UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD
”HELP YOURSELF”,
ACROSS 1 Open a pill bottle 6 Peke squeaks 10 Celebratory poems 14 La ___ University (Philadelphia school) 15 Unglazed pot with a wide mouth 16 “___ Las Vegas” (Presley film) 17 What “helps the medicine go down,” in song 20 Take off the books 21 Obscuring, in a way 22 “Filthy” dough 25 Uptight 26 Cannabis product 30 Oregano, e.g. 32 Walled off 35 ___-Lorraine (region of France) 41 Shortened weapon 43 Waterfall phenomenon 44 Received a varsity award 45 Surgery aftermath 47 Type of media 48 One in deep thought 53 Government operative 56 Remove, as a bracelet 58 Win, at an auction 63 Nondrinking period 66 A little over 2 pounds 67 Unstable subatomic particle 68 Ball charmer 69 No longer hidden 70 “Can I get you anything ___?” 71 Hurdles for graduate students DOWN 1 Superpower no more 2 Neck section 3 Horse hooves sound 4 Moisturizer ingredient 5 Colony type 6 Not me or them 7 Sick 8 Sandpiper relative 9 Umpire’s scream, sometimes 10 Developing egg 11 Cook’s exhortation 12 The “Good Times” family 13 Nickname for a noncom 18 Winter malady 19 Take a seat 23 Culinary guru 24 It signals danger 26 Sound like a snake 27 Hairy twin in the Bible 28 Freshly cut, as a lawn 29 Academy freshman 31 Bangkok buck 33 “And now, without further ___ ...” 34 AAA offerings 36 Auctioneer’s batch 37 Part of a flower 38 City in India 39 Billiard sticks 40 Make-meet connector 42 Dried up 46 Bottle top capacity 48 Some cologne scents 49 Get the knots out 50 It might go from 1 to 10 51 “Rocket Man” singer John 52 “Norma ___” (1979 movie) 54 San Francisco hill 55 Prefix with “jet” or “prop” 57 Unnamed quantity 59 Stadium seating level 60 Famed gymnastics coach Karolyi 61 “___ just have to do” 62 Changes color 64 This puzzle’s theme 65 ___-two punch