UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 “Happy” mollusk

5 Kind of pit at some

concerts

9 Cuban cheddar? 13 “Game of Thrones”

actress Chaplin

14 Feels sick

15 To ___ their own 16 *Keeping watch -->

Antagonizing online 19 Make shorter

20 Most frequent letters in

“cinnamon”

21 Classic murder mystery

board game

22 ’80s pop star Rick 24 Believer in a

nonintervening god 26 *Purchasing beforehand --> Feeding (on), as a predator

28 Moves, informally 30 Winter hrs. in New

Mexico

31 Prefix with “friendly” 32 Sold-out show letters 33 “In that case ...”

36 Ran on TV 38 *Child-rearing --> Living

as a tenant

41 Acts sad

44 Troubles

45 Ad-___ (improvise) 48 Here, in Paris

49 Wrath 51 “E.T. ___ home” 53 *Lost all hope --> Craved 57 Sum 59 Lin-Manuel Miranda, e.g.

60 Pirate’s booty 62 Mined material 63 “Can I let you ___ a secret?” 64 Humorous nickname for a raccoon ... or when parsed differently, a hint to understanding the starred clues’ answers 67 Informant 68 Agenda bit

69 Sneak ___

70 Not difficult 71 Nickname related to Liz 72 Whirlpool

DOWN

1 *Like most college dorms 2 *Socially distant types 3 More restless

4 Mo. before April 5 Shopping center 6 Prepare to shine at Ms. Olympia, say

7 More cunning

8 QVC alternative 9 Trivial

10 Like breakfast, vis-a-vis second breakfast and elevenses

11 STEM part 12 “Holy guacamole!” 17 Prefix meaning

“eight”

18 *It’s illegal to pump your

own in New Jersey 23 *Marvel Comics legend

Lee

25 *___ gin fizz

27 Overact

29 Title for Ian McKellen 34 Not as many

35 ___-Caps (movie theater

treat)

37 It’s a cool house! 39 *Gluttony, e.g. 40 Spectrum, for one:

Abbr.

41 Period for an age-related

crisis, it’s said 42 Australia’s region 43 Detroit NBA players 46 Chanted

47 Like some “dragons” or

wizards

50 Real hoot

52 URL starter 54 *Pitch-black

55 Delight

56 Medicinal amounts 58 Like a broken faucet,

maybe

61 Electrical resistance

units

65 Saucy barbecue

morsel

66 Gorilla or orangutan