UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Mani-pedi site
4 The Matterhorn, for one 7 Poem of praise
10 Printer problem
13 *In an unhelpful way
17 *Phil Collins hit with an
iconic drum fill
18 Monarch’s rule
19 Firm up, as Jell-O
20 Forget, as an unpleasant
sight
21 Canine pal of Garfield 23 Fairy-tale baddie
25 Under a large tree on a
sunny day, say
28 St. Francis’ home
32 Hamster or snake, to some 33 Sleep phase, briefly
35 Day for U.S. federal
elections: Abbr.
36 Cartoony eating syllable 37 Bring in
39 Locked boxes in some hotel
rooms
41 Recipe amt.
42 English jazz singer Laine 43 Moderate gaits
44 Cupid’s Greek counterpart 45 Pair of flannels?
47 Browns, on scoreboards 48 In favor of
49 Stereotypical teenage feeling 51 Hello, in Sao Paulo
52 Got up
55 “The Gashlycrumb Tinies”
author Edward
56 Poker prize
57 Some Punjabis, religiously 58 Shakespeare’s river
59 Grass cutting machine
61 Ink stain
62 Church benches
63 Dwarf planet since 2006 64 Harp’s ancestor
65 “Anything ___ to add?” 66 Wished (for)
67 Tolkien creatures led by
Treebeard
DOWN
1 Recipe instruction 2 Unleavened cornbread 3 Against
4 Like someone who does not identify as cis or trans, maybe
5 Mauna ___ (Hawaiian
volcano)
6 Grace under pressure 7 Decide that one will 8 Batman and Robin,
e.g.
9 Certain hosp. worker 10 Runs at a gentle pace 11 Tennis champ Arthur 12 Dole (out)
14 “Good heavens!” 15 “Black-ish” dad
16 Yearns (for)
22 “That is,” in Latin 24 German mathematician
Carl Friedrich
25 Design detail, briefly 26 Get better
27 *With 29-Down, Betty Smith book set in New York City
29 See 27-Down
30 Meh
31 Little devils
34 Game played in a
swimming pool 35 One-on-one conversation 38 Balderdash
40 Investigate further, and what the starts of the starred clues’ answers can do?
41 Awful
46 Hog’s home
48 Faux ___
49 Visibly shocked 50 Author’s work, perhaps 53 Low on cash
54 ___ Park, Colorado 59 Speedometer letters 60 Cone’s partner in the
eye