 2 Chow mein alternative 3 First piece presented at a

trial

4 Headquartered (in) 5 Capital of Ghana 6 Capote, familiarly 7 Rowdy crowd

8 Belittled

9 Lowest point 10 “Toodle-oo!” 11 Special ___ (military

units)

12 Melted together

15 Up to, briefly

19 Nixed

21 Skillet, e.g.

23 Web address

24 Walk heavily

25 Fish popular in Filipino

cuisine

29 Bathroom bar 31 Kindergarten basics 32 Bundle of cash

33 “Last Week Tonight With John Oliver” airer

35 Capital of Colombia 36 Lava lamp lump 37 Accommodating 38 Shared deep feelings 42 Inquire

43 Spotify categories 44 “Suppose so” 45 Charlotte, Emily

or Anne of literature 46 Chicago airport

code

47 Benghazi’s land 48 Ear-to-ear smiles 49 Gather

50 Inflicted upon

52 ___ out a victory 55 Exam for some college

srs.

56 Mooch, as a cigarette 58 Core group?