UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD

“THAT’S SWEET!”

ACROSS

1 Pig’s home

4 Bit of parsley

9 Fluid ounce or foot

13 Figurehead’s place on a ship

15 Quintet within “facetious”

16 Fancy-schmancy

17 Hamster’s home

18 Desert flora

19 Alone

20 Not quite right

22 Worker in a pit

24 Heavy book

26 They ebb and flow

27 ‘90s workout system

29 Crowd size?

31 Intense craving

32 Outdoor event contingency

36 Beethoven’s German birthplace

37 In days gone by

39 Baby’s boo-boo

40 Monarch, perhaps

42 Prosper

44 Mini-___ (convenience stores)

45 Name ending in four consonants

46 He-Man’s twin sister

48 Where to see stock footage?

49 Concern for parents of young kids

52 Greet someone

56 Like the White Rabbit

57 Devices for smoothing sheets

59 Fortified tower in a castle

60 Tons

61 Unfamiliar with

62 “Blondie” boy

63 Pigs’ homes

64 Feeling bloated

65 Acid

DOWN

1 Org. concerned with boxers’ safety?

2 Airport transport

3 Classic cartoon bear

4 Anatomical pouch

5 Lack of conflict

6 Puerto ___

7 Itty-bitty bit

8 Suffering severe remorse (see letters 8 to 5 in this answer)

9 Dessert “topped” with fruit, and a theme hint

10 Everybody’s opposite

11 Keys in the ocean

12 Superhero with a hammer

14 Eggy breakfasts containing ham and peppers (... 11 to 7)

21 Breaks down in tears

23 Appearance

25 Track sport, to Brits (... 8 to 3)

27 Ten Commandments pronoun

28 “Say it ___ so!”

29 Moderate paces

30 “2001: A Space Odyssey” computer

31 As yet unscheduled: Abbr.

33 Amazes

34 Leaning Tower of Pisa feature

35 Slippery fish

38 What workouts “burn”

41 Really funny person

43 Globes

46 Oil source

47 Unintentionally discover

48 Tenths of dimes

49 Applaud

50 Square footage

51 Column crossers

53 Shout

54 Bottom lines?

55 Apple product with a Touch model

58 Kind of sauce in a stir-fry