Vancouver Sun

UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD

- Asking Directions by Freddie Cheng, edited by David Steinberg

ACROSS

1 “What did I get

myself ___?”

5 Increase, as a gap

10 0 shape

14 With 4-Down, “Days of Our Lives” or “Coronation Street” 15 Tequila plant 16 Presidenti­al power 17 Land with sea all

around

18 Stick with marks 19 Former lovers

20 Answer to “What’s

left?”

23 Letters on an

envelope

24 Magazine unit

27 ’60s psychedeli­c 30 Answer to “What’s

right?”

34 “___ of Avalor” (former

Disney series)

36 Where M.D.s make the

cut?

37 Big Apple mayor Adams 38 Landlocked West African

country

39 Church compositio­n that’s an anagram of 31-Down

41 “Queen of Country”

McEntire

42 “Jackie Look” creator

Cassini 43 Mined stuff

44 One of a biblical 150 45 Answer to “What’s

up?”

49 “___ Miz”

50 “I feel the same!” 51 Futon frame part 53 Answer to “What’s

down?”

59 ___ Traffic Merge Left 62 Animal hideouts

63 Not include

64 Song for two

65 “King of Rock ’n’

Roll”

66 “Impressive!” 67 Arousing

68 Like a disreputab­le bar 69 Got larger

DOWN

1 “Really?”

2 Munch between meals 3 Word after “fairy” or

“folk”

4 See 14-Across

5 What a fireplace

exudes

6 Lizard with a

dewlap

7 Spanish surrealist

Salvador

8 Divisible by two

9 Most geeky 10 Supervisor­s

11 Drive up the wall 12 Munched

13 Part of UCLA

21 “At Last” jazz legend ___

James

22 Mind reader’s “ability”:

Abbr.

25 “Just amazing!”

26 Fine to consume

27 Sour fruit

28 Zigzaggy ski race 29 Backspace over 31 Carving on a pole 32 Beats by ___

33 Schemes to lighten

people’s wallets 35 Acceptable reason to

show up late to work? 39 Eyepieces for the rich,

stereotypi­cally

40 Kind of chart featuring a

CEO

44 Excellent, in the ’90s 46 Debt voucher, for short 47 Login name 48 Sophistica­ted and

stylish

52 Skimpy bikini bottom 54 Healthy green

55 “___ Nights at Freddy’s”

(2023 horror flick) 56 Kuwaiti noble

57 Congee ingredient 58 Cook for hours

59 Six-pt. football plays 60 Palette choice 61 Tyrannosau­rus ___

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