UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD

|“IN THE WRONG BUSINESS”, BY GEOFF BROWN

ACROSS

1 Dusks’ counterparts 6 Walden, e.g.

10 “You ___ my day!” 14 Self-evident truth 15 A child may dunk one in milk

16 Agile mountain animal

17 Montreal subway 18 Word before “base” or “interface”

19 ___ on one’s shoulder

20 Make someone’s picture look better, as a retoucher might

23 Olympian nicknamed “Mark the Pool Shark”

25 Old record, perhaps?

26 Mess up at open mic night, as a comedian might

30 Make public

31 Part of an act 32 Palindromic fashion magazine 35 Mean or median, informally

37 Some people can’t take them

39 Italian for “evening” 41 See

43 Brother’s daughter 45 Cambridge sch. 46 Establish peace, as a diplomat might 49 Certain male cow 51 Dern or Linney 52 Harbor resentment, as a reality star might

56 Jacob’s twin 57 Loving murmurs 58 Zac of “Scoob!” 62 Sound from a fan

63 Reading light 64 Moscow money 65 Trident point 66 LAX guesses 67 Sing “Lips Are Movin’,” e.g.?

DOWN

1 River project 2 Lumberjack’s tool: Var.

3 Wordplay and such 4 Scandinavian

5 Irons out

6 Wear a sulky look 7 Roughly 8 ___-do-well 9 El ___ (mythical golden city)

10 Craft store chain 11 Really, really dislike 12 Artemis or Athena 13 Large fair

21 Austrian’s northern neighbor

22 Toll road

23 They may have briefs ... or cover them 24 Letter-shaped sink fitting

26 Some humanities degs.

27 Freshen, like a stamp pad

28 “It’s the Hard Knock Life” musical 29 Former Yankee Derek 33 Nocturnal primate with a long tail

34 Novelist Jong 36 “Without a doubt” 38 Spill hot soup on, say

40 Bolted down 42 Genealogist’s diagram 44 Knickknack holder

47 Company that acquired Java

48 Filled with regret

49 ___ bar (place to order sake)

50 Get into shape 52 Semiaquatic salamander

53 Calf : cow :: kid : ___

54 2018 Oscar film set in Mexico City

55 “Neither snow nor rain ...” agcy. 59 Baseball card letters

60 Passe

61 Maiden name leadin