UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Pre-k lesson
5 Doorway piece
9 Think ___ (consider carefully)
14 Onion or garlic
15 Savage of “Mythbusters”
16 Went backpacking, perhaps
17 B?
20 Shock comic Eric
21 Confess openly
22 1,440 minutes
23 Endanger
26 Trevi Fountain’s country
28 E?
32 Cello cousin
35 ___ Jovi (rock band)
36 Artist Ono
37 Concert settings
38 Historic periods
40 Ancient Japanese spy
42 Clove hitch, e.g.
43 Approve, as a law
45 Zesty flavor
47 Three thirds
48 Iota preceder
49 E?
51 Touch or smell
53 Vegas numbers game
54 Openly gay, say
56 Giants manager Kapler
58 Amateurish
62 S?
66 Highly esteem
67 “It’s a ___ country”
68 Name found in “camaraderie”
69 Word after “snow” or “guardian”
70 Boast, slangily
71 Award for “Fleabag” or “Ted Lasso”
DOWN
1 “Voulez-vous” band
2 “You just got roasted!”
3 Clump of clay
4 Domino’s rival
5 Skull part
6 Anti-plaque org.
7 Hawke in “Stranger Things”
8 Low-budget film such as “I Was a Teenage Werewolf”
9 Crowd’s motion in a stadium
10 Hit the fewest strokes in golf, e.g.
11 “Seriously!”
12 “You can’t see me!” wrestler
13 Like provocative art
18 Revere as a god
19 Cannabis, casually
24 Unsympathetic
25 “___’s Delivery Service” (Studio Ghibli film)
27 URL connection
28 Roger who said, “No good movie is too long and no bad movie is short enough”
29 Jones of jazz
30 23andme service
31 ___ Carlo
33 Sierra ___ (Liberia neighbor)
34 “Hereditary” director Ari
37 Vivian on “I Love Lucy”
39 Youtube or Yahoo
41 Lowest face card
44 Obsess over “Doctor Who,” say
46 Spirit in a bottle?
49 Snub
50 Far from a celebrity
52 Used a sofa
54 Workplace monitor org.
55 Well-informed about
57 Noble title that’s also a name
59 Original Babybel cheese type
60 Curly ’do
61 Mess hall platter
63 Apt letters missing from “stu_ge_n _ggs”
64 Jeans brand
65 Luthor in the Legion of Doom