UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Wishy-washy word 6 Posh
11 “___! Humbug!” 14 First-stringers
15 Latin American
marinade
16 Become more mature 17 Fluffy treat, like its
namesake
19 Three: Prefix
20 The “Odyssey,” for one 21 $$$ dispenser
22 Playful marine
mammal
24 Singer Grande, to
fans
26 “Free as a bird” and
others
28 Decadent treat, like its
namesake
33 Like domestic
partners
34 Playground’s place 35 The “vidi” in Caesar’s
boast
38 Entrepreneurial deg. 39 Fish-eating raptors 42 “Say what?”
43 Funeral fire
45 Takes a chair 46 Tangential remark 48 Smooth treat, like its
namesake
51 Protection from noxious
fumes 53 Disco ___ (“The
Simpsons” character) 54 Remove ID from, like on
55 Part of a comic’s set 57 Valley with a wine
train
61 Jamaican genre 62 Delicate treats, like their
namesake
66 Camera type, in brief 67 Mexican street corn 68 Capital of Western
Australia
69 Positive response 70 Taste, for one
71 “In my opinion ...”
DOWN
1 Medieval club
2 Upon
3 Himalayan cryptid 4 Headquarters for Bruce Wayne’s alter ego
5 Angsty genre
6 True statement
7 First man in Genesis 8 Negative prefix 9 Compound found in
hemp: Abbr.
10 Cellist with a cameo in
“Glass Onion”
11 Hit game?
12 Be on the same page 13 Trust-worthy people? 18 ___ file (salon tool) 23 Kind of torch
25 Give another go 26 Strain’s partner
27 “I’m not touching
that!”
28 Kind of roast 29 Genderqueer identity 30 Relatively small celestial
bodies
31 Running partner,
informally?
32 What the moon
orbits
36 Volkswagen subsidiary 37 Cry during a barrel
roll
40 Tax data: Abbr.
41 Season, in a way 44 Humor book writer
Bombeck
47 Like stinky beer 49 They’re better than
birdies
50 Analogy words
51 Dress (up)
52 It’s covered by a high-top
sneaker
55 Wagers
56 Frozen drink brand 58 Broadcasts 59 Anti-leather org. 60 Grayish
63 Bitter beer
64 Pull a fast one on 65 Polish brand